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MURDER FOR PLEASURE: The Life and Times of the Detective Story

by Howard Haycraft

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Used - VG-
Published
1984
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Paperback
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NY: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc. , 1984. Paperback. VG-. Trade paperback with visible wear to covers, none severe, light fading to spine, well bound solid copy w/no spine crease; contents bright, clean and unmarked. An excellent reading/study/reference copy.
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Conversations with Reynolds Price

by [Reynolds Price] Edited by Jefferson Humphries

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Published
1991
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Paperback
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University of Mississippi, 1991. Paperback. Near Fine. Soft cover, light wear, clean, no spine creasing, clean and unmarked.
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The Classical Tradition in Poetry: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures

by Gilbert Murray

Condition
Used - Good
Edition
First edition
Published
1927
Binding
Hardcover
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Boston: Harvard University Press , 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Green cloth some soiling, sunned spine, shelf wear, well bound, penciled former owners' name on front fly leaf, with scattered pencil underlining and marinalia, a carefully read copy that is still an excellent reading/study/reference copy.
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The Myth of Metaphor

by Colin M. Turbayne (Author), Morse Peckham (Foreword), Foster Tait (Foreword)

Condition
Used - Good
Edition
Revised
Published
1971
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780872492509
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University of South Carolina Press, 1971. Revised. Paperback. Good. Trade paperback with light wear, clean, well bound, 35 pages showing some neatly ruled pencil underlining, o/w clean with still bright paper. 241 pages. A very good reading/study/reference copy.
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Sound and Poetry. English Institute Essays

by Edited and Introduction by Northrop Frye

Condition
Used - VG+
Edition
Third printing
Published
1967
Binding
Hardcover
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NY: Columbia University Press, 1967. Third printing. Hardcover. VG+ . Greenish paper cover over boards, light wear, clean, well bound, contents clean, birght and unmarked. No dust jacket.
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The Four Continents: Being More Discursions on Travel, Art & Life

by Osbert Sitwell

Condition
Used - Good Plus
Edition
Second printing
Published
1954
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Macmillan Company, 1954. Second printing. Hardcover. Good Plus. Red cloth faded spine, some soiing light edge wear, tight binding, name on front fly leaf, o/w clean and unmarked with still bright paper. No dust jacket an excellent reading/reference/study copy
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The Making of Literature: Some Principles of Criticism Examined in the Light of Ancient and Modern Theory

by R. A. Scott-James

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Used - VG or better
Published
nd
Binding
Hardcover
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NY: Henry Holt and Company, nd. Hardcover. VG or better. Blue cloth hardcover, light wear, spine sunned, gilt stamping still bright. Tightly bound, former owner's name plate and signature (Orie W. Long), o/w clean and unmarked. No dust jacket.
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A COLLECTION OF LETTERS OF THACKERAY 1847-1855

by Thackeray, William Makepeace [Ex-libris Edward Curtis Smith, former governor of VT]

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First edition
Published
1887
Binding
Hardcover
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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Green cloth hardcover, short tear to head of spine, else light rubbing, some soiling to rear cover, not severe, gilt stamping to spine and front cover very bright; tightly bound, covers firmly attached, attractive former ownership bookplate, former Governor of Vermont Edward Curtis Smith, o/w unmarked, with bright… Read more about this item
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Geoffrey Chaucer and The Development of His Genius

by [Geoffrey Chaucer] John Livingston Lowes

Condition
Used - Very Good Minus
Edition
First edition
Published
1934
Binding
Hardcover
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. Brownish red cloth binding, light wear, clean, spine faded but gilt lettering still legible, tightly bound, free of markings, pages pleasingly clean and bright; errata slip in back of book. No dust jacket. An excellent copy for the collector/reader/student or reference.
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A Study of Shelly's [Defense] "Defence of Poetry"

by Lucas Verkoren

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
Facsimile reprint
Published
Circa 1970
Binding
Hardcover
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Folcroft Library Editions, Circa 1970. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Black buckram cloth library binding with bright gilt stamping, never put into a library and so is unmarked, and in very fine conditon.
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Zapata

by Lawrence Steven and Richard Parton

Condition
Like new
Published
1972
Binding
Paperback
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Stockton, CA: Relevant Instructional Materials, 1972. Paperback. Like new. Stapled booklet, marking on cover, 20 pages.
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REVOLT IN THE PARLOR: : Five Essays Given at Rollins College

by The days of wine and roses, by E. H. Cohen. --Looking at the world through colored favrile glass, by H. F. McKean. --Mark the twain, by K. F. McKean. --Wilde, Barrie, and Shaw; smart and sassy, by W. Dorsett. --Hidden treasures in the McKean...

Condition
Used - Good Plus
Binding
Paperback
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Paperback. Good Plus. Mass market paperback with light wear, spine creasing but well bound, clean and unmarked.
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JUSTICE AND MERCY IN PIERS PLOWMAN: A Reading of the B Text Visio

by Myra Stokes

Condition
Used - NF in NF dust jacket
Edition
First edition
Published
1984
Binding
Hardcover
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Croom Helm, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. NF in NF dust jacket. Hardcover with minor wear, clean and well bound; contents clean and unmarked, typewriter font text; minor wear to dust jacket, clean.
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After Alienation; American Novels in Mid-Century

by Marcus Klein

Condition
Used - Very Good Plus in VG- dust jacket
Edition
First edition
Published
1964
Binding
Hardcover
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Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus in VG- dust jacket. Bright and clean red cloth hardcover, minor wear, spotting to top edge (o/w Near Fine), light foxing to fore edge, tightly bound, free of marking pages clean. Dust jacket clean, spine sunned with title nearly faded way although author lettering lettering… Read more about this item
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The Lowell Lectures on THE ASCENT OF MAN

by Henry Drummond

Condition
Used - VG+
Edition
Fifth edition
Published
1895
Binding
Hardcover
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NY: James Pott & Co., 1895. Fifth edition. Hardcover. VG+. Blue cloth binding, light wear, some light surface scuffing, but overall pleasingly clean and bright, including gilt stamping to spine. Well bound, covers firmly attached. Former ownership name (Phebe M. Towle), else clean and unmarked pages. Above average condition.
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Marriage Poems and Satires, 1670 to 1800

by Introduction by William C. Horne

Condition
Used - Very Good
Published
1986
Binding
Hardcover
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Delmar, NY: Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good. Green cloth binding, light wear to extremities only, very clean, well bound; one page has one word underlined with neatly written margin note in red ink, otherwise free of markings and other faults. No dust jacket, if issued. Contains 22 facsimile reproductions and a useful 37 page… Read more about this item
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The Satirist: His Temperament, Motivation, and Influence

by Leonard Feinberg

Condition
Used - Very Good Plus in Good dust jacket
Edition
First edition
Published
1963
Binding
Hardcover
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Ames, Iowa: Iowa state University Press, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus in Good dust jacket. Decorated hardcover, very light wear, clean, well bound. Free of markings, pages clean. Dust jacket edge worn and rubbing, not price-clipped and now protected in a clear archival sleeve (Brodart).
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Piers Plowman: An Interpretation of the A text

by T. P. Dunning (Revised and edited by T. P. Dolan

Condition
Used - VG+ in NF dust jacket
Edition
Second Edition, Revised
Published
1980
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780198124467
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Clarendon Press, 1980. Second Edition, Revised. Hardcover. VG+ in NF dust jacket. Very clean and new like binding, small staining to top edge of text, but not visible on the pages including the edges (o/w would grade the book near fine). Well bound copy with covers firmly attached. Clean and unmarked text Very clean dust jacket with light… Read more about this item
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WRITING IN SOCIETY

by Williams, Raymond

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
Reprint
Published
1985
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780860917724
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London: Verso, 1985. Reprint. Paperback. Near Fine. Trade size paperback with minimal wear, very clean. Well bound, tight copy with no spine creasing, indeed appears unread. Interior free of markings, bright and clean pages.
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Confrontation: A Literary Journal of Long Island University, Number 56/57, Summer/Fall 1995 (Outcomings and Initiations: An Assessment, supplement; William Styron, The Writer in a Mean and Dogmatic Time)

by Martin Tucker, Editor

Condition
Used - VG+
Published
1995
Binding
Paperback
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Long Island University, 1995. Paperback. VG+. Trade size paperback journal, light wear, spine faded, appears unread with no spine creasing, clean and unmarked. Double issue.
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