Search Results: American literature from Focloir

Irish in America 008 Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. Afternoon of an author, a selection of uncollected stories and essays. With an introduction and notes by Arthur Mizener. New York: Charles Scribner's, (1990's?), 226 pages. This is a Scribner's reprint of the original work from 1957. Fine hardcover, no dust jacket. $8.50

Americana gtat Gross, Theodore. Albion W. Tourgee. (Series: Twayne's United States Authors Series No. 39). New York: Twayne Publishers, 1963, 176 pages, notes, bib, index. Very good. $9.50 Box 21

Americana 89bg45m McWilliams Jr, John P. The American Epic: Transforming A Genre, 1770-1860 (Series:
Cambridge Studies In American Literature And Culture). Cambridge University Press, 1989, x, 284 pages, notes, index. Hardcover, has some faint dust spotting on side and top paper edges, in good to very good condition else. Dust jacket is also in fine shape, which is further protected by mylar dust jacket. $6.50 Box A 98

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McIntyre, John Thomas, 1871-1951. Ashton-Kirk criminologist. Illustrations by Ralph L. Boyer. Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1919, 332p, illus. Good copy. One in the series featuring this popular detective. $10.00 Box 2022

Americana 88d Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900. A Battle in Greece. Decorated by Valenti Angelo for the Peter Pauper Press. Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, 1936, 30 pages, illus. One of 425 copies. Fine copy of the book in a very good slipcase. $45.00 Box 70 II, 1
Colophon page states: "Four hundred and twenty five copies of this book have been set in Electra and printed on Archer paper at the Walpole Printing Office in Mount Vernon, New York. The text is reprinted from a copy of the newspaper, now in the possession of Mr. Harry Stone, in which the story made its original appearance." It was a great loss to American letters that such a talent died so young.

American Lit 1000Hay, John, 1838-1905. The Bread-winners: a Social Study. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1884, 319p. Covers somewhat darkened, wear to edges, gift inscription from 1884 on title page, bookplate of collector on front lining paper. Good condition overall. The author was Lincoln's personal secretary and had a distinguished career in the public sector. This, his fourth book, and only novel, was written anonymously. It was first published in installments in The Century Magazine. It takes a decidedly anti-labor stance, apparently a reaction to bitter strikes that had plagued his various business interests in the 1870s and early 1880s. Hay never acknowledged writing the book, but he was widely suspected of being the author. It was only after his death that the true authorship of the book became common knowledge. BAL 7762. Wright 2608. $14.50

Americana 057 Chambers, Robert W. Cardigan.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1901, 513 pages, 2 pages of publisher's ads. Some shelf wear, good copy. Novel, Sir William Johnson of New York.

Americana fvcp Fisher, Vardis. The Caxton Printers in Idaho. A Short History. Cincinnati, Ohio: Society of Bibliosophers, 1944, viii, 32 pages. First edition. The gilt lettering on spine is pretty much worn off but a good plus to very good copy of the book. (Small point: on the verso of the title page there is a small sticker that states: Copyright, 1945 by Lloyd Emerson Siberell, Cincinnati, Ohio). Lloyd Emerson Siberell, born in Kingston, Ohio, was an official of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, but his main interest in life was books and bibiography. He used to refer to himself as a railroad man by vocation and a literary man by avocation. Above all, he was an enthusiastic collector of Powysiana, which had preeminence over the rest of his activities, for he strongly believed that the Powys, and John Cowper especially, would be one day recognised as the great writers they were. $22.50 Box 10

American lit decp Davison, Edward, 1898-1970. Collected Poems, 1917-1939. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940, xi, 195 pages. Printed label on spine. Good, clean, tight copy. Signed by Davison, dated 1940, on front free endpaper. First edition, so stated. No dust jacket. $10.00 Box 10
Edward Lewis Davison (1898–1970) was a Scottish poet and critic, born in Glasgow. He emigrated to the United States in 1925 and became an academic the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he was involved in the Colorado Writers 1937 conference. He was a friend of Robert Frost. He was widely published as a poet in the 1920s, featured in the J. C. Squire anthologies, and became known as a writer of sonnets.

Americana wmdd Wigglesworth, Michael, 1631-1705. The Day of Doom or A Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgment with Other Poems. Edited with an Introduction by Kenneth B Murdock. New York: The Spiral Press, 1929, xi, 94 pages. This is number 448 of 535 numbered copies. The book is in overall good condition but with the following detractions: the cover, cloth spine paper over boards, is bumped at the corners exposing boards; spine is little dusty, paper label is OK; the paper on the bottom edges of the cover are worn away in part; the front lining paper has a light yellowish stain, maybe where a bookplate was; on the front free endpaperare three or four small stains. Else good as noted. $21.50 Box A 126

Michael Wigglesworth (1631–1705) was a Puritan minister, physician, and poet whose poem The Day of Doom was a bestseller in early New England. Sort of appropriate that the work was published in 1929, the financial day of doom.

Irish in America 4m7d (Donnelly, Dorothy, 1880-1928). McLean, Lorraine Arnal.
Dorothy Donnelly: a life in the theatre. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 1999, ix, 214p, notes, bib, index, illus. Very good copy. $8.50 Box A 90
Dorothy Donnelly, 1880-1928, was a very prominent theatrical personality, and among other things composed the book and lyrics for the ever-popular Student Prince by Sigmund Romberg.

Americana geen Gaston, Edwin W. Jr. The Early Novel of the Southwest. A Critical History of Southwestern Friction 1819-1918. With Emphasis on Forty Major Novels from L'Heroine Du Texas to the Desire of the Moth. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 1951, 318 pages, bib, index. Very good to fine in dust jacket. NOT EX-LIBRARY. $8.50 Box 8181

Irish in America952d65 (Dunne, Finley Peter, 1867-1936). Fanning, Charles. Finley Peter Dunne and Mr. Dooley: the Chicago years. University of Kentucky Press, 1978, 286 pages, notes, index. There is damp spotting to top paper edge, tad on fore edge. Good in dust jacket. Inscribed by Fanning to a couple of friends on front free endpaper. $13.50Box 127

Irish in America 44w62f (O'Brien, Fitz-James, 1828-1862). Wolle, Francis. Fitz-James O'Brien: a literary Bohemian of the Eighteen-Fifties. (Series: University of Colorado studies. Ser. B. Studies in the humanities, v. 2, no. 2). Boulder Colorado: University of Colorado, 1944, xi, 309p, bib, index. Bought from a dealer years ago who got them out of a warehouse storage. Excellent study on a writer who almost certainly would have been considered a major American writer if his life had not tragically been cut short by the Civil War. $30.00 Box 3333

Irish in America kefo (O'Connor, Flannery). Kessler, Edward. Flannery O'Connor and the language of apocalypse. Princeton University Press, 1986, 163p, index. New in plastic wrap. $16.50 Box A 125

Americana 31R77g Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931. Giants in the earth. With an introduction by Vernon L. Parrington. (Series: Harper's modern classics). New York/London: Harper & Brothers, 1929, xxxiv, 468p, bib. Edition also includes a preface by Rolvaag and another introduction by Lincoln Colcord. Good solid clean copy. $6.50 Box A 91

Americana 111tjk Thompson, Jim. King Blood. Introduction by James Ellroy.(Series: Armchair Detective Library). New York: Otto Penzler, 1993, 221 pages. Very good to fine in like dust jacket.
$10.50 Box A 111.
If you haven't read, Pop.1280 or The Killer Inside Me, you have missed two masterpieces.

Ancient worldsld(Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.) Segal, Charles. Language and Desire in Seneca's Phaedra. Princeton University Press, 1986, xiii, 240 pages, bib, index. Fine copy in dust jacket. $25.00

RU 1030 Stowell, H. Peter. Literary Impressionism, James and Chekhov. University of Georgia Press, 1980, ix, 272p, notes, bib, index. Good copy in dust jacket. $12.50

American Lit 1005 Powers, Jessica, (Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit), 1905-1988. Luogo di splendore: poesie. Traduzione di Margherita Guidacci; illustrazioni di Frausta Beer. Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1981, 103p, paperback. New copy. English and Italian on facing pages. Sister Miriam wrote some very fine poems. She has a dedicated following. Uncommon title. $55.00