Search Results: Literature / Classics from The Brooklyn Bookman

TWAIN, Mark: The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 2002. Grosset & Dunlap edition originally published in 1948. Illustrated Junior Library Edition. Hardcover, 431 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature / Classics. Condition: Very Good Plus. A gently-used copy (book has been opened). Pages clean and not marked. Book has a protective plastic covering. All-in-all a very lovely copy with wonderful illustrations throughout. Mark Twain's magnum opus – and arguably the Greatest of all Great American Novels of all time! ISBN: 0448060000

DOCTOROW, E.L.: The Book of Daniel. New York, Plume, 1996. Later Printing. Softcover, 303 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature / Anticommunist Hysteria – U.S., 1950's-Fiction / Ethel & Julius Rosenberg and Their Children -Fictional Accounts. Condition: Good Plus. Some underlining and marking of text but quite negligible. A bit of edgewear to the spine border with a corner crease to the front cover. Overall a more than decent and first-rate copy. A definitive fictional and moving account of Cold War hysteria in America and its impact upon one family in particular. This novel also inspired the 1983 film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Timothy Hutton, Edward Asner and Tovah Feldshuh. ISBN: 0452275660

NOWELL-SMITH, Simon: Browing: Poetry & Prose. Cambridge,MA., Harvard University Press, 1967. Stated Second Impression (first published in 1950). Reynard Library Edition. Softcover, 776 pp. Subject: Literature / Selected Works-Poetry & Prose / 19th Century British Poets-Robert Browning (1812-1889) Condition: Very Good Minus. Some creasing to the spine evident. All pages unmarked with faint foxing to the top-side of the book. A one-volume edition of the selected poetry and prose of one of the titans of 19th century English literature. Includes My Last Duchess and the seminal Essay on Shelley.

ADAMS, Henry: Democracy: An American Novel. New York, New American Library, 1983. Originally published in 1880. Paperback, 191 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction and Literature / Political Fiction-U.S.- 19th Century. Condition: Good Plus. Wear to corners evident. Some highlighting in some of the pages (the highlighting has faded however; the text is quite readable). A classic of political fiction–now more relevant than ever in today's contentious political climate. ISBN: 0452008808

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.

JOYCE, James: Dubliners. New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1991. Dover Thrift Edition: 1991. (Originally published: 1914.) Softcover, 152 pp. Subject: Fiction / Literature / Short Story Collections / Dover Thrift Edition Series. Condition: Good Plus. Some light underlining and marking of text, but very much readable. One corner crease found. Otherwise a copy in above-averaged condition. Now hailed by many as one of the superb classics of 20th century world literature, this collection includes stories such as "Araby" and "The Dead." ISBN: 9780486268705

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.

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

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

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

JOYCE, James: A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man. New York, Signet, 1991. Later reprinting. Originally published:1916. Paperback, 256 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature. Condition: Very Good Plus / Fine. Very gently used copy. Slight sunning to the pages, but a copy in near-fine condition. One of the major landmarks in modern twentieth-century literature, this was Joyce's semi-autobiographical first novel. "As a bold literary experiment, it has had an important and lasting influence on the contemporary novel." ISBN: 0451525442

SALINGER, J.D.: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction. New York, Bantam, 1981. Reprint. (Originally published: 1959.) Subject: Novels / Fiction & Literature / Omnibus Collections. Condition: Good Plus. Light age-toning to pages evident. Former owner's inscription found on the back end-paper. Small corner tear/crease on the cover's reverse. A collection of two literary gems by the internationally acclaimed author of The Catcher in the Rye. ISBN: 0553262556

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

CHAUCER, Geoffrey: Troilus and Criseyde. Oxford & New York, Oxford University Press, 1998. New translation by Barry Windeatt. Paperback, 196 pp. Subject: Literature / Poetry. Condition: Very Good Minus. Light evidence of wear/creasing to the book corners. Some light pencil markings on a couple of pages (duly erased). Still a nice copy in near-fine condition. A veritable classic of medieval English literature – by the author of the beloved Canterbury Tales. ISBN: 0192832905