51. [Ignatow, David] Mills Jr., Ralph J.

The Notebooks of David Ignatow.

Chicago, The Swallow Press, 1973. 16 x 24 cm. 375 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear to the edges of the dustjacket.

52. Beaumont, Ernest.

The Theme of Beatrice in the Plays of Claudel.

London, Rockliff Publishing Corporation, 1954. 14 x 22cm. (9), 102 pages. Original clothbound hardcover. Very good condition, spine very slightly scuffed, small ink mark on front board, endpapers slightly foxed. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper.

53. Hughes, A.M.D.

The Theology of Shelley. Warton Lecture on English Poetry.

First Edition. London, Oxford University Press, 1938. 8°. 15 Pages. Original printed wrappers, stringbound (softcover). Fair condition. Signs of wear – wrappers chipped and bumped. No text markings internally – pages clean. [From the Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. XXIV.]

54. Chambers, Sir Edmund.

The Timelessness of Poetry. Presidential Address 1940.

First Edition. London, The English Association, 1940. 8°. 16 Pages. Original printed wrappers, stringbound (softcover). Good condition with minor external signs of wear. Handwritten notes made on a few pages. [The English Association. Presidential Addresses.]

55. Steiner, George.

The Uncommon Reader. Originally delivered at Bennington College as Lecture One in the Ben Belitt Lectureship Series, October third, 1978.

LIMITED EDITION. Vermont, Bennigton College, 1978. 8°. 22 Pages. Original ice blue card wrappers, stapled (softcover). Excellent condition with minor external signs of wear. No text markings. [Offprint from: “The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature”]

56. Ellman, Richard.

The Use of Decadence: Wilde, Yeats, Joyce. Originally delivered at Bennington College as Lecture Six in the Ben Belitt Lectureship series.

Bennington, VT, Bennington College, 1984. 8°. 25 Pages. Stapled Wrappers (softcover). Excellent condition. “The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature – Published in memory of William Troy”.

57. Brooks, Cleanth.

The Well Wrought Urn – Studies in the Structures of Poetry.

New York, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. 20.7cm x 14.5cm. XI, 270 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some external wear to dustjacket. Related newspaper-clipping loosely inserted.

58. Ellison, Ralph / Shapiro, Karl.

The Writer’s Experience – Ralph Ellison: “Hidden Name and Complex Fate: A Writer’s Experience in the US” / Karl Shapiro – “American Poet ?”.

First Edition. Washington, Library of Congress, 1964. 8°. 32 Pages. Stapled brown and cream wrappers. Fair condition. Typical stains around staples where rusted. Pages clean internally. No text markings. Some signs of external wear on covers. [Lectures Presented under the Auspices of the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund.]

59. Stetz, Margaret D. / Grubgeld, Elizabeth / Samuels Lasner, Mark et al.

Turn-of-the-Century Women.

Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 1986. 8°. 56 pages. Printed wrappers with reproduced pen and ink drawing on front wrapper. Very good condition. Pages clean. [Offprint from: “Turn of The Century Women”, Volume 3, No. 2, 1986.]

60. [Nabokov, Vladimir] Rampton, David.

Vladimir Nabokov – A Critical Study of the Novels.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1984. 13.5 cm x 21.5 ccm. X, 233 pages. Softcover. Cover design by Jan van de Watering with a cover photograph of Vladimir Nabokov in Montreux, 1968. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

61. [Blackmur, R.P.] Jones, James T.

Wayward Skeptic. The Theories of R.P. Blackmur.

Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1986. 16 x 24 cm. 216 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar. Very good condition with traces of rubbing on the dustjacket. Text very tight, clean and fresh. Some minor staining to edges.

62. [Cather, Willa] Edel, Leon.

Willa Cather. The Paradox of Success.

Washington, Reference Dept, Library of Congress, 1960. 8°. 17 Pages. Stapled softcover wrappers. Good condition. No text markings. Browning along spine. Staples rusted. Front wrapper and first few leaves slightly creased. [″A Lecture Delivered Under the Auspices of the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund in the Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, October 12, 1959.]

63. Crofts, J.

Wordsworth and the Seventeenth Century. Warton Lecture on English Poetry.

First Edition. London, Oxford University Press, 1940. 8°. 20 Pages. Original printed wrappers, stringbound (softcover). Fair condition. Signs of wear – wrappers chipped and bumped. No text markings internally. [From the Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. XXVI.]

64. [Lincoln, Abraham] Hurt, James.

Writing Illinois – The Prairie, Lincoln and Chicago.

Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1992. 16 x 24 cm. 154 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.