Literary History And Criticism from Old Saratoga Books

Boston: W. B. Clarke Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, front endpapers stained.. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author to his brother on front free endpaper, Cloth-backed boards with title stamped on spine in gilt. Top edges gilt. Chronology, index. History of the New England practice of excluding new residents from settling in towns, based… Read more about this item

NY: Appleton-Century. Good in Good dust jacket; Edges foxed, jacket rubbed.. 1966. First Printing. Hardcover. Light gray cloth, x, 369pp. Acknowledgments, notes, bibliography, and index. At the turn of the century a new spirit of independence gave Chicago a literary heyday never enjoyed there before or since. Populated by two and a quarter million and boiling with social reform, the… Read more about this item

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2005. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0300106521 . xii, 241pp. Acknowledgments, abbreviations list, black and white photos and illustrations, notes, and index. Demonstrates the literal and metaphoric level of taste and, by extension, of literary judgment and cultural fashions. (from the rear jacket panel); 8vo 8" - 9" tall… Read more about this item

London and Toronto: J. M. Dent and Sons. Good with no dust jacket; Gift inscription on front free endpaper, boards . sunned and worn, loss at heel of spine, foxing to first twenty leaves.. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. xiii, 395pp. Red cloth binding. Introduction by S. Foster Damon. Index. Scholarly analysis of themes and symbolism in the work of William… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Good with no dust jacket; Front hinge cracked, owner inscription on front . free endpaper, first section loose.. 1897. First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth with top edges gilt. Notes. BAL 5306.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 96 pages .

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Printing. Hardcover. 0801836751 . xvi, 249pp. Abbreviations list, notes, and index. Edgar Dryden challenges recent criticism that has tended to discredit - or at least devalue - the importance of romance as a thematic and generic category of American fiction (from front jacket flap) ; 8vo 8"… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards and jacket rubbed.. 1985. First Printing. Hardcover. 080182544X . Purple cloth. ix, 288pp. Acknowledgments, notes, and index. From the works of these four writers, Carton identifies the strategies and structures of romance in four different formal genres. (front jacket panel). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: George J. Coombes. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly toned and soiled.. 1886. Large Paper Edition. Hardcover. One of 100 copies, numbered and signed by Coombes on limitation page. Light green paper-covered boards with printed spine label. Index. Illustrations. Many pages uncut. A collection of bibliophilic essays by the Scottish author and folklorist of The Blue (and… Read more about this item

Boston: G. K. Hall and Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly rubbed.. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0816190763 . A literary reference to the works of British author Barbara Pym. Burgundy cloth binding. Index, bibliographic references. xv, 162pp. ; Reference Guide to Literature Series; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

NY: Methuen & Company. Very Good. 1984. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 0416380204 . xvi, 213pp. Index, notes. Scholarly analysis of fantasy literature in various cultures and periods, arguing that fantasy is a response to reality and gives readers a sense of meaning about life. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly scuffed.. 2009. Hardcover. 0773534962 . x, 308pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Examines the work of French-Canadian writer Gabrielle Roy and her knowledge of English and Francophone culture and language and its effect upon her writings. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Macmillan. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edges foxed.. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Clear Mylar jacket. Red cloth binding titled in gilt. Illustrations. A collection of literary essays about Hardy's works. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 205 pages .

London: Macmillan. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edges foxed.. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0333341570 . Clear Mylar jacket. Red cloth binding titled in gilt. Illustrations. A collection of literary essays about Hardy's works. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 261 pages .

NY: St. Martin's Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Page tops foxed.. 1979. First American Edition. Hardcover. 031280153X . xii, 205pp. Maps, notes, bibliography, index. Examines the Wessex setting of the works of Thomas Hardy, and argues that Wessex is based on his native Dorset. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Lawrence, KS: The Regents Press of Kansas. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Page tops foxed.. 1982. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0700602097 . xi, 249pp. Index. Black cloth binding. Scholarly analysis of the works of Thomas Hardy, uncovering two main themes: return/homecoming and futile restoration of errors or personal defects. Notes, select bibliography. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall… Read more about this item

Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. Very Good; Edges foxed.. 1987. 1st Paperback printing. Softcover. 0252014758 . xii, 218pp. Index, works cited. Literary analysis of how readers experience terror in fiction and why they seek it out, as well as providing an overview of the genre, including the works of Poe, Henry James, Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraaft, Charles… Read more about this item

NY: Iona College Press and Twayne Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket rubbed.. 1972.. Hardcover. First volume in Iona College Press Library of Irish Studies. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 357 pages .

London: Lime Tree Bower Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Page tops foxed.. 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. 0902441019 . Blue cloth binding. xii, 319pp. Facsimile reprint of the 1894 first edition of this literary biography. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Cincinnati and New York: Hebrew Union College Press and Ktav Publishing House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket sunned, edges foxed.. 1976. Hardcover. 0870684779 . Volume VIII of the twelve-volume set by Zinberg, translated from the Yiddish by Bernard Martin. Tan cloth binding. xxiv, 256pp, index. Bibliographical notes, glossary of Hebrew and other terms, index. ;… Read more about this item

Cincinnati and New York: Hebrew Union College Press and Ktav Publishing House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.. 1978. Hardcover. Volume XII of the twelve-volume set by Zinberg, translated from the Yiddish by Bernard Martin. Tan cloth binding. xxiii, 261pp, index. Bibliographical notes, glossary of Hebrew and other terms, index. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall… Read more about this item