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London: Regency Press, 1975. Hardcover. 8vo. Glazed pictorial paper over boards. 225pp, (6pp). Near fine. First edition, tight and handsome. Correspondence from the educator (1884-1964) and long-time professor of dramatic literature at Rockford College, Illinois.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1924. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue blind-ruled cloth with gilt lettering. x, 178pp. Near fine. Wonderfully bright and tight first edition of this English professor's study of Lincoln's writing and speaking style. Rather uncommon, and not, as are so many copies, ex-library. MONAGHAN 2689.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey with metallic blue spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 257pp. Very good/good only. Jacket quite edgeworn and rubbed, with large chips at head and tail of spine. A tight and nice first edition, with ownership signature on front flyleaf of academic and literary critic Joseph J. Waldmeir (1923-2013), author of such titles as "Recent American Fiction: Some Critical Views" (1963) and "American Novels of the Second World War" (1969).

Rome: Societas Academica Dacoromana, 1976. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff yellow wrappers. 189pp. Near fine. Most minor wear to outer wrappers only. Tight, attractive issue of this Rome-based academic journal of philology, almost entirely in Italian with a bit of English. Contributor's copy, bearing the name/address (Milan) inkstamp on front flyleaf of Ioan Petru Culianu (or Couliano, 1950-91), the controversial Romanian philosopher, essayist and historian of ideas, religion and culture. On May 21, 1991, he was murdered -- some say assassinated -- in a bathroom at the University of Chicago's Divinity School, likely because he proved a vocal critic of Romania's Communist post-Revolution regime in interviews and articles. His article "Note Sur Opsis et Theoria Dans la Poesie d'Eminescu" appears on pp. 93-98, where laid in are three photocopies of another, unidentified Couliano journal article. Quite unusual.

Milan, Italy: Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 1974. Paperback. Nine (9) full issues. Small 4to. Stiff printed wrappers. Various paginations (most ca. 200pp). Occasional illustrations. Very good overall. Mild wear to outer wrappers (only), else all are internally tight and fine. Unusual large group of contributor copies of this long-established Italian scholarly journal, all from the library of Ioan Petru Culianu (or Couliano, 1950-91), the controversial Romanian philosopher, essayist and historian of ideas, religion and culture who on May 21, 1991, was murdered -- some say assassinated -- in a bathroom at the University of Chicago's Divinity School, likely because he proved a vocal critic of Romania's Communist post-Revolution regime in interviews and articles. Consists of the following issues, the first three of which bear his name/address (Milan) inkstamp on first page: Settembre-Dicembre 1974 (Fasc. V-VI), Gennaio-Aprile 1975 (Fasc. I-II), Maggio-Agosto 1975 (Fasc. III-IV), Gennaio-Aprile… Read More

Milan, Italy: Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 1977. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff printed wrappers. P. 411-609. Illustrations. Very good. Mild wear to outer wrappers (only), else internally tight and near fine. Contributor's copy of this long-established Italian scholarly journal, from the library of Ioan Petru Culianu (or Couliano, 1950-91), the controversial Romanian philosopher, essayist and historian of ideas, religion and culture who on May 21, 1991, was murdered -- some say assassinated -- in a bathroom at the University of Chicago's Divinity School, likely because he proved a vocal critic of Romania's Communist post-Revolution regime in interviews and articles. His article appears on pp. 548-51.

Lisse, Netherlands: The Peter de Ritter Press, 1977. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed wrappers. 286pp. Near fine. Tight, attractive first edition of the thirteenth volume in editor Thomas A. Sebeok's "Studies in Semiotics" series.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1934. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. 68pp (mostly uncut). Near fine. Tight, quite nice first edition of these three broad-ranging lectures. Lovely copy of this scarce title.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1984. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff yellow printed wrappers. (20pp), 457pp, (9pp blank). Very good. Faint edgewear to outer wrappers (only), else tight and internally fine. Handsome uncorrected proof copy of this (to cite press release) "unprecedented combination reference book/biography." Laid in loose are a 7" X 5" glossy photograph of Sanders, Lovallo and Christie and a folded 8½" X 14" press release. Most unusual.

Hannover: Hahn'sche Hofbuchhandlung, 1859. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter burgundy morocco with raised bands and gilt spine lettering/rules and marbled paper over boards. xvi, 978pp. Very good. Mild binding edgewear only, else internally tight and near fine. Attractive and tight twelfth edition of this well-known dictionary by the famed German lexicographer and grammarian (1764-1829), with assistance in later editions such as this by his famed son, Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse, and C.A.F. Mahn. Title translates roughly as "General Germanized and Explanatory Foreign Dictionary with Designation for Pronunciation and Emphasis of Words along with Exact Statement of Origin and Formation." Done up in classic two-column format. An exceptional copy.

Los Altos, CA: William Kaufmann, Inc, 1981. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 325pp. Near fine/near fine. A tight and attractive first edition of this amalgam of American literary history.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1975. Hardcover. With an introduction by Isaac Asimov. 4to. Blue and black cloth with orange metallic decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Numerous illustrations (several color). Very good/very good. First edition.

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1920. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth spine with paper label and brown paper over boards. xxi, 373pp. Top edge gilt. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Very good. Binding mildly edgeworn and spine age toned. A tight, nice third edition. You can call it a bibliophilic classic, you can call it a mouldy oldie, but in either case it's just a plain old good read. Newton can be rather precious and rather pedantic, but it's still a must-read for anyone interested in English literature and how to collect it.

Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1993. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 168pp. Numerous illustrations (many color). Fine/near fine. Handsome, tight first edition.

Knoxville: "The University of Tennessee Record, 1953. Paperback. (Volume 56, Number 6). 8vo. Stiff blue wrappers. v, 17pp. Very good. Mild bit of wear to outer wrappers only. First edition, tight and nice, of this overview of American historical fiction. Rather uncommon.

Lexington: D.C. Heath and Company, 1969. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff color wrappers. viii, 926pp, ix-xiv. Pictorial endpapers. Very good. Faint age toning per usual. Super tight and nice first edition of the first volume only (covering John Smith through William Cullen Bryant) of this 3-volume anthology and commentary.

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1923. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with paper labels. xi, 414pp. 10 tipped-in illustrations. Very good. Superb, tight first edition of this collection of bookish essays.

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1968. Hardcover. Preface by Harry T. Moore. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xvii, 221pp. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition of this volume in general editor Harry T. Moore's "Crosscurrents/Modern Critiques" series" -- from the library of academic and literary critic Joseph Waldmeir (1923-2013), with a couple margin squiggles pencilled by him and a 4" X 6" card of his pencilled notes laid in.

London: Oxford University Press, 1968. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark blue cloth with copper spine lettering, price-clipped dust jacket. xi, 262pp. Fine/very good. Small ownership signature on front pastedown; jacket a bit unevenly age toned. A tight, quite nice second edition of this study first published in 1965.

New York: Harper & Row, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, dust jacket. xxii, 227pp. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. A tight, quite attractive first edition of these essays by Arna Bontemps, LeRoi Jones, Harvey Swados, Ossie Davis and other notables. From library of academic/literary critic Joseph J. Waldmeir (1923-2013), with his ownership signature on front flyleaf.