Milton's God by Empson, William - 1961

1961 New Directions hardcover; no dust jacket; light cover/corner wear; name label inside front cover; pages clean/tight; light edge-foxing; good condition

Greenwood Press Reprint, 1979-01-17. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1978. 280p., original green printed boards. Reprint of the 1961 edition.

Cambridge University Press, 1981. Very Good softcover . Softcover. Very Good.

Chatto & Windus, 1961. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1961. No Edition Remarks. 280 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Boards are bowed. Pages are bright and clear with light tanning and foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front free pastedown. Noticeable thumb-marking present on rear free endpaper, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with moderate bumping and fraying to corners, and rubbing to surfaces. Boards are bowed. Light tanning and foxing to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear, with chips, tears and creasing to spine ends and corners. Price labels and water drops on rear panel. Dust jacket spine is heavily tanned.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1965. 'Revised edition to which the Author has added Notes and an Appendix' . Hard cover in very good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in good condition for its age. From the collection of W.L. Webb, the Guardian's literary editor for many years and aA review copy, request laid in. General shelf and handling wear to DJ; spine and edges are tanned, edges are creased and worn, with several small nicks, chips and closed and open tears noted. Pageblock tanned and foxed, with minor blemishes. Boards are in fine condition, pages tightly bound, and content unmarked. CN. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Used.

Westport, CT 1978 reprint of 1961 ed. Greenwood. Hardcover octavo. 280. NEW. Mint. no dj. ISBN 0-313-21021-7 .

London: Chatto & Windus, 1965. Controversial discussion of Milton's Paradise Lost, which, Empson argues, accurately reflects the nature of the Christian God. In this revised edition, he adds some 40 pages, including notes answering critics and an appendix refuting "Madan's account of Pamela's Prayer in the Eikon". Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book; price-clipped jacket shows minor edgewear, faint stains, some fading to spine, publisher's price sticker on front jacket flap - the jacket seems to be a later state, circa 1970, with 7-digit ISBN (0701106530) present. Text clean, no names or marks; 320 pages; index, notes. . Revised Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.