Search Results: Literary Analysis from Turtleman Used Books

First edition. Book shows very little wear. Gray paper covered boards with red fabric at the spine, with gilt print. The dust jacket shows a little wear, mostly along the upper and lower edges of the back cover. The dust jacket is plastic over paper, and in a few places the plastic has started to peel, allowing atmospheric moisture to discolor the dyes used on the underlying paper. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, and loaded with black-and-white illustrations. The author of the Amelia Peabody mysteries, Elizabeth Peters (Barbara Mertz) held a PhD in Egyptology, so was well versed in the history of exploration in the time that those mysteries were set. A rare book. This book will ship at about three pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

Little wear to the book, spine is uncreased. A scattering of underlining throughout, otherwise the pages are tight and intact. Essays from nine different contributors.

Very little wear. The spine is square and uncreased and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. May be unread. A double biography of an author and his best known character. Gift quality, rather scarce.

Trade paperback. Mild wear, with chips on the edges and a couple of mildly turned corners. The spine is square and creaseless. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Swift's great satire with literary analysis presented through a traditionalist/religionist filter. The editor, Dutton Kearney, is an instructor of literature and theology at Aquinas College in Nashville.

This is a professional journal from Brazil. Since it is from the Graduate Program in English, most of the papers presented here are in English. The remainder are presented in Portuguese. Fifteen papers and four book reviews are presented herein. This publication is produced once each semester.

A little shelf-wear at the lower corners. No spine creases, pages tight and intact with a small amount of underlining and margin notes. In Brazilian Portuguese. Contains five scholarly essays on the topic. Appears to be a rare book, with few on the market. My price is on the low end of the range.

Very little wear. A quality bound paperback. A scholarly examination of religion in Brazilian literature. In Portuguese. Pages are clean and tight, with no notes or underlining.

Very little wear. The book does have margin notes and pencil underlining throughout. Originally published in 1875 in Brazil, this is the first English edition. The novel raises questions about traditional gender relationships, the commercial nature of marriage, and the institution of the dowry.

First edition. Very little wear, to book or dust jacket. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked; spine is solid. Owner's name inside front cover.

Some wear at the corners. Highlighting, underlining and margin notes throughout. Owner's name inside front cover. Things Fall Apart is Achebe's first novel of his African Trilogy/ He related readings include four poems, two short stories, and essay and a Bible passage, all by other authors.

Stated first edition. A collection of excerpts from various works of Evelyn Waugh, with a brief biography. Book is in rather good condition with little visible wear, other than mentioned below. The dust jacket has collected a number of tears and wrinkles over the years. The one noticeable flaw is on the back cover where it was once exposed to a bit of water. The water stain runs down the length of the cover and some color was transferred onto the inside of the dust jacket. There is no indication that the water managed to get inside of that back cover. This is a rare book.

Trade paperback. Very little wear. Pages are clean, tight and bright. An academic examination of fourteen female authors of the early 20th century