Ross James a Ed (18 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

First edition, first printing (per publisher's requisite number line upon copyright page). x, 321 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed, "2001" handwritten in faded ink at front panel's top right. Beige cloth with metallic purple stamped spine lettering. Some soiling to top edge and fore-edge. Obtrusive ink marginalia on Table of Contents leaf; frequent pencil underlining and margin marks within Introduction; ink underlining and margin marks within Chapter 2. No other such markings readily apparent upon a quick perusal and interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A good copy in a very good- dust jacket. With Preface, Introduction by James H. Justus, "Humor of the Old South: A Comprehensive Bibliography" compiled by Ed Piacentino (pages 263-309), Contributors (short biographical essays of contributing authors), and Index. Features seventeen chapters within three sections all titled as follows: ORIGIN AND INFLUENCES, {Chapter #1} "The Origins of the Humor of the Old South" by J.A. Leo Lemay, {2} "'Sleepy Hollow' Comes South: Washington Irving's Influence on Old Southwestern Humor" by Ed Piacentino, {#3} The Function of Women in Old Southwestern Humor: Rereading Porter's 'Big Bear' and 'Quarter Race' Collections" by William E. Lenz, {4} "Contesting the Boundaries of Race and Gender in Old Southwestern Humor" by Ed Piacentino, {5} "Darkness Visible: Race and Pollution in Southwestern Humor" by Scott Romine, PERSPECTIVES ON EARLIER AUTHORS-1830-1860, {6} "The Prison House of Gender: Masculine Confinement and Escape in Southwest Humor" by Gretchen Martin, {7} "Augustan Nostalgia and Patrician Disdain in A.B. Longstreet's 'Georgia Scenes'" by Kurt Albert Mayer, {8} "A Biographical Reading of A.B. Longstreet's 'Georgia Scenes'" by David Rachels, {9} "A Sadder Simon Suggs: Freedom and Slavery in the Humor of Johnson Hooper" by Johanna Nicol Shields, {10} "Revising Southern Humor: William Tappan Thompson and Major Jones Letters" by David C. Estes, {11} "Backwoods Civility, or How the Ring-Tailed Roarer Became a Gentle Man for David Crockett, Charles F.M. Noland, and William Tappan Thompson" by James E. Caron, {12} "Bench and Bar: Baldwin's Lawyerly Humor" by Mary Ann Wimsat, {13} "The Good Doctor: O.B. Mayer and 'Human Natur,'" by Edwin T. Arnold, THE LITERARY LEGACY, {14} "An Old Southwesterner Abroad: Cultural Frontiers and the Landmark American Humor of J. Ross Browne's 'Yusef'" by Joseph Csicsila, {15} "Mark Twain: The Victorian of Southwestern Humor" by Leland Krauth, {16} "Jason Compson and Sut Lovingood: Southwestern Humor as Stream of Consciousness," by Stephen M. Ross, and {17} "Southwestern Humor, Erskine Caldwell, and the Comedy of Frustration" by R.J. Gray. ISBN 0813121949.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding, clean and bright pages. Wraps have light handling wear. Contents: Berger, Reflections of the Last Editor fo the Annals of the Southeast Conference. Bradshaw and Ransdell, Anti-Asian Agitation in South Africa in the 1930s: Reactions to the "Japanese Treaty" and "Honorary White" Status. Chang, Indigenizing Deities: The Budai Maitreya and the Group fo Eighteen Luohans in Niche No. 68 at Feilaifeng. Dong, Two Decades of Local Democratic Experiment in China: Developments and Changing Assessments. Shen, The STate Goes Pop: Orientalism in Grief over the Yellow River. H. Wang, The Adulators and the Adulated: Religious Patronage of a Regional Ruler in Early Tenth-Century China. Q. Wang, Administrative Reform in China: Past, Present, and Future. Caldwell, The Movie Mujra: The Trope of the Courtesan in Urdu-Hindi Film. Hsiao, Dancing the Red Lantern: Zhang Yimou's Fusion of Western Ballet and Peking Opera. Hsiao and Ross, Taking Pains to Explain Li Keran's The Pain of Composition. Liu, Across the Borders: Hip Hop's Influence on Chinese Youth Culture. Metraux, The Futenma Issue and the Future of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty. Metraux, Ghosts of the Gold Rush: Visiting Chinese Camp, California. Ross, Huang Binhong's Unruly Pastoral. Ross, Musings on Miyazaki, Early and Late. Taj, Two Anarkalis: Saghar Nizami's Dream Drama and the Deconstruction of the Parsi Theatre. Takagi, Third Space Wonderland and the End of the Modern: Representation of Tokyo in the Works of Murakami Haruki. Book reviews, proceedings of the 49th SEC/AAS annual meeting, obituary of Derek John Waller. 9.0" tall; 236 pages.…

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine. Volume 2, No. 1, February, 1957. Interior toning. J. Edgar Hoover, Marla English, Admiral Halsey. Now in archival bag and board. From the collection and estate of noted SF/F/H & comic collector Kennett Neily - owner of the White Mountain Comic Collection - with his date stamp of purchase as usual to ffep. A. Leslie Ross (illustrator).…

Imperial octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG+ Edges slightly frayed, otherwise an attractive copy, very clean throughout. Cover art by A. Leslie Ross. Interior artwork by Beecham, Luros, Murphy & Orban.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. 2013. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . .

Condition: New.

Condition: New. 2013. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

hardcover. Condition: very good(-). Preface in English, text in Latin. 299 pages. 12mo, full contemporary calf; leather worn at covers, edges and spine, some leather missing at top of spine, contemporary signature and scribbles in ink on endpages and title page, initials in ink on fore-edge, pages lightly foxed and toned. Philadelphia: Bradford & Inskeep, Jacon Johnson, et al., 1809. A very good(-) copy. Early American imprint.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. No. 1-4, Winter to Autumn, 1950. HC, Orig. Red cloth and gilt stamping to spine. B/W photography, ads, illustrations and collected writings from celebrated authors. 4to. xxiv++ (ea. quarter differs in roman numeral pages), 332pp + 4 page Index to all 4 quarters. Fine, Clean, with no markings or writings, never read. Mint Interior with near fine exterior; spine is sunned. Includes stories, poems and other writings by J. Frank Dobie, William Goyen, James Pipes, Boyd McDonald, John B. Jackson, William Burford, W.M. Frohock, Arthur Marvin Shaw, Herschell Brickell, Ted Robins, Joseph Leach, John Rosenfield, William A. Owens, Peter Viereck, Ben Jeffrey, Robert G. Payne, Vernon Young, John T. Flanagan, Jordan Mason, Esther McCoy, T.M. Pearce, Clarence K. Streit, Charlie Masters, Wilson Owen Henderson, Ruth M. Sanders, Umphrey Lee Jr., Joseph Ross and many more. Hard to find in such nice condition. RARE. Collectible. BR Box 152.…