Edinburgh: A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1765. Third Edition. Volume I only of two volume set. 500 pages. Full contemporary calf with five raised bands and red leather label to spine. Ruled and lettered in gilt. Home, a central figure of the Scottish..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1944. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in black photo-illustrated dust jacket; xvi,[2],190pp. Light shelf wear, spine ends a bit rubbed with tiny chips not approaching text, flaps and endpapers rather foxed, contemporary ownership bookplate to front pastedown, else a Very Good copy in dust jacket..... More
![History of English Literature (Four Volumes in Eight) [Limited Edition, #1 of 500]. ippolyte,...](/pictures/thumb/6606.jpg?v=1594846626)
Philadelphia: The Gebbie Publishing Co., 1897. Limited Imperial Edition, this set being number 1 of 500. Four volumes in eight. Octavo. Frontis portraits to each volume. Red cloth with brown leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt. Spines faded with some staining to boards. Bindings are..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1920 [but 1929]. Quinzième Édition. Small octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's green printed card wrappers; [4],xxviii,303pp. Upper cover and spine toned to tan, the former a bit spotted, textblock uniformly toned, else Near Very Good. Collection of essays on literary theory by the major influencer of the works of..... More
New York: William Pearson & Co., 1835. "Alexandrian Edition." Octavo; [ii], 446pp. Rebound in brown cloth and black leather spine and corner tips, with older black spine strip retained. Boards bumped at corners, spine ends, and along edges, with some scuffing and smudging to cloth. Hinges reinforced. Pencil gift inscription..... More
Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1975. Quarto. 673 pages. Ex-library with usual markings. Blue cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Introductory text in English and Lexicon and Concordance in Cyrillic. No dust jacket. Boards show some light scuffing with institutional markings to front and spine. Binding..... More
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Kingston, Jamaica: New Dawn Press, 1945. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in blue printed dust jacket; [4],215pp. Jacket quite worn with a number of losses, the largest along bottom margin of rear panel affecting spine foot (presumably with loss of publisher's imprint), extremities of both jacket and cloth rather toned..... More
Terre Haute: Dictionary Society of North America, 1984. Stated First Printing. Octavo; 97pp. Portrait frontis. Maroon grained leatherette-covered boards with gilt border and lettering. Covers very faintly shelfworn, but sturdy and square with no bumps or marks. Gilt titling a but dulled. Binding is sound and pages unmarked... More
Philadelphia: Key and Biddle, 1836. First Edition. Octavo; xviii, 664pp. Contemporary leather with spine label and gilt lettering. Boards edgeworn with bumping and rubbing to corners, chipping and cracks to spine ends, and a good bit of scuffing to surface. Boards open easily with pages falling open to between a...... More
London: George Allen & Unwin, [1983]. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in blue dust jacket lettered in white and pale tan, blue topstain; [6],239pp. Toning to jacket verso though externally Near Fine, corners gently bumped. Includes essays on Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, "Fairy-Stories,"..... More
London: J. Hatchard, 1816. Octavo; 174pp + 1p of errata + 1p of publisher's prospectuses. Calf with gilt outer border on front panel and blind-stamped inner border and ornaments. Rebacked in matching leather with new leather spine label, lettered in gilt. Reproduction marbled endpapers. Textblock edges ornamented in a brown..... More
London: Julian Symons, 1937. First Edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Printed wraps. Remnants of blue wrap-around to interior wraps. Includes T.S. Eliot's "The Lion and the Fox." Wraps toned and creased along edges. Binding holding. Bookseller pencil annotations to contents page. Interior otherwise unmarked. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1927]. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's maroon cloth, printed paper spine label; viii,9-255pp. Light shelf wear, faint discoloration from exposure to damp at top fore-edge corner of upper cover and along top margin of rear cover (not affecting text block), tiny holes to..... More
New Haven: Yale University, December, 1965. 8vo, pp. 122; original grey pictorial saddle-stitched wrappers; spine and extremities toned, original price rubberstamped twice on upper cover, spine ends chipped, else Very Good. Articles organized into three sections: Sade the novelist, the philosopher, and the fomenter. More
Paris: Librairie Félix Alcan, [1925 or 1926]. First Edition. Octavo; Vol I xl + 473pp; Vol II continues pagination through 944 + 1p of errata. Broché with laid-paper wraps. Remarkably good copies, though showing age-tanning throughout. Only the wrappers have any signs of foxing, and that is minimal. The textblock..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette, [1914]. Sixième Édition. 12mo (18.25cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, marbled endpapers; [6],318pp. Spine a bit sunned, textblock uniformly toned due to poor paper stock, else Very Good or better. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1975. First Edition. Octavo. 363 pages. Black and white photographs. Photographic dust jacket with original $13.95 price present and 1976 National Book Award Winner sticker to front panel. Book in brown boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket shows some light rubbing and toning along..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1975. First Edition. Octavo. 363 pages. Black and white photographs. Photographic dust jacket with original $13.95 price present. Book in brown boards with gilt lettering to spine. One tiny chip to front of jacket. Stylized triskele bookplate of M.C. Lang with motto "AEI MANθANΩ" ("always..... More
Paris: Librairie Paul Ollendorff / Société d'Éditions Littéraires et Artistiques, 1913. Second Edition. Small octavo (18.5cm.); contemporary red cloth, gilt-lettered spine; [2],302pp.; photographic frontispiece. Spine a bit faded, textblock uniformly toned, contemporary ownership inscription in pencil on front flyleaf, else Very Good and sound. Account of the life and works..... More
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Chattanooga, TN: The Baylor School, 1976. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Richard Adams loosely laid in at front. Octavo. Unpaginated. Printed white wrappers. Adams' lecture is titled "Education for Literature." Includes introductory remarks by William Cushman. Wraps a bit toned along edges with light edgewear. Binding sound and pages unmarked. More
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1996. First Edition with full numberline. Octavo; 372pp. Illustrated dust jacket over maroon buckram with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket and back board bumped at top corner, else jacket is crisp with no chips or tears and boards sturdy and square. A few..... More
Hardcover. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1961. Octavo; 231pp. Black, white and orange dust jacket with clipped price. Black cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine. Dust jacket has some edge wear including chipped front top corners and a closed tear (>1 inch) about halfway down..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1981. First Edition. Octavo; xxiv + 336pp, including bibliography and index. A map, calligraphic reproduction, or historical novel illustration opens each chapter. White dust jacket of laid paper with blue and black lettering and cover illustration. Blue boards with silver lettering on spine. Dustjacket..... More
New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1997. First Edition. Octavo. xvii + 570 pages. Black and white photographs. Illustrated boards with black cloth stamped in silver. Folger Library discard with front pastedown label and pocket at rear. Light edgewear to boards. Binding is sound. A touch of dust soiling to..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. First Edition. Turquoise and navy decorative dust jacket by noted Czech book designer Rudolph Ruzicka. Binding also by him, in aegean-blue cloth with silver and turquoise spine stamping, including ivy motifs; author's initials, with ivy motif, stamped in turquoise on front panel. Standard Knopf..... More