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Lectures and Essays

by Jacob Klein

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Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Published
1985
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780960369027
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Annapolis, MD: St. John's College. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A; First Edition (1985) unstated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: The Book shows a hint of cocking the binding which remains secure. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or… Read more about this item
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Critical Essays on Tolstoy

by Edward Wasiolek

Condition
Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Published
1986
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780816188277
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New York, NY: G. K. Hall & Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. EX-LIBRARY, showing the usual marks, labels, and treatments thereof. Else, Very Good: shows moderate rubbing and soiling overall; the binding leans ever so slightly while remaining secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in… Read more about this item
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Balzac

by Frederick Lawton

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Used - Good with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; Second Printing
Published
1910
Binding
Hardcover
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London, England: Grant Richards. Good with no dust jacket. 1910. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Good: Shows wear to the extremities; rubbing to the panels and backstrip of the blue, cloth-covered boards; the hinges are starting but have been repaired with supple binder's glue; sparse pencil lines in the margins and several lines underlined in pencil also;… Read more about this item
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A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (Complete in Four Volumes and Slip-Cased)

by Winston Churchill

Condition
Used - Fine with No dust jacket as issued
Edition
First Edition Thus
Published
2003
Binding
Hardcover
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London, UK: The Folio Society. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 2003. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good+ to Near Fine Slipcase: The books are flawless; the bindings are square and secure; the texts are clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks… Read more about this item
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The Complete Poems of D. H. Lawrence (Volume One)

by D. H. Lawrence

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Used - Good in Good dust jacket
Published
1964
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Hardcover
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New York, NY: The Viking Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. Good in Good DJ: Ex-Library copy, showing the usual treatments. Else, The Book shows just a touch of wear to extremities; considerable smudging and soiling to the outside edges of the text block; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free… Read more about this item
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The Singer of Tales

by Albert B. Lord

Condition
Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition
First Ed thus, but later 1st Edition; Second Printing
Published
1960
Binding
Hardcover
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Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1960. First Ed thus, but later 1st Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Good+: shows dampstaining to the lower rear panel; faint overall soiling to the grey-toned cloth over boards; two pages were not cut correctly by the publisher and a former owner has attempted to correct the sections of… Read more about this item
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An Empire Nowhere: England, America, and Literature From 'Utopia' to 'The Tempest'

by Jeffrey Knapp

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First Edition Thus; First Printing
Published
1994
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780520073623
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Berkeley, CA: University Of California Press. Near Fine. 1994. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Paperback. First Edition Thus (1994) , First Printing, so stated and further indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Wraps: the binding leans ever so slightly but remains secure; else flawless; the text is clean. Free of creases to the… Read more about this item
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The Advancement of Learning (Book I)

by Francis Bacon

Condition
Used - Good+
Edition
First Edition Thus; Sixth Printing
Published
1892
Binding
Hardcover
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London, England: MacMillan & Company , Ltd.. Good+. 1892. First Edition Thus; Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Good+: shows moderate wear to the extremities and the dust-darkening to the backstrip (the titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible) ; aformer owner's name printed at the front free endpaper; tanning to the endpapers and the slightest tanning to the text… Read more about this item
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Living by the Word: Selected Writings 1973-1987

by Alice Walker

Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Published
1988
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780151529001
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New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (1988) ; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good in Very Good+: The Book shows mild shelving wear to the lower extremities; a small, very faint dampstain at the front panel; a former… Read more about this item
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Gothic

by Fred Botting

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Published
1996
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780415092197
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New York, NY: Routledge. Near Fine. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. First Edition Thus (1996) , so stated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows just a hint of wear to the extremities and the very mildest rubbing to the panels; the binding leans ever so slightly; else flawless; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free… Read more about this item
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Coleridge on Imagination

by I. A. Richards with Comments by Kathleen Coburn

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Edition
First Edition Thus; Third Printing
Published
1960
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780253200259
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Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press: Midland Books. Very Good+. 1960. First Edition Thus; Third Printing. Paperback. Very Good+: shows very light wear to the extremities and mild rubbing to the panels; a price has been rubbed out at the upper corner of the front panel; a bit of sticker residue at the inside of the front panel; the… Read more about this item
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The Modern American Novel

by Malcolm Bradbury

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First Edition Thus; First Printing
Published
1994
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780140170443
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New York, NY: Penguin Books. Near Fine. 1994. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Paperback. First Edition Thus (1994) ; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Taken from the Second, Revised hardcover edition published in 1992 by Oxford University Press. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows a faint crease near the upper front corner tip; the… Read more about this item
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Degeneration in the Great French Masters: Rousseau, Chateaubriand, Balzac, Stendhal, Sand, Musset, Baudelaire, Flaubert, Verlaine, Zola

by Jean Carrere

Condition
Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Published
1922
Binding
Hardcover
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New York, NY: Brentano's. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1922. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. T; First Edition in English (1922) , so stated. Very Good+ : shows a tiny hole in the middle of page 85-86; a hint of wear to the extremities; the gilt titles at the backstrip and lightly rubbed; a faint wrinkle in… Read more about this item
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A Colder Eye: The Modern Irish Writers

by Hugh Kenner

Condition
Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition
Book Club Edition; First Printing
Published
1983
Binding
Paperback
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New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1983. Book Club Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows a hint of sunning to the backstrip (the white titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible) ; a tiny, faint smudge to the upper fore-edge; a former owner's name and date inscribed in ink… Read more about this item
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The Playwright As Thinker: A Study in the Drama of Modern Times

by Eric Bentley

Condition
Used - Very Good
Published
1967
Binding
Paperback
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New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich: Harvest Books. Very Good. 1967. Paperback. Very Good in Wraps: shows light wear to the extremities; a mild nudge to the bottom of the front 'hinge'; rubbing to the self-wrapper covers and a bit of consequent soiling to the white background field of the rear panel; a former owner's name and… Read more about this item
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Mazes: Essays

by Hugh Kenner

Condition
Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Published
1989
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780865473416
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San Francisco, CA: North Point Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (1989) , unstated in accordance with North Point Press's customary practice at the time of publication. Very Near Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: shows a hint of crimp at the heel of the backstrip and the… Read more about this item
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The Foundations of Aesthetics

by I. A. Richards, C. K. Ogden, and James Wood

Condition
Used - Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
Edition
1st Edition USA; First Printing
Published
1925
Binding
Hardcover
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New York, NY: Lear Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1925. 1st Edition USA; First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition USA (1925) . First published in London by Allen & Unwin in 1922. Near Fine in Very Good- DJ shows very light shelving wear to the lower extremities; the expected light tanning to the text pages due… Read more about this item
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The Rhetoric of Fiction

by Wayne C. Booth

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
Second Edition; 3rd Printing Thus
Published
1983
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780226065588
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Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. Near Fine. 1983. Second Edition; 3rd Printing Thus. Paperback. Near Fine in Wraps: The Book shows the slightest spine lean; a tiny scuff at the bottom corner of the rear panel, near the spine; else flawless; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free … Read more about this item
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Ananda K. Coomaraswamy

by Vishwanath S. Naravane

Condition
Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Published
1978
Binding
Art History Art History
ISBN
9780805777222
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Boston, MA: Twayne Publishers. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Art History Art History. First Edition (1978) , not directly stated, but First Printing stated, in accordance with Twayne's customary practice at the time of publication. Very Near Fine: shows only a hint of wear to the upper corner tips where the… Read more about this item
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Anything We Love Can be Saved: A Writer's Activism

by Alice Walker

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Edition
First Edition Thus [1998]; First Printing indicated; First Print
Published
1998
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780345407962
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New York, NY: Ballantine Books. Very Good+. 1998. First Edition Thus [1998]; First Printing indicated; First Printing. Paperback. First Edition Thus [1998]; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good+ to Near Fine in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: light wear to the upper corner tip ofthe front panel and to the head… Read more about this item
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