Search Results: Literature and Literary Criticism from DJ Ernst-Books

Brooklyn: Ugly Duckling Press, 2012. Stiff paper covers with fabric design, limited to 500 copies, sewn binding, very good and clean.. Limited. Paper Covers. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Rochester: BOA Edition Ltd., 1997 Blue glossy pictorial paper covers, 95 pages, nearly as new, autographed by author on title page and inscribed and autographed by author on front end page "For ... with best wishes, Peter, 6 Nov 1997.". Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945 Black cloth hardcover with gold lettering on spine, pictorial endpapers, 311 p., a nice clean tight copy, dust jacket shows very light soil and very light wear at top right front corner at fold and at top of spine, the book itself is not signed but laid inside this book is a postcard of St. George and the dragon hand written in ink by the author from London to a New York friend complaining about London (the food and hotel) and the card is signed by the author with his initials "FP," the book came from a collection of signed Prokosch books and this one is the only one that was not actually signed on the book and the post card authenticity might be questioned except for the fact that the book was in the collection of signed copies, the initials "FP" look a little like "JP" but his letter "F" sometimes looks like a "J" and the initials (as well as the entire lengthy message) are squeezed into a small space.. Signed… Read More

Stockholm: Liber Forlag, 1980. Lavender semi-stiff paper covers with black lettering and black pictorial design showing men on roof by chimney with white crescent moon in background, this is printed in Swedish language, 323 p., foxing on top edge and somewhat on foredge and edges of cover, otherwise very nice clean square and tight.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Ballantine Books, 2002. Trade paperback, first printing, ix pages, 274 pages includes Reader's Guide at rear, very nice square and tight, nearly as new, inscribed and autographed by author in black ink on title page "Dan Chaon, For...with best wishes, Dan 3/22/04 Susquehanna U.". Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Palgrave, 2001 Trade paperback, 253 pages, nearly as new, autographed boldly by the author in black ink on title page, this is a first printing of Palgrave edition but this book was origianlly published in hardcover by The University of New Mixico Press in 1996.. Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garland Publishing Inc., 1999. Glossy pictorial paper covers, xiii pages, 382 pages, showing very little wear or soil, a very nice clean tight square copy.. Not Stated. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, LA, London: Samuel French, 1945 Samuel French, NY & LA, Samuel French Ltd., Lon., 1945, 157 p., green cloth with black lettering, slightly cocked, light cover soil, less than very good but better than good, a decent tight copy, theatre, theater, drama, literature.. Not Stated. Cloth. Good-plus.

Philadelphia: Peterson Magazine Co., 1889 Brown mustard color decorative cloth hardcover with stamped black and gilt design and lettering, decorative endpapers, 65 pages, decorative illustrations in margins as well as five full page illustrations with tissue guards, all edges gilt, owner's name neatly in ink on front end page dated 1888 and same owner's bookplate at top outer corner inside front cover, very good clean tight, presentable and well-kept, a gift book of poetry with nice illustrations.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Binghamton: State University of New York at Binghamton, 1984. Burgundy color cloth hardcover with bright gilt lettering on spine, 204 pages plus colophon, tiny black ink remainder mark on top edge, owner's name in black ink at top edge of front end page, very nice clean tight and square, sharp corners, no wear, a very nice copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/None Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harcourt Brace and Co, 1951 Harcourt Brace and Co., v p., 500 p., off-white hardcover with green title labels and black geometric design, owner's name in ink inside front cover, spine very slightly darkened, very good clean and tight, a very attractive copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good-Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Privately Printed, 1970 Tan paper covers with black lettering, vii p., 233 p., very light wear, front cover curls up somewhat, generally clean and tight.. Not Stated. Printed Pictorial Paper Covers. Near Very Good/None Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Continuum, 1987 Mauve hardcover with bright gilt lettering on spine, 160 p., illus., very good, dust jacket very good, literature, jounals of Charles Dickens.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Vantage Press, 1977. Blue hardcover with bright gold lettering on spine, 102 pages, small dent at top edge of rear board, rubbed at spine ends, clean tight and square, duat jacket is complete and shows slight soil and rubbing and short closed tear at top and bottom of front near spine, stated "first edition" on copyright page.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

San Francisco: Pirated Edition, 1960 A collection of poems, some of which appeared in the Paris, 1923 "Three Stories and Ten Poems," plus some additional poems.. Reprint. Stapled Paper Covers. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Lewisburg: Poema Publishing Plain brown leather-like hardcover, 72 pages, color illustrations by Irina Yastremski have tissue guards, this book was printed and hand-bound in Moscow, no date but there is a reference in the text to 1999 so the book was produced during or after 1999, number 483 of 500 copies, very good, a nice copy, the poets are Inna Lisnyanskaya, Olga Sedakova, Elena Schwarts, Svetlana Kekova, Olesya Nikolaeva.. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Irina Yastremski. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2009. Glossy pictorial paper covers with tree swallow design, 81 numbered pages, a solid very good or better, no marks, clean.. First Edition, First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1992 Glossy pictorial paper covers, 245 pages, looks like 18th printing of fist edition, nearly as new, inscribed and autographed by the author on title page "To ... with best wishes, Cristina Garcia.". Signed by Author. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine/None Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. Blue cloth hardcover with blindstamped design on front cover and spine, bright gilt design on front cover, bright gilt lettering on spine, 446 pages plus ads, top edge blue, lower corners are very slightly bumped, spine ends very slightly bumped and or rubbed, not frayed, book is very slightly cocked from leaning with foredge down, small paper stain top of pages 334 and 335 from a book mark made from a small piece of newsprint, generally a decent clean tight copy, dust jacket shows light soil and rubbing and some minor edge wear and short edge closed tears, jacket is complete with $2.50 price, autographed by the author on front end page in fountain pen "With all the good wishes of Kenneth Roberts.". Signed by Author. Early Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: John A. Gray & Green, 1867 Brown cloth hardcover with bright gilt lettering on spine and gilt facsimile signature on front cover, top edge gilt, brown end papers, 151 p., very tiny chip at right edge front end page, very slight barely discernable small spot or stain lower right corner front cover, ink address & date 1982 written on verso front end page, cloth at spine ends is beginning to fray and chip slightly, hinges fine inside and outside, corners sharp, gilt bright, clean and tight, autographed and inscribed by the author in ink on first white end page.. Not Stated. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.