The Shock Of Recognition

Chips and tears to the jacket edges, price clipped. All pages unmarked.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy. Very Good/No Jacket. 1955. Second Edition.. Hardcover. Slight wear to covers and spine. Contents clean and tight. Size: 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall 0.0 .

New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1955. Revised edition. Fine in fair d.j.. Revised edition. xvii, 1290p. Gilt-titled terra-cotta cloth.

NY: Modern Library Giant, 1943. 1sst Modern library printing (Stated); 1290 clean, unmarked pages; dj w/rubbing & scratching at edges, lite chipping, c lipped price, in mylar; redd c w/gilt decorations/titles;; lite toning of end papers. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12 vo.

The Modern Library, 1955. First Modern Library Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good + Jacket. Xvii,1290 Pp. Gray Cloth. First Edition Stated (Actually First Modern Library Edition, G-83, 1955). Book Near Fine, Some Faded Small Spots On Covers, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $2.95, Light Usage, No Chipping.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition. Thick octavo. xvii, 1,290pp. Poet Daniel Hoffman's copy with his name penned on front fly and his pencil underlining and marginalia throughout, very good with cloth modestly soiled, lacking the dust jacket. Paper-clipped in rear is a typed and Signed letter from Hoffman addressed to the… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1955. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good +. Sm 8vo. Textured salmon cloth, with gilt spine lettering. Red top-stain. 1290 pages. Illustrations by Robert Hallock. Small hand-stamped name/address on inside front cover. Rear panel of dust-jacket has been trimmed and attached to rear inside over. No marks to text.

New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1955. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good-. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Very good book in good- jacket, which has a large tear in center of spine and closed tear on front flap hinge. Book is excellent. This is a first revised edition of Wilson's collection of literary criticism by and about classic… Read more about this item

NY: Modern Library; (1955). First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated first printing (first Modern Library Giant edition, ML #G-83), very good in a very good dust jacket. Owner name and "Vassar '68" on front endpaper; rear hinge is separated, but still pretty tight. Just minor wear to the red cloth boards. The jacket has a $2.95… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Octagon Books, 1975. Some foxing, soiling along page edges. Clear plastic dust jacket.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Ex-Library.

New York: Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy, 1959. Revised edition. Small hardcover. 1290 pages. Anthology edited by Edmund Wilson and subtitled: "The Development of Literature in the United States Recorded by The Men Who Made It." A tight near fine copy in cloth boards with the top edge slightly dusty and in a very good price clipped dust jacket with… Read more about this item

Modern Library, 1955. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

New York: Modern Library, 1955. First Edition THUS. Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. 8x5x0. A Modern Library Giant. Stated 1st printing (first Modern Library edition/first THUS). G5 binding style with grey cloth and black background. DJ mentions book published by Wilson in 1959. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards also very good. Previous owner's name on front endpaper, otherwise… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Reprint. Near fine in very good minus dustwrapper with browning and water stains to the spine and a few small tears to the head of the spine.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Second, revised edition. Thick octavo. xvii, 1,290pp. Light spotting on topedges, cloth edges modestly soiled, about near fine in a very good dust jacket with edges and spine toned, dampstain on spine.

Allen, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The Development of Literature in the United States Recorded by the Men who Made it. Crimson cloth. Book smart. Dustwrapperbrowned but complete.

London: W. H. Allen & Co, 1956. Hardcover with jacket in good condition. Jacket is marked. Jacket spine is tanned and creased. Minor tears on jacket leading corners, rear upper edge and spine ends. Boards, page block and a few pages are marked. Hardcover leading corners, edges and spine ends are lightly bumped and worn. Spine is slightly faded. Minor… Read more about this item

Octagon Books, 1975-01-01. Paperback. Good. VOLS 1 & 2. Octagon 1975 reprint. Former owner's name on endpaper, and a very small amount of pencil margin notes, otherwise unmarked and in very good condition with minimal wear. Clean, bindings are tight, covers firmly attached.

Garden City: Doubleday. Fine. 1943. Hardcover. Garden City: Doubleday, 1943. First Edition. 1290pp., 8" x 4 1/2", slight toning to front and rear endpapers, otherwise a clean, nice copy. Fine in a Near Fine DJ. .

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Good . A history in documents of the development of American literature from the middle of the last century, when our first creative period occurred, to the early decades of this century, when a new creative period had begun. The material consists of essays, memoirs, diaries, letters, and other documents which… Read more about this item