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Reflections on modern poetry. Pp. xii+212(last blank), notes, references, indices; dust wrapper; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. More
Reflections on modern poetry. Pp. xii+212(last blank), notes, references, indices; dust wrapper; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. More
Pp. xvi+412(last blank), selected bibliography, appendices, index; brown cloth, the spine blocked in black, lettered in red and decorated in green; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Oxford University Press, New York, 1970. First edition. Wilson p. 190. More
Pp. xxiv+246, 4 plates, index; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; pages browned; Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1988. First U.S. edition. *Contributors address 'the issue of why even sympathetic readers, such as Edmund Wilson, repeatedly have characterized Stein's works as "important but unreadable". Drawing from a wide range of critical..... More
Seven studies in Nineteenth Century German Literature. Pp. x+370, index; lower edges of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and creased; free endpapers very lightly offset; Thames & Hudson, 1954. First edition. *Goethe, Grillparzer, Buchner, Schopenhauer, Heine, Stifter, Fontane. More
His Association with Australia. Pp. 38(last blank), text illustrations; printed textured paper wrappers, stapled; some very light browning; Review Publications Pty. Ltd., Dubbo, N.S.W., 1976. Australian Historical Monographs, Volume I (New Series). *Originally published privately by Dr. Mackaness in 1935, in a limited edition of 30 copies. More
An outlook on literature. Pp. viii+282(last printer's imprint); top edges of boards a trifle foxed and bottom edges with a few tiny bumps; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed and chipped, short split from top edge of upper panel, lower panel slightly soiled and a trifle creased; Angus & Robertson, Sydney..... More
With an Introduction by John Sutherland. Pp. xxii+752(last blank), mostly printed double column, appendix; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edges of boards; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly foxed;..... More
Claude Simon, Michel Butor, Alain Robbe-Grillet. Pp. [xiv]+240(printed and paginated on rectos only), select bibliography; textured paper wrappers, a trifle marked; printed title label and brief inked annotation on upper wrapper, inked numbers along spine, a couple of tiny splits to fore-edge of upper wrapper; occasional slight soiling; Oxford University..... More
Pp. xxviii+232(last blank), a couple of text illustrations; top fore-corner of boards a trifle bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled; University of London The Athlone Press, London, 1978. First edition. *Examines the material conditions under which the contemporary English novel is produced and consumed. More
Pp. [viii]+252(last blank), notes, index; tiny split to cloth at foot of lower joint; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split; University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1976. First U.S. edition. *Chapters on Anthony Trollope, Charles Dickens, and others. More
Pp. x+382, notes & references, index; tiny bruise to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper; tiny stain near centre of half-title page; Oxford University Press, London, 1975. Reprinted, with corrections. More
Popular fiction of the 1970s. Pp. xii+268, one text figure, 3 graphs, checklist of fiction, bibliography of non-fiction, index; demy 8vo; red papered boards, spine lettered in silver, fore-corners of lower board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed and split; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown..... More
Pp. [x]+110(last blank); demy 8vo; tan cloth, spine lettered in cream, upper board decorated in blind, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, the bottom fore-corners lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges and backstrip browned and lightly rubbed, with a few mainly small chips and splits; name and date..... More
A chronicle, 1950-2000. Pp. [xvi]+374(last blank), index; grey cloth, spine blocked in red and lettered & ruled in gilt; The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2005. Expanded edition. More
With an Introduction by Francis King. Pp. 126, bibliography; lower board a trifle marked; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; text block faintly browned, small stain to fore-edge p. 46; Peter Owen, London, 1986. First edition. More
Pp. [vi]+116(processed), title page vignette; pictorial paper wrappers, faintly marked; Joanna Taylor Books, Rancho Cordova, California, 1982. *Checklist of first books by women writing in English in the 19th and 20th centuries, primarily in the genres of the short story, adult novel, and poetry. More
With an Introduction by Jeremiah S. Finch. Pp. xii+164, full page illustrations, index; spine cloth slightly faded; dust wrapper, lightly soiled; a little light foxing; Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1980. First edition. *Part III is devoted to Trollope, including a chapter on Trollope as Dramatist. More
In four volumes, totalling over 2,000 pages (mostly printed double column), half-title and title page vignette each volume, recommended reading lists; matching navy cloth, the spines blocked in purple and lettered & decorated in gilt, top edges blue; dust wrappers; McGraw-Hill, New York, 1969-1971. *The four volumes are: European Literature..... More
An Outline of English-language Children's Literature. Pp. 368, title page vignette, text illustrations (some full page), notes, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper, backstrip faded; ownership name on upper free endpaper, a little pencilled marginalia; Kestrel Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1976. Revised edition, second impression. More
The life and times of Robert Tressell, author of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. Pp. xiv+266, 8 plates, list of authors quoted, appendix, index; lower board slightly bruised at top fore-corner and bottom edge; top edges pink; dust wrapper, front panel faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed and split; free endpapers..... More
Pp. 224, frontispiece portrait; beige cloth, spine lettered in black, the boards a trifle warped, fore-corners faintly bruised, edges and spine slightly faded; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips; bookplate on upper pastedown, the free endpapers lightly offset, text block faintly browned..... More
New Perspectives on The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. [Edited by Julie Cairnie & Marion Walls]. Pp. xxvi+214(last blank), text illustrations, index; pictorial glazed papered boards; Cambria Press, Amherst, New York, 2008. First edition. *Contributors include the editors, Jonathon Hyslop, Reg Johnson, a.o. More
Pp. 52, text illustrations, full page map of Hastings on reverse of lower wrapper, references; post 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers printed on both sides, stapled, the lower wrapper a trifle soiled; Hopper Books, Brighton, UK, n.d.[199-]. *'Both a guide to the town and its relationship to the novel and..... More
being the story of "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" told by Frank Swinnerton. Pp. 28; printed paper wrappers with flap folds, slightly soiled; staples rusted; The Richards Press Ltd., London, 1956. Edition limited to 1,500 copies. More
A topical guide to digressions in the novels of Anthony Trollope. Pp. xxii+394, bibliographical notes, index; med. 8vo; grey cloth, lettered in white; edges of leaves a trifle marked; Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, 1983. First edition. More