BETTMANN, OTTO L./ VAN WYCK BROOKS

Our literary heritage.

New York, Dutton & Cie. 1956, 2e Druk. Book, A pictoirial history of the writer in America. Many photographs. 246 p. Halfcloth. Hardcover. Good.

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Book number: 003906

Van Wyck Brooks; Lewis Mumford; Alfred Kreymborg; Paul Rosenfeld

The American Caravan: A Yearbook of American Literature

New York, The Macaulay Company, 1927. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of short stories and poems by American authors, signed by Louise Bogan and Mark van Doren. The first edition, first printing.Signed by Louise Bogan and Mark van Doren to their contributions, pages 678, 370, and 373 respectively.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A curious "yearbook of American literature", containing a selection of pieces by eminent American authors.Including 'An Alpine Idyll' by Ernest Hemingway, 'Mildred's Thoughts' by Gertrude Stein, 'City Love' by Eric Walrond, 'Lazarus Laughed' by Eugene O'Neill, and more.Edited by Van Wyck Brooks, Lewis Mumford, Alfred Kreymborg, and Paul Rosenfeld. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front endpaper, and to the recto of the front endpaper.Dust wrapper is edge worn, with small chips and closed tears, with tape repairs to the reverse. Spine is age-toned. Light rubbing and handling marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 950P78

Catalogue: American Literature

Keywords: The American Caravan: A Yearbook of American Literature america ernest hemingway gertrude stein america paul green william shepard None

Brooks, Van Wyck

"Amy Lowell" in New Republic (August 5, 1940).

New York, New Republic, 1940. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers with minor wear. Richard Wright and Ladislas Farago also contribute to this issue. Near Fine.

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Book number: b39301

Van Wyck Brooks

"Anecdotes of Maurice Prendergast" in Magazine of Art (Oct 1938)

The American Federation of Arts, 0. 0 pp. Soft cover. Hoyt, Charles B. (photos of Chinese Guardian Figures). Near fine in wrappers with light tanning to covers and spine. Complete issue. Also, "Tom Craig's Water Colors" by Frankenstein. Reproductions of magnificent Chinese guardian figures in "A Chinese Guardian Figure: Early Example of the Drief-Lqcquer Technique" by Blanche Magurn (photos by Charles B. Hoyt). Very Good.

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Book number: dn628

Brooks, Van Wyck

"Boston in the Nineties" in Harper's (August, 1940)

First Edition. 0 pp. Near fine in original wrappers.

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Book number: b7230

BROOKS, VAN WYCK

The Confident Years: 1885-1915

London, Readers Union and J.M. Dent. 1953. Hardcover. Used, Hard cover, with unclipped dust jacket, both in very good condition for their age. General shelf and handling wear, including tanning, (notable to spine), creasing and wear to cover, edges, corners and folds. Within, pages are well bound and content unmarked. CN. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 609621

Catalogue: Literature

Brooks, Van Wyck,

Fenollosa and His Circle with other essays in biography.

NY, Dutton, 1962. 1st edition. VG in VG DJ. Publisher note laid in. Sl browning in DJ edges.

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Book number: BOOKS025783I

Catalogue: Fiction

Brooks, Van Wyck

The Flowering of New England, 1815-1865

New York, E.P. Dutton & Co. 1936. 3rd printing. Hardcover. 550 p. Good condition; spine darkened .

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Book number: 26506

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: New England; First Editions Literature Essays Authors--Portraits Books About Books

BROOKS, VAN WYCK

The Flowering of New England 1815-1865

Boston: Merrymount Press, 1941. Limited Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Illustrated by R.J. Holden. Covered in green cloth with embossed botanical print. Gilt lettering on spine. Very clean and tight. Original slipcase shows some shelf-wear. Sepia drawings. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xxi, 468 pp. Fine+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 20138

Catalogue: History

Keywords: American History New England 19th Century America History Travel & Adventure

Van Wyck Brooks

The Flowering of New England 1815-1865 - New and Revised

E P Dutton, 1940. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover/No Jacket. pp.550 with index clean tight copy with tanning to text pages and edges and foxing to inside cover papers crimping and wear to top/bottom spines Very Good.

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Book number: 285128

VAN WYCK BROOKS

The Flowering of New England

E.P. Dutton & Co. Publishers. 1936. Hard Cover. Hardcover/ pub. 1936/ Gd.+ condition/ 550 pages- The literary history of the United States. Subject is the New England mind, in the lives and works of writers. (D12043). Good.

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Book number: 2043

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: anti-slavery, writers, literary, history, cambridge, romance, literature, narrative, fiction black history

BROOKS, VAN WYCK

The Flowering of New England

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1941. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by R. J. Holden. Limited edition (No. 285 of 1500 copies). Signed by the illustrator on the Limitation Page. Publisher's full green cloth with embossed oak leaves, gilt lettering on spine, top edge russet. Illustrated with 40 sketches by R. J. Holden printed in a warm russet. Black slipcase with printed paper label. Monthly Letter of the Limited Editions Club (January 1941, No. 129) laid in. The volume shows only the slightest shelf-wear, otherwise it is in virtually perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The slipcase is solid, but shows some wear, with loss of the paper covering, at the heel of the spine and at the corners. NEAR FINE. The Limited Editions Club Series. Drawings. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xxi, 468 pp. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 29146

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History American History New England Limited Edition Illustrated Book Limited Edition Club History Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

Brooks, Van Wyck

Flowering of New England 1815-1865

New York: Modern Library, 1941. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Previous owner's name. Soiling on endpapers and page edges. Title page is missing small piece at lower edge. Reading copy only ; Modern Library; 550 pages.

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Book number: 41416

Catalogue: Collectible Books::modern Library

Keywords: Brooks, Van Wyck Literary History Authors Biography Collections Longfellow, Henry Hawthorne, Nathaniel Emerson, Ralph Alcott, Louisa Thoreau, Henry

Brooks, Van Wyck,

From a Writer's Notebook.

NY, Dutton, 1958. 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Comments on radio, bullfighting, Veblen, Nietzsche, spelling & the avant-garde. Brick binding, DJ edgewear, white lettering.

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Book number: BOOKS025720I

Brooks, Van Wyck

"From a Writer's Notebook, II" in Nation (December 5, 1953)

First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Complete original issue in near fine condition. Fine.

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Book number: b16672