New York: Macmillan, English Sheets, 1932. First American Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo; pp; viii, (ii), 148; frontispiece portarit; green cloth, gilt in a dust jacket; some foxing; jacket spine toned. some foxing;. From Preface. I hope my title will not be misunderstood. "Here, in a nutshell, is the kind of man..... More
New York: Summit Books, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. (1981). Octavo (6.25" x 9.5"), black cloth and sage boards, gilt, in dust jacket. 376, (1) pp. with index and notes. Jacket has a half-inch closed tear at the top of the front panel. Remainder stamp on bottom edge... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (6" x 9.25"), brown cloth, gilt, in pictorial jacket. 284pp. with index and notes. Some illustration. A ding in the jacket at the front joint and a few small chips at the head of the sopine. a sprinkle of foxing..... More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo; pp; 286; original photographic frontispiece portrait of the author; original green cloth with beveled edges, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, brown coated endpapers;. Preface and seven chapters titled as: "The Growing and Perpetual Influence of Shakespeare," "Human Life in..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; vi, (ii), 280, index; frontispiece portrait of Johnson; burgundy cloth, top edge gilt, lettered in gilt;. An important book. Interesting for the chapter on the Shakespeare "Prefaces" alone. More
Paris: Societe' D'Edition, Les Belle Lettres, 1928. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp; xii, 228; original printed gray paper wrappers; Mostly uncut; edge wear, spine ends worn; a clean tight copy;. Academic Dissertation (doctoral thesis presented at the university of Groningen - 5 mei 1928). More
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, Ltd., 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. 351 with index and bibliography; blue cloth, gilt in a dust jacket. The jacket is dampstained. Scarce in a jacket. Donne, Crashaw, Henry Vaughan (and Thomas also), Traherne, among others. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, (1979). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xi, (iii), 340, index; brown cloth lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket;. Considered a vital work on the Amherst poet. More
Ann Arbor: University Of Michigan Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. (1968). Octavo (6.25" x 9.25"), navy cloth, gilt, in dust jacket. 335pp. with index, notes and sources. Jacket has edgewear and chipping. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, Clarendon Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (viii), 704, index; blue cloth lettered in gilt silver in a pictorial dust jacket;. A volume of the Oxford History of English Literature; Hardy; James; Joyce; Shaw; Conrad; Kipling; Lawrence & Yeats. More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1885. Twelfth edition. Hardcover. Two volumes; Octavo; pp; I;421; II; 408; green pebbled cloth, gilt, top edges gilt, blue coated endpapers; Previous owner's tasteful bookplates;. Literary rambles. Born in Gloucester Massachusetts, Whipple was a friend of Hawthorne and became Boston's most popular critic. This work ranges..... More