Third edition. No date but c. 1890. Essays printed in double columns with b/w images and portraits of the figures being discussed or reviews, including Byron for his Memoirs. Some rubbing to cloth covers. Occasional spotting with, predominantly to plates. [more...]
'With essays on several aspects of Browning's genius.' Volume of essays on Browning with detailed line by line notes from a selection of his poems. Quarter cloth with marbled boards. Rubbing and bumping to edges and light scratching/marking to cover. Bindi [more...]
'Biographies' of characters from Dickens' novel, including Sam Weller, Mr. Micawber, Bumble and more. No DJ. Foxing to page edge and occasionally within, mainly around plates. Otherwise clean and binding tight. Good. [more...]
Longmans Green, And Co. for the British Council 1963
Readable account of the great poet and his work. Writers and their Work pamphley no. 163. . Softcovers have some foxing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
A 'straightforward' exploration of the work of six of the most important british dramatists of the last few decades. Wu charts how each writer responded to social and political changes. Also includes an interview with Ayckbourn and a preface discussing Stopp [more...]
Collection of lively essays on an eclectic range of topics. Dust jacket is price-clipped, with mild toning and marking to covers. contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Literary essays and verse in honour of Dobree by his former colleagues and students, including Ted Hughes, T. S. Eliot, Auden and others. Foxing and tanning to page edges. Contents otherwise clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Charming edition of Ruskin's letters to Thomas Dixon, expressing his political beliefs and the issue of labour rights, Gilt decoration to spine. Printed in red and black. Top edge gilt. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Binding sound and contents clean. Good [more...]
The Trollope Society/ Princeton University Press 1976
Pleasant encyclopedia style guide to Trollope's characters and locations. With b/w illustrations. Light shelfwear. Faint white mark to cover. Otherwise tight and clean. Very good condition. [more...]
Early edition of Brodie's notes on Jane Austen's Persuasion. With chapter breakdown, analysis of style etc. and questions. Card covers slight marked and bumped but otherwise tight and clean. Very good. [more...]
Early edition of Brodie's notes on Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. With chapter breakdown, analysis of style etc. and questions. Card covers slightly marked and bumped and page edges lightly tanned but otherwise tight and clean. Interesting collectible. Very g [more...]
Collection of literary essays on various subjects including Macaulay, Victorians, Swift and more. No DJ. Rubbing to edges. Foxing to fore-edge. Binding sound and contents clean. Good. [more...]
Selections from Cowper's poetry and letters. With essays by William Hazlitt and Walter Bagehot. Some light bumping to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Handsome leather edition of Stevenson's second collection of literary essays, including pieces on Victor Hugo and Francois Villon. Red leather covers with gilt titling and design. Top edge gilt. Rubbing to extremities. Contents clean. Nice and tight. [more...]
Series of pioneering essays into the adaptation and production of Shakespeare on screen and on television. Slight shelfwear but interiors are crisp and clean. Very good overall. [more...]
Nice edition of Raleigh's biography and critical appraisal of Wordsworth. Top edge gilt, printed on thick paper, probably intended for a leather rebinding. Some light foxing. Some instances of pencil underlining. Otherwise clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Nice little volume featuring fifteen specially commissioned forewords by prominent writers on significant books published by The Folio Society. Includes Phillip Pullman on The Anatomy of Melancholy; Helen Dunmore on Anna Karenina; John Sutherland on Slaughter [more...]
