Collector's Editions: Literary Research

The below information is given to in the following order: Author(s), Title, Edition Description, Width Height, Pages, Binding, PubDate, Publisher, City of publication, Condition, Price.

Alegria, Fernando : : La Poesia Chilena : : "Origenes y Desarrollo del Siglo xvi al xix." Text entirely en espagnol and printed in Mexico on almost transluscent paper., Jacket intact, sturdy binding to its ethereal pages 5.5 x 8.75 314 pp. Literary Research University of California Press Berkeley CA 1954 sewn cloth As New $ 20

Beckett, Samuel : : Proust : : Not a life study. Beckett's consideration of Proust's work. White on black cover has buckled corner. Evergreen book, the 12th printing of the 1957 English edition 5.5 x 8 72 pp. Literary Research Grove New York 1978 perfectbound Good $ 15

Bertholf, Robert J. and Ian W. Reid, editors : : Robert Duncan: Scales of the Marvellous : : 16 papers on Duncan's poetic work in addition to the the intro and one by the editor; by Walker, Davidson, Gunn, Mottram and Macke,y e.g. Select bibliography and index 5.25 x 8 245 pp. Literary Research New Directions New York 1979 perfectbound Fine $ 17

Bodkin, Maud : : Archetypal Patterns in Poetry : : Jungian approach to world literature subtitled, "psychological studies of imagination." First Vintage edition, looks like an 'Anchor Book' Preface from 1934. Minor wear, still sturdy 4.75 x 7.25 330 pp. Literary Research Vintage Books New York 1958 perfectbound Fine $ 15

Coleman, Dorothy Gabe : : The Chaste Muse : : "A Study of Joachim Du Bellay's Poetry ." Spreads light on the 16 Century poet's work both in French and in neo-Latin. No dustjacket 5.25 x 8 122 pp. Literary Research E.J. Brill Leiden 1980 sewn boards Fine $ 22

Edel, Leon : : Literary Biography : : Text of the Alexander Lectures delivered at the University of Toronto in 1956. Jacket, boards and paper all as new. With notes and index at the back 4.75 x 7.5 113 pp. Literary Research Universiy of Toronto Press Toronto 1957 cloth As New $ 20

Elliot, T.S. : : The Sacred Wood : : Notable for whom he includes in 'Imperfect Critics' and his 'Tradition and the Individual Talent'. The 1920 edition, first in pb in 1960. Has preface to the 1928 reprint.Scuffed 5 x 8 171 pp. Literary Research Methuen & Co. London 1967 perfectbound Good $ 16

Fioretos, Aris : : Word Traces :Readings of Paul Celan : : Includes Jacques Derrida's "Shibboleth" and Louis Lacoue-Labarthes' "Catastrophe" in English translation. Only the usual wear  6 x 9 404 pp. Literary Research Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore 1994 perfectbound fine $ 23

Frye, Northrup : : The Educated Imagination : : The Massey Lectures, Second Series delivered over Canadian Public Radio (CBC) in 6 parts in 1961. Spare cover design includes a Chinese ideogram 5 x 8 68 pp. Literary Research Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Toronto 1962 perfectbound Good $ 15

Gibbons, Reginald, editor : : Writers from South Africa : : Culture, politics and literary activity in South Africa through the 1980's.Triquarterly Magazine #68, from a symposium at Northwestern University, Chicago 5 x 7 128 pp. Literary Research Triquarterly / Northwestern University Press Evanston IL 1989 perfectbound fine $ 12

Hamburger, Michael : : The Truth of Poetry : : Beginning with Baudelaire, Hamburger illuminates the main features of Modern European Poetry -outstanding -in spite of its misleading title 5.5 x 8.75 347 pp. Literary Research Carcanet Manchester 1982 sewn boards As New $ 25

Holland, Benjamin, editor : : Translating Tradition: Paul Celan in France   : : Re-versing Celan's works of and in translation, his own re-writing printed in blue. This was a special double issue (#8 & 9) of ACTS Journal. Some foxing to the faces  6 x 9 249 pp. Literary Research ACTS Berkeley CA 1988 perfectbound good $ 20

Jeanroy, Alfred : : La Poesie Lyrique des Troubadours, Volumes I & II : : Original French text published by E. Privat in 2 volumes out of Toulouse in 1934 here reproduced and bound as one. Lists of all the poets who were in any sense 'Troubadour' 5.75 x 8.75 375 pp. Literary Research AMS Press New York 1961 Cloth Mint $ 38

Jeyifo, Biodun : : Perspectives on Wole Soyinka: Freedom and Complexity : : 14 contributors discuss the aesthetics and radical politics of this Nigerian, Nobel Prize winning poet and writer. Textile-faux dustjacket whooly intact 6.25 x 9.25 242 pp. Literary Research University Press of Mississippi Jackson MS 2003 sewn cloth Mint $ 25

Lovell, Terry : : Consuming Fiction : : In the ""Questions for Feminism"" series; Lovell traces the changing roles of women as producers, consumers and sellers of the novel. Only the usual wear to covers 5.5 x 8.5 188 pp. Literary Research Verso London 1987 perfectbound fine $ 17

Malik, Aditya : : Nectar Gaze and Poison Breath : : Analysis and translation of the 'Devnarayan', an epic poem, still orally performed, from the Rajasthani region of India, painstaking detail. Gold print on crimson casebook boards 6.25 x 9.5 548 pp. Literary Research Oxford University Press New York 2005 sewn cloth Mint $ 55

Mandell, Gail Porter : : The Phoenix Pardox : : Studiesf D.H.Lawrence's "Collected Poems" andthen continues on through his last poems with over 100 pp. variora and indices. Still in cellophane wrapper   6.25 x 9.5 262 pp. Literary Research Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale IL 2002 sewn cloth Mint $ 22

Olson, Charles : : Letters For Origin : : Dedicated to Cid Corman, editor of "Origin" magazine. This is from its second US printing with Olson's signature reproduced in brown as-if-pencil on the worn cover 6.5 x 9.75 143 pp. Literary Research Grossman Publishers New York 1970 perfectbound Good $ 32

Pifer, Ellen, editor : : Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita: A Casebook   : : Introduction and an article by the editor; article by N.Tamir-Ghez and the interview of Nabokov by H.Gold included. Balthus' painting "Les Beaux Jours" reproduced on cover 5.5 x 8.5 209 pp. Literary Research Oxford University Press London 2003 perfectbound As New $ 15

Pritchett, Frances W. : : Nets of Awreness / Urdu Poetry and Its Critics : : Recuperation of the ghazal genre of Urdu poetry -and its poets Azad and Hali brings us enjoyment of a rich lyric poetry and an insight into coloialism. Violet on matte black cover 6 x 9 234 pp. Literary Research University of California Press Berkeley 1994 perfectbound Fine $ 16

Ramsay, Jarold : : Reading the Fire : : Engages America's "first literatures" -those of its Native North-American Indians. 4 new essays added to 1983 edition. Red print on silver card cover" 6 x 9.25 332 pp. Literary Research University of washington Press Seattle 2004 perfectbound As New $ 17

Rhu, Lawrence : : The Genesis of Tasso's Narrative Theory : : Translation of Tasso's 'Discorsi dell'arte poetica' included with a study of its relevance to modern comparative literature. Period painting on violet cover by Guernico 6 x 9 191 pp. Literary Research Wayne State University Press Detroit 1993 perfectbound Mint $ 17

Shloss, Carol Loeb : : Lucia Joyce : : Long held to be schizophrenic, to her father, James Joyce, she moved within the light of Dante's Beatrice. With illustrations"           6.5 x 9.25 561 pp. Literary Research Farrar, Strauss, Giroux New York 2003 Sewn-cloth As New $ 25

Staiger, Emil; Janette C. Hudson and Luanne T. Frank, translators : : Basic Concepts of Poetics : : First translation into English of the major Swiss literary theorist's major work, 'Grundbegriff der Poetik'. Extended introduction by Luanne Frank. Blue and white jacket and all new 6 x 9.25 224 pp. Literary Research The Pennsylvania State University Press University Park 1991 sewn cloth As New $ 25

Tallman, Warren : : Three Essays on Creeley : : A Beaver Cosmos Folio of a chapbook. Back cover photograph, set in dark green on light, of bp Nichol & a smoking Tallman is by George Bowering 5.75 x 8.5 32 pp. Literary Research Coach House Toronto 1973 staplebound As New $ 27

Whiteman, Bruce : : The Invisible World Is In Decline : : After all the usual hobby-horses are retired, an inspection of values, beginning with the poet's self. Matte cover 5.5 x 8.5 48 pp. Literary Research Coach House Toronto 1984 perfectbound fine $ 13

Whiteman, Bruce : : The Invisible World Is In Decline - Books II - IV : : More sophisticated than Vol. I; not even a gesture of poetry. This pieces begin in thesis and illustrate introspection 5.5 x 8.5 51 pp. Literary Research Coach House Toronto 1989 perfectbound fine $ 15

Woodcock,George : : Introducing Margaret Atwood's Surfacing  : : Number 4 in ECW's 'Canadian Fiction Studies' series, this one traces the creative development in and the critical reception of Atwood's second novel 6 x 9.25 75 pp. Literary Research ECW Press Toronto 1990 sewn cloth As New $ 23

Yu, Pauline, Peter Bol, Stephen Owen and Williard Peterson, editors : : Ways with Words: Writing about Reading Texts from Early China : : Seven core pre-modern classical Chinese texts; ranging from Mencius to Zhuangzi with two divergent interpretations each challenging assumptions of a monolithic Chinese culture 6 x 9 283 pp. Literary Research University of California Press Berkeley 2000 perfectbound Fine $ 18

Sullivan, Rosemary : : Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwan : : Takes its title from its subject's Governor general award-winning book of poems. Won this award itself for Non-fiction in 1995. First edition, only blemish foxing to the top face       6.5 x 9.5 416 pp. Literary Research HarperCollins Toronto 1995 Cloth Fine $ 25