MAULE'S CURSE SEVEN STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN OBSCURANTISM by Yvor Winters - 1938

The Swallow Press Inc., 1947. Paperback. Creased wrappers, upper spine bumped, slighty musty. Sound otherwise.

Alan Swallow Press. ** 3RD EDITION ** SOFTCOVER ** CLEAN, STAIN-FREE, UNMARKED ** NOT A LIBRARY BOOK ** COMPLETE AND INTACT ** NEAR FINE OVERALL CONDITION ** Published by Alan Swallow Press, copyright 1947, but later printing (3rd Edition), with 611 pages, thick octavo (8vo). Book has no major defects, shows only brief, occasional, quite minor signs of use (soft, nearly invisible reader crease down the spine, spine darkened a bit from age). Internally Fine condition. The book is clean and stain-free, square and straight, firm and tight in its binding, no pages are loose, torn, or missing. All pages are clean and stain-free, and all text is crisp and legible. There is no writing, underlining, highlighting, or any other such markings in the book. Covers are clean, complete, and intact, perhaps a tad age-toned, no tears, no pieces missing, no edgewear, spine softly creased but not broken. Five-star seller, buy with confidence, professional booksellers for 35 years, selling books online since 1995. B16. .… Read More

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. 240pp. Contemporary owner name, corners and spine ends lightly bumped, very good in a spine tanned good only dust jacket with modest edgewear, a 1" thin hole on the spine and internal tape repairs. Essays on Hawthorne, Cooper, Melville, Poe, Emerson, Very, Dickinson and James.

UsedAcceptable. 1938 New Directions Press. solid and unmarked, no jacket, covers have wear and back cover has bent top corner, interior is fine, good reading copy. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Very good plus/Very good. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 240pp. Incl. index. Series of related essays in classic American literature dealing principally with Hawthorne, Melville, Cooper, Emerson, Dickinson, James and Poe. Nicely designed book from New Directions best era. Dark blue cloth with white stamped title. Faint evidence of name removal on front paste-down. Dust jacket is faded on spine, has edge wear and small edge tears,, reinforced with paper tape o verso. Front flap is a little wrinkled and has 2" rectangle clipped out. Still quite a nice copy.

New York: A Swallow Press Book / The University of Denver Press, 1947. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. viii, 611pp. Teal cloth with black stamped spine title. Fine in a very good dust jacket with small chip on topedge on front panel, spine tanned. A collection of Winter's work through 1947, with a new introduction.

New Directions, Norfolk, 1938. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. 240pp. Blue cloth lettered in white at the spine. A very good copy in tanned, chafed and dust soiled dust wrapper, nicked at the spine ends with perhaps a fraction or two of loss. Seven essays, three of them appearing in print here for the first time, two others considerably revised and expanded from their original periodical appearances, and two more with periodical printing errors and unauthorised editorial revisions rescinded..

Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1938. Front Free end paper inscribed and signed by author; Textblock very clean and tight; Binding lightly edge and corner bumped and rubbed; Lacks dust jacket; 240p., including index. Obscurantism - the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known.. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Very Good+. 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.