Ed John B Van Sickle (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Minimal shelf wear, clean internals. May have remainder mark.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Red hardcover with gilt lettering to front and spine. Intermittent discreet penciling; otherwise clean and tight. Appendices, bibliography, index. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Wie neu. 156 p. ; graph. Ill. Excellent condition. Bilingual latin english. - CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Literary Fate -- The Life in Letters and Poems -- The System and Poetics of the Book -- The History of the Edition -- The Poem Book -- A Country Cure for the Sick City -- The City Blamed for Sickness in the Poet -- The Healthy Style of Poetic Life -- The City Women Blamed -- To Flee the City for a Cure -- Honoring a Florentine Masters Gifts -- Warning against Sly Flattery -- Warning against Shifty Fortune -- Praising the Healer of the West -- A Brief for Brevity in the Book -- Honoring a Princess, Blaming Himself -- Consoling a Princess, Praising a Hero -- Praising a Florentine Masters Gifts -- No Cure for a Country Ill -- Commentary and Notes -- Appendices -- Punctuation Sampler -- Selected Letters -- Bibliography -- Index. ISBN 9780866982368 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 383.…