Lives Out of Letters: Essays on American Literary Biography and Documentation in Honor of Robert N. Hudspeth by Hudspeth, Robert N - 2004

New York: Twayne, 1973. Ex-lib with card pocket on ffep and black magic marker ink on top and bottom of page ends.Library label on spine of jacket. Otherwise, a clean, tight copy. Biography of Concord poet, eccentric and Thoreau's closest friend and first biographer.. 1st. Blue Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Twayne Publishers, 1973. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: American Book Co., 1967. 1st printing. TradTrade PB in glossy color-illus wraps.. Very Good unmarked, no spine creases.. Collection of essays on modern linguistics. Bright tight clean PB 1st. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4, 216 pp, bibliograohy.

American Book Company. Used - Good. Good condition. (language, linguistics, readers) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Cornell University Press, 1983-06-30. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Volume I, 1817-38. Hardbound with dust jacket. Pages unmarked, modest wear.

New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1973. NOT a library discard. Near Fine condition in a Very Good++ dust jacket. NO chips. NO creases. NOT priced or clipped. Bright, clean, square, tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. TUSAS 223, a volume from Twayne's United States Authors Series. Chronology. List of chapter notes/sources. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in gold on the spine and front cover. From the dust jacket: "This book is the first critical discussion of a poet who not only wrote nine books of poems and prose, but who, for twenty years was Thoreau's closest friend and who became his first biographer. The book analyzes Channing's career and life to show the tensions and values that led him to write for half a century. Channing's themes expresses in his poems and prose are examined in detail to show how thoroughly… Read More

Cornell University Press, 1995-01-06. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x6x1. First edition. As new in as new dust jacket. Final volume with comprehensive index for the entire series of letters. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping.

Cornell University Press, 1994. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Vol. VI only. Cornell University Press, 1994; "First published..." stated, no later printings indicated. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; brown cloth boards in VG condition, corners sharp, gilt/brown titling remains bright and bold; text very good. Very minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Cornell University Press, 1988-07-08. hardcover. Good. 6x1x9. No dust jacket. Sun tanned spine and top edge. Ex-library book with typical stickers and stampings. Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping.

NF/NF. Hardcover with dust jacket in 'as new' condition. ~~~ Detailed notes following each letter, index, 374 pages. ~~~ The first letters in Volume I are those of a seven-year-old child; the last were written by an uncommonly well-educated woman ready for a larger challenge than schoolteaching could offer her. The letters tell the story of her work with Amos Bronson Alcott and his experimental Temple School, of the early days of her friendship with Ralph Waldo Emerson, of the beginnings of her life as a writer, and of her important work as translator and critic of Goethe.