The Deesrt Music and Other Poems
by William Carlos Williams
New York: Random House, 1954. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1954 signed/limited. 1 OF 100 COPIES (this one being "out-of-series") SIGNED BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS at the limitation. Bright and Fine in its duotone cloth, with a pristine paper spine label. Octavo, 90 pgs. The publisher's light-green slipcase, which has protected the book... Read More
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The Eighteenth Century Constitution: Documents and Commentary
by Compiled and Introduced by E.N. Williams
Cambridge University Press, 1960. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1960 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine (small, tasteful bookplate at the front pastedown) in a crisp, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 464 pgs. Compiled and introduced by E.N. Williams.
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Werful and the Captain: The Story of a Small Tugboat and a Big Ship
by Linda E. Williams
Hamilton, Bermuda: The Bermudian Publishing Company, 2006. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Victoria Barnhill-Hensen. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR LINDA WILLIAMS on the front free endpaper. A pristine copy to boot of the 2006 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by Victoria Barnhill-Hensen.
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Flowers and Flesh
by J.X. Williams
San Diego: Phenix Publishers (Pleasure Readers), 1968. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. An unusually crisp, clean copy of the 1968 1st --and almost certainly only-- edition of this very scarce sexploitation/hippie-themed title. Tight and easily Near Fine in its wonderful pictorial wrappers. "When Hippies Hold a Sin-In, Its All FLOWERS AND FLESH". OCLC locates only a single copy and... Read More
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Angelica Kauffmann, R.A.: Her Life and Her Works
by Lady Victoria Manners and Dr. G.C. Williamson
New York: Brentano's, 1924. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A well-preserved copy of the 1924 1st edition, limited to 1000 copies. Clean, bright and VG to VG+ in a duotone cloth binding, with beige spine and gilt-lettered label over dark-brown. Thick quarto, 268 pgs., deckled fore-edge and bottom-edge. Comprehensive monograph (with 10 color illustrations and dozens of black... Read More
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Store Days
by Claes Oldenburg (Emmett Williams)
New York: Something Else Press, 1967. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A significant Association copy. INSCRIBED BY CLAES OLDENBURG TO PHOTOGRAPHER DUANE MICHALS, FOR YEARS A FELLOW MAINSTAY OF THE CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC SCENES IN GREENWICH VILLAGE. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 1967 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (a touch of foxing at the... Read More
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The Image of the City and Other Essays
by Charles Williams
Oxford University Press, 1958. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1958 1st edition. VG+ in a VG+, price-intact dustjacket. Octavo, 199 pgs. A wide range of essays posthumouslly collected into this one volume by the author of All Hallows Eve and Descent into Hell.
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From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign: A Sketch in Personal Narrative of the Scenes a Soldier Saw
by William Meade Dame, D.D.
Baltimore: Green-Lucas Company, 1920. Cloth. Near Fine. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1920 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its light-green cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Octavo, 213 pgs.
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Deutschlands Rustung Im Zweiten Weltkrieg: Hitlers Konferenzen Mit Albert Speer 1942-1945
by Willi A. Boelcke, Ed
Frankfurt: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft ATHENAION, 1969. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1969 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 495 pgs. Text in German.
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Paving and Municipal Engineering (The First 24 Issues)
by William Fortune, Editor
Indianapolis, 1892. 1/4 leather. Near Fine. The first 24 issues of this wonderful monthly, published out of Indianapolis and devoted to street paving. Consists of the first 2 years of the magazine, each year bound into a handsome 1/4 leather over chocolate-brown boards. The first book consists of the June 1890-May 1891 12 issues and the 2nd book... Read More
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Personal Adventures During the Indian Rebellion in Rohilcund, Futtehghur, and Oude
by William Edwards, Esq
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1858. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. A very presentable copy of the 1858 1st edition, in its bevelled, blindstamped boards. Solid and VG+, with a touch of light foxing at the fore-edge, one small spot to the rear panel and light wear along the spine crown. Octavo, 206 pgs. of text plus publisher's... Read More
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The Sun in the Sands
by Henry Williamson
London: Faber & Faber, 1946. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A sharp copy of the 1946 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine (with bright gilt-lettering along the spine) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. 12mo, 250 pgs. Housed in a custom-made, quarter-morocco box.
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Seven at One Blow
by .Jay Williams
New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1972. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. Friso Henstra. A very presentable copy of the 1972 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping --and one small closed tear-- along the panel edges. Nicely illustrated thoughout in color by Friso Henstra.
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The Confederate Privateers
by William Morrison Robinson, Jr.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1928. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1928 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of light chipping along the flap-folds and one or two small closed tears at the rear panel's lower-edge. Octavo, also includes an... Read More
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Blue Book -- Philadelphia Furniture: William Penn to George Washington - With Special Reference to the Philadelphia-Chippendale School
by William MacPherson Hornor, Jr.
Philadelphia: William MacPherson Hornor, Jr., 1935. Cloth. Very Good. A solid copy of the 1935 true 1st edition, in the publisher's matching (custom) slipcase. Tight and VG in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Handsome former owner bookplate (Dr. S.P. Pechin) at the front free endpaper. Quarto, original "errata slip" pasted on... Read More
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Up from Liberalism
by William F. Buckley, Jr.
New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1959 stated 1st printing of William F. Buckley's 3rd published book. Tight and VG (offsetting at the gutters, light spotting to the rear panel, very thin band of offsetting along the top-edges) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with one closed tear and very... Read More
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Project Tic-Toc: The Making of The Time Tunnel
by William E. Anchors, Jr.
Dunlap, TN: Alpha Control Press, 2011. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. A crisp, bright copy of the 2011 1st edition of this uncommon look at the making of TV's cult classic The Time Tunnel, which ran less than 1 year, from September 1966 to April 1967. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Tall quarto, edited by Flint... Read More
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The Law Against Abortion: Its Perniciousness Demonstrated and Its Repeal Demanded
by William J. Robinson, M.D.
New York: The Eugenics Publishing Company, 1933. Cloth. Very Good. The uncommon 1933 1st edition. Solid and VG in its dark-blue cloth, with fading along the spine and very light chipping at its base. Octavo, 123 pgs. plus publisher's ads at the rear.
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Black America Arm Yourselves for a War of Self Defense & Survival: A Black America Special
by Robert Williams
RAM: Black Liberation Front of the U.S.A., 1965. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. Uncommon 1965 collection of a number of the "radical" writings of Civil Rights leader Robert Williams (1925-1996), a firebrand in both the local labor union and within the NAACP of Monroe, North Carolina. Williams, who took "a militant stance against racism decades before the Black... Read More
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Genetics of the Dog
by Malcolm B. Willis
Howell Book House, 1989. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1989 1st U.S. edition. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall octavo, 417 pgs.
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Jory and the Buckskin Jumper
by Priscilla D. Willis
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1960. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Lorence Bjorklund. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR LORENCE BJORKLUND on the title page. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1960 1st edition of this charming tale of Jory Pinder and Pete, the buckskin jumper. Tight and Near Fine (very light offsetting at the endsheets) in a... Read More
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27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other One-Act Plays
by Tennessee Williams
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1945. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1945 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its linen cloth. Octavo, 207 pgs. Housed in a custom-made, quarter-morocco box.
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A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1982. Near Fine. Al Hirschfeld. An all-but-pristine copy of this 1982 Limited Editions Club offering. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its leather-backed floral covers. #1,864 of 2,000 copies signed by the great Al Hirschfeld (who illustrated this edition) at the limitation. Tall quarto, Foreword by Jessica Tandy, Introduction by Tennessee... Read More
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The Night of the Iguana
by Tennessee Williams
New York: New Directons, 1962. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very impressive copy of the 1962 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavco, dustjacket design by Nicola Wood.
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Baby Doll
by Tennessee Williams
London: Secker & Warburg, 1957. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A bright, clean copy of the 1957 1st UK edition. Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing at the front panel. Octavo, 140 pgs. Housed in a custom-made, quarter-morocco box.
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