Literature from JimsOldBooks

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1948. Some creasing and a few small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, with a small piece missing at bottom end of spine. Minor bumping to ends of green cloth spine and to corners of red and black patterned paper-covered boards, a previous (original?) owner's name on f/ep, some foxing to outer pages, but otherwise a good… Read more about this item

London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1907. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to corners of black buckram-covered boards, some foxing to outer pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this small hard-cover book. Number 139 (CXXXIX) in the publisher's "The Worlds Classics" series which was issued in ten different bindings, this is bound in black buckram with paper title… Read more about this item

New York: The Bowling Green Press, 1927. No dustwrapper (originally would have had a glassine wrapper, a bit like grease-proof paper), minor bumping so spine ends and corners of brown paper-covered boards with some chipping to same at edges of spine. Some loss to edges of red leather title label on spine, but gilt title thereon is still complete… Read more about this item

Aberdeen: Aberdeen City Arts Department, 1990. Spiral-bound publication. Minor scuffing to corners of front cover, also a couple of old tea (?) stains to same, otherwise a good clean tight copy. This soft-cover book was brought out to accompany an exhibition of artwork inspired by Shetland fiddle music and by writings by Orkney authors including George MacKay Brown and Eric… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 2022. Very slight creasing to top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally written in the mid 1950s but unpublished until 2022, autobiographical memoirs by the American poet Robert Lowell, covering his childhood, later periods of mental illness, and reminiscences of other writers. 387pp, 8pp b&w illustrations.. Hard… Read more about this item

London: Virago Press, 1992. Minor scuffing to spine ends and to corners of cover, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Looks at the life and (more so) at the works of poet Sylvia Plath. 288pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"… Read more about this item

New York: Holmes & Meier, 1981. Some fading to spine and to inner edges of covers, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. An anthology of fifteen essays by various authors which had originally appeared in "Women & Literature" and its predecessor "The Mary Wollstonecraft Newsletter" between 1972 and 1979.… Read more about this item

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, 2005. Fading to spine and to inner edges of covers, some scuffing to outer corners, outer edges of pages a little bit grubby, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. A collection of essays, memoirs and criticism pieces by various authors on American poet Jane Kenyon. 278pp.. Paperback. Good/No… Read more about this item

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1984. Hardback edition. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of gray boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Under Discussion" series, this contains essays and reviews of the poetry and prose of American feminist writer Adrienne Rich. 367pp.. Hard… Read more about this item

Kirkwall, Orkney: The Orkney Press, 1990. Slight bumping to spine ends and corners of yellow boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper, of this hard-cover book. Deals with the life and work of Orcadian writer Robert Rendall, known for his poetry and for writings on archaeology, travel, and religion. Includes a section on his… Read more about this item

London: J M Dent & Co, 1946. Two volumes, no dustwrappers. ,Some bumping to spine ends of light blue boards, a bit of old damp-marking to back of volume 1, gilt ttiles on spines are rubbed but still readable, a previous owner's name and date (1986) on f/ep of both volumes, but otherwise a not too bad pair of hard-cover… Read more about this item

Glasgow: Third Eye Centre, 1985. Minor scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwse a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this sim soft-cover book. A translation into Scots of Molière's 1664 comedy "Tartuffe". 63pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Minor scuffing to outer edges of cover, pencil notes and underlinings by previous owner in some of the sections, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Cambridge Companions to Literature" series, this contains fourteen pieces by various authors on the life and work of Mary Wollstonecraft,… Read more about this item

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1979. Verys slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Revels Plays" series, this one contains the play "Bussy d'Ambois" by George Chapman, using the text from the quarto of 1607 rather than the revised quarto… Read more about this item

London: David Campbell Publishers Ltd, 1992. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1857 and in the old Everyman's Library series in 1908, this is one of the newer Everyman's Library series, slightly bigger than the old ones, and with black and white dustwrapper. … Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1952. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of gray boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Twenty-eight pieces by the author, originally published in magazines between 1930 and 1951, on various literary topics including Elizabethan dramatists, Kipling, H G Wells, "Les Liasons Dangereuses", "Moll… Read more about this item

London: Pitman Medical Publishing Company, 1960. Some creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, also some fading to spine of same. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of brown boards, a previous owner's bookplate on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection of essays by the author on Samuel Johnson, Jonathan… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1945. Minor creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1935, this is a fourth impression from 1945. "Chapters on Children and on Childhood as it is revealed in particular in Early Memories… Read more about this item

Staffordshire: Keele University Press, 1995. Minor scuffing to outer corners of cover, some yellow highlighting in the introduction, a few bits of pencil marking in the text, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Ryburn Renaissaince Texts and Studies" series, this contains the text (in… Read more about this item

London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1844. No dustwrapper, top inch of the right-hand side of spine strip is missing, also a small piece at right-hand side at bottom end. Some bumping to corners of dark green embossed boards, gilt title panel on spine is still bright. Original owner's note inside front board (Rec'd Dec 6th 1844), binding… Read more about this item