Search Results: Literary Criticism from 100 POCKETS

New York, NY: Signet/New American Library, 1979. Reprint of 1979 . Paperback. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW w/faint margin discoloration. Softcover/VG; strong, shelf worn, w/humidity stains to front & back cover. First published 1903; this is a Signet reprint of 1979. It is said author, key 19th century writer author of literary realism, Henry James, (1843 - 1916) regarded this novel one of his "most perfect" works. Of an intellectual family, son of Henry James, Sr., brother of philosopher & psychologist William James, and diarist Alice James. This novel is a is social commentary contrasting social values of the New World with that of the past. A tale of a widowed financee, bringing home her wayward son, Chad Newsome, reputedly entrapped in an sordid affair. Strong copy despite flaws.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1926. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/As New. Vintage 1926 First Edition. Embossed maroon linen boards/Fine. DJ/None. Gilt upper text edge; frontispiece, photo portrait; decorated endpapers. Illustrated text with fold-out map (also, As New) of places one might visit on a trip around the world with Kipling. Last volume of The Mandalay Edition of the Works of India-born, English novelist & poet,and Nobel Prize winner Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936). The 5 essays & authors are: 1, Kipling at Home (Irvin S. Cobb); 2, Rudyard Kipling: A Biographical Sketch (Anice Page Cooper); 3, Rudyard Kipling's Place in Literature (Richard Le Galliene); 4, Rudyard Kipling (William Lyon Phelps); and, 5, Rudyard Kipling as a Frenchman Sees Him (Andre Chevrillon). Followed by Index to Kipling's works.

New York, NY: A.M.S. Press, 1967. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. NOTE: VOLUME II ONLY (of a 2-Volume set). Text/BRAND NEW. Maroon linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/Fine. DJ/None. Maroon endpapers. 1967 reprint of 1898 publication of David Nutt. This is Volume II, covers Discourses VII through XIII. They are: Discourse VII, The Disordered Lyfe of the Countesse of Celant ...; VIII, Julya Drowneth Her Selfe ...; IX, The Impudent Love of the Ladye of Chabrie ...; X, Luchin is Longe in Love wyth a Simple Maide ...; XI, The Crueltye of a Wydowe in Enjoynynge her Woer ...; XII, Peryllo Suffreth Muche for the Love of Carmosyna ...; and XIII, A Wonderful Constancie in Dom Diego ... Fine copy.

New York, NY: Harper & Bros, 1947. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/As New w/check marks to contents page & small soil spot to lower edge between pgs 140 & 141. Vintage 1947 First Edition. Beige linen boards/NF w/trace soiling. DJ/None. PO name to fEP. Collection of 23 short stories written between 1925 and the assembly of this anthology, illustrating the varying forms the literary genre has taken over time. Gordon Hall Gerould was Professor of English at Princeton Univ. The authors, some of little fame, are: Sherwood Anderson, Stacy Aumonier, Elizabeth Bibesco, Thomas Boyd, Sir Hugh Clifford, Walter de la Mare, Charles Caldwell Dobie, H.G. Dwight, F. Scott Fitzgeral, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Henry Sydnor Harrison, Ernest Heminway, Richard Huges, James Joyce, Ring Lardner, David Herbert Lawrence, "Katherine Mansfield"; John Masefield; Harvey O'Higgins; John Russell; Wilbur Daniel Steele; Edith Wharton; and, Ben Ames Williams. Strong copy… Read More

New York, NY: HarperAudio, 1990. Set of 2 Cassettes . 2 Audio Cassettes/Boxed. New/None as Issued. Set of 2 Audio Cassetts; BRAND NEW. Box for the cassettes/Tired w/rubs & faint creasings, and taped. Author Tony Hillerman (1925 - 2008) published Coyote Waits in 1990; the cassettes were recorded in May, of the same year, in Albuquerque, NM. Running time is about 3 hours, abridged, wity music. The mythical coyote is always hungry, and always waiting and lurking. So, too, are humans cursed with ambition and greed. Navajo Tribal Police officer Jim Chee braves fire to rescue fellow office Delbert Nez from his burning car only find his friend is already dead from a fatal gun shot wound. Just then, an elderly shaman, with a bottle of whisky in one hand and the murder weapon in the other, totters on the scene! Hear the tale in the storyteller's voice and brought to life with his intonation! New cassettes in a tired box.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard-Yenching Institute, 1967. Offprint . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY w/faint creasings to lower left corner of softcover. New Zealand-born sinologist & scholar of traditional Chinese vernacular fiction, Professor Patrick Dewes Hanan (1927 - 2014), Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages & Director of the Harvard-Yenching Library. 207 pgs. Essays addresses critical analysis approaches to pre-1550 vernacular short stories od mid-Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) in contrast to those prevalent during those of the classical tales that have survived from the T'ang Dynasty despite the intervening rule of the Mongolian Yuan period

Osprey, FL: Beacham Publishing, 2000. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/New. BRAND NEW & Collectible. DJ/NF. First in a projected series (C.S Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia to follow) of study guides in young adult fiction. A guided introduction to the analytical skills of literary criticism.

Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1968. 13th Revised, Centennial Edition, . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/AS NEW & bright. Vintage 1968 Revised & Enlarged Edition. Gilt embossed green linen boards/NF. DJ/None. Upper text edge dyed red. Faint creasings to first 12 pgs & the last from faulty handing. Anthology of familiar, famous quotations. Assembled by writer and publisher John Barlett (1820 - 1905). First published 1882; this is the 13th Revised & Enlarged Centennial Edition of 1955. 1614 pgs, w/some 117,000 entries. Alphabetical index of authors precedes entries.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ Press, 1965. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/NEW & Bright w/po name strikeout to front cover verso & fEP. Vintage 1965 First Edition, First Thus. Blue linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/Fine. DJ/NF. Study of rhetorical self-awareness in the Renaissance epic, applying distinctions between narrator and author., from Uniy of CA, Robert M. Durling (1929-2021), known for his prize translations of Petrarch's Rime Spars, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. 280 pgs , in 2 parts, examines 4 epics: Boiardo's Orland innamorato, Arisosto'ls Orlando furioso, Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata, and Spenser's The Faerie Queene. Text in 7 chapters, 2 parts: Part I: Ancient & Medieval Influence: Two Roman Poets; 2, Chaucer; and 3, Petrarch); and, Part II (chapters 4, Boirdo; 5, Ariosto; 6, Tasso; & 7, Spenser), followed by Notes & Index.s which considers Horace, Ovid, Chaucer & Petrarch; & Spenser. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Avon Books, 1990. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. 1990 First Avon paperback printing. Illustrated soft cover/VG w/trace edge wear. Novel by Edward Paul Abbey (1927 - 1989) written shortly before his death. Best known for The Monkey Wrench Gang and the non-fiction work Desert Solitaire. This novel is loosely based on his own life. Portions of this tale were first published elsewhere. Abandoned by his 3rd wife for a computer science professor, anti-hero Henry Holyoak Lightcap, penniless, shoots his refrigerator (that symbol of man's progress), quits Arizona to return to his ancestral roots in the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania. Traveling in an old pick-up with his dying dog & memories, he calls on old friends enroute, visits an Indian reservation, and many out-of-the-way bars, all the while reviewing triumphs & follies of his life. Humorously and artfully told reflections.

London, UK: Penguin, 1989. First Edition, 27th Printing . Paperback. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/NEW w/margin discoloration. Soft cover/NF w/light wear & sticker removal loss to lower back corner. Collection of 15 short stories of New Zealand by Katherine Mansfield, pseudonym of Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (1888-1923). First published 1922 in literary magazines; this is Penguin reissue. The early 20th century setting for the stories is loosely based upon Mansfield's childhood home in Wellington and carries autobiographical undertones. "The Garden Party", the title story, centers on an annual garden party held by the well-to-do Sheridan family. During its elaborate preparations, news arrives of an accidental, tragic the death of a working-class man living in the poorer part of the village. Told through young Laura Sheridan's reaction to the day. She did so look forward to the party; finding her family at large simply brushing off the tradegy by assuming the man was drunk,… Read More

New York: Signet/New American Library, 1961. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Paperback. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/As New w/margin discoloration. 1961, First Edition, 2nd Printing. Softcover/VG; sound w/shelfwear. THE GRASS HARP, personal favorite of Truman Capote (1924 - 1984), was first published 1951, adapted 1952 to a play, to a musical 1971, and to film 1995. Story of coming to peace of elderly sisters (Dolly & Verena) & a young, orphaned nephew (Colin) now in their charge, aloft in a tree house. The physical setting is based on Capote's memories of childhood in Alabama --- a 1930's tin-roofed, cypress structure with an antique spiral staircase that housed a rattan sofa in a walnut tree sited in cousin Sook's backyard. There hours were spent with friends, including Nelle Harper Lee. The novel also draws from cousin Sook's concoctions of dropsy medicine; the recipe she will take to her grave despite a sister's entreaties for commercialization. In the TREE OF NIGHT… Read More

North Adams, MA: Oxford Univ Press/Franklin Library, 1983. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. NEW - COLLECTIBLE/None as Issued. Rockwell Kent (Illustrator). BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. 1983 First Edition, First Thus. Red, gilt embossed leather backstrap w/gilt embossed red linen boards. Decorated endpapers. Red ribbon book mark. All leading edges in gilt. This edition based on text established by William Aldis Wright (1863 - 1866); The 6 Rockwell Kent (1882 - 1971) illustrations included were originally commissioned by Doubleday, 1936. 649 pgs, the six Shakespearean dramas are: 1, The Life & Death of King John; 2, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second; 3, The First Part of King Henry the Fourth; 4, The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth; 5, The Life of King Henry the Fifth; and 6, The Tragedy of Kind Richard the Third.

New York, NY: Special Edition, Time Inc., 1965. 1st Printing . Paperback. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover/VG; strong w/front spine fortified with archival tape & trace shelfwear. Historical novel from English poet, novelist & classicist Robert Graves (1895 - 1985). First published 1934; this is a 1965, Time Inc. Edition. "Autobiography" of Roman Emperor Claudius, 4th Emperor of Rome, (reigned 41-54 AD). First Roman emperor born outside of Italy, of Sabine origins. Crowned at age 49, having been secluded from the public for being judged a dolt --- he was a cripple, had nervous tics & stammered, and will prove himself both keen of mind & strong in leadership. Brilliant portrait of both Claudius and ancient Roman life. 429 pgs. w/Introduction from Robert Graves.

New York, NY: Henry Holt, 1913. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/NEW & Bright. Vintage March 1913, First Edition, 1st Printing. Gilt-embossed blue/black linen boards/NF w/end rubs. DJ/None. Staple punctures to fEP & light discoloration (acidic paper reaction). Frontispiece under tissue guard: Photo portrait of French novelist, dramatist, and 1915 Nobel winner Romain Rolland (1866 - 1944) who was dedicated to pacifism & world peace. Serialized novels of Jean-Christophe is in 10 volumes in France; the English translations by Gilbert Cannan is divided into three volumes (Jean-Christophe, Jean-Christophe in Paris, and, this volume consisting of the last three). An epic work chronicling successive crises confronting creative genius. The central character, Jean-Christophe Krafft, is a German musician (modeled on Beethoven, on whom Rolland had earlier written a biography) of Belgian extraction, composer of genius whose life knew great hardships &… Read More

London, UK: Everyman's Library/Dent/Dutton, 1963. Reprint of 1906 Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Text/Clean & Near New. Blue linen boards/Good; sound w/edge & surface rubs, and showing marked discoloration. PO label to fEP & fEP verso. Arthurian literature. First published 1485 by William Caxton. Le Morte d'Arthur (the Death of Arthur) from Sir Thomas Malory (- 1471). Compilation of legendary tales of King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot & the Knights of the Round Table. Malory interprets still extant French & English lore of legendary figures, adding some original material (the Gareth story). The volume is a honored of Arthurian literature. Primary source used by modern Arthurian writers, including T. H. White in his popular The Once and Future King and Tennyson in The Idylls of the King.

Paris, France: Librairie Hatier, 1930. Paperback. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW, showing faint margin discoloration. Vintage 1930 issue, French Language text. Stapled softcover/VG; soiling to front & also showing discoloration. Le Père Goriot (Old Goriot or Father Goriot), classic 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799 - 1850), included in the Scènes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. Set in Paris of 1819. Story follows intertwined lives of three characters --- the elderly doting Goriot, a criminal-in-hiding named Vautrin, and a naive law student named Eugène de Rastignac. First published in serial form during the winter of 1834/35, the novel makes use of protagonists who re-appear in other books. Time wise, it is Paris during the Bourbon Restoration, marked by profound social changes. An analysis of disintegration of traditional values regarding family, marriage, and social status.

New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1979. Boxed Set of 2 Volumes, Oct. 1979 . Soft Cover/Boxed Set. New/None as Issued. This is a Boxed Set with 2 paperback volumes. BOTH COPIES: Text/Brand New & Bright. Softcovers/NF w/trace surface wear. BOX: Good;, Sound & Shelfworn w/marked rubs to all surfaces & edges. Letters (edited by Dorothy Labrano Guth) and Essays of Elwyn Brooks White (1899 - 1985) who contributed to The New Yorker for more than 50 years. He co-authored The Elements of Style, and his books for children include Stuart Little (1945) and Charlotte's Web (1952). The collection of Letters (686 pgs), covers correspondence written from White's boyhood through students days, and his careers as editorialist, humorist,, farmer, and final retirement in Maine. The ESSAYS (277 pgs) begins with White's moving from his home on 48th Street. In packing, he reconnects treasured objects of the past, and knows how much the move displaces much that was integral to their lives led. A… Read More

Barcelona, Spain: Todolibro, 1980. Paperback. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/NEW,w/faint margin discoloration. 1980, Spanish language text. Softcover/VG; strong w/edge rubs, faint creasing to upper front corner & spine. Anthology of 21 "legends" by Spanish poet & writer Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, (1836 - 1870). The Legends are romantic tales, and often of supernatural & semi-religious (Christian) happenings, but not excluding tales of more common events from romantic views such as "Los Ojos Verdes" (The green eyes) which is included in this collection. 333 pgs, w/Indice to rear.

New York, NY: R.R. Bowker, 1959. Revised & Enlarged Editon . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. EX-LIB. Text/As Near. Bi-color boards/VG; small push to upper front corner & closed teat to cloth spine covering at lower front. Library loan slip removed from rear endpaper. First published 1935. Former titles "Famous Literary Prizes & Their Winners", and, "Literary Prizes & Their Winners". This is the Revised/Enlarged Edition of 1959. Local prizes & those awarded by colleges/universities to undergraduates are not included. Contents are: I, Nobel Prize for Literature; II, American Prizes; III, British Prizes; IV, Canadian Prizes; V, French Prizes; and, VI, German Prizes. The American Prizes are subdivided into Publishers', Juvenile, Poetry, Drama, Short Story, and Library Prizes. Fine reference/resource.