Kessler Joan (62 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

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

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

paperback. Condition: 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.

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PAPERBACK. Condition: Fine. 1567921809 Softcover.

Paperback. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by David R. Godine, Publisher, 2019. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new.

Hardback. Condition: New. This fine collection of stories straddles the thin border between the territory of ordinary anxiety and that of existential nightmare. These tales of dread and darkness do not feature the traditional demons that haunt country houses, but rather characters who inhabit the familiar scenes of everyday life. These are tales of ordinary people who all have one thing in common - at some point in their lives reality turned strange, and the unthinkable became conceivable.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Joan C. Kessler (ed). Demons of the Night An Anthology. Chi: The University of Chicago Press, 1995, 5th. printing, lii, 347 pp. *** Tales of the fantastic, madness, and the supernatural from 19th. century France. Thirteen (13) stories, for the first printed in English, from notable authors such as Honore de Balzac, Theophile Gautier, Alexandre Dumas, Jules Verne, Guy de Maupassant, etc. With a lengthy, learned Introduction by Kessler on the historical and literary background leading up to the stories in this volume. This book is in my inventory and the images are of this particular item. *** Color illustrated soft covers, clean with very light wear, binding slightly cocked. VG. *** 9.24 inches tall by 5.25 inches.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Demons of the Night is a trove of haunting fictiona gathering, for the first time in English, of the best nineteenth-century French fantastic tales. Featuring such authors as Balzac, Merimee, Dumas, Verne, and Maupassant, this book offers readers familiar with the works of Edgar Allan Poe and E. T. A. Hoffman some of the most memorable stories in the genre. With its aura of the uncanny and the supernatural, the fantastic tale is a vehicle for exploring forbidden themes and the dark, irrational side of the human psyche.The anthology opens with "Smarra, or the Demons of the Night," Nodier's 1821 tale of nightmare, vampirism, and compulsion, acclaimed as the first work in French literature to explore in depth the realm of dream and the unconscious. Other stories include Balzac's "The Red Inn," in which a crime is committed by one person in thought and another in deed, and Merimee's superbly crafted mystery, "The Venus of Ille," which dramatizes the demonic power of a vengeful goddess of love emerging out of the pagan past. Gautier's protagonist in "The Dead in Love" develops an obsessive passion for a woman who has returned from beyond the grave, while the narrator of Maupassant's "The Horla" imagines himself a victim of psychic vampirism.Joan Kessler has prepared new translations of nine of the thirteen tales in the volume, including Gerard de Nerval's odyssey of madness, "Aurelia," as well as two tales that have never before appeared in English. Kessler's introduction sets the background of these talesthe impact of the French Revolution and the Terror, the Romantics' fascination with the subconscious, and the influence of contemporary psychological and spiritual currents. Her essay illuminates how each of the authors in this collection used the fantastic to articulate his own haunting obsessions as well as his broader vision of human experience. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good soft cover. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior. Page edges have foxing. Uncorrected page proofs. Review material included.

Condition: New.

paperback. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:9780226432083.…

Fine as new paperback. 426 pp Paperback. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale.

Condition: new.

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

Condition: New. A compilation of 19th-century French "haunting" tales. Featuring such authors as Balzac, Merimee, Dumas, Verne, and Maupassant, this book offers readers some of the more memorable stories in the genre. Editor(s): Kessler, Joan C. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 632. . 1995. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .…

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Demons of the Night: Tales of the Fantastic, Madness, and the Supernatural from Nineteenth-Century France. Book.

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

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. pp. 400.

Condition: New. A compilation of 19th-century French "haunting" tales. Featuring such authors as Balzac, Merimee, Dumas, Verne, and Maupassant, this book offers readers some of the more memorable stories in the genre. Editor(s): Kessler, Joan C. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 632. . 1995. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…