Item 5390New World Writing
New York: New American Library, 1952. mass market paperback. 16mo. 315pp. First Mentor Selection. Mentor MS73. first printing. see pictures for contents. #05472.
literary criticism
Item 2354Hopes and Impediments
New York: Doubleday, 1989. first American edition. hardcover. 8vo 186pp. from front flap: "One of the most provocative and original voices in contemporary literature, Chinua Achebe commands widespread critical acclaim. His novels, including the recently published Anthills of the Savannah, are considered modern classics. Hopes and Impediments draws on the.....
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 1590Vanity Fair Selections from America's Most Memorable Magazine
New York: Viking Press, 1960. first edition. hardcover. 4to 327pp. A collection of pieces that originally appeared in Vanity Fair during the 1920s and 1930s, with pictures and illustrations. Includes contributions from P.G. Wodehouse, Dorothy Parker, T.S. Eliot, W. Somerset Maugham, Gertrude Stein, G.K. Chesterton, Edna St. Vincent Millay, many.....
Item 2292Islam and the Divine Comedy
New Delhi: Goodword Press, 2001. softcover. 8vo 295pp. Reprinting of original 1926 edition. see pictures for synopsis. #02357.
Item 1713The Winged Horse
Garden City, New York: Doubleday Page and Company, 1927. Paul Honore. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 451pp. history of English language poetry (through ancient Greece and Rome, then Europe) written for children and young readers. 8vo.
Item 1240The Alcotts
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1980. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 400pp. stated first edition. from front flap: "This is the story of the lives of the nineteenth-century philosopher and educator Amos Bronson Alcott; his wife, Abby May; and their four daughters, Anna, Louisa, Elizabeth, and May. The Alcotts were the.....
Item 4368Dante's Divine Comedy
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1971. first edition. hardcover. 8vo. 116pp. part of Landmarks in Literature series. from front flap: "An outstanding scholar gives an exceptionally illuminating account of the background of Dante's DIVINE COMEDY and a moving interpretation of its meaning. Bergin's analysis includes exposition of the action, the.....
Item 4060The Proper Study of Mankind
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998. first edition. hardcover. 8vo. 667pp. from front flap: "Isaiah Berlin was one of the leading thinkers of our time and one of its finest writers. The Proper Study of Mankind brings together his most celebrated work, which has appeared in various books (many.....
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 2405The Uses of Enchantment:
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 328pp. + Index. from front flap: "Carrying us back into magical landscapes, recovering for us--and profoundly validating--the enchantment and wonder we long ago experienced, the great child psychologist Bruno Bettelheim gives us his most universally enriching work: a brilliant and.....
Item 3977The American Religion
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991. first edition. hardcover. 8vo. 288pp. first edition. from front flap: "In this strikingly bold and original work, Harold Bloom extends his investigation of the religious imagination to produce a brilliant examination of America's national soul. We think we are a Christian nation, but we.....
Item 2057Jesus and Yahweh
New York: Riverhead Books, 2005. first edition. hardcover. 8vo from front flap: "Harold Bloom [...] has written about religion and the Bible throughout his career. Now, with Jesus and Yahweh, he has combined these interests in what may be his most disturbing book yet. His conclusion, that the Hebrew Bible.....
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 2300Dante Studies
New York: Fordham University Press, 2003. 2003. softcover. 8vo 193pp. vol. CXXI 2003. see pictures for contents. #02365.
Item 2301Dante Studies
New York: Fordham University Press, 2004. 2004. softcover. 8vo 225pp. vol. CXXII 2004. see pictures for contents. #02366.
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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 4586New England: Indian Summer 1865 - 1915
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1940. first edition. hardcover. 8vo. 557pp. see pictures for synopsis. #04667.
Item 5325New England: Indian Summer 1865 - 1915
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1940. first edition. hardcover. 8vo. 557pp. see pictures for synopsis. #05408.
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 4480The World of Washington Irving
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1944. Book of the Month Club. hardcover. 8vo 387pp. BOMC. BOMC pamphlet laid in. 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.....
Item 4638The World of Washington Irving
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1944. first edition. hardcover. 8vo. 495pp. stated first edition. see pictures for synopsis. #04719.
Item 5324The World of Washington Irving
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1944. Book of the Month Club edition. hardcover. 8vo. 495pp. BOMC. see pictures for synopsis. #05407.