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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition As Such. Copyright Date: 1933 octavo, 1978, PP.145, How To Use Wild Flowers IN Your Garden, Dedication To Peter Rabbit. Text Figures (illustrator).
More imagesThe Hit Parade Local Theater Herald 1937 Frances Langford, Phil Regan
Directed by Gus Meins / Starring Frances Langford, Phil Regan, Carl Hoff and The Hit Parade orchestra, Duke Ellington and his band with Ivie Anderson, Eddie Duchin and his orchestra, Al Pearce and his gang, Pick and Pat, Louise Henry, George Givot (billed as "'The Greek Ambassador'"), Molasses 'N' January, Voice of Experience, Ed Thorgersen, Pert Kelton, The Gentle Maniacs, Roy Smeck (billed as "Wizard of Strings"), The Tic Toc Girls, Edward Brophy, Max Terhune, Inez Coutney, and Oscar and Elmer
Published by Republic, 1937
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: VG+. A VGF or better 5" X 8" four-page local theater herald. Also includes ads for several other films. Book.

The Death and Letters of Alice James
Yeazell, Ruth B.; Ruth B. Yeazell (Selected Correspondence, Edited, with a Biographical Essay, by)
Language: English
Published by University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles, CA, London, 1981
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Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 214 pp. Solidly bound copy and dj with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Henry Vaux (Cover Illustration); George Mackie (Jacket Design) (illustrator).

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. hbk 343pp dj slightly shelfworn now in protective sleeve otherwise an an excellent clean tight unmarked copy almost as new.
The Great Secession and Other Essays (Winter of 1860-61)
Henry Adams (edited and with an introduction by George Hochfield)
Published by Sagamore Press, New York. NY, 1958
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Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.Blue Skye Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. NYC: Sagamore Press, 1958. 1st edition, F/. Book has very little wear. Includes footnotes and index. 14 essays never before collected into book form by one the greatest historians of the 19th century in the United States. Nice copy, 428 pp.
Language: English
Published by Indiana University Press and Marquette University Press, Bloomington and Milwaukee, 1960
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 156pp. NAP. Contribution: P.W. Bridgman, :The Nature of Physical 'Knowledge'", pp. 13-24; Frank J. Collingwood, "Is 'Physical Knowledge' Limited by Its Quantitative Approach to Reality?", pp. 25-46; Henry Margenau, "Does Physical 'Knowledge' Require A Priori or Undemonstrable Presuppositions?", pp. 47-68; George P. Klubertanz, S.J., "Does 'Knowledge' of Physical Laws and Facts Have Relevance in the Moral and Social Realm?", pp. 69-84; Alfred Lande, "Dualistic Pictures and Unitary Reality in Quantum Theory", pp. 85-95; Raymond J. Seeger, "Metaphysics: Before or After Physics?", pp.96-108; Adolf Grunbaum, "The Role of A Priori Elements in Physical Theory", pp. 109-128; Discussion [transcribed from a tape recording after the presentations at the symposium, with participation by Norwood Russell Hanson; Saul A. Basri, and John Forwalter], pp. 129-142; Notes, pp. 143-152; Index, pp. 153-156. Blue boards with brilliant silver lettering on spine. Ffep and rear flyleaf, along with hinges front and back, have moderate foxing; top edge and fore-edge have light foxing; 1" x 1/2" dark green bookseller's sticker affixed at lower left ffep: "Lauriat's Books Boston Chestnut Hill Northshore Southshore". Shiny brown dustwrapper price-clipped, with orange-silhouetted human figure illustration on front cover, standing atop an orange curved band across middle front cover for title lettering in brown superimposed; editor and contributors' names in small orange lettering across lower half front cover. Corners rubbed; 1/2" tear (and associated small creases) down from top edge near mid-point (NOW backed with Archival tape); spine sunned to part-olive tint (all lettering still sharp and distinct, eminently readable); narrow greenish waterstain along rear cover left edge up from lower left rear cover corner (half-Rorschach-like for 3"); faint water stains on inside dw at lower right spine corner, at lower right front cover corner, and light green stain at inside rear cover left edge, and at top right front cover: NO stains have warping or curling, remaining completely flat to touch: describes worse than it is, but there you have it: NOW in reality in Brodart mylar which graciously forgives transgressions. Dustwrapper did its job: NO staining to blue boards; NO rubbing wear. Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); previous owner name and book purchase date discreetly at top left inside front cover, else Clean Text. Solid copy.…
Published by George Routledge & Sons, London, 1891
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Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.Vashon Island Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Thus. In red cloth, 8vo, 190pp. (wear, rubbing and soiling to cloth, inner hinge repaired with aging tape at title-page, trifle musty). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.
The History of Van Diemen's Land from the year 1824 to 1835, inclusive during the administration of Lieutenant-Governor George Arthur
Melville, Henry (edited with Introduction, Notes and Commentary by George Mackaness)
Published by Horwitz-Grahame, Sydney, 1965
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 199pp. Sporadic date stamp (23 Jun 1969) throughout the text. Nicjk to to foredge of p. 142. Gift inscription front endpaper. Price-clipped DJ has browned spine (now encased in clear removable mylar jacket).
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1877
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Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.Vashon Island Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket As Issued. Edition and Printing Not Stated. Edition and printing not stated. Good, no dust jacket as issued, corners lightly bumped & rubbed, slight rubbing around edges of spine, several sections of pages are uneven along front fore-edge. 11.5 x 17cm. hard cover. 311pp. Size: 16mo 6 - 7 Tall. Illustrated with b&w Engravings (illustrator). Book.…
MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND IN 1675
Marie Catherine Baronne D'Aulnoy; Translated from the Original French by Mrs. William Henry Arthur. Edited, Revised and With Annotations.by George David Gilbert
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head/John Lane Company, London/NY, 1913
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- First Edition
Seller: North Country Books, Milton, VT, U.S.A.North Country Books
Contact seller3-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Very Good (or better). First edition. Red cloth some fading to spine, light edge wear, tiny bit of damp stain to upper edge of rear cover, also affecting the rear end-page, o/w very clean, tighly bound, unmarked, dash of damp staining to frontispiece, o/w clean pages. No dust jacket.…
More imagesPublished by Popular Publications Inc, Philadelphia / New York, 1948
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Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.biblioboy
Contact seller5-star sellerSingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Philadelphia / New York: Popular Publications Inc March 1948. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers [about 8.5" x 11"], 112 pages, illustrated. Includes "The Ship from Nowhere" by A. Bertram Chandler, "The Challenger---And New Chump!" by William Holder, "Ukie Invests in Human Nature" by P. G. Wodehouse, "The Only Witness" by Howard Bloomfield, "The Lady of the Iron Horse?" by George Armin Shaffel, "Women and Tugboats" by Durand Kiefer, "Bet the Wild Queen!" by Norman A. Fox, etc. Contents page in Photos A good to very good copy with cover creasing, two spots of wear to the front cover, page 51 with a small ad clipped with loss to picture only (SEE PHOTO) text of the story is complete. Text paper toned. See Photos mag9E. cover by Charles Dye (illustrator).…
More imagesPublished by Popular Publications Inc, Chicago / New York, 1946
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Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.biblioboy
Contact seller5-star sellerSingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. Chicago / New York: Popular Publications Inc. 1946 First edition Vintage Pulp magazine in Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.25"], 146 pages, illustrated. With stories by Nard Jones, Gordon MacCreagh, Robert H. Wall Jr, Douglas H. Fox, Jim Kjelgaard, John Hetherington, George C. Thompson, Henry John Colyton, Nick Boddie Williams, Nat McKelvey. Good to Very Good copy [spine creased and somewhat cocked, creasing and the usual edge wear to the cover, clear tape to the inside of the front cover at one lower corner, cheap text paper tanned as usual].; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 146 pages . Magbx 4E. cover by Peter Stevens (illustrator). …
Sir John Lubrock's Hundred Books: Imitation of Christ
Thomas A Kempis, translated by George Stanhope, with an Introduction by Henry Morley
Language: English
Published by George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, Manchester and New York, 1893
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Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United KingdomRyde Bookshop Ltd
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Firmly bound, blue cloth boards. Ex library copy with stamps and usual handing wear. No jacket.
Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs From Communism to Al-Qaeda
Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton with Henry Robert Schlestinger, Foreword by George J. Tenet
Language: English
Published by Dutton, 2008
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Seller: BookManBookWoman Books, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.BookManBookWoman Books
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GREAT SECESSION WINTER OF 1860-91 and Other Essays
Adams, Henry, edited and with an Introduction By George Hochfield
Published by Sagamore Press, NY, 1958
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Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Book Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Very Good. 1st, No Additional Printing Listed. NOT an ex library book. Cloth covered book has 428 clean interior pages including the index. Dust jacket has 1/4" closed tear top front, light soil on beige background.

The New Hudson Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice
Hudson, Henry Norman; Edited and Revised by Ebenezer Charlton Black with the Cooperation of Andrew Jackson George
Published by Ginn and Company, 1935
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Tight bright volume in pebbled medium blue cloth with black title on cover, gilt title on spine. Tips still sharp, spine ends bumped. Tidy name on fep and rear pastedown. 144 pp text is crisp and unmarked.

The Major Dramas of Richard Brinsley Sheridan: The Rivals, The School for Scandal, and The Critic
NETTLETON, George Henry, edited with introductions and notes
Published by Ginn & Company, Boston, 1906
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Gilt titles. A darkened spine, edgewear, and slight bumping on the corners else very good.

Language: English
Published by Privately Printed, NY, 1889
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st printing; stapled printed wraps, chipping at the edges; 22 clean, unmarked pages.On Washington's alleged loss of temper and profanity at the Battle of Monmouth and on receiving the news of St. Clair's defeat. -.

Ambit 223 / John Saul Pharmacists and other Alfreds 9 Harriet Moore To get back to my body 12 Marianne Burton Kierkegaard s Cupboard 13 Giovanna Iozzi / Hannah Cooper The Half-Pigs 22 Carrie Etter Plait 23 Mark Strand Here 30 Natacha Bryan Blue Gown (an account from Sister Dixon) 32 Avital Gad-Cykman Barren 34 Edward Doegar Voyeurism 35 William Wootten Snowbound 36 Interview with Patrick Strzelec 46 Matthew Landrum Snow For Yvonne 48 David Henry Brown Jr Yellow Girl 50 Neil Rathmell Wasting Time 52 Roisin Dunnett The Bitter in the Sweet 58 George Jackson St. Pancras Old Church 60 Seán Hewitt from Oak 62 E. Kristin Anderson Frame 63 Lydia Macpherson America 64 Susanne Stich / Sean McSorley Portland 74 Lee Maelzer Fortune s Entrails 84 Jacque
Briony Bax (Editor) / John Saul Pharmacists and other Alfreds 9 Harriet Moore To get back to my body 12 Marianne Burton Kierkegaard s Cupboard 13 Giovanna Iozzi / Hannah Cooper The Half-Pigs 22 Carrie Etter Plait 23 Mark Strand Here 30 Natacha Bryan Blue Gown (an account from Sister Dixon) 32 Avital Gad-Cykman Barren 34 Edward Doegar Voyeurism 35 William Wootten Snowbound 36 Interview with Patrick Strzelec 46 Matthew Landrum Snow For Yvonne 48 David Henry Brown Jr Yellow Girl 50 Neil Rathmell Wasting Time 52 Roisin Dunnett The Bitter in the Sweet 58 George Jackson St. Pancras Old Church 60 Seán Hewitt from Oak 62 E. Kristin Anderson Frame 63 Lydia Macpherson America 64 Susanne Stich / Sean McSorley Portland 74 Lee Maelzer Fortune s Entrails
Published by Ambit, 2016
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. 3 John Saul Pharmacists and other Alfreds 9 Harriet Moore To get back to my body 12 Marianne Burton Kierkegaard s Cupboard 13 Giovanna Iozzi / Hannah Cooper The Half-Pigs 22 Carrie Etter Plait 23 Mark Strand Here 30 Natacha Bryan Blue Gown (an account from Sister Dixon) 32 Avital Gad-Cykman Barren 34 Edward Doegar Voyeurism 35 William Wootten Snowbound 36 Interview with Patrick Strzelec 46 Matthew Landrum Snow For Yvonne 48 David Henry Brown Jr Yellow Girl 50 Neil Rathmell Wasting Time 52 Roisin Dunnett The Bitter in the Sweet 58 George Jackson St. Pancras Old Church 60 Seán Hewitt from Oak 62 E. Kristin Anderson Frame 63 Lydia Macpherson America 64 Susanne Stich / Sean McSorley Portland 74 Lee Maelzer Fortune s Entrails 84 Jacqueline Sullivan Journal: War and Peace 86 Alexandra Strnad August 88 Joey Connolly I Am Positioned 89 Phoebe Stuckes Three Spells 90 Alex MacDonald Don t Let Me Down, Important Spectacle 91 Clare Pollard The Last Poem of Rabia Balkhi, Written in Blood on Her Bathroom Walls After Her Veins Were Cut by Her Brother. 92 Ariel Dawn Among the Paintings 93 Erica McAlpine Bucket 96 Jordie Oetken Untitled, 2013 Artwork on cover by Patrick Strzelec.…
Published by Gnome Press, 1958
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Shelfwear to boards. Dust jacket protected in a Brodart sleeve. Incudes George Langelaan's The Fly, which served as the basis of the 1958 movie of the same name starring Vincent Price. yu2.
Published by New York: W. W. Norton, 1941, 1941
Seller: Village Booksmith, Hudson Falls, NY, U.S.A.Village Booksmith
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gift inscription on front endpaper. 606 pages.

Published by American Folklife Center, 1988
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Condition: Very Good. Washington D. C., 1988; glossy paper covered boards; no dust jacket; light spine end and corner wear; Interior clean and unmarked; 4to - over 9 3/4" - 12" Tall; 159 pages.
More imagesBoris Pasternak - In the Interlude: Poems 1945-1960
Boris Pasternak; Translated into English Verse by Henry Kamen; With a Foreword by Sir Maurice Bowra; and Notes by George Katkov
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 1962
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good-. No Jacket. First Paperback Edition. Boris Pasternak - In the Interlude: Poems 1945-1960 by Boris Pasternak, Translated into English Verse by Henry Kamen, With a Foreword by Sir Maurice Bowra and Notes by George Katkov. Paperback, 1962, first paperback edition, printed in Oxford University Press, 143 pages.Somewhat worn at edges, with a little marking and scuffing to covers but quite clean. Staining and a little browning to page edges. Page surfaces clean, no inscriptions, underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information. 143 pp.…
More imagesThe Loire Valley. Plantagenet & Valois
Henry Myhill (with an Appendix on the wines by George Mortimer).
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Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, STAFF, United KingdomColophon Books (UK)
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 148 pages inc appendix with 24 photo plates and a map, also a bibliography. pale oatmeal cloth all near fine and a lovely clean tight wrapper, no inscriptions and price intact. £5.95. VG+ to near fine. *Author passed away before the book was published as it was being prepared for the press and has a note and acknowledgement to this fact on reverse of the title page.…

The Demon Telegraph Magazine From Davenport's of London No.157
John Nevil Maskelyne (22 December 1839 - 18 May 1917) was an English stage magician and inventor of the pay toilet, along with many other Victorian-era devices. Working with magicians George Alfred Cooke and David Devant, many of his illusions are still performed today. [Davenport's and Maskelynes at L. Davenport & Co.,] Ira Erastus Davenport (September 17, 1839 - July 8, 1911) and William Henry Davenport (February 1, 1841 - July 1, 1877), known as the Davenport Brothers, were American magicians in the late 19th century, sons of a Buffalo, New York policeman. The brothers presented illusions that they and others claimed to be supernatural.
Published by Davenport's and Maskelynes at L. Davenport & Co
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 24 pages. Illustrated. John Nevil Maskelyne (22 December 1839 - 18 May 1917) was an English stage magician and inventor of the pay toilet, along with many other Victorian-era devices. Working with magicians George Alfred Cooke and David Devant, many of his illusions are still performed today. [Davenport's and Maskelynes at L. Davenport & Co.,] Ira Erastus Davenport (September 17, 1839 - July 8, 1911) and William Henry Davenport (February 1, 1841 - July 1, 1877), known as the Davenport Brothers, were American magicians in the late 19th century, sons of a Buffalo, New York policeman. The brothers presented illusions that they and others claimed to be supernatural. (VM6).…

Published by Chop Suey Books Books, 2016
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Seller: Outer Print, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.Outer Print
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Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Fine paperback. Clean and bright, as new. Still sealed in the publisher's plastic wrap.
Published by George Routledge & Sons, London, 1890
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Seller: Literary Cat Books, Machynlleth, Powys, WALES, United KingdomLiterary Cat Books
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Add to basketHardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Third Edition. Original stamped blue cloth. Front free endpaper detached and slotted between pages. With library stamps and labels. Slight wear and slight soiling to spine, covers and corners.; Ex-Library; 12.2x18.6x1.5 cm; 284 pages.
Great Moral Dilemmas in Literature, Past and Present (The Caine Mutiny, Major Barbara, Death in Venice, Ethan Frome, The Wild Duck, The Ring and the Book, Billy Budd, The Faust Legend, Hamlet, Crito, The Bacchae, Antigone, The Book of Job)
R.M. MacIver, Editor / with Contributions by Robert Bierstedt, Charles Frankel, George N. Schuster, Lionel Trilling, John E. Smith, Edward Davison, William York Tindall, Henry Hatfield, Edgar Johnson, Richard McKeon, Whitney J. Oates, John F.C. Richards, Robert Gordis
Language: English
Published by The Institute for Religious and Social Studies of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America /Harper and Brothers, 1956
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Seller: Theoria Books, Andover, MA, U.S.A.Theoria Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 189 pp. Contents: 13 Essays divided into two sections [footnotes within Essays]: I. IN MODERN LITERATURE (1) Robert Bierstedt, "The Tergiversation of Herman Wouk" (The Caine Mutiny); (2) Charles Frankel, "Efficient Power and Inefficient Virtue" (Bernard Shaw: Major Barbara); (3) George N. Schuster, "Art at War with the Good" (Thomas Mann: Death in Venice); (4) Lionel Trilling, "The Morality of Inertia" (Edith Wharton: Ethan Frome); (5) John E. Smith, "When Should We Not Tell the Truth?" (Henrik Ibsen: The Wild Duck); (6) Edward Davison, "The Line of Caponsacchi" (Robert Browning: The Ring and the Book); (7) William York Tindall, "The Ceremony of Innocence" (Herman Melville: Billy Budd); II. IN EARLIER LITERATURE (8) Henry Hatfield, "Can One Sell One's Soul?" (The Faust Legend); (9) Edgar Johnson, "The Dilemma of Hamlet" (William Shakespeare: Hamlet); (10) Richard McKeon, "The Choice of Socrates" (Plato: Crito); (11) Whitney J. Oates, "Happiness as the Goal" (Euripides: The Bacchae); (12) John F.C. Richards, "The Choice of Antigone" (Sophocles: Antigone); (13) Robert Gordis, "The Conflict of Tradition and Experience" (The Book of Job); Contributors, pp. 179-180; Index, pp. 181-189. Orange dustwrapper not price-clipped ($3.00) with superimposed white lettering on front cover; white band across top front cover for smaller lettering for Editor name. Spine sunned from orange to tan (All lettering remains sharp and distinct, eminently readable) and rear cover white area lightly sunned/soiled, as with age; spine edges and parts of cover edges are worn from holding book; small chips and wear at spine ends and book corners (now backed with Archival tape): describes worse than it is but there you have it: NOW in Brodart mylar, which graciously forgives transgressions. Classic collection in Philosophy of Literature, edited by prolific and distinguished Author, published in Politics, Government, Sociology, Social Science, Government and Human Happiness.…