Reading Eco: An Anthology (Advances in Semiotics)
Indiana University Press, February 1997. Trade Paperback. A Near Fine copy with minor shelfwear; a clean copy with a tight spine. More
Literary Criticism
Remy de Gourmont A Modern Man of Letters
University of Washington Book Store, February 1928. First Edition. Saddle-stapled wraps. First printing. Saddle-stapled wraps. 5.25 x 7.25' 41pp. Moderate shelfwear and uncut pages, else a Very Good copy. Number 13 in the University of Washington Chapbooks series. More
Creating Characters with Charles Dickens
Penn State University Press, July 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine 8vo DJ 218pp. More
The School of Donne
Chatto & Windus, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of noted American poet William H. Matchett, with the date (June, 1961 / Seattle) and his bookplate pastedown on the ffep. A Very Good copy of the First Edition with a touch of shelfwear and moderate foxing to edges; dust..... More
Shakespeare Studies: An Annual Gathering of Reasearch, Criticism, and Reviews.
University of South Carolina Press, 1974. First Edition. Saddle-stapled wraps. An offprint featuring Jarold Ramsey's article 'The Importance of Manningham's Diary' from issue No. 7. / pg. 327-343, side stapled into the original printed wraps. A ANs from Ramsey to fellow academic William Matchett laid in loose. Light wear to..... More
Feminist Utopias
University of Nebraska Press, January 1991. Trade Paperback. Small 8vo. - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in., 198pp. Very Good copy with light shelfwear, tight binding, interior text clean. More
Wonderlands: Essays on the Life of Literature
Graywolf Press, July 2022. Trade Paperback. A Very Good copy with light edgewear and slight bumping to corners. 252p. // 'Searching and erudite new essays on writing from the author of Burning Down the House. Charles Baxter's new collection of essays, Wonderlands, joins his other works of nonfiction, Burning Down..... More
Clio and Mr. Croce
University of Washington Book Store, 1928. First Edition. Saddle-stapled wraps. First printing. Saddle-stapled wraps. 5.25 x 7.25' 29pp. Moderate shelfwear, with very small chip to spine; else a Very Good copy. Number 20 in the University of Washington Chapbooks series. More
Clio and Mr. Croce
University of Washington Book Store, 1928. First Edition. Saddle-stapled wraps. Second printing. Inscribed by the author to fellow UW English professor William Matchett. Saddle-stapled wraps. 5.25 x 7.25' 29pp. A nice clean copy, Near Fine. Number 20 in the University of Washington Chapbooks series. More
The Hedgehog and the Fox
Mentor, 1957. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. A First Printing of the mass market paperback edition. A Good copy with a spot of soiling to the spine, minor edgewear and creasing. More
The Other Modernism: F. T. Marinetti's Futurist Fiction of Power
University of California Press, June 1996. Trade Paperback. A Near Fine copy. Book has shelfwear. Interior is tight, clean, & unmarked. 8vo. - over 7¾' in - 9¾' in. // 'Drawing on recent feminist and psychoanalytic criticism, Cinzia Sartini Blum provides the first analysis of the rhetoric, politics, and psychology..... More
The Haunted Biographer: Dialogues of the Dead
University of Washington Book Store, 1927. First Edition. Saddle-stapled wraps. First printing. Saddle-stapled wraps. 5.25 x 7.25' 44pp. Moderate shelfwear, else a Very Good copy. Number 10 in the University of Washington Chapbooks series. More
The Light Within the Light: Portraits of Donald Hall, Richard Wilbur, Maxine Kumin, & Stanley Kunitz
David R. Godine, July 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, flat-signed by the author to the FFEP and to the title page. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket with minimal edgewear. Internally clean and free of markings. // 'Each poet-profile in The Light Within the..... More
Ayn Rand
Abrams Press, July 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. A Very Good copy with a touch of shelfwear in a Very Good jacket. B/w and Color Illustrations and Photographs. // 'Ayn Rand made a profound impact as both a philosopher who founded a school of social thought, Objectivism, and as a novelist..... More
English Literature
Macmillan, 1880. First Edition. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good in leather (covers detached; few ex-lib marks, slight text rubbing). Sm 8vo vi+2 09+[2] Coverage from the Anglo-Saxon period to the death of Sir Walter Scott. Bound in full dark red calf, gilt-stamped spine with raised..... More
The New Ground of Criticism
University of Washington Book Store, 1930. First Edition. Saddle-stapled wraps. First printing. Saddle-stapled wraps. 5.25 x 7.25' 59pp. Moderate shelfwear, with dampstaining to spine- and top edges of wraps; else a Good copy. Number 34 in the University of Washington Chapbooks series. More
Critical and Miscellaneous Essays [Works of Thomas Carlyle]
Elzevir Society, [1892]. First Thus. Leather Binding. Volume Four of the Essays, Works of Thomas Carlyle, Volume 25. Attractively bound in period 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, spines with raised bands and gilt floral tooling within compartments surrounded by gilt scrollwork, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers (slight wear). This..... More
TriQuarterly 25: Prose for Borges.
Northwestern Review Press, 1972. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 467pp. Rubbing and a bit of edgewear to covers, spine is creased and slightly cracked in two places (text is still intact, with loose pages) Overall in Good condition. Features many scholarly articles, tributes, as well as Borges..... More
Dark Passages: The Decadent Consciousness In Victorian Literature
The University of Wisconson Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" xvi, 155pp. Works cited, index. Warmly inscribed by the author to Denise Levertov. Light shelfwear to boards; dust jacket has some edgewear, and spotting in places. More
Oedipus or Pollyanna - With a Note on Dramatic Censorship
University of Washington Book Store, 1927. First Edition. Saddle-stapled wraps. First printing. Saddle-stapled wraps. 5.25 x 7.25' 37pp. Moderate shelfwear with discoloration to wraps esp. on spine, else a Very Good copy for its age. Number 4 in the University of Washington Chapbooks series. More
Speak the Speech: Reflections on Good English and the Reformers
University of Washington Book Store, 1930. First Edition. Saddle-stapled wraps. First printing. Price-clipped saddle-stapled wraps. 5.25 x 7.25' 31pp. Moderate shelfwear, with minor discoloration and chipping/edgewear to wraps; several uncut pages; else a Very Good copy. Number 36 in the University of Washington Chapbooks series. More
The Fall of Hosein The Holy
William Edwin Rudge, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good Copy with moderate fading to red cloth panels and white cloth spine, including light foxing to the spine and moderate bumping to corners. Internally clean with light tanning to edges from age. 8vo..... More
Naming Day in the Garden of Eden
University of Washington Book Store, 1930. First Edition. Saddle-stapled wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A very good copy in pastedown wraps; minor wear to edges and corners; title page still uncut; University of Washington Chapbooks Number Thirty-Nine, Edited by Glenn Hughes. More
Naming Day in the Garden of Eden
University of Washington Book Store, 1930. First Edition. Saddle-stapled wraps. First printing. Saddle-stapled wraps. 5.25 x 7.25' 50pp. Moderate shelfwear, with dampstaining to top edges of wraps and light discoloration to spine; else a Very Good copy. Number 39 in the University of Washington Chapbooks series. More
Paper Trail: Essays
HarperCollins, April 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Slight rubbing to jacket; else a near fine copy as issued. xi, [1], 371 pages. Contains 44 short pieces in all by the noted anthropologist and novelist. Includes a few bibliographical references. Signed by Dorris in blue..... More