Literary Criticism from Pulp & Circumstance

Cambridge, Massachusetts and London: Harvard University Press, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Drawing on evidence from literature and art, Kern examines the changing attitudes towards love and sex among Victorians and Moderns. Features Heideggar's existential philosophy and the quest for authentic experience. Larger octavo in black papered boards with silver titling… Read more about this item

New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, 1973. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback in card covers. 4th printing thus. Includes a section of b&w illustrations, Chronology, bibliographical references and an index. There are some light pencil markings on the first few pages and the pages are… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Published in the UK in 1968, this small hardcover is a 1969 first American edition. Illustrated black on tan papered boards, backed in red, with gilt titling to the spine. Illustrated in b&w with facsimile reproductions. … Read more about this item

London: Pelican (Penguin), 1983. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First published 1961; revised and expanded edition published 1983. This copy is a 1988 reprint thus. Includes a bibliographical guide to the literature and its background. Index. This mass market paperback presents as near fine -- binding square and… Read more about this item

London: Pelican (Penguin), 1985. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Copyright 1977, this copy is a small octavo published in 1985. Includes a Select Bibliography and an Index. Square and tight; pages a bit tan.

Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of essays originally published in journals 1980-86. First printing of this trade paperback edition. Includes Index. Binding is square and firm; very little wear; previous owner's name in ink inside front cover;… Read more about this item

Boston: Beacon Press, 1957. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Copyright 1957, this trade paperback is a 1971 third printing. Includes Notes and an Index. Covers darkened, particularly at the spine. Sticker on front obscuring original price. Spots, marks and stress lines to wraps, but nothing very severe. … Read more about this item

New York: Vintage (Random House), 1984. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First published in 1983, this is a 1984 trade paperback printing. Includes an Index. Near Fine: square and tight with only minor wear. Spine a little darkened. No markings.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. Book Club Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A study of Yeats and his influence on particularly Joyce, Synge, and O'Casey. Copyright 1983. Trade paperback in nicely illustrated wraps. No price indicated: possibly a book club edition. Includes Notes and… Read more about this item

New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to: 9¾ - 12" tall. First published 1986. First issued as an Oxford paperback 1988; this copy a first printing thus. Illustrated in b&w. Includes a Bibliography and an Index. Minor wear only. Light pencil markings on just 2 pages… Read more about this item

Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1987. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An analysis of the social views that emerge from George Eliot's fiction. Volume 44 in the Theory and History of Literature Series. Trade paperback. Includes Notes and an Index. Square and firmly bound. Light pencil… Read more about this item

New York and London: Norton, 1983. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing of the trade paperback edition. Illustrated in b&w. Two maps. Index. Very Good copy: square, minor wear. Light pencil markings on about 7 pages. Previous owner's signature inside front cover.

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing of the 1986 Yale trade paperback. Includes bibliographical references, a chronological table, and an Index. Very Good: square and firmly bound with only minor wear, but contains neat pencil markings on about 25 pages.… Read more about this item

Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1971. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Literary study places Pound at the centre of the Modernist movement. Copyright 1971. First paperback printing, 1973. This copy is a 4th printing thus. Larger octavo in wraps. Love the cover drawing. Illustrated in… Read more about this item

Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1961. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising." Connolly discusses the impediments with which writers contend adds an autobiographic account of his school days at Eton. First published 1938. Revised 1948. Penguin Books mass market edition… Read more about this item

Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1984. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Volume 8 in the Theory and History of Literature Series. Originally published in Russian, 1929; revised and expanded, 1963. English translation, 1984; this copy is a second printing thus, 1985. Includes Notes, Glossary, and an Index. Square… Read more about this item

New York: Harvest / Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition, 1948. This mass market copy is a 1956 second edition. Includes Notes, an extensive Bibliography, and an Index. Very Good: minor wear only. Original price blacked out on front cover. … Read more about this item

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1918. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Not Included. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First published in 1877. This edition first published in 1897 and revised in 1918, this copy is a 1956 reissue. From the collection of Professor William H. Magee (Dept of English, University of Alberta). His… Read more about this item

Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From the collection of University of Alberta English Professor William H. Magee. Quite a handsome hardcover in tan cloth with titling in black and gilt to the spine. Includes bibliographical references and an Index. The… Read more about this item

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1975. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Originally published in French, 1970. English translation 1973. Cornell trade paperback edition, 1975. This copy is a 1987 third printing thus. Includes an Index. Very Good despite the presence of neat penciled markings on… Read more about this item