Search Results: Literary Criticism from Tulsa Books

Tulsa, OK: HCE/Riverrun Arts; (1988). First Edition . Soft cover. Fine in very good French wraps. The front panel of the wraps has a small area of staining (probably water drops). This did not bleed through to the front cover of the book. Reminiscences of Paul Scott's time at the Universot of Tulsa in the late 1970's. 43 pages. This is an unnumbered copy; the stated limitation is 300 copies.

Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press; (1974). First Edition . Hardcover. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Owner's name on front endpaper; small pull at hinge on front endpaper. The jacket is a little soiled generally, and the spine is somewhat darkened. With publisher's "compliments" card affixed to the half title page. A title in the South Carolina Apparatus for Definitive Editions (SCADE), edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli.

Oxford University Press, 2009. First Edition . Hardcover. First US edition, fine in a fine dust jacket. Includes endnotes, select bibliography, and an index; 202 pages. Inscribed by the author on the title page.

NY: Twayne Publishers; (1972). First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First printing, near fine in a very good dust jacket. Minor handling wear to the book. The jacket is darkened along the edges of the front panel, and has a closed tear at the top of the rear flap fold. A title in the Twayne's English Authors Series, edited by Sylvia E. Bowman. TEAS #150. Includes notes and references, bibliography, and an index; 173 pages. No names or other marking in or on the book.

NY: Harcourt, Inc.; (2001). First Edition . Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. One lower page corner dogeared and straightened; the jacket is just slightly rubbed. Includes frontispiece photo of Gorey, bibliography, endnotes, and an index; 292 pages.

NY: Random House; (1951). First Edition . Hardcover. Stated first printing, very good with no dust jacket. A little minor soiling to the rear board, a few spots on bottom edge of page block. A tight and square copy. Includes an index; 402 pages.

NY: Scribner's;, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later printing (first published in 1931), very good in a very good dust jacket. Endpapers are a little darkened; owner name and date (1951) on front endpaper. The jacket has shallow chips at edges, and a 1/2" chip at the top of the spine that just affects the author's name. $3.00 price on jacket flap; a tight, square copy.

Norman: Univerity of Oklahoma Press, 1936. First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Book is tight and clean, with small "Tulsa County Historical Society" stamp on endpapers and top edge of pages. The jacket has a small chip at the toe of the spine and a little edgewear. The jacket spine is also a little dulled. Inscribed by the author and dated in 1937. Includes a few illustrations, bibliographical note, bibliography of Taylor's works, selected secondary sources, and an index; 379 pages.

Oklahoma City: Harlow Publishing Company, 1931. First Edition . Hardcover. Very good+ with no dust jacket. Two-tone greeen cloth with paper label on spine. Light fading to cloth at top edge of boards. Small "Tulsa County Historical Society" stamp on front and rear endpapers and top edge of pages. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper.

NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; (1965). First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Stated first edition, very good in a near fine dust jacket. Two owner names (with "Vassar '68" under the first name) The price clipped jacket has some minor spots of wear at the edge of the front panel. Includes an index; 694 pages.

Baton Rouge: LSU Press; (1980). First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in a very good+ dust jacket. The jacket has some edgewear, and an erasure at the top of the spine (still faintly visible). Signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. The inscription is dated in 1983. A collection of essays in literary criticism, primarily of Southern literature.

Boston: Universalist Publishing House; (1939). First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Slight spine roll to book; front hinge has split in endpaper, but still tight. The jacket has shallow chipping at spine ends and a few closed tears. Signed by the author on the front endpaper, and with a postcard picturing the Wayside Inn laid in. An explication of the characters in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem of 1863.

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press; (1971). First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The jacket is just slightly darkened on the flaps. Includes frontispiece drawing, endnotes, bibliography, and an index; 199 pages. Signed by the author, with an inscription in French, on the front endpaper.

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi; (1986). First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The jacket has a little wear and rubbing, and a corner crease on the rear flap. Erratum slip laid in. Includes a chronology and an index; 369 pages.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1980. First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Slight wear to black cloth at spine ends and corners; a few page corners that were dog-eared have been straightened. The black jacket has some edgewear, and a 1" creased closed tear at the top of the front panel. Includes endnotes, bibliography, and an index; 212 pages.

Boston: Twayne Publishers; (1976). First Edition . Hardcover. Fine in red cloth, without dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author and dated in 1976 on the front endpaper. Includes frontispiece photograph, notes and references, and an index; 145 pages. A clean and tight, apparently unread copy.

Berkekey: University of California Press. First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Both volumes are fine in fine dust jackets, except the jacket for volume 1 is just slightly sunned on the spine. Volume 1, published in 1979, has a few illustrations and an index; 789 pages. Volume 2 has a few illustrations and an index; 763 pages. Additional postage will be required for this two volume set.

NY: St. Martin's Press; (1991). First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The rear panel of the jacket has a scratch about 2" long, and the front panel has a light impression of having been used as a clipboard for writing a note. Introduction by Cynthia Griffin Wolff. Includes appendix, endnotes, bibliography, and an index; 351 pages.

William B. Eerdmans; (1970). First Edition . Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Minor fading to the green cloth at edges. The jacket has just a little edgewear. Early literary criticism of the prolific author and critic.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press; (1956). First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, an apparently unread copy. The bright yellow jacket has slight edgewear. Foreword by J. Donald Adams; 283 pages.