Search Results: Literary Criticism from Mike Park Ltd

London: Peter Davies Limited, 1926. Small octavo, pp xvi, 335, edges untrimmed, a very slight suggestion of foxing here and there, but otherwise clean internally, cloth-backed boards, the cornes slightly bruised, the spine a little worn and wrinkled, a little frayed at the spine head. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his signature on the front endpaper and some pencil notes on the rear endpapers.]. Cloth-backed boards. Good.

London: Museum of London & Philip Wilson Publishers, 2006. Well illustrated, small quarto, pp 228, paperback, a very brught clean copy throughout, virtually as new. [Includes illustrations from the collection of satirical and caricature images in the Museum of London, it encompasses research and uses historical and literary sources to place the satire of London in the context of English satire as a whole. Catalogue of an exhibition, Satirical London, held at the Museum of London, April-September 2006.]. First Edition. Paperback. As New.

London: Longmans Green & Co., 1949. Portrait frontispiece, octavo, pp (2), 237, fore-edge foxed, slightly affecting the page margins also, endpapers foxed, otherwise very clean internally, blue cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is price-clipped and a little torn and chipped, with slight loss.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Slightly worn and torn.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1933. Introduction by Hyder E. Rollins, small slim 8vo, pp xx, 65, an ex-public library copy, with bookplate on the front endpaper, two plates on the rear endpapers, an inked number and withdrawn stamp on the verso of the title page (the ink shows through to the recto slightly), brown cloth with shelf number at the base, in a dustwrapper which is rather worn browned and frayed and which has a number and a cross on the spine. The book is otherwise sound, with only lsight wear internally and to the cloth. EXTREMELY SCARCE.. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/Poor.

London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1938. Octavo, pp 152, a light thumb-crease to the titlle pahe and half-title, otherwise clean internally, the cloth is a little dull, marked and worn. With the bookplate of Philip Langton-Lockton. . Cloth. Good.

1994. The 25th year of production. Slender 12mo, pp [24], very clean internally, paperback, the covers with the slightest suggestion of fading. [Postage will be reduced].. First Edition thus. Paperback. Very Good.

London & Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973. Not illustrated, octavo, pp xviii, 452, top edge a little foxed, the endpapers and the foldover flaps of the dustwrapper are slightly foxed, otherwise exceptionally clean internally, blue cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is price-clipped. [From the library of the naturalist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.] . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Barnes & Noble, 1970. Not ilustrated, pp xiv, 660, a very good copy in a dustwrapper which is slightly worn. and rather browned on its inner surface.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good.

London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1974. Two volumes, large 8vo, pp xxviii, 329; xii, 263, bindings leaning very slightly, otherwise very good copies in dustwrappers which are showing only very faint signs of use.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1913. First edition. Small octavo, pp 60, top edge gilt, very clean internally, blue cloth with gilt decoration, the lower cover very lightly spotted, the upper cover with two small white marks, the spine very slighly faded. [With the signature of Philip Langton-Lockton on front endpaper.] . First Edition. Cloth. Good.

London: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press, 1984. Illustrated, octavo, pp xviii, 137, green cloth, a very good copy without dustwrapper.. First Thus. Cloth. Very Good.

Youlgrave, Bakewell: Hub Publications Lts, 1978. Five small illustrations, small octavo, pp (4), 57, paperback, a very good copy. [Postage will be reduced]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Oxford University Press, 1958. First edition. Illustrated with nine plates, octavo, pp xvi, 271, a neat inscription opposite the half-title, otherwise very clean internally but two relevant newspaper cuttings sellotaped to the front endpapers, (age-toned), green cloth, very good but the rear cover marked. . First Edition. Cloth. Good.

Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies & Oak Knoll Press, 1996. Illustrated, pp xx, 187, blue cloth with the very faintest wear. (John Phillimore's typed review loosely inserted.).

London: Chapman & Hall, 1857. Thick 12mo, pp xl, 352, a little staining and spotting throughout, a signature on the front endpaper, original embossed cloth, rubbed and slightly worn, head and tail of spine worn, slight splitting to the joints. [The scarce first edition]. First Edition. Cloth. Fair.

New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979. Octavo, pp xii, 204, extremely clean internally, dark blue cloth, a bit faded but otherwise good, no dustwrapper. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

Paris: Les Presses Francaises, 1923. Octavo, pp xii, 120, uncut and unopened, some foxing throughout, paperback, covers a little worn and browned. SCARCE. Presentation copy from the author to Professor W.L. Renwick. [In English. A Doctorate of Letters thesis for the University of Paris].. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Lincoln & London: The University of Nebraska Press, 1993. Not illustrated, small tall octavo, pp (4), 169, very clean internally, board binding with very slight signs of use and slightly bruised at the spine head. SCARCE. [""Herbarium/Verbarium" is a distinguished contribution to several fields. It brings under one purview crucial connections between philosophy, botany, literature, and psycho-analysis. The scholarship is superb: thorough, probing, and original. It shows a breadth of knowledge on the subject that is truly impressive." - Leah Hewitt, author of "Autobiographical Tightropes".]. First Edition. Boards. Good.

Thames Street, London: C. Andrews, 1826. Volumes II and III only, small 12mo, pp vi, 185; vi, (ii), 203, uncut, very clean and tight internally, original boards with paper labels, slightly worn and creased, one board with a slightly crushed corner. From the library of Norman Douglas Simpson, with his executors label on the front endpapers. [Funereal flowers, shrubs and small trees, flowers and plants of the fields etc.]. First Edition. Boards. Very Good.

London: Barn Elms, 1996. Very well illustrated, large horizontal quarto, pp 135, a very good copy in dustwrapper. Very well illustrated, large horizontal quarto, pp 135, a very good copy in dustwrapper. [Landscape historian Batey explores real and fictional settings of Austen's novels. In each chapter she uses a different Austen novel to discuss the style of gardens and landscapes during the early 19th century and Regency England. A continuing theme is the tension between Georgian propriety and the challenging Romantic ideals as they played out in the English landscape. Jane Austen was deeply inspired by the landscape and rural comforts of southern England. Her family's final move to Chawton, in the depths of the Hampshire countryside and so near the Steventon rectory of her childhood, gave her great satisfaction and led to her most creative period. This comprehensive work provides a guide to the ideas and subtleties behind the real and fictional settings of Jane Austen's novels, with… Read More