Mark Schorer Introduction (28 results)
- Hardcover
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gray cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; minimal wear; jacket is worn and a little soiled; 491 pages.
Published by DELL 4128
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by University of Texas 1965
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Hard Bound Volume. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Chipped d/j.
Published by Avon Books., New York, NY, USA. 1941
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, CanadaComic World
Contact seller5-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: GOOD, Decent Reading Copy. First Edition By This Publisher. 432 pages; >> Avon Books #1 ; 1941; Scarce in this Printing; 1st paperback Ed; 1st Printing with oval shaped picture of Shakespeare, back issue list of titles to interior endpages; >> This is a reading copy. Heavy cover creasing; spine slant.minor… staining along paper spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Musacchia, J. (illustrator). (illustrator). Book.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lawrence, D. H. ; Introduction by Mark Schorer; Preface by Archibald MacLeish
Published by Grove Press, New York 1959
- Hardcover
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.Willis Monie-Books, ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Slight wear at ends of spine and corners of book cover. Page edges are lightly browned. Dust jacket is price clipped, rubbed, browned, and heavily worn, with foxing, chipping, and pieces of tape holding material together. ; "In its original unexpurgated edition.".
Language: English
Published by Grove Press, Chicago 1959
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: BookManBookWoman Books, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.BookManBookWoman Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition thus, first American edition.Near fine book, very good DJ ( general wear, rubbing, wrinklies, chips to DJ).Blue and tan boards. 368 pages. Price of $6.00 on front flap of dust jacket. First printing of the first (original and unexpurgat…ed) American edition of this great, notorious and controversial novel. Several pencil point dots on top and bottom edge of text bloc.Slight foxing to DJ.Few faint hints of foxing to textblock.No underlining.No notes.No remainder mark. Not bookclub.Not ex library. shelf 206.
Sons and Lovers: A Facsimile of the Manuscript
Lawrence, D. H. [ Edited, with an Introduction by Mark Schorer ]
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Works on Paper, DeKalb, IL, U.S.A.Works on Paper
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very good copy of the first hard cover edition (full number line beginning with 1), lacking a dust-jacket. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding bright and fresh in appearance. A sharp copy. [Please note: Due to the (folio) size and weight of the volume…extra shipping may be required depending on the destination and speed of delivery requested. Quotations gladly provided.].
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lawrence, D. H. [Introduction By Mark Schorer, Preface By Archibald MacLeish]
Language: English
Published by Grove Press, New York 1959
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. Xxxix, 368 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Printed In Silver, Beige Boards, 1 1/4" Thick. Reprinted From The Third Manuscript Version, First Printed In Florence In 1928, With A New Introduction And Preface. A Clean Lightly Used Example. Book With Slight Wear, Fading To Spine C…loth. No Marks.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lawrence, D. H. (Introduction by Mark Schorer with preface by Archibald Macleish)
Published by Grove Press, New York 1959
- Hardcover
Seller: Hudson River Book Shoppe, Waldwick, NJ, U.S.A.Hudson River Book Shoppe
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Introduction by Mark Schorer with preface by Archibald Macleish. Original unexpurgated edition. Price NOT clipped, DJ nicely in wraps with tears and chips along the edges; DJ soiled and pages dusty.
More imagesPublished by Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: A Spectrum Book, Prentice-Hall, Inc., (1962). 1962
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, FOURTH printing. Fourth printing number code sequence 4 through 13 to the copyright page. A publication in the Twentieth Century Views series. A collection of twenty-four diverse interpretations and views on Lewis and his writings by an imp…ressive group of authors and critics including H.L. Mencken, Rebecca West, Joseph Wood Krutch, E.M. Forster, Edmund Wilson, Malcolm Cowley, Alfred Kazin, and more. Slight age-toning to the end-papers as usual, else tight, square, firm and fine in fresh black linen with gilt embossed titles to the spine; in an about very good price-clipped and rubbed dust jacket with a two-inch slightly crimped tear to the upper front spine fold, a half-inch creased tear to the upper front panel's edge, and some small shelf-edge chips to the rear panel that also shows a mild light-tan stain to it's upper rear portion. No marks. Octavo; 174 pages; chronology; notes; bibliography; plus two pages of ads to the rear. The dust jacket will be placed in a clear, removable protective sleeve after scanning for this entry.
Language: English
Published by Grove Press, Inc., New York 1959
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bowman Books, Wooster, OH, U.S.A.Bowman Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First American Printing of the original unexpurgated edition. Previous owner's name on front endpaper, solid hardcover bound in full multi-colored cloth with unmarked text. The dust jacket remains unclipped ($6.00) and presents reasonably well under mylar… despite a chip missing from the front panel, wear to the spine ends, and general soiling particularly to the rear panel. NOT ex-lib. A solid copy in jacket of this classic. xxxix, 368pp.
Published by Harcourt, Brace, and World., New York 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.Dan Pope Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York: Harcourt (1961). First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A clean, tight copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket cover. Shipped in well-padded box. Smoke-free shop. Slight foxing to endpapers; small chip to jacket. Slight f…ading to jacket. Fiction-L.
More imagesLady Chatterley's Lover
Lawrence, D. H. ; Schorer, Mark (Introduction); Macleish, Archibald (Preface)
Language: English
Published by Grove Press, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A. 1959
- Hardcover
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.Gargoyle Books, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First Thus. After years of censorship & much uproar about this book in Europe in the late 1920s, it was published in the US in 1930, but only in a much-abridged version. The present volume represents the Original Unexpurgated Edition of this classic work of erotica &…English class society, representing the Third Manuscript Version orig. published in Italy in 1928 (First, Thus). Published in 1959 by the Grove Press (noted purveyors of censored books), it contains a lengthy & informative Introduction by Mark Schorer & Preface by Archibald Macleish. Octavo has beige cloth over quarter blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Condition is VG+: very clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with a whisper of tanning, unmarked save for shadows of pencil erasures to front endpapers. Mild fading to top edges, slight corner bumping. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $6.00 price on front flap) is VG-, marred by spine fading & light spotting, a few short tears & creasing to top edge of rear & bottom edge of front cover near spine; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
More imagesLady Chatterley's Lover - In Its Original and Unexpurgated Edition
Lawrence, D. H.; Mark Schorer, Introduction; Archibald Macleish, Preface
Language: English
Published by Grove Press, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A. 1959
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Mattabesset Books, Kensington, CT, U.S.A.Mattabesset Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition. Grove Press, Inc., New York, New York, 1959. "In Its Original and Unexpurgated Edition." First Printing (no additional printings noted on copyright page) of the First American Edition. Near Fine in Very Good- Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, wh…ite, tight, straight and square wirth no markings of any kind other than a small stain to the fore-edge. The Binding is blue quarter cloth to yellowish beige textured cloth boards, faded at the head and heel of the spine, with bright gilt title, etc., to spine, unmarked white endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. The Dust jacket has some fading to the front panel and spine, and has one chip at the head of the spine and a second on the spine with wear at the heel of the spine. The original price ($6.00) is intact on front flap. Preface by Archibald MacLeish and Introduction by Mark Schorer. See the photos. xxxix + 368 pages. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Copyright page states "This is the third manuscript version, first published by Giuseppe Orioli, Florence, 1928". Originally banned for obscenity in the USA, Canada, Australia and other countries, it took a lawsuit, Grove Press v. Christenberry [postmaster general], in 1959, to bring about this publication. A similar lawsuit a year later made it available in the UK. Introduction by Mark Schorer; Preface by Archibald Macleish.
Published by Grove Press 1959
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Stone Soup Books Inc, Waynesboro, VA, U.S.A.Stone Soup Books Inc
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First American. Some light toning to endpapers but unmarked text. Tight and square. DJ is in protective mylar, unclipped but mylar has crinked/creased the jacket. Some black marks to back of jacket.
Language: English
Published by Hamish Hamilton 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Book Exchange, Amsterdam, , NetherlandsThe Book Exchange
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. See photos. Hinges tight, binding good.
SONS AND LOVERS: A Facsimile of the Manuscript
Lawrence, D. H.; Edited with an Introduction by Mark Schorer
Language: English
Published by Berkeley/Los Angeles/London:, University of California Press 1977
- Hardcover
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition, first printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Folio. 624 pages. This limited edition consists of the complete facsimile of the final hand-written version of Lawrence's novel, together with six fragments from PAUL MOREL, the final version.
Published by Grove Press 1959
- Hardcover
Seller: The Story Shop, Elwood, IN, U.S.A.The Story Shop
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Very Good- dust. Very nice, clean book. The dustjacket has some moderate wear but looks good now protected in a new, removable archival sleeve. ; "In its original unexpurgated edition." Has the $6.00 price on the jacket flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages.
More imagesI'm A Stranger Here Myself and other Stories by Sinclair Lewis
Lewis, Sinclair; Selected, with an introduction, by Mark Schorer
Published by Dell 1962
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lon Pen, Eatontown, NJ, U.S.A.Lon Pen
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. See photos. A '2" written in marker on first flyleaf. Otherwise no apparent writing/marks in book.
Sons and Lovers: A Facsimile of the Manuscript.
LAWRENCE, D. H. Edited with an Introduction by Mark Schorer.
Published by California Press, Berkeley, 1977
- Hardcover
Seller: Westsider Rare & Used Books Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.Westsider Rare & Used Books Inc.
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- Hardcover
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, , United KingdomRevaluation Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 122 pages. 5.06x0.30x7.81 inches. In Stock.
Published by Dell Books., Canada 1961
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, CanadaComic World
Contact seller5-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. First Paperback Ed 1st Printing. November 1961; First Paperback Edition 1st Printing; DELL Paperback #S-19; 382 Pages; Printed in CANADA. >>> Complete and Unabridged, soft cover edition; >> Sinclair Lewis SHOCKING, Unforgettable Picture of the UNITED STATES in the IRON GRIP of a Native-B…orn One-Hundred-Percent AMERICAN DICTATOR, ** Wikipedia = It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical 1935 political novel, Published during the rise of fascism in Europe, the novel describes the rise of Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, a politician who defeats Franklin Delano Roosevelt and is elected President of the United States, after fomenting fear and promising drastic economic and social reforms while promoting a return to patriotism and "traditional" values. After his election, Windrip takes complete control of the government and imposes a plutocratic/totalitarian rule with the help of a ruthless paramilitary force, in the manner of Adolf Hitler and the SS. The novel's plot centers on journalist Doremus Jessup's opposition to the new regime and his subsequent struggle against it as part of a liberal rebellion. Reviewers at the time, and literary critics ever since, have emphasized the connection with Louisiana politician Huey Long, who was preparing to run for president in the 1936 election when he was assassinated in 1935 just prior to the novel's publication. ** MALCOLM HARRIS (Salon) = Amid the 80th anniversary of Sinclair Lewis's anti-fascist tome, Trump's campaign makes Lewis look prophetic = "The 1935 Novel that foreshadowed Donald Trumps authoritarian appeal." >> Minor cover scuffing; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Howard Terpning Painted Cover. (illustrator). Book.
Published by Dell Books., Canada 1961
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, CanadaComic World
Contact seller5-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. First Paperback Ed 1st Printing. November 1961; First Paperback Edition 1st Printing; DELL Paperback #S-19; 382 Pages; Printed in CANADA. >>> Complete and Unabridged, soft cover edition; >> Sinclair Lewis SHOCKING, Unforgettable Picture of the UNITED STATES in the IRON GRIP of a Native-B…orn One-Hundred-Percent AMERICAN DICTATOR, ** Wikipedia = It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical 1935 political novel, Published during the rise of fascism in Europe, the novel describes the rise of Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, a politician who defeats Franklin Delano Roosevelt and is elected President of the United States, after fomenting fear and promising drastic economic and social reforms while promoting a return to patriotism and "traditional" values. After his election, Windrip takes complete control of the government and imposes a plutocratic/totalitarian rule with the help of a ruthless paramilitary force, in the manner of Adolf Hitler and the SS. The novel's plot centers on journalist Doremus Jessup's opposition to the new regime and his subsequent struggle against it as part of a liberal rebellion. Reviewers at the time, and literary critics ever since, have emphasized the connection with Louisiana politician Huey Long, who was preparing to run for president in the 1936 election when he was assassinated in 1935 just prior to the novel's publication. ** MALCOLM HARRIS (Salon) = Amid the 80th anniversary of Sinclair Lewis's anti-fascist tome, Trump's campaign makes Lewis look prophetic = "The 1935 Novel that foreshadowed Donald Trumps authoritarian appeal." >> Spine on slight slant; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Howard Terpning Painted Cover. (illustrator). Book.
More imagesSons and Lovers: A Facsimile of the Manuscript
Lawrence, D. H. Edited, with an Introduction by Mark Schorer
Published by Berkeley: University of California Press 1977
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: My Father's Books, Bennington, VT, U.S.A.My Father's Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Printed in the USA. First Printing. [Date from the copyright page.] Introduction; Paul Morel: Fragments; Supplement: Textual Variants; [vi], 624 pages. The attractive maroon cloth is in excellent shape, with gilt lettering on the spine and upper boar…d as bright as when first issued. [Please see multiple images of the actual book.] The interior is crisp and clean and free of any markings. The unclipped dustjacket has a few small tears and a number of wrinkles in the cover. [Again, see images.] "This volume consists of the complete final hand-written version of Lawrence's novel, together with six fragments from 'Paul Morel' [his earlier title for this work---almost until its publication]. The manuscript is remarkable for a number of reasons. It includes the many thousands of words, all legible, deleted by Lawrence's editor, Edward Garnett; Lawrence's own deletions, entirely legible; and, most interestingly, the many passages of Lawrence's rewriting, in which both the deleted words and the new words are almost always entirely legible. . . . A list of variants includes a number of corrections of errors still standing in current reprints of 'Sons and Lovers'." My father had a vast collection of D. H. Lawrence books---please see titles listed separately, or inquire. As with every book from my father's collection, tipped in at the front is the small, attractive, acid-free bookplate pictured on my homepage. All books are wrapped with special care and are shipped promptly---domestic sales sent with 'delivery confirmation' tracking; international sales sent via global priority, also with tracking. Please note: This heavy, oversized tome will require extra postage and probably cannot be shipped internationally. Also, due to COVID-19, there may be unusual delays.
POSTE RESTANTE: A Lawrence Travel Calendar
(Lawrence, D.H.) Moore, Harry T.; Schorer, Mark, introduction
Published by Berkeley and Los Angeles: The University of California Press. 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Fine in red cloth with titles in gilt to the spine; in a price-clipped dust jacket. An attractive copy. A "geographical biography" giving a complete account of D.H. Lawrence's daily whereabouts from 1912 until his death in 1930. This copy is war…mly inscribed to actress Mercedes McCambridge and actor and director Fletcher Markle and SIGNED by Ruth and Mark Schorer. Signed by Author(s).
A Symposium on Formalist Criticism
Criticism. Edited by William J. Handy. Introduction by Mark Schorer
Published by University of Texas, Austin, 1965
- First Edition
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, , United KingdomBertram Rota Ltd
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First Edition. Very nice copy dust-wrapper. From the Library of Kenneth Hopkins, with his autograph signature in red ink on the front free end-paper Contributors include Kenneth Burke on "Formalist Criticism: Its Principles and Limits" and John Crowe Ransom on "Theory of Poetic Form".
I'm A Stranger Here Myself and Other Stories by Sinclair Lewis
Lewis, Sinclair; Selected, with an introduction, by Mark Schorer
Published by Dell Laurel, New York 1962
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, CanadaEric James
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Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. Paperback Original. First Edition mass market paperback, 224 pages, 12 stories from the American master; book has been opened, but not a trace of shelf wear, some slight age toning, but unread/unused condition. See also our listing for Lewis's Cass Timberlane.
More imagesTHE GOOD SOLDIER [James Baldwin's copy]
Ford, Ford Madox; Schorer, Mark [introduction]; Baldwin, James [owner]
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1951
- Hardcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. First Borzai Edition. Octavo, 256 pages. In Good condition, lacking the publisher's dust jacket. Bound in publisher's full black cloth, faded lettering to spine. Some general wear and rubbing, including bumping to corners, chipping to head and tail of spine, sun-fading to spine. With James Baldwin's ownership ink on t…he front free endpaper: "James Baldwin / N.Y. / '52". No marginalia present. Shelved in Show Case. Ford Madox Ford's 'The Good Soldier' is considered one of the great works of the 20th century. James Baldwin's 'Giovanni's Room' was considered a controversial queer novel upon publication and is now considered a key work in the canon of gay literature. Colm Tóibín, in his essay 'Baldwin's complex fate' for Prospect Magazine in April 2016, writes: "Baldwin's book [Giovanni's Room] is also close to Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier in the slow and tortuous going over of events in the past in order to come to some understanding of sexual treachery. This is not to suggest that Baldwin was influenced by these other texts, or that he even read them, but rather that the confession form itself, in a time when so much about sex and sexual motive was kept dark and hidden, can have a special and searing intensity. It is especially open to a heightened tone, the tone of self-awareness and self-knowledge being forced on to the page as though after a struggle, the tone of things being said for the very first time." This copy of 'The Good Soldier' answers the question of whether Baldwin read Ford in the process of writing 'Giovanni's Room', published in 1956. With the date of 1952, Baldwin probably picked it up on his only visit to the United States that year. After finishing 'Go Tell It on the Mountain' in February of 1952, he sent it off to New York. "Within months, the publisher Alfred A. Knopf expressed interest, and Baldwin returned to New Yorkthe first time in three-and-a-half yearsto meet the publisher and visit his family." [NYPL: James Baldwin Papers]. This copy would benefit from further scholarly research, as its place in the creation of Giovanni's Room is largely unexplored. The relationship between two of the great novels of the 20th century, especially when read through a queer lens as Baldwin would have done, also is worth exploring in depth. 1409657. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
