Ithaca, New York: Firebrand Books [1994], 1994. Second printing. Paperback. 8vo. [8], 9-261, [3] pp. Black and white wrappers, a photograph of the author on the front wrapper, spine and rear wrapper printed in purple, black, orange, and white. Illustrated with one full-page photograph. Inscribed by Allison on the title..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers [1956], 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 1-355, [1] pp. Quarter grey cloth over dark grey cloth with black lettering on the spine. Price of $5.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A tiny spot on the bottom textblock; jacket with light..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xiii, [3], 3-189, [5] pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of 6.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Nine essays in the history of literary classification. A bookplate on the front pastedown, a...... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [13], xiv-xxviii, [3], 2-186 pp. Quarter red cloth over yellow paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $15.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Translated from the French by Charles Ruas. With..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xiii, [3], 3-288 pp. Orange cloth with silver lettering on the front board and spine; green topstain. Price of $6.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A selection of Gass' literary criticism and essays on writing. A..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux [1989], 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], vii-xxiii, [3], 3-169, [5] pp. Quarter black cloth over grey paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $17.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Cynthia Krupat. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1995), 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], ix-xviii, [2], 1-211, [5] pp. Quarter black cloth over white paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $22.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Cynthia Krupat. A collection of..... More
Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press [1970], 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-xii, [1], 1-146, [3] pp. Orange cloth with gold lettering on the spine; orange topstain. Price of $4.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Preface by Harry T. Moore. Part of the crosscurrents /..... More
New York: Grove Press (1976), 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Lage 8vo. [7], viii-xv, [4], 4-576 pp. Dark yellow cloth with royal blue lettering on the spine. Price of $12.50 on the front flap of the jacket. Jacket design by Norris Church. Near Fine book with traces of foxing to the..... More
![Item #000011084 The Quarterly Review: January 1824 [Volume XXX, No. LX]; Essay on Political...](https://eveningstarbooks-net.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/000011084.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1643385812)
[London]: John Murray, 1824. Disbound. 8vo. 24 cm x 13.5 cm. [1], 298-334 pp. Pamphlet. The Quarterly Review was a British periodical that began in 1809. This is a review of Thomas Malthus' Principles of Political Economy, and the writers of this review frequently compare Malthus' work to Adam Smith's..... More
New York: Columbia University Press [1998], 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [13], 4-87, [7] pp. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Jacket illustration by Lisa Force. Jacket with just a touch of edge wear. More
New York: Drake Publishers [1974], 1974. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], 5-227, [1] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $8.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Illustrated with several black and white drawings and photographs. More
Topsfield, MA: Salem House Publishers (1987), 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. [7], 8-143, [1] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $19.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Title page in brown and black ink. Illustrated with in-text and full-page reproductions of the Paget..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [5], vi-xiv, [3], 3-528 pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine; pictorial slipcase with illustrations in blue. Illustrated profusely with black and white photographs, maps, drawings, color plates, and facsimiles. The history begins with literature in Old and..... More
New York: Random House [1978], 1978. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], x, [3], 4-355, [3] pp. Quarter blue cloth over blue paper boards with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $10.00 on front flap of jacket. Polk A22. A collection of Welty's..... More