Second Thoughts by Ridley (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 175 pages, a very good hardback in a very good dust-jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 8vo, hardcover, green cloth. Vg condition in good dj. 171 pages; Exterior lightly rubbed, dj sunned on spine & with one taped tear, contents clean, binding tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 175pp. HARDCOVER. Clean copy internally. No inscriptions. Light foxing apparent to prelims., & external edges. In protected VG d/w. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:

1st ed. Dust jacket spine faded. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dustjacket.

First edition. No inscriptions or annotations; binding tight; water stain to green cloth on front board; dust jacket a little worn at edges, with faded spine; dust jacket not price-clipped Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket.

1st ed. Prelims a little foxed; dust jacket spine badly faded. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good price-clipped dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good price-clipped dust jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Slight foxing to inside cover. Sunned spine to D/J. Price clipped. Those who enjoyed the author's brilliant comparison of the three languages and literatures of English, Latin and Greek, Studies in Three Literatures, will welcome this further volume of literary themes in which he confines himself, except in, to English writers. Readers may often wonder at the wide difference between past, and contemporary judgements on literature, and Mr. Ridley makes a very strong case for second thoughts on authors and their works. This is the special interest of his new book and there are of course a number of surprises. Contents: preface. A Misrated Author? Translations. Webster. A Forgotten Poet. Meredith's Poetry. Index. 175 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A first edition of this collection of literary essays. Including a study of John Buchan as a 'misrated author', an exploration of the works of John Webster, and others. In a green cloth binding with clipped dustwrapper. Externally very smart, with just some minor shelfwear. Dustwrapper is quite smart, with just two small closed tears and some slight edgewear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. book.