Bruccoli Matthew 1931 2008 (10 results)

First printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page). [8], 386 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.5cm. Dust jacket rubbed and well toned; some foxing and soiling spots; short tear and crease at rear panel's bottom center; front flap's top corner is price-clipped. Black cloth; white lettering to spine. Strong toning/foxing to text block's top edge; foxing to fore-edge and bottom edge. Some foxing to interior leaves mostly occurring at margins. Binding is firm. With a Foreword by Scottie Fitzgerald Smith and Preface by Matthew J. Bruccoli. Features twenty-one short stories: "The popular girl;" "Love in the night;" "Our own movie queen;" "A penny spent;" "The dance;" "Jacob's ladder;" "The swimmers;" "The original follies girl;" "The southern girl;" "The girl the prince liked;" "The girl with talent;" "A millionaire's girl;" "Poor working girl;" "The hotel child;" "A new leaf;" "Miss Ella;" "The continental angle;" "A couple of nuts;" "What a handsome pair!;" "Last kiss;" "Dearly beloved." ISBN 0684139022.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. xv+259 pages with frontispiece, facsimiles, appendix and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's grey cloth with silver lettering to spine and cover. First edition. Covers separate publications with reproductions of title pages and dust jackets, contributions to books, magazines and newspapers and blurbs. Has an appendix listing books about Macdonald. Condition: Light rubbing to extremities else a near fine copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. x+35 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. First edition. Kent State University acquired the Raymond Chandler collection of books and manuscripts through purchase and gift from Dr. Matthew J. Bruccoli in 1968. Bruccoli, a leading bibliographer and authority in American literature, compiled Raymond Chandler: A Check List and other bibliographical works on Chandler. Bruccoli passed away on June 4, 2008. Condition: A very good to fine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. xxx+479 pages with frontispiece, facsimiles, illustrations, appendices and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Revised edition. Matthew Bruccolli's revised text of his authoritative Fitzgerald bibliography manages on a number of levels to both correct and advance the first edition of 1972 and its supplement (1980). Without at all jeopardizing any of the initial complication's assets (facsimile title and copyright pages, illustrations of dust-jackets, and a clearly stated and closely adhered to application of such essential critical terms as "state" and "issue"), the 1987 version updates and enlarges upon the earlier two-volume set while at the same time taking the opportunity afforded to interpolate a number of alterations. Expansion of the contents and perfections of the citations aside, the present volume discards some few sections from both earlier books. Condition: A near fine copy.…

First edition, first printing (with latter indicated by publisher's number line upon copyright page). x, 246 pages. Hardcover: H 36.25cm x L 28.25cm. Dust jacket well rubbed and lightly soiled; usual color fading/sunning to spine and front panel margins; light toning at tops of flaps; bumping and nicks/scuffs at edges; front flap's top corner is price-clipped. Black cloth; gilt and copper stamped lettering to spine and front board remains bright. Foxing to front and rear endpaper maps; light foxing to pages 80-81 caused by laid-in newspaper article "Scottie Smith Comes Home" (The Birmingham News, Sunday, April 28, 1974); a few scattered occurrences of light foxing and soiling to interior leaves which, overall, remain clean. Binding slightly stressed at laid-in newspaper article but otherwise remains firm. With Introduction, b/w photographs and illustrations throughout, and unpaged four leaf (i.e. eight page) section of color plates reproducing Zelda's artwork (watercolor paintings, oils, and paper doll illustrations). A very good copy in a very good- dust jacket. Fitzgerald scholar Bruccoli et al review F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's personal life via their letters, scrapbooks, and family photographs provided by their only child, daughter Scottie Fitzgerald Smith. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 5.5 pounds (2.49 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {SlatedBookcase-Shelf#7} ISBN 0684139235.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Library marks remain. Physical description; 441 p. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes index. Originally published, Philadelphia , Lippincott, 1972. Subjects; Ober, Harold (1881-1959) ; Correspondence. Fitzgerald, Francis Scott (1896-1940) ; Correspondence. Ober, Harold (1881-1959). Fitzgerald, Francis Scott (1896-1940) Biography. Fitzgerald, Francis Scott (1896-1940) Friends and associates. Novelists, American 20th century ; Correspondence. Novelists, American 20th century ; Biography. American literature 20th century History and criticism. Novelists, American. fiction in english american writers fitzgerald, francis scott correspondence with ober, harold. Fiction in English American writers Fitzgerald, F Scott Correspondence, diaries, etc. Genres; Biography. Briefsammlung (1919-1940). 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Library marks remain. Physical description; 441 p. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes index. Originally published, Philadelphia , Lippincott, 1972. Subjects; Ober, Harold (1881-1959) ; Correspondence. Fitzgerald, Francis Scott (1896-1940) ; Correspondence. Ober, Harold (1881-1959). Fitzgerald, Francis Scott (1896-1940) Biography. Fitzgerald, Francis Scott (1896-1940) Friends and associates. Novelists, American 20th century ; Correspondence. Novelists, American 20th century ; Biography. American literature 20th century History and criticism. Novelists, American. fiction in english american writers fitzgerald, francis scott correspondence with ober, harold. Fiction in English American writers Fitzgerald, F Scott Correspondence, diaries, etc. Genres; Biography. Briefsammlung (1919-1940). 1 Kg. …

First edition, first printing (with latter indicated by publisher's number line upon copyright page). x, 246 pages. Hardcover: H 36.25cm x L 28.5cm. Dust jacket rubbed and lightly soiled; usual color fading/sunning to spine and front panel; some toning to flaps; bumping and several tears at edges; front flap's top corner is price-clipped. Black cloth with bumping at corners; spine's gilt stamped lettering remains bright as does front board's gilt and copper stamped lettering. Front endpapers illustrated with United States map titled "The Fitzgeralds' America" and rear endpapers illustrated with European map titled "The Fitzgeralds' Europe." Some surface peeling affecting illustration at top of front pastedown from removal of gift tag; front free endpaper has past owner's red ink signature and date at center top with personal blind-stamp at lower right; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. With Introduction, b/w photographs and illustrations throughout, and unpaged four leaf (i.e. eight page) section of color plates reproducing Zelda's artwork (watercolor paintings, oils, and paper doll illustrations). A very good+ copy in a very good- dust jacket. Fitzgerald scholar Bruccoli et al review F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's personal life via their letters, scrapbooks, and family photographs provided by their only child, daughter Scottie Fitzgerald Smith. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 5.5 pounds (2.49 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {SlatedBookcase-Shelf#6} ISBN 0684139235. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 417 pages; Description: xxix, 417 p. : ill. , maps (on lining papers) ; 25 cm. "John OÂ'HaraÂ's works": p. 358-386. Subjects: OÂ'Hara, John, 1905-1970. Novelists, American --20th century --Biography. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 417 pages; Description: xxix, 417 p. : ill. , maps (on lining papers) ; 25 cm. "John OÂ'HaraÂ's works": p. 358-386. Subjects: OÂ'Hara, John, 1905-1970. Novelists, American --20th century --Biography. 1 Kg. …