Literature from Adamstown Books

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. Hardcover, 307 pp. 1st Edition. Traces the 300+ year history of the diary novel focusing especially on French, German, and English works. Considers works by Defoe, Gide, Rilke, Frisch, Butor, and Lessing. Book Condition : Good; a few margin notes in pencil; light bumping to spine ends; a few stains… Read more about this item

Rindge NH: Richard R. Smith, 1956. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 64 pp.Short chapters on famous authors and individual religious themes, such as Shakespeare and Sin; Browning and Service; Tennyson and Faith; Emerson and Prayer; Hawthorne and the Puritan Soul; and more. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks; owner's rubber stamp on… Read more about this item

Gettysburg PA: Gettysburg Compiler Printing, 1916. Book. Good Minus. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Subtitle continues - "A Study of the Operas, Music-Dramas and Cantatas in the Faust-Theme."1916 doctoral dissertation. Book Condition : Good-, Ex-College Library; no text marks, rubber and impress stamps to title page; cover corners cut off; glue along spine;… Read more about this item

Cape May Point NJ: I Yevish Books, 1992. Book. Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Historic fiction set in the New Jersey Pine barrens in the 1830's. Portrait artist comes to the area and soon learns its secrets and falls in love. Book Condition : Good; no text marks; cover corner wear; light… Read more about this item

Aurora NY: Roycroft Press, 1899. Book. Good Minus. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Roycroft Press green suede-bound softcover, 91 pp. Anonymous 12th or 13th century French romantic tale combining poetry and prose, the story of star-crossed lovers who have to go through many adventures and misunderstandings to be together. Issued by the publishing arm of the… Read more about this item

Boston MA: D.C. Heath & Co., 1911. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Edited by George MacDonald (Oxford). Emphasis on literary aspects of play. Includes historical introduction, notes, glossary, and appendices. Scarce Edition. Book Condition : Good+; former owner's name in pencil on front free end paper, no text marks; light bending to boards; mild… Read more about this item

Boston MA: Ginn and Co./Atheneum Press, 1893. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1893 Home and School Library edition of Cervantes' Don Quixote. Book Condition : Good-; bumping to spine ends and cover corners; binding relaxed but fully intact; rubber stamp inside front cover, no markings to text; dirt/staining to covers, darkening to spine..… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Anson D. F. Randolph Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Green cloth, gilt and black titles, 468 pp. Undated, published circa 1875, possible first American edition. Condition: Good; mild cover wear - corners and spine ends - some light areas on cover, pages lightly toned but clean. .

St. Louis, MO: Sigma Publishing Co., 1915. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A biography of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German author and poet. 1749-1832. Steel blue cloth boards, gilt spine titles, 601 pp., unillustrated. Condition: Good-; mild wear to corner tips, spine ends, a nick on front fore edge. a 2-inch split of paper… Read more about this item

Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1912. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Houghton Mifflin, 1912. First edition. Hardback - purple cloth with gilt lettering. 343 pages. No DJ. CONDITION: A little scattered foxing / spotting to margin areas of first couple pages, otherwise pages are clean and bright with… Read more about this item

Cambridge, England: Published by the Editors, 1933. Book. Good. Soft cover. N/A. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A quarterly publication. Volume II, No. 3, December 1933. Some articles in this issue: On Metaphysical Poetry - French Literary Periodicals - Prospectus for a Weekly - Economics: Debate Concluded - The Criticism of William Empson - The… Read more about this item

London, England: John Murray, 1965. Book. Good. Soft cover. N/A. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A British literary journal published quarterly. This is Volume 174, No. 1044, Summer 1965. Contributors to this issue: Freya Star k, Massimo Bontempelli, Roger Green, Robert Browne, Thomas E. Cooney. Also includes the Index to volume 174. Book Condition : Pages… Read more about this item

Paris: A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & ce, 1877. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Title continues: "...auteur du Maudit, de la Religieuse, du Jesuite, du Moine, etc. Original brown paper cover, published 1867, first edition. In French. Uncut edges, no illustrations, ex-seminary library, perserved in pressboard with taped binding over cloth. 313 pp. Condition: Fair, cover… Read more about this item