Search Results: Literary Criticism from Alex Richardson

Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1984. 1st edition. Hardback. Original black cloth with gold lettering to spine. [ix prelims] 364 pages. 16 pages of b&w plates. Good in Good jacket. Page edges tanned; a single foxed spot to the top and the fore-edge. Endpapers and paste-downs also tanned. The kraft paper jacket has some obvious wear and creasing along its top edge, including a small closed tear on its back at the head of the spine.

Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2015. 1st edition. Hardback. Black cloth with gold lettering to spine. Octavo. [xvi prelims] 238 pages. Very Good in Good jacket which has rubbed faces and several small dents on its front, along the the spine fold.

Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2015. 1st edition. Hardback. No jacket as issued. Octavo. [xi prelims] 271 pages. Several b&w illustrations within the text. Fine.

Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2014. 1st edition. Hardback. No jacket as issued. Octavo. [x prelims] 230 pages. Number 16 in the 'Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines' series. Very Good. Text has a few tiny marks on its top and fore-edge.

London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. 1st edition. Hardback. Issued in pictorial boards without a jacket. Quarto. [xii prelims] 219 pages. 39 b&w illustrations within the text. Volume 6 in the 'Cultural History of Tragedy' series. Fine.

London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. 1st edition. Hardback. Issued in pictorial boards without a jacket. Quarto. [x prelims] 214 pages. 16 b&w illustrations within the text. Volume 3 in the 'Cultural History of Tragedy' series. Fine.

London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. 1st edition. Hardback. Issued in pictorial boards without a jacket. Quarto. [xi prelims] 220 pages. 33 b&w illustrations within the text. Volume 1 in the 'Cultural History of Tragedy' series. Fine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. 1st edition. Hardback. Red boards with silver lettering to spine. Octavo. [xix prelims] 455 pages. 8 pages of colour plates; several b&w illustrations within the text. Edited and with an Introduction by Simon Mason. Near Fine in Very Good jacket which has a bit of creasing around the head of the spine.

Bishopstone: The Brynmill Press, 2008. 1st edition. Hardback. Red cloth with gold lettering to spine. Octavo. [ix prelims] 252 pages. Volume IIb in the 'Coming to Judgement' series. Good in Good jacket. Page edges tanned, particularly the top. Jacket has obvious wear and rubbing to its edges, spine, corners and faces, with small chips at its spine ends and in each corner.

Tavistock: Northcote House Publishers, 2006. 1st edition. Hardback. No jacket as issued. Octavo. [x prelims] 134 pages. Part of the 'Writers and Their Work' series. Very Good. Spine a bit creased at the foot. Text has a couple of smudges on its top edge. Front board has a faint sticker ghost in its top corner.

Clemson, SC: Clemson University Press, 2016. 1st edition. Hardback. No jacket as issued. Octavo. [viii prelims] 333 pages. Several b&w figures within the text. Fine.

Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1991. 1st edition. Hardback. Octavo. [viii prelims] 249 pages. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To John, / from Charles, / with much affection, / and no little trepidation / in offering so modest a discussion / to your judgement. / 16. iv. 1991". The recipient has gone through the text making small ink corrections and marks in the margins, while the rear endpapers have been used for several neat pages of notes. An academic's working or review copy. Good in Good jacket. Front board bumped in the top corner. Text a bit dull along its top, with a tiny mark. Jacket creased around its spine ends and in its front top corner; both faces are rubbed and have a few small marks.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. 1st edition. Hardback. Original black cloth with gold lettering to spine. [viii prelims] 282 pages. Chapters on Allen Ginsberg, LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka, William S. Burroughs, Kathy Acker and Lynn Hejinian. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Text a bit smudged at the top of the fore-edge. Jacket has some wear along its edges and in its corners, as well as a little rubbing to its faces.

London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. 1st edition. Hardback. Issued in pictorial boards without a jacket. Octavo. [xi prelims] 299 pages. 11 b&w figures within the text. Very Good. Spine a bit creased at its foot.

London: The British Library, 2017. 1st edition. Hardback. Issued in pictorial boards without a jacket. Octavo. 256 pages. Several b&w illustrations within the text. Preface by Adam Roberts. Near Fine. A little rubbing to the faces of the boards.

Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2000. Paperback. Octavo. 166 pages. Number 5 in the 'Modern French Writers' series. "The first full-length study in English to attempt to deal with the formal complexities of Modiano's work". Good. Text dull at the edges with a smudge on its top. Cover has some wear to its edges, spine and corners. Both faces rubbed, particularly the back which has picked up a number of faint scratches.

London: The Arden Shakespeare, 2019. Reprint. Hardback. Issued in pictorial boards without a jacket. Octavo. [ix prelims] 191 pages. Part of the 'Global Shakespeare Inverted' series. Fine.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. 1st edition. Hardback. Issued without a jacket in black cloth with silver lettering and blue decoration to spine and front. Octavo. [xiv prelims] 129 pages. Part of the 'Roman Literature and its Contexts' series. Very Good. Some tanning at the edges of the text. Spine a bit creased around its head.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1981. 1st edition. Hardback. Black cloth with gold lettering to spine. Octavo. [xxi prelims] 275 pages. 4 pages of b&w plates; several b&w line illustrations within the text. Good in Good jacket. Page edges tanned. Jacket has some wear and creasing to its edges, particularly around the spine ends, in the top corners and along the top edges of the flaps. Spine slightly faded; both faces a bit rubbed.

Clemson, SC: Clemson University Press, 2017. 1st edition. Hardback. Issued in pictorial boards without a jacket. Octavo. [xix prelims] 329 pages. 10 pages of b&w photographs within the text. Fine.