howells w d william dean (83 risultati)

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. Page ridges foxed. 1988 Trade Paperback. 268 pp. Illustrations by Joseph Pennell. Caught in bureaucratic limbo as he waited to hear whether his tenure as a consul in Venice was concluded, William Dean Howells decided to spend three months exploring some little-known regions of Italy. His journalistic eye for detail and keen insight come through in this engaging volume of travel essays based on the trip.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. An excellent copy. 1982 Hard Cover. 1217 pp. The four novels collected in this Library of America volume are among the classic works from the immensely productive career of America's most influential man of letters at the turn of the twentieth century. William Dean Howells was a champion of French and Russian realistic writers and a brilliant advocate of the most controversial American writers of his own time. In A Foregone Conclusion (1875), a young American painter roams through Europe for years before at last deciding to marry the woman who, he erroneously thinks, has been in love with an Italian priest turned agnostic. A Modern Instance (1882) offers an unflinching portrait of an unhappy marriage and ends with a hero barred by his perhaps overscrupulous conscience from marrying the divorced heroine. Once again personal dilemmas are seen as symptoms of the rapid displacement of older social and religious stabilities by opportunism and commercial progress. One of the most engaging of all his novels, Indian Summer(1885), is touched with the Jamesian glamour of romantic confusion among two American couples in Italy. Here Howells's realism takes a quietly humorous turn. Situations which might be exploited by another novelist for their theatrical or melodramatic possibilities are instead eroded by the often trivial or casual experiences of everyday living. Characteristically, Howells is opposed to exaggeration in the interest of discovering how people, despite the crises that beset them, manage to find their way. The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885), Howells's best-known work, gives a brilliantly skeptical portrait of American business life and its perils, celebrating not the rise but the loss of fortune that makes possible the hero's recovery of his earlier integrity and happiness. "There are," remarked a contemporary reviewer, "thousands of Silas Laphams throughout the United States," and present-day readers might agree that there still are. This edition is part of the Library of America series, published by a non-profit organization whose goal is to keep classic works of American literature and history in print as a way of preserving cultural heritage.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Ex library copy.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, with undated ads (BAL 9752; Bleiler Supernatural Fiction 865). Spine slightly toned, spine leans forward slightly, smudge and 1/2 inch ink mark on page base.8. 1903 Hard Cover. 219, [5] pp. Frontispiece and three plates. Three stories by the editor of Atlantic Monthly, who was nicknamed The Dean of American Letters. His best known work is The Rise of Silas Lapham. Includes: His Apparition; The Angel of the Lord; Though One Rose from the Dead.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Pencil name on front endpaper, minimal wear to corners. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1908 Hard Cover. 302 pp. Teal-grey cloth boards with gilt titles on spine and front board, top edge gilt. Illustrated with black-and-white plates. Includes: Up and Down Madeira; Two Up-town Blocks into Spain; Ashore at Genoa; Naples and Her Joyful Noise; Pompeii Revisited; Roman Holidays; A Week at Leghorn; Over at Pisa; Back at Genoa; Eden After the Fall.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. Reprint. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1905. 8vo. Ex-library. Extravagant bright blue cloth binding with decoration in gilt, titles in gilt, and raised decorative band to front board. Two-color title page. 369 pp. William Dean Howells (/'ha??lz/; March 1, 1837 May 11, 1920) was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, as well as for his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria. Ex-library with spine label and many marks and black-outs from library. Rough-cut pages. Hinges sound. Good. Size: 8vo. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condizione: Poor. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Front inner hinge is badly cracked, only a small strip of fabric remains. Rear inner hinge is cracked. Front free endpaper and title page are detached but present. Covers have slight wear to the outer corners and spine ends.

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

First edition, first state (with the required green cover). Four illustrations, plates. 54 pages. -- Hardcover, dark green cloth with blind-stamped and gilt designs; TEG top-edge-gilt. Condition: very good minus (light cloth wear at tips and corners). **NICE COPY for the W. D. Howells collector**.

First Edition, as identified in BAL 9783, green cloth with gilt and blind-stamped decoration, TEG top-edge-gilt. Hardcover, bright. with owner gift note dated 1907. Condition: very good minus (cover has several small white spots, rub at tips; light scattered foxing including the margin of some plates). -- Overall, attractive copy for the W.D. Howells collector.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Edges lightly rubbed, boards lightly soiled, rear hinge just beginning to weaken. 1906 Hard Cover. v, 289 pp. Teal boards with gilt titles, top edge gilt. Includes: The Landing of a Pilgrim at Plymouth; Twenty-four Hours at Exeter; A Fortnight in Bath; A Country Town and a Country House; Afternoons in Wells and Bristol; By Way of Southampton to London; In Folkestone Out of Season; Kentish Neighborhoods, Including Canterbury; Oxford; The Charm of Chester; Malvern Among Her Hills; Shrewsbury by Way of Worcester and Hereford; Northampton and the Washington Country.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. [4], 54, [4] pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates. Publisher's binding sturdy, a little darkened at edges; contents very good, all illustrations present, two loose and laid in. 130 grams.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. ** STURDY CLOTH-BOUND BOOK** NEAR FINE HARDCOVER IN (VERY GOOD) DUSTJACKET ** NOT A LIBRARY BOOK ** CLEAN, STAIN-FREE, TEXT UNMARKED ** Published by Indiana University Press, 1968. NOTE: The photos you can access with this listing are of the actual book you will be sent; please examine them closely as they provide the best indication of condition. With 397 pages, and with 11 full-page illustration plates. A very well-made, handsome book, bound in heavy-duty linen-covered boards with embossed gold lettering on the front and spine. The book itself has no notable flaws, shows only very scattered, faint age speckles to the exterior page edges, a previous owner's name neatly at top of blank front page, otherwise book appears like new. The book is exceptionally clean and stain-free, square and straight, firm and tight in its binding, no pages are loose, torn, or missing. The hinges are sound and undamaged, the corners are sharp and unbumped. All pages are clean and stain-free, and all text remains crisp, sharp, and legible. Aside from the previously noted owner's name, there is no writing, underlining, highlighting, or markings of any such kind in the book. The dustjacket is also quite clean and stain-free, complete and intact, NOT price-clipped, no tears, no chips, no pieces missing, with the sun-fading along the jacket edges and to the spine that is normal for this jacket. Buy with confidence, professional booksellers for 35 years, selling books online since 1995. B23.

Cloth Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 219pp + ads for author's books. 3 plates. Attractive in original gilt-stamped cloth. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Facsimile edition, first printing thus. A complete facsimile of the text, with original title page, of the 1875 James R. Osgood and Company first edition. Howell's classic novel of an artist who travels Europe with the misconception that the woman he wants to marry is in love with someone else---until he returns home to marry her anyway. A presentable gift. Fine and tight in polished two-tone blue linen with reverse blue titles to the front cover and to the spine, blue-and-white headband and tail-band, nice white pages; no dust jacket as issued. Octavo; 265 pages.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good -. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Very Good - copy. 8vo., 241 pp., illustrated with a frontispiece, with guard, and numerous b&w plates. Bound in green cloth, with the titles in gilt and red on the spine and front board. Top edge gilt. Shelf wear; top edge a bit dust soiled. Spine darkened a bit. Hinges cracking. Previous owner's neat signature on a front end paper. A Very Good - copy. *** William Dean Howells (1837-1920), "The Dean of American Letters", was a realist novelist, and influential editor and literary critic of The Atlantic Monthly. His column, "Editor's Study", introduced America to the European novels and essays of Emile Zola, Leo Tolstoy, Giovanna Verga and others. He foresaw the shift in America from romantic poetry to "realism", particularly in novels. ***.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 61 pages : illustrations. Publisher's binding sturdy, a little darkened at edges; contents very good, illustrations securely bound. 130 grams.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 68 pages : illustrations. Publisher's binding sturdy, a little darkened at edges; front inner hinge broken, contents very good, all illustrations present and securely bound140 grams. 130 grams.

Three-Quarter Leather. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Elizabeth Shippen Green, W.H.D. Koerner, Walter King Stone (illustratore). First Edition. HARPER'S MAGAZINE: [VOL. LII: June, to November 1876] . New York, Harper, 1876. b/w illustrations. Bound in three-quater leather over textured boards, (shelfwear and rubbing to spine, outer hinges, tips and corners) 8vo, 952pp. Includes contributions by many notable writers of the time, including: Dr. Samuel Osgood, J. T. Trowbridge, Miss Thackeray, William L. Stone, John Esten Cooke, et al. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Plates (illustratore). 1st Edition. 185 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt And Elaborately Stamped In Blind, Top Edge Gilt. First Printing. Small Frays At Ends Of Spine, Foxing To Endpapers.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover, slate green vertically ribbed cloth lettered in gold and red. Top edge gilt. 201 pages. Illustrated with thirty-one full page plates and a frontispiece, with tissue guard intact. First edition, first printing. Howells was an American realist novelist, a playwright and a critic who also produced many charming travelogues of which this is one. Some of the English cities surveyed herein are Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield, as well as the Welsh urban centers of Aberystwyth and Llandudno. Previous owner's name on front free end-paper. A clean, square, fresh and otherwise unmarked copy. Hinges strong and not cracked, pages supple and all illustrations present. A very nice copy. Near fine.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 8vo., ix(1)288pp. plus two pages of ads. Sharp second printing of the First Trade Edition, bound in green cloth with titles in gilt on spine and in gilt on front board with a gilt-edged red first initial. Top edge gilt. Dozens of illustrations throughout including tissue-guarded frontis. Square, tight and clean throughout with some fairly mild wear to spine ends, edges and tips. A couple of spots of soiling to cloth. No foxing. A solid collectable copy at a great price. ( BAL #9736).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 8vo., 398pp. Solid Second Edition, originally published in 1867. Square, tight and clean throughout. Fairly minor edge-wear and light age-toning to edges. A nice collectbale copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. By W.[William] D.[Dean] Howells. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1914. First edition, first printing. "Published May 1914" statement to the copyright page, 1914 in Roman numerals to the title page. A gentle ease into time travel for a man going to a Shakespeare festival, and surprisingly enjoying the strange trip, slightly different people, the actual bard and cultural events of that time. Minute rubs to the upper and lower spine edges and corner tips, else very nearly fine in polished green linen with blind-stamped ribs and decorative patterns and elaborately decorative gilt borders surrounding titles to the front cover, gilt titles to the spine, green and yellow headband and tail-band, upper page edges gilt; lacking the fragile and scarce dust jacket. BAL: 9829A.

Hardcover. First Canadian edition, probably pirated. Hardcover, approximately 5 x 7 1/4 inches, in original brown and stamped pictorial cloth (scene of an American sailing ship leaving Constantinople, with another of Venice, bordered by dolphins) , 324 pp, dark green endpapers, no illustrations. Good, no dustjacket. Corners bumped with a bit of cardboard exposed there, rubbed along edges, 1/8th inch nicks at head and foot of spine, some soil on cloth. Internally, shaken, hinges cracked between many of the gatherings which are just attached by the strings, previous owner's rubber stamps on endpapers and title page, previous owner's sgn dated 1879, occasional stray foxing, but otherwise clean and unmarked. Literature; novels.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. First printing. 1909 at title and copyright; stated Printed October, 1909. Scarce original; fine book craftsmanship. Fine green cloth boards, ornate red and gilt cover and spine titles. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece plate w/tissue. Extended writings on Liverpool, Sheffield, Manchester, York, Durham, and general musings on English character. A sort of early travelogue on these cities plus Boston, Doncaster, and two Welsh cities, Aberystwtyh and Llandudno. Intriguing photoplates, etchings throughout. 201 pages. Few stamps for Hampton Library of Bridge Hampton, Long Island, removed card pocket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Embossed Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Numerous Black and White Illustrations and Photographs (illustratore). First Edition. Original Century Binding Of Green Cloth, Elaborately Embossed And Printed In Gilt. Attractive Decorated Endpapers. Hinges And Endpapers Entirely Intact, Gilt Bright, But Some Edge Wear With Fraying To Lower Tips And Some Tiny Frays At Top And Bottom Of Spine. No Names Or Marks Or Stains.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Alfred Parsons, F.D. Millet, E.W. Kemble, illustrations (illustratore). First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with edgewear. Complete issue.