THE WORKS OF DANIEL WEBSTER
by WEBSTER, Daniel
Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original cloth with 5 (of 6) volumes, lacking the second volume and with volumes 3 and 5 supplied from another set. Illustrated with plates. A presentation copy with a 34-word SIGNED INSCRIPTION by the author to William Judson in the first volume. While the signed... Read More
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TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA DURING 1834, 1835, & 1836 Including A Summer Residence With the Pawnee Tribe of Indians ... and a Visit to Cuba and the Azore Islands
by [WEBSTER, Daniel] MURRAY, Charles Augustus
London: Richard Bentley, 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Occasional light foxing. Near Fine. Publisher's light brown cloth, rebacked with later cloth; illustrated with a lithographic frontispiece of Native American dances. Volume 1 (of 2) only. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper: "Daniel Webster Esq/with the best regard & esteem of/The Author/Buckingham Palace/July,1839. Webster went to England in 1839 for both... Read More
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AN AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE; FIRST EDITION IN OCTAVO, Containing the Whole Vocabulary of the Quarto, with Corrections, Improvements and Several Thousand Additional Words: To which is Prefixed an Introductory Dissertation on the Origin, History and Connection of the Languages of Western Asia and Europe, with an Explanation of the Principles on which Languages are Formed
by WEBSTER, Noah
New Haven, CT: Published by the author, 1841. First Octavo Edition. Hardcover. Light, scattered foxing; stain at bottom margin of first volume not affecting text. Covers rubbed with some loss of leather and staining to first volume; binding tight and firm. Very Good. Two royal octavo (7" x 10-1/2") volumes in contemporary calf leather with gilt-lettered black morocco... Read More
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THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON. TOGETHER WITH CURIOUS ANECDOTES EQUALLY HONOURABLE TO HIMSELF & EXEMPLARY TO HIS YOUNG COUNTRYMEN [THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON]
by WEEMS, Rev. Mason L
[Mt. Vernon]: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Robert Quackenbush. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in American cotton printed with an allover colonial pattern of eagles and stars in blue with a leather spine label stamped in pure gold leaf, 274 pages. Designed by Richard Ellis with an introduction by Henry Steele... Read More
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THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON. TOGETHER WITH CURIOUS ANECDOTES EQUALLY HONOURABLE TO HIMSELF & EXEMPLARY TO HIS YOUNG COUNTRYMEN [THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON]
by WEEMS, Rev. Mason L
[Mt. Vernon]: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Robert Quackenbush. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in American cotton printed with an allover colonial pattern of eagles and stars in blue with a leather spine label stamped in pure gold leaf, 274 pages. Designed by Richard Ellis with an introduction by Henry Steele... Read More
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THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON. TOGETHER WITH CURIOUS ANECDOTES EQUALLY HONOURABLE TO HIMSELF & EXEMPLARY TO HIS YOUNG COUNTRYMEN [THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON]
by WEEMS, Rev. Mason L
[Mt. Vernon]: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown; slight sunning to spine. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with some sunning and a small tear. Robert Quackenbush. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in American cotton printed with an allover colonial pattern of eagles and stars in blue with a leather spine label stamped... Read More
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THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON. TOGETHER WITH CURIOUS ANECDOTES EQUALLY HONOURABLE TO HIMSELF & EXEMPLARY TO HIS YOUNG COUNTRYMEN [THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON]
by WEEMS, Rev. Mason L
[Mt. Vernon]: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with some discoloration. Robert Quackenbush. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in American cotton printed with an allover colonial pattern of eagles and stars in blue with a leather spine label stamped in pure gold leaf, 274 pages. Designed by Richard Ellis... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT
by WELLIVER, Neil
Lincolnville, ME, [1998]. Manuscript. Folded to fit into the envelope, otherwise Fine. A two-page AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, not signed, on Welliver's stationery to a collector, date taken from envelope. Welliver writes out a complete 24-line poem, "Binsey Poplars," by Gerard Manley Hopkins. With the envelope addressed by Welliver. An interesting piece.
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by WELLS, H. G
10 May 1907. Letter. Faint crease from folding. Fine. One page addressed to "My dear Sir" on his personal 4-3/8" x 7" Spade House, Sandgate stationery SIGNED "H. G. Wells." In full: "Very many thanks indeed for the Annals of the West Kent Club, which I am returning herewith. I read it with very great interest & pleasure."... Read More
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THE WAR OF THE WORLDS and THE TIME MACHINE
by WELLS, H. G
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1964. Hardcover. Fine in worn glassines and a Fine slipcase. Joe Mugnaini. Two volumes bound in full linen-weave blind-stamped cloth, one red and the other black, with contrasting spine labels. Introduction by J. B. Priestley. Copy #751 of 1500 illustrated with line drawings and 16 full-page color lithographs by Joe Mugnaini with each... Read More
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THE INVISIBLE MAN
by WELLS, H. G
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1967. Hardcover. Lacking the scarce insert for the title page, as usually the case; spine evenly sunned. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Charles Mozley. Tall octavo (7-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in full maroon buckram, with spine stamped in burgundy and lettered in gilt, top edge stained red; 212 pages. Designed by Sir Francis... Read More
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TONO-BUNGAY
by WELLS, H. G
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine, lightly soiled slipcase. Lynton Lamb. Large octavo (6-1/2" x 9-3/4") bound in forest-green cloth, spine stamped in gilt with printed label attached. Introduction by Norman H. Strouse with color illustrations by Lynton Lamb. Copy #120 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.
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THE INVISIBLE MAN
by WELLS, H. G
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1967. Hardcover. Lacking the scarce insert for the title page, as usually the case. Fine in glassine and a close to Fine slipcase. Charles Mozley. Tall octavo (7-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in full maroon buckram, with spine stamped in burgundy and lettered in gilt, top edge stained red; 212 pages. Designed by Sir... Read More
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THE INVISIBLE MAN
by WELLS, H. G
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1967. Hardcover. Lacking the scarce insert for the title page, as usually the case; spine a touch sunned. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some discoloration on the backstrip. Charles Mozley. Tall octavo (7-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in full maroon buckram, with spine stamped in burgundy and lettered in gilt, top... Read More
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THE INVISIBLE MAN
by WELLS, H. G
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1967. Hardcover. Lacking the scarce insert for the title page, as usually the case; spine evenly sunned. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Charles Mozley. Tall octavo (7-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in full maroon buckram, with spine stamped in burgundy and lettered in gilt, top edge stained red; 212 pages. Designed by... Read More
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TONO-BUNGAY
by WELLS, H. G
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Some rubbing to the spine with resulting spots with slight loss of color. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with some splitting at the bottom edge. Lynton Lamb. Large octavo (6-1/2" x 9-3/4") bound in forest-green cloth, spine stamped in gilt with printed label attached. Introduction by Norman H. Strouse... Read More
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A WRITER'S EYE. COLLECTED BOOK REVIEWS
by WELTY, Eudora
Jackson [MS]: University Press Mississippi, (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Edited by Pearl Amelia McHaney.
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THE PONDER HEART
by WELTY, Eudora
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1954). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in just about Fine dustwrapper. Gorgeous copy. Joe Krush. Cloth-backed boards. Dustwrapper and 8 pen-and-ink illustrations by Joe Krush. This comic novella originally ran in THE NEW YORKER a few months prior to book publication. It was later adapted to the stage. Laid in is a receipt... Read More
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ONE WRITER'S BEGINNINGS
by WELTY, Eudora
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Some foxing to bulked text edges; tiny tear at head of spine and front panel of dustwrapper. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Welty's memoir, illustrated with black and white photographs.
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THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM
by WELTY, Eudora
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a mildly darkened, just about Fine dustwrapper. Welty's first novel and second book, issued in an edition of only 3490 copies. A not especially well-made book, not often seen in this condition.
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EUDORA WELTY: WRITERS' REFLECTIONS UPON FIRST READING WELTY
by (WELTY, Eudora) McHANEY, Pearl Amelia (editor)
Athens, GA: Hill Street Press, (1999). First Edition. hardcover. Fine in slipcase, as issued. Bound in green silkish cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Published on the occasion of Welty's 90th birthday. One of 200 numbered copies (there were also 26 lettered copies) SIGNED by the editor and all 22 contributors: Richard Bausch, Doris... Read More
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THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER
by WELTY, Eudora
New York: Random House, (1972). First Edition. Hardcover. A few small stains to the top of the endpaper which has a faint paperclip impression. Cloth a tad soiled and rubbed. Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. A likely Review Copy of this Pulitzer Prize winner with compliments slip from a Random House representative laid in. More important, this... Read More
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THE GOLDEN APPLES along with an AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED (ANS)
by WELTY, Eudora
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1949). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by the author for William Archibald "with best wishes" and SIGNED by her "at Upper Grand View on May 26, 1956." Archibald, from Trinidad, wrote the book and lyrics for two musicals: CARIB SONG in 1945 and THE CRYSTAL HEART in 1960. The latter... Read More
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THE WIDE NET
by WELTY, Eudora
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1943). First Edition. Hardcover. The dustwrapper, designed by E. McKnight Kauffer, has the typical fading to the spine with the word "Net" completely faded as well as some staining toward the bottom. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. Scarce as a Review Copy. Advance copy of Welty's third book with a dated review... Read More
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MUSIC FROM SPAIN
by WELTY, Eudora
Greenville, MS: The Levee Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine with minor soiling and a bit of wear to the spine label. Her first limited edition, this being copy #237 of 750 SIGNED by Welty as issued in decorated boards. Additionally INSCRIBED on the front free endpaper by Welty for William Archibald "with all best wishes +... Read More
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