Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton) 1915-1986

Overview

Works:	11,781 works in 12,520 publications in 3 languages and 25,513 library holdings
Genres:	Biographies Personal correspondence Catalogs Criticism, interpretation, etc Bibliographies Essays Drama Short stories Poetry Fiction
Roles:	Author, Editor, Other, Author of introduction, Signer, htt, Contributor, Publishing director, Former owner, Collector
Classifications:	PR5631, 928.2

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Gordon N Ray

Books as a way of life : essays by Gordon Norton Ray( Book )
A memorial tribute to Gordon N. Ray, 1915-1986 : remarks delivered on 21 May 1987( Book )
French lithographs, 1820-1860 : from the collection of Gordon N. Ray : an exhibition ... January, 1965 by Grolier Club( Book )
Gordon Ray : a remembrance by N. John Hall( Book )
A 19th century collection by Gordon N Ray( Book )

Art nouveau : books, literature, designs, illustrations, bindings by J. Terry Bender( Book )
Ray, Gordon Norton( )
Greenwich, Conn., to Charles Ryskamp by Robert Motherwell( )
H.G. Wells' contributions to the Saturday Review by Gordon N Ray( )
MS Fragment Draft of "H. G. Wells and Rebecca West." by Gordon N Ray( )
The "earned pleasures" of book collecting : an appreciation of collector and scholar Gordon Norton Ray by Joel Silver( )
[Forty-two A.L.s and T.L.s to Frederick Adams, 1977-1993] by Joan St. C Crane( )
Thackeray edition papers by Gordon N Ray( )
William Makepeace Thackeray Drawings( )
Thackeray's letters : a review by Michael Sadleir( )
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915- by Gordon N Ray( )
American book-collectors and bibliographers( )
Gordon N. Ray Collection of Victorian Autographs by Gordon N Ray( )
Reminiscences of Gordon Norton Ray : by Gordon N Ray( )
Gordon Norton Ray (18 September 1915-15 December 1986) by G. Thomas Tanselle( Book )

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Most widely held works by Gordon N Ray

H.G. Wells & Rebecca West by Gordon N Ray( Book )

20 editions published between 1974 and 1975 in English and held by 1,250 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thackeray by Gordon Norton Ray( Book )

27 editions published between 1900 and 1958 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,016 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

For contents, see Author Catalog

The buried life; a study of the relation between Thackeray's fiction and his personal history by Gordon N Ray( Book )

45 editions published between 1951 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 962 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914 by Gordon Norton Ray( Book )

13 editions published in 1976 in English and held by 747 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The letters and private papers of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray( Book )

22 editions published between 1945 and 1946 in English and held by 706 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Henry James and H.G. Wells : a record of their friendship, their debate on the art of fiction, and their quarrel by Henry James( Book )

27 editions published between 1958 and 1979 in English and Undetermined and held by 656 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The art of the French illustrated book, 1700 to 1914 by Gordon Norton Ray( Book )

32 editions published between 1982 and 1986 in 3 languages and held by 585 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An introduction to literature by Gordon Norton Ray( Book )

7 editions published in 1959 in English and held by 583 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This collection is designed to introduce college students to literature. Each volume focuses on a specific area, wherein the characteristics, conventions, and special effects of each kind of writing are set out, the critical terms are introduced, and each editor brings their viewpoint to the task. The editors of this book see literature as an unending source of delight, and propose analysis to the student not as an end in itself, but as a means of widening the range of comprehension, the deepening of enjoyment for literature as more fully comprehended. Each book features introductions that explore the type of literature addressed, brief author biographies, and a series of questions designed to allow students to exercise their critical and analytical faculties

The life of Wilkie Collins by Nuel Pharr Davis( Book )

4 editions published in 1956 in English and held by 414 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bibliographical resources for the study of nineteenth century English fiction by Gordon N Ray( Book )

20 editions published between 1964 and 1978 in English and Undetermined and held by 309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Nineteenth-century English books; some problems in bibliography by Gordon N Ray( Book )

11 editions published in 1952 in English and held by 304 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Masters of American literature by Gordon N Ray( Book )

4 editions published in 1959 in English and held by 241 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thackeray by Gordon N Ray( Book )

9 editions published in 1972 in English and Undetermined and held by 228 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thackeray : The uses of adversity, 1811-1846 by Gordon N Ray( Book )

17 editions published between 1955 and 1972 in English and held by 193 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The letters and private papers of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray( Book )

2 editions published between 1980 and 1994 in English and held by 193 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The art deco book in France by Gordon N Ray( Book )

7 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 150 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

François-Louis Schmied p. 51-67

The letters and private papers of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray( Book )

7 editions published between 1946 and 1980 in English and held by 146 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914 by Gordon Norton Ray( Book )

7 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Combining thoughtful essays, detailed bibliographical descriptions and over 290 finely reproduced illustrations, this book by one of America's leading literary scholars, authors and book antiquarians definitively chronicles a golden era in the art of the illustrated book. Among the artists: Blake, Turner, Rowlandson, Constable, Lear, Cruikshank, Rossetti, Tenniel, du Maurier, Caldecott, Greenaway, Morris, Beardsley, Beerbohm and Rackham

Contributions to the Morning chronicle by William Makepeace Thackeray( Book )

8 editions published between 1955 and 1966 in English and held by 108 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters and private papers by William Makepeace Thackeray( Book )

7 editions published between 1945 and 1980 in English and held by 102 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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