Literary Criticism from Washburn Books

London: Chatto & Windus Ltd, 1972 Book. Very Good. Turquoise Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Examination of the moments of epiphany involved in the works of Proust and Rilke and the related thoughts of Baudelaire, Flaubert, Valery, Hofmannsthal and Sartre on the subject. 315pp. Gilt lettering to spine. Minimal marking to fore-edges and former… Read more about this item

Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press, 1989 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First published in France in 1955, English translation and introduction by Ann Smock. 279pp with index. Minimal shelfwear, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions..

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1981 Book. Very Good. Brown Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Biography giving an all round view of John Donne, with an account of his life, his poetry, sermons, letters and spiritual works, set against the culture of his time. 303pp with index. gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to… Read more about this item

London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1998 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. 2nd Impression. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second volume of a major biography of the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), tracing his development into a legend among the younger Romantic poets and his emotional journey in the later years of his life. 622pp with index and 17 pages… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Massachusetts & London: Harvard University Press, 1981 Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Study of the genre of science fiction. 216pp with index. Some rippling to pages. light creasing to corners, marking to page edges and former owner's name to endpaper, otherwise good copy..

Boston: D C Heath and Company, 1959 Book. Good. Soft cover. Presumed First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stapled softback volume. Readings from Huckleberry Finn, selected by the Department of American Studies, Amherst College and published in the Problems in American Civilization Series. 108pp. Some rubbing and marking to cover and a couple of turned corners, otherwise… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, 1986 Book. Good. Burgundy Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Examination of the life, character and work of the French writer, historian and philosopher Francois-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), known as M. de Voltaire, written by the eminent 20th century English philosopher A J Ayer. 182pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine.… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press: Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1948 Book. Very Good. Brown Buckram. Presumed First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Comprehensive biography of the romantic novelist and essayist Marcel Proust (1871-1922) covering his life and work and his literary struggles. 276pp with index, illustrated with black and white portrait to frontis. Gilt lettering to spine. Top edges dusty… Read more about this item

Northwestern University Press, 1998 Book. Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Biography of the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke which combines detailed accounts of events from his life with detailed study of the verse and prose which reflect them. 639pp with index, illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Some creasing to… Read more about this item

Harlow, Essex: Longman Group Ltd, 1970 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stapled booklet in the Writers and their Work series, published for The British Council, providing a short guide to the life and work of Daniel Defoe. 36pp with bibliography to rear, black and white portrait to frontis.. Minor edge and… Read more about this item

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006 Book. Very Good. Quarter Bound in Blue Cloth. First American Edition/First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Demonstration of the importance of Thomas Paine's book in relation to modern man's inalienable rights. 158pp. Bound in blue cloth over cream paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine, blue endpapers. Slight bumping to spine… Read more about this item

London: Elm Tree Books Ltd, 1975 Book. Very Good. Turquoise Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Catalogue of the legendary inhabitants of Wessex from Hardy's 14 novels. Over 400 characters listed alphabetically. Foreword by Susan Hill. 134pp. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to top of spine and lower edge and short gift inscription to… Read more about this item

Basingstoke, Hants and London: Macmillan Education Ltd, 1991 Book. Very Good. Red Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Comprehensive feminist re-reading of the work of the English novelist Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884 - 1969). 146pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minor… Read more about this item

Brighton, Sussex: The Harvester Press Ltd, 1988 Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Wide-ranging study of late 20th century women novelists, featuring the work of Iris Murdoch, A.S.Byatt, Margaret Drabble, Fay Weldon, Eva Figes and Anita Brookner. 186pp with index. Some edgewear and creasing to cover and minimal foxing to top edges, otherwise… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press , 1948 Book. Good. Green Cloth Boards. 2nd Impression. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Essay which examines Hopkins's fundamental conceptions and the problems of his poetic diction and assesses the influence on Hopkins of the philosophy of Duns Scotus. 212pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine, top edges tinted. Darkened panels to endpapers, light… Read more about this item

London: Carcanet Press, 1972 Book. Good. Pink Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Collection of essays and critical studies exploring the achievements, failures and new directions in British poetry since 1960. 289pp with index. Silver lettering to spine, grey endpapers. Slight bumping to spine, some marking and slight foxing to edges, otherwise good copy from… Read more about this item

The Athlone Press, University of London, 1965 Book. Near Fine. Dark Blue Cloth Boards. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Study of the beginnings of modern literary scholarship, tracing the emergence of a scholarly approach to the English metrical romances of the Middle Ages. 249pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine. Minimal bumping to base of spine and… Read more about this item

London: Walter Scott Book. Fair. Dark Blue Cloth Boards. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Undated volume in The Camelot Series, with owner's inscription to endpaper dated 1890. Edges untrimmed. Title label to spine darkened. 325pp. Bumping to spine and corners, edges soiled and foxing to endpapers, otherweise fair reading copy..

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1958 Book. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Description of the work of Yeats which aims to assist the reader's understanding of the writer's thinking and philosophy. 286pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine. Boards slightly bowed, with some fading to edges and some marking to page edges and… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 1985 Book. Very Good. Dark Blue Cloth Boards. Fifth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fundamental revision of Sir Paul Harvey's major reference work on English literature, intended for the 'common reader'. 1155pp. Gilt lettering to spine. Minor creasing to spine and binding very slightly slack, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ… Read more about this item