Muse Chains by Potter (5 results)

Condition: Good. 1937. First Published. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Ex-Libris plate of Maurice James Waldron Craig stuck to front pastedown. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Marking to both boards.

Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content has light toning. Previous owner name to ffep. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. A discussion of what constitutes 'English literature'and what the role of this subject in education is from a man who was a recognised Coleridge expert. Boards slightly scuffed, particularly at top of spine and in some sections bindiing is not completely tight. Name of previous owner on ffep. Pp287 8vo Postage may vary ref. 01527cm.

1st edition. A humorous satire on the academic teaching of English literature. Pp.287, owner's name to inside front board. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, slightly cocked, minor rubbing to boards with wear to corner tips. G+.** Stephen Meredith Potter (1900 1969) was a British writer best known for his parodies of self-help books, and their film and television derivatives. It was the first of his series of books purporting to teach ploys for manipulating one's associates, making them feel inferior and thus gaining the status of being one-up on them. From this book, the term "Gamesmanship" entered the English language. (wiki).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. A signed, first edition of this very scarce satirical work surrounding the history of English literature, written by Stephen Potter. The first edition. Very scarce work. Signed by the author, to 'Joan Viver with best wishes from Stephen Potter', dated March 1937.Written by British author Stephen Potter, known for his humorous take on self-help books, leading to a job as a writer for the BBC. 'The Muse in Chains' is a study in education, being a humorous satire on the academic teaching of English literature. Potter's amusing insights into the education system were widely praised, with some reviewers calling for him to put them into action, while others viewed his thoughts as simply entertainment. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Externally, very smart, with light bumping to the extremities and the odd mark to cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Light spotting to endpapers and fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright with light scattered spotting, predominantly to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.