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New York & London:: Oxford University Press,, 1993.. Hardcover -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). 2nd printing. A study on how African American voices, folklore and rhetorical traditions of his time influenced Twain's writing, and especially the character of Huck Finn. Extensive notes, works cited, index. 275 pp.

New York:: McBride, Nast and Company,, 1913.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in dark blue cloth with copper lettering on spine and front cover (bookplate on front pastedown, front hinge starting, but overall a sturdy and attractive volume and uncommon in this condition. Small bookseller's sticker on rear pastedown. . First US printing. Although George du… Read more about this item

New York:: Julian Messner,, (1959). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in black cloth with light green lettering in a fair only dust jacket with rubbing, chipping and overall edgewear, price-clipped.. First printing. The dust jacket describes this as "At last the complete story of the 'Beats'- that hip, cool, frantic generation of new Bohemians who are… Read more about this item

New York:: Random House,, (2006). First edition -. Very near fine in glossy black illustrated wrappers (an unread copy, but minor lamination flaw to spine covering).. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A book which "focuses on cutting-edge controversies about the true source of Shakespeares enchantment and illumination - the astonishing language itself. . . [It]… Read more about this item

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1980). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in black cloth in a very good dust jacket (some wear to ends of spine, and fold of front flap). First printing. The second volume of the collected papers of this noted critic, who was himself the recipient of many awards, including two National… Read more about this item

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1975). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in beige cloth in a very good dust jacket.. First printing. A book which Wilson was working on at the time of his death in 1972, edited and with a long introduction by his literary executor, Leon Edel. The first volume of the collected… Read more about this item

San Bernardino, CA:: R. Reginald / Borgo Press,, 1978.. First edition -. Near fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. While Morris is perhaps best known as a textile designer, printer and craftsman associated with the Arts and Craft movement, his contributions also helped to establish the modern fantasy genre, laying the foundation for… Read more about this item

Oxford:: Lion Publishing, , (1990). First edition -. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. A study which "explores Dostoyevsky's rich inner life, full of fascinating contradictions that give his work tension and dynamism." Notes at end of each chapter, bibliography, index. 175 pp.

San Bernardino, CA:: R. Reginald / Borgo Press,, 1977.. First edition -. Very good in stapled red and white wrappers (some toning to pages). . First printing, a trade paperback original. A discussion of Samuel R. Delany's work, from his first novel, 'The Jewels of Aptor" published in 1962 in paperback when he was still a teenager,… Read more about this item

San Bernardino, CA:: R. Reginald / Borgo Press,, 1976.. First edition -. Near fine in stapled red wrappers. . First printing, a trade paperback original. The first critical work on the novels of MacLean, who was both a bestselling author and one of the premiere writers of adventure and suspense fiction, one who was able to "create… Read more about this item

Boston:: Twayne Publishers,, (1989). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. An updated edition of a work originally published in 1976 about the writer best known for the long satirical poem "Hudibras." - "A study of the Restoration satirist's poetry and prose characters, emphasizing the ideas behind the works and linking Butler's satiric… Read more about this item

Norman, OK:: University of Oklahoma Press,, (1973). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (some rubbing to the dj).. First printing. A book which "evaluates the seven British winners of the most prestigious of all literary awards" and which focuses on the work for which they received the award. Includes chapters, each… Read more about this item

Englewood Cliffs, NJ:: Prentice Hall, Inc.,, (1967). Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with the usual markings, missing front endpaper in a good dust jacket (spine label) . First printing. A collection of essays which discuss the relationship between the fiction and the drama of this revolutionary playwright-poet-novelist, and his influence on other writers, including showing that "his… Read more about this item

Minneapolis:: University of Minnesota Press,, (1955). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a good dustjacket (some rubbing to the dj, price-clipped).. First printing. A collection of essays which focus on the work of 9 major American women writers of the late 19th and 20th centuries - Sarah Orne Jewett, Edith Wharton, Ellen Glasgow, Willa Cather,… Read more about this item

New York:: Harcourt Brace & Company,, (1952). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a very good dust jacket (some light toning to pages, corners slightly bumped, wear to spine of dj. . First US printing. A collection of essays on James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Ranier Maria Rilke, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Marcel Proust, and the Greek… Read more about this item

New York:: W. W. Norton & Company,, (2001). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First US printing. In 1998, twenty-five years after Plath's suicide, Ted Hughes published "Birthday Letters," a cycle of poems addressed to his Plath, his first wife. Without casting blame, this book explores the destructive relationship between these two… Read more about this item

New York:: Norton,, (1991). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Essays by Margaret Atwood, Linda Hogan, Luisa Valenzuela, Bharati Mukherjje, Natalia Ginsburg, Harriet Doerr, Kaye Gibbons, Maxine Kumin, Elena Poniatowska, Jan Morris, Patricia Hampl, Anita Desai, Elizabeth Jolley, Diane Johnson, Gretel Ehrlich, Carolyn Forche, Diana Ackerman and Ursula… Read more about this item

New York:: Viking,, (1988). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First US printing. A book by this novelist and literary critic which gives "a satirical look at the life of a writer and scholar. Writing in the form of letters that he never got around to sending, Bradbury offers reminiscences and advice… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA:: The MIT Press,, (1980). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (chip on back cover of dj, some rubbing and wear). First US printing. Translated from the Russian and edited by Michael Glenny with additional contributions by Mary Chaffin and Linda Aldwinckle. "Central to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's 'The Oak and the… Read more about this item

Durham, NC: : Duke University Press,, 1974.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket (short closed tear at fold on rear cover). First printing. The title comes from an essay by Barth and in this book, the author analyzes similarities among these three writers - Jorge Luis Borges, Vladimir Nabokov and John Barth -… Read more about this item