James R Sutherland (115 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. Comic, poignant, and revealing stories by or about almost every famous figure in English literature, and a host of minor ones. A heavenly book.'___ The Times .

Hardback. Condition: Good. Comic, poignant, and revealing stories by or about almost every famous figure in English literature, and a host of minor ones. A heavenly book.'___ The Times .

Paperback. Condition: Good. Over a thousand years of memoirs, reminiscences, and letters are represented in this collection of almost 500 literary anecdotes. Here we encounter those famous for their wit and eccentricity, such as Johnson, Scott, Wilde, Shaw, and Henry James, as well as a host of minor writers with revealing tales to tell of their celebrated contemporaries. This book is intended for collectors of anthologies and lovers of literature; browsers and dippers; buyers of gifts.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Over a thousand years of memoirs, reminiscences, and letters are represented in this collection of almost 500 literary anecdotes. Here we encounter those famous for their wit and eccentricity, such as Johnson, Scott, Wilde, Shaw, and Henry James, as well as a host of minor writers with revealing tales to tell of their celebrated contemporaries. This book is intended for collectors of anthologies and lovers of literature; browsers and dippers; buyers of gifts.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

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hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Stains to cover, page edges, and/or pages inside. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. 382 Page's. Personal inscription to front free end-paper else a Very good copy in like-wise Very good dust-wrapper. Free from any mark's, book-plate's, no other inscription's, under-lining, etc. The Dust-wrapper (£3.75)has NOT been price clipped. No sunning to any part of the book. (Not left in sunlight to fade).…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First edition THUS. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Condition: Used: Good. good overall condition, faded to edges. a little creased to cover. sent next working day from the u/k 1st class 0.0.

xiv, 302 pages. Large paperback: H 28cm x L 24cm. Stiff paper covers rubbed, slight curling at front cover's fore-edge, light vertical crease to spine. Slight soiling to edge; small dark stain at upper fore-edge with a few leaves fractionally affected at margins; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy. With Patron's Preface, Lenders to the Exhibition, Director's Foreword, Acknowledgements, b/w and color illustrations throughout, Selected Bibliography, and Photograph Credits. Features essays and material titled as: "Edgar Degas, Almost a Son of Louisiana" by Gail Feigenbaum; "Degas and New Orleans: Exorcizing the Exotic" by Christopher Benfey; "The Country for Men with Nerve" by Christina Vella; "Franco-American Aspects of Degas's 'A Cotton Office in New Orleans'" by Marilyn R. Brown; "A Tale of Two Families: The De Gas-Musson Correspondence at Tulane University" by Marilyn R. Brown; "New Orleans and the Work of Degas" by Jean Sutherland Boggs; "Catalogue" by Jean Sutherland Boggs (pages 105-264) with "Provenances" and "Checklist: Supplemental Objects" plus "Appendix I: Degas's Family in New Orleans: A Who's Who" by James B. Byrnes & Victoria Cooke and "Appendix II: Degas's Letters from New Orleans." Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 4.25 pounds (1.92 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0894940732. …

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New. The varying patterns in the development of English prose from the discursiveness of the fourteenth century to the directness of the twentieth are outlined in this book. The author points out that prose has always developed more slowly and uncertainly than poetry; it has often been hampered, for instance, by a notion that it was different from conversation, more elaborate and deliberate. One of the first and greatest difficulties in the development of English prose style was to create and build a language with its own rhythms against the influence of Norman French and Latin. As he traces the course of English prose history, the author quotes for example an analysis from Sidney, Lyly, Bacon, Hooker, Bunyan, Hobbes, Dryden, Defoe, Meredith, James, D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, and others.…