N.B. Previous owners bookplate to front paste down. Edges and corners of board slightly rubbed and discoloured. Chipping and rubbing to edges and corners of D/J with loss to top and bottom edge of front D/J and small amount to rear D/J. 110pp.
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: Poor/Good. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN:

Inventory #29235

Price: £ 10.00 GBP ($ 12.00 approx. - € 10.60 approx.)

This is a biography of Roland Barthes - one of the most important European intellectuals of the post-war years. In a lively account of Barthes's life and work, Calvet follows the brilliant semiotician from his provincial origins to his sudden death in 1980. He describes Barthes's move to Paris as a child, where he lived with his mother in modest surroundings and constant hardship. He argues that the experience of having his academic prospects ruined by his illness at an early age remained a thorn in Barthes's flesh: until the end of his life his relationship with the academic world was never free of bitterness, even resentment. Calvet retraces his years in Paris, Bucharest and Alexandria after the war. During this period Barthes gained access to intellectual circles and experienced his decisive encounter with modern linguistics, particularly with "semiotics", which he helped to establish as a discipline through his work on everyday myths, fashion and literature. Calvet discusses the whole range of Barthes's work as a critic and literary theorist, and demonstrates his tremendous importance and influence in the second half of the 20th century. This book provides a detailed portrait of Barthes's life, and a vivid reconstruction of the intellectual culture of post-war France. It should be of interest to students and researchers in literature, cultural studies, French studies, and anyone interested in the life and work of Roland Barthes. 291pp. N.B. Previous owners inscription to half title page.
Polity Press, 1994, Cloth, Book Condition: Fine, Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 074561017X

Inventory #24593

Price: £ 18.00 GBP ($ 21.60 approx. - € 19.08 approx.)

Some rubbing, marking and tears to d/j. 191pp.
Bridgehead Books, 1962, Cloth, Book Condition: Good, Jacket Condition: Poor. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN:

Inventory #21445

Price: £ 7.50 GBP ($ 9.00 approx. - € 7.95 approx.)

N.B. Head and tail of spine and D/J spine slightly rubbed. Corners of D/J slightly rubbed. 222pp.
Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN:

Inventory #24014

Price: £ 12.50 GBP ($ 15.00 approx. - € 13.25 approx.)

It has been estimated that of the approximately six billion people currently living on the Planet Earth, there are seven billion writers. But why? Some want to instruct, others to entertain or to share experience with others to reduce their inner stresses by letting it all hang out. Publishers have reacted to this situation by publishing a non-stop torrent of books on how to do-it writing. This bibliography gathers citations from the literature for the past 10 years and provides easy access with subject, author and title indexes. 231pp.
Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2002, Cloth, Book Condition: Like New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. . . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

ISBN: 1590332865

Inventory #4544

Price: £ 10.00 GBP ($ 12.00 approx. - € 10.60 approx.)