Literature/Literary Criticism from Brass DolphinBooks

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1982. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. Says 2nd printing with corrections, 1982. Handsome book, green boards, gray endseets. Straight and newish. Owner gift inscription (small, neat) first endsheet. Jacket has edgewear, bit of spine sun, and a good bit of upper back panel sun lightening.

NY: Funk & Wagnall, 1880. 5th or later Edition . Paper/Wraps. Good+/No Jacket. Subtitle,"some inquiries respecting their moral and literary characters." An odd oversize pamphlet version of the 1812 original, says on the cover "printed without abridgment." This seems unlikely somehow as the works original version seems to have been 2 volumes. This 0ne runs from the preface… Read more about this item

Santa Fe: Lumen, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Called the prose twin to West's "Tea with Osiris." I do not have edition ID for this house, but it seems logical to assume this is the items first appearance, no other printings are noted, priced back panel. Odd little flaw, there is an area of micro… Read more about this item

NY: HBJ, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated first edition with full, justified alphabet line. Large lightly used hardcover, no notable flaws, jacket same, hint of wear, but, frakly, would not look out of place on a new bookstore shelf. Foto will follow. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly… Read more about this item

Evanston: Northwestern University press, 1991. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Solid little hardcover, clean and unmarked if with some bumping, especially one lower board tip. Previously done UK, translator Horace Samuel. No Jacket. Mc Brides says SD for 1st, this one has no date title page. *We feel that books offered for internet sale… Read more about this item

London/NY: Verso, 1988. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Translator Hilary Pilkington. Clean solid trade paperback copy, head of spine has an ouch about 1" down from top, nothing a bit of clear tape wouldn't fix. Probably too subtle to show in the upcoming foto. otherwise altogether newish and bright. Original German title, "Die Dimension de Autors". *We feel… Read more about this item

Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Author is Roehr, she includes her translation of Karl Leonard Reinhold's "The Fundamental Concepts and Principles of Ethics". Full number line, text in English. Spendid harcover with handsome jacket, unmarked crisp and bright. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and… Read more about this item

Pleasantville: Reader's Digest. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. This listing is for 3 books total, 2 unabridged, unmarked, likely unread RD hardcovers of some of Twain's finest work and Kaplan's bio. of the writer. Jumping Frog contains many of the other short pieces as well. The Kaplan bio. is B.C.E. in jacket quite straight and… Read more about this item

Dallas: SMU, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Numberline has no '1', so, notwithstanding FE statement, I take this to be non-first. Warm author insc. title page (to Bethine Church) dated '98. Jacket (in new mylar wrapper) and book handsome, clean and straight. No tears, no bumping. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and… Read more about this item

Westport: Heritage Press, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Typically handsome Heritage Press job of classic reprint. No slip case. Surely much newer than date given, bright text. No bad flaws, ie no marking, no bumping, likely unread. Spine has some sun fade. JUST RECEIVED and added to this listing for sale as a pair at the listed price… Read more about this item

NY: Random House, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. 2nd, from RHs old system, ie FE statement removed, 2-9 present. Priced jacket has a 1/8th" tear head of spine, it will be shipped in new mylar wrapper, as are all of our jacketed books. Book is very sharp, unbumped, zero marking, clean and tight. *We feel that books offered for… Read more about this item

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1973. Trade Paperback. Very Good-/No Jacket. From the cover, " New edition, translated with an essay by Mark Musa." Trade paperback, owner name stamped 1st end sheet. Decent very readable copy, used with mild wear. Later printing. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by… Read more about this item

Oxford, 1929. Hardcover. Fair-/No Jacket. Hardcover, usable, but with all the flaws and battered charm appropriate to it's age. Exterior hinging worn thru in place, perhaps 10% of the text has pencil marking, foxed, board tip abrasion. Text age darkened, print quite small. Still, text complete. If it were my study copy I'd probably tape or apply a… Read more about this item

Ny: HBJ, 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. This listing is for 3 massive hardcover Eco novels, sold as a group at the listed price with one-book priced domestic media mail shipping. Island is 1st (details above).Rose is later printing jacket has chips and edgewear. Both jackets price clipped, both books unmarked. Island has trace bump,… Read more about this item

NY: Penguin, 1977. 5th or later Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Chester G. Anderson editor, text, criticism, and notes. No marking, uncreased spine, almost newish, clean and straight trade paperback. Likely recent reprint, 90s? Just recd. and added to this listng for sale at the listed price, with one-book priced shipping, mass market pb of Dubliners,… Read more about this item

New York: The Library of America, 1991. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Good+. This two volume rendition of Wright's novels, Black Boy, The Outsider, Lawd Today!, Uncle Tom's Children, and Native Son, is sold as a pair at the listed price with one-book priced shipping. They are ex-library, with marks, labels, and stamps. Mylar jackets in place.… Read more about this item

NY: New Directions, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good -/Very Good. A decent hard cover (correct for ND first) with a troublesome structural flaw. The initial endsheet(s) prior to the 1/2 title page have been removed. Since these were surely blanks and the hinging/gutter are ungapped, the text is complete and the binding serviceable. A few pencilled notes… Read more about this item

NY: Knopf, 1970. 1st Edition US . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bright mustard hardcover, spine letters imperfect but only slightly so. Solid reading copy, unbumped, unmarked, last leaf (blank) has small diagonal crease made in binding, corrected. Translation by Barbara Shelby. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed… Read more about this item

Champaigne: Book Jungle, 1990. Reprint . Trade Paperback. Near Fine/None. Date given is a guess, JB does not state. Trade paperback is crisp/bright almost newish, translation by Constance Garnett. Text unmarked, binding sound. JUST RECEIVED and added to this listing for sale as a pair at the listed price (with one-book priced domestic media mail shipping) Fathers and… Read more about this item

University Park: Penn State Press, 1991. 1st Edition No Additional Printings . Hardcover. Good+/Good+. Withdrawn xlibrary (received from same) with various marks, however likely uncirculated. Hardcovers unbumped and text clean. Jacket has 2 stickers, no tears. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described,… Read more about this item