About this title: Since the 1960s, Frank Kermode, critic and writer, has steadily established himself as one of the most brilliant minds of his generation. Author and editor of over 40 books, his prodigious output includes some of the best literary criticism to be published. Questioning the public's harsh perception of "the artist", Kermode at the same time gently ...
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Good clean copy with some light general wear. light edge and corner rubbing. crease at top corner of back cover. name in ink inside front cover. pages clean and unmarked. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Vintage/Random House, New York
Description: Near Fine. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. ix, 171 pp. Bumped top corner, slightly evident through approx. first 1/3 of text block. Square, uncreased binding, slightly rubbed edges. Undated reprint. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC
Date Published: 12/1/1957
ISBN-13:9780710016645ISBN:0710016646
Description: Fair. 0710016646 Acceptable ex-academic library hardcover copy; minimal library marks include sticker on spine and front board, rubber stamped top edges and indicia on endpapers; minor pencil/ink marks on some pages; binding firm; sunning to spine and moderate wear to covers. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul
Date Published: 1961
Description: Used-Good. Ex-Library. Hardcover. We individually inspect and grade each book. Our books are professionally packaged and processed quickly. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Macmillan Co, New York
Date Published: 1957
Description: Fair in Fair jacket. This book has some shelf wear as well as tanning, chipping and marks on the jacket and pages. This book is 171 pages. read more
Description: Good. Macmillan HC 1957, no DJ, ex-library w stamps on front/end pages, removed label, crinkled inner covers; heavy mark fr inner cover; boards worn w corner curls; Edges/text unmarked; no creases, tight. read more
Edition: First Edition/Second Impression
Binding: Copper-Stamped Cloth Hardcover
Publisher: A Publication Of Routledge And Kegan Paul Ltd, London UK
Date Published: 1957
Description: Very Good +++ Not Offered With A Dustjacket. 171 Indexed Pages. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" Of gift quality, the completely unmarked textblock of this striking 1957 hardcover 171-page first edition/second impression work of criticism is entirely clean, tight, square, carries no highlighting, underlining or marginalia, and shows only mild age-toning, and an owner's name to the front pastedown endpaper. The navy blue clothbound copper-stamped backstrip and coverboards are clean, bright and show only light ... read more
Edition: Third Impression
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, London
Date Published: 1966
Description: Good/No Jacket. Used chipping to head of spine, creasing and chipping to corners of soft cover, pen marks on back cover, previous owner's name on half-title page, pen marks and underlining on pages 18-25, text clean and tight. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Fontana, London
Date Published: 1971
ISBN-13:9780006328018ISBN:0006328016
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 187p. : 1 ill.; 18 cm. Includes Illustrations. Originally published, London: Routledge and K. Paul, 1957. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Fontana
Date Published: 1971
ISBN-13:9780006328018ISBN:0006328016
Description: Good. No Jacket. 4.25" x 7" P/B. 187 pages, condition is Good, slight tanning to the edges of the pages, a small area of damage to base of the spine. In Romantic Image Frank Kermode charts the assumptions that underline teh main tradition of modern poetry and criticism. In the first part he shows that the notions of the artist as necessarily isolated, and of the Image as the substance of the work of art, are very closely related to each other, and constitute the 'Romantic' basis of modern art. ... read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Routledge, London
Date Published: 1966
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Reprint with some corrections in paperback format, 8vo, 171pp, card covers, lightly dusty, VG/VG+ Copy. read more
Edition: 4th impression
Binding: Cloth Bds
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul, London
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780710016645ISBN:0710016646
Description: b&w frontis. drawing. Very Good in chipped/rubbed/clipped dustwrapper. 8vo. dustwrapper. 171pp. Discusses the assumptions that underlie the main tradition of modern poetry and criticism; focusses on the Romantic basis of modern art which the author sees as connected to the necessarily isolated artist and the Image as the substance of the work of art; includes sections on Yeats, Symonds, T.E. Hulme. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Law Book Co of Australasia
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780744800371ISBN:0744800374
Description: Good. Paperback. Contents clean and tight, covers rubbed bumped and lightly creased. Clean and sound with some reading wear. Over twenty years selling secondhand books. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis(Routledge)
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780415261876ISBN:0415261872
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 7.795 by 5.079 inches. This classic work, back in print for the first time in over a decade, questions the public's harsh perception of the artist, while at the same time gently poking fun at the artists' own, often inflated self-image. for the past four decades frank kermode, critic and writer, has steadily established himself as one of the most brilliant minds of his generation. questioning the public's harsh perception of 'the artist', kermode at the same time gently ... read more
Description: Good. 1957 Hardcover. 171pp. Second impression 1957. First edition copy. All books in stock. We ship daily from our warehouse. Over 200, 000 customers served online! Our feedback reflects our service...."Fast delivery, great seller", "Fantastic, came right away and was in perfect condition--thanks! " read more
Binding: Library Binding
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780415261869ISBN:0415261864
Description: Fine. May have minor imperfections due to shelf and warehouse handling. Next day dispatch by Royal Mail. International delivery available. 1000's of satisfied customers! Please contact us with any queries. Next working day dispatch from the UK. Please contact us with any queries. read more
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