A Writer on Writing. Pp. xxviii+220(last blank), notes, bibliography, index; post 8vo; qr. green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, green papered boards; dust wrapper; a few leaves slightly creased; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002. First edition. *Six essays which 'grew' from on the Empson Lectures Margaret Atwood delivered at Cambridge..... More
Pp. [vi]+86+[2](blank, colophon); qr. blue & black patterned cloth, printed paper title label on spine, pale blue/grey papered boards, edges faintly faded, the spine with small circular faded patch below label; fore and bottom edges uncut; dust wrapper, foxed and browned on reverse, slightly soiled, the edges and backstrip browned..... More
The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, 1965, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Edited by Henry Hardy. Pp. xvi+172(last blank), references, index; med. 8vo; dark green boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper with 'free cd inside' sticker on front panel, the backstrip faintly faded; Chatto..... More
Pp. xii+290+[2](advertisements), title page printed in red & black; olive green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, the cloth a trifle flecked and slightly rubbed; uncut; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the endpapers slightly offset, a few tiny edge splits, a little light foxing and..... More
Pp. 160(last blank); fore-corners of boards bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; free endpapers faintly offset, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Souvenir Press (Educational & Academic) Ltd, London, 1973. First U.K. edition. *Conversations between Borges and Richard Burgin during the former's visit to Harvard University in 1967-68. At..... More
A collection of new essays. Pp. 280(last blank); notes, index; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and split; signature on upper free endpaper, top edges lightly foxed; Vision Press, 1976. Vision Critical Studies series. More
General Editor Michael Wolff. In four volumes. Volume I: Churchill and War. Pp. xxviii+492; Volume II: Churchill and Politics. Pp. xii+478(last blank); Volume III: Churchill and People. Pp. xii+348(last blank); Volume IV: Churchill At Large. Pp. xii+512(last blank); med. 8vo; qr. navy morocco, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, dark..... More
Literary Essays 2000-2005. With an Introduction by Derek Attridge. Pp. xiv+304, notes and references; dust wrapper, faint trace of sticker removal from front panel; Knopf, Sydney, 2007. First Australian edition. *Many of the essays first appeared in the New York Review of Books. More
Pp. 520; printed paper wrappers, slightly soiled and worn, title handwritten in ink on backstrip, which is creased; a little light soiling and creasing; David Bruce and Watson, London, 1973. Uncorrected Proof Copy. More
With an Introduction by Richard Curle. Pp. xvi+172(last blank), frontispiece, plus one text illustration, the title page printed in red & black; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards a trifle canted, the fore-corners slightly bruised; hinge tender near centre, a little light foxing; Doubleday, Page & Company, New..... More
An essay on the shattering and remoulding of a world. Pp. 180+[2], 2 wood-engravings by Lettice Sandford, decorative initials; rose cloth, spine lettered in gilt, corners a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly foxed; t.e.g.; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, outer leaves and edges slightly foxed; The Golden..... More
Essays in a pluralistic art world. Pp. xxx+450, index; qr. black paper, spine lettered in silver, grey papered boards; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of upper board; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 2000. First edition. More
Pp. [viii]+136(last blank); dust wrapper, lightly foxed and soiled; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Reinhardt, London, 1956. First edition. *Collection of pieces including poetry, literary criticism, essays, &c. More
Pp. 264(last advertisement), folding frontispiece; navy buckram, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, the boards a trifle canted, corners bruised, the cloth rubbed and flecked; t.e.g., others uncut; upper hinge starting, a little light foxing and soiling; Chatto & Windus, London, 1892. First U.K. trade edition. *Collection of essays, mainly..... More
Pp. [viii]+180, frontispiece, index; f'cap. 8vo; olive green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, bottom fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, backstrip faded and slightly browned, edges a trifle rubbed and split, small chip at head of backstrip; outer leaves lightly offset, edges of leaves a trifle..... More
Pp. [xii]+296(last blank)+32(publisher's catalogue, browned and partly unopened), frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 3 plates, the title page printed in red & black, index; navy buckram, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, boards flecked and slightly scuffed, fore-corners faintly bruised, the spine a trifle faded; t.e.g., others uncut; name &..... More
Essays on various occasions and in diverse moods. With favourite quotations. Decorated and enlivened with 60 illustrations & devices. Written and contrived by Sir William Russell Flint. Pp. 132(last colophon, verso blank), printed in red, blue, dull gilt & black, frontispiece, pictorial title page, and numerous text illustrations (several full..... More
With a foreword by Lawrence Oakley Cheever. Pp. 72, 4 plates; black cloth backed patterned papered boards with printed paper title label on spine, fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; fore and bottom edges uncut; patterned tissue wrapper, edges lightly chipped and split, backstrip browned; privately printed for the friends..... More
In three volumes. Volume I compiled by the Committee on the Frost Centennial of the University of Southern Mississippi; Volumes II & III edited by Jac Tharpe. Pp. xii+612+xii+322+xvi+408, bibliographies, indices; dust wrappers, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and faded, with a couple of splits to Volume I; a little..... More
Pp. [viii] +46+[4](last advertisement, verso blank), 3 plates (2 hand-tipped, one of which is folding), 2 hand-tipped facsimile letters (one folding), facsimile title page of The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, cloth backed marbled papered boards, printed paper title label on spine, top edges of boards slightly foxed, the corners..... More
By the author of The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. Pp. 320(last colophon)+32(publisher's catalogue), title page vignette, floral patterned endpapers, index; dark green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges lightly worn, the spine slightly creased and with a couple of tiny splits to extremities; t.e.g., others..... More
Essays on poetry. Pp. x+174; spine extremities and fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed and creased; Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1965. First edition. *Essays originally published in Melbourne Critical Review, Prospect, Quadrant, a.o. More
Pp. 288(last blank); top edges navy; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled; a little light foxing; Constable, London, 1960. First edition. More
Essays on West Indian Literature. Pp. [vi]+166, 4 plates, bibliography, index; small cr. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly worn; Oxford University Press, 1968. Three Crown Books series. *Includes essays on the works of Roger Mais; George Lamming; John Hearne; V. S. Naipaul; and others. More
Essays in Boswellian imitation. Pp. [viii]+60; f'cap. 8vo; cloth backed marbled papered boards, printed paper title label on spine and upper board (the latter slightly foxed), edges a trifle rubbed, top fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; uncut and partly unopened; signs of removal of bookplate from upper pastedown, free endpapers..... More