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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996. Comprehensive two-volume reference text contains a collection of history and criticism of the nature writing genre and 70 biographical and critical essays devoted to individual writers. These scholarly analyses consider different works and authors from a nature perspective; more than a third of the essays are devoted to contemporary authors.Includes sections on African-Americans, writing, and nature; bioregionalism in nature writing; Canadian nature writing in English; contemporary ecofiction; early romantic natural history literature; the forms of American nature poetry; literary theory and nature writing; literature of mountaineering; modern birdwatching literature; nature in Native American literatures; new voices in American nature writing; western geologists and explorers: Clarence King and John Wesley Powell. 1210 pgs. Note: Heavy Items.. First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1936. Classic text presents a historic compilation of popular gift books and literature annuals, which were very vogue in Europe during that era. Includes sections on the various publishers, prose and verse, lesser known gift books, catalog, and a listing of foreign gift books. 183 pgs. Prior owner's name on front endpaper. Front free endpaper clipped. Gilt spine. Very minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, MA.: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Scholarly study of Andrei Platonov (1899-1951) focuses on the interrelation of philosophical themes, imagery, and verbal devices in his prose. Platonov's unique literary style contains a mix of Soviet propoganda rhetoric, Marxism-Leninism, and technical jargon of the "socialist construction". 273 pgs. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. .

New York: Avon Books, 1998. 1998 Grand Master award-winnning author presents her tenth book in the highly-acclaimed Peabody series, set in 1907 England and Egypt, and full of suspense, intrigue, humor and adventure becomming of the famed Egyptologist Amelia Peabody Emerson and her entourrage. 376 pgs. Signed by Ms.Peters on the title page. Dustjacket in mylar.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982. Detailed text presents the first critical study in English on the controversial twentieth-century German novelist, Arno Schmidt. Includes a survey and analysis of Schmidt's prose theory, relationship between subjectivity and consciousness, etc. 283 pgs. Anglica Germanica Series 2. Minimal shelfwear, tiny indentation on front cover. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Portland, Maine: Falmouth Book House, 1937. Classic scarce text contains stories and tall tales of lumber-camp life in the Maine woods, including modern Paul Bunyans, bunk-house gossip, narratives of fearless men and their exploits with death while bringing the logs out, back-woods humour, etc. 164 pgs. Illustrated by the author. Dustjacket has a few tiny closed edge tears and a small chunk missing on lower spine edge; in mylar. Text has minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Original Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Vantage, 1986. Classic true-life novel written by a noteworthy veteran Colorado firefighter, describes the meaning of grace under pressure through the step-by-step exploration of the science of firefighting. Includes a glossary of firehouse terminology. 263 pgs. Signed by the author on rear endpaper. Dustjacket in mylar.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bloomington,Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1968. Comprehensive classic two-volume set presents a collection of seventy-eight literary pieces, several including "The Household Narrative," "Chips: A Free (and Easy) School," "Footnote to Three Graces of Christian Science," "Our Almanac'""Chips: The Samaritan Institution'" "Personal," "The Doom of English Wills" and "A Bundle of Emigrants' Letters" are solely by Dickens. 716 pgs. collectively. 132 Illustrations. Small label pastedown and pocket remnant on rear endpaper; small stamp to outer edge; spine label neatly removed. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Professional Library.

Newburgh, N.Y.: Moore, 1943. Classic satirical journal of a 1940's West Point cadet's first year experiences in the military academy. Inscribed and signed by the author (R.C.Grady) on inside front cover. 77 pgs. Minor foxing to endpapers; spine gilt somewhat faded; gilt front cover in tact. Minimal rubbing and shelfwear. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Webster,Lewis F.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hollywood, California: Lone Eagle Publishing, 2004. Many books attempt to show writers how to create believable characters. This comprehensive text is unlike the majority: it specifically identifies 16 "master archetypes," complete with thumbnail sketches and descriptions of specific qualities, flaws, background, styles, and possible occupations. The authors, all writers and writing instructors, detail eight male and eight female archetypes in Sections 1 and 2 and then in Section 3 discuss how the characters can interact and evolve, often warning that "a writer cannot simply lift the archetypes from these pages." Although these archetypes from these pages." Although these archetypes are admittedly rather stereotypical (e.g., the Chief, the Bad Boy, and the Warrior, or the Seductress, the Waif, and the Nurturer), the book does provide a thought-provoking exploration of character development and its myriad possibilities. Useful examples from literature, television, and cinema… Read More

Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1993. In this scholarly, comprehensive, and highly acclaimed text, Bryan Cheyette combines cultural theory, discourse analysis and new historicism with close readings of works by Arnold, Trollope and George Eliot, Buchan and Kipling, Shaw and Wells, Belloc and Chesterton, T. S. Eliot and Joyce to argue that the Jew lies at the heart of modern English literature and society: not as a stereotype, but as the embodiment of confusion and indeterminacy. 301 pgs. Prior owner's name on upper outer edge. Dustjacket in mylar. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Munich, Germany: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 2006. This scholarly edition of Dr. John Arbuthnot's Correspondence is the first complete collection of all his extant letters, editied and fully annotated according to historicist principles. As letter-writer, Arbuthnot takes an equal place with other Scriblerians, the earliest group of writers in English that exchanged letters as part of their imaginative projects. The taste of the group for satire on unwieldly learning, solemn nonsense, careless or vainglorious reading and criticism adds to Arbuthnot's famous urbane humanity. The collection is opened by a biographical introduction and concludes with a dissertation examining letters in groups and considering their general characteristics. 547 pgs. Illustrated. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Hawthorn Books, 1966. Classic text presents the author's true-life account of the agonizing day-to-day life she experienced during her incarceration at Estrelita State Institution, including the events leading up to her arrest and sentencing, and her subsequent forced recommission to a mental facility for the second time after the publication of this book. "Jane Doe" is the pseudonym the author chose to concela her true identity. Signed and Inscribed to the prior owner by the author on the half-title page. Prior owner's name on the upper part of the same page. 224 pgs. Illustrated. Upper edge of text has some minor age-tanning and a tiny scuff on the upper outer edge; dustjacket has a few small closed edge tears taped on the inside, and a small chunk missing on the upper edge. In mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York 1928-1944: Charles Scribner's Sons Comprehensive 21-volume scholarly set contains a selection of biographies of noteworthy persons whom were deceased at the time of publication, and had resided in the U.S. or its territories- as stipulated by the committee of management. They include persons whom have made a significant contribution to American life, including the sciences, fine arts, literature, industry, politics, education, etc. Includes an index to volumes 1-20; volume 21 is the first supplement to Dec. 1935. Gilt spine and front cover. A few of the volumes have very minor rubbed areas on the covers; volume 10 has a slight crease on the spine. 14,015 pages in 21 volumes. Minimal shelfwear. Heavy items.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Krakow: Wydawnictwo Arcana, 2004. Highly acclaimed Polish poet and professor, the author's present collection contains poetic reflections inspired by ancient sources, Greek mythology, Sumerian poetry, Kabbala and mysticism. Translated into English by Tadeusz Slawek and Tadeusz Rachwal. 130 pgs. Slight bump to top of spine and lower corner. . First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1970. Classic two-volume scholarly text considered to be the preeminent contemporary translation of Dante. Professor Singleton's prose translation, facing the Italian text (George Petrocchi' s Italian edition) in a line for line literate arrangement on each page. The companion volume, the Commentary, presents every point of information- vocabulary; grammar; identification of Dante's characters; historical sources of some of the incidents; concise analysis of the Divine Comedy's basic allegory.Includes a complete bibliography of every aspect of Dante studies. 1065 pgs. collectively. Illustrated. Dustjackets price clipped; in mylar. Volume II dustjacket has a minor vertical slit on the rear cover taped on the inside; barely visible. Volume I dustjacket has a small 1/4" hole near the center of the rear cover and two tiny scuff marks; in mylar. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

E.P. Dutton & Co., 1972. Classic text contains eleven masterful stories written by the author after blindness overtook him in midlife. Translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni in collaboration with the author. 128 pgs. Second Printing. Prior owner's name on front endpaper. Dustjacket in mylar.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Connecticut: Lime Rock Press, 1977. Text contains selections from Thomas' reknown play, "Under Milk Wood ", of which he gave his last readings and performances in New York during his third and fourth visits in 1953, up until his untimely death in November, 1953, at the Hotel Chelsea, which became his New York home. Photographs of places Thomas frequented and coexisted in immortalizes and embraces the final words of his last masterpiece. 124 unnumbered pgs. Gilt front cover and spine. Dustjacket has a half inch in tact tear on top rear edge, and small half inch mark on front cover. Mylar cover.. Limited First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Limited to 500 Copies.

New York: Coward-McCann, 1934. Classic highly acclaimed text is Neagoe's first novel. Neagoe's internationally acclaimed short stories laid the groundwork for this extraordinary novel, and it took four years to complete. Easter Sun was published simultaneously in New York, London, and Paris in 1934. Prior owner's name on front endpaper. Dustjacket has some minor rubbing to covers and edges, with a few tiny chips on the upper spine and corners. Spine slightly sunned. Tiny pinhole tear on spine. In mylar. Minimal shelfwear to text. Tight binding. Scarce. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Barcelona, Spain: Vergara, 2006. "Gardenias on the balcony" is a story of the power of love that surmounts all cultural differences, taboos and prejudices; it is also about the survival of passion between a Mexican woman and a man from the United States. If, in "A Mexican Wedding" Sandra Sabanero provides the reader with an insight into the conditions under which women in her country have to live, then in "Gardenias on the balcony" she uncovers corruption, religious prejudices and class conceit, imbedded in a unique and unforgettable love story. Mescala is a small Mexican village. However, the facade of this ideal world conceals abysses and all human vices. That is where Rebecca and her brother Ezequiel grow up. When their father is wrongly accused of a crime, the family unit collapses and each is forced to fight for survival. While Rebecca is keen to and busy with completing her studies, she meets the love of her life: Patrick Pettegrew. The prejudices within the… Read More