JOSEPH FURPHY.
Pp. 48, notes and references, bibliography; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, a trifle marked, edges slightly rubbed; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1979. Australian Writers and their Work. More
Pp. 48, notes and references, bibliography; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, a trifle marked, edges slightly rubbed; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1979. Australian Writers and their Work. More
Pp. xii+284, text illustrations, index; small med. 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, slightly foxed on reverse, the back panel faintly soiled; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Oxford University Press, New York, 1982. First..... More
In four volumes, totalling over 1,500 pages, with over a hundred plates and facsimiles (several coloured, many with tissue guard, some of the facsimiles folding or double page), title page vignettes, numerous text ilustrations, appendix and complete index in Volume IV; impl. 8vo; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt..... More
Pp. 52, notes and references, bibliography, selected criticism; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; faint inked date and price stamps on title page; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1974. First edition. Australian Writers and their Work. *Covers the work of Randolph Stow, Thomas Keneally, Elizabeth Harrower and Shirley Hazzard..... More
From rebellion to Conformity. Pp. xiv+266(last blank)+[2]; dust wrapper, lightly worn; Allen, London, 1958. First U.K. edition. *Chapters on Ernest Hemingway; Theodore Dreiser; John Dos Passos; William Faulkner; John Steinbeck; and others. More
The American novel, 1915-1925. Pp. xii+404, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, backstrip and edges slightly browned, edges also a trifle rubbed; bottom edge of leaves a trifle soiled, outer leaves slightly foxed, page edges faintly browned; Secker & Warburg, 1947. First U.K. edition. *The second of a projected five-volume study, under..... More
The American novel, 1890-1915. Pp. xvii+436(last blank), bibliography, index; dust wrapper, edges slightly split and worn; edges of leaves slightly soiled; Allen, London, 1954. First U.K. edition. *The third of a projected five-volume study, under the general title The Novel in America. A critical study of Frank Norris; Stephen Crane;..... More
A Study of His Novels and Plays. Pp. [vi]+262, productions of Genet's plays bibliography, notes and references; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; top edges green; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and rubbed; free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1968. First..... More
With an Introduction by Dr. Theodor Reik and Preface by George Jean Nathan. Pp. 128, bibliography, index; roy. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, browned; leaves browned; Secker & Warburg, London, 1959. Proof copy of first U.K. edition. *A light-hearted work on Erotica. The bibliography lists 100 titles of English erotica. More
Pp. x+198(last blank), notes, appendix, select bibliography, index; demy 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Dawson/Archon Books, Folkestone, Kent/Hamden, Conn., 1979. First U.K. edition. More
Pp. xii+186, frontispiece portrait, index; demy 8vo; green boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; dust wrapper, lightly browned; Frank Cass & Co. Ltd., London, 1968. First edition. More
Pp. xviii+564, bibliography, index, printed lower endpapers; demy 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; vertical production crease in one leaf, a couple of spots of soiling; Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1972. First edition. The Critical Heritage Series. More
Pp. 110(last blank); demy 8vo; green boards, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly rubbed and worn; light vertical production crease in first six leaves; privately printed, Croydon, U.K., 1965[1966]. *Published posthumously. With the date on title page altered in pen to 1966. More
Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1954. Pp. x+246(last blank), appendix, bibliography, notes, index; med. 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, lower fore-corners slightly bruised; Kraus Reprint Co., Millwood, New York, 1973. More
Pp. x+246(last blank), appendix, bibliography, notes, index; demy 8vo; navy boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, browned, edges lightly split and chipped; endpapers offset, top edge of leaves lightly foxed, small initials on verso of lower free endpaper; Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1954. More
Pp. x+210, based on the University of Pennsylvania 1936 edition; super roy. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; Folcroft Library Editions, Folcroft, Pa., 1972. 150 copies. *A reprint of the 1936 edition, originally presented as the author's thesis. More
Pp. 206(last blank), index; demy 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn; Vision, London, 1978. First edition. Vision Critical Studies Series. More
Pp. xiv+226, bibliography of Gissing's works, notes, index; demy 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Allen & Unwin, London, 1986. First edition. More
Pp. 214, index; demy 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, backstrip faded; Vision/Barnes & Noble, London/Totowa, NJ, 1981. First edition. Vision Critical Studies Series. More
Pp. xii+232(last blank), notes, selected bibliography, index; demy 8vo; green boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; top edges blue (slightly faded); dust wrapper; Macmillan, London, 1975. First edition. More
Pp. xiv+178(last blank), frontispiece portrait, chronology, notes & references, selected bibliography, index; small demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; Twayne Publishers, Boston, 1984. First edition. Twayne's English Authors series. More
Pp. x+172, notes, select bibliography, index; demy 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt, boards slightly marked; dust wrapperMacmillan Press, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hamp., 1989. First edition. More
The Literary Commitments of Nadine Gordimer. Pp. xiv+150, pictorial title page, notes, index; dust wrapper; University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1993. First edition. More
Pp. 56, notes and references, bibliography; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges slightly rubbed; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1972. First edition. Australian Writers and their Work series. More
A guide to literature. Pp. x+830(last blank), index; thick med. 8vo; gilt lettered blue cloth, edges a trifle rubbed, the upper board faintly scuffed; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges chipped and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly soiled; R. R. Bowker Company..... More