Item 4686The Magic and Mystery of Words
New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1964. hardcover. 8vo. 117pp. see pictures for synopsis. #04769.
books on books
Item 4479How to Read a Book
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940. hardcover. 8vo. 398pp. fifth printing of original 1940 edition. from Preface: "This is, in short, a book about reading in relation to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I said it was a "light book." I meant that it was much easier than.....
Item 4730Detective Fiction
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974. softcover. 8vo. 481pp. see pictures for contents. #04813.
Item 4176The Reader-Viewer-Listener
Washington D.C. Library of Congress, 1987. softcover. 8vo. 33pp. from Foreword: "In this essay, Center for the Book adviser Lester Asheim explores books and their relationship to other media in an even wider context, examining books and reading as a part of the total communication process. Readers, he points out.....
Item 2919The Book Nobody Knows
Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1926. hardcover. 8vo 306pp. a popular, accessible introduction to the Bible. Its history, contents, important figures in Old and New Testaments, more. #02984.
Item 2319Plots and Characters in Major Russian Fiction
Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1977, 1978. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 226pp. + 265pp. from Preface: "Students and scholars of literature are often confused by the names and numerous characters in Russian fiction. War and Peace alone presents so many generals and statesman that a reader can quickly lose track of.....
Item 4414The Book of J
New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. hardcover. 8vo. 340pp. from front flap: "In this audacious work of literary restoration, Harold Bloom and David Rosenberg recover a lost masterpiece by a nameless writer known as J, author of the oldest and most powerful stories in the Bible." #04496.
Item 4177The World Encompassed
Washington D.C. Library of Congress, 1981. softcover. 8vo. 11pp. Remarks at a dinner held on March 19, 1981, in the Great Hall in celebration of the treasures of the Library of Congress (The Center for the Book viewpoint series). see pictures for synopsis. #04258.
Item 716Biography
Little Brown and Company, 1969. first edition, presentation copy. hardcover. 8vo 174pp. from front flap: "In this freshly written text Catherine Drinker Bowen has drawn upon the technical experiences involved in the writing of her seven biographies, as well as on the methods and the testimony of other writers whose.....
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Item 681The Writer Observed [association copy]
World Publishing Company, 1956. hardcover. 8vo. 286pp. Stated second printing. Collection of interviews with many of the giants of mid 20th century English language literature including: Dylan Thomas, Somerset Maugham, E.E. Cummings, T.S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Evelyn Waugh, Henry Green, Ralph Ellison, E.M. Forster, Robert Frost, many more.Association.....
Item 917The World of Washington Irving
Blakiston Press, 1944. hardcover. 8vo 495pp. from rear flap: "...Against this rich and varied background of the contemporary scene, the great figures of the day stand out vividly. Mr. Brooks uses the biographies of the principal literary characters of the time for the structure of his narrative. Thomas Jefferson is.....
Item 1103The World of Washington Irving
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1944. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 495pp. stated first edition. from author's Note: "This is the first volume of a series which I hope to finish on the literary history of the United States. It is intended to precede The Flowering of New England. I am now.....
Item 4978Our Literary Heritage
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1956. Book of the Month Club. hardcover. 4to. 241pp. BOMC edition. see pictures for synopsis. #05061.
Item 1082Stories from Six Authors
New York: McGraw Hill, 1960. hardcover. 8vo 511pp. from Preface: "Stories from Six Authors is built upon a positive educational principle. Instead of offering the student a series of single stories by twenty or thirty individual authors, the editors felt that there was an advantage to be derived from reducing.....
Item 3993Novel History
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. first edition. hardcover. 8vo. 351pp. from front flap: "Historical fiction is a contradiction in terms. History is what happened; fiction, what did not. Yet great novelists have often disregarded this logical difficulty, taking up the tools of teh historian to explore the shadowy recesses.....
Item 3061Making the Bible Live
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 384pp. published April 1939. from Introductory: "...But beyond all else there is the aim to attract the attention of readers of the book to a creative and constantly growing philosophy of life, God-centered as well as man-centered--a series of links.....
Item 1141How and What to Read
Chicago: The Old Greek Press, 1905. Literary Digest Edition. hardcover. 16mo. 130pp. from Preface: "This little book is for the average man who reads the newspaper more than he ought, and would like to know the really interesting books in standard literature which he might take pleasure in reading and.....
Item 4179The International Flow of Information: A Trans-Pacific Perspective
Washington D.C. Library of Congress, 1981. softcover. 8vo. 47pp. see pictures for synopsis. #04260.
Item 1776A History of English Literature
New York: Oxford University Press, 1950. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 697pp. from front flap: "This distinguished collaboration provides a balanced survey, factually comprehensive enough to serve as a reference book adn at the same time a compact and manageable volume for the general reader. [. . .] The book throughout.....
Item 699Indexing Books
The Word Guild, 1980. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 145pp. from front flap: "Indexing, an odd blend of clerical detail, word manipulation, and intuitive decision making, is a very personal, subjective process. It is obviously not for everyone, but the individual with a knack for it will often find it a......
Item 5108Against the Grain
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1986. first edition. hardcover. 8vo. 258pp. see pictures for synopsis. #05191.
Item 4593Louisa May Alcott and "Little Women"
Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 1990. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 350pp. A biography of the author and a history of her most famous work, including its immediate and subsequent reception and criticism, its place in contemporary culture, and more. Presentation copy to the author's husband, Bill Delamar, who contributed.....
Item 5077On Literature
Orlando: Harcourt, Inc., 2004. First US Edition. hardcover. 8vo. 334pp. see pictures for synopsis. #05160.
Item 2586The Moral of the Story
Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2000. softcover. 8vo 261pp. #02651.
Item 4968A Hunger for Home
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1987. first thus. softcover. 8vo. 346pp. see pictures for synopsis. #05051.