Christopher 1933 Ricks (14 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

New edition. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiii, 531 pages. Subjects; Technical writing. English language. English writing. English literature; education. Academics. 1 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

2nd edition revised. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Copy is not price-clipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 468 pages; Physical description. : 468 p ; 23 cm. Notes: Previous ed. : London : Barrie & Jenkins, 1970. Bibliography: p413-450. - Includes index. Subject: English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism. English literature, - 1558-1702 - Critical studies. Series: Sphere history of literature ; 2. 3 Kg.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

New edition. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiii, 531 pages. Subjects; Technical writing. English language. English writing. English literature; education. Academics. 1 Kg.

2nd edition revised. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Copy is not price-clipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 468 pages; Physical description. : 468 p ; 23 cm. Notes: Previous ed. : London : Barrie & Jenkins, 1970. Bibliography: p413-450. - Includes index. Subject: English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism. English literature, - 1558-1702 - Critical studies. Series: Sphere history of literature ; 2. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Octavo; G/G+; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, black with black print on white banner; DJ has slight shelfwear, else clean and bright; Boards in black cloth, clean and strong; Text block has newspaper clipping taped to rear flyleaf, light age-toning to paper, else clean and tight; vii, 290 pages. 1367977. FP New Rockville Stock.

Clean copy. All pages intact. Minor shelf-wear (few smudges/scratches); small crease in dust jacket at bottom of front cover. Previous price inscribed.

, Ricks, Christopher B., 1933-. True friendship : Geoffrey Hill, Anthony Hecht, and Robert Lowell under the sign of Eliot and Pound. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2010, xii, 258pp., very good dust-jacket, very good maroon hardcover, light wear, BUT top foredge lightly soiled. INSCRIBED "with the good wishes of" and SIGNED by Christopher Ricks to a recipient with first name only, April 2010. ISBN 9780300134292.

Reprint. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: vi, 218 p.; 21 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Death. The wish to die. Death as ease. Positive annihilation. Never dying. Certified death -- Words That Went Dead. Abstracted to death. Cliches. Resurrection. The obituary -- Languages, Both Dead and Living. Memento mori. Gaelic. De rigueur. Archaism and the moribund. The antithetical sense. The counter-poison -- The Irish Bull. Definitions. The bull and blasphemy. The bull and death. The bull, identity, and posterity. Coleridge and the bull. Sydney Smith and the Irish. Some bulls from Beckett. The bull and power -- Postscript: December 1989 -- A Selective Chronology of Beckett's Published Volumes. Subjects: Beckett, Samuel 1906-1989 Criticism and interpretation. Beckett, Samuel 1906-. Death in literature. Mortality in literature. French drama 20th century History and criticism. French literature. Genre: Bibliography. Criticism, interpretation, etc. 3 Kg.

Reprint. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: vi, 218 p.; 21 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Death. The wish to die. Death as ease. Positive annihilation. Never dying. Certified death -- Words That Went Dead. Abstracted to death. Cliches. Resurrection. The obituary -- Languages, Both Dead and Living. Memento mori. Gaelic. De rigueur. Archaism and the moribund. The antithetical sense. The counter-poison -- The Irish Bull. Definitions. The bull and blasphemy. The bull and death. The bull, identity, and posterity. Coleridge and the bull. Sydney Smith and the Irish. Some bulls from Beckett. The bull and power -- Postscript: December 1989 -- A Selective Chronology of Beckett's Published Volumes. Subjects: Beckett, Samuel 1906-1989 Criticism and interpretation. Beckett, Samuel 1906-. Death in literature. Mortality in literature. French drama 20th century History and criticism. French literature. Genre: Bibliography. Criticism, interpretation, etc. 1 Kg.