Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 242pp. Fine/near fine. Small front pastedown ownership signature. A lovely, sharp and bright first edition of these poetry appreciation essays by the noted British literary critic (1919-2010). More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1995]. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 263pp. Near fine/near fine. Nonauthorial gift inscription on inner flyleaf. Handsome, tight first edition of this slim autobiography by the renowned British literary critic (1919-2010). More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, [1952]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Teal blue cloth with silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 392pp. Very good/good. Faintest of jacket rubbing only; small front pastedown ownership signature. A tight, bright, quite attractive nineteenth printing. More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 903pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket rubbing only; small front pastedown ownership signature. Quite handsome and tight early (ca. 1954-60) printing of Modern Library Giant #57, first published in 1952. Uncommon and..... More
State College, PA: Bald Eagle Press, 1952. Hardcover. Edited and translated by Lois Hyslop and Francis E. Hyslop Jr. Small 4to. Tan cloth with burgundy spine lettering. 175pp. Fine. Small front pastedown ownership signature. Splendidly tight and pristine first edition of this uncommon study. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1968]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering and silver decoration, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 393pp, v. Fine/very good. Faint jacket rubbing only; small front pastedown ownership signature. Tight and handsome second printing of the famed critic's 1955 study. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 218pp. Fine/near fine. Small front pastedown ownership signature. Handsome, tight second printing. Not a routine historical chronicle, but rather (to cite jacket copy) a "profound and eloquent meditation on survival...." More
London: Cambridge University Press, 1971. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xii, 251pp. Near fine/near fine. Outstandingly bright 'n' tight first edition of this in-depth study. More
New York: Cassell & Company, [1886]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Mustard cloth over bevelled boards with elaborate gilt, silver and black lettering and pictorial decorations. x, 192pp. All edges gilt. Frontispiece, extensive steel-engraved full-page illustrations and borders, floral endpapers. Very good overall. Binding a bit rubbed and edge- and cornerworn, with..... More
New York: Random House, [1962]. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth spine with gilt lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. Near fine/near fine. An uncannily bright, fresh and tight first edition of this account of Japanese soldiers -- "modern Robinson Crusoes" -- who hid out long after World War..... More
New York: The Viking Press, [1980]. Hardcover. Edited and with bibliography by Henry Hardy. Introduction by Roger Hausheer. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and tan paper over boards, dust jacket. liii, 394pp. Near fine/near fine. Small front pastedown ownership signature. Tight, handsome first edition of this baker's dozen..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xix, 627pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear; small front pastedown ownership signature. A quite handsome first edition of Bald's thick opus, incomplete at the time of his death in 1975 and..... More
New York: Philosophical Library, [1956]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 325pp. Near fine/very good. Faint bit of jackwet rubbing only; small front pastedown ownership signature. Quite handsome first edition of this useful reference. More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, [1977]. Translation by Patrick Gregory. Small 8vo. Terra cotta cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 333pp. Near fine/very good. Expert archival mend to rear jacket flap; small front pastedown ownership signature. Handsome first English-language edition of this seminal (to cite jacket )..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and grey paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xiv, 295pp. Map frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/near fine. A tight and handsome first edition. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 371pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Bit of mild jacket edgewear; small front pastedown ownership signature. Tight, handsome undated modern (ca. 1975) printing of this classic, first published in 1947. Notes..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 489pp. Illustrations, music notations. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear; small front pastedown ownership signature. Tight and handsome undated modern (ca. 1975) printing of this classic, first published in 1947..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, [1974]. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 383pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Small front pastedown ownership signature. Tight and handsome fourth printing of the revised, enlarged 1947 second edition of this 1936 classic. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xvi, 493pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with small chips at spine head and tail; front pastedown ownership signature. Tight and attractive first edition. More
Madison: The Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, 1981. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff textured. 20pp. Illustrations. Fine. First edition, tight and handsome, of "Historical Bulletin No. 36" -- Wrone's speech given 13 April 1980 at this group's annual meeting. More
Madison: The Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, 1981. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff textured. 20pp. Illustrations. Fine. First edition, tight and handsome -- and signed boldly in full by Wrone in black fineline alongside his portrait on the biographical page that precedes the text. Historical Bulletin No. 36, being Wrone's speech delivered..... More
Madison: The Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, 1957. Paperback. Small 4to. Glossy wrappers. 15pp. Illustration. Fine. Historical Bulletin No. 15 -- Williams' speech given 13 February 1956 at this group's annual meeting. First edition. More
[Madison]: The Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, 1973. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed wrappers. 12pp. Illustration. Fine. Historical Bulletin No. 28 -- Whitford's speech given in 1972 at this group's annual meeting. First edition. More
[Madison]: The Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, 1979. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed wrappers. 16pp. Illustrations. Fine. Historical Bulletin No. 34 -- Weber's speech given on 16 April 1978 at this group's annual meeting. First edition. More
Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1954. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, price-clipped dust jacket. 227pp. Fine/very good. Quite light jacket edgewear only, with spine slightly age toned. Handsome first edition, with publisher's "With the Compliments of" slip tipped to front pastedown. Uncommon in such sharp condition..... More