Heraldry
by Wolf, Joseph
Chicago, IL: Doris V. Welsh, 1956. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Minor wear around edges of book, else tight and bright. Half bound, spine and tips in navy cloth, gilt paper boards, gilt paper label on spine, frontispiece. 47x39mm. 33pp. Illus. (color plates).
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The Royal College of Physicians of London Portraits. Catalogue II (only)
by Wolstenholme, Gordon; Kerslake, John
Amsterdam: Elsevier/ Excerpta Medica, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright and unmarred. Black faux-leather boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, white ink lettering and decorative elements, frontispiece. 8vo. 239pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index.
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The Altered Page: Selections from the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry
by Woodall, Steve
New York: Center for Book Arts, 1988. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. "An exhibition of selections from the Ruth and Marvin Sackler Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry was held at the Book Arts Gallery from February 6 to March 26, 1988. The artwork represented in this show breaks the barrier... Read More
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Picturesque Alaska: A Journal Of A Tour Among The Mountains, Seas, And Islands Of The Northwest From San Francisco To Sitka
by Woodman, Abby Johnson
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. First Edition. Hardcover. A journal of the author's1888 tour of Alaska, prior to the Klondike gold rush frenzy. Minor shelf/edge where, ex-libris (remains of spine label and label/card pocket and front and rear, two pages roughly opened, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Green cloth boards, black ink... Read More
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A Manual of the Mollusca, or Rudimentary Treatise of Recent and Fossil Shells
by Woodward, Samuel Peckworth
London: John Weale, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Rare, mid-19th-century treatise on fossils and the history of species of mollusks. Like many similar books of zoology, this book contains numerous full-page engravings of views of crustaceans and sea animals including squids and sea shells. Engravings by Waterhouse and Lowry. With autograph of Oliver Sacks on... Read More
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Between the Acts; On Being Ill [2 volumes]
by Woolf, Virginia
New York/Ashfield, MA: Harcourt Brace/Paris Press, 2002. Reprint/First Edition. Hardcover/Original wrappers. Very Good+. Reprint/First Edition. Hardcover/Original wrappers. 2 volumes total. Classics from Woolf. 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... Read More
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Collection of Virginia Woolf: The Common Reader First and Second Series; The Waves: a Novel; Orlando: a Biographym[4 Volumes]
by Woolf, Virginia
London: Hogarth Press, 1951. Uniform Edition (Sixth Impression). Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Uniform Edition (Sixth Impression). Hardcover. Collection of reading copies in dustjacket from the Oliver Sacks library. All autographed by Oliver Sacks on ffep, with the exception of The Waves: B.K. Saunders. 4 volumes total. Classics from Woolf. From the library of Dr.... Read More
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Collection of Virginia Woolf: The Captain's Death Bed: and Other Essays; A Writer's Diary: Being Extracts from the Diary of..
by Woolf, Virginia
London: Hogarth Press, 1954. First Edition, First Edition (Second Impression). Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition, First Edition (Second Impression). Hardcover. Collection of reading copies from the Oliver Sacks library. All autographed by Oliver Sacks on ffep. 2 volumes total. Classics from Woolf. Dustjackets designed by Vanessa Bell and edited by Leonard Woolf. A Writer's... Read More
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Poems, selected by Stopford A. Brooke; illustrated by Edmund H. New
by Wordsworth, William
London: Methuen & Co, 1907. Second Edition, Seventh Impression. Hardcover. Very Good+. Second Edition, Seventh Impression. Hardcover. Previously owned by Oliver Sacks. A pretty copy. Front former owner pastedown for an award for Distinction in Physiology to Muriel Landau. Oliver Sacks' mother. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in... Read More
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Michael: Pastoral Poem
by Wordsworth, William
DORS Studio, 2004. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Red morocco leather, embossed and foil design on both cover, gilt title on spine, grey endpapers, teg, printed in English and Russian. 64x60mm. 82pp. Illus. (color plates).
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Two Feet From Heaven
by Wren, Percival Christopher
Philadelphia: Macrae-Smith, 1941. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ. First American Edition. Hardcover. Interesting association copy, plate on ffep indicates it is "From Myron Selznick & Company, Wilshire Boulevard at Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills, California." He is the well know agent and personality about town. A rather handsome volume. Very minimal shelf wear, small... Read More
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Contemplation Upon the Mystery of Man's Regeneration, In Allusion to the Mystery of Printing:. With an Introduction and a Glossary of Archaic Terms in the Poem by L. Wroth
by Wroth, Lawrence C. (intro)
Portland, ME: Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1939. First Edition Thus. Staplebound Wraps. Fine in Wraps. First Edition Thus. Staplebound Wraps. These were printed by Southworth-Anthoensen Press as Christmas gifts for friends (this being "Keepsake No. 9"). The poem originally appeared in History of the Art of Printing by James Watson. Book Description: Southworth-Anthoensen Press, Portland, ME: 1939. 22p. 12mo. Original... Read More
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Contemplation Upon the Mystery of Man's Regeneration, In Allusion to the Mystery of Printing: With an Introduction and a Glossary of Archaic Terms in the Poem by L. Wroth
by Wroth, Lawrence C. (intro)
Portland, ME: Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1939. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. Fine in Wraps.. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. Southworth-Anthoensen Press Christmas Keepsake No. 9. This poem originally appeared in James Watson's History of the Art of Printing. These were printed by Southworth-Anthoensen Press as Christmas gifts for friends (this being "Keepsake No. 9"). The poem originally appeared in... Read More
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A Comp's-Eye View of Footnotes
by Wulling, Emerson
Sumac Press, 1953. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps.. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Ownership signature of a noted fine press printer. Light even toning at wraps, slightly darker toning at spine, signed at in the inside of the front wrap, else tight, bright and unmarred. Light beige wraps, red ink lettering. 12mo. 18pp. Limited edition of... Read More
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The Wind
by Wunderlich, Mark (text); Dennerline, Thorsten (illus)
Vermont: The Bird Press. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "In order to create an element of unpredictability, as well as a sense of improvisation and openness to the artistic process, each artist worked from the same series of folded photographs without knowing exactly what the other would do. In the final step the text, images, and... Read More
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The Wyeths: The Intimate Correspondence of N.C. Wyeth, 1901-1945
by Wyeth, N.C.; Wyeth, Betsy (ed)
Boston: Gambit, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good+ DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, small closed tear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Quarterbound, blue cloth spine, cream cloth boards, gilt lettering, blue ink label, pictorial endpages, yellow topstain. 8vo. 858pp. Illus. (color and b/w plate). Index.
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The Wyeths: The Intimate Correspondence of N.C. Wyeth, 1901-1945
by Wyeth, N.C.; Wyeth, Betsy (ed)
Boston: Gambit, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, presentation inscription on half title, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Quarterbound, blue cloth spine, cream cloth boards, gilt lettering, blue ink label, pictorial endpages, yellow topstain. 8vo. 858pp. Illus. (color and b/w plate). Index.
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Book of Spirits
by Yang, Naomi
[Boston, MA]: Rosetta / Firefly Press, 1994. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. "Book of Spirits was printed at Firefly Press (Cambridge, Mass) to accompany the exhibition of paintings by Naomi Yang at Galerie Mourlot, Boston, September 6-October 15, 1994."--Colophon. According to Yang's introduction, "this little book is an attempt to give... Read More
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The Cat and the Moon and Certain Poems
by Yeats, W. B.
Dublin, Ireland: The Cuala Press, 1924. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good+ [textblock Very Good+]. Lacking scarce DJ.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies printed and published by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats. Title woodcut pressmark ("Charging Unicorn") by Robert Gregory in red. The Cuala Press was half of Cuala Industries, founded and run by Lily and Elizabeth Yeats. Cuala Industries... Read More
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East-West: Sat-Sanga Yogoda publication [Vol.2, No.4]
by Paramahansa Yogananda
New York: Yogoda and Sat-Sanga, 1927. First Edition. Staplebound, Original Wraps. Very Good+. First Edition. Staplebound, Original Wraps. The Spring issue for the official source of Yogananda's Self-Realization Fellowship, with a portrait of "Swami Yogananda's First Class in America for Colored Students, Washington, D.C." Edited by Paramahansa Yogananda, (born Mukunda Lal Ghosh; January 5, 1893 – March 7,... Read More
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volume XXX, November 1886 through April 1887
by Youmans, William J. (editor), Oliver Sacks, former owner
New York: Published by D. App.leton and Company, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover. Previously owned by Oliver Sacks. Bound journal. 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... Read More
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The Voice That Speaketh Clear
by Young, Arthur M.
Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1957. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. Halfbound, cream paper spine, blue paper boards. 8vo. 106pp.
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The Voice That Speaketh Clear
by Young, Arthur M.
Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1957. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, small scribble at front board, else tight, bright and unmarred. Halfbound, cream paper spine, blue paper boards. 8vo. 106pp.
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She's Tricky Like Coyote:. Annie Miner Peterson, an Oregon Coast Indian Woman
by Youst, Lionel
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume 224 of The Civilization of the American Indian Series. This is the first real biography of an American Indian linguistic told from her perspective as a working-class Pacific Northwest Indian woman. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Blue cloth... Read More
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A to Z of Small Creations: People, Presses, Publications
by Yule, Dorothy A.; Susan Hunt Yule, illustrator
Middletown, OH: Miniature Book Society, 2017. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Red silk boards, gilt lettering/pictorial on front cover and spine. 70x88mm. np. Illus. (b/w and color). Limited edition of only 340 copies.
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