London: Horizon, Publisher, 1942. Wraps. Printed wraps. Single issue of this little magazine featuring an article on Federico Garcia Lorca (Part III), etc. GOOD condition. General fading and toning to the wrappers. Minor curling and creasing along the edges. More
Nottingham, UK: Astra Press, 1993. Original Wraps. 155 pages including index. Six essays of literary criticism including Makar Chudra: self and other; Chelkash: Games Tramps Play; On the Raft, Father and Son, etc. NEAR FINE with very slight soiling to the covers, with a hint of edgewear. Text clean and..... More
San Francisco, CA: Richard Morris, Publisher, 1972. Wraps. Side folded magazine, 8 ½ by 11 inches. 5 pp. A short magazine devoted to the review and discussion of literature, with this featuring two letters by Charles Bukowski to the editor/publisher, Richard Morris. Morris published Camels Coming as a little magazine..... More
New York: The Cosmopolitan Publishing Company, 1890. Wraps. Printed wraps. Pagination runs 643-768, plus ads and publisher's information. Black and white illustrations throughout. A single issue of this general interest magazine, containing stories and articles. Of note is a short story by Sidney Cowell 'The Enchanted Base Ball,' that follows..... More
Newburyport, MA: Stony Hills, Publisher, 1979. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 16 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A paper devoted to surveying notable articles and news from various alternative press publications, with a few original poems, news from various organizations related to alternative press publishing, etc. Of note..... More
Tokyo: The Renaissance Institute, 1982. Cloth. Signed, with a brief inscription, by the author. 164 pp. A study of pageantry and the use of sound, color and staging in Shakespeare's plays in introduce symbolism that would resonate with his audiences, tying it to its roots in pre-Renaissance past. GOOD jacket..... More
Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 2010. Trade Paperback. Trade paperback. 265 pp. A detailed look at the short stories written by Burroughs that chronicle Tarzan as a teenager, looking at context, themes, motifs and its links to comic book and film adaptions. VERY GOOD condition. Light fading and edgewear. Some..... More
No place: Harvard University, Publisher, 1947. Wraps. No place (Cambridge): 1947. Printed wraps. A brief historical and bibliographical survey/study of Elizabethan proclamations collected by Humphrey Dyson, highlighting the importance of the collection. With appendices listing prints, drawings and broadsides in Dyson's sets of Elizabethan proclamations; unrecorded editions of Elizabethan proclamations..... More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1935. Original Wraps. 196 pages. ALL TEXT IN GERMAN. A study of German fairy tales and artwork associated with such, spanning the periods of Romanticism to Naturalism. In GOOD condition. Moderate darkening to the wraps. Some scuffing and minor creases along the extremities. Spine rather..... More
Rochester, New York: Camden House, 2001. Trade Paperback. 243 pp. A critical and philosophical look at a variety of writings by Goethe, discussing examples of his goal to promote tolerance among people of differing religions and cultures. VERY GOOD condition. Minor scuffing and edgewear. Light fading. More
Tokyo: Sekai Shisosha, 1984. Wraps. Wraps in cardboard slipcase. 242 pp. With a few black and white photos throughout. All text in Japanese. A study of Japanese literature of the Heian Period, including women in literature. VERY GOOD condition. Minor toning and soiling to the covers. Minor staining to the..... More
New York: Garland Publishing, 1997. Cloth. 429 pp. A collection of essays discussing and providing historical and critical commentary on Shakespeare's first published work, the long poem "Venus and Adonis." VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading, scuffing and soiling. More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992. Cloth. Red cloth in unclipped jacket. 218 pp. A critical work looking at innovative, experimental devices in the fiction of Samuel Beckett, including his use of narration, chronology and figurative language. VERY GOOD condition. Some fading, soiling and scuffing to the jacket, mostly to..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1963. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, stated first printing. Black cloth in unclipped jacket. 410 pp. Short typed thank you for the review letter laid in, signed by the author. Debut novel by John Rechy, drawing on his personal experience to chronicle the lives of male..... More
New York: American Committee for Cultural Freedom, Publisher, 1965. Wraps. Printed wraps. A long running little magazine focusing on art, literature and politics, that during the 1950s and 60s, was supported by funds from the CIA through its front, The American Committee for Cultural Freedom. This issue with an essay..... More
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1985. Clorh. Brown cloth in unclipped jacket. 234 pp. A history and discussion of the importance of Nabati poetry, a vernacular poetry in Arabia that is used to document everyday experiences. GOOD+ condition. Uneven fading to the jacket. Small tear at the upper right..... More
Dorchester, MA: Origin magazine, Publisher, 1952. Wraps. Wraps. 65 pp. Edited by Cid Corman, this journal features a lengthy essay on metaphor in the work of Wallace Stevens, and includes a new poem, "Long and Sluggish Lines," by Stevens. Fifth issue of this noted journal, as Clay and Phillips note..... More
New York: Scholarship Committee of the New York Chapter of the Gay Academic Union, Publisher, 1984. Wraps. Wraps. 34 pp. Single issue of this journal devoted to new research and though relating to gay and lesbian related topics, as well as reviewing books pertaining to those same topics. This issue..... More
Tulsa, OK: University of Tulsa, Publisher, 1976. Soft Cover. Illustrated wraps. 114 pp. An issue of this journal devoted to the works of James Joyce, with this issue containing 'Ripe for the Peaching: Stephen Dedalus and the Chain of Command,' ' The Counterfeit Style of Eumaeus,' 'Molly's Mistresstroke,' 'Nature as..... More
Tulsa, OK: University of Tulsa, Publisher, 1977. Trade Paperback. Illustrated wraps. Pagination runs 121-228. An issue of this journal devoted to the works and life of James Joyce, with this issue containing 'Joyce Stripped Naked in the Piazza,' 'Joyce and Ole Vinding,' 'James Joyce in Copenhagen,' etc. VERY GOOD condition..... More
Berkeley: University of California, Publisher, 1955. Soft Cover. 8 ½ by 11 inch sheets of paper, printed on one side. Stapled at the upper left. 32 pp. Edited by John Edwards, with Robin Blaser being assistant editor. This issue continues a bibliography of work by and pertaining to Ezra Pound..... More
Berkeley: University of California, Publisher, 1954. Soft Cover. 8 ½ by 11 inch sheets of paper, printed on one side. Stapled at the upper left. 32 pp. Edited by John Edwards, with Robin Blaser being assistant editor. This issue continues a bibliography of work by and pertaining to Ezra Pound..... More
Gainsville, FL: University Press of Florida. 1993. Cloth. Black cloth in unclipped jacket. 238 pp. A collection of essays originally appearing in the Journal of Beckett Studies, offering critical analysis on the work of Samuel Beckett, including recurring themes of the absurd, existentialist readings, etc. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading..... More