Spears George James (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, first printing. Inscribed by Spears on the ffep. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text unmarked. The dust jacket shows some edgewear and rubbing, spine lightly toned, unclipped, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 127pp. Signed by Author.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Clean & Unmarked. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. A very nice, clean and straight copy. Unclip ped dust-jacket is lightly rubbed, but is otherwise quite nice and still relatively bright. 127 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st printing; dj w/lite weae only, unclipped price, in mylar; blue-green c w/black titles; 127 clean, unmarked pagesbibliography.

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Signed by author on title page (no inscription). First Ed Stated. Nice clean copy. Exposition Press, 1963 Very Good. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Dust jacket rubbing, 1" closed tear back cover, some edge, corner and shelf wear, still bright colors, price on inside jacket but a small clip to upper inside jacket edge. Teal cloth boards, vg, square. 127 pp. Currently OOP, Scarce, or HTF edition. Ships quickly & w/care. -The Satire of Saki by George J. Spears examines the satiric art of Hector H. Munro, known as Saki, whose short stories, such as The Chronicles of Clovis, showcase his wit, epigrammatic style, and fascination with the eerie. This study explores Saki's humor, methods, and satirical approach, comparing his work to that of Swift, Pope, and Juvenal, while highlighting his critique of Edwardian society and his distinctive place in satirical literature. Signed by Author.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. Wrappers. xix, 491-729pp. Small pen notation on front wrapper and in the contents pages, spine cocked, very good. Reviews: "Edgarpoe and Danhoffman" by Charlotte Kretzoi, "Thom Gunn's Cornucopia" by Raymond Oliver, "Sewall's Life of Emily Dickinson" by John Cody, and more. Poetry: "In Memory of W.H. Auden" by George W. Nitchie, and others. Essays: "Hart Crane and Yvor Winters: A Meeting of Minds" by Thomas Parkinson, "Milton in Old Age" by Frank Kermode, and more. Reviews of "Delusion and Her Daughters: John Berryman's *Recovery*" by William Heyen, and more.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Stated First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. Aqua boards, sharp, mild shelf wear to spine ends. Protected, price unclipped, dustjacket, clean and bright. Book is firm in binding, clean interior, former owner's name and address on front free endpage. The author, who was a professor of English at Russell Sage College, compares Saki's novels, plays and political satires to his short stories, and finds them wanting. 127 pp. Including bibliography. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Octavo, pp. [1-11] 12-127 [128: blank], boards. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#161372).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 184pp. Blue wrappers. Yapped edges bumped and nicked, spine lightly cocked and sunned, very good. Contributions by Joseph Frank, George Woodcock, Daniel G. Hoffman, Bonamy Dobree, Thomas Parkinson, Charles T. Harrison, Richard Tillinghast, Vernon Watkins, James Dickey, Robert Pack, Thomas E. Adams, Arthur Mizener, P.H. Hardacre, David Galler, Louis D. Rubin, Jr., and Russell Kirk.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Blue wrappers. Octavo. 185-354pp. Yapped edges bumped and nicked, spine lightly cocked and sunned, very good. "Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, and The Civil War" by James M. Cox. Poetry, stories, arts and letters by James M. Cox, Daniel G. Hoffman, Samuel Hynes, Theodore M. Greene, Julian Mitchell, James Wright, Julia Randall, Sakutaro Hagiwara, E. Lucas Myers, Allen Tate, James Dickey, Henry Popkin, John Unterecker, George Woodcock, and Brother Anoninus.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 136. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1963 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 136.