Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002

New York, Random House, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. His then latest collection of non-fiction works of praise and criticism and he invited his readers to "step across this line" with him in criticism. "Imaginary Homelands" accomplished much for 1980s developments in politics and literature, and Step Across This Line does the same and more for the last decade of the twentieth century. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. 402 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 356270

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: literary criticism Salman Rushdie

Alpers, Antony

Katherine Mansfield: A Biography

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Second Printing. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Brilliantly bound in a dark teal cloth over boards, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine, quite fine. Clean, unmarked and tightly bound, though moderately toned of endpapers. Top-stained in blue, foxing to bottom edge. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Range of black-and-white photographs of the beloved New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923). Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xvi [2], 4-376, [1], ii-xvi pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 352804

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: Katherine Mansfield New Zealand writers Antony Alpers literary biography

Archer, William; Havelock Ellis; A.E.H. Swain; George Saintsbury

A Lot of Five (5) Contributions to the Mermaid Series: George Farquhar; Christopher Marlowe; John Dryden, in Two Volumes; Sir John Vanbrugh

London, T. Fisher Unwin, . . Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. The Mermaid Series was published by Vizetelly & Co.; T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd.; Ernest Benn, Ltd.; Charles Scribner's Sons; A.A. Wyn, Inc.; from 1887-1966. This is a serviceable lot (with no dates of publication listed, but appear to be early 1900s) of four titles in five volumes, George Saintsbury's biography of John Dryden; A.E.H. Swain's of Sir John Vanbrugh; the biography of Christopher Marlowe, by Havelock Ellis (!) and with an Introduction by J.A. Symonds; and William Archer's account of George Farquhar. Pocketbook-sized tomes, covered in black paper over boards, black-lettered white paper labels to front covers and spines. Moderate rubbing to and scuffing of edges, toning to endpapers, else clean and unmarked of interiors, quite readable.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 355935

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: William Archer Havelock Ellis A.E.H. Swain George Saintsbury George FarquharChristopher Marlowe John Dryden Sir John Vanbrugh

Auster, Paul

Hand to Mouth

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, tightly bound, clean copy with little discernible wear to exterior beyond remainder mark along top edge. Bright and shiny dust jacket, not price-clipped, a clearly unread copy. Following 130 pp. of literature and literary criticism, a fine memoir of the celebrated writer's life and work, there follow three Appendixes: 1: Three Plays Laurel and Hardy Go to Heaven, Blackouts and Hide and Seek, 2: Action Baseball, 3: Squeeze Play, by "Paul Benjamin," 449 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 356266

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: Paul Auster modern first edition

Baker, Carlos

Emerson Among the Eccentrics: A Group Portrait

New York, Viking, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Long range of sharp and distinct black-and-white photographic plates featuring Ralph Waldo Emerson and his wife, Bronson Alcott and Louisa May Alcott and others of the period. xvi [1], 3-608 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 356272

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: Ralph Emerson Carlos Baker literary biograph

Giuseppe Baretti

La Frusta Letteraria, Complete in Two Volumes

Milano, Italy, Societa Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Complete in two volumes, wholly in Italian language, blue and tan marbled paper over boards, heavily rubbed, also heavily rubbed paper title labels over spines (spelling his surname "Bareti"), rubbed and scuffed extremities, foxed endpapers, a few scattered ink blotches, but remarkably bright interiors overall. Paulo Caronni's fine black-and-white engraving of Baretti graces the frontis of Volume I. Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti (24 April 1719, Turin, Piedmont – 5 May 1789, London) was something of a polymath, he being fluent in multiple languages and also something of a "literary critic, poet, writer, translator, linguist and author of two influential language-translation dictionaries" (Wikipedia). He was acquitted of murder by fruit-knife, he got in hot water for his translations of the works of Galileo, and started a literary journal of literary criticism, this work here, Frusta Letteraria (Literary Scourge). It was published posthumously but in his lifetime it encountered considerable difficulties. This is the first collection of his important works of literary criticism. Volume I: xviii, 1-479 pp.; [5], 6-489 pp. and including index and note of errata.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 355893

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: Italian Language Giuseppi Baretti letters literary criticism

Brabazon, James

Dorothy L. Sayers: A Biography

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Initial endpaper clipped, else a clean, tightly bound, bright of interior examplar as can be found of this fine and accessible biography of the beloved Dorothy Leigh Sayers. Bound handsomely in burgundy cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" in "number" line present. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 308 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 355732

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: literary biography Dorothy L. Sayers James Brabazon

Brosman, Catharine Savage

The Shimmering Maya and Other Essays

Baton Rouge, LA, Louisiana State University Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing in fresh glossy black leatherette boards, tightly bound and clean and unmarked of interior, gilt titles to spine. Catharine Savage Brosman wrote three prior poetry collections and is a well-known French literary critical expert. Essays in this volume include "The Shimmering Maya: a trip to Texas," "Leaving for Good," "On Men and Women," "On Husbandry," "The Feminist in the Cupboard," "On Living," and other fine works. 149 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 355378

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: Catharine Savage Brosman essays

Christopher Isherwood; Katherine Bucknell

Christopher Isherwood: The Sixties--Diaries 1960-1969

New York , Harper, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A big, fat, heavy, oversized volume, the second set of diaries in the trilogy thereof, edited and with Introduction by Katherine Bucknell, and with a Foreword by Christopher Hitchens. This volume opens on the subject's fifty-sixth birthday and continues to 1969. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" or "a" in "number" line present. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xli [2], 2-756 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 356068

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: diaries memoir Christopher Isherwood Katherine Bucknell Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Isherwood; Katherine Bucknell

Christopher Isherwood: Liberation--Diaries 1970-1983

New York, Harper, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. SIGNED by the editor, "For Robert [Allen, the Altadena, California-based bookseller and appraiser], with admiration and many thanks--fondly Kate 20 Nov. 2012." SIGNED above also by perhaps another colleague, "To Robert, with fond memories of our work together, 20 November 2012." A big, fat, heavy, oversized volume, the second set of diaries in the trilogy thereof, edited and with Introduction by Katherine Bucknell, and with a Foreword by Christopher Hitchens. This volume opens on the subject's fifty-sixth birthday and continues to 1969. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" or "a" in "number" line present. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xlvi [2], 2-875 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 356069

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: diaries signed memoir Christopher Isherwood Katherine Bucknell Christopher Hitchens

Burke, Alafair

Close Case

New York, Henry Holt and Company , 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine Samantha Kinkaid novel from the daughter of James Lee Burke. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. 351 [1] pp. including a note about the author, a former district attorney in Portland and now (2005) teacher of criminal law at Hofstra University.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 356269

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: Samantha Kinkaid Alafair Burke mystery first edition

Canetti, Elias

Kafka's Other Trial: The Letters to Felice

New York, Shocken Books, 1974. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine collection of letters from Franz Kafka to his fiance, Felice Bauer the breakup with which allegedly spurred him on to write The Trial. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Two-tone, red paper over boards, oatmeal cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 121 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Very Good,

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Book number: 349906

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Keywords: Elias Canetti|Franz Kafka|Felice|letters

Canetti, Elias

Kafka's Other Trial: The Letters to Felice

New York, Shocken Books, 1974. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine collection of letters from Franz Kafka to his fiance, Felice Bauer the breakup with which allegedly spurred him on to write The Trial. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean but for the gift inscription at first free endpaper, minimal rubbing to extremities. Two-tone, red paper over boards, oatmeal cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, price-clipped. 121 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,

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Book number: 352390

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: Elias Canetti|Franz Kafka|Felice|letters

Canetti, Elias

The Play of the Eyes

New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1986. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound in two-tone, turquoise cloth over boards, oatmeal cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Translated from the original German by Ralph Manheim. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Prelims, 4-329 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 352388

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: Elias Canetti literature literary criticism

Dillon, Millicent

You Are Not I: A Portrait of Paul Bowles

Berkeley, California, University of California, Berkeley, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A full and due homage to the elusive writer-composer Paul Bowles, who left the United States in 1947 to live permanently in Morocco. The author was a friend of Jane Bowles, the subject's late wife. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiv [1], 3-339 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 349673

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: Paul Bowles|Millicent Dillon|literary biography|literary criticism