Tokyo: Ministry of Education, 1970. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Frontispiece and plates of Soseki's calligraphy and drawings. 143 pp. Light scuffing to spine. This is an uncommon collection of critical essays in English on the works of great Japanese novelist Soseki. More
Tenri: Tenri Central Library, 1955. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Facsimile pages throughout. iv, 313 pp. Rubbing and closed tears to dust jacket edges. Slight bend to upper right corners. This is a bibliography of primary sources regarding Christian missions to Japan. Follows the first volume from 1932 and contains..... More
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Tenri: Tenri Central Library, 1973. First Thus. Cloth. 8vo. Navy buckram with leather panel with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket. Facsimile pages throughout. 7, 227, iv, 313 pp. This is a bibliography of primary sources regarding Christian missions to Japan. This is the single volume edition collecting facsimiles of Volume..... More
Potage, IN: self published, 1968. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Blue cloth with pastedown on spine. 187 pp. plus indices. Minor shelf wear. Red mark on top edge of text block. Not in OCLC. No other copies for sale online at time of listing. This is an index of the personal collection of..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Navy cloth with spine pastedown. 319 pp. Lacks the scarce jacket. Minor wear to edges and corners. This is a first edition of Wilson's influential book of criticism of the symbolist movement. More
Minneapolis: Minnesota Bookmans Publications, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Gilt text on spine and cover. 352 pp. No jacket as issued. Very minor edgewear. This is a very uncommon hardcover first edition bibliography of the works of Eco, with an introduction by the man himself. One of 300 copies..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1979. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cream-colored burlap with red cloth spine. Dust jacket. 376 pp. Minor wear to jacket edges. Excellent condition. This is a first edition of the first comprehensive study of the linked style of poetry in English. More
London: Quaritch, 2006. First Thus. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Many illustrations and facsimiles throughout. Unpaginated. Minor shelf wear. This is a finely printed bibliography of writings by and about the Society of Jesus, otherwise known as the Jesuits. A limited edition of 200 copies. Originally issued in 1996 as Quaritch's Catalogue..... More
Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1981. First Thus. Hardcover. 8vo. Faux leather. Dust jacket. 341 pp. Minor shelf wear and sunning to spine. Sticker for Chicago's defunct Modern Bookstore on rear jacket cover. Book is fine. This is an uncommon first English translation of Novikov's influential book of Marxist literary criticism. More
New York: Knopf, 1970. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Red cloth. Dust jacket. 288 pp. Price clipped. Minor wear to jacket edges and closed tears at footer of jacket spine and by rear jacket flap. This is a stated first edition of Gass' celebrated work of literary criticism. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Maroon cloth with gilt text on spine and front board. Gilt top edge. Hand-pressed paper. 116 pp. Minor edge wear. Fore edge roughly cut in some places. This is a first printing from a limited run of 2000 copies collecting two literary lectures by..... More
London: Cory, Adams & Mackay, 1965. First Edition. Cloth. Large 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 96 pp. Minor shelf wear. Several spots of discoloration to jacket, and tearing to header and footer of jacket spine. Several pages have light pencil notation. This is an uncommon visual guide to decorative typefaces, including several in..... More