The Day of the Locust
by Nathanael West
New York: Random House, 1939. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo. 238 pp. Illustrated book club dust jacket with no price present. Red cloth boards with title label to spine; dark topstain. Ex-library, though with relatively few markings. Dust jacket lightly foxed and rubbed along edges and free of institutional... Read More
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![Educated: A Memoir [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/715/009/1616009715.0.m.jpg)
Educated: A Memoir [Signed]
by Tara Westover
New York: Random House, 2018. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Random House, 2018. Later Printing. Signed by Tara Westover with inscription to previous owner at title page. Octavo. 334 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. White boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Boards show mild shelfwear and rear corners bumped. Binding sound and... Read More
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![The Fossils of Piety: Literary Humanism in Decline [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/256/921/1381921256.0.m.jpg)
The Fossils of Piety: Literary Humanism in Decline [Inscribed and Signed]
by Paul West
New York: Vantage Press, 1959. Very Good-/Very Good. New York: Vantage Press, 1959. First Edition, stated. Slim octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in pink decorative dust jacket; 85pp. Some chipping and general shelf wear to jacket and cloth extremities (shallow dents to bottom cloth margins), jacket spine panel completely faded, light foxing throughout, front free endpaper neatly excised, brief... Read More
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![Black Lamb and Grey Falcon [Two Volume set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/123/583/1665583123.0.m.jpg)
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon [Two Volume set]
by Rebecca West
New York: The Viking Press, 1941. Very Good/Very Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1941. First American Edition. Two large octavo volumes. 629 pages; [iii], 633-1181 pages. Map endpapers; black and white photographs. Illustrated dust jackets with $7.50 set price intact on each; books in black cloth with color illustrated vignettes to front; bright blue topstains. Housed in... Read More
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St. Augustine
by Rebecca West
London: Peter Davies Limited, 1933. Very Good +/Very Good. [London]: Peter Davies Limited, 1933. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in tan dust jacket; 174pp.; frontispiece. Moderate wear to jacket extremities including shallow loss to top margin of upper panel touching text, spine panel dulled, else a Very Good and sound copy in the uncommon jacket. Forms part... Read More
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![The San Francisco Wasp: An Illustrated History [Limited Edition, Signed by author]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/449/966/1666966449.0.m.jpg)
The San Francisco Wasp: An Illustrated History [Limited Edition, Signed by author]
by Richard Samuel West
Easthampton, MA: Periodyssey Press, 2004. Very Good +. Easthampton, MA: Periodyssey Press, 2004. First Edition, Limited Issue of 400 copies numbered and signed by the author, this being #29. Quarto. 327pp. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket as issued. Mild rubbing to edges and top of spine a trifle tugged. Binding sound and pages unmarked; a... Read More
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![Essays on Liberty and Necessity; in which the True Nature of Liberty is Stated and Defended; and the Principal Arguments used by Mr. Edwards, and others, for Necessity, are Considered [bound with] Essays on Liberty and Necessity... Part Second](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/692/697/1609697692.0.m.jpg)
Essays on Liberty and Necessity; in which the True Nature of Liberty is Stated and Defended; and the Principal Arguments used by Mr. Edwards, and others, for Necessity, are Considered [bound with] Essays on Liberty and Necessity... Part Second
by Samuel West
Boston / Printed at New Bedford, MA: Printed by Samuel Hall, in Cornhill / John Spooner, 1795. Very Good. Boston / Printed at New Bedford, MA: Printed by Samuel Hall, in Cornhill / John Spooner, 1793 & 1795. First Edition of each part. Octavos, removed but bound together. 54 pp.; 96 pp. with errata pasted to verso of... Read More
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![A Sermon, Preached at the Ordination of the Rev. Amasa Jerome, to the Pastoral Care of the Church in New-Hartford, August 18th, 1802 [Half title: Dr. West's Sermon at the Ordination of the Rev. Amasa Jerome]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/401/630/1600630401.0.m.jpg)
A Sermon, Preached at the Ordination of the Rev. Amasa Jerome, to the Pastoral Care of the Church in New-Hartford, August 18th, 1802 [Half title: Dr. West's Sermon at the Ordination of the Rev. Amasa Jerome]
by Stephen West
Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1802. Very Good. Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1802. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 27,[1]pp. ([A]-C4 D2, collated complete). Rather heavy foxing to terminals, small damp spot to rear leaf, else Very Good and sound. Ordination sermon followed by the hymn "The Charge" and "Right Hand of Fellowship." SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3534. ... Read More
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![All Summer Long: A Drama in Two Acts...Adapted from the novel "A Wreath and a Curse" [Inscribed and Signed by Anderson]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/914/914/1673914914.0.m.jpg)
All Summer Long: A Drama in Two Acts...Adapted from the novel "A Wreath and a Curse" [Inscribed and Signed by Anderson]
by Robert Anderson and Donald Wetzel
New York: Samuel French, 1955. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Samuel French, 1955. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pale yellow printed dust jacket retaining original price ($2.75); [8],138pp. External jacket panels rather toned and dust-soiled with a few faint splash marks to upper panel, corners bumped, toning to final leaf of text and rear free endpaper from... Read More
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![A Passing America: Considerations of Things of Yesterday Fast Fading from our World [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/952/894/1355894952.0.m.jpg)
A Passing America: Considerations of Things of Yesterday Fast Fading from our World [Signed]
by Cornelius Weygandt
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1932. Very Good. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1932. First Edition. Signed by Weygandt on front free endpaper without inscription. Octavo. 330 pages. Color frontis, black and white photographs. Green boards with blue spine label lettered in gilt. No dust jacket. Business card of Clarence Griffin Child laid in at front. ... Read More
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For Years Now
by W. G. Sebald; Tess Jaray [illus.]
London: Short Books, 2001. Very Good +. London: Short Books, 2001. First Edition. Quarto (19 cm); 75pp. Bound in glossy, red card wrappers with flaps. Illustrations separating poems throughout. Wrappers scuffed and scratched gently with minor bumping to extremities. Pages clean. A Very Good or better copy of Sebald's short and powerful poetry.
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Wishful Thinking: Issued in Commemoration of Armistice Day
by Press of the Woolly Whale
New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1938. Fine/Very Good-. New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1938 [c. 1939]. First Edition. 16mo; publisher's cloth, pictorial paste-on to upper cover, in glassine dust jacket; [34]pp.; illus. throughout. Glassine a bit worn with small losses and tears to margins, else a Fine copy in Good to Very Good jacket.... Read More
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The Invention of the Letter: A Beastly Morality
by Philip Whalen
New York: Carp & Whitefish, 1967. Very Good. New York: Carp & Whitefish, 1967. First Edition. Ringbound boards (21.5cm); 22 illustrated leaves. Covers bumped at corners with some fading along edges. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Whalen's take on the Adam and Eve story "being an illuminated moral history, for the edification of younger readers.
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![Norsk Avalfangst-Tidende (The Norwegian Whaling Gazette) Nr. 1 Januar 1949 - Nr. 9 September; Nr. 11 November - Nr. 12 December [11 of 12 volumes from 1949, lacking only volume 10 from October]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/359/598/1607598359.0.m.jpg)
Norsk Avalfangst-Tidende (The Norwegian Whaling Gazette) Nr. 1 Januar 1949 - Nr. 9 September; Nr. 11 November - Nr. 12 December [11 of 12 volumes from 1949, lacking only volume 10 from October]
by [Whaling] [Norway] Hvalfangeforening; Harald B. Paulsen [ed.]
Sandefjord, Norway: Hvalfangeforening, 1949. Very Good. Sandefjord, Norway: Hvalfangeforening, 1949. First Editions. Eleven quarto volumes with running pagination. Black and white photographs, illustrations, charts and graphs, including advertisements, throughout. Illustrated green stapled wraps. Text predominantly in Norwegian with some English. Wraps show light to moderate wear with scuffing, smudging, and mild spotting; pencil correction to date of volume... Read More
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The Old Maid
by Zoe Akins; Edith Wharton
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935. First Edition with "(1)" on final page. Octavo. 188 pages. Photographic dust jacket with $2.00 price intact. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket shows some chipping to extremities and a 3/4" closed tear along top edge of front panel.... Read More
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Hogarth's London: Pictures of the Manners of the Eighteenth Century
by Henry B. Wheatley
New York: E.P. Dutton and Co, 1909. Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton and Co. First U.S. Edition, with no additional printings listed. Octavo (9" x 6"); xix, 467pp. 53 plates including frontis, some with tissue guards, all present. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering, rules, and illustration. Boards bumped and worn at corners and spine ends, with... Read More
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Original Friendship Album / Sketchbook
by Rose Wheatley Hill
Paris, Honfleur, Allegheny, PA, 1838. Very Good. Paris, Honfleur, & Allegheny, PA: 1838-1846. Oblong octavo (13x21cm.); contemporary full blind- and gilt-tooled roan, gilt spine in four compartments, bright turquoise moiré endpapers; [104]pp. filled 2/3 to completion with ten manuscript poems in both French and English; seventeen pencil sketches, mostly mounted in; and one original watercolor. Margins scuffed, a... Read More
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![[On] Recollection" [in] The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1772](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/652/332/1670332652.0.m.jpg)
[On] Recollection" [in] The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1772
by Phillis Wheatley
London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1775. Very Good. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1775. Second Edition. Octavo. 246; [10]pp. Bound in contemporary tree-calf; five raised bands and gilt decoration to spine; edges stained. Light edgewear; brief exposure and minor bowing to corners; a few inoffensive stains. Binding sound. Ownership inscription and toning to endpapers;... Read More
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![I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/090/703/1721703090.0.m.jpg)
I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story [Signed]
by Hank Aaron; Lonnie Wheeler
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. Very Good/Very Good. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. First Edition, stated, with full numberline. Octavo (24.2cm); illustrated dust jacket with $21.95 price intact; boards in tan and purple with gilt lettering; [xviii],333pp; b&w photos. Jacket lightly shelfworn, with brief abrasions to verso. Boards lightly bowed, but sturdy and clean. Foxing to top edge... Read More
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The Hunting Rifle: Design, Selection, Ballistics, Marksmanship
by Townsend Whelen
Prescott, AZ: Wolfe Publishing Co., Inc, 1984. Near Fine. Prescott, AZ: Wolfe Publishing Co., Inc., 1984. Limited Edition of 1500 copies, this being #678. Octavo. 463pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Dark brown leather spine over cloth boards; four raised bands; stamped in gilt; all edges gilt; patterened wolf endpapers; silk ribbon. No dust jacket as issued.... Read More
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Rural Families on Relief
by [Works Progress Administration] Carle C. Zimmerman; Nathan L. Whetten
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938. Very Good -. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1938. Research Monograph XVII. Tall octavo (25.5cm); xxiv,161pp. Photos, tables, and graphs throughout. Illustrated paper wraps. Covers a bit toned and edgeworn; lower inch of spine chipped away with adjacent tears; label for "William G. Mather, 205 Horticulture Building" stricken in pencil for "Leadley" at... Read More
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Tractatus de Imputatione Divina Peccati Adami Posteris ejus Universis in Reatum
by Dan. Whitby
Londini [London]: J. Wyat, 1711. Very Good. Londini [London]: Impensis J. Wyat, ad Insigne Rosae in Coemeterio Divi Pauli, 1711. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.) full contemporary calf, unadorned spine in six compartments; [16],215,[1](ads)pp. (collated, presumed complete). Leather a bit scuffed at margins with some exposure at corners, lacking rear pastedown, brief scribble to front pastedown dated 1837 and... Read More
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Escape from Corregidor
by Edgar D. Whitcomb
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1958. Very Good/Very Good. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1958. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Richard Frooman retaining original price ($4.50); xi,[3],274pp. Light chipping to jacket extremities, spine panel a bit toned, corners gently bumped, else Very Good overall. World War II memoir of the future Governor... Read More
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Mirrors Messages Manifestations: photographs and writings 1939-1968
by Minor White
New York: An Aperture Monograph, 1992. Very Good. New York: An Aperture Monograph, 1992. Second Edition, Deluxe Issue. Quarto; 243pp. Black and white photographs. Blue cloth boards stamped in silver; housed in publisher's slipcase. No dust jacket as issued. Rubbing to boards; binding sound; pages unmarked. Slipcase rather worn with minor fraying and brief exposure; structurally sound. Very... Read More
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The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead
New York: Doubleday, 2016. Near Fine/Very Good +. New York: Doubleday, 2016. Stated First Edition. Octavo (24cm); 306pp. Publisher’s dust jacket with $26.95 price intact; boards quarter-bound in cream and black cloth with black stamping to spine. Dust jacket bumped at corners and spine ends; otherwise remarkably clean. Boards likewise bumped but clean. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and... Read More
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