Search Results: Classics of World Literature from The Brooklyn Bookman

CONGREVE, William: The Comedies of William Congreve. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover, no dust jacket, 392 pp. Subject: Literature / Drama /17th Century British Restoration Comedy / 17th Century British Playwrights-William Congreve, 1670-1729. Condition: Very Good. Former owner's name inscribed on the title page. Normal age toning to the pages, but all clean and unmarked. Some sunning to the book-spine. Overall a copy in first-rate condition. A collection of classic 17th Century British Restoration comedies by the celebrated playwright. Edited with an introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch.

PASTERNAK, Boris: Doctor Zhivago: A Novel. New York, Pantheon, 1958. (Originally published in Italy in 1957.) First American Edition. Subject: Novel/Fiction & Literature/Historical Fiction-Russian Revolution, 1917-1921. Hardcover with dust jacket, 559 pp. English translation by Max Hayward and Manya Harari. ("The Poems of Yurii Zhivago" by Bernard Guilbert Guerney.) Book & jacket condition: Good Plus/Good. Some evidence of wear to the extremities of the book boards with age-toning to the pages. Book is in overall above-average and decent condition with all pages unmarked. Jacket itself is in good condition with a few tears to its edges (duly repaired with protective tape). The world-famous epic of the Russian Revolution which became the inspiration for the 1965 film and won the Academy Award.

ARISTOPHANES, Four Plays by Aristophanes. New York, Meridian, 1994. Stated First Meridian Printing: 1994 (later printing). Softcover, 619 pp. Translations by William Arrowsmith, Richmond Lattimore and Douglass Parker. Subject: Literature / Drama-Ancient Greece / Comic Playwrights, Aristophanes, c. 446 – 386 B.C. / Drama Anthologies. Condition: Good Plus. A bit of marking and writing in the text but quite readable. Apparent creasing along the book-spine. Otherwise a copy near firs-rate condition. A collection by one of the great comedic playwrights of the ancient world. Includes acclaimed works such as The Clouds and the antiwar satire Lysistrata. Each play includes an introduction with notes and a general glossary. ISBN: 0452007178

COBURN, Kathleen: Inquiring Spirit: A Coleridge Reader. Minerva Press, 1968. Softcover, 454 pp. (Originally published in 1951.) Subject: Nonfiction / Literature / Collected Essays & Miscellaneous Writings. Condition: Very Good. Some traces of toning and wear to extremities. Small blackened sticker found on the reverse. All interior pages clean and unmarked. A collection of writings in various fields – from psychology to literary criticism – by the celebrated nineteenth century British poet.

BRONTE, Charlotte: Jane Eyre. New York, Nelson Doubleday, Inc, n.d. Hardover,no dust jacket, 466 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature. Condition: Very Good. One or two smudge spots to cover fore-edges. Some wear to the extremity of the lower spine. An ex-library copy with all pages clean and not marked. One of the great and immortal love stories in the English language by one of the undisputed giants of British literature.

MALORY, Sir Thomas: Le Morte D'Arthur: Volume 2. Harmondsworth, UK, Penguin, 1978. Reprint. Penguin Books edition originally published in 1969. Paperback, 532 pp. Subject: Literature / Medieval Epics – King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table / Arthurian Legends / Literature Classics. Condition: Good. Evident wear and creasing to the covers. Spine tips show a bit of tearing but has been secured with protective tape. Former owner's name inscribed in the interior of front endpaper. Hole punch at the lower extremity of the reverse cover. Toning to the pages but clean and unmarked. The exploits of King Arthur and his Knights are immortalized in this unified compendium of medieval tales chronicling the life and death of ancient Britain's legendary monarch. Edited by Janet Cowen. ISBN: 014043044X

BELLAMY, Edward: Looking Backward. New York, Dover Publications,Inc., 1996. Originally published in 1888. Softcover, 165 pp. Subject: Novel / SF Fiction & Literature / Speculative Fiction / Utopias-Fiction. Condition: Very Good Minus. Some age toning to the pages but all unmarked and the text readable. Corner crease to one of the extremities. A seminal text in the canon of modern utopian literature. A must read for students of the genre. ISBN: 0486290387

HILTON, James: Lost Horizon. New York, Pocket Books, 1968. Stated 68th Printing, June 1968. (Originally published in 1933.) Paperback, 231 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature / Utopias. Condition: Very Good Minus. Some age-toning to the pages with a damp stain or two at the corners of the first few pages. Overall a copy in above-average condition with nice cover art. The classic tale of love set in a utopia in the Himalayas. One of the greatest fantasies of all time, this novel inspired the 1937 classic film starring Ronald Coleman and Jane Wyatt.

CRANE, Stephen: Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Other Short Fiction. New York, Bantam, 1986. Bantam Classic Edition: 1986. Paperback, 192 pp. Subject: Fiction / Short Story Collections / Literature Classics. Condition: Good Plus. Light edge-wear to the book's extremities. Reading crease/wear to the spine margins. Pages clean. A copy in near first-rate condition overall. A collection of the most controversial but celebrated short fiction by one of the luminaries of American literature. By the author of the Civil War classic, The Red Badge of Courage. ISBN: 0553213555

SHAKESPEARE, William: Measure for Measure. New York, Signet/New American Library, 1988. New Revised Edition (reprint). Paperback, 253 pp. Subject: Drama/Literature Classics. Condition: Good. Evidence of wear and creasing to covers and spine. A few pages bear markings and underlining of text. Othewise a decent copy overall. One of the great universal classics of world literature and drama. Edited by S. Nagarajan for the Signet Classic Shakespeare series. ISBN: 0451522591

DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. New York, A & W Visual Library, 1975. Trade Paperback, 279 pp. Subject: Literature / Mystery & Crime Fiction / Sherlock Holmes series / Classics. Condition: Good Plus. Evidence of slight wear to the covers and corners – especially to the front cover itself. Creasing along the spine, slightly tilted. There is a small smudge or two at the fore-edge and bottom-sides and a sticker pull on the reverse cover. Still a nice copy with the classic Sidney Paget illustrations. The continuing adventures of history's greatest detective. Contains the classic stories such as The Musgrave Ritual and The Final Problem, detailing Holmes' confrontation with his arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty! Fine mystery-adventure fiction for people of all ages! ISBN: 0891040242

SHAKESPEARE, William: Much Ado About Nothing. New York, Spark Publishing, 2004. Later Printing. Paperback, 239 pp. Subject: Drama / Literature / Comedies / Drama Classics / No Fear Shakespeare Series. Condition: Good. Light wear to covers and corners. Some marking/highlighting to the pages, but very much readable. Reading crease to the book-spine. All-in-all a decent copy. One of the great comedies of dramatic world literature, simplified – and made painless – for students and average readers alike by the renowned series put out by Sparks Publishing. This edition contains the complete text of Shakespeare's immortal work, a line-by-line translation that puts the play into everyday English, and helpful commentary to explain its meaning. Enjoy! ISBN: 9781411401013

CRANE, Stephen: The Red Badge of Courage. New York, Bantam, 1983. Originally published in 1895. Paperback, 138 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature / Historical Fiction-American Civil War 1860-65. Condition: Good Plus. Evident wear/creasing to the cover (but none too extensive). Otherwise a copy in fairly-decent condition with all pages unmarked. The classic literary statement on on the nature of war in general and of the Civil War in particular. With an introduction by Alfred Kazin. ISBN: 0553210114

STENDHAL: The Red and the Black. New York, Washington Square Press, 1966. Originally published: 1963. Second Printing: August 1966. Translated from the French by Charles Turgie. Edited & revised by Phyllis La Farge. Introduction by Lester G. Crocker. Paperback, 491 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction and Literature. Condition: Acceptable / Good. Age toning to pages evident, text unmarked. Spine roll with some creasing and the spine tilted with a chip or two to the extremities. Front corner crease secured with protective tape. Classic psychological novel of France in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.

NEIDER, Charles (Ed.): The Selected Letters of Mark Twain. New York, Harper & Row, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 328 pp. Subject: Non-Fiction / Letters and Correspondence / Autobiography - Mark Twain (1835 – 1910). Book and jacket condition: Good. Evident wear and light chipping to the dust wrapper with its reverse repaired with protective tape, adjacent to its bottom-center as well as its extremities. Book has a slight spine tilt. Some sunning and fading to the spine and edges. Light pen-marking or two in a couple of pages. Still a decent copy. A revealing insight into the life, humor, times and psyche of one of the most beloved giants of 19th Century American literature. ISBN: 0060149469

LESSING, Doris: The Summer Before the Dark. New York, Vintage Books, 1983. Stated First Vintage Books Edition, March 1983. Paperback, 247 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature. Condition: Good. Evident wear to the covers and pages. Pen-marked, but readable text found on pages 163 and 194. All remaining pages clean and not marked however. This book is a "brilliant excursion into the terrifying stretch of time between youth and old age, is her journey...on the road to a frightening new independence and a confrontation with self that lets her, finally, come truly of age." ISBN: 0394710595

HARDY, Thomas: Tess of the d'Urbervilles. New York, Bantam, 2004. Bantam Classic Reissue: 2004. (Originally published in 1891.) Paperback, 438 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature. Condition: Very Good. Former owner's name inscribed in the inside of the front cover. Light edge-wear along the extremities. All pages clean and unmarked. One of the timeless classics of Victorian British Literature considered most controversial for its time. Book includes an introduction by Robert B. Heilman. ISBN: 0553211684

BRONTE, Emily: Wuthering Heights. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1956. Riverside Edition edited by V.S.Pritchett. (Originally published in 1847.) Trade paperback, 287 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature-British-19th Century. Book condition: Very Good (VG). Used copy with reading creases adjacent to and along the book-spine. Small chip on upper left-hand corner of reverse cover and corner crease on lower left-hand corner. Book is complete with all pages clean, unmarked. Classic Victorian love story by one of the giants of British literature. ISBN: 0395051029