Berkeley Peter (88 results)

Paperback. Condition: New. Unread, unmarked book. Number six in 'History of.California' series.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Fourteen short stories based on true crimes. First U.S. printing. Pages lightly tanned. Jacket rubbed and crimped, in Brodart.

hardcover. Illus. with photos (illustrator). 1st. 8vo, 315 pp., Last two leaves wrinkled along the lower edge, else fine. Nearly fine copy in fine dust jacket.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (Merrymount Press, Printers, Boston) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Paperback Edition. BRILLIANT: TRULY ADMIRABLE: SUPREMELY ENLIGHTENING: FINE virtually AS-NEW First HUP Edition trade paperback (Orig. 1994) Second Printing (1994), AS-NEW handsomely-designed-illus. gloss-laminated cover w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners, FINE smooth-cut text-block exterior showing only slightest shelf-dust-rust soiling notably to the top & bottom edges, AS-NEW perfect binding w/ tight sheets & uncreased spine, PRISTINE interior printed w/ handsome clarity on SUPERB silk-finish unblemished acid-free archival paper * 6.50" x 9.96" x 2.06", 1.70 kg, xxviii+1158 (1186) pp. * Introduction (xix), On Writing Literary History (Denis Hollier) (xxi), Chronology (1063), Map of Modern France (1076), Acknowledgments (1077), Contributors (1079), Index (1093) * ABOUT THE BOOK: Designed for the general reader, this SPLENDID introduction to French literature from 842 A.D. (the date of the earliest surviving document in any Romance language) to the 1980s is the most compact & imaginative single-volume guide available in English to the French literary tradition. In fact, no comparable work exists in either language. This is not the customary inventory of authors & titles but rather a collection of wide-angled views of historical & cultural phenomena. It sets before us writers, public figures, criminals, saints, & monarchs, as well as religious, cultural, & social revolutions. It gives us books, paintings, public monuments, even television shows. Written by 164 American & European specialists, the essays are introduced by date & arranged in chronological order, but here ends the book's resemblance to the usual history of literature. Each date is followed by a headline evoking an event that indicates the chronological point of departure. Usually the event is literary (the publication of an original work, a journal, a translation, the first performance of a play, the death of an author), but some events are literary only in terms of their repercussions or resonances. Essays devoted to a genre exist alongside essays devoted to one book, institutions are presented side by side with literary movements, & large surveys appear next to detailed discussions of specific landmarks. No article is limited to the "life & works" of a single author. Proust, for example, appears through various lenses, fleetingly, in 1704, apropos of Antoine Galland's translation of "The Thousand & One Nights"; in 1898, in conjunction w/ the Dreyfus affair; in 1905, on the occasion of the law on the separation of church & state; in 1911, in relation to Gide & their different treatments of homosexuality; & at his death in 1922. Without attempting to cover every author, work, & cultural development since the Serments de Strasbourg in 842, this history succeeds in being both informative & critical about the more than 1,000 years it describes. The contributors offer us a chance to appreciate not only French culture but also the major critical positions in literary studies today. Authoritative, lively, & highly readable, "A New History of French Literature" is essential reading for all engaged in the study of French culture & for all who are interested in it. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "This grandly imagined & executed history of French literature is without precedent in any language. Here are many of the best contemporary critics & theorists, writing w/ vivid originality, always in a personal accent. This volume is a triumph of editorial & critical intelligence." -Richard Poirier, Editor, Raritan Quarterly * By far the best single-volume guide in English to the French literary tradition." -Malcolm Bowie, University of London * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted rates.

Hardcover. First edition. New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, [printed by Peter Beilenson, Mount Vernon], 1947. 156 pages, plus [44] pages of facsimiles and specimens, being "A Gallery of Merrymount Title-Pages and Merrymount Types." Original dark blue cloth stamped in gilt on the spine. [23.9 cm.] A near fine copy in very good dust jacket with tiny chip to head of front panel, several short, closed tears neatly repaired on verso with archival mending tissue, and sun-fading to spine panel. FIRST EDITION. "A collection of papers written by friends and colleagues about one of the few great printers of the first half of this century. Two of the papers about him were written during Updike's lifetime; four were written shortly after his death in 1941; two were written specially for the present book. The long preliminary essay is the printer's own story of his career." "An Editor's Summary," p. 153. The contributors were Stanley Morison, Gregg Anderson, T.M. Cleland, M.A. de Wolfe Howe, George Parker Winship, Rudolph Ruzicka, David T. Pottinger, and Carl P. Rollins.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. HARDCOVER; owner's bookplate; o/w in very good condition with dustjacket. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Collection from Mainsail's Joy of Six poets series, who at this point only number five (Wayne Hill is missing). In fine, clean crisp and bright internal order. Very light wear only to card covers. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 32pp.

Condition: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Scarce collection from Mainsail's Joy of Six poets series. In fine, clean crisp and bright internal order. Very light wear only to card covers. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 32pp.

1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 599 pages ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliography and indexes. Subjects: Martial; Translations into English; Rome Poetry. 1 Kg.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: Good. 4to. Oblong. 110 pp., Soft Covers, Very Good. Illustrated, with some color plates.

Condition: Good. 4to. 124 pp. [+ index], Plastic Comb Binding, Very good, a few pages inked. 714 items listed.

Condition: Good. 4to. 124 pp. [+ index], Plastic Comb Binding, Very good, a few pages inked. 714 items listed. CD present.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very GoodDust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. book.

Condition: New. In.

1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 599 pages ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliography and indexes. Subjects: Martial; Translations into English; Rome Poetry. 1 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 188 pages. 11.89x8.98x0.55 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Good. 4to. [184] pp. 1617 works listed. Very good in wraps.

Condition: Good. 4to. Oblong. 110 pp., Soft Covers, Near Fine. Illustrated, with some color plates.

Tapa blanda. Condition: Bien.

Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with color illustration. Gilt lettering and design on spine. 712 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations. Chronicles Mark Twain's 1895 round-the-world lecture tour where he wrote stories about the people and places he encountered along the way. VG-. Toning to the spine, light wear to boards, with a little fraying around the edges. Front joint a little loose and beginning to crack. Lancaster lodge book plate inside front cover.

Collection of stories on the theme. 2nd impression. No jacket. Light foxing to prelims otherwise VG.

Condition: Good. 4to. [75 pp.], Stapled Sheets, Very good.

Condition: Good. 4to. 140 pp. Very Good+. Soft Cover. Illustrated paper wraps. Color and B&W plates throughout. Issued in conjunction with a 1972-1973 series of exhibitions of artwork rendered by Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918). With a prefatory note by Thomas M. Messer, Daniel Robbins, and Peter Selz, introduction by Eva Wyler, essays by Peter Selz (Ferdinand Hodler: Painter), Phyllis Hattis (Ferdinand Hodler: Draftsman), and Jura Brüschweiler (Ferdinand Hodler: Writer). Includes selections from the writings of the artist, chronology, and bibliography.From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz.

Condition: Good. 8vo. 52 pp. Soft color pictorial wraps. Very good with pen and pencil annotations and proofings on interior pages. Color plates. Texts by Peter Selz, Dore Ashton. Also includes an interview between Richard Lindner and Dean Swanson, dated March 15, 1969. Catalogue published on occasion of show "Lindner" at the University of California Berkeley Art Museum from June 17 through July 27, 1969 and at the Minneapolis' Walker Art Center from August 11 through August 30, 1969. Limited edition: One of 6,600 copies.