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Athens OH: Ohio University Press, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition hardcover, 203 pp. Examines the literary sketch (and the Golden Age of magazines) as a genre more accessible and less confined by critics than the novel. The author sees this as playing an important part in the shaping of American culture especially among the middle class. Book condition : Fine, no internal markings. Dust Jacket Condition : Near Fine; shelf wear to top edge of front cover. a .
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America's Sketchbook: The Cultural Life of a Nineteenth-Century Literary Genre
by Hamilton, Kristie
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Childhood Enchantments: British and American Illustration for Children 1880-1940
by Kendra Krienke
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Rye Brook NY: Museum of Cartoon Art, 1989. Book. Very Good. Softcover (Side-stapled). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Booklet issued in conjunction with 1989 exhibit at the Museum of Cartoon Art. Oversize side-stapled softcover, 16 pp. w/15 B& w plates. Chronicles the rise of fantastical illustrations in children's books during the Victorian Era. Includes examples from Maxfield Parrish, Kate Greenaway, and Jessie Wilcox Smith. Guest curator's business card stapled inside front cover, errata sheet inlaid. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks; some wear/creasing to cover corners. b.
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
by Louise Schutz Boas
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London, England and New York NY: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stated 1st Edition. Hardcover, 216 pp. w/13 b&w photos. Full length sympathetic biography of the Victorian poet. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks; light bumping to spine ends; two small smudges at top of pp. 211 & 214. No Dust Jacket..
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: An Annotated Bibliography of the Commentary and Criticism, 1826-1990
by Donaldson, Sandra
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New York, NY: G. K. Hall & Co., 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is a comprehensive reference work, the annotations to the sources are invaluable for anyone researching Barrett Browning. The format is chronological with special notation in bold given to reviews of the works EBB published that year. This bibliography includes the large amount of commentary written in French and Italian. The introduction frames the evolution in scholarly attention paid to EBB. Book Condition : Fine; no internal markings; binding tight. No Dust Jacket as issued..
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Everyday Ideas: Socioliterary Experience Among Antebellum New Englanders
by Ronald Zboray; Mary Zboray
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Knoxville TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition hardcover, 203 pp. Examines the role of literature in the lives of New Englanders before the Civil War. Using primary sources, the effect of books, lectures, and speeches show across socio-economic groupings and show how the written word addressed the issues of the day as well as transcendent matters of the human condition. Examines the literary sketch (and the Golden Age of magazines) as a genre more accessible and less confined by critics than the novel. The author sees this as playing an important part in the shaping of American culture especially among the middle class. Book condition : Fine, no internal markings. Dust Jacket Condition : Very Good; shelf wear along edges. .
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The Feminine Political Novel in Victorian England (Victorian Literature and Culture Series)
by Barbara Leah Harman
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Charlottesville VA : University of Virginia Press, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Argues that there is an additional tradition in Victorian literature, feminine political fiction. This emerged as women authors (Bronte, Gaskell, Gissing, and more) imagined more involvement in the public political sphere during the Industrial Revolution. Book Condition : Near Fine; check marks to bibliography, no other marks; a few small marks to text block. Dust Jacket Condition : Good+; shelf wear along top edge; some rubbing creasing..
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Florence in the Poetry of the Brownings
by MvMahan, Anna Bennneson (editor)
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Chicago IL: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1904. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Limited large paper edition, unnumbered of 250. 230 pp. including c. 60 b&w photos. Collection of poetic works by Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning related to Florence Italy where they lived for15 years. Includes Casa Guidi Windows, Old Pictures in Florence, Book One of The Ring and the Book, and more. Book Condition : Good; binding tight; no text marks, former owner's name inside front cover; chipping to spine; bumping to spine ends and cover corners; toning around cover edges; some age toning inside covers and around page edges (no foxing). No Dust Jacket as issued..
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The Flowers of William Morris
by Baker, Derek W.
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Chicago IL: Chicago Review Pr, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st American Edition. Hardcover, 88 pp. w/ color and b&w plates throughout. Examines the role of flora and nature in the life and work of William Morris, a seminal figure in the Arts & Crafts and Pre-Raphaelite movements in Victorian England. His interest in early landscape preservation is also covered. Book Condition : Near Fine; no text marks; minimal wear. Dust Jacket Condition : Near Fine; minimal shelf wear along edges;price unclipped..
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The Grand Domestic Revolution: A History of Feminist Designs for American Homes, Neighborhoods, and Cities
by Hayden, Dolores
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Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 2nd Printing. Hardcover, 367 pp. w/ b&w photos, illustrations, and building plans throughout. Author Hayden explores the material feminism movement that sought to redraw domestic life from child rearing to building design to advance women's equality. Their ideas included urban planning (community kitchens, daycare centers, etc.). Book Condition : Near Fine; no text marks. Dust Jacket Condition : Good+; some whelf wear to edges; sunlight toning; price unclipped..
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Jewelry - Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin (Volume 83, Number 353 Fall 1986)
by Grace, Priscilla and Judy Rudoe
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Philadelphia PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1986. Journal. Very Good. Softcover (Side-stapled). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This well illustrated Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin, focused on jewelry, contains two articles : A Celebrated Miniature of the Comtesse d'Olonne, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the Taste for Archaelogical-Style Jewelry. The latter includes the role of jewelry in Robert Browning's The Ring and The Book. Book Condition : Very Good; crease at bottom center front cover; wear to cover corners; some spotting to rear cover; no internal markings..
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London and Its Environs in the Nineteenth Century
by James Elmes
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New York and London: Benjamin Blom, 1968. Book. Illus. by Thomas H. Shepherd. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1968 facsimile printing of 1829 edition. Hardcover, c. 300 pages (plates are unpaginated) w/ 190 b& w plates. "Illustrated by a Series of Views from Original Drawings by Thomas H. Shepherd with Historical, Topographical & Critical Notices by James Elmes." Book Condition : Very Good; name on front free end paper, no other text marks; light bumping to spine ends and cover corners. Illustrated covers, no Dust Jacket as issued..
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Masculinities in Victorian Painting (The Nineteenth Century Series)
by Kestner, Joseph A.
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Routledge, 1995. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover, 316 pp. w/ b&w plates throughout. "Powerful images from dozens of Victorian artists...are used to illustrate the five key paradigms of masculinity...The author concludes that maleness was, and is, learned and that 19th century ideas still influence the construction of manhood..." Book Condition : Near Fine; former owner's name on front free end paper, no other text marks; crease to half title page. Dust Jacket Condition : Very Good; mild shelf wear along upper edges..
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Matthew Arnold
by Hugh Kingsmill
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London, England and New York NY: Lincoln MacVeagh/The Dial Press, 1928. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1928 possible 1st Edition. Hardcover, 317 pp. w/ 10 b&w illustrations. Seeks to illuminate 5 years of Arnold's life, in his youth, that hadn't been fully explored by previous biographers. Kingsmill argues that Arnold's experiences with romance and travel in that period had a great effect on his poetry. Book Condition : Good, Ex-Seminary Library; no text marks; rubber stamp inside front cover and on title page; catalog labels on bottom spine and top right rear cover; light toning to end papers. Dust Jacket removed and parts glued onto inside front cover and free end papers. .
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Nature and the Victorian Imagination
by U.C. Knoepflmacher
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Berkeley CA: Univ of California Press, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Presumed 1st Edition. Hardcover, 519 pp. w/ 131 primarily b&w illustrations and several color tipped-in plates.24 essays offer "a comprehensive investigation of the response to Nature in the 19th century". Sections examine Victorian responses to Nature in - city, suburb, and country; the Alps and Arctic; science and philosophy; literature and visual arts. Book Condition : very Good; no text marks; a few small stains to text block; light bumping to spine ends. Dust Jacket Condition : Good+; shelf waer along edges; price clipped. c.
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The Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning, Volume 5 : Red Cotton Night-Cap Country
by Browning, Robert
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Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1888. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Volume 5 contains Red Cotton Night-Cap Country (or Turf and Towers); Aristophanes' Apology; The Inn Album; Pacchiarotti, with other poems. Cambridge Press Riverside Edition. Book Condition : Good; wear to spine ends and cover corners, light scuffing to covers; no internal markings. No Dust Jacket as issued..
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Pre-Raphaelite and Other Poets
by Lafcadio Hearn
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London, England: William Heinemann Ltd., 1923. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, 432 pp. Series of lectures on various poets - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Rbert Browning, Charles Swinburne, George Meredith, William Morris, Robert Nuchanan, Robert Bridges - by Lafcadio Hearn. Book Condition :Good, Ex-College Library; bookplate inside front cover; label on spine and inside rear cover; pocket and slip inside rear cover; front hinge cracked; light bumping to spine ends and cover corners. No dust jacket..
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Reader Entrapment in Eighteenth Century-Literature (Georgia State Literary Studies)
by Kropf, Carl R.
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Ams Pr Inc, 1992. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, 267 pp. 17 essay collection originally part of Georgiua State Literary Studies series. "Each of these essays demonstrates how 18th century authors and texts fulfilled their instructive intent by vexing the reader, to echo Swift's famous phrase..." Authors covered include Swift, Pope, Fielding, Philips, Gay, Goldsmith, Etherege, Steele, and more. Book Condition : Near Fine; unmarked. Dust Jacket Condition : Good; several small tears along top edge..
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Re-framing the Pre-Raphaelites: Historical and Theoretical Essays
by Harding, Ellen (editor)
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Hants, England: Scolar Press, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Probable First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This collection of 14 essays, some of which were part of a 1994 Pre-Raphaelite seminar, covers a gamut of subjects related to individual artists, symbolism, techniques, and cultural cross-currents. The essays include : Death and the Maiden : The Lady of Shalott and the Pre-Raphaelites; Millais' "Knight Errant" and the formation of the English Nude; and Sermons in Stone : John Brett's "The Stonebreaker" Reconsidered. Book Condition : Fine; binding tight; no internal markings. Dust Jacket Condition : Near Fine; light rubbing; crease near top front right..
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The Ring and The Book
by Browning, Robert
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Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Frequently hailed as the best of Browning's works for its psychological and spiritual content, The Ring and The Book is an epic poem telling the story of a 1698 murder trial in Rome. Using various narrators throughout the 12 books of the poem, Browning examines the allegation against a young nobleman from a variety of perspectives. This is a Riverside Press Cambridge Edition in one volume. Book Condition : Good-; foxing - primarily inside front cover, title page and first few pages, similarly to rear inside cover; previous owner inscription on front free end paper; light spotting to text block; wear to spine ends and cover corners; a few spots on left bottom rear cover. No Dust jacket as issued..
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Twenty-Two Unpublished Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning Addressed to Henrietta and Arabella Moulton-Barrett
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New York NY: Haskell House, 1971. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1971 Haskell House reprint of 1935 limited edition. Hardcover, 90 pp. w/ b&w frontispiece photo.Twenty two letters by Barrett Browning to two of her sisters from 1846-1857 beginning with her first writing them after she eloped with Robert Browning and journeyed to France. Book Condition : Near Fine; no text marks; light bumping to top cover corners. No Dust Jacket..
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