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Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1994, Ist Am. edition.. 205 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. "Driven by a lifelong fascination with this poetic masterpiece (Coleridge's 'Kubla Khan') and by her limitless curiosity, Alexander brilliantly reconstructs the origins of Coleridge's haunting images as she leads us . across three continents - from the windswept steppes of Inner Mongolia, where the great Khan held sway, to North Florida with is 'mighty fountains', to Kashmir's mystical and holy cave of ice, to sacred 'Mount Abora' in Ethopia..." Thin, light scuf. f mark to fore edge of textblock. Dust jacket has very minor edgewear/rubbing. VG+/VG+. more information

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Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1968.. 246 pp, 8vo, (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "In 1929, when he was finishing his undergraduate career at Oxford, Maurice Ashley had the good fortune to be asked by Winston Churchill to serve as a research assistant on his current historical . project, a biography of the first Duke of Marlborough. For four years Ashley worked almost daily with the great man on what he and many other critics consider Churchill's best book of history. (This book) tells the story of that association - what. it was like to work for Churchill, how Churchill approached a major historical project, how he absorbed the research of others and turned it into his own clarion prose - and Dr. Ashley goes on to assess Churchill's achievements as an historian an. d to offer critical commentary on his famous books....In assessing (the later) histories, where Churchill was a major particpant in the events as well as their chronicler, Dr. Ashley praises their fairness and balance, and he shows how future histo. ri a ns will be able to use these primary contributions to the history of our recent past." A few tiny areas of old tape residue on endpapers. Dust jacket light edge wear/wrinkling, a few tiny closed tears at top of spine, light rubbing with color. lo ss on rear panel. Very Good/Very Good-. more information

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Anansi, Toronto, (1972), reprint.. 287 pp, 8vo (8" H), soft cover. "...the most startling book ever written about Canadian literature. It is simultaneously a book of criticsm, a manifesto, and a collection of personal and subversive remarks. Margaret Atwood begins by asking: 'What. have been the central preoccupations of our poetry and fiction?' Her answer is twofold: 'survival and victims'. Atwood applies this thesis in twelve brilliant, witty and impassioned chapters..." Interior - very light browning to pages, otherw. i s e clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light browning to rear cover, light edge wear, two corner creases - one tiny, spine flat and uncreased. VG. more information

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Kelly & Walsh, Hongkong (Hong Kong), 1907.. 45 pp, 8 5/16" H, soft cover (stapled, in wraps). The author, who was with H.M. Civil Service, Hongkong (Hong Kong), also wrote "Cantonese Made Easy", "The Pith of the Classics: The Chinese Classics in Everyday Life", "How to Write Chinese", "The E. nglish-Chinese Cookery Book", etc. Interior - previous owner's chop (stamp) on first page, light browning to pages, small edge tear archivally taped on page 39/40, staples are heavily rusted - rust stains on paper, slight bump to top corner of te. x t block. Exterior - corner creases on front cover, fading to spine/hinges and at top of rear cover, rust stains from staples on hinges, small water mark on front cover, darkening to edges of textblock. Good- reading copy only.. more information

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The Literary Guild of America, New York, 1931.. 26 pp, 7 1/2" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w photographs, drawings, reproductions. Contents: J. Frank Dobie; "Coronado's Children", review by Carl Van Doren; How I Became a Hunter of Legends, by J. Frank Dobie; "Tonight My Heart's in Texas. " - a cowboy ballad; Man: The Fortune Hunting Anaimal, by Charles B. Driscoll, author of "Doubloons"; As It Were, by John Beecroft; Junior Guild News; Book Reviews; Recommended Books; What the Critics Said About "N by E" (by Rockwell Kent); Your . O p i nion?; Complete List of Guild Selections Mar. 27 - Feb. 1931; The Next Guild Book; Three and a Half Million Saved!. Interior - minor tiny browning marks on inside of front cover and on first page, staples are rusting, soft bump at top of gutt. er o f all pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, staples are rusty, soft bump to top of spine, minor rubbing. Very Good. more information

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Literary Guild in Canada, Toronto, 1951.. 14 pp, 7 3/16" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). Colour illustrations. Contents: James Beecroft Presents the January 1951 Selection: "The Far Lands" by James Norman Hall; A Sojourn of Thirty Years, by James Norman Hall; Reviews; What Do You Think. ?; Guild Gossip; What Goes on in The Guild. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor browning on rear cover. Very Good+. more information

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University of Georgia Press, Athens, (1994), first edition.. 254 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0820316415 "In this survey of '60s reading and writing, Beidler portrays a generation that came together and then came of age as an ever-evolving community of the word. At the heart of. (this book) are dozens of detailed entries discussing individual writers and the particular importance of their texts - bona fide 60s classics ranging from 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X' and Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse Five' to Carlos Cast. e n e da's 'The Teachings of Don Juan' and the Boston Women's Health Book Collective's 'Our Bodies, Ourselves'. Represented as well are such works of revered elders as Hermann Hesse's 'Steppenwolf' and Henry David Thoreau's 'Walden'. Beidler's cov. er ag e also extends to works of the early '70s that are clearly textual and spiritual extensions of the '60s: the Portola Institute's 'Last Whole Earth Catalog', Annie Dillard's 'Pilgrim at Tinker Creek', Robert Pirsig's 'Zen and the Art of Motorcy. cle Ma in tenance', and others. An overview of reading and writing as both a product and prime mover of '60s culture precedes the main section. In his conclusion Beidler highlights the most notable efforts to document and interpret the era. From. the goo fy beatitude of James S. Kunen's 'The Strawberry Statement' to the brilliant disruptiveness of Robin Morgan's 'Sisterhood Is Powerful', from the dense dialectics of Herbert Marcuse's 'One-Dimensional Man' to the inspired lunacy of Abbie Ho. ffman 's 'R evo lution for the Hell of It', these texts, set against the backdrop of '60s turmoil, served as the scriptures for the generation that marked both the zenith and the end of what Beidler views as 'the last great reading culture'." Small. bump to top cor ners of boards, wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, tiny dint to bottom of textblock. Dust jacket has very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds. VG/VG+. more information

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Cornell University Press, Ithaca, (1992).. 311 pp, 8vo, soft cover. "...traces through the novels, essays, and other writings of George Eliot and Virginia Woolf radically conflicting attitudes on the part of each toward the possibility of feminine greatness. Examining the achievements of E. liot and Woolf in their social contexts, she provides a challenging model for feminist historical criticism..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean and bright. This is a new, unread book. NF. more information

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University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1973.. 489 pp, 8vo (8 7/16" H), soft cover. "These three works, displaying marked differences in purpose, tone, and effect, are all classics of Canadian literary and cultural criticism. John George Bourinot was a man of letters, an Imperialist, and a bic. ulturalist, who was confident of his knowledge of the Canadian identity and felt it to be his public mission to align reality with his own personal vision. Writing in 1893 to the elite represented by the members of the Royal Society, he describe. d h is work as 'a monograph on the intellectual development of the Dominion', describing 'the progress of culture in a country still struggling with the difficulties of the material development of half a continent'. Two decades later, Thomas Guthr. ie Ma rquis and Camille Roy wrote what were, in contrast, specialized assignments, contributions to the compendium history, 'Canada and Its Provinces' (1913). Addressing a far larger audience, and treating a vastly enlarged body of Canadian litera. tur e , t heir work comes much closer to contemporary scholarship, with greater clarity, organization, and sheer bulk of information, but with the loss of some of the charm and assurance of Bourinot's wide sweep. In further contrast to Bourinot's d. eter mi ned biculturalism and will to unity, Roy and Marquis' essays display vivid differences in the emotional allegiances and convictions of the founding cultures. Marquis starts by asking the question, 'Has Canada a voice of her own in literatur. e dis tin ct f rom that of England?'; Roy treats French-Canadian literature in its Roman Catholic contexts." Interior - one small dog-ear crease, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - light to moderate browning, light. brown ing on sp ine and on rear cover, light browning on top of textblock. Very Good-. more information

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Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1986),. 216 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0684184907 B&w illustrations. "In the course of thirty-five years, the eminent American artist Marcia Brown has written and spoken eloquently concerning children, pictures, and books. This . volume brings together thirteen of those major statements, including her three Caldecott acceptance speeches, as well as a moving memoir of her first editor, Alice Dalgliesh. The reader will find here astute comments on books published for children. during the past three decades, glimpses of Marcia Brown's early years as a teacher and a storyteller in the New York Public Library, observations about her own techniques and media and her experiences in bookmaking, her beliefs about art for chi. l d r en, and warm recollections about people who have touched her life. 'Lotus Seeds' will have a permanent place on the shelves of professionals who work with children and with books as well as of parents and others who are introducing children t. o th e best in illustrated books." Minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, light rubbing on front hinge area. Dust jacket has very light wrinkling at top of spine, minor rubbing on front panel, very light browning to spine. VG/VG. more information

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University of Toronto Press, (Toronto, 1973), reprint.. 288 pp, 8vo, soft cover. "There has been almost no study of the American writings of Henry James, that is, the fiction, essays, and travel literature with an American setting. The great bulk of Jamesian criticism deals with the international novel. s, particularly his late works. This study places James's career in a new perspective by discussing its American aspect. It gives the critic an opportunity to come to grips with the evolution of James's technique from his second short story to. h i s penultimate, unfinished novel, 'The Ivory Tower'..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor rubbing, tiny brown mark on spine edge, spine flat and uncreased. VG+. more information

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Andre Deutsch, (London, 1971), Ist edition.. 267 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. "...examines techniques: naturalism and realism, to which committed writers, especially Marxists, have been addicted, and modernism, against which they have set their faces. Mr Caute makes a brilliant critic. al study of these approaches to creative writing, discussing how and why they developed and to what effect they have been used by particular writers. He ends by adumbrating his own ideas on how today's novelists and playwrights can employ alien. t a t i on techniques in the service of what he calls dialectic writing..." Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket is price-clipped, minor edgewear, light edge wrinkling. VG/VG. more information

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Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections, Toronto, 1998, limited to an edition of 500 copies.. 30 pp, 8 1/2" H, soft cover. B&w frontispiece. ISBN 092060143X The text of a lecture given by Douglas Chambers "on the travel diary of Francis Godolphin, the 'Boy on a Horse', who was the grandson of John Evelyn. It is the first travel journal i. n English written by a child, and we are privileged to enjoy it with as rich and knowledgeable an authority as Douglas Chambers". Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean. NF. more information

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Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English, Wisconsin State University, Oshkosh, 1966.. 135 pp, 9" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). Contents: The Negro in American Literature; A Bibliography of Literature By and About Negro Americans - Bibliographies; Periodicals and Journals; Anthologies; Fiction; Poetry; Drama; Criticism, Literary . and Cultural History, Scholarship; Essays and Miscellaneous Prose; Autobiographies; Biographies; Music, Spirituals, Blues, and Jazz; Folklore; Art; Education; Background and Reference Works; History; Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, and Politica. l Economy; Civil Rights, Politics, and Nationalism; Press and Journalism; Religion. Interior - previous owners name, faint erased pencil marks, soft corner crease and tiny edge tear on first page; light browning to inside of covers, otherwise cl. e a n and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - moderate wear on spine, browning to edges of covers and to spine, corner crease on front cover, very light rubbing, small sticker removal marks on front cover. G+. more information

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Hounslow Press, (Willowdale, Ontario, 1984).. 319 pp, 4to (11" H), soft cover. Over 650 b&w photos, drawings, reproductions. "...a guide book to sites in Canada with literary associations...Some 1,200 sites of interest to readers are located and described. The sites found in all the province. s and territories are related to the lives and writings of more than 500 writers of the past and present, major and minor, native and foreign...All the familiar literary sites - or landmarks - are included. Haliburton House, Green Gables, St. Ur. b a i n Street, Jalna, Stephen Leacock Memorial Home, Rue Deschambault, Manawaka, The Finger, Siwash Rock, Robert W. Service's Cabin...All the leading authors are discussed: Earle Birney and E.J. Pratt among the poets; Hugh MacLennan and Robertson D. av ie s among the novelists; Northrop Frye and George Woodcock among the literary figures..." Interior - previous owners name on free front endpaper, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, light r. ubb ing t o covers, spine flat and uncreased, light soiling to edge of textblock. VG. more information

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Bowling Green State University Popular Press, Bowling Green, Ohio, (1983).. 239 pp, 8vo, soft cover. B&w photos of authors interviewed. Interior - tiny faint stain to fore edge of first three pages and inside of front cover, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edgewear/rubbing, tw. o small areas of surface paper scuffing at top/bottom of front cover at spine, spine is flat and uncreased. VG-. more information

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Ecco, (Hopewell, New Jersey, 1998), Ist English language ed.. 151 pp, small 8vo, HC in dust jacket. "...a beautiful, engaging collection of four 'letters' from an Italian father to his young son Francesco - an introduction not only to the wonders of literature, but also the moral dimensions it contains." Dis. cusses Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island', Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye', Eliot's 'The Wasteland' and 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock', and Bernhard's 'The Loser'. Minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has ve. r y m i n or edgewear/rubbing. This is a new, unread book. VG+/VG+. more information

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Columbia University Press, New York, 1970, 2nd printing.. 262 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Contents: Shakespeare's Sonnets and the 1590s; Donne and the "New-found Methods"; The Poetry of the Shakespearean Moment (Donne's 'Anniversaries' and Shakespeare's Last Plays); The Society of the S. hakespearean Moment; Puritanims and the Dramatic Attitude; The Beginnings of Rationalism - Lord Herbert of Cherbury; The Civil War, and the Split in the Age; The Classical Line; Criticism and Poetry after the Restoration; Conclusion. Minor edge . w e a r to boards, very light soiling to edges of textblock, very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling, a few very tiny chips, light fading to spine, flap-folds and part of front panel, two light small s. ta in s on front panel. VG-/G+. more information

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University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1985, first edition.. 343 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0226135799 "Combining literary criticsm with psychology, sociology, and the history of ideas, (this book) offers a fresh approach to the often-asserted connection between Puritanism and. the rise of the English novel. Its premise is that the Christian myth, far from serving as a simple, unified background to fiction, was paradoxical and full of potential conflicts, and that these were particularly vivid in the Puritan imaginatio. n . The extraordinary power of Puritan psychology rests in the control it granted Providence over the individual. Yet as a basis for fiction, Puritanism confronted a paradox that is the central theme of Damrosch's study - the tension between fict. io ns that confess themselves to be fictional and the Puritan faith in human life as a narrative invented by God....Damrosch holds that the eighteenth-century novel was preeminently a novel of ideas, not simply illustrating or alluding to ideas but. te sti ng them and fighting with them. As such, individual masterpieces found unique solutions to shared cultural problems. They demand to be understood from within, even while an attempt is made to trace their historical development. Accordingl. y, D amro sch examines a series of major works in detail. After surveying Puritan ideas about the self, time, and language, he considers two very different modes of Puritan narrative: Milton's 'Paradise Lost' and Bunyan's autobiography and allegori. es. Damro sch then explores the transition to secular narrative in eloquent discussions of Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe', Richardson's 'Clarissa', and Fielding's 'Tom Jones'. A glance at Sterne's 'Tristram Shandy' concludes the book, with reflections o. n th e futu re of the novel in an age when providential pattern could no longer be asserted as synonymous with literary design." 1" faint line indentation on fore-edge of textblock. Dust jacket moderate wrinkling and a few tiny tears/chips along t. op ed ge, lig ht edge wear wrinkling at bottom of spine. Very Good+/Very Good-. more information

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Ryerson Press, Toronto, n.d.. 180 pp, 16mo (6 5/8" H), hard cover in blue cloth with gold letter/decoration on spine - no dust jacket. Contains a biography, anthology of McArthur's work, an appreciation and a bibliography. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership . marks. Exterior - top of textblock browning, light edge wear, top of textblock browned, light rubbing. VG. more information

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Toronto Public Library, Toronto, 1997, limited to an edition of 500 copies.. Unpaginated, 8 1/2" H, soft cover. B&w frontispiece. The text of a lecture by Brian Doyle, Canadian children's book author. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean. NF. more information

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Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina, 1968, first edition.. 310 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "A considerable amount of our literary and social criticism has been based on the premise that during much of our history the United States has been inhospitable to the intellectual and the a. rtist. The term 'exile' has been used frequently and Henry James has been pictured as the prime victim. The present study is a detailed examination of a selected number of representative writers, artists, and intellectuals who spent a considerab. l e amount of time abroad. Its purpose is to determine the extent to which they were 'exiled', and especially to learn what they had to say about the contrast between the American and European scenes....Those discussed are Irving, Ticknor, Bancrof. t, C ogswell, Cooper, Morse, Greenough, Powers, Allston, Story, Fuller, Hawthorne, James, Frederic, and Wharton. In a special chapter devoted to the unique problems of the expatriates of the 1920's, such figures as Stein, Hemingway, Crowley, Fitzg. era ld, and the Crosbys are included...." Very small light stain at bottom corner of pages 194 and 195, minor browning to edges of textblock, minor edge wear to boards, very light wrinkling at top of spine. Dust jacket is price clipped, has light. bro wnin g on spine and flap-folds. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Norland, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1978, first edition.. 533 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0913124324 Contents: Preface; Introduction; Literary Scene in Latvia During the First Year of Soviet Rule, 1940-1941; Latvian Communist Writers in the Soviet Union, 1941-1945; Literary Decli. ne During the Period of Zhdanovism; Latvian Literature During the First Thaw, 1953-1957; The Aftermath of the Thaw, 1957-1960; Today: A Battle for Cultural Autonomy; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. Minor browning to edges of textblock, minor. w rinkling at bottom of spine, minor soiling on bottom of textblock. Dust jacket has a few tiny edge tears - some with creases, light curling to edges, very light rubbing. Very Good/Very Good-. more information

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University of Toronto Press, Toronto, (1993).. 275 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. ISBN 0802074618 "Anne Shirley is the best known of a memorable group of heroines created by Lucy Maud Montgomery, a group that includes Emily Byrd Starr, Valancy Stirling, and Pat Gardiner. These characters are at . the centre of Epperly's book, the first full-length critical study of all L.M. Montgomery's fiction. Epperly contends that Montgomery was a master of the romance genre, and through her use of literary allusions, repetitions, irony, and comic invers. ions she deftly manipulated the normal conventions of romance novels. By studying the fictional biographies of the heroines and their pursuit of romance, Epperly question the ways romance shapes what we consider valuable in our imaginings and exp. e r ience. A book written for L.M. Montgomery fans and scholars." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edge wear, clean and bright. Near Fine. more information

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University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, (1990), Ist edition.. 299 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. "Richard Wright, born in Mississippi in 1908, was largely self-taught...In this valuable work Michel Fabre, Wright's biographer and foremost among Wright scholars, details the volumes in Wright's librar. y, and the facts of Wright's reading habits. This listing of books that formed and influenced him includes second-hand books he bought while living in extreme poverty in Chicago, some borrowed books never returned, books purchased in New York a. n d i n Paris, books Wright deemed required reading for a growing novelist, gift books, and others in a wide and comprehensive list on such subjects as contemporary American literature, classic European works, Afro-American studies, psychology, psy. ch ia t ry , criminology, and social sciences...details information about when and where the volumes were acquired. In compiling this listing Fabre goes beyond the actual contents of Wright's library, for he includes also titles drawn from referenc. es in Wr igh t's works and from the testimonies of people who knew him and his reading habits. Included also is an appendix that collects for the first time reviews written by Wright, his prefaces, forewords, and blurbs...In them one sees Wright as. an au tho r re ady to help younger writers, black and white, American and French." This is an unread book, just removed from publisher's shrinkwrap for cataloguing. Fine/Fine. more information

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Cornell University Press, Ithaca, (1993), Ist printing.. 314 pp, large 8vo, soft cover. "...includes ten essays - all but two of them published here for the first time - that identify repressed elements in Joyce's writings and examine how psychic and cultural repressions persistently surface in his texts. . Individual chapters explore interconnections among the psychic and the political, the textual and the historical, the erotic and the linguistic in 'Stephen Hero', 'Dubliners', 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man', 'Ulysses', and 'Finni. g a n s W ake'...The first collection of psychoanalytically oriented essays devoted entirely to Joyce, this book will be invaluable for students and scholars of literary theory, psychoanalytic and feminist criticism, and cultural studies, and other. s wi th a n i nterest in literary modernism and Irish literature." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor rubbing to covers, two small dints at bottom of spine (no color/paper loss), spine flat and unc. re ase d. Th is is a new, unread book. NF. more information

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Penguin, (Toronto, 1992).. 342 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H), soft cover. Contents: Introduction; Part One: Gibberish of the Vulgate - Sequence and Mode; Concern and Myth; Identity and Metaphor; Spirit and Symbol. Part Two: Variations on a Theme - Prefatory Note; First Variation: the . Mountain; Second Variation: the Garden; Third Variation: the Cave; Fourth Variation: the Furnace. Notes; Index; Index of Biblical Passages. Interior - previous owners label on inside of front cover, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownershi. p marks. Exterior - very minor edge wear, minor soft creases on front cover. VG. more information

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Viking, (Narkham, Ontario, 1990), Ist edition.. 342 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. "The voice out of the whirlwind speaking to Job. Jacob's ladder. The Tower of Babel. The Garden of Eden. Cain and Abel. The Resurrection. The Harrowing of Hell. Northrop Frye weaves these eternal. themes and images through his second study of the Bible and literature. He shows how the simple, primitive elements of myth have over the centuries given to our literature its structures and power. How the Bible, with its special, prophetic m. o d e of verbal expression, resonates through the secular literary tradition: Chaucer, Shakespeare, Spenser, Shelley, Blake, T.S. Eliot. Steering between the antiliterary prejudices of many religious scholars and the antireligious prejudices of ma. ny m od e rn literary critics, he demonstrates how the Holy Book can shed light on the poetic unity of widely different works." Tiny bump to bottom corner of front board. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling, light rubbing/soiling. VG+/VG-. more information

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University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2000, first edition.. 229 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0802044514 B&w illustrations. "This ground-breaking study explores the treatment of the boundaries between poetry and history in three epic literary works: Spenser's 'Faerie Queene', S. amuel Daniel's 'Civil Wars', and Michael Drayton's 'Poly-Olbion'. David Galbraith argues that each of the three national poems enters into a dialogue with classical and more contemporary predecessors and that this relationship has profound implic. a t ions for understanding the English Renaissance. He explores the importance for each poem of various aspects of the relationships between England and Rome and the significance of the recurring spatial metaphors by which the territories of poetry. a nd history are constituted, negotiated, and traversed. By presenting historically and theoretically inflected readings of the poems, Galbraith gives new interpretation to important problems of allegory and poetic imitation." Light wrinkling at. bo tto m of spine. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, light wrinkling at bottom of spine. Very Good+/Very Good+. more information

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Oxford University Press, New York, 1989, 2nd printing.. 290 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), soft cover. ISBN 019506075X "(This) original, groundbreaking study explores the relationship between the African and African-American vernacular traditions and black literature, elaborating a new critical approach loc. ated within this tradition that allows the black voice to speak for itself. Examining the ancient poetry and myths found in African, Latin American, and Caribbean culture, and particularly the Yoruba trickster figure of Esu-Elegbara and the Sign. i f y ing Monkey whose myths help articulate the black tradition's theory of its literature, Gates uncovers a unique system of interpretation and a powerful vernacular tradition that black slaves brought with them to the New World. Gates uses this . cr it ic al framework to examine several major works of African-American literature, including Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God', Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man', and Ishmael Reed's 'Mumbo Jumbo'." Interior - tiny bump to top/bott. om cor ner of approx. first 50 pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - faint spine crease, tiny corner creases, very light rubbing. Very Good. more information

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Ace, New York, (1973).. 192 pp, mass market paperback. B&w illustrations. "Spanning the years between the dime novels of the 19th century and today's paperbacks, pulp magazines provided millions with their first and only taste of 'literature'. The noble, resourceful her. oes of those gripping tales of fiction, along with their monstrous, evil antagonists, were depicted on cheap paper, and housed in lurid covers that shocked all but the near-blind. There was 'The Shadow', scourge of the underworld, 'Doc Savage', . s u p erhuman adventurer, and 'The Phantom Detective', sleuth extraordinaire, a well as the breathtaking exploits of World War I sky fighters, mad scientists, 'Tarzan' and a host of now-immortal writers. The printed word has indeed become alive in . th at m ost vigorous and thrilling of literary eras..." "Special! Original illustrations." Interior - previous owners name in pencil in first page, approx. 1/4 of the pages have light to heavy creasing at the top corner, otherwise clean and tig. ht wit h n o other ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear, light rubbing, small soft crease on front cover, spine flat and uncreased. Good reference copy only.. more information

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University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, (1982).. 152 pp, 8vo, soft cover. "...Grace concetrates on analysing each (of Lowry's) work(s) on the basis of its aesthetic structure and components rather than as a source for autobiographical or psychological interpretations of Lowry's personality. Alth. ough the study is mainly concerned with the primary works, reference is made to the major critical books and articles on Lowry. She also includes an appendix in which she examines the elements of Conrad Aiken's fiction and poetry which had a si. g n i f icant impact on Lowry's work. This book will be of value not only to serious students and critics of Lowry but also to general readers who have a committed interest in his works." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. . E xt er ior - small crease at top corner of front cover, minor rubbing, slight fading to spine color, spine flat and uncreased. VG. more information

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Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1966, Ist edition.. 274 pp, 8vo (8 7/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ",,,an analytic study of the imagery in Proust's 'A la recherche du temps perdu', with incidental reference to some of the other works...Similies and metaphors are first classified and tabulated un. der various headings: descriptive/analytical; concrete/abstract; visual/olfactory, etc. This statistical analysis is only a preliminary to a detailed examination of imagery related to themes (nature, aesthetics, love, etc.), and a careful consi. d e r ation of images classified according to source (nature, science, literature, the arts, etc.). The introduction outlines the method used and the next two chapters explore imagery under the headings of themes and sources. The third chapter is . de vo te d to techniques and the book concludes with a select bibliography and a detailed index. The general conclusion indicates that the core of Proust's style is his use of images and without a full understanding of them, one cannot appreciate e. ith er the unity or the profound meaning of 'A la recherche du temps perdu'." Very light browning to pages, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, small bump at corners of front board. Dust jacket is price clipped, has moderate edge wear/wrinkli. ng, lig ht s oiling, three tears, very small chips, fading to spine and edges, now in mylar sleeve. VG/Fair. more information

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Swan Sonnenschein, London, 1899, Eight Thousand.. 137 pp, small 8vo, HC (red boards with yellow greek key decoration - no dj). Brief sketches of the historical novels by Sir Walter Scott. Each novel is laid out giving the principal characters and a brief description. Spine and top of front board. slightly sunned, boards have light edgewear/soiling/scuffs. Previous owner's information on ffep, eps are moderately foxed, pages starting to brown, light soiling to a few pages. A great reference for students/lovers of Sir Walter Scott. V. G -. more information

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Odyssey, London, (1970).. 224 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "The six decades of Queen Victoria's reign - popularly still considered a 'repressive' era - saw the emergence of more erotic and pornographic literature than at any other time in our history, not . exluding the present. Hundreds of titles of all grades and shades of erotica were secretly printed and sold throughout England...This anthology, with an Introduction and prefacing notes...uniquely reproduces chapters, passages and bawdy verses..." . Bump to top corner of boards. Dust jacket has light wrinkling at top of spine and flap-folds, waterstain and dye offset at bottom of spine and front panel - mainly shows on inside surface, light rubbing to surfaces. VG/VG-. more information

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Pegasus, New York, 1970.. 199 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "(This) is a study of the life, character, and art of one of America's finest poets....(It) accounts for every phase of Miss Moore's life, the early sources of her unusual character, the quick reco. gnition and encouragement of her work by Ezra Pound, her years as a young poet in Greenwich Village where her contemporaries included Alfred Kreymborg, William Carlos Williams, H.D., and Wallace Stevens, her distinguished and controversial editors. h i p of the 'Dial', the most prestigious literary magazine of its day, her 'retirement' to Brooklyn where she continued for decades consistently to produce some of the best poems written in our time. The major part of the book, however, is devoted. t o Miss Moore's poetry - from her first book, 'Poems', arranged for and published in 1921 by friends without her knowledge, to the 'Complete Poems' in 1967. Mr. Hall sees danger and protection as recurring preoccupations in Miss Moore's work, and. sh ow s how, in poem after poem, she has explored these themes, calling to her defense a wonderful array of self-sufficient animals and objects, and conjuring such bright shields as independence, courage, love, and imagination. Through minute atte. ntio n t o the language of the poems, he reveals Miss Moore as a poet of fantasy, distortion, and deep feeling....(This book) offers valuable new perspectives on one of the most intriguing figures in twentieth-century letters and makes accessible on. e of the richest and most rewarding achievements of modern poetry." Minor edge wear. Dust jacket has very light edge wear/wrinkling, light rubbing. Very Good+/Very Good. more information

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P.D. Meany, (Port Credit, Ontario, 1977), Ist edition.. 187 pp, 8vo, soft cover. B&w maps + historical cultural chronology. "...consists of three main divisions, each directing the reader to the key reference works in its area. Parts I and II deal with the Background sources: - under 'Background: Gene. ral Reference' are listed the guides to libraries, bibliographies, biographies, dissertations, books, and newspapers and periodicals; under 'Background: Ireland' Dr. Harmon provides an invaluable guide to the most important reference works for. I r i s h history, Biography, Topography, Archaeology, Folk Culture & Anthropology, the Arts, Language, Gaelic Literature & Mythology, and Newspapers & Periodicals. Part III deals with the sources for Anglo-Irish literature itself, covering poetr. y , fi ct io n and drama, as well as bibliographies of individual authors, and a listing of Irish literary periodicals." Interior - small stamp at top corner of first page, otherwise clean and tight. Exterior - light edgewear, slight bump and smal. l fa int ma rk to top of textblock, spine flat and uncreased. VG. more information

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The Friends of the Osborne & Lillian H. Smith Collections, Toronto Public Library, Toronto, 1994, printed in an edition of 1000 copies.. 38 pp, 8 1/2" H, soft cover. B&w illustrations. ISBN 0920601278 Contents: Introduction by Margaret Crawford Maloney, Curator, Osborne, Lillian H. Smith and Canadiana Collections, Toronto Public Library; John Sullivan Hayes, by Elliott Hayes; Conf. essions of a Book Collector: This lecture was given by John Hayes to the Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections on February 3, 1977. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean. NF. more information

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Chelsea House, Philadelphia, 1999, 3rd printing.. 205 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0791047784 "The simple story of Santiago, the old Cuban fisherman, and his battle with the great marlin and the sharks, is one of moral heroism, self-reliance, courage, and imaginative. vision that has given rise to dissenting critical interpretations. Joseph Waldmeir suggest that in 'The Old Man and the Sea' Hemingway "has finally taken the decisive step in elevating what might be called his philosophy of Manhood to the level . o f a religion". Christian symbolism, the subject of the essay by G.R. Wilson Jr., contrasts the focus of Robert P. Weeks on the 'fakery' of the clairvoyant powers the authors assigns to Santiago. Sheldon Norman Grebstein compares the structure o. f 'T he Old Man and the Sea' to that of a drama, noting the interplay of 'essential symbolic patterns' found in other of Hemingway's works; Linda W. Wagner observes that, because Hemingway is an Imagist, he presents Santiago not as 'pure pathos', bu. t rat her as 'proud and courageous, aligned with the arch young lions'; Gerry Brenner points out the multiple meanings that continue to enrich readings of Hemingway's deceptively simple text; and Bickford Sylvester discusses among other issues of cu. lt ural context, the signficance of baseball in Santiago's storytelling. Also included in this comprehensive collection are essays by Carlos Baker, Leo Gurko, Delmore Schwartz, Nemi D'Agostino, Clinton S. Burhans Jr., Philip Young, Claire Rosenfie. ld, Jame s H. Justus, and David Timms." Dust jacket has minor rubbing, minor edge wear, very light edge wrinkling at top of spine and at top of rear panel. Fine/Very Good. more information

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Teachers College Press, New York, 1971, second printing.. 112 pp, 7 3/16" H, soft cover. "The art of creativity in children's literature is evaluated according to a different set of criteria and standards from that applied to adult literature - namely, the writer's ability to show respect for the 'innate . rights' of the child and to write with a sensitive feeling for the integrity of childhood. Like Coleridge, James E. Higgins defines art, in concepts 'beyond words', as the fusion of new identities through the extraordinary functions of the imaginat. ion. Classically known fairy tales and books of mystical fancy appeal directly to the 'inner child', an aspect of childhood that grownups, teachers, and writers for children can get to know it they look through the child's looking glass without t. h e adult's perception. In this discussion of children's literature, ranging from the works of W.H. Hudson and George MacDonald through 'The Hobbit' of J.R.R. Tolkien and 'The Little Prince' of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Professor Higgins continual. ly e mphasizes the importance of things that are not seen as essential to the development of the child's spirit of security in today's educational society, which often tends to relinquish the concentration on things of wonder and faith for more rel. eva nt everyday identities." Interior - one page with two upper corner creases, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, a few very small scuffs, fading to spine color - lettering very legible, mino. r so ili ng. Very Good-. more information

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Twayne, New York, (1991), Ist printing.. 175 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0805782672 B&w illustrations. "In her unique study of the Babar milieu, Ann Meinzen Hildebrand looks at the de Brunhoffs' complete works, analyzing the thematic development of the stories an. d commenting on the essential role of the illustrations. Acknowledging the differences between the work of father and son, Hildebrand attributes the series' continuing popularity to the way in which both artists have created an elephant cosmos t. h a t is a mirror of a real and ideal life. She shows how de Brunhoff 'pere et fils' have eschewed simple 'animal fantasy' for fascinating characters who respond to everyday situations, both tragic and frivolous, thoughtfully and act on the princi. pl es o f perseverance, patience, hope, and courage. Hildebrand's comprehensive study establishes the genius of the de Brunhoffs and explains how one kindly, nondidactic elephant in a derby hat has become such a socializing force for young readers. .' Fi ne/ Fine. more information

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Andre Deutsch, 1968, first U.K. edition.. 253 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "....an account of living and writing by one of the Beat generation, a friend of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and others less famous but no less interesting and significant - and it makes nonsense . of the game of 'generationing' by speaking to everyone, anywhere. It begins with four intimate portraits: Ginseberg, Kerouac, Gershon Legman and Jay Landesman, whom John Clellon Holmes met in his early twenties and recognized at once as people he . wanted to know well. It was not long before they had all been labelled 'the Beats', but a label is only what the outsider sees. Here we are shown the living reality to which it was attached and are told what it felt like to wear it - and to peel i. t off, which is what, as he approached his forties, Mr Holmes discovered that he had done. He is without pomposity and doesn't tell us what we expect to read. He remebers what it was like to sigh after Carole Lombard and to long to be Humphrey B. o g art, as well as what it was like to learn how to write. He remembers what his friends brought home from the grocer as well as what they said about communism and sexual freedom. Summing up the sexual revolution, he digs into the experience of l. iv in g it and makes generalisations seem empty. Pondering on Kennedy's assassination he produces from his personal reaction an interpretation of Oswald so preceptive that it jolts. And assessing the nature of a writer's life and the role of spoke. sma n, he comes quickly to the conclusion that 'fame, ambition, ego - more and more they seem like husks to me, sad husks housing frightened twitter'. Having made his declaration at the frontier of middle age, he is ready to go his own way for his . own rea sons, a wise man and an impressive writer...." Minor edge wear, very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling - mainly at top of spine and flap-fold areas, light rubbing, minor browning. Very Good/. Very Goo d-. more information

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Univeristy of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, (1966), 2nd printing.. 155 pp, 8vo (8" H), soft cover. A collection of Poe's literary criticisms, collected under the following headings: First Principles; English Poetry and Prose; The American Scene. Interior - previous owners name and small sticker mark on first pag. e, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - moderate to heavy rubbing, inked out old price and light sticker residue on front cover, light edge wear, spine uncreased. Good sound reading copy only.. more information

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Toronto Public Library, Toronto, 1999, limited to an edition of 500 copies.. 31 pp, 8 1/2" H, soft cover. B&w illustrations from 'Tika'liktak' and 'The White Archer' by the author. ISBN 0920601456 The text of a lecture by James Houston - "Mr. Houston's distinguished career as an author, illustrator and artist began fifty. years ago, and like the Arctic community whose creations he brought to the attention of the world, it has flourished ever since. The books Mr. Houston has written and illustrated have contributed to the international knowledge and appreciation . o f the rich culture and traditions of Canada's aboriginal peoples, and have achieved that particularly enviable status of being well-loved classics." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean. NF. more information

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Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1993).. 575 pp, small 8vo (7 3/4" H), soft cover. "...the ideal reference book for anyone interested in the classical world and its literary heritage. (Contains:) accounts of the lives and works of the classical authors; character entries and plot summari. es; general entries tracing the development of literary forms such as comedy and tragedy; wide coverage of the historical, political, social, and artistic background; translations of all Greek and Latin words." Interior - very light browning to . p a g es, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - one very small corner crease, very light browning to edges of textblock, uncreased spine, slight curl to bottom of book. VG. more information

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Twayne, New York, (1994), first edition.. 163 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0805745157 "In this comprehensive analysis of a woman hailed by her fellow Britons as a 'National Monument', Nancy Huse argures that Streatfeild's work challenges the status of 'girl's books'. , described in most criticism as ephemeral or constituting a catagory separate from 'great books'. Huse attributes the appeal of Streatfeild's books to their contemporary themes and traditional values and finds that in exploring the tensions of . h e r edity and environment Streatfeild anticipates many contemporary questions about the role of women, the structure of the family, and the implications of the class system. In particular, Huse notes, Streatfeild (in both her children's and adult. n ov el s) used the poverty of women and their work in the domestic sphere to link the public with the private worlds shaping children. Streatfeild's conservative upbringing, rebellious youth, and complex life-long relationship with her family pro. vid ed mat erial for her novels, according to Huse. Streatfeild developed a conscious perspective on childhood that she used to defend child/adult boundaries while sharpening story forms. At the same time, Huse contends, her multifaceted talent ad. mitt ed new subjects, character types, themes, and information into the children's book because she assumed competence and intelligent curiosity as the basis of children's contributions to the family and to society. In this vibrant portrait of the . life and wor k of such an innovative children's writer, Huse suggests some meaningful ways to evaluate the family novel, the role of a children's novelist in preserving and constructing a historical record, and the implications of formulaic pattern. s tha t de rive from female experience." Minor wrinkle at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has minor rubbing, light creasing at top of rear panel near flap-fold, minor wear at top of rear flap-fold. NF/VG+. more information

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Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001, first edition.. 268 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0195142950 "In this innovative and learned study, Dennis Kezar examines how Renaissance poets conceive the theme of killing as a specifically representational and interpretive form of v. iolence. Closely reading both major poets and lesser known authors of the early modern period, Kezar explores the ethical self-consciousness and accountability that attend literary killing, paying particular attention to the ways in which this re. f l ection indicates the poet's understanding of his audience. Among the many poems through which Kezar explores the concept of authorial guilt elicited by violent representation are Skelton's 'Phyllyp Sparrowe', Spencer's 'Faerie Queen', Shakespea. re 's 'Julius Caesar', the multi-authored 'Witch of Edmonton', and Milton's 'Samson Agonistes'. Each chapter places an incident of textual violence within the context of England's literary and social history. In each case, Kezar offers an origina. l a cco unt of early modern depictions of violence that reflects on the poetic process and explores the ethical ramifications of literature for both author and audience. In emphasizing the social, literary, and historical consequences of 'killing p. oems ', t his volume further advances scholarship in historicist and speech-act theories of the early modern period. (It) also contributes a provocative chapter to the current debate on the ethics of literary communication." Minor wrinkling at bot. tom o f spi ne. Dust jacket has minor rubbing, minor color offset on inside top of spine/flap-folds. Fine/Very Good+. more information

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Harold Shaw, Wheaton, Illinois, (1976).. 89 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. "...Clyde S. Kilby spins his remembrance of a summer's close personal acquaintance with J.R.R. Tolkien into an intimate portrait of the writer whose mythic universe has kindled the imagination of a vast audience. Her. e Kilby not only provides a rich diversity of clues to the content of that looked-for magnum opus, 'The Silmarillion', but elaborates on Tolkien's personal and literary relationships with his contemporaries, C.S. Lewis and Charles Williams..." . S l i g ht wrinkling at top of spine. Dust jacket is price-clipped, has light edgewear/rubbing, three small closed tears and light wrinkling at top edge, tiny dint on front hinge, spine slightly sun-faded. VG/G. more information

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Oswald Wolff, London, 1969, first edition.. 128 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. 4 b&w examples of Arp's work. Contents: Acknowlegements; Monograph; Translations; Sources of Translations; Select Bibliography. Faint erased pencil marks on front endpapers, small piece mi. ssing and small tear at fore edge of free front endpaper, minor browning to pages, small bump with tear in paper at top corner of rear board, minor wrinkling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket is price clipped, has light soiling and browning on spin. e and flap-folds, small tear with creases at to of rear flap-fold. Very Good-/Very Good-. more information

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AMS Press, New York, (1973), reprint.. 262 pp, 8vo, HC (no dust jacket as issued). Introduction in Spanish and English. "This bibliography of picaresque literature, arranged chronologically, from its origins to the present, attempts to bridge a bibliographical gap between the Spanish p. icaresque novel and the picaresque literatures of Europe and America. More extensive than any other to date, this volume represents the first serious contribution to the growing need for a systematic bibliography that facilitates and guides s. t u d e n t s and young scholars of the 'world of the picaresque' in their studies and inquiries." This is a new, unread book, just removed from shrinkwrap for cataloguing. NF. more information

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