New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black paper, brown paper boards. xxi, 221 pp. fine. Andre Aciman asked twenty-eight writers to choose a favourite passage from In Search of Lost Time and comment on it in a brief essay. The result is The Proust..... More
New York: The Colophon Ltd., 1931. Hardcover. 8vo (imperial). Printed paper covered boards, with Art Nouveau-style design. Unpaginated. Deckled edges. Some light rubbing to covers and extremities. Offsetting from illustrations to interior. Laid-in pamphlet of Recent Accessions to the Collection of Graphic Arts, Prints, December 1931. A beautiful collection of..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. Soft cover. 8vo. First paperback printing, full number line. Soft cover. vii, 502 pp. B&W map frontis. Very slight bumping to corners, else fine. More
Ann Arbor, MI: Umi Research Press, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. grey stamped cloth. 173 pp. Spine sunned, slightly cocked. A few spots of staining to front board. Else fine. More
London: Dai Torchj Di R. Zotti. Hardcover. 1808-9. 12mo. Half bound in contemporary calf on marbled boards. In 4 volumes. Vol. 1: xlii, 418, frontis of Dante Alighieri; Vol. 2: 419 p.p.; Vol. 3: 422 p.p.; Vol. 4: cck, 211-448 p.p., iv p.p. (table), 8 p.p. (names of associate lords)..... More
London: Grant Richards, 1898. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter paper vellum, grey paper boards, gilt titles to spine. xvii, 249 pp. Boards are soiled, corners worn. Ink ownership inscription, and 1.5" tear to outer margin to ffep. Some foxing to interior. More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark blue cloth, xi. 178pp. Some underlining and pencil notes in margins; light bruising to spine o/w fine in d/w. More
New York: The Ungar Publishing Company, 1987. Hardcover. 8vo (medium). From "A Library of Literary Criticism" Series, edited by Rita Stein. xxxiii, 370 p.p. Orange cloth boards with black spine labels and silver titling. Light bumping and rubbing to spine ends, and rubbing to corners. One small spot of wear..... More
New York: Unmuzzled Ox, 1976. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 160 pp. B&W photos and illustrations. Staining to covers, faded library stamp to lower front cover. Interior clean. More
New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full black cloth. xiv, 240 pp. Fine condition. Here is a ringside seat to the exchange of Barbs, Slights, Insults, Verbal Jabs, and Other Assorted Acrimoniuous Remarks by Upstanding Members of OUr Esteemed Literary Pantheon. More
Toronto: Anansi, 2004. Hardcover. 8vo. 422 p.p. Signed by Margaret Atwood on title-page. Light rubbing to jacket covers. Small bruise to spine head with small chip and dents to foot of front and rear boards. Some light scuffs to edges. Interior clean. In very good condition. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Quarter green cloth, green paper boards. xxvii, 219 pp. Dust jacket creased down its full length to both covers and flaps, flaps age toned at top and tail, else fine. What is the role of the writer? Prophet? High Priest of..... More
Boston: H.M. Caldwell Company. Hardcover. 18mo. N.d., [19--?] Red Letter Library. Orig. green publisher's cloth, pictorial onlay to front board. Unlettered spine. Illustrated endpapers. xxxvi, 328 pp. Frontis. Spine sunned, extremities rubbed. Ink scribbles to rear board. A few pages unopened. Some foxing to title page. Starting to inner hinge..... More
Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1980. Hardcover. 8vo. vii, 191 p.p. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. B&W frontis + illustrations throughout. Bumping to corners and spine ends, some damp staining to top and fore edge of text block. Light age toning to edges of pages but text..... More
Gloucester, Mass. Peter Smith, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Orig. green cloth. xvii, 321 pp. Sunning to spine, bumping to spine ends and corners, bruise to head of rear board. Some light rubbing to extremities. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. More
New York: Harper Prism, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (super). Full grey paper boards. 101 pp., [34] pp pencil drawings from Barlowe's sketchbook. Colour illustrations in text, including one fold-out chart of comparative sizes. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, some spots of rubbing to edges. Else fine. More
Washington, D. C. The Catholic University of America Press, 1953. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 389 pp. Sunning to spine and joints, else fine. More
![Item #006820 Virginia Woolf: A Biography [2 vols]. Quentin Bell](/pictures/thumb/006820.jpg?v=1606338342)
London: The Hogarth Press, 1973. Hardcover. 8vo. Full grey cloth. Pictorial endpapers. Volume 1: Virginia Stephen 1882-1912 - xii, [2 pp. family tree], 230 pp., [13] pp. B&W plates. Volume II: Mrs. Woolf 1912 -1941 - ix, 300 pp., [15] pp. B&W plates. B&W illustrations in text. Light sunning to..... More
Oxford: Oxford at the Claredon Press, 1965. Hardcover. 8vo. Oxford History of English Literature Series. vi, [2], 326 p.p. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Bumping and rubbing to spine ends, creasing to spine, small damp stain to head of front board and foot of spine. Text is..... More
Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, 1980. First Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Studies in Medieval Culture, XIV. Paperback, xiv, 176pp. Covers a bit faded, light wear to edges and corners o/w near fine. Essays on: The Pas d'Armes & its Occurences in Mallory, Honor and Shame in Sir Gawain..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1974. Soft cover. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription by the editor to inside front cover. The Library of Literature No. 29. Soft cover. xxxvi, 257 pp. Darkening and wear to spine, damp stain to upper front joint. Small stain to foot of ffep. Interior clean. Near..... More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1970. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 115 pp. Rubbing to extremities, light creasing to upper front corner.Three extended essays dealing with the structure, proportion, and substance of the Divine Comedy as well as its various levels of meaning. More
New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1989. Hardcover. 8vo. The Garland Library of Medieval Literature. Full green cloth, gold lettering. xxvi, 237 pp. Very minor rubbing to spine ends and corners, else fine. More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1960. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. blue cloth. xvii, 87 pp. Sunning to spine and offset panels to boards. Bumping to corners and spine head. Two stains to upper front board. Gift inscription to ffep. More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973. Hardcover. 8vo. Greek and Latin Studies. Full green cloth. viii, 250 pp. Light rubbing to spine ends, else fine. Dust jacket sunned at spine, a few light bumps to spine ends and corners. Ovid, Rome's most cynical and worldly love poet, has not until..... More