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New York: Appleton, 1903. Unknown. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth boards show evidence of biopredator damage. Front hinge paper partially cracked, text block very solid. Some foxing. 1903 edition of the 1899 original. Part of the Short Histories of the Literatures of the World. An excellent study by the former British Secretary to Japan.408 pages including index, followed by several pages of advertising. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book appears new & unread. Dustjacket has a small smudge on the lower left front edge. Now protected inmylar. Literary profiles of 23 writers : Cyril Tourneur, Prosper Merimee, Ann Bronte, Dumas , Lord Bryce, Walter Pater, Hanry James, Sarah Orne Jewett, Robert Grant, The Abbe Mugnier, F. Marion Crawford, Harold Frederic, Paul Hervieu, Robert Herrick, Amy Lowell, I. Compton-Burnett, Elinor Wylie, Harold Nicolson, Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Robert E. Sherwood, and Iris Origo. more information

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Athens GA: University of Georgia, 1986. Unknown. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book shows very slight wear, dustjacket has a sticker pull on upper front corner. 260 pages including index. 77 illustrations from the Illuminated Blake." A study of the biological symbols needed to understand the poetry and art of William Blake. Before the student or the critic can understand and evaluate Blake's myth, or myths, he must understand the symbols which help embody the myth. more information

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight shelfwear. DJ chipped on extremeties, light rubbing on back panel. 279 pages. more information

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London: Oxford, 1929. 3rd Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book shows slight shelfwear. Occasional pencilled note or underline. 443 pages including index. more information

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New York: Thomas Crowell and Co, 1970. First Thus. Soft Cover. Good/Wraps. Trade PB. Book shows some sheflwear, interior clean and nice. 359 pages. more information

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Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1967. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book appears new & unused. Dustjacket has light wear with a couple of tiny closed tears. Protected in mylar now. 268 pages including index. A straightforward and systematic critical examination of Mrs. Gaskell's work. One chapter is devoted to each of the major novels, one the the Life of Charlotte Bronte ( bio), and one to the shorter works. more information

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Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book shows light wear, fewer than usual library markings, part of the reference library - not circulated. subtitled: Essay on Writers, their Books, and their Land. The area covered is from the New Mexico-Texas trans-Pecos area to the Salinas of California. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: New York University Press, 1984. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book shows slight shelfwear. 153 pages. more information

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Zadig, Bertrand. Green boards show general wear, a bit more at head of spine. Pastedown on spine tanned, but quite ledgible. 15 woodcuts to go with the essays, includes Sherwood Anderson, D.H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, H.G. Wells, Don Marquis, Anatole France, H.L. Menken, George Washington, Brigham Young, & Jesus. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 1993. Later Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 227 pages. Slight shelfwear. more information

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New York: Current Literature Publilshing Co,, 1912. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. REd boards have some scuffing and edewear. Pages tanning. 345 pages. more information

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Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book shows slight shelfwear. White dustjacket is a bit soiled with some edgewear. Now protected in mylar. 292 pages including index. more information

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Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book was apparently in some kind of library, although there are no stamps , there is evidence of a pocket having been on the free front endpaper.The Dustjacket has a sticker pull near the heel of the spine. Book and dustjacket show general wear. 162 pages including index. 11 essays including the title essay which is an attack on the sloppiness and irresponsibility of critial writing. Quite entertaining reading! more information

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Chicago: Academy Chicago, 1982. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good/Wraps. Usual library markings, spine worn, wraps & text block bright & solid. 227 pgs. Includes essays by Brian Aldiss, James Gunn, Algis Budrys & others. Also, corresponence between H.G. Wells and Olaf Stapledon. more information

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Winnipeg, Canada: University of Manitoba, 1997. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight shelfwear, light soiling to white paper covers. 195 pages. A journal for the comparative sudy of literature and ideas. more information

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