Powder and Paint: A History of the Englishwoman's Toilet: Elizabeth I - Elizabeth II
by Williams, Neville
London/New York/Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. [minimal shelfwear, light foxing to fore-edge, one-time owner's signature-stamp on front pastedown; jacket lightly foxed along inner edges of flaps, slight wear along top edge of front panel]. (B&W plates, drawings) "This is a history of the Englishwoman's toilet from... Read More
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Screen World 1971 (Volume 22)
by Willis, John
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1971). (Volume 22). Hardcover. [minor shelfwear, very slight bump to top rear corner, tiny dot of paint(?) at top edge of front cover; the jacket is a bit scuffed on the front panel and lightly worn at the extremities]. (B&W photographs) Provides cast/production credits for... Read More
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Baby Doll: The Script for the Film ... incorporating the two one-act plays which suggested it
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1956). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean book, with just a touch of wear to the base of the spine; the jacket shows a teensy bit of wear at the extremities, some minor creasing along the bottom edge of the front panel]. The screenplay by Williams, accompanied... Read More
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You Touched Me!; a romantic comedy in three acts; suggested by a short story of the same name by D.H. Lawrence
by Williams, Tennessee, and Donald Windham
New York/Los Angeles: Samuel French. Good+. (c.1947, 1942). Unstated edition. Softcover. [light handling wear, a little browning at spine, and some dampstaining which (for some weird reason) has affected only the four photographic plates and nothing else]. (4 B&W photographs) An early play by Williams -- the next-to-last of his so-called "apprentice plays" -- written in... Read More
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Orpheus Descending, with Battle of Angels: Two Plays
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1958, 1940). First Edition. Hardcover. [book has just a touch of wear to the extremities, slight bump to the upper rear corner; the jacket has a little wear at the corners, with a bit of damage at the upper right corner of the front panel]. Two works... Read More
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"The Glass Menagerie" [playbill from the original Broadway production]
by (Williams, Tennessee)
New York: Playbill Incorporated. Good. 1945. First Edition. Stapled wraps. [moderately edgeworn and lightly soiled; bound with a single staple (wartime conservation?), which has rusted and caused the covers and the center-spread pages to detach]. (advertisements) 28-page (including covers) playbill for the first Broadway production of Williams's first major success, his autobiographical "memory play"... Read More
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Summer and Smoke
by Williams, Tennessee
(n.p.): New Directions. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1948). First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [good solid copy, slight discoloration to cloth at top of spine, age-browning and light spotting to top of text block; jacket spine a little faded, some uneven fading to front panel, browning around perimeter of rear panel, minor wear to extremities, a couple... Read More
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Period of Adjustment: High Point Over a Cavern
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1960). First Edition. Hardcover. [minor shelfwear, one-time owner's address label on front endpaper; the jacket is a little age-toned, with tiny bits of paper loss at both ends of the spine and a small chip at the top of the rear panel]. Williams's "serious comedy" about "a... Read More
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Mr. Ramosi
by Williams, Valentine
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1926, 1925). Reprint. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [nice clean copy with minimal shelfwear; the jacket is lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny tears along the top edge, some wrinkling at the top of the spine, and a tiny chip at the bottom front hinge]. "Wicked as sin, ingenious... Read More
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Paterson (Books 1, 2 & 3) [*SIGNED*]
by Williams, William Carlos
[Norfolk CT]: New Directions. Very Good in Very Good dj. [1950]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. [a good sound copy, with some shelfwear to the lower edges of the paper-covered boards, and a modest bump to the upper rear corner; the jacket has suffered some very shallow paper loss at and surrounding the top of the spine, and... Read More
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Classic Motorcycle Engines: A New Perspective on 20 Outstanding Designs
by Willoughby, Vic
Pitlake, Croydon, England: Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0947981101 . [light shelfwear to bottom edge, otherwise a nice clean copy; jacket has some minor wrinkling along top edge, faint rubbing/soiling]. (B&W photographs, diagrams) Compilation of some of the "more stimulating" analyses of motorcycle engines published over the... Read More
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Favorite Stories of Famous Children
by Willson, Dixie, ed.
New York: Henry Holt and Company. Good. (c.1938). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . (no dust jacket) [ex-library book with general overall wear and various attendant details (call number label on spine, remnants of small rectangular labels on both front and rear covers, library property stamp on front pastedown, date-due slip and discard stamp on ffep); text from... Read More
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Who Did What to Fedalia?
by Willson, Meredith
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Good+ dj. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice solid clean copy, light age-toning to page edges but no significant wear; jacket edgeworn and rubbed, spine a bit faded and also torn at several places near the top with resulting 1/2-inch paper loss at very top (taking part of... Read More
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And There I Stood with My Piccolo
by Willson, Meredith
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1949 (c.1948). Later Printing. Hardcover. [no significant wear to book, attractive generic vintage bookplate on front pastedown; the jacket has several small tears and nicks along the top and bottom edges, old bookstore label at top of front flap (The Book Stall, Midland, Texas)].... Read More
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Eggs I Have Laid [*SIGNED*]
by Willson, Meredith
New York: Henry Holt and Company. Very Good+ in Good dj. (c.1955). First Edition. Hardcover. [modest shelfwear to lower extremities, a touch of dust-soiling to top of text block; jacket moderately soiled, minor paper loss at spine ends, very small chip at lower right corner of front panel, partial splitting along front flap fold]. INSCRIBED... Read More
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"But He Doesn't Know the Territory"
by Willson, Meredith
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good in Very Good dj. (c.1959). First Edition. Hardcover. [slight bump to top of spine and bottom rear corner, gift inscription on ffep obliterated with black marker; jacket nice and clean, but with a tiny chip at the top right-hand corner of the front panel]. The last of the author's... Read More
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The Music Man
by Willson, Meredith; story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1958). 3rd printing. Hardcover. [minimal shelfwear, light dust-soiling to top of text block; the jacket is lightly browned and moderately faded at the spine, but overall is nice-looking and presents well in new mylar]. (B&W photographs) Beloved classic of the musical theatre, which has somehow managed... Read More
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Eggs I Have Laid
by Willson, Meredith
New York: Henry Holt and Company. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1955. 2nd printing. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [minimal shelfwear, one-time owner's name and address in ink at top of front endpaper; the jacket is lightly soiled on the front panel, with moderate scuffing to the rear panel and a few tiny nicks along the top edge]. Willson's... Read More
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Corky the Killer: A Story of Syphilis
by Wilmer, Harry A.
New York: American Social Hygiene Association. Very Good+. (c.1945). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [a good sound copy with only light bumping at the corners, minor wear to cloth at spine ends; one-time owner's embossed library stamp on half-title page (see Notes)]. (cartoon drawings) Dr. Willmer (B.S., M.S., M.B., M.D., and Ph.D.) follows up his... Read More
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The Bang Bang Family
by Wilson, Gahan
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1974). First Edition. Hardcover. [minor bumping and slight wear to bottom corners of book; jacket moderately soiled, with a bit of damage (small scraped area and puncture tear) to spine (obliterating most of THE in title), short closed tear at to of rear panel, faint shadow... Read More
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Gahan Wilson's Still Weird [*SIGNED* with drawing]
by Wilson, Gahan
New York: Forge/Tom Doherty Associates. Near Fine. 1994. 1st Edition (softcover issue). Softcover. 0312857799 . [nice-looking book, with just a touch of surface wear to the covers, slight bends to bottom corners of about a dozen pages near the end of the book]. Trade PB (cartoon drawings) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author/cartoonist on the inside... Read More
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Lone Tree
by Wilson, Harry Leon
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean copy, minor shelfwear, spine slightly turned; jacket has a tiny closed tear at the upper front hinge, otherwise clean and attractive with only a touch of edgewear]. A family's bucolic life on their remote ranch is upended when oil... Read More
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Two Black Sheep
by Wilson, Harry Leon
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation. Good. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [shelfworn copy, front hinge cracked but not separated, light bumping/fraying at several extremities, slight exposure of boards at bottom corners, fading to cloth along edges of covers and at the spine, one-time owner's pencil signature on half-title page]. A screwball comedy in book... Read More
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A Woman Like Me
by Wilson, Marjorie Damsey
New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Very Good+. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [spine a little turned, minor visible wear at a couple of corners]. This uncommon novel "is simply the story of Nancy Prager. Raised by a devoted elder sister to care for nothing but the preservation of her lovely face and body,... Read More
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The Quest for Wilhelm Reich
by Wilson, Colin
Garden City NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. [minor shelfwear, a couple of diagonally-creased upper page corners toward the end of the book, some minor ink notations on rear pastedown; jacket lightly soiled, spine panel a bit scuffed, tiny chip at base of spine, one tiny closed tear and very... Read More
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