The Unequal Conflict
by Godfrey Winn
London: Duckworth, 1932. Second Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London: Duckworth, 1932. Second Impression. SIGNED by the author with brief inscription on front free endpaper. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Missing dustjacket. 2.5" slit along back joint at bottom with some nearby fraying. Boards are square with light edgewear and a fair bit of smudging... Read More
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![The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland: 1905 - 1914 [Six Volumes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/084/790/1584790084.0.m.jpg)
The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland: 1905 - 1914 [Six Volumes]
by Winsor McCay; Richard Marschall [ed.] Bill Blackbeard [ed.]
Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books / Remco Worldservice Books, 1993. Very Good +/Very Good +. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books / Remco Worldservice Books, 1989 - 1993. All First Editions, First Printings. Quartos. Color illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jackets. Cloth boards stamped in gilt. Jackets lightly rubbed along edges with mild patchy spotting and foxing, principally to versos. Boards shelfworn... Read More
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![The World and Other Places [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/176/574/1687574176.0.m.jpg)
The World and Other Places [Signed]
by Jeanette Winterson
London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. Stated First Edition. Octavo (19cm); 234pp. Publisher’s illustrated dust jacket with £14.99 price intact; boards bound in black cloth with gilt stamping to spine; black-and-white illustrated endsheets. Dust jacket shows minor bumping to top edge; otherwise clean. Spine shows minor bumping; otherwise clean with sharp corners. Endsheets... Read More
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![Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/417/714/1686714417.0.m.jpg)
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? [Signed]
by Jeanette Winterson
London: Jonathan Cape, 2011. Near Fine/Very Good. London: Jonathan Cape, 2011. First Edition. Octavo (23cm); 230pp. Publisher’s photographic dust jacket with £14.99 price intact; boards bound in blue cloth with gilt stamping to spine; beige endsheets. Jacket shows superficial scratching with blind writing impression and minor bumping to top of spine. Front board shows some scuffing to fore-edge;... Read More
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The Anatomy of Nonsense
by Yvor Winters
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1943. Very Good/Fair. Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1943. First Edition. Octavo. 255 pages. Graphic dust jacket with original $3.00 price present. Beige boards stamped in maroon. Dust jacket is heavily chipped with numerous tears and barely connected at front joint. Front flap and rear flaps detached. Now protected in mylar (removed for... Read More
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Primitivism and Decadence: A Study of American Experimental Poetry
by Yvor Winters
New York: Arrow Editions, 1937. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Arrow Editions, 1937. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm);[xiv],146pp. Gray dust jacket with red lettering and rules; boards in navy cloth with white lettering to spine. Jacket fairly toned, especially along edges of outer panels and down spine, with a couple shallow chips and tears along edges. Boards are square... Read More
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![Minimum of Two [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/943/894/1690894943.0.m.jpg)
Minimum of Two [Signed]
by Tim Winton
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988. Near Fine/Fine. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988. First U.K. Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in decorative dust jacket by Stephen Raw retaining original price; [6],153pp. Textblock a bit toned, else Near Fine. Signed by the author on title page.
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An Address, Delivered Before the Peithessophian and Philoclean Societies of Rutgers College
by William Wirt
New Brunswick: Rutgers Press / Terhune & Letson Printers, 1830. Very Good. New Brunswick: Rutgers Press / Terhune & Letson Printers, 1830. First Edition. Octavo; removed self-wrappers; 34pp. Foxed but in stable, Very Good condition. Address by William Wirt (lawyer, orator, and presidential candidate) addressing to two Rutgers student societies on education. SABIN 104869; AMERICAN IMPRINTS... Read More
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![The New Science of Motion: A Study of Galileo's De Motu Locali [Offprint from: Archive for History of Exact Sciences, Vol. 13, nos. 2/3]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/839/000/1506000839.0.m.jpg)
The New Science of Motion: A Study of Galileo's De Motu Locali [Offprint from: Archive for History of Exact Sciences, Vol. 13, nos. 2/3]
by [Galileo] Winifred L. Wisan
Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1974. Very Good. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1974. Offprint. Large octavo; publisher's cream printed wrappers; [103]-306pp.; illus. throughout. Moderate wear from handling, brief abrasion at spine crown, contemporary ownership signature inside front cover, small pencil check marks to bibliography in rear, else Very Good.
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White Murder
by David Wishart
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2002. Very Good+/Very Good. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [2002]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price (£18.99); vi,[2],512pp.; map illus. Light wear to jacket extremities, textblock uniformly toned due to paper quality, else a Very Good or better copy overall. A Marcus Corvinus Mystery.
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![Schriften I, II, III: I: Tractatus logico-philosophicus; Tagebücher 1914-1916; Philosophische Untersuchungen (1969); II: Philosophische Bemerkungen (1964); III: Wittgenstein und der Wiener Kreis von Friedrich Waismann (1967) [Writings I, II, III: I: Tractatus logic-philosophicus; Diaries 1914-1916; Philosophical Investigations; II: Philosophical Remarks; III: Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle by Friedrich Waismann]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/199/710/1293710199.0.m.jpg)
Schriften I, II, III: I: Tractatus logico-philosophicus; Tagebücher 1914-1916; Philosophische Untersuchungen (1969); II: Philosophische Bemerkungen (1964); III: Wittgenstein und der Wiener Kreis von Friedrich Waismann (1967) [Writings I, II, III: I: Tractatus logic-philosophicus; Diaries 1914-1916; Philosophical Investigations; II: Philosophical Remarks; III: Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle by Friedrich Waismann]
by Ludwig Wittgenstein
Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1969. Very Good/Very Good. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1964-1969. Schriften I: Later Printing; Schriften II: First Edition; Schriften III: First Edition. Octavo; Schriften I 545pp; Schriften II 348pp; Schriften III 266pp. Parchment cream jackets lettered in black and red. Burgundy boards with off-white spine labels, stamped in black. Gray textblock topstain.... Read More
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![Woman: Her Excellence and Usefulness [Cover title: Her Price Above Rubies]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/035/980/1606980035.0.m.jpg)
Woman: Her Excellence and Usefulness [Cover title: Her Price Above Rubies]
by William R. De Witt
Harrisburg, PA: Printed by A. Converse, 1841. Very Good. Harrisburg, PA: Printed by A. Converse, 1841. First Edition. 12mo. 48 pp. Embossed brown cloth boards with gilt stamping to front and rear. Mild edgewear and spotting; dark staining to rear. Binding sound. Soiling and spotting to interior, though text largely unaffected and legible throughout. A Very Good copy... Read More
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Mostly Sally
by P.G. Wodehouse
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923. Very Good. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923. First Edition with publisher's colophon to copyright page. Octavo. 317 pp. Light green boards stamped in red. Lacks dust jacket. Moderate lean to boards; light shelfwear; corners bumped. Front boards gives a little, but overall binding is sound. Some pencil... Read More
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The Mating Season
by P.G. Wodehouse
New York: Didier, 1949. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Didier, 1949. First American Edition. Octavo; 287pp. Jacket and illustrations throughout by Hal McIntosh. Illustrated dust jacket with original $2.95 price; book in red cloth with gray lettering. Jacket chipped at top front near spine, with shallow chipping to spine ends, some small, clean tears and adjacent creasing along... Read More
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A History of Science, Technology, and Philosophy in the 16th & 17th Centuries
by A. Wolf
New York: Macmillan Company, 1935. Very Good/Fair. New York: Macmillan Company, 1935. First American Edition from the British sheets. Thick octavo; publisher's cloth in printed price-clipped dust jacket; xxvii,[1],692pp.; frontispiece, thirty-six (36) leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos, hundreds of text illus. throughout. Jacket quite worn with substantial loss affecting nearly the entirety of rear jacket... Read More
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Limbo
by Bernard Wolfe
New York: Random House, 1952. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1952. First Edition, first printing. Octavo; 438pp. Illustrated dust jacket; black cloth boards stamped in yellow and green with robot vignette to front cover. Unclipped dust jacket chipped along edges with some general scuffing and toning to verso. Boards worn with some spotting and smudging. Binding... Read More
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The Story of a Novel
by Thomas Wolfe
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Very Good+/Very good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in orange dust jacket retaining original price ($1.50); [8],93pp. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities, spine panel faded, endpapers toned, brief glue residue to front free endpaper from previously-removed label, else a Very Good, fresh and sound copy. ... Read More
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Winning the War of Words: Selling the War on Terror from Afghanistan to Iraq
by Wojtek Mackiewicz Wolfe
Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2008. Very Good/Very Good. Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2008. First edition with complete number line. Octavo; 137pp. Green and white dust jacket. Black cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine. Dust jacket has only minor rubbing and a small closed tear on lower front edge. No tears. Rear dust jacket... Read More
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Whistle Stop
by Maritta M. Wolff
New York: Random House, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1941. Early Printing. Octavo; 449p. Illustrated dustjacket over red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Price-clipped dustjacket shows a few small tears with light edgewear and some toning, but is clean and crisp overall. Boards are sturdy and square. Endpapers and pages clean and... Read More
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![Nineteenth-Century Fiction: A Bibliographical Catalogue Based on the Collection Formed by Robert Lee Wolff, in five volumes [Five volumes in two, complete]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/661/318/1717318661.0.m.jpg)
Nineteenth-Century Fiction: A Bibliographical Catalogue Based on the Collection Formed by Robert Lee Wolff, in five volumes [Five volumes in two, complete]
by Robert Lee Wolff
New York: Garland Publishing, Inc, 1981. Very Good +. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1981. Reprint. Five volumes in two large octavos, complete. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt. Light shelfwear and dust soiling; binding sound; pages unmarked; Very Good or better.
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![Hunters in the Snow: A Collection of Short Stories by Tobias Wolff [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/201/333/1631333201.0.m.jpg)
Hunters in the Snow: A Collection of Short Stories by Tobias Wolff [Signed]
by Tobias Wolff
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. First UK Edition. Octavo. 175 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Touch of rubbing to edges of unclipped dust jacket with very mild vertical rippling. Light bumping to extremities of boards. Binding sound and interior unmarked; a Near Fine copy.
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Ugly Rumours: A Novel
by Tobias Wolff
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1975. Very Good/Near Fine. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1975. First (and only) Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in decorative dust jacket by Craig Dodd; 207pp. Jacket very lightly toned at margins, corners bumped, else a Very Good or better copy. First novel by the author of This Boy's Life, based... Read More
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The Grotesque in Art and Literature
by Wolfgang Kayser; Ulrich Weisstein [trans.]
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1963. Very Good/Very Good. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1963. First English-language Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); illustrated dust jacket with $6.95 price intact; boards in sage cloth with maroon lettering to spine; 224pp, illus. Jacket lightly shelfworn with a couple shallow tears along edges and waterspotting to spine, more visible to verso; some general smudging and... Read More
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The Presence of the Past: Essays on the State and the Constitution
by Sheldon S. Wolin
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989. Very Good/Very Good. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, [1989]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's cloth in blue printed dust jacket; x,[2],228pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins including a few small closed tears, corners bumped, else Very Good and sound. Collection of essays by a leading member of the... Read More
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![Hidden Pictures [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/558/287/1580287558.0.m.jpg)
Hidden Pictures [Signed]
by Meg Wolitzer
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($16.95); [8],294pp. Light shelf wear, tiny closed tear to top margin of upper jacket panel, else a Very Good, sound copy. Signed by the author on half title page. ... Read More
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