LITERARY from Booked Experiences

Holstein: ON: Exile Editions, 2007. First Edition. . Soft cover. Fine. Fine Review Copy. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.195 Part memoir, part analysis, and part manifesto the author links poetry to the personalities of troubled poets who scholars have termed Poets of the Asylum. clean tight copy stamped review copy not for sale on lower edge of frontpiece. … Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co, 1983. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in Near Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.237 with index. The author explores the years Brecht spent from Germany in exile. clean tight unread copy minuscule edgewear.

London: England: Constable & Co. Ltd, 1943. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in Very Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.240. with bibliography and illustrations. Two authors connect. clean tight copy d/j wrapped in mylar and shows small piece missing to top spine and top corner small tears to top back. else slight rubbing and faded. … Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Fromm Intl, 1987. First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Fine in Near Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.148. Letters from an unknown woman to Rilke to express the effect his words had on her music. clean tight copy except for p.19 lower 9 lines neatly underlined. former owner name on frontpiece. sunning… Read more about this item

Toronto: ON: Descant Arts & Letters, 1992. Soft cover. Fine/Unknown. Fine 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.208 clean tight copy minuscule edgewear.

Toronto: ON: Ryerson Press, 1949. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Near Fine in Poor jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.130 with index and bibliography. Examines some of the prose fiction written about the Canadian West by native Westeners and others to attempt an estimate of the success in which it recreates the prairie way of life. clean tight… Read more about this item

N.Y.: P.F. Collier & Son Corporation, 1910. Hard Cover/No Jacket. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.437. From Troy to Leaves of Grass. clean tight copy dovers show slight edgewear with gilt rubbed off on spine.

London: England: Collins, 1947. Third Impression. . Hard Cover/No Jacket. Very Good/No Jacket. Near Fine 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.324 with index and 48 plates in color and 125 illustrations in b/w. Contains The English Bible, Poets, British Dramatists, historians, English diaries and journals, novelists and philosophers. clean tight copy, slight wear to corners and edges on blue cloth.… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, 1973. Third Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Near Fine 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. pp.621 with index of names and bibliography. Most devoted to essays dealing with individual writers plus some on theatre and poetry and the novel. clean tight unread copy slight foxing to text pages minuscule edgewear.

N.Y.: G P Putnam's Sons, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Near Fine in Very Good ++ jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.379 with index. The adventurous and byways of a creative man living in a strange and remote world. clean tight unread copy d/j shows to front top corner three small tears and creases, top/bottom spine creases and small… Read more about this item

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Scholastic Paperbacks, 1988. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. pp.123 with index. Journey back in time with this lively book that brings to life the world of William Shakespeare-the greatest playwright who ever lived. clean tight unread copy slight corner wear.

N.Y.: Alfred a Knopf Inc/Borzoi, 1976. First American Edition. . Hardcover. Good/Good. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket Ex-Library. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. pp.191 with index. Contents: The life, The work, The genius of Thomas Hardy. clean tight copy d/j wrapped in mylar. library markings include salvage stamped on frontpiece, tape shadows on frontpiece, library stamp on title page,… Read more about this item

Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.: Westminster John Knox Press, 2003. First Edition. . Soft cover. Good/Very Good. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.164 The author embarks on an exploration of the themes in Harry Potter's books that can been seen as glimmers of the Christian gospel. tight copy first 8 pages with sporatic yellow highliting. … Read more about this item

London: England: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1972. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in Near Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.234 with index. A candid study of five European fictional heroines as anticipatory of contemporary feminism. clean tight copy d/j shows slight edgewear.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McArthur & Company, 2002. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.197 with index. Reveals the ancient folklore and legends that inspired Tolkien's masterpiece. clean tight copy slight edgewear.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Key Porter Books, 1998. First Edition. . French Flaps/soft Cover. Fine. Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author pp.300 with index. The letters reveal a thoughtful and insightful editorial mind who listened to his writers. clean tight copy minuscule edgewear to corners.

Shelburne, Ontario, Canada: Enterprise Productions, 1992. First Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/Fine. As New in As New jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.134 Poetry, philosophy, humor and imaginings. The terrible thing abut ignorance is you never know when you've got it. clean tight unread copy stamped withdrawn on lower edge but not exlib book.

Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Houghton Mifflin Co International Inc. /Riverside Edition, 1961. Soft cover. Fine. Fine 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.370. clean tight unread copy.

Abacus, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ++ in Very Good ++ jacket 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. pp.136 Comprises the last writings of the author before his death in 1985 the first six on Australia. clean tight copy foxing to pages and inside covers, slight edgewear.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday & Company Inc.,, 1986. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. As New in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.646 with index of superstitions and miscellaneous lore, index of ballads and verse, index of tall tales and legends and further reading. Nearly 300 of the most entertaining legends, tall tales and ballads from America's… Read more about this item