Covici Friede, 1931. 8vo, blue buckram cloth, blue titles, 109pp. First edition, with 1931 copyright date to title page. Boards minimally faded to spine and corner edges, pages toned. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. A cosmological essay, prefaced by an appreciation of Einstein by George Bernard Shaw, two short.....
Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1947. 8vo, tobacco buckram cloth, green stamped titles, unclipped dust jacket (4.50). John Peale Bishop memorial volume, first thus. Dust jacket creased with a closed tear to top edge of front panel, mild chipping to spine edges. Pages age toned. Contents clean, binding firm. An anthology of southern.....
Oxford University Press, 1954. 8vo, publisher’s navy blue cloth, gilt titles, black topstain, 696pp. True first impression, date on title page with no additional printings listed. List of 12 titles stated opposite title page, three of which are noted as published, and 12 titles listed to rear flap with four.....
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1962. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt titles, 696pp. Third edition, stated ‘Reprinted 1959, 1962.’ Price clipped dust jacket toned to panels, small chips to top edge and spine panel. Discreet ownership bookplate to front endpaper. Text block, endpapers and preliminary pages heavily foxed, board corners bumped. Contents clean.....
G.P. Putnam, 1850. 8vo, gilt tooled blue leather, all edge gilt, 193pp (first series), 169pp (second series). Ostensible later printing with 1850 and 1849 copyright dates given to each series respectively. Boards with minimal wear to corners, foxing and rubbing to endpapers, bookplate to front endpaper. Printed with publisher’s decorative.....
Kegan Paul, 1947. 8vo, dark blue cloth, gilt titles, 299p. First British edition. Unclipped dust jacket (10s. 6d. net) with discreet tape repairs to reverse of jacket, creasing and rubbing to panels, small loss and chips to edges. Boards with minimal spotting and slight bowing. Contents clean, binding firm and.....
The University of North Carolina Press, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo, beige buckram cloth with stamped orange titles, 253pp. Unclipped dust jacket (3.00) shows closed tear to lower edge of spine, separated at rear panel, light chipping to edges and creasing to front panel. Interior clean, binding sharp.....
Victor Gollancz, 1955. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt titles, 288pp. First edition, first impression. Unclipped dust jacket (21/- net) with heavy toning and rubbing to panels, sunning to spine panel. Ownership signature to front endpaper, toning to pages. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. ‘An inquiry into the nature of the.....
Times Books, 1978. 8vo, maroon buckram cloth, gilt titles, 241pp. First edition. Unclipped dust jacket (12.50) with chips and loss to top edge of front panel, sizable loss to rear panel and heel of spine. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. ‘Myth, Symbol and Meaning’ in the celebrated postwar English.....
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1973. 8vo, blue buckram cloth, white titles, 139pp. First thus, reprint of the 1947 text. Unpriced dust jacket with mottling and fading to panels, fading to boards. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Selections from the theological and literary essays of Sayers, chaptered after various.....
Princeton University Press, 1986. 8vo, black cloth, gilt titles, 163pp. First issue. Study of metaphor and eschatology in O’Connor’s fiction. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. A nice copy sans dust jacket.
Farrar, Strauss and Cudahy, 1962. 8vo, quarter green cloth over white marbled boards, white titles, red top stain, 214pp. First Edition. Unclipped dust jacket (4.50) with toning to front flap, light wear to edges. Ownership signature, toning to front endpapers. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Selection of literary criticism.....
J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, yellow buckram cloth with gilt titles, 141pp. First Edition. Unclipped dust jacket (Seven & Sixpence). Dust jacket mildly rubbed and toned, sunning to spine. Foxing to top edge of text block. Firmly bound with clean contents. A collection of essays.....
Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1955. Wide 8vo (6x9), black cloth, gilt decorative titles, 515pp. Later printing, with 1955 date given to copyright. Unclipped dust jacket (7.50) toned to flaps, moderate rubbing and toning to panels, chips to spine edges. Offsetting and toning to front endpapers, mild toning to pages. Contents clean.....
Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1969. 8vo, quarter blue cloth over green paper boards, silver and gilt decorative titles, red top stain, 237pp. First printing. Unclipped dust jacket (6.95) moderately toned to panels. Ownership signature, toning to front endpapers. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. ‘Occasional prose selected and edited by.....
Dallas Institute Publications, 1988. 8vo, gray buckram cloth, blue titles, 298pp. First Edition. Unpriced dust jacket moderately toned and rubbed to panels, short closed tear and chips to rear panel. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. The third volume in a five volume study on the elemental imagination, exploring air.....
The Bodley Head / John Lane Company, 1906. 8vo, red cloth, gilt titles, 305pp plus 14 pgs of advertisements. Stated third edition. Boards moderately rubbed, loss to crown of spine, with fraying and abrasion to external rear hinge. Endpapers toned with minimal foxing, a few light pencil markings to text.....
North Point Press, 1987. 8vo, navy buckram cloth, gilt titles, 171pp. First edition. Unclipped dust jacket (16.95) toned to flaps, mild rubbing to panels. Discreet ex library stamping to text block edges, else unmarked, light fading to board corners. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Twenty essays on a range.....
The Macmillan Company, 1949. 8vo, textured blue cloth, gilt titles, stamped publisher’s decoration, 98pp. Stated first printing. Unclipped dust jacket (2.50) ,mildly worn to panels, small loss to spine crown, chips and short closed tears to rear panel. Ex-libris sticker to gutter of free front endpaper. Contents clean, binding firm.....
Cornell University Press. 8vo, indigo buckram cloth, gilt titles, 454pp. First Cornell edition, a reissue of the original 1963 publication. Ex library copy with stamping and card residue to endpapers, sticker to spine of price-clipped dust jacket. Contents clean, binding firm. The second edition of the third published monograph by.....
Stanford University Press, 1992. 8vo, slate grey cloth, silver titles, 213pp. Publisher’s review copy with tipped-in review slip. Unpriced dust jacket mildly worn to edges, slash to top edge of front panel. Contents clean, binding firm and square. A critical study of the archetype of the holy fool as presented.....
Yale University Press, 1953. 8vo, beige full cloth, black titles, 61pp. First issue. Ex college library copy with bookplate, stamping to endpapers. Fading to boards, discoloration to rear board. Contents clean, binding firm. Brief critical study of the German philosopher and modernist novelist. Yale Studies in Modern European Literature and.....
Dalkey Archive Press, 1992. 8vo, green buckram cloth, gilt titles, 88pp. First edition. Unclipped dust jacket (19.95) with very faint wear to edges. Ownership signature to front endpaper. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. First appearing as a three part underground newspaper article in 1962, a scathing critical study of.....
McDowell Obolensky. 2 Volume Set. 8vos, red and grey buckram cloth, red topstain, black and gilt titles, 432pp [Vol I], 488pp [Vol II]. First editions, unclipped dust jackets (6.00, 7.50). Rubbing and foxing to panels, quarter loss to spine crown of second volume, edge wear and chipping. Ownership signatures to.....
The Dial Press, 1963. 8vo, white cloth, red titles, 120pp. Fourth printing. Unclipped dust jacket (3.50) moderately rubbed and toned to panels with abrasion to front panel. Ownership signature to front endpaper. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Two essays by Baldwin on the eve of the 100 year anniversary.....