The Making of Little Red Riding Hood:. Fay's Fairy Tales
by Wegman, William
New York: Hyperion, 2003. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Likely a review copy or gift from the artist. Laid in photo of Wegman and Battina (the focus of the series), original photo of dogs at the table and a color proof/negative of Battina as Little Red Riding Hood. A very unusual... Read More
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Iggy Pop: I Need More, The Stooges and Other Stories
by Wehrer, Anne
New York: Karz-Cohl Publishing, Inc, 1982. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Wraps. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. Toning and shelfwear around edges, light wear, closed tear on verso upper, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Color paper wrappers. 8vo, 128pp. illus (b/w).
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Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior
by Weiner, Jonathan
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Underlining by Oliver Sacks. Signed by "Oliver Sacks, 99." Dr. Sacks often made comments in the margins or had conversations with the author in the text. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator.... Read More
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Consciousness Lost and Found: A Neuropsychological Exploration
by Weiskrantz, Lawrence
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Underlining annotations by Oliver Sacks. Dr. Sacks often made comments in the margins or had conversations with the author in the text. Stamp with provenance. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver’s, incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. From... Read More
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Buch über das Gehemnis der Schöpfung und die Darstellung der Natur [Alchemy]
by Weisser, Ursula, ed.; Pseudo-Apollonios von Tyana
Aleppo, Syria: Institute for the History of Arabic Science, 1979. Reprint. Original Wraps. Very Good. Reprint. Original Wraps. 'Here for the first time in the history of orientalist scholarship is a complete critical edition of the Kitäb sirr al-khaliqa (The Book of the Secret of Creation) in its Arabic text; it is also titled Kitab al-'ilal (The Book... Read More
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Das "Buch über das Geheimnis der Schöpfung" von Pseudo-Apollonios von Tyana
by Weisser, Ursula; Pseudo-Apollonios von Tyana [Balinus]
Berlin, Germany: Walter de Gruyter, 1980. Later Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Later Edition. Hardcover. 'Here for the first time in the history of Arabic scholarship is a complete critical edition of the Kitäb sirr al-khaliqa (The Book of the Secret of Creation) in its Arabic text; it is also titled Kitab al-'ilal (The Book of the Causes). A... Read More
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A Popular Explanation of the Elements and General Laws of Chemistry
by Weldon, Walter
London: Weldon's Laboratory / Barfield Printers, 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Walter Weldon was a 19th-century English industrial chemist and journalist. He was President of the Society of Chemical Industry 1883/84. Noteworthy for its discussion of the "etherial Chemical Elements," heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, etc." [Knight. Natural Science Books] Not the still uncommon... Read More
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The Ballad Tree:. A Study of British and American Ballads, Their Folklore, Verse and Music. Together With Sixty Traditional Ballads and Their Tunes
by Wells, Evelyn Kendrick
New York: Ronald Press, Company, 1950. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. A very handsome copy of this increasingly scarce volume (difficult to find in any DJ, this one being in unusally good shape). Very minor shelf wear, prior owner signature on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows... Read More
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Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Capt. Theodore Wells, of Wells, ME
by Wells, Theodore
Biddeford, ME: John E. Butler, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good- [Textblock Near Fine]. No DJ as Issued.. First Edition. Hardcover. According to a list by Greg Gibson, "this is quite a scarce account, unlisted in Howes, Sabin, Smith or NYPL list." Overall, a handsome copy of this rather uncommon volume. Minor shelf/edge wear, spine sunned/toned, minor even... Read More
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The Wheel of Life, or Scientific Astrology [Volume I-V]
by Wemyss, Maurice
London: Published by Modern Astrology Office, Distributed by L.N. Fowler, 1930. [First Edition]. Hardcover. Very Good+. [First Edition]. Hardcover. Scottish astrologer, noted for data collection and his research into degree meanings. He was the author of the five volume series, "Wheel of Life." and "Famous Nativities." Vol. V of this series may have been published after the first... Read More
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Azrael Project Newsletter [Volume 5, Issue 1]
by Wendell, Leilah
New Orleans, LA: Westgate Press, 1996. Staplebound. Very Good+ in Wraps. Staplebound. "The name “Westgate” came from a concept Wendell introduced in her book Our Name Is Melancholy: The Complete Books of Azrael: the four cardinal directions represent spiritual “gates,” or transitional points in the universe, and the West gate—the direction of sunset—is the death gate. Wendell wrote... Read More
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Grundriss der Psychiatrie in klinischen Vorlesungen
by Wernicke, C(arl); Oliver Sacks, former owner
Leipzig: Verlag von Georg Thieme, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so,... Read More
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Englisch-Deutsch [Liliput Dictionary 4]
by Wershoven, F. J.
Leipzig: Schmidt and Gunther. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. A pair of English-German German-English is available for $45. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed red paper wraps, red tinted edges, marbled slipcase. 50mm x 35mm. 631pp.
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Deutsch-Englisch [Liliput Worterbuch 3]
by Wershoven, F. J.
Leipzig: Schmidt and Gunther. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. A pair of English-German German-English available for 45 dollars. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed red cloth wraps, printed endpages, red tint at textblock edges marbled slipcase. 50x35mm. 631pp.
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Donald Trump: The Magazine of Poetry
by Wessels, Henry [ed]
Upper Montclair, NJ: Temporary Culture, 2016. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Fine in Wraps. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Wessels, et al's update/reworking of Sladek's brilliant, 'Ronald Reagan // The Magazine of Poetry [1968] (an image of which is included at the inside of the rear wrapper. I first read it while looping the Dead Kennedy's, "California Über Alles" [written... Read More
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Private Life of Books
by Wessells, Henry; Schütze, Paul (photos)
New York: Temporary Culture, 2014. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Six poems by Henry Wessells on reading, memory, books, and the second law of thermodynamics. With eight duotone photographs tipped in (each 5 x 8-1/4 inches). Tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed wraps, tipped in images, frontispiece. Small 4to. np [24pp]. Illus. (b/w plates). Limited... Read More
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The Maritime Photographs of Francis Frith
by West, Gill
Blandford Forum, Dorset: Waterfront Publications, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. 130 photographs reproduced from the original glass plates (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich). Small soil spot on title page+/- (tiny bit of seaweed was left between leaves), else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows very minor shelf/edge wear, else bright and... Read More
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Scenes in a Vestry:. Being an Account of the Late Controversy in the South Parish Congregational Church in Augusta
by Weston, D.C.
Augusta, ME: William R. Smith & Co, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ as Issued.. First Edition. Hardcover. Author focuses his critique on the Rev. Benjamin Tappan and his "clique" of religious police and what he sees as their "regular encroachment upon that liberty wherewith Christ has made his followers free." Under Tappan's conservative approach to... Read More
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My Camera at Point Lobos:. 30 Photographs and Excerpts from E.W.'s Daybook
by Weston, Edward
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Edward H. Betts (renowned American artist, member of the National Academy of Design and the American Watercolor Society). A very handsome copy of a classic Weston title-increasingly difficult to find without damage to the spine. Minor shelfe/edge wear, soft finger crease... Read More
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Words for a Deaf Daughter
by West, Paul
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Formerly owned by Oliver Sacks. Laid in newsclipp.ing on book review of copy and a postcard from Royal Botanical Gardens in Sri Lanka... From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life,... Read More
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The Bauhaus Pack: A book and card game to improve your memory
by Westphal, Uwe
Germany: Ivy Press, 2007. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine in Very Good+ Box. First Edition. Original Wraps. "This irresistible Bauhaus-inspired pack contains a book on one of the great design movements of modernism alongside an elegant version of the simplest memory game of all, played with two packs of cards which the players must pair. The book contains... Read More
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Physiological Acoustics
by Wever, Ernest Glen; Merle Lawrence
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. With posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver’s, incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the... Read More
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Stanley Cobb: a Builder of the Modern Neurosciences. with Assistance of Richard J. Wolfe and Eugene Taylor
by White, Benjamin V.
Boston, MA: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver’s, incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions... Read More
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Australia:. A Complete Guide to the Splendor and Excitement of the Land Down Under
by White, Osmar; Ross, John; Carroll, Brian; Ellis, Rennie, et al.
Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Gift inscription on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, price clipped, two small closed tears, else bright and clean. Burgundy textured paper boards, brown paper endpages, frontispiece. 4to. 296pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Maps. ... Read More
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Heart Disease:. Completely revised and reset
by White, Paul Dudley
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ as Issued. Third Edition. Hardcover. Table 4, "Statistics of Congenital Cardiac Disease," a large fold-out chart is in Fine condition. Light shelf wear, top of text block shows mild dust toning, small, closed thumb-tear on header page for Part I, else tight, bright and unmarred.... Read More
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