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1) The Poetic Tradition: Essays on Greek, Latin and English Poetry
Allen, Don Camerson; Rowell, Henry T. Editors

Baltimore MD: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1968. Edition Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 142 pages. Book and dustjacket show slight shelfwear. Now protected in mylar. Sticker residue on front dustjacket. Cover rubbed. more information

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2) The Style's the Man: Reflections on Proust, Fitzgerald, Wharton, Vidal, and Others
Auchincloss, Louis

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Scribners, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 177 pages. Slight shelfwear, book bottom remainder marked. more information

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3) Rede Me and Be Nott Wrothe
Barlowe, Jerome; Roye, William; Parker, Douglas H. (editor)

Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book shows almost no wear - nearly fine. 247 pages including index. more information

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4) Chaucer and the Fifteenth Century
Bennett, H.S

New York: Oxford, 1954. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book shows slight shelfwear. more information

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5) Virginia Woolf: Her Art As A Novelist
Bennett, Joan

New York: Cambridge University Press, 1975. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 171 pages. Book shows slight shelfwear. Some passages marked, underlined and/or notated. more information

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6) Satire's Persuasive Voice
Bloom, Edward Alan

Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.: Cornell Univ Pr, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 305 pages. Slight shelfwear, spine faded and tanned. more information

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7) Black Swine in the Sewers of Hampstead : Beneath the Surface of Victorian Sensationalism
Boyle, Thomas

New York: Viking, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book and dustjacket show slight shelfwear. Now protected in mylar. Black remainder line on the lower edge of the textblock. more information

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8) Hans Christian Andersen: The Story of His Life and Work 1805-75
Bredsdorff, Elias

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book and dustjacket show slight shelfwear. Part biography, part literary criticism. more information

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9) English Literature at the Close of the Middle Ages
Chambers, E.K

New York: Oxford, 1947. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book shows slight shelfwear. more information

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10) James Branch Cabell
Davis, Joe Lee

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book shows slight shelfwear. Dustjacket is a bit scuffed with almost no edgewear. Now protected in mylar. 174 pages including index. more information

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11) Milton's Theatrical Epic : The Invention and Design of Paradise Lost
Demaray, John G

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Some shelfwear. DJ lightly soiled, general wear, a small piece missing from top of back panel near spine and a small closed tear on top of front panel near spine. 161pages, including index. In this analysis of Milton's artistry as an epic poet, John G. Demaray offers a fresh perspective on one of the world's great epic poems. more information

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12) Miami
Didion, Joan

Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 238 pages. Slight shelfwear, book bottom remainder stamped and dustjacket spine faded. more information

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13) England, Their England: Commentaries on English Language and Literature
Donoghue, Denis

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 365 pages. Book and dustjacket show slight shelfwear. Now protected in mylar. more information

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14) The First Wave : Women Poets in America, 1915-1945
Drake, William

New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book has a very very slight spine slant. Dustjacket is faded on the spine, and back panel, front panel bright. Tells the stories of 27 American women poets who were active from 1915 to 1945. more information

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15) Theodore Dreiser's Ev'ry Month
Dreiser, Theodore; Barrineau, Nancy W. (editor)

Athens, GA, U.S.A.: University of Georgia Press, 1996. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bookand dustjacket show almost no wear - nearly fine. Now protected in mylar. more information

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16) The Outline of Literature (vols 1, 2, & 3)
Drinkwater, John

New York: Putnam, 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. All three volumes in lovely shape, previous owner's name with date on free front endpaper of each book. more information

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17) Dickens, Drood and the Detectives
Dubberke, Ray

New York: Vantage, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Almost no wear, dustjacket has a slight crinkle at the heel of the spine. 192 pages including a select bibliography. the author shows how real crimes, real criminals and real detectives influenced Dickens' plot and then goes on to answer the essential questions raised by this unfinished tale of crime and retribution. more information

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18) Encounters
Erikson, Kai

Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Yale Univ Pr, 1989. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 163 pages. Slight shelfwear. more information

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19) Fifty Who Made the Difference
Esquire Magazine Editors

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Villard, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 563 pages. Slight shelfwear, book shaken, dustjacket chipped at corners. more information

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20) Black Women Writers 1950-1980: A Critical Evaluation
Evans, Mari (editor)

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1984. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 543 pages.Book shows some shelfwear- reading crease, a little wear at the edges. more information

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21) Special Collections in Children's Literature
Field, Carolyn W

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: American Library Association, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book shows light shelfwear, white endpapers slightly soiled. 258 pages including index. more information

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22) The Novel
Freedman, Richard

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 192 pages. Slight shelfwear. more information

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23) Melville's Vision of America : A New Interpretation of Moby Dick
Gardner, John Fentress

Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Myrin Inst, 1977. Edition Not Stated. Soft Cover. Good/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 47 pages. Light general wear to book, book lighlty rubbed with small dark spots and the imprint of a long removed paper clip on front cover. more information

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24) The Early Novel of the Southwest
Gaston, Edwin W

Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Former library book has almost no markings - sticker on dustjacket spine, embossed library seal on title page - nothing else! Slight wear. Dustjacket tanned withspine ends worn. Now in fresh mylar. 318 pages including index. A critical history of Southwestern fiction from 1819 to 1918 with emphasis on forty major novels from L'HEROINE DU TEXAS to THE DESIRE OF THE MOTH. The Appendix contains synnopses of the 40 principal novels and biographies of thier authors. more information

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25) Richard Wright : Critical Perspectives Past and Present (Literary Ser.)
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.; Appiah, K.A.(editors)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Amistad, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book and dustjacket show slight shelfwear. Now protected in mylar.476 pages including index. more information

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26) The Princliples & Practice of Critisism : Hamlet; The Merry Wives; Othello
Gilbert, Allan

Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1959. Edition Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 152 pages. Slight shelfwear. Dustjacket lightly rubbed, spine fadded and tanned. more information

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27) Pope : A Collection of Critical Essays
Guerinot, J.V. (ed)

New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1972. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. Trade PB. Book shows slight shelfwear, spine just a bit faded. There is some highlilghting of the text - occassional rather than extensive. 182 pages including notes. A collection of critical essays by W.H. Auden, Maynard Mack, Geoffrey Tillotson, William K Wimsatt Jr., Cleanth Brooks, Irvin Ehrenpreis, Emerys Jones, John M. Aden, & Allen Tate. more information

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28) Antaeus 21/22 Spring/Summer, 1976
Halpern, Daniel Editor

New York, 1976. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 311 pages. Book shows slight shelfwear. more information

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29) The Harvest Reader
Heffernan, William A

New Delhi: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984. Edition Not Stated. Soft Cover. Good/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 572 pages. Slight shelfwear, covers have light creases acorss corners. more information

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30) Henrik Ibsen : Plays and Problems
Heller, Otto

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1912. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue boards, gilt lettering, some shelfwear, front hinge paper cracked, still solid. A comprehensive study of Ibsen's work for the American drama aficianado. Extensive notes & bibliography. more information

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31) Rotten Reviews II: A Literary Companion
Henderson, Bill (editor)

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1987. Edition Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 93 pages. Slight shelfwear. more information

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32) The Genius of Shaw
Holroyd, Michael

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, LLC, 1979. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. General wear to book and dustjacket. Sticker on dustjacket front panel. 238 pages, including index. "Michael Holroyd and his team of distinguished writers have a look at Bernard Shaw's declared dozen reputations. more information

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33) Preface De Cromwell and Hernani
Hugo, Victor; Effinger, Jahn R. (ed.)

Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1900. Edition Not Stated. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 261 pages. General wear to book, corner bumped, note on front and rear end papers, small ink spots on front cover. Spine is slanted. more information

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34) Time of Arrival and Other Essays
Jacobson, Dan

New York: Macmillan, 1962. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed. Signed twice - an inscription on the free front endpaper and just his name on the title page. Spine slightly faded. more information

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35) A Descriptive Catalogue of the W. L. Lewis Collection : Part One - Manuscripts Inscriptions Art
Kendall, Lyle H

Fort Worth TX: Texas Christian University Press, 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book shows slight shelfwear. 196 pages. more information

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36) Sartre : A Collection of Critical Essays
Kern, Edith (editor)

Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall, 1962. Later. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. Trade PB. Book shows light shelfwear. Text clean with no underlineing or notes. 179 pages including bibliography. Part of the Twentieth Century Views series. more information

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37) Bare Bones : Conversations on Terror With Stephen King
King, Stephen; Underwood, Tim

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book and dustjacket show slight shelfwear. Now protected in mylar. more information

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38) The Recognition of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Konvitz, Milton R. (ed.)

University of Michigan Press, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chips on top and bottom of DJ spine. All four corners chipped. Rubbing to back on DJ. Shelfwear to bottom of boards. The Recognition of Ralph Waldo Emerson articulates some of the reasons why his figure has stood out in American intellectual and literary history. more information

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39) George Bernard Shaw : A Critical Survey
Kronenberger, Louis (ed.)

Cleveland OH: World Publishing Company, 1953. Later. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book and dustjacket show some light general shelfwear, price-clipped. Now protected in mylar. 262 pages. more information

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40) Shakespeare and the Revolution of the Times: Perspectives and Commentaries
Levin, Harry

Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Oxford Univ Pr, 1978. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 334 pages. Book shows slight shelfwear. Some text underlined. more information

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41) Walt Whitman's Champion: William Douglas O'Connor
Loving, Jerome

College Station, Texas, U.S.A.: Texas A & M Univ Pr, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 252 pages. Slight shelfwear, dustjacket price clipped and chipped with a small piece missing from top spine corner on front panel and a tear going down along the spine of the front cover. A few spots on bottom of dustjacket's spine. more information

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42) Southwest Heritage : A Literary History with Bibliography
Major, Mabel; Pearce T.M

Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico, 1972. 3rd Edition. Soft Cover. Good/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed By Author. Inscribed & dated by the author on the half-title page. Previous owner's name written on the upper front cover. Lower corners creased. Spine has a small stickerpull. 378 pages including index. more information

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43) Thomas Mann's Goethe and Tolstoy: Notes and Sources
Mann, Thomas; Koelb, Clayton (editor)

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Univ of Alabama Pr, 1984. Edition Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 255 pages. Slight shelfwear. No dustjacket. more information

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44) Lives of the Poet : The First Century of Keats Biography
Marquess, William H

University Park, PA, U.S.A.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight shelfwear. 133 pages, including index. Focused on Keats, this study of the development of literary biograpy in the 19th adn 20th centuries demonstrates the influence and importance of biogrpahy as a form. more information

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45) Wyndham Lewis, the Novelist
Materer, Timothy

Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.: Wayne State Univ Pr, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 189 pages. Slight shelfwear, dustjacket rubbed with small scratch on the front panel near the edge. more information

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46) Longman Guide to Shakespeare's Characters: A Who's Who of Shakespeare
McLeish, Kenneth

Essex, England: Longman Trade/Caroline House, 1985. None Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 264 pages. Book and dustjacket show slight shelfwear. Now protected in mylar. One ink notation on page 79. more information

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47) Later Auden
Mendelson, Edward

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book and dustjacket show slight shelfwear. Now protected in mylar.570 pages including index. more information

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48) Reading for Life: Beauty, Pluralism, and Responsibility
Miles, Margaret R

New York: Continuum Intl Pub Group, 1997. Edition Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 228 pages. Book and dustjacket show slight shelfwear. Now protected in mylar. more information

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49) Genius and Lust: A Journey through the Major Writings of Henry Miller
Miller, Henry; Mailer, Norman

New York: Grove Press, 1976. Edition Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 576 pages. Book and dustjacket show slight shelfwear. Now protected in mylar. Spine faded. more information

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50) Poetry As Epitaph : Representation and Poetic Language
Mills-Courts, Karen

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.: Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book and dustjacket show slight shelfwear. Now protected in mylar. more information

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