Cambridge University Press, 1989, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Book Condition: Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, First, Illustrated By: Various

preface by author, acknowledgements, list of illustrations, literacy chronology, chronology of American events, books for further reading and index. The text is illustrated with 185 black and white drawings/photographs/line drawings and eight colour plates. Black coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Illustrated front cover, being a reproduction of Ralston Crawfords' painting " Overseas Highway ", with beige and pale green background and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. " Literature in America is a richly illustrated, authoritative account of the entire span of American literature -- from its beginnings in the 17th century to the writing of the 1980s." -- from the front fold over panel. A little bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and rubbing to the book corners Some dust marks to the book panels. There is a line running the full length of the page/book cover (? Printing fault) that can be seen and felt to page 98. The top edge has suffered staining with quite marked splatter marks. Illustrated front cover, being a reproduction of Ralston Crawfords' painting " Overseas Highway ", with beige and pale green background and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. A little rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges and a slice into fading to the backstrip of the dustwrapper. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. X, 587, [1] pages,. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; United States; ISBN: 0521303737. ISBN/EAN: 9780521303736. Inventory No: 0106724.