Literary Criticism from Greystone Books

Aldershot, United Kingdom: Ashgate, 1998. Fine/Fine. First Hardback Edition, First Printing. SIGNED TWICE BY AUTHOR. FIRSTLY AS A PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, on front endpaper. Inscription reads, 'vii.99/For -------,/some 'scribbled forms drawn with a pen'./with best wishes from the author.' And secondly SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE WITHOUT DEDICATION OR INSCRIPTION 'Nick de Somogyi'. With Notes On Procedures,… Read more about this item

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974. VG+/VG+. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY FROM AUTHOR, LEON YUDKIN. Inscription reads, '9.3.75/Best wishes to ------ ----/from/Leon'. In this survey of Israeli literature, analysis of the political, historical and religious background is combined with aesthetic evaluation. The author looks at Israeli literature in relation… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: Oliver & Boyd, 1967. VG+/VG+. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY AUTHOR, CHARLES OSBORNE (1946-2021). Inscription reads, 'For ------/One of a long/list of/victims! Charles'. A well-researched biography and literary criticism of the life and works of Franz Kafka (1883-1924). With Bibliography. Published in the 'Writers and Critics' series. Spotting… Read more about this item

London.: Witherby, 1939. VG+. First edition. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, TOGETHER WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND A HAND-WRITTEN LETTER DATED 16 March 1940. Volume ten in Baker's 'The History of the English Novel' series. The book has chapters on Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, Arnold Bennett, D H Lawrence, A Conan Doyle, H G Wells, and more. With Index. Minor… Read more about this item

Oxford: Alden Press, 1968. VG/VG. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY FROM JOAN FEISENBERGER TO THE AUTHOR, VERA SNELLING, inscribed on front endpaper. Inscription reads, 'Inscribed for/Vera Snelling/with very best wishes/from Joan Feisenberger/30 Decenber/1968'. The autobiography of Eric Bligh who was an author and bookseller. In this book Bligh recounts his London and country… Read more about this item

Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. Fine. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. xviii,488pp. Thirty leading Victorianists from around the world collaborate here in a multidimensional analysis of the breadth and sweep of modernBritain's longest, unruliest literary epoch. Four initial chapters of historical overview focas on climactic years (1832, 1848, 1870, and 1897) in which accumulated forces for change precipitated new Victorian directions. Four… Read more about this item

Athens, Ohio, USA: Ohio University Press, 1979. NrF/VG+. First edition, first printing in d/w. This collection of essays argues that a unique development in autobiographical writing occurred in Victorian England and attempts to provide a wide ranging perception of the role not only of autobiography, but of the 'autobiographical impulse' in this period. Like contemporary poetry, the novel, painting, and… Read more about this item

London: Watts & Co, 1930. VG. First edition. SIGNED BT THE AUTHOR, WILLIAM KENT, without dedication or inscription on front endpaper. A well-researched and authoritative study of religion in Dickens's writing. Chapters include; 'Religion During Dickens's Nonage', 'Dickens's Pseudo.Christianity', 'Dickens's Use Of Religion', 'Dickens's Rligious Satire', 'Dickens And Nonconformity', 'Dickens As Humanist'. With Index. Age-tanning to endpapers; light rubbing and… Read more about this item

Muskegon, Michigan, USA: RDR Books, 2009. NrF. First edition, first printing. Paperback. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication or inscription on title-page. xiv,347pp. A well-researched and authoritative lexicon reference to the Harry Potter books and related materials. With Bibliography. Small rectangular 'Signed' sticker on front cover. Small area of sunning on front cover; else a near fine copy of a… Read more about this item

London: Cassell, 1980. VG+/VG+. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on half-title page. Inscription reads, 'For Harry Rogers/With Thanks and all/Good wishes/Ann Monsarrat/BBC Radio Medway/who always do/the best interviews/Sept/1980'. TOGETHER WITH A HAND-WRITTEN LETTER SIGNED BY ANN MONSARRAT TO HARRY ROGERS. Illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. A well-researched and… Read more about this item

London: Methuen, 1981. VG+/VG+. First edition, first printing in d/w. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on front endpaper. Inscription reads, 'For the 'real' Robert,/with best wishes/Ian'. A well-researched, authoritative and academic study of Ezra Pound's modernist poetics. During the crucial period of his years in London, Ezra Pound was striving to formulate not only a new system… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2004. NrF/NrF. First edition, third printing (same year as first) in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY JOHN HUMPHRYS, without dedication or inscription on title-page. An interesting study of the English language: from tired old cliches to meaningless jargon, neglected rules of grammar to empty slogans, the English language is being abused in many quarters. A… Read more about this item

London: SCM Press, 1997. VG. First edition, first printing. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'To James Gillespie/With very best wishes/from one Sullivan fan/to another!/Ian Bradley/Hymn Society Conference/York August 1997'. James Gillespie, (1929-2015), was a hymn musician and writer. xvii,299pp. A well-researched and authoritative study into the importance of Victorian hymns in… Read more about this item

Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate, 2005. NrF. First edition, first printing. No d/w, (as published). Glazed pictorial boards. The author uses the issues of cultural hybridity, diaspora and identity to explore cultural production by British Asian women, including Monica Ali, Meera Syal and Gurinder Chadha. Hussian provides a sociological analysis of the contexts and experiences of the British Asian community, discussing key… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1985. Fine/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. A well-researched and authoritative study of the life and works of English novelist D H Lawrence (1885-1930). With Bibliography. Faint sunning to spine; else a fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a first edition, first printing. NO inscriptions, underlining or highlighting. D/w now protected in… Read more about this item

London/Tokyo: Watt/Turtle-Mori, 1991. VG+/VG+. First Japanese language edition in d/w. TEXT IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE. Illustrated. An examination of traditions about fairies, interaction between humans and fairies, and fairies in literature. A very good plus copy, in a very good plus d/w, of the Japanese language first edition. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. NO inscriptions, underlinings or… Read more about this item

London: Ambit, 2003. NrF/VG+. First edition. Paperback with d/w. Issue number 172, Spring 2003. 112pp. A journal of poems, short stories, art and literary criticism. Includes 'Volkswagens At Rest And In Motion: The Art of Obsession' by Geoff Nicholson, illustrated with ten illustrations. D/w rear panel has some dusting to edges; else a near fine copy, in a very good… Read more about this item

London: Privately Published, 1990. VG+. First edition thus. No date, (1990). Booklet. (24)pp. Illustrated. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR. On a separate 'Compliments slip of the Librarian of the House of Commons', the author has written, 'David/I did enjoy writing/this!/David M. 25.1.90.'. David Menhennet was Librarian of the House of Common Library, the inscription is to a former incumbent of… Read more about this item

London: Walter Scott Publishing, 1902. Good. First edition. No d/w..Top-edge gilt. Illustrated. A well-researched and authoritative study of the life and works of Tolstoy. Spotting to endpapers; minor lean to spine; rear inner hinge starting, but very secure; minor bumping to one corner; some dusting to edges some rubbing to spine and edges; else a good copy only of an… Read more about this item

New Jersey, USA: Hermitage, 2002. NrF. First edition. Paperback. 335pp. Illustrated with photographs. A well-researched and authoritative study of Lev Tolstoy and Vladimir Chertkov through their letters. With Index. A near fine copy of the first edition. NO inscriptions.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine.