Search Results: Literary Criticism from Callaghan Books South

Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Good. Essays on Shaw, Joyce, Huxley, Eliot, Priestley, Greene, Murdoch, Golding, Fowles, Waugh, Ballard and Science Fiction, among others. DJ has tiny tear at bottom front tip and just above on bookfold, surface wear spot at bottom back tip, microtear at spine top edge, tiny tear and three wavy creases at top back. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Toronto: The Copp Clark Publishing Co., 1970. Original Wrappers. As New. (Studies in Canadian Literature) Smaller, sturdy softcover, heavy dark blue wrappers with two images of man's face on front, list of titles in series on back wrapper, 145 pages. Mint.

Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Oxford Univ Press, 1980. Cloth. Fine/Very Fine. (2d ptg.) Fine black cloth, silver lettering and design bright on spine, brown background with passport inside covers and adjacent end papers, 246 lightly browned pages, ink cross-out at bottom of title page. DJ has beautiful color-illustration of passenger ship on front and spine, praise on back from Jonathan Raban in New York Times Book Review, Kirkus Review and others. DJ and book, both Very Fine.

Irvington, New York, U.S.A.: Columbia University Press, 1980. Cloth. Fine/Near Good. Slightly smaller book, fine black cloth, purple lettering on spine, stamped on first front end paper: "Complimentary Copy--Not To Be Resold." 219 lightly browned pages on humor in literature. DJ has white background lightly browned, black design and purple balloon with the names of writers famed for humor on front, related books advertised on back. DJ has light surface wear spot at top front left, 1/2" tear at spine top right edge, very tiny tear and crease too, light crease at top back edge. Near Good DJ/Near Very Fine book.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1977. 2d . Soft cover. Fine. (2d) Edited by Sculley Bradley, Richmond Croom Beatty, E. Hudson Long and Thomas Cooley. Large softcover with glossy dark red wrappers, white at center front with illustration of boys on raft, white backwrapper, critical essays by Ralph Ellison, Leslie Fiedler, Edwin H. Cady, Judith Fetterley and others. 452 lightly browned pages. Ink underlining on page 123. Near Very Fine.

W.W. Norton, 1962. First Thus . Trade Paperback. Good. Thicker trade paperback, glossy green and darker yellow wrappers, 451 pages, ink notes on final pages, some light underlining throughout. Slight surface wear to long spine edges and front edges, creased at bottom front tip. Near Good.

London: Metheun & Co. Ltd, 1969. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Good. (1st) Smaller book, light green cloth, embossed title on front, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 92 lightly browned heavy pages. DJ glossy brown and white, white portions lightly and uniformly browned, list of titles on back. DJ has tiny tear and light scratch at top front edge, jagged 1/4" tear at bottom front edge with tiny surface chip, very tiny tear at top back edge. Near Good DJ/Very Fine book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1977. Cloth. Fine/Fair. Slightly smaller sturdy book, orange cloth, 201 lightly browned pages. DJ colorfully designed beneath mylar, black background to front and spine, peach back, very colorful title on front, related books advertised on back. DJ has slight wear to tips and spine edge, 3/4" tear with slight wear at bottom front tip with creases. Near Good DJ/Fine book.

University of New Mexico Press, 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. First Study in English of Three Novelists: Agustin Yanez, Juan Rulfo and Carlos Fuentes. Frontispiece illustrations by Jose Luis Cuevas. DJ has microtear at top back edge, very tiny surface dents--pen tip size, near top back. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovitch, 1983. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Good. Sturdy book, blue cloth spine, dark gray boards with embossed white stars at top front, silver lettering bright on spine, 197 pages. DJ beneth mylar, price-clipped, glossy silver spine, dark gray front and back with lighter gray background to title and author's name. DJ has very slight wear to three tips, 3/8" tear at bottom front tip, micronick with very slight wear to spine top edge, very slight wear along spine bottom edge. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Beacon Press, 1978. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. (1st) Trade paperback, glossy white wrappers with four small photos of famous writers on front, praise on back wrapper from Booklist, Washington Post Book World, 256 lightly browned pages. Tiny light crease at bottom back tip. Near Fine.

Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1952. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Fair. (1st) Slightly smaller, thinner book, dark blue cloth, gilt lettering near fine on spine, 182 lightly browned pages, ink underlining on pages 6, 9, and 21. Chapters include: The Genteel Tradition, Realism and the Aegis of Science, The New Humanism, Pyschoanalysis and Myth and more. DJ light brown, yellow and black, very tiny tear to front edges, tiny chips to back edges, nicks to spine edges, photo of O'Connor inside back flap. Fair DJ/Near Very Good book.

Liverpool, United Kingdom: Liverpool University Press, 1996. Soft cover. As New. Very large softcover, peach color wrappers, 207 pages. Chapters include: Ballad Hunting in Zamora, The Problem of Lost Epics, The Cid and Alfonso, several essays only in Spanish, quotes from poems in Spanish as well. Mint. Se habla espanol.

London, United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus, 2002. First Edition . Cloth. As New/As New. (1st, 1st) Large, thicker book, fine dark red cloth, very bright gilt lettering on spine, color-illustration of knights battling inside front cover and adjacent end paper, a saint in shades of pink inside back cover and adjacent end paper, 516 pages. DJ glossy beneath mylar with beautiful color-illustration of elegant lady on front, raised gilt title, raised gray author's name, color-illustration of 19th Century gentleman and photo of lady on back. DJ and book, both As New.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. (1st, 1st) Large, heavy book, blue cloth spine, blue boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine, yellow inside covers and adjacent end papers, 224 pages, illustrations throughout, some in color. DJ colorfully designed and illustrated on front, spine and back, praise from The Spectator, The Independent and others. DJ and book, both As New.

Norton Critical Edition, 1971. Soft cover. Good. Large softcover, illustrated wrappers, 434 pages. Very slight wear to tips, rough spot at top back edge near spine, exterior page edges brown spotted. Good.

Pegasus, 1970. Trade Paperback. Fair. Trade paperback, brown front wrapper and spine, color-illustration from illuminated manuscript at bottom front right, slight surface wear along edges at bottom front right, very slight wear at top front tip, photo of Wimsatt at top back left, white back wrapper very slightly soiled and stained, 224 lightly browned pages, ink underlining and ink name and address inside front cover. Fair.

Oxford University Press, 1986. Hardcover. As New/As New. Larger, sturdy book, quality dark blue cloth, very bright gilt lettering and borders on spine, 177 pages on Shakespeare, Goethe, Swift, James, Proust and others. DJ beneath mylar, with a stunning color-illustration at center front with literary theme. DJ and book both As New.

Random House, 1989. 1st US . Hardcover. Fine/Very Fine. (1st US) Essays on literature including Yeats, Wilde, Joyce, the Catskills, and Wallace Stevens, among others. Large, heavy book, 277 pages. DJ and book, both Very Fine.

Viking, 1973. 2nd Ed. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. (2d ptg.) Sturdy book, quality black cloth with red and gold design at front left, spine and back right, dark blue color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 215 pages. DJ beneath mylar, glossy white lightly browned overall, fascinating red and yellow frantic design on most of front, photo of Paz at top back. DJ has micronick at spine bottom left edge. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.