Ob Emerson (23 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Forty years separate the writing of these books, and Melville's moral concerns are highly visible in Billy Budd, in which a young sailor willingly accepts his punishment after accidentally killing an evil man. In Typee, Melville romanticized his own adventures as a merchant seaman on a Polynesian island. Typee is generally considered nothing more than adventure and travel writing, whereas Billy Budd is open to interpretation and is considered a much more literary work.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Forty years separate the writing of these books, and Melville's moral concerns are highly visible in Billy Budd, in which a young sailor willingly accepts his punishment after accidentally killing an evil man. In Typee, Melville romanticized his own adventures as a merchant seaman on a Polynesian island. Typee is generally considered nothing more than adventure and travel writing, whereas Billy Budd is open to interpretation and is considered a much more literary work.…

Stapled. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. 98 pp. Underlining on c. 10 pages. The binding is tight.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Forty years separate the writing of these books, and Melville's moral concerns are highly visible in Billy Budd, in which a young sailor willingly accepts his punishment after accidentally killing an evil man. In Typee, Melville romanticized his own adventures as a merchant seaman on a Polynesian island. Typee is generally considered nothing more than adventure and travel writing, whereas Billy Budd is open to interpretation and is considered a much more literary work. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Forty years separate the writing of these books, and Melville's moral concerns are highly visible in Billy Budd, in which a young sailor willingly accepts his punishment after accidentally killing an evil man. In Typee, Melville romanticized his own adventures as a merchant seaman on a Polynesian island. Typee is generally considered nothing more than adventure and travel writing, whereas Billy Budd is open to interpretation and is considered a much more literary work. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Forty years separate the writing of these books, and Melville's moral concerns are highly visible in Billy Budd, in which a young sailor willingly accepts his punishment after accidentally killing an evil man. In Typee, Melville romanticized his own adventures as a merchant seaman on a Polynesian island. Typee is generally considered nothing more than adventure and travel writing, whereas Billy Budd is open to interpretation and is considered a much more literary work. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Softcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.

Paperback. Condition: VG. Vg no markings. Always helpful and consulted more often than one might expect.

Paperback. Condition: VG. Vg no markings. Always helpful and consulted more often than one might expect.

Thurston, Jarvis / Emerson, O.B. / Hartman, Carl / Wright, Elizabeth V. Short fiction criticism: A checklist of interpretation since 1925 of stories and novelettes (American, British, Continental) 1800-1958. Denver: Alan Swallow, 1960, 2d printing, 265pp., poor dust-jacket, torn and chipped, good gray cloth, but perfect glued binding is wobbly in first few pages, good usable copy. Bibliography of articles and books about short stories: includes 8 pages on Franz Kafka, 9 pages on Thomas Mann.…

Softcover. Condition: Bon. Légères traces d'usure sur la couverture. Pages cornées. Edition 1995. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Slight signs of wear on the cover. Dog-eared pages. Edition 1995. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. …

Softcover. Condition: Bon. Légères traces d'usure sur la couverture. Salissures sur la tranche. Edition 1992. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Slight signs of wear on the cover. Stains on the edge. Edition 1992. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.…

Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Spine of light blue covering slightly faded and has call numbers, perforated preface page, library stamp on last page of text, page edges lightly browned. 265 pages.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. ***1984 hardcover published without jacket/ex-library with usual markings/a single hand-drawn asterisk in the text on pages 21, 23, & 67. 420 p.

Ex-library copy. xii, 195 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket foxed, soiled, and toned; small chips, nicks, short tears, and bumping at edges; front flap retains publisher's printed price at bottom right with swath of black marker obscuring library stamp at top; another library stamp at bottom of rear flap. Dark brown boards with light mottling. Foxing to text block edges and endpapers; black marker to library stamp on ffep along with colored wax pencil prices; library pocket, date due sheet, and stamps on rear endpapers; interior leaves otherwise mostly remain clean. Binding is firm. With Acknowledgements, Notes on Contributors, and Index. Features twelve chapters/essays: "Introduction: Of New Souths Rising" by Robert H. McKenzie; "The Old and the New" by James F. Doster, "Alabama's Five Economies" by Arthur A. Thompson; "The Role of Leadership" by Thomas W. Christopher; "Southern Politics Are Changing, Too" by Donald S. Strong; "The Meaning of Greene County" by Stan Murphy; "To Live and Die in Dixie" by John W. Nixon; "Some Contemporary Literary Views of the Newest South" by O.B. Emerson; "Mass Media Changes in the South since World War II" by Ray Jenkins; "Education for a New Generation" by Esther J. Swenson; "New Currents in Southern Higher Education" by Neal R. Berte; "A Southern University in the South" by David Mathews.…

gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. 420 Seiten; Der Erhaltungszustand des hier angebotenen Werks ist trotz seiner Bibliotheksnutzung sehr sauber. Es befindet sich neben dem Rückenschild lediglich ein Bibliotheksstempel im Buch; ordnungsgemäß entwidmet. In ENGLISCHER Sprache. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 750.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1984 hardcover published without jacket/ex-library with usual markings/clean & unmarked text. 420 p.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This first edition has been personally inscribed by one of the authors, Helen Morgan Akens on the fep. The book is tight, bright, and clean with no other names or markings. It is fine. The dust jacket is very good minus with a small missing chip at both top and bottom of the spine. Language: eng. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Almost Like New. No Jacket. Reprint Edition. Book is a clean tight unmarked copy.

Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 400 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

EMERSON, O.B. ALABAMA PRIZE STORIES-1970. Edited, With A Foreword by Emerson. Design & Drawings by Mary Ann Edger. Huntsville, Alabama: The Strode Publishers, [1970]. 8vo., light-brown cloth in dust jacket; 344 pages. First Edition. Signed by 10 authors, out of the 30 authors collected in the book. Authors include Jimmie G. Reid, Doug Reeves, Walter S. Terry, Helen Morgan Akens, Holly Gates Daugherty, H.E. Francis, Lorraine Standish, Olene Latmier, Ethel M. Yates & Mary Anne Edgar. Very Good (covers nice, contents clean & tight); some rubbing (few short tears) d/j. $85.00. …