The Decameron: Its Sources and Analogues
London: David Nutt, 1909. Cloth. The 1909 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its red cloth, with crisp gilt-titling along the spine. Octavo, 356 pgs. (with uncut signatures) plus Index. More
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The Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel
Princeton University Press, 1987. 1st. Cloth. A crisp, very solid copy of the 1987 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Thivk octavo, 595 pgs. More
Second Characters or the Language of Forms
Cambridge University Press, 1914. Cloth. A clean, solid copy of the 1914 1st thus, edited by Benjamin Rand and published by Cambridge University Press. Tight and Near Fine in its green cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. Octavo, 182 pgs. plus Cambridge's catalogue of recent publications. More
Samuel Pepys: The Man in the Making SIGNED
Cambridge University Press, 1934. Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ARTHUR BRYANT on the half-title. 1934 2nd printing. VG in its original dark-green cloth, with decorative blindstamping to the front panel and bright gilt-lettering to the spine. Octavo, 436 pgs. Signed by Author. More
Heroic Poetry
London: Macmillan & Co., 1952. 1st. Cloth. The 1952 1st edition. Solid and VG (with light spotting to the boards and light offsetting at the preliminaries) in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with several small closed tears along the panel top-edges. Thick octavo, 590 pgs. More
Keats's Shakespeare: A Desciptive Study Based on New Material
London: Oxford University Press, 1928. A handsome copy of the 1929 1st edition. Clean and VG in its dark leatherette, with bright gilt-lettering along the front panel and spine. Light foxing to several of the preliminaries and selectively along a number of the pages but still very presentable and well-preserved..... More
Tales from Shakespeare
Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1853. Decorative Cloth. Lovely 1853 edition out of Philadelphia, "from the fifth London edition". Solid and VG in beautifully gilt-decorated blue cloth panels and spine. 12mo, 366 pgs., all edges gilt. Lavish 1854 presentation on the front flyleaf from the "Trustees of the 11th Ward..... More
The Comic Spirit of Wallace Stevens SIGNED
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1963. 1st. Cloth. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. A sharp copy to boot of the 1963 1st edition. Crisp and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 201 pgs. Signed by Author. More
The Cult of the Gaucho and the Creation of a Literature
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1947. Original Wraps. 1947 reprint of the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA, for October, 1947. VG in its beige wrappers, with very light scuffing at the front panel. Octavo, 42 pgs. More
Virgil's Augustan Epic
Cambridge University Press, 1989. 1st. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1989 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (with very small former owner stamp at the front free endpaper) in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 280 pgs. More
The Growth of the Homeric Poems: A Discussion of Their Origin and Authorship
Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1885. 1st. Decorative Cloth. 18851st edition. Solid and VG in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering to the front panel and lightly-faded lettering along the spine. Octavo, 216 pgs. plus publisher's ads. More
Heathen Rage
New York: Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1931. 1st. Cloth. The 1931 1st edition. "How We Heathen Feel About Those Who Try to Make Us True and Beautiful and Good....How Is It People Can Seriously Pick Themselves Out to Be Professors, Physicians, Lawyers, Artists and Even Ministers in a Day Like..... More
Plagiarism and Imitation During the English Renaissance: A Study in Critical Distinctions
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1935. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1935 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its dark-red cloth, with just a touch of light scuffing at the rear panel's lower-edge. Octavo, top-edge gilt, 209 pgs. More
Essays and Marginalia (2 Vols.)
London: Edward Moxon, 1851. 1st. Full-Leather. The 1851 1st edition, complete in 2 volumes. Bound in a full, light-brown calf, with raised bands and bright gilt-rule and lettering along the spines. Light scuffing at the panels and very light chipping to the spine labels. Still though, solid and VG and..... More
Lives of Northern Worthies (3 Vols.)
London: Edward Moxon, 1852. Full-Leather. The 1852 "new" edition, complete in 3 volumes. Each volume bound in a handsome light-brown calf, with raised bands and bright gilt-rule and lettering along the spines. Light wear and scuffing to the panels and light wear to the outer hinges but still solid and..... More
Has God Been Insulted Here? SIGNED
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Company, 1952. Cloth. The 1952 1st edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR HUNTINGTON HARTFORD on the front free endpaper. Tight and VG+ (another small inscription just below the author's) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light creasing and chipping along the panel edges, and..... More
Derrida and the Economy of Differance
Indiana University Press, 1986. 1st. Cloth. The 1986 1st edition. Solid, tight and VG+ (with small former owner stamp and date at front free endpaper) in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing --and one tiny chip-- along the rear panel's lower-edge. Octavo, 285 pgs. More
Signeponge/Signsponge
Columbia University Press, 1984. Cloth. A solid, tight copy of the 1984 1st American edition. Crisp and VG+ (with small former owner stamp and date at the front free endpaper) in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 160 pgs. More
Faulkner at West Point SIGNED
New York: Random House, 1964. 1st. Cloth. SIGNED BY THE PRINCIPAL EDITOR JOSEPH L. FANT on the title page. A sharp copy to boot of the 1964 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket. Very small former owner stamp to front free..... More
The First Night of Twelfth Night
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1954 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light soiling to the front panel and spine and light creasing along the panel edges and spine ends. Octavo, 256 pgs. More
Oscar Wilde Discovers America (1882)
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1936. 1st. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1936 stated 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with very light soiling and creasing to the panels and inconspicuous tape reinforcement at several small spots on the inside of the dustjacket..... More
Stevenson's Perfect Virtues: As Exemplified by Leigh Hunt SIGNED
Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Privately Printed (for the Friends of Luther Albertus and Elinore Taylor Brewer), 1922. Hardcover. SIGNED BY LUTHER BREWER on the front blank endpaper. A tight, well-preserved copy to boot of this 1922 privately-published offering to friends of the author. Tight and VG in its duotone boards, with..... More
Shakespeare's Roman Plays and Their Background
London: Macmillan and Co., 1910. Cloth. The 1910 1st edition of this important Shakespearean criticism. Tight and VG in its navy-blue cloth, with mild rubbing to the front panel. Thick octavo, 666 (uncut) pages plus publisher's ads at the rear. More
Creators of Wonderland SIGNED
New York: Arrow Editions (The Rydal Press), 1934. John Tenniel. Decorative Cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR MARGUERITE MESPOULET IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the half-title. (ALSO INCLUDES A HANDWRITTEN NOTE BY THE AUTHOR LAID-IN). A handsome copy to boot of the 1934 1st edition, in this case #22 of an unspecified limitation..... More
The Gothic Quest: A History of the Gothic Novel
London: The Fortune Press, 1938. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1938 1st edition, limited to 950 copies. Clean and VG+ in its red cloth, with gilt-lettering along the spine. Thick octavo, deckled fore and bottom edges. More