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BRADFORD'S HISTORY OF PLIMOTH PLANTATION. |
\18,000 1901. In 1 Vols. 555pp. Original blue cloth. BOSTON, WRIGHT & POTTER PRINT. FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT. WITH A REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS INCIDENT TO THE RETURN OF THE MANUSCRIPT TO MASSACHUSETTS. PRINTED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, BY ORDER OF THE GENERAL COURT. Original navy blue cloth, gilt title on spine, 25x18.5cm |
| IB29205 |
BAUR, J.I.H. |
REVOLUTION & TRADITION IN MODERN AMERICA |
\5,000 1951. In 1 Vols. Revolution and Tradition in Modern American Art. 170pp., 199 illus.(Harvard UP, 1951) Cloth with dust wrapper. Stamped on title. |
| OD05424 |
BENOIT, R. |
SINGLE NATURE'S DOUBLE NAME. |
\5,000 1973. In 1 Vols. Single Nature's Double Name. The Collectedness of the Conflictingin British and American Romanticism. 146pp. (The Hague:Mouton,1973) Cloth with dust wrapper. |
| RD11243 |
BLAKE, N.M. |
NOVELISTS' AMERICA. |
\9,500 1969. In 1 Vols. Novelists' America. Fiction as History, 1910-1940. 279pp.(Syracuse UP, 1969) Cloth with dust wrapper, rear endpaper. |
| NJ30203 |
BROOKS, C. & R.P. WARREN |
ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES FROM SOUTHERN REVIE |
\20,000 1953. In 1 Vols. BROOKS, C. & R.P. WARREN eds.:An Anthology of Stories from the Southern Review. 435pp.(Louisiana State UP, 1953) Cloth with dust wrapper, good. |
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BROOKS, V.W. |
CHILMARK MISCELLANY. |
\15,000 1948. In 1 Vols. A Chilmark Miscellany. 315pp. (E.P. Dutton, 1948) FIRST EDITION.Cloth with dust wrapper, good. |
| NL14213 |
BROWNE, R.B. |
NEW VOICES IN AMERICAN STUDIES. |
\9,500 1966. In 1 Vols. BROWNE, R.B. et al., eds.:New Voices in American Studies. 164pp. (Purdue UP, 1966)Cloth with dust wrapper. Signed 'M. Karita'. |
| ME26228 |
BRUFF, J.G. |
GOLD RUSH. |
\80,000 1944. In 2 Vols. Gold Rush: The Journals, Drawings, and other Papers ofJ. Goldsbrough Bruff, April 2, 1849 - July 20, 1851. Editedby G.W. Read and R. Gaines. In 2 Vols.: lxxxviii,1404pp.,lxxii,794pp., profusely illustrated. (Columbia UP, 1944)Original cloth-backed boards, good. 26x19cm |
| 09120618 |
BUHLE, P. Edited |
POPULAR CULTURE IN AMERICA |
\4,000 1987. In 1 Vols. 271pp. Original cloth. Univ. of Minnesota Press. |
| HC04207 |
BUITENHUIS, P. |
FIVE AMERICAN MODERNS. |
\20,000 1968. In 1 Vols. Five American Moderns. Mary McCarthy / Stephen Crane / J.D. Salinger / Eugene O'Neil / H.L. Mencken. (Toronto: Roger Ascham Press, 1968) 96pp., 5 coloured lithographs. LIMITED TO 90 COPIES. Original boards, with dust wrapper, fine. |
| 09112918 |
BURNHAM, J. C. |
Bad Habits Drinking, Smoking, Taking Drugs, Gambling, |
\5,000 1993. In 1 Vols. 385pp. Original cloth. New York U.P.. Sexual Misbehavior, and Swearing in American History. With original jacket, illustrations VERY GOOD COPY |
| NL14218 |
COHEN, S.B. |
COMIC RELIEF. |
\4,500 1978. In 1 Vols. COHEN, S.B. ed.:Comic Relief. Humor in Contemporary American Literature.339pp. (U. of Illinois Press, 1978) Cloth with dust wrapper.Signed 'M. Karita'. |
| ND03014 |
CURTI, M. |
ROOTS OF AMERICAN ROYALTY. |
\11,000 1946. In 1 Vols. The Roots of American Loyalty. 266pp. (Columbia UP, 1946)Cloth with dust wrapper. |
| LG14226 |
DUKE, M. |
AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS. |
\7,000 1983. In 1 Vols. DUKE, M. et al. eds.:American Women Writers: Bibliographical Essays. 434pp.(Greenwood Press, 1983) Original blue cloth. |
| 09120619 |
Finson, J. W. |
The Voices That Are Gone |
\5,000 1994. In 1 Vols. 336pp. Original cloth. OXFORD U.P.. Themes in Nineteenth-Century American Popular Song. With original jacket |
| 16012526 |
FORD, P. L. EDITED |
THE NEW-ENGLAND PRIMER |
\18,000 N.D.. In 1 Vols. 354pp. N.Y. DODD, MEAD & CO.. A HISTORY OF ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT WITH A REPRINT OF THE UNIQUE COPY OF THE EARLIEST KNOWN EDITION AND MANY FAC-SIMILE ILLUSTRATIONS AND REPRODUCTIONS. Reprinted from 1897 edition, library-binding in black, gilt title on spine 28x22cm |
| QB26232 |
GALLOWAY, D.D. |
ABSURD HERO IN AMERICAN FICTION. |
\9,500 1970. In 1 Vols. The Absurd Hero in American Fiction. Updike, Styron, Bellow,Salinger. Revised Edition. xxiv,274pp. (U. of Texas Press, 1970)Cloth with dust wrapper. |
| 10052932 |
GEISMAR, M. |
Writers in Crisis THE AMERICAN NOVEL, 1925-1940 |
\12,000 1942. In 1 Vols. 308pp. Original cloth. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO.. RING LARDNER, ERNEST HEMINGWAY, JOHN DOS PASSOS, WILLIAM FAULKNER, THOMAS WOLFE, JOHN STEINBECK First edition, with original jacket |
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GEISMAR, M. |
Rebels and Ancestors THE AMERICAN NOVEL, 1890-1915 |
\12,000 1953. In 1 Vols. 435pp. Original cloth. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO.. Frank Norris, Stephen Crane, Jack London, Ellen Glasgow, Theodore Dreiser First edition, with original jacket |
| PK02263 |
GOHDES, C. |
ESSAYS ON AMERICAN LITERATURE. |
\15,000 1967. In 1 Vols. GOHDES, C. ed. - [HUBBELL, J.B.]:Essays on American Literature. In honor of J.B. Hubbell. Editedby C. Gohdes. 350pp. (Duke UP, 1967) Cloth with dust wrapper. |
| NL14217 |
GOULD, J. |
MODERN AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS. |
\5,000 1966. In 1 Vols. Modern American Playwrights. 302pp., illus. (Dodd, Mead, 1966)Cloth with dust wrapper. Signed 'M. Karita'. |
| FE26104 |
GRANT, MRS. A. |
MEMOIRS OF AN AMERICAN LADY. |
\10,000 1903. In 1 Vols. Memoirs of An American Lady. With Sketches of Manners and Scenesin America as They Existed Previous to the Revolution. WithUnpublished Letters and a Memoir of Mrs. Grant by J. Grant Wilson.307,300pp., 15 plates. (Dodd, Mead, 1903) Original two-tonecloth, gilt stamped on front cover, gilt lettering spine. Top edgegilt. A good copy. |
| KH20005 |
HYATT, H.M. |
FOLK-LORE FROM ADAMS COUNTY ILLINOIS. |
\15,000 1935. In 1 Vols. Folk-Lore from Adams County Illinois. 723pp. (N.Y.: Alma EganHyatt Foundation, 1935) Original black cloth. |
| OJ22221 |
JOOST, N. |
DIAL, 1912-1920. YEARS OF TRANSITION. |
\18,000 1967. In 1 Vols. The Dial, 1912-1920: Years of Transition. xxvii,321pp., illus.(Barre, 1967) Cloth with dust wrapper. |
| OJ15245 |
KOSTER, E. & J. PITTMAN |
BEST OF BEST. 18 NEW STORIES BY AMERICA |
\3,000 1998. In 1 Vols. KOSTER, E. & J. PITTMAN eds.:The Best of the Best: 18 New Stories by America's Leading Authors.334pp. (Signet Book, 1998) Cloth with dust wrapper, good as new. |
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LATHROP, E. |
EARLY AMERICAN INNS & TAVERNS. |
\15,000 1936. In 1 Vols. Early American Inns and Taverns. 365pp., illus. (Tudor Pub. Co.,1936) Original blue buckram. Presered in a broken slipcase. |
| 0003281 |
LYNN,K.S. |
THE DREAM OF SUCCESS |
\7,500 1972. In 1 Vols. 269pp. Cloth. Greenwood Press. A Study of the Modern American Imagination. Rep of 1955. |
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MALIN, I & I. STARK |
BREAKTHROUGH. TREASURY OF CONTEMPORARY |
\12,000 1964. In 1 Vols. MALIN, I. & I. STARK eds.:Breakthrough: A Treasury of Contemporary American-Jewish Literature.376pp. (McGraw-Hill, 1964) Cloth with dust wrapper. |
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MALIN, I. |
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN-JEWISH LITERATURE. |
\9,500 1973. In 1 Vols. MALIN, I. ed.:Contemporary American - Jewish Literature. Critical Essays.302pp. (Indiana UP, 1973) Cloth with dust wrapper.* Essays on S. Bellow, I. Howe, N. Mailer, B. Malamud, P. Roth, I.B. Singer, K. Shapiro, L. Trilling, and others. |
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MASTERS, E.L. |
NEW SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY. |
\20,000 1924. In 1 Vols. The New Spoon River. (Boni & Liveright, 1924) 368pp. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 365 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY MASTERS. Original vellum paper spine with grey boards, very good. |
| OD05346 |
MERRILL, D.K. |
AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. |
\9,500 1957. In 1 Vols. American Biography: Its Theory and Practice. 266pp. (Bowker Press,1957) Cloth with dust wrapper. |
| RA23212 |
MOORE, G. |
AMERICAN LITERATURE. |
\9,500 1964. In 1 Vols. MOORE, G. ed.:American Literature: A Representative Anthology of AmericanWriting from Colonial Times to the Present. With Introduction.1328pp. (Faber & Faber, 1964) Cloth with dust wrapper. |
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MORISON, S.E. |
OXFORD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. |
\20,000 1927. In 2 Vols. The Oxford History of the United States 1783-1917. In 2 Vols. xiv,461,viii,531pp., 12 maps. (Oxford UP, 1927) Original bluecloth, good set. |
| OD05289 |
MORRIS, L. |
POSTSCRIPT TO YESTERDAY. |
\8,500 1947. In 1 Vols. Postscript to Yesterday. America: the Last Fifty Years. xxvi,475pp. (Random House, 1947) Cloth with dust wrapper.Signed 'M. Karita'. |
| OD05301 |
MORRIS, L. |
INCREDIBLE NEW YORK. |
\8,500 1975. In 1 Vols. Incredible New York: High Life and Low Life of the Last HundredYears. The Leisure Class in America series. 370pp., illus.(Arno Press, 1975, rep. of 1951 ed.) Yellow cloth, neatly rebacked. |
| OD05366 |
MORSE, J. |
WORD BY WORD. |
\6,000 1990. In 1 Vols. Word by Word: The Language of Memory. 258pp. (Cornell UP, 1990)Cloth with dust wrapper, good. Signed 'M. Karita'. |
| 09120628 |
PARRISH, M. E. |
ANXIOUS DECADES America in Prosperity and Depression |
\3,500 1992. In 1 Vols. 529pp. Original gray cloth. W. W. NORTON & CO.. 1920〜1941 wirth illustrations, original jacket |
| 09120632 |
Petry, A. H. |
A Genius in His Way The Art of Cable's Old Creole Days |
\3,000 1988. In 1 Vols. 158pp. Original gray cloth. Fairleigh Dickinson U.P.. With dust wrapper |
| PK02455 |
PETTER, H. |
EARLY AMERICAN NOVEL. |
\15,000 1971. In 1 Vols. The Early American Novel. 500pp. (Ohio State UP, 1971) Clothwith dust wrapper. |
| 1609262 |
PURVIS, T. L. |
A Dictionary of AMERICAN HISTORY |
\4,000 1995. In 1 Vols. 455pp. Original cloth. BLACKEWLL PUBLISHERS. First edition, original black cloth with original illustrated jacket |
| PI02058 |
RICH, E.E. |
MINUTES OF HUDDSON'S BAY COMPANY. |
\35,000 1945. In 2 Vols. Minutes of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1679-1684. Edited by E.E.Rich.With an Introduction by G.N. Clark. In 2 Vols. (Hudson Bay RecordSociety, 1945) Original blue cloth. |
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Roosevelt, T. |
American Ideals |
\6,000 1920. In 1 Vols. 361pp. Original cloth. G. P. Putnam's Sons. With an Introduction by Hermann Hagedorn With 19 Portraits in Photogravure original brown cloth, gilttitle on spine, gilt title and mark on front cover, top edge gilt 24x17cm |
| RD11218 |
RULAND, R. |
REDISCOVERY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. |
\8,000 1967. In 1 Vols. The Rediscovery of American Literature. Premises of Critical Taste,1900-1940. 329pp. (Harvard UP, 1967) Cloth with dust wrapper,rear endpaper lacking. |
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SAUL, S. |
FREEDOM IS, FREEDOM AIN'T |
\4,500 2003. In 1 Vols. 394pp. Original cloth. HARVARD U. P.. First edition, with illustrations, original black cloth with original illustrated jacket, |
| PK02481 |
SCHUDSON, M. |
DISCOVERING NEWS. SOCIAL HISTORY OF AMER |
\3,000 1978. In 1 Vols. Discovering the News: A Social History of American Newspapers.228pp. (Basic Books, 1978) Cloth with dust wrapper, private stamp. |
| LH18217 |
SCOTT, N.A. |
ADVERSITY & GRACE. |
\8,500 1968. In 1 Vols. SCOTT, N.A. ed.:Adversity and Grace: Studies in Recent American Literature. 269pp.(U. of Chicago Press, 1968) Cloth with dust wrapper. |
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SHUTTLESWORTH, D. |
SENSE OF WONDER. |
\6,500 1963. In 1 Vols. SHUTTLESWORTH, D. ed.:A Sense of Wonder. Selections form Great Writers on Nature.Illustrated by J. Berg. 252pp. (Doubleday, 1963) Cloth with dustwrapper. |
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SPILLER, R.E. et al. |
LITERARY HISTORY OF THE U.S. |
\60,000 1948. In 3 Vols. Literary History of the United States: History and Bibliography. In 3 Vols.:xx,636pp., vi,786pp., xxii,817pp. (Macmillan, 1948) Cloth with foxed spine of dust wrapper. Preserved in a slipcase. |
| 09120620 |
Talley, T. W. |
THE NEGRO TRADITIONS |
\4,000 1993. In 1 Vols. 334pp. Original cloth. The Univ. of Tennessee Press. Edited, with an Introduction, by Charles K. Wolfe and Laura C. Jarmon with original jacket |
| NK19320 |
WALKER, R.H. |
POET & THE GILDED AGE. |
\15,000 1963. In 1 Vols. The Poet and the Gilded Age: Social Themes in Late 19th CenturyAmerican Verse. 387pp., illus. (U. of Penn. Press, 1963)Cloth with dust wrapper. Signed presentation copy from the authorto M. Karita. |
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WARREN, C. |
JACOBIN & JUNTO. EARLY AMERICAN POLITICS |
\6,000 1931. In 1 Vols. Jacobin and Junto, or Early American Politics as viewed in theDiary of Dr. Nathaniel Ames 1758-1822. 324pp. (Harvard UP,1931) Cloth with dust wrapper. |
| FC03116 |
WASSON, D.A. |
BEYOND CONCORD. |
\4,000 1965. In 1 Vols. Beyond Concord: Selected Writings of David Atwood Wasson. Editedwith an Introduction by C.H. Foster. 334pp. (Indiana UP, 1965)Cloth with dust wrapper. |
| OD05235 |
WATSON, S. |
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS. |
\4,000 1991. In 1 Vols. Strange Bedfellows: The First American Avant-Garde. 439pp.,numerous illus. (Abbeville Press, 1991) Cloth with dust wrapper. |
| OD05212 |
WECTER, D. |
SAGA OF AMERCIAN SOCIETY. |
\9,500 1937. In 1 Vols. The Saga of American Society: A Record of Social Aspiration, 1607-1937. 504pp., illus. (Scribner, 1937) Original cloth. |
| EK18209 |
WIMBERLY, L.C. |
MID-COUNTRY. |
\9,000 1945. In 1 Vols. Mid-Country. Writings from the Heart of America. With anIntroduction by B.A. Botkin. 510pp. (U. of Nebraska, 1945)Cloth with dust wrapper. |
| 10032823 |
WINSHIP, M. |
AMERICAN LITERARY PUBLISHING IN THE MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY |
\5,000 1995. In 1 Vols. 244pp. Original cloth. CAMBRIDGE U.P.. THE BUSINESS OF TICKNOR AND FIELDS with plates and tables, original jacket VERY GOOD COPY AS NEW |