John Barth: The Comic Sublimity of Paradox (A Chicago Classic) by Tharpe Ph.D., Jac - 1974-11-01

Southern Illinois University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1976. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Preface by Harry T. Moore. 8vo. Red orange cloth, with gilt spine titles. Red top-stain. 133 pages, with Notes, Selected Bibliography, and Index. No names or marks. Dust-jacket (with price intact) is chipped and edge worn. A title in the Crosscurrents series.

Southern Illinois University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0809307022 . Cloth covered boards with slightly bumped corners. Original DJ wrapped in protective plastic sheath. Binding sound. Some underlining and marginalia in pencil. No previous owner names, stickers or stamps. ; 8.30 X 5.10 X 0.80 inches; 148 pages .

LIKE NEW HC w/DJ

Southern Ill Univ Press, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed and Inscribed By Author to Eco-pioneer Joseph Meeker below dedication on colophon page: "...And to J.M. unite prospects of renewal - J. T.". (shelfwear and sm. nicks to jacket at extremities).

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. 133pp. Fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing, creasing, and tiny tears. Flyer for a John Barth reading laid in.

Hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1974. Hardcover. Preface by Harry T. Moore. 8vo. Orange cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xi, 133pp. Near fine/very good. Most minor of jacket edgewear. Quite tight and lovely first edition of this volume in general editor Moore's "Crosscurrents / Modern Critiques" series, with an interesting twist: From the library of academic and literary critic Joseph J. Waldmeir (1923-2013), who compiled "Critical Essays on John Barth" (Boston: G.K. Hall, 1980) and who lightly pencils some margin squiggles here and there in this copy.