Rodney Shewan (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Two-volume set, hardcovers in slipcase. 1,250 pages in total. Second printing, 1991. Fine in good slipcase with some wear to top edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2 Volumes 25cm x 15.5cm - Vol. (1). 568pp, Frontis. Vol. (2). 882pp, frontis. Hardbacks in Slipcase all in Very Good condition. No Dust Jackets as issued. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BOOKS WEIGH 3.2 KILOS WITH PASCKING.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xix, 239 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm Subjects; Authors, English 19th century Criticism and interpretation. Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900; Criticism and interpretation. English literature Wilde, Oscar Critical studies. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xix, 239 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm Subjects; Authors, English 19th century Criticism and interpretation. Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900; Criticism and interpretation. English literature Wilde, Oscar Critical studies. 1 Kg.…

Condition: Good. Volume 1. 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,1350grams, ISBN. …

Condition: Good. Volume 2. 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,1550grams, ISBN. …

Condition: very good. From the Library of John Russell Taylor.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st thus 1968. Very good condition with no wrapper. This two-volume edition carefully curates Boswell's classic biographical masterpiece to capture the vibrant literary landscape and society of Georgian Britain. Edited by Rodney Shewan. Very dark green leather spines with gilt titles, green cloth with oval brown illustrated paper label to front covers. B/w illustrations. Top edges brown. Leather spines are lightly scuffed. Minor mark to front board of volume 2. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly edge-worn and is sunned/faded to rear edge and sides. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched.…

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. (Ref.K2 ) Quarter green calf leather spines to green cloth boards with brown paper illustrated oval overlay to front covers. One or two small light scuffs to spines else books are very good and unmarked internally. Slipcase is also very good with minimal signs of shelfwear. **Heavy set. Will be extra postage. Please message for details prior to ordering.**.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. xix, [1], 239, [3] pages. Illustrations. Some wear to dust jacket edges Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper--Inscription reads For Jim, Ideal host for a scholarly Bunbury--from Rodney. Chiveden 1978. Includes List of Plates (15 black and white plates between pages 72 and 73), Preface, Chronological Table, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. This is the first critical study to consider in detail everything that Oscar Wilde wrote. The author argues that Wilde's adaptations of various literary genres and styles represent his attempts to define his artistic identity, and also his relationship with a society that he longed and expected to conquer but found increasingly hostile to everything that he most valued. Wilde's principal solution to these two related issues was the creation of the "dandy'', but this was only one of the many forms by which the artist's personality might assert its individual nature. Rodney Shewan was a Lecturer in English Literature at Stanford University in Britain. He was the co-editor with Peter Stansky of the series The Aesthetic Movement and the Arts and Crafts Movement. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Size: Octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 75326. For further information on this title or for further photographs, please click on the "Ask Seller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We aim to reply within three working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying. …

Condition: Good. Good condition. Slipcase Like New. 2 Volume Set. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his custom bookplate on front endpage. (English Authors, Lexicographers, Biography) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good (Slipcase). Reprint. Reprint/fifth printing (with a new binding), slipcased two volume hardcover set, both books have a light lean to their binding, slight bumps to their spine ends and cover corners, and a hint of fading to their spine. Overall, this is a solid, tight and clean, Very Good+ two volume set in a Very Good slipcase, which has a moderate bump to one of the lower rear corners, lighter bumps to the other corners, and rubbing to the panels with scuffing to the base.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1990, re-issue. Two Volume Set. Large Thick Octavo's. 568pp. 682pp. Quarter dark brown buckram with light brown cloth boards, gilt titles to spine. Housed in the cloth covered slipcase. Some minor wear to slipcase. Overall a Near Fine set. Heavy - additional postage will be required. …

2nd printing hardbacks in original cloth Nice copies octavo 568, 682pp., frontis.(2), b/w plates, appends., bibliog., index, Nice set bound in brown cloth over grey boards. In original slip-case as issued.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Folio Society two volume hardback set, 1968, with slip-case and no jackets as issued. In overall near-fine used condition with only very slight signs of age, handling and storage - green cloth boards with black leather spines, just a touch rubbed to spines, boards clean and crisp; slipcase slightly rubbed. Bindings tight and appear almost unopened. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. This set weighs 3kg. Not old library books. …