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Cambridge University Press, UK, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "At the time of its 'discovery', the American continent was identified as the Fourth World of our planet. Today the term has been taken up again by its 'Indian' or native peoples to describe their own world - both its threatened present condition and its political history, which stretches back thousands of years before Columbus. Using indigenous sources as primary sources, 'Book of the Fourth World' explores the landscapes and chronologies of this world as they have been seen and interpreted from the inside. Mapping the continent by this literary means, it pays particular attention to the well-documented traditions of the Nahuatl (Aztec) and Maya to the north of the isthmus, and of the Quechua-speaking Inca to the South... it offers detailed analyses of texts ranging far back into the centuries of civilized life that antedated Columbus." [Pub. Info] 478 pages, 18 color plates; 68 figures (illuatrations); 6 maps and 5 tables.] Detailed… Read More

Sleepy Hollow Press, NY, 1978. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists, A Medley was written by Washington Irving in 1821, and published in 1822. This episodic novel was originally published under his pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon. As this is a location-based series of character sketches, there are a number of individual plots. The tales centre on the occupants of an English manor (based on Aston Hall, near Birmingham, England, which was occupied by members of the Bracebridge family and which Irving visited." [Pub. Info] 1ST THUS

John B. Alden, NY, 1887. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good. "Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. Best known for his short stories 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle,' he was also a prolific essayist, biographer and historian. He travelled on the Western frontier in the 1830s and recorded his glimpses of Western tribes in 'A Tour on the Prairies' (1835). He spoke against the mishandling of relations with the Native American tribes by Europeans and Americans." [Pub. Info] 1ST THUS

Clarkson N Potter, NY, 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. "Children's books from the late 16th century to the present day. Ephemeral and often elusive works. Reproduces the hand-coloured frontispiece and the woodcuts or copper-plate engravings.""1ST EDITION

Oxford University, NY, 1981. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "An appraisal which goes back to the basic texts, to the great monuments of art and architecture, to the men - Boccaccio, Petrarch and the others - and their achievements: the essence of which historical movements are made. Also recent Italian scholarship." [Pub. Info] Over 225 illustrations. 1ST EDITION

Oxford University Press, 1986. 1st edition. Hardcover. As New. One of best resources on American writers and their works. There is a protective mylar cover.

Folio Society, London, 1st thus. Hardcover. Fine. "In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. They amuse themselves by each telling a story a day for the ten days they are destined to remain there... Less preoccupied with abstract concepts of morality or religion than with earthly values, the tales range from the bawdy Peronella hiding her lover in a tub to Ser Cepperello, who, despite his unholy effrontery, becomes a Saint. 100 tales with a framework story written in 1349. Revised by Boccaccio in 1370-1. The result is a towering monument of European literature and a masterpiece of imaginative narrative."" [Pub. Info] Slipcase is in Fine condition. 1ST THUS. Beautifully produced book.1ST THUS. Deluxe Edition.

Sleepy Hollow Press, NY, 1981. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "Diedrich Knickerbocker was created in 1809 by a young Washington Irving, who used the character to narrate his classic satire, 'A History of New York.' According to Irving's partisan narrator, everything good and distinctive, proud and powerful, about New York City - from the doughnuts to the twisting streets of lower Manhattan - could be traced back to New Amsterdam. Terrific general interest, cultural history of a city with a rich and lively literary past. First-ever book on the eponymous myth that has informed New York City culture since the early 1800s." [Pub. Info] 1ST THUS

HarperCollins, NY, 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. "In this mesmerizing chronicle of Poe's short and disorderly life (1809-1849), Silverman incorporates fresh discoveries about the poet/storyteller's travels, relationships and literary works. After publishing Tamerlane and Other Poems in 1831, Poe was hired as a 'magazinist' and began building his reputation as critic and writer of macabre tales. With scholarship and narrative skill Silverman tells Poe's sad tale affectingly. From a Pulitzer-Prize winning biographer, the most revealing, fascinating, and important biography of one of our greatest literary figures."" [Pub. Info] Definitive biography.

Oxford University Press, NY, 1963. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "John Innes Mackintosh Stewart was a Scottish novelist and academic. He is equally well known for the works of literary criticism and contemporary novels published under his real name Michael Innes. 'Eight Modern Writers' includes a set of eight writers to go with the period from 1880 to 1940 - all writers remarkable enough to deserve any amount of attention." [Pub. Info] Insightful essays on Hardy; James; Shaw; Conrad; Kipling; Yeats; Joyce; Lawrence. 704 pages. 1ST EDITION

Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "There is no novelist of this century more likely to live than Ford Maddox Ford. There is no denying his importance in the literary firmament of the first thirty years of the twentieth-century. What Judd rightly emphasizes is that Ford was a giver, believing that the preservation and furtherance of artistic talent was his permanent responsibility." [Pub. Info] 1ST EDITION

Knopf, NY, 1999. 1st ed.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 900 pages.

Oxford University Press, Oxford UK. 1st thus. Hardcover. Fine. No comparable volume offers such extensive coverage of the classical roots of English literature - both surveys of indiviual figures… and separate accounts of major works… [It provides] unrivalled coverage of European authors… who have influenced the development of English literature... [and is] the most complete reference guide to English literary culture..."" [Pub. Info] REVISED EDITION.

Oxford University Press, 1996. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. Entries range from earliest writings in the 4th century AD to the late 1990s. The authors range from Cu Chulainn to James Joyce and Seamus Heaney. There is a protective mylar cover.

Oxford University Press, 2nd edition. Hardcover. Fine. The book contains concise biographies and critical surveys of literary works, German history, politics and the arts. Extensive material on the intellectual, social, and political background of German literature.

Oxford University Press, 1984. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. Nearly 6,000 entries devoted to writers, poets, novelists, dramatists, critics, historians, scientists, statesmen, and philosophers. There is a protective mylar cover. This is a 1st corrected edition.

Oxford University Press, 1978. 1st edition.. Hardcover. Fine. The entries are on both works and authors and include creative writers, critics, historians, theologians, philosphers, scholars, and others who have made contributions to Spanish literary life. There is a protective mylar cover.

Longman, London, 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. "Collects both popular and lesser known quotations from a variety of contemporary sources, with commentary on each quotations context and meaning."" [Pub. Info] 857 pages. Major selection of quotations. 1ST EDITION

Wayne State University , 1962. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. There is a protective mylar cover.

G. P. Putnam, Hurd and Houghton, NY, 1866. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No jacket. Arranged and edited by Pierre M. Irving. Scarce first of two volumes. Prior owner's signature. Chipping to top of spines. 1st edition.