Search Results: Literary Criticism from Appledore Books, ABAA

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A tight, solid copy of the 1980 1st edition. VG+ in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine. Small former owner stamp to the front free endpaper and pencil underlining at the first 4 or 5 pgs. Thick quarto, 628 pgs.

Aldington, England: The Hand and Flower Press, 1953. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY NOEL COWARD on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1953 1st edition. Clean and VG (a number of spots of denting at the rear panel) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, which shows matching denting/scuffing at the rear panel. Still though, very presentable. Octavo, 3 fold-out plates (reproductions of actual manuscript) within the text.

The Thomas Wolfe Society, 1991. Pictorial boards. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1991 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial boards, with just a touch of light bumping to the front lower-tip. Quarto, edited by Lucy Conniff and Richard S. Kennedy. "This book is number 548 in an edition of 700 copies and is the 12th annual publication of the Thomas Wolfe Society."

Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1972. Limited. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. Saul Field. The 1972 SIGNED/LIMITED edition. #106 of 225 copies signed by both the author Morton Levitt and the illustrator Saul Field and "containing an original engraving printed on Arches 'Lavis-Trait' paper". A very sharp copy to boot. Immaculate and Fine in a bright, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Elephant folio, 119 pgs. Also includes a Near Fine example of publisher's decorated slipcase. Signed by Author(s).

New York University Press, 1978. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A clean, well-preserved copy of the uncommon 1978 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket.

New York: Arrow Editions (The Rydal Press), 1934. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. John Tenniel. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR MARGUERITE MESPOULET IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the half-title. (ALSO INCLUDES A HANDWRITTEN NOTE BY THE AUTHOR LAID-IN). A handsome copy to boot of the 1934 1st edition, in this case #22 of an unspecified limitation. Tight and VG+ (one very thin band of even offsetting along the top-edges, very light foxing to the preliminaries) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of light creasing and several very small closed tears along the panel edges. Quarto, deckled fore and bottom-edges. Nicely reproduced (by the Rydal Press) images of John Tenniel's groundbreaking original illustrations.

Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1947. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. 1947 reprint of the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA, for October, 1947. VG in its beige wrappers, with very light scuffing at the front panel. Octavo, 42 pgs.

Cambridge University Press, 1994. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Fine. A crisp, tight copy of the 1994 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (with small former owner stamp at the front feee endpaper and light underlining only to the first 8 or 9 pgs.) in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 269 pgs.

Indiana University Press, 1986. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1986 1st edition. Solid, tight and VG+ (with small former owner stamp and date at front free endpaper) in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing --and one tiny chip-- along the rear panel's lower-edge. Octavo, 285 pgs.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1966. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. The uncommon 1966 1st edition of this scholarly look at Emily Dickinson's reading. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light rubbing at the fronnt panel and spine, and mild offsetting to the rear panel. Still though, very presentable. Octavo, internally immaculate, with no writing or markings of any kind.

London: The Arthur Press, 1927. 1st. Collectible; Very Good. The January 1927 1st issue of this seminal British art and literary review. Edited by Wyndham Lewis and including contributions by T.S. Eliot, among others. Re-bound in a handsome dark-green cloth. Bright and VG, with one light stain at the front panel and light soiling to the rear panel. Quarto, 195 pgs. Housed in a custom-made, quarter-morocco box.

London: Edward Moxon, 1851. 1st. Full-Leather. Collectible; Very Good. The 1851 1st edition, complete in 2 volumes. Bound in a full, light-brown calf, with raised bands and bright gilt-rule and lettering along the spines. Light scuffing at the panels and very light chipping to the spine labels. Still though, solid and VG and very presentable. 16mos, marbled endpapers and beautiful marbled edges. Tasteful former owner bookplate at each front pastedown.

London: William Pickering, 1850. 1st. Full-Leather. Collectible; Very Good. The 1850 1st edition, complete in 3 volumes. Bound in a full, light-brown calf, with raised bands and bright gilt-compartments and lettering along the spines. Light wear to the panels and at the spines but still solid, well-preserved and VG. 16mos, marbled endpapers and beautiful marbled edges. Tasteful former owner bookplate at each front pastedown.

Princeton University Press, 1962. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A superb copy of the 1962 1st edition, all but pristine. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Octavo, impressive, scholarly Melville criticism.

Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press, 1984. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very solid copy of the 1984 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of soiling along the front flap-folds. Octavo, 263 pgs.

London, 1925. Cloth. Very Good +. A handsome copy of the 1925 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its light-brown cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Light wear at the spine crown, just a touch of very light fraying to the rear outer hinge. Tall quarto, top-edge gilt. 8 tipped-in plates in rich color, their original tissue-guards fully in place, as well as over 80 "illustrations in monochrome"

Princeton University Press, 1987. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp, very solid copy of the 1987 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Thivk octavo, 595 pgs.

Indiana University Press, 1963. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1963 1st American edition, translated from its original German by Ulrich Weisstein. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, a number of black-and-white plates complementing Wolfgang Kayser's text.

Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co, 1885. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 18851st edition. Solid and VG in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering to the front panel and lightly-faded lettering along the spine. Octavo, 216 pgs. plus publisher's ads.

New York: Richard R. Smith, Inc, 1931. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1931 1st edition. "How We Heathen Feel About Those Who Try to Make Us True and Beautiful and Good....How Is It People Can Seriously Pick Themselves Out to Be Professors, Physicians, Lawyers, Artists and Even Ministers in a Day Like This and a Civilization Like Ours?....What Is Our Civilization Doing and Going to Do with Them and What Are They Going to Do with Us?" (from the title page). Tight and VG (with light spotting at the front panel's lower-edges) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light scratching at the rear panel. Octavo, 342 pgs.