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Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Size: 7x5x0; 1957 paperback. Shelf wear and staining to covers and edges. Pages are VERY tanned, but quite readable. Name written on cover.

Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Bound in black and tan cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in red. 204pps. Stated first edition. There is bumping to the tips and spine-ends, with the bump at the head of the spine causing a bit of crimping to some pages. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has fading to the red stripes of the spine as well as crinkling and rubbing at the extremities. Some light spotting along the flap-folds. No chips or tears. The original price is intact. ".Originally presented by Mr. O'Faolain at Princeton in the form of the annual Christian Gauss lectures in criticism, these essays assert that to understand a work of art it is necessary to understand the author. With an intense concern for human values too often lacking in literary criticism, Mr. O'Faolain discusses the work of Evelyn Waugh, Aldous Huxley, Graham Greene, Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Bowen, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner. How each author replaced the hero of conventional fiction with a doomed or desperate protagonist of his own invention O'Faolain makes clear with wit, sympathy and a brilliant play of ideas that lead back to the works with enhanced appreciation." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.

Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 222 pages ; 23cm. Subjects: English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. 1 Kg.

First Edition, 2nd Printing. Not price-clipped ($1.25 price intact). Published by Grosset and Dunlap, 1957. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good with some toning to the page ends, and light creasing to the spine. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 222 pages ; 23cm. Subjects: English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. 1 Kg.

1956. Hardcover. 222pp. First edition copy. . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

1st Edition. Fine in Fine DJ with just some slight fading to spine. A very lovely copy.

FIRST EDITION, pp. xliii, 204, crown 8vo, original beige and black boards, lettered in red to backstrip and upper board, the latter with gentle knock at bottom corner, edges gently toned, dustjacket with backstrip panel a little faded, very good. Inscribed by author on the flyleaf: 'For Sam, Tardily but none the less cordially, Seán O'Faoláin, May: 1958'. Joyce is the subject, in conjunction with Virginia Woolf, of the final essay, 'Narcissa and Lucifer' (which had earlier appeared in 'New World Writing'); Huxley, Waugh, Greene, Faulkner, Hemingway and Elizabeth Bowen are the other writers considered.