Literary Criticism from Attic Books

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1972. Hardcover. Near fine/Good. 182 p. 24 cm. Turquoise cloth in turquoise and red dustjacket. Tears and chips in edges, some rubbing to boards.

The University of Wisconsin Press, 1985. First printing. Hardcover. Fine. ix, 270 p. 24 cm. Grey cloth.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963. Hardcover. Fine. Oxford History of English Literature. 289 p. 22 cm. Blue cloth.

Macmillan, 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. ix, 306 p. 22 cm. Black cloth in dustjacket. Label residue on front flap.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. xiv, 238 p. 24 cm. Blue cloth in dustjacket. Some marks to white rear panel.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. viii, 318 p. 22 cm. Brown cloth in grey dustjacket. Topics include Andrew Marvell, The Faerie Queene, Areopagitica, Paradise Lost, Don Juan, The Triumph of Life, the two Hyperions, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound.

New York: Ben Abramson, 1945. First Edition, First Issue with "elft" for "left" on p. 66 line 1. Hardcover. Very good. 106, [5] p. 21 cm. Black cloth. Stain to inner margins of pp. 26-27, slightly affecting the pages on either side. Intro by August Derleth. Topics include the dawn of the horror tale, Gothic fiction, Edgar… Read more about this item

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 340 p. 23 cm. Burgundy cloth in mylar-covered tan dustjacket. Jacket has tears and chips in edges, some dampstains. Colour has "bled" from book to top front of jacket, inside of jacket at top. Mark at bottom of cloth spine slightly effacing lettering. Front free endpaper clipped at top.… Read more about this item

State University of New York Press, 1988. Softcover. Fine. xxii, 169 p. 23 cm. Paperback.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. x, 244 p. 23 cm. Red cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Front flap price clipped. Tributes by W. H. Auden as well as others.

Anansi, 1998. Softcover. Very good. ix, 230 p. 22 cm. Paperback. Inscribed by author on title. Essays on the poetry of Al Purdy, Judy Merril, George Grant, etc.

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1969. Hardcover. Fair/Good. xvi, 293 p. 23 cm. Green cloth in dustjacket. Jacket has small tears and scuffs to edges, price-clipped front flap, light soiling to rear panel. Top corners bumped. Pencil notes throughout from former owner who apparently disagreed with much of Jonathan Wordsworth's opinions.

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. xvi, [2], 205 p. 24 cm. Cream cloth in dustjacket.

Toronto: Anansi, 1972. First Edition. hc. Very good +/Very good. 287 p. 21 cm. Black cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Light edge wear. Signature on front free endpaper.

Edinburgh University Press, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. xiv, 241 p. 24 cm. B&w frontispiece portrait. Burgundy cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket.

Moran Park Dun Laoghaire, Ireland: Eastern Rgeional Tourism Organisation Limited, 1969. Softcover. Good. 24 p. 33 cm. B&w illustrations. Spiral binding inside green card covers. Ink mark at bottom of rear cover affecting lower margins from p. 21 onwards. A few smaller marks elsewhere and corners a bit worn.

Max Hueber, 1986. Softcover. ex library-good. 447 p. 21 cm. Paperback. Ex library with labels on spine and inside rear cover, ink stamps on top edge and title. Ink marks on front cover. Some wear and creases to cover. Provides students with "an overview of some of the most vital and moving literature to have emerged… Read more about this item

Salzburg: Institut fur Englische Sprache und Literatur, 1975. Softcover. ex library-good. Salzburg Studies in English Literature Under the Direction of Professor Erwin A. Sturzl. Elizabethan & Renaissance Studies 21. 2 vols.: cxxiii; 269 p. 21 cm. Orange card covers. Ex library with labels on front covers or spine and inside rear covers. Ink stamps on… Read more about this item

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. x, 319 p. 24 cm. B&w illustrations. Green cloth in dustjacket. Light soiling to cloth.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. xxv, 405 p. 24 cm. Brown hardcover in mylar-covered dustjacket. Flat-signed (on pasted-in paper) on half title. "Wormholes" may not seem the most appealing or appropriate label for this often lively collection of John Fowles' essays. But the book is a collection of opinion pieces on many worms that have bored… Read more about this item