Literary Criticism from Minotavros Books

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First Canadian Edition. Light brown cloth, xviii, 68pp. Light residue from mylar on lower front and rear boards, but in fact near fine in a fine d/w. This work contains 27 letters from British Poet Laureate Robert Bridges and 15 letters from Irish Nobel Prize winning poet W.B.… Read more about this item

Fort Erie, ON: The Review Company, 1945. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. First limited edition, #19/400. Orig. purple card wrappers, staple bound. 14 pp. Sunned and lightly bumped to extremities, small chips to spine ends, else fine.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 18mo. Orig. grey cloth. 239 pp. Light staining to spine foot. Light spots of damp staining to top edge of text block. Acid migration to pastedowns Dust jacket is age toned, sunned to spine, chip to spine foot, light rubbing to extremities.

Toronto: Lester & Orpen Denys, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Full aqua paper boards. xvii, 325 pp. Dust jacket lightly age toned. About fine.

New York: Beechhurst Press, Inc, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Orig. green cloth. xv, 558 pp. Spine tilted, sunning to extremities. Light foxing to edges of text block. Edge toning to interior.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1968. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Orange paper boards. 253 p.p. Damp staining to spine ends, else fine. Vibrantly illustrated dust jacket is sunned at edges of rear cover, and has some very light edge wear, damp stain to head of spine. Nothing More to Declare is an account of living and… Read more about this item

San Bernadino, CA: The Borgo Press, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. SIGNED and dated by author to limitations page, limited first edition, #62/65. Tan paper boards. 63 pp. About fine.

[North Vancouver]: The Capilano Review, 1981. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. SIGNED with inscription to title page. The Capilano Review No. 19. Soft cover. 68 pp. Light soiling to covers Tristram's Book was recorded on June 23rd, 1980 as a radio performance for five voices and was subsequently aired on… Read more about this item

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription by both authors to title page. Orig. brown cloth. xi, 356 pp. [26] pp. B&W photos and illustrations. Spine slightly tilted. Dust jacket sunned to spine. Envelope with invitation to UTP celebration of the publishing of this book, addressed to Rachel Glover… Read more about this item

Toronto: Anansi, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Red paper boards. 121 pp. Fine. Unsupported Assertions is Hugh Hood's third book of essays, following The Governor's Bridge Is Closed (1973) and Trusting the Tale (1973). This wonderful collection shows Hugh Hood to be a virtuoso writer of belles lettres, as well as… Read more about this item

Montreal: Mansfield Book Mart, 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription from publisher H.E. Heinemann and series editor Jack Hannan to colophon. M.B.M. Monograph SeriesOrig. tan printed wrappers, staple bound. 15 pp. Hand-illustrated map frontis. w/ tissue guard. Sunned to spine, else fine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Quarter black paper, grey paper boards. x, 494 pp. [16] pp. B&W photos. Fine.

Montreal: Mansfield Book Mart, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Limited first edition, #139/375. Orig brown cloth. 64 pp. Slight tilt to spine, very minor rubbing to spine ends and corners. Dust jacket damp stained to spine foot. Near fine overall.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Black cloth spine, tan cloth boards. xii, 343 pp. Offsetting to endpapers. Bookplate of C.B. Farrar. Gift inscription to ffep. Pencil notation to head of rfep. Dust jacket is price clipped, age toned, bumped to extremities, a few tiny… Read more about this item

London: Harper Collins, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Navy paper boards. 144 pp. [8] pp. B&W photos. Very minor damp spotting to top edge of text block. About fine.

Paris: G. Steinheil. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 18mo. Sixth edition. N.d., [ca. 1898 per WorldCat, 1900 per owner inscription]. Navy leatherette. 293 pp. Spine tilted. Interior age toned. 0.

London: Grafton Books, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Yellow paper boards. 272 pp. Dust jacket is price clipped, else fine.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. New and Revised Edition. Orig. burgundy cloth. 464 pp. [12] B&W plates. Spine sunned. Age toned to interior. Dust jacket age toned, chipped to spine ends and head of rear cover.

New York: A New Directions Book, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Good+. 8vo. Orig. black cloth. 234 pp. [5] plates. Spine tilted, sunning to spine ends and top edges of boards, light soiling to cloth. Bookseller's label of Collier's London Book Shop to front pastedown. Age toning to interior. Dust jacket is chipped to spine ends, corners and top… Read more about this item

Paris: Denys Thierry, 1694. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 18mo. Two volumes. New edition, revised and augmented. Contemporary style calf, raised spine bands, gilt titles and compartments. Speckled edges. Rubricated title. 306 pp; 82, 131, 218, 84, [16 pp. table des matieres]. Separate titles. Pagination inconsistencies to tome II, but text appears continuous. Frontispieces, [5] + [8] full-page copper… Read more about this item