Glossary of Literary Terms
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Natural Supernaturalism: Tradition and Revolution in Romantic Literature
W. W. Norton & Company, August 1973. Trade Paperback. In this remarkable new book, M. H. Abrams definitively studies the Romantic Age (1789-1835)--the age in which Shelley claimed that "the literature of England has arisen as it were from a new birth." Abrams shows that the major poets of the..... More
A man called Lucy; 1939-1945
Coward McCann, January 1967. First Edition. Cloth. First American Edition in heavily edgeworn, tattered, torn DJ with darkening and foxing & fingerprint stains to verso. Front flap is not clipped. Red end pages. Spine is leaning. Previous owner's address sticker affixed FFEP upper right corner. Slate blue cloth covered boards..... More
Roman Stamp: Frame and Facade in Some Forms of Neo-Classicism
Univ of California Pr, September 1978. Trade Paperback. More
Under the Lilacs
Libble, Brown, 1929. Hardcover. Square and tight in clean black boards with color pastefront. Mellowed gilt spine lettering. Corners mildly bumped. Head/tail of spine lightly creased. Speck of white paint on spine. Two small stray ink marks on pastefront. Interior bright and unmarked. Color illustrations by Marguerite Davis. More
Iron Tracks
Random House Inc, February 1998. Hardcover. How does one live after surviving injustice? What satisfaction comes from revenge? Can the past ever be left behind? Masterfully composed and imbued with extraordinary feeling and understanding, "The Iron Tracks" is a riveting tale of survival and revenge by the writer whom Irving..... More
Iron Tracks
Random House Inc, February 1998. First American. Hardcover. How does one live after surviving injustice? What satisfaction comes from revenge? Can the past ever be left behind? Masterfully composed and imbued with extraordinary feeling and understanding, "The Iron Tracks" is a riveting tale of survival and revenge by the writer..... More
Single Crystal Diffractometry (Cambridge Monographs On Physics)
Cambridge University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing; Sound binding; Clean, sturdy boards in red cloth w/ gilt accents; Previous owner stamp present at front free end-page and upper edge text-block; Pages else free of markings; Jacket Very Good, ever-so-gently edge-worn; Jacket wrapped in mylar; An excellent copy. More
Dying to Know You: Proof of God in the Near-Death Experience
Rainbow Ridge, September 2014. Trade Paperback. What has been missing from my work, from everyone else's work, from personal stories, from those who interpret personal stories, from experts in religion and spirituality, from the news media, the scientists, the grief-stricken, and the born again . . . is the voice..... More
Against a Dark Background
Spectra Books, July 1993. Mass Market PaperBack. Fresh off the bestselling success of Consider Phlebas and Use of Weapons, Banks traverses an amazing new universe in his latest space adventure--filledwith incredible characters, exotic adventure, unbounded imagination, and darkwit. Pages slightly yellowed. Very mild edgewear. Otherwise, very good, clean copy... More
A Window In Thrums
Henry Altemus. Hardcover. Edition/printing unstated; Sound binding; Decorative boards moderately edge-worn/rubbed w/ spine titles rubbed away; Pages free of markings; A Good copy overall. More
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
Penguin (Non-Classics), October 2005. Trade Paperback. #1 New York Times bestseller "Barry will teach you almost everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history."--Bill Gates "Monumental... an authoritative and disturbing morality tale."--Chicago Tribune The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in..... More
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
Simon & Schuster, April 1998. Trade Paperback. An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, "Rising Tide" tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the greatest natural disaster this country has ever known-- the Mississippi flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes..... More
A Feminist Reader in Early Cinema
Duke University Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. A square, sound copy in black cloth with untarnished gilt lettering. Black sharpie slash mark on top edge. Red endpapers unblemished. Interior bright with no markings. 584 pages. More
Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
St. Martin's Press, September 1997. Mass Market PaperBack. "Moonstruck Agatha Raisin is tying the knot with distinguished but reserved James Lacey before he can have second thoughts. After all, her first husband Jimmy must be long since dead of alcohol poisoning. But Jimmy Raisin hears the news in his cardboard..... More
Death of a Gossip
Grand Central Publishing, August 2013. Trade Paperback. From a "master of outrageous black comedy," a cozy whodunnit mystery in which a meddling gossip columnist meets an untimely watery death (The Times Magazine). Constable Hamish Macbeth is one of several victims of Lady Jane Winters's searing gossip column. Yet not even..... More
The Second Sex
Everyman's Library, March 1993. Reprint. Cloth. (Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)Introduction by Margaret Crosland; Translation by H. M. Parshley. Sound binding; Mild wear/rubbing to boards; Pages clean; A Good Plus copy, w/o jacket. More
Mere Civility: Disagreement and the Limits of Toleration
Harvard University Press, January 2017. Hardcover. Today, politicians and intellectuals warn that we face a crisis of civility and a veritable war of words polluting our public sphere. In liberal democracies committed to tolerating diversity as well as active, often heated disagreement, the loss of this conversational virtue appears critical..... More
Flag Was Still There: A History of the American Experiment in Five Anniversaries
PublicAffairs, May 2026. Hardcover. A clear-eyed yet hopeful history of the United States, revisiting the state of the union every fifty years since America's birth. "Brilliantly written and illuminating." --Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of Silent Spring Revolution America is the rare country that was founded on an..... More
Fletcher Benton in Southern California
Tasende Gallery, October 2005. First Edition. Paper Back. Quarto; 8' x 10 & 1/2'; clean, bright, without internal markings. Slight wear to top and bottom of spine. Very good+ overall. (84 pages.). More
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous -- Edited, with an Introduction, By Colin M. Turbayne
The Library of Liberal Arts; The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1955. Paper Back. Damp stained & darkened top right corner. Sunned spine. Smudges along textblock fore-edge. Some side notes here and there, a few times within text. [113 pp.]. More
The art of Hanukkah
Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, January 1996. Oversized Hardcover. More
Brewed Awakening: Behind the Beers and Brewers Leading the World's Craft Brewing Revolution
Sterling Epicure, November 2011. Hardcover. Fine wine has always had its expert guides to taste and terroir. Why not beer? Funky, young, and smart, this is the ultimate beer geek's companion, covering everything from the homebrew renaissance to nanobreweries to many of America's preeminent beer events and festivals. There's a...... More
