Search Results: Literature - Anthologies from Twin City Antiquarian Books

Westvaco, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown cloth, gilt titles on spine, top edge gilt, silk ribbon bookmark bound in, 294 pp. Light rubbing to extremities, else fine. Anthology of selections from twelve early American almanacs. This was produced as a Christmas keepsake, and also as a means of showing off the company's book paper. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Near Fine/No dj. 24 X 15 cm.

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Speckled beige boards, natural linen spine with copper foil titles, xxiv, 775, [1] pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Contains fifty-five stories selected from the annual "Best American Short Stories" volumes from 1915 to 1998, with a foreword by Kenison and introduction by Updike. Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: Jemima M. Lewer, 1839 Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. Brown printed paper wraps, stabbed, [i], 144 pp. Wraps soiled, tattered, & brittle, most of spine missing. Contents tide-marked and foxed, but otherwise clean, top corners of first few leaves chipped; printed on thin but still tough rag paper. Except for M. Villemain on French Literature of the Eighteenth Century, contents are unattributed: Notes of a Traveller, No. II; Legal Dietetics (on rotundity in the legal profession); The Picture Gallery, No VIII (fiction); A Family Continental Tour, and Its Results (fiction); An Excursion over the Mountains to Aberystwith; Colonial Government and the Jamaica Question; On Hume's Argument Against Miracles; Turkey, Egypt, and the Affairs of the East; The Bower of Peace (poem), by Delta; "The Antediluvians; Or, the World Destroyed" (scathing criticism of an epic poem by Dr. James M'Henry). Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Magazine. Good/No dj. 23… Read More

London, New York & Toronto: Longmans, Green, & Co, 1953 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards textured to resemble cloth, foil titles on spine, frontis., [vi], 183 pp, footnotes. Spine sunned, some bumps & minor soil. Selections from Carlyle's writings are arranged by topic and introduced by Trevelyan. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). First Edition. . VG/No dj. 22 X 14½ cm.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Limited, 1893 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Published for the Early English Text Society. The half-title gives the date of publication as 1892, at variance with the title page. Brown library buckram, gilt titles on spine, 10, xxxv, 240 pp, notes. Boards & edges soiled, extremities rubbed, usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamps. First 10 pages are a catalogue (dated May 1892) of previously published and upcoming volumes in the regular & extra series, reports on progress in editing volumes for 1893-5, indicating that they are running ahead and asking for early subscription payments, etc. Contents: editor's discussion of the manuscripts of the plays; thirteen of the twenty-five mystery plays first performed in the 14th Century (dates are variously given in the c. 1600 manuscripts as 1328-9 and 1447). Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/No dj.… Read More

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown cloth, gilt titles in brown compartment on spine, light brown endpapers, viii, 580 pp, bibliography. Slight edge wear, top edge of text block has a small bump, title compartment background is scratched. Contents: introduction by Guy Davenport; author's note; Will West; Genoa; Patagoni; The Middle Passage; Apalache. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown cloth, gilt titles in brown compartment on spine, light brown endpapers, viii, 580 pp, bibliography. Slight edge wear, anti-theft sticker on rpd, else fine. DJ shows some rubbing to extremities, 2 cm tear at tail of spine; in Brodart archival cover. Contents: introduction by Guy Davenport; author's note; Will West; Genoa; Patagoni; The Middle Passage; Apalache. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/VG+. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full maroon cloth, gilt titles on spine all edges dyed greenGreen dye on edges has faded, moderate bumping & rubbing. DJ soiled, tattered about edges; in Brodart archival cover. Anthology of writing about farming. Fits in small flat-rate box. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). . VG-/G. Illus. by Jack Wilson. 19 X 12½ cm.

New York: Grand Street Press, 1991 Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. ISSN 0734-5496. Perfect bound in pictorial wraps, 232 pp. Cover and "Seven Works on Paper" by Robert Rauschenberg, portfolios by Peter Nagy & Linda Connor, "Peanut's Fortune," by Amy Tan, contributions by Jimmy Santiago Baca, Ben Sonnenberg, Rosanna Warren, Julio Cortazar, Aaron Shurin, Hebert Woodward Martin, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kenzaburo Oe, Charles Wright, Sarah Gorham, Andre Gorz, Eric Ormbsby, John Hollander, Richard Powers, Grover Amen, Fernando Pessoa, and Michael McClure. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). Magazine. Fine/No dj, as issued. 23 X 18 cm.

New York: Longmans, Green, & Co, 1947 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red cloth, gilt titles on spine, frontispiece is folding map of Greece at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War, xvi, 1072 pp, bibliography, glossary, index. Top edge of one leaf torn, else very good, slight shelf wear, one leaf wrinkled by brass USF&G bookmark still attached, scattered pencil notes & underlining. DJ has top & bottom edges taped with silk tape, which also attaches DJ to book, otherwise very good, one 4 cm tear to bottom edge, light soil. Contains selections from 58 classical Greek authors, in previously published translations by 63 British and American authors. Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 12 oz.). 5th ptg. . G+/G. 24 X 14½ cm.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927 Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. Side-stapled in paper wraps, mostly orange with black titles on spine, [lxxii], color frontis., 132, [lxxiv] pp. Most of one advertising page torn out, else good, some chips & tears. Lead article "Feminism and Jane Smith" (anonymous), other articles and stories by Jesse Rainsford Sprague, Ford Maddox Ford, Philip Guedalla, Will Durant, Leland Hall, Alfred Adler, Walter Pach, Geoffrey Parsons, and J. B. Priestley; stories by Leokadya Popwska, Hugh Walpole, and Fleta Campbell Springer; departments include book reviews, the editorial, investments, and news from Harper & Brothers' book publishing department; ads include many pages for schools, investments, and some interesting signs of the times such as the full-page Remington Noiseless typewriter, Frigidaire, and Graham Brothers Corporation ads. Fits in padded flat-rate envelope. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Magazine. Fair/No… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927 Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. Side-stapled in paper wraps, mostly orange with black titles on spine, [civ], frontis., 661-792, [lxiv] pp. Small tears near top of spine and at tail of front joint, front cover creased, else very good. Articles by Herbert Parrish, Dorothy Dunbar Bromley, Jesse Rainsford Sprague, Bernard DeVoto, Gerald W. Johnson, George Seldes, Anna Louise Strong, Louis I. Dublin, and Rollin M. Perkins; stories by Wilbur Daniel Steele, C. H. Gaines, M. W. Mountjoy, and Libbian Benedict; departments include book reviews, the editorial, investments, and news from Harper & Brothers' book publishing department; ads include many pages for schools, investments, steamship lines, and some interesting signs of the times such as the full-page ads for Atwater-Kent and Zenith radios, Franklin cars, and Waterman fountain pens. Fits in padded flat-rate envelope. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Magazine. Good+/No dj.… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927 Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. Side-stapled in paper wraps, mostly orange with black titles on spine, [lviii], frontis., 133-264, [lviii] pp. 6 cm tear at tail of rear joint, some small edge tears and creasing, else very good. Articles by Elmer Davis (on Chicago mayor Big Bill Thompson), Mary Agnes Hamilton (unshockable modernity), George E. G. Catlin (answering critics of American civilization), Edna Yost (women's education), Edgar Ansel Mowrer (German recovery after WW1), John B. Watson (behaviorism), Ernest Boyd (on intellectuals stirring up the mob); stories by Charles Caldwell Dobie, Rose Wilder Lane, and Mary Lispenard; departments include book reviews, the editorial, investments, and news from Harper & Brothers' book publishing department; ads include many pages for schools, investments, and some interesting signs of the times such as the full-page Atwater-Kent radio, Franklin car, and Ethyl gasoline ads.… Read More

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Limited, 1892 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Published for the Early English Text Society. Brown library buckram, gilt titles on spine, 10, lxx, 270 pp, 2 ff facsimiles of manuscripts, 1 wood engraving, notes, glossary, index. Boards & edges soiled, extremities rubbed, usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamps. First 10 pages are a catalogue of previously published and upcoming volumes in the regular & extra series, reports on progress in editing volumes for 1893-5, indicating that they are running ahead and asking for early subscription payments, etc. Contents: comments on Thomas Hoccleve's life & works (c. 1368 - c. 1450); poems from the Phillipps manuscript (including Address to Sir John Oldcastle, who is generally regarded as Shakespeare's model for Sir John Falstaff, and ballads to Henry V); poems from the Durham manuscript (including… Read More

New York: Random House, 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter black cloth, cream paper-covered boards, copper foil titles on spine & dec. on front board, xxii, 424, [2] pp. Owner's name on fpd, 2-cm stains on two facing pages, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Collects short pieces that originally appeared separately over the previous two decades. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.

London: John Murray, 1890 Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in sturdy brown buckram, marbled edges, vi, 864 pp. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamp, paper is getting brittle and first few leaves are breaking near gutter. Stock decorations used each month may be rather intricate artistic rule-bending rather than line cuts. We can't quite make up our mind. Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 8 oz.). Magazines, rebound. Good/No dj. 22½ X 15 cm.

Middlebury, VT: Middlebury College, 1987 Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. Stiff decorative paper wraps, perfect-bound, [vi], 257-356, [2] pp. Poetry & short fiction. Shipping weight 12 oz.. Magazine. Fine/No dj. 23 X 15½ cm.

Toronto, Edinburgh & New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons (Canada) Limited WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth-textured boards, yellow titles on front board & spine, endpaper maps, x, 238 pp, color frontispiece, 4 ff b & w photo plates, 2 maps & 15 cartoons in text. Tiny nick to head of spine, sticker mark on ffep, else fine. DJ has tears with creasing to front panel, lightly rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. Selection of articles and stories originally published in The Beaver from 1933 to 1954. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). . VG-/VG-. 22 X 14½ cm.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full black cloth with copper & red foil titles, xiii, 329 pp. Bookplate on fpd, small hand-written date in corner of title page, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Asimov introduces his own selections from his second hundred books. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York & Camden, NJ: Thomas Nelson Inc., 1970 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth-textured boards, gilt titles on spine & decoration on front board, viii, 184 pp. DJ browning at the edges, with water spotting to spine and a half-inch tear to top of rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. Selections from the stories, plays, and poems of about two dozen African writers. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). Presumed First Edition. . Fine/VG. 23½ X 16 cm.