Search Results: English Lit from Black Cat Hill Books

Evanston, IL Northwestern University Press, 1993. Paperback Presumed First Ed, but unstated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use; binding shows spine lean, but remains perfectly secure; else only the mildest rubbing; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 234pp. Foreward by Frederick Crews. Rethinking Theory Series. Presumed First Ed, but unstated. University Press Paperback.

New York, NY Columbia University Press, 2005. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ unclipped; mylar-protected. As New. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 193pp. Hardback with DJ.

London, UK Kegan Paul, Trench & Company, 1886. Hardcover First Ed, unstated. First Ed, unstated. Very Good: shows light wear to extremities; some rubbing and faintest soiling. Gilt still quite legible but somewhat dulled due to rubbing. Binding secure, though interior front hinge is starting; text clean. Despite these flaws, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 12mo. 232pp. Green Cloth over boards, Top Edge Gilt; Gilt Titles. Collection of the poetry of Austin Dobson. Very attractive little book printed on high quality paper and bound in olive-green cloth with bevelled edges to boards. Frontis illustration. Deckle fore-edge. Interior pages are bright and white. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'.  

New York, NY Boni & Liveright, 1919. Hardcover First Ed USA, though unstated. First Edition USA, though unstated. Limited Edition: This No. 120 of 1250. Good+: Shows moderate use. Hinges starting; former owner's tasteful bookplate at front pastedown; backstrip shows discoloring, perhaps sunning; top edge of page block shows dust and soiling; mild shelfwear at bottom edge of buckram-covered boards; many pages uncut; outsided edges of boards show slight discoloration. Binding remains secure; text clean. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. 313pp. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'.

New York, NY Random House, 1980. Hardcover First Edition [1980], so stated, First Printing indicated by a number line beginning with '2', in accordance with Random House's customary practice at the time of publication. First Edition [1980], so stated, First Printing indicated by a number line beginning with '2', in accordance with Random House's customary practice at the time of publication. Near Fine in Very Good DJ: The Book shows a tiny stain at top front hinge, else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notes, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. The DJ shows light wear to the extremities; mild rubbing; a couple of tiny, closed tears; the price has been clipped; mylar-protected. No longer 'As New', but remains near perfect in a clean, sturdy, and quite presentable DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.5 x 6.5 x 0.55 inches). 108 pages. Weight: 13.6 ounces. Hardback with DJ.

New York, NY Avon: Bard, 1981. Paperback First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use; tiny stain at upper front corner of text block affects first fifteen pages; pages tanned with age; binding square and secure; text clean. Just a hint of wear to extremities; mildest rubbing. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 12mo. 344pp. Mass Market Paperback. Mary McCarthy has never gotten her due as a prose writer and this -- her best novel -- seems to have been overlooked. This is the story of a young man 's emancipation from his very much loved mother (with whom he has an almost romantic relationship based on her attractiveness and their shared sensibility). They construct an ideal life together in which they eschew all "modern" conveniences for the niceties of the past. She remarries and he is launched as an adult, going to Paris… Read More

New York, NY W W Norton & Co Inc, 1997. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ unclipped; mylar-protected. As New. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 262pp. Hardback with DJ. These stories are as bleak as a Scottish winter. Kelman's characters are working class people--mostly men, mostly inarticulate--whose dead-end existences are relentlessly dark. Fortunately, the reader, if not the characters, is rescued from this lunarscape vision by bracing doses of Kelman's black humor and impressive prose. 

Durham, NC Duke University Press, 1947. Hardcover First Ed, unstated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows barely discernible wear and slight soiling; price-clipped; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 194pp. First Ed, unstated. Hardback with DJ.

New York, NY Arco Publishing Company, Inc, 1970. Paperback First Ed thus, so stated. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of light use; light wear to extremities; mild rubbing and faint soiling to wrapper covers; binding secure; text clean. No longer 'As New', but remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. REMAINDER, showing marks at the bottom edge. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 128pp. Arco Literary Critiques Series. First Ed thus, so stated. Paperback. Trade Paperback.

New York, NY New York University Press, 1990. Paperback First Edition [1990] Thus; unstated in accordance with NYU Press' customary, but not universal practice. First Edition [1990] Thus; unstated in accordance with NYU Press' customary, but not universal practice. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to the extremities and very mild rubbing; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. Shows a couple of very minor flaws; but remains a handsome copy: clean, sturdy, and quite presentable: in fact, in overall appearance, remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. (8.75 x 5.65 x 0.8 inches). xi, 318 pages. Weight: 15 ounces. University Press Paperback.

New York, NY Simon & Schuster, 1989. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Very Good in Very Good DJ: Both book and DJ show indications of moderate use. Book shows light wear to extremities; slight spine lean; faint rubbing and soiling; binding remains secure; text clean. DJ shows similar rubbing and soiling; light wear to extremities; price intact. Overall, remains a clean, sturdy, presentable copy. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 317pp. Hardback with DJ. Combine the characters of Raymond Carver with the sensibilities of Henry James and the result might be Bauer's bleak, but vividly written first novel. Ed and Ramona King live in Myles, a grim mill town in upstate New York. They have a baby named Jonas, but already the marriage has turned sour. During her pregnancy, Ramona, a wiry and rambunctious young woman, had tried to escape her claustrophobic existence, but a freak car accident severed her right… Read More

London, UK Duckworth, 1929. Hardcover First Edition [1929], so stated. First Edition [1929], so stated. Near Fine in Good DJ: Book shows darkening at top edge, presumably due to dust; very mild edgewear; binding square and secure; text clean. Dustwrapper shows large chip at upper rear hinge; smaller chips at top edge front panel and bottom edge rear panel; unclipped; mylar-protected. Lovely book in a worn DJ. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 12mo. 118pp. Hardback with DJ.

New York, NY Bantam Press, 1990. Hardcover First Ed, unstated. First Ed, unstated. Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. Dustwrapper shows just a hint ot edgewear along top edge; mylar-protected. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 192pp. Hardback with DJ. The story of Frankie, a cold hungry boy living in darkness at the top of a huge old house, while his mother pursues her own mysterious life in a warm, bright room downstairs. Frankie knows she will summon him, perhaps today, perhaps tomorrow and he awaits her call with dread and longing.

New York, NY W.W. Norton & Company, 1939. Hardcover Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged in 1939. Very Good+: shows a bit of tanning at outside edges of text block, but interior unaffected. Some very mild rubbing and the faintest soiling to blue cloth over boards. Binding square and secure; text clean. Remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 766 pages. Hardback: Lacks DJ.  

New York, NY Boni & Liveright, 1922. Hardcover First Ed USA, unstated. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Ed USA, unstated. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ: Book shows heavy foxing throughout; upper front hinge mildly bumped; faint soiling; very mild shelfwear; backstrip slightly dulled. Binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows shows faint dampstains at lower backstrip, which is very lightly sunned; tiny chip at upper rear hinge; mild rubbing; unclipped; mylar-protected. Remains close to it. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 4to. 314pp. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

New York, NY Macmillan Publishing Company, 1949. Hardcover First Ed USA, First Printing indicated. First Ed USA, First Printing indicated. Very Good in Very Good DJ: Book shows indications of very light use; "220" in ink at front free endpaper; just a touch of wear to extremities; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows light wear to extremities; minor chip loss and several short, closed tears; mild rubbing; price clipped; mylar-protected. No longer 'As New, but remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 396pp.

New York, NY Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993. Paperback First Edition Thus (1993); First Printing, so stated. First Edition Thus (1993); First Printing, so stated. Fine in Wraps: flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no imperfections. Bright and Clean. Corners sharp. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.25 x 5.5 x 0.85 inches). xi, 274 pages. Illustrated with duotone photographs. Compiled by Carin Kuoni Introductory. Essays by Kim Levin and Caroline Tisdall. Language: English. Weight: 13 ounces. Trade Paperback.

New York, NY Doubleday & McClure, 1898. Hardcover First Edition Thus (1898), probable Second Printing (1899). Very sparse pen underlining and pencil marginalia. Else, Very Good: shows just a touch of wear to the extremities; slight spine lean; former owner’s name rubber stamped in tiny letters at front free endpaper; the binding is secure. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. A handsome little volume, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very mild wear and minor imperfections - and of course the pen and pencil wodrk. Clean, if no longer "fresh". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 16mo. (5.95 x 4 x 0.5 inches). ix, 191 pages. Prontispiece portrait of the author with tissue guard. Edited by Bliss Perry. Language: English. Weight: 6.5 ounces. Top Edge Gilt. Hardcover:Green Linen over heavy flexible card. Rough-cut fore-edge. First Edition Thus (1898), probable Second Printing (1899). Hardcover: Linen over heavy flexible card. No DJ, as issued.

New York, NY Harper & Row: Perennial Library, 1991. Paperback First Ed thus, so stated. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Ed thus, so stated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very light use; light wear to extremities; mild rubbing to sheen of wrapper covers; pages tanned a bit with age; former owner's gift inscription above author's Inscription at front endpaper; binding square and secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 78pp. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

New York, NY Random House: Anchor Books, 2003. Paperback First Edition Thus (2003), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition Thus (2003), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Near Fine in Wraps: the white front panel shows the barest hint of smudging; a couple of barely discernible stress creases to the middle of the rear panel; the text pages show a hint of tanning, due to aging; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no flaws. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.25 x 0.6 inches). 206 pages.… Read More