Modern Libray (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition is Good. No DJ. 1st Edition. Red boards with gold lettering surrounded by rectangular black boxes on both the front cover and spine. Both edge corners are slightly curled inward, but otherwise the binding is strong and square. The top edge is dyed black, and aside from the owner's name and date (1954) written on the inside cover, the pages are clean and unmarked. Patterned endpages. 364 pages, 4 3/4" x 7 1/4". * Molière was a French Renaissance playwright full of ideas that came forth as plays which were diverse: from comedies, tragicomedies, farces and more. His is widely acclaimed as being one of the great writers of world literature. This book has an introduction written by Francis Ferguson, and contains roughly half a dozen of his greatest plays. **All Books Are Shipped Within 24 Hours Of Purchase, And Are Packaged Meticulously In Order To Assure They Arrive In The Same Condition As My Description**.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition is Good. No DJ. 1st Thus. Grey cloth boards stamped in gold set in green rectangular boxes. Front cover has some light stains and is rubbed with faded lettering, same with the spine which has a visible pen mark. Pages have some hand-written notes from my Grandpa, and there are patterned endpages. 328 pages, 5" x 7 1/4". * This contains 15 of Kafka's short stories. He is known for his enigmatic, deadpan, and deeply pessimistic stories which are central to literary modernism. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. His name has even become an adjective: Kaf-ka-esque: reminiscent of the oppressive or nightmarish qualities of his fictional works. **All Books Are Shipped Within 24 Hours Of Purchase, And Are Packaged Meticulously In Order To Assure They Arrive In The Same Condition As My Description**.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition is Very Good. No DJ. 1st Edition. Green boards with gold text placed in black rectangular boxes on both the front cover and spine. Top edges are dyed black, and aside from the owner's name and date on the 1st internal page, pages are clean and unmarked, with patterned endpages. There's a slight bowing of the spine, but the binding remains strong. 448 pages, 4 3/4" x 7 1/4". * Tchekov was a Russian author who is considered by many to be one of the greatest short fiction writers of the 20th Century. This collection has a total of 23 short stories, and is edited, with an introduction by Robert N Linscott. **All Books Are Shipped Within 24 Hours Of Purchase, And Are Packaged Meticulously In Order To Assure They Arrive In The Same Condition As My Description**.