Creative Writing / Literary Criticism / Publishing from Goldring Books

London: Butterworth, 1986. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. 256 pages. Born in 1899 Alfred Thompson Denning was a brilliant student, Eldon Scholar and Prize Student at the Inns of Court, and was called to the bar in 1923, becoming a King's Counsel 15 years later. In 1944 he was knighted and appointed a… Read more

London: Williams and Norgate, 1914. Gilt title on green boards which have age darkening to spine and some minor marks to front. Internally there is a decorative bookplate to front pastedown and gift inscription and another name to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. 256 pages+ 8 page publisher's catalogue. Covers Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare… Read more

Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1994. A Fine unmarked copy in black cloth boards with dustjacket which has small repaired closed tears to top edge. 108 pages. Edited with an introduction by Richard S. Kennedy. One of the most enduring characters in Thomas Wolfe's fiction is Francis Starwick, the midwestern aesthete who befriends Eugene Gant at Harvard… Read more

London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1993. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy which has a small indentation to front and slight curling to front cover corner tips. 188 pages. The centenary in 1992 of Walter Benjamin's birth provided the context for a critical appraisal of his work and its implications for cultural politics of the 1990's. Although it… Read more

London: Macdonald Orbis, 1989. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket. A large format volume of 144 pages. Illustrated throughout. What is the magic ingredient that makes a children's book a well read favourite - the kind of classic which is loved for centuries the world over? It is not so much a magic ingredient, nor even a secret… Read more

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1995. A clean and unmarked copy. ix + 146 pages. Susan Sontag has been a major figure in American intellectual life for over 30 years. Her provocative and exacting writings, engaging a wide range of aesthetic, cultural and political issues, have been the basis of a highly public and controversial ntellectual career. This study provides… Read more

London: University of London Press, 1961. Silver title to spine with gold facsimile signature to front on blue boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear but with fading to spine and to a portion of top. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. 239 pages. Comprises: Foreword by R. Niklaus; Introduction in English; Les Caves du Vatican - text… Read more

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1924. Gilt title on red cloth boards which have very minor marks and fading to spine. Internally there is a small stamp of a Welsh School to front pastedown and to one page, a small name to front endpaper, a neat removal of the top 1.5 inches of the front endpaper, some French book references written… Read more

New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1971. A Fine unmarked copy in brown cloth boards. xiv + 329 pages. 50 illustrations. map. First published in 1926. Although published for libraries this copy is NOT EX LIBRARY. An excellent work which sketches the background of French literature during the period from 1789-1914, to show both how it explains… Read more

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. vi + 435 pages. A study of the relations between writer and public in France through the ages must also take in the varied intermediaries between them - from the jongleurs and scribes of medieval times, the printers and publishers of books, periodicals and newspapers as well… Read more

London: Allen and Unwin, 1987. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. 194 pages. Montaigne describes his Essais as 'the only book in the world of its kind'. This study guides the reader towards this complex, innovative and stimulating Renaissance text and provides a fresh appraisal of Montaigne's ideas and images and the continuing influence of his work. … Read more

London: Macmillan, 1980. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. ix + 201 pages. Second impression (first was 1977). The book surveys the social and intellectual changes in Europe that encouraged a determinist view of Man in 19th century Realism. It examines the growing attention that thinkers of the time paid to environment and heredity… Read more

London: J.M. Dent, 1965. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket. viii + 196 pages. The destinies of Britain and France have been indissolubly linked, and the years 1850-70 saw the two nations at peace with each other after more than five centuries of intermittent warfare. Professor Green takes stock of the ideas on which the two civilizations are… Read more

London: Chatto and Windus, 1965. Gold title on purple boards which have a thin line of fading to to and lower edges but no wear. Internally there is a small neat name to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has age darkening, minimal wear and is not price clipped. 222 pages. What do we mean… Read more

Oxford: Howtobooks, 2003. A Fine unmarked copy. A clear step-by-step guide packed with hundreds of ideas, memory joggers and techniques, which will show you how to research, structure, write, present and produce your material in book form. **** NOT EX LIB **** 25. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over… Read more

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. A large format volume of xiv + 378 pages. The book traces the history of of children's books in Britain, the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand from the very first printed books through to the present day. Written by leading experts, this survey shows that… Read more

London: Michael O'Mara, 2008. A Fine unmarked copy. Whether your schooling in English grammar amounted to 'a verb is a doing word and a noun is a naming word', or whether you simply want to brush up your existing skills, this wittily observed yet informative book is guaranteed to enlighten and entertain. 303. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more

Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer's Digest Books, 2003. A Fine unmarked copy. The book guides you through the idea development process from initial concept to final revision, and the author will show how to ignite that initial burst of inspiration; keep your energies flowing until you have finished first draft; evaluate and exploit your ideas; overcome writer's block; troubleshoot your manuscript and… Read more

San Francisco: Believer, 2005. A near Fine unmarked copy which has just a touch of wear to spine head and tail. Presented in alphabetical order, the publisher has collected 23 conversations and correspondences between much admired writers and the writers they admire. These include favourites gleaned from the pages of the Believer Magazine along with previously unpublished conversations. These include… Read more

Cape Town: Howard B. Timmins, 1948. SIGNED AND DEDICATED BY AUTHOR on front pastedown 'To 'P.P.' Lady Charles with the author's best wishes for Christmas 1948'. Gilt title on blue cloth boards which have some fading and a mark to front. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. Pages are deckle edged. Dustjacket has age darkening, some marks and a closed… Read more