The Fugitive Pigeon
by Westlake, Donald E.
New York: Random House, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Westlake on the title page. Very Good in an about Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.95) toned at the spine, lightly rubbed and bumped at the surface and edges. Quarter blue buckram with patterned blue paper on the boards, rubbed and faded at the edges and... Read More
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Kahawa
by Westlake, Donald E.
New York: Viking Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($15.95), faded at the spine, sticker at the bottom of the front flap. Quarter cream cloth with brown paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Westlake's novel of mercenaries in East Africa.
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Passion Prowl
by [Westlake, Donald] Marshall, Alan
San Diego: Ember Books, 1964. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Ember Book EB 942. Good. Wraps generally rubbed, a few light creases, marker price on the front wrap. Firmly bound with a forward lean. One of Donald Westlake's pseudonymously published works, the story of innocent small-town girl Maud Willet and her descent into the shame and degradation... Read More
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Who Stole Sassi Manoon; A Comic Novel
by Westlake, Donald and Abby
New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in an about Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($4.95), lightly soiled, bumped at the top edge. Quarter black cloth with orange paper on the board. Square and firmly bound with a pink top stain, clean internally. A stand-alone novel from the Parker creator.
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The Dream Life of Balso Snell
by West, Nathael
New York: Contact Editions, 1931. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Limited to 500 copies. Good. Wraps generally toned, chipped at the head, a closed tear at the front hinge. Square, bound with some reading wear, clean internally. West's debut novel, one described by Harold Bloom as "squalid and dreadful," but nevertheless significant in launching the career of the author... Read More
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Educated
by Westover, Tara
New York: Random House, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in a Very Good first-issue jacket, unclipped ($28.00), rubbed at the edge edge, a few small stains. White paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Westover's best-selling memoir about her life growing up in a survivalist family in... Read More
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Henry James; A Biography and a Critical Estimate of His Works
by West, Rebecca
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (50 cents net on the spine), lightly soiled and rubbed, a few creases and a small chip near the bottom of the spine. Red buckram with gilt lettering on the spine, blind lettering and rules on the front board.... Read More
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The Fountain Overflows
by West, Rebecca
London: Macmillan and Company, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. Book Society Choice. Inscribed by West on the front endpaper. Fair in a Poor jacket, unclipped (16s net), heavily soiled and rubbed, lacking the entire spine. Red cloth, mottled and rubbed throughout, with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a red top stain, forward lean, foxed at... Read More
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Social Intelligence About Hidden Events; Its Significance for Scientific Research and Social Policy
by Westrum, Ron
Sage Publications, Inc, 1982. Staplebound. Very Good. p.381-400. Signed by Westrum on the first page. Very Good. Firmly bound with two staples, a deep crease to the lower-left corner of the pages, clean otherwise. Westrum's monograph about the connection betwen reporting and "hidden events," with discussions about UFOs. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson.
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The Adventures of John Wetherell
by Wetherell, John; Forester, C.S.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Edited and with an Introduction by C.S. Forester. Very Good in a Fair jacket, clipped, generally toned, larger chips on the spine and rear panel, some tape repairs. Orange cloth, lightly faded at the edges. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name on the second front... Read More
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Greenpeace; How a Group of Ecologists, Journalists, and Visionaries Changed the World
by Weyler, Rex
Vancouver: Rodale, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($25.95), faded at the spine, generally rubbed and with some small chips and closed tears. Green paper on the boards, pushed at the head and foot of the spine. Square and firmly bound, a few stains at the edges of the textblock, clean... Read More
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Memoirs of an Interglacial Age
by Whalen, Philip
San Francisco: The Auerhahn Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Inscribed and with a drawing by Whalen on the front endpaper. Very Good. Quarter black buckram with illustrated paper on the boards, foxed at the front, soiled at the back. Square and firmly bound, sparse foxing at the preliminaries, clean otherwise. One of the earliest publications from... Read More
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Certain People
by Wharton, Edith
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally toned, bumped and with a few short tears at the edges, bits of tape on the flaps. Blue cloth, pushed at the head and foot of the spine, with gilt lettering on the spine and... Read More
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Serenity Firefly Class 03-K64 Those Left Behind
by Whedon, Joss; Matthews, Brett; Conrad, Will
Milwaukie: Dark Horse Comics, 2012. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Story by Whedon and Matthews. Script by Matthews. Art by Will Conrad. Colors by Laura Martin. Letters by Michael Heisler. Cover art by Adam Hughes. Fine. Pictorial boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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Serenity: The Official Visual Companion
by Whedon, Joss
London: Titan Books, 2005. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Introduction and Motion Picture Screenplay by Joss Whedon. Near Fine. Wraps lightly rubbed and bumped at the edges and corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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Six Issues of Harpers Magazine with White's "One Man's Meat" Articles
by [White, E.B.]
New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1939. Paperback. Very Good. October-December 1938; January-Februrary, May 1939. Generally Very Good. Wraps with scuffs and light rubbing, some marks on the contents pages on the covers. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. This collection features the first appearance of White's column, the entirety of which was collected into the 1942 book... Read More
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West India Lights
by Whitehead, Henry S.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($3.00), generally toned and soiled, some chips at the bottom edge. Black cloth with gilt lettering and designs on the spine. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edge, ownership stamp of science fiction author Chad Oliver on the... Read More
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Alive on Stage from London Poster
by White, Michael; Adler, Lou
New York: Jay Coleman, 1980. Paperback. Very Good. Design by Debbie Goldstein and Gale Saddy. Poster photo by Karl Stoecker. Inside photos from Mick Rock. With a trifold program. Very Good. Rubbed and bumped at the edges and corners. A nice fold-out poster for a National Touring Company production of the cult classic.
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The Tree of Man
by White, Patrick
New York: Viking Press, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Third Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine George Salter-designed jacket, unclipped ($4.50), lightly toned and rubbed. Quarter olive buckram with blue buckram on the boards. Square and firmly bound with a blue top stain, clean internally. The fourth novel from the Nobel Prize-winning writer, named one of the... Read More
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Life of Emanuel Swedenborg; Together with A Brief Synposis of His Writings, Both Philosophical and Theological
by White, William
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, [n.d.]. Hardcover. Near Fine. Near Fine. Green cloth, lightly bumped at the edges and corners, with gilt lettering and designs on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A biography of "the most unknown man in the world" published as an introductory handbook to inspire readers to study Swedenborg's religious writings.
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Excerpts from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass
by Whitman, Walt; Haass, Terry
New York: Associated American Artists, 1966. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Interpreted with seven original color engravings by Terry Haass. Limited to 150 copies, signed by Haass on the limitation page and each engraving. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Brown cloth folding portfolio, some fading at the spine. Plain printed wraps with loose pages as issued. This work features... Read More
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Leaves of Grass
by Whitman, Walt
New York: Heritage Press, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. Edited by Emory Halloway. Illustrated by Norman Rockwell. With the Sandglass laid-in. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. Green cloth with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, some stains at the edges, clean internally. A beautiful edition of Whitman's beloved collection of poetry.... Read More
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Man and the Motor Car
by Whitney, Albert
New York: National Bureau of Casuality and Surety Underwriters, 1936. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Second printing. Very good in an about very good jacket, rubbed at the edges, faded at the spine, chipped along the lower front edge. Blue buckram with gild lettering, bumped near the heel of the spine. Square and firmly bound, internally without wear save... Read More
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Critique of Physics
by Whyte, L.L.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. C.D. Broad's copy with his signature and institutional affiliations written on the front endpaper. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Blue buckram, faded at the spine, rubbed at the edges, creased at the top-right corner, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound,... Read More
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The Town Beyond the Wall
by Wiesel, Elie
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second Printing. Translated from the French by Stephen Becker. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($4.95), lightly bumped with a few small closed tears, a chip at the top edge of the back panel. Grey buckram, mottled, with black and yellow ink lettering... Read More
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