Isbn: 9780713995183 - pleasing myself: from beowulf to philip roth (3 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 277 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects: English literature History and criticism; American literature History and criticism; Books and reading English-speaking countries; American literature; Books and reading; English literature. 1 Kg.…

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. No signatures. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; [x], 278 pages. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 233 x 154mm. "This collection of essays is a successor to 'The Uses of Error,' published in 1990, and contains a selection of the pieces I wrote in the course of the next decade. Most of them were written for the 'London Review of Books,' but some were 'New York Review' commissions, and one appeared in 'The New Republic.'" - page vii. Essays include: On a New Way of Doing History; Shakespeare at Work; English Gnostics; Bertrand Russell; The Sexuality of Christ; Darwin's Worms; The Sea, the Sea; Sylvia Townsend Warner.…