Literary Criticism from Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books

Dutton, 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Shepard, E.H.. First edition of this little smackeral of academic satire. A "long overdue collection of twelve essays, examining the hidden meaning of MIlne's classic volumes." A super weird offering, perfect for the Pooh collector who has everything! Book is excellent, unmarked and tight. Jacket shows price ($2.95) and has one medium-sized… Read more about this item

London: Cassell & Company, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. The 1938 first edition, in brown cloth boards with a black cloth spine and gold lettering. The rare "somewhat interesting" ex library copy, this is from the library of the Training Department" of publisher R.R. Donnelly & Sons, home of the Lakeside Press.… Read more about this item

W.W. Norton, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Certainly fascinating for the Wodehouse fan, this is an extensive collection of letters ranging from the author's school days in the early 1900s to a few weeks from his death in 1975. They provide the reader with insights into his life and… Read more about this item

University of Chicago Press, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A quite nice copy of this book examining the role of early libraries in medieval and early modern England, and what that would later mean for the modern library. Fine in a NF jacket with a slight bend to… Read more about this item

Random House. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A curious work from an author who's earliest years saw him becoming a completist collector of assorted types of books. This volume offers brief essays on known authors and their works that did NOT survive. The book moves chronologically from… Read more about this item

Frederick Ungar, 1968. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A detailed look at 8 of Odets' plays including 5 written in the 19i30s and three from 1945-1954. A VG copy in a like jacket with a couple of small tears at the head and foot of spine. Interior pastedown and endpaper… Read more about this item

New York : Harper and Row, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. For your favorite curmudgeon, a delight for usage prescriptivists, or those who want to make fun of them. This is subtitled "A Word Diet for the Verbally Overweight". Selected at random from the middle… Read more about this item

New York : Borzoi Books, 1955. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Wallace's first book, he would go on to write wildly popular novels throughout the 60s and 70s. This book looks at such figures as Alexander Selkirk (the basis for Robinson Crusoe) Dr. Joseph Bell (an inspiration for Sherlock… Read more about this item

Random House, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The author's exploration of how the work of John Updike has affected him. First printing, NF in a VG jacket with a touch of shelfwear.

Random House, 1977. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A nice clean copy of Pritchett's in depth examination off Turgenev. First printing, fine in a VG jacket with a bit of shelfwear and a non-trivial chip to lower edge of rear panel.

Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2007. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. An impressive slim volume from a Stanford English Professor and director of that university's writing program. An appreciation of both the printed word and the brave new world of online writing. Fine in a NF jacket (touch of wear… Read more about this item

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1969. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A quite nice copy Morris's exploration of the work of various literary critics. First edition presumed, fine in nearly fine jacket, with just a touch of wear at the corners.

New York: Grove Press, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Second printing of this examination of portions of early books of the Old Testament. An introductory author about the author, "J", by Bloom, a new translation of the works by Rosenberg, and commentary on the text from Bloom. Fine in a near fine, mildly… Read more about this item

New York: Hill and Wang, 1993. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Paperback reprint edition (twentieth printing), translated by Richard Howard. Fine paperback, no notable flaws.

Austin, TX: Monkeybrain Books, 2004. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Unread, crisp copy of this anthology of pieces by notable science fiction authors. Touches on the influence of science fiction on the larger popular culture. Pieces by David Brin, Jonathan Lethem, Michael Moorcock, Mike Resnick, Robert Silverberg, and many others.… Read more about this item

Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A nice copy of this, apparently the first book length work on Moore's prose. Draws on new material from the Moore archives, and focuses on her private and public critical exchanges with Wallace Stevens, Ezra Pound, William Carlos… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First printing of this examination of the literature of late-colonial/postcolonial Africa. Authors examined include Soyinka, Senghor, Ousmane, David Diop, Leon Damas, Amos Tutuola, and others. Book is very good, with a little spot to foredge and a touch of overal wear.… Read more about this item

Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.: Univ of Georgia Pr, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. An examination of the boundary-stretching use of language by Baudelaire--he argues that he adapts aspects of caricature for use in his poetry. First printing, fine in a fine jacket, in protective mylar. Beautiful copy.

Paris: Seuil, 1975. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. From a well known series of short critical examinations of notable authors, most of them French. This is the first in the series (écrivains par eux-mêmes) to be written by the author about his own work. Barthes did write an earlier entry in… Read more about this item

Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A look at the locales in which major American works of literature were centered. Includes Frost's New England, Hemingway's Florida, Steinbeck's California, and others (Faulkner, O'Connor). First printing, Near fine in a fine jacket.