Literary Criticism from North Country Books
New Arrivals
MURDER FOR PLEASURE: The Life and Times of the Detective Story
by Howard Haycraft
- Condition
- Used - VG-
- Published
- 1984
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$6.90
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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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CA$6.90
Conversations with Reynolds Price
by [Reynolds Price] Edited by Jefferson Humphries
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$12.43
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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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CA$12.43
The Classical Tradition in Poetry: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures
by Gilbert Murray
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1927
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$8.28
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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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CA$8.28
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
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$7.59
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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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CA$7.59
Sound and Poetry. English Institute Essays
by Edited and Introduction by Northrop Frye
- Condition
- Used - VG+
- Edition
- Third printing
- Published
- 1967
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$7.59
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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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CA$7.59
The Four Continents: Being More Discursions on Travel, Art & Life
by Osbert Sitwell
- Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Edition
- Second printing
- Published
- 1954
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$13.81
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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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CA$13.81
The Making of Literature: Some Principles of Criticism Examined in the Light of Ancient and Modern Theory
by R. A. Scott-James
- Condition
- Used - VG or better
- Published
- nd
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$15.19
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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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CA$15.19
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
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$20.71
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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 Item Price
CA$20.71
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
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$11.05
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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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CA$11.05
A Study of Shelly's [Defense] "Defence of Poetry"
by Lucas Verkoren
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Facsimile reprint
- Published
- Circa 1970
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$29.00
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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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CA$29.00
Zapata
by Lawrence Steven and Richard Parton
- Condition
- Like new
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$10.36
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Stockton, CA: Relevant Instructional Materials, 1972. Paperback. Like new. Stapled booklet, marking on cover, 20 pages.
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CA$10.36
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
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$6.90
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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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CA$6.90
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
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$13.81
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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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CA$13.81
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
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$6.90
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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 Item Price
CA$6.90
The Lowell Lectures on THE ASCENT OF MAN
by Henry Drummond
- Condition
- Used - VG+
- Edition
- Fifth edition
- Published
- 1895
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$27.62
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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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CA$27.62
Marriage Poems and Satires, 1670 to 1800
by Introduction by William C. Horne
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$55.23
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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 Item Price
CA$55.23
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
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$13.81
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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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CA$13.81
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
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$13.81
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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 Item Price
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WRITING IN SOCIETY
by Williams, Raymond
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780860917724
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$13.81
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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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CA$13.81
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
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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CA$8.28
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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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CA$8.28