The Partly Cloudy Patriot
by Vowell, Sarah
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. 195pp. Octavo. 1/4 tan board with orange boards. Near fine/Near fine. Second full length work from the author of 'Take the Cannoli" and the 'This American Life' contributor.
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Set in Stone, Fixed in Glass: The Great Mormon Temple and Its Photographers
by Wadsworth, Nelson B.
Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good +. 388pp. Oblong quarto [22 cm] Light peach colored cloth with gilt stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Includes an index. In a dust jacket. Dark spotting, possibly ink, on the bottom of front board and slight dark tinge to the lower right... Read More
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Through Camera Eyes
by Wadsworth, Nelson B.
Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 180pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/4 red leather with white paper covered boards. Title in silver on backstrip. Near fine. There is a very small ink stamp on the front free endsheet. The dust jacket is in near fine condition. Photographic history of the Latter-day Saint faith beginning in Nauvoo... Read More
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Through Camera Eyes
by Wadsworth, Nelson B.
Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 180pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/4 red paper with textured brown paper covered boards. Title in silver on backstrip. Very good. The edges of the covers are very lightly rubbed and subtly faded. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with lightly bumped and rubbed edges. Price-clipped. Photographic history... Read More
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Through Camera Eyes
by Wadsworth, Nelson B.
Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 180pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/4 red paper with natural white cloth covered boards. Title in silver on the backstrip. Very good plus. The bottom fore edge corners of the covers are a bit frayed. The dust jacket is in good only condition, with numerous tears and small losses. Photographic... Read More
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17 and Black
by Waer, Jack
New York: The Viking Press, 1955. Hardcover. 241pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/2 orange cloth with sea green paper covered boards, a black ink stamped title on the spine, and a black ink stamped vignette on the front cover. The book is in fair condition only. The spine and surrounding areas on the boards are moisture stained. The edges of... Read More
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Blankets and Moccasins
by Wagner, Glendolin Damon; Doctor William A. Allen
Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/good +. 304pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Bright blue cloth with bright, elaborate red, orange and yellow ink stamped designs on the front cover. Illustrated endsheets. There is a slight roll to the spine, else very attractive. In the dust jacket, printed with the Caxton titles on... Read More
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The Ring of the Niblung: The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie; Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods (2 volumes)
by Wagner, Richard; Arthur Rackham; Translated by Margaret Armour
New York: Abaris Books, 1976. Reissue. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 159; 182pp. Small quarto [24 cm] Aquamarine blue cloth over boards with gilt stamping. Illustrated endpapers. Extremities subtly rubbed and bumped. Very minor lean to the spines. In dust jackets, with prominent rubbing to the rear panels, slight discoloration to the spines, and a bit of light dampstaining... Read More
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Collected Poems 1956-1976
by Wagoner, David
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1976. Early printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 301pp. Large octavo [24 cm] Dark red cloth covered boards with a silver stamped title on the spine. Very good. The foot of the spine is slightly jammed and frayed. The edges of the text block are very subtly soiled and stained. There is a former owner's name with a... Read More
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Marvel Comics Library: Fantastic Four. Vol. 1. 1961–1963
by Waid, Mark; Jack Kirby; Stan Lee
Köln (Cologne): TASCHEN, 2022. Hardcover. New. 700pp. Elephant folio [46cm]. Illustrated boards. Still in publisher's illustrated shipping box which is under shrinkwrap. "In 1961 Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created The Fantastic Four—a powerhouse super hero team revolutionary for their flaws and complexity—that kicked the comic industry into high gear. This XXL volume from the Eisner Award-winning series... Read More
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New York: A Guide to the Empire State (American Guide Series)
by Wainger, Bertrand M. (Supervisor)
New York: Oxford University Press, 1962. Eighth printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 782pp. Octavo [21 cm] Light blue cloth over boards. Extremities moderately rubbed and bumped. Several tiny stains to the fore-edge of the text block. In the price-clipped dust jacket, with light edge wear, including a 3/4" closed tear along the bottom edge of the front panel.... Read More
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The Shape of Feng
by Wain, John
Covent Garden Press Ltd, 1972. First edition. Paperback. Near fine. John Kerr. 34pp. Very slim ocatvo [23 cm] Saddle-stitched brown pictorial wraps. Illustrations by John Kerr. Covent Garden Poetry Number Four.
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Shadows of Life and Thought: A Retrospective Review in the Form of Memoirs
by Waite, Arthur Edward
London: Selwyn and Blount, 1938. First edition (no additional printings listed). Hardcover. Very Good. 288; 8pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine and a gilt stamped design on the front cover. Frontispiece portrait of the author in 1936. Extremities moderately rubbed and bumped. Text block cracked at the title... Read More
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Lives of Alchemystical Philosophers Based on Materials Collected in 1815 and Supplemented by Recent Researches with a Philosophical Demonstration of the True Principles of the Magnum Opus, or Great Work of Alchemical Re-Construction, and Some Account of the Spiritual Chemistry. To Which is Added A Bibliography of Alchemy and Hermetic Philosophy
by Waite, Arthur Edward; [Barrett, Francis]
London: George Redway, 1888. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 315pp. Octavo [23 cm] Brown cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Beveled edges. "Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co." stamped in gilt at foot of spine. Spine mildly rolled; gentle bumped at the spine ends and corners; front pastedown has a name and date... Read More
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The Holy Kabbalah: A Study of the Secret Tradition in Israel as unfolded by sons of the Doctrine for the Benefit and Consolation of the Elect dispersed through the Lands and Ages of the Greater Exile
by Waite, A. E. (Arthur Edward) and Kenneth Rexroth (Introduction)
New Hyde Park, New York: University Books, 1960. First University Books edition (No additional printings listed). Hardcover. Good. Ex-libris James D. Wardle with his usual markings and labels, and ink stamps on the spine, front pastedown, and title page. Wardle amassed an impressive library and was often called the "Socrates of State Street" [Salt Lake City, Utah]. 636... Read More
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The Collected Poems of Arthur Edward Waite
by Waite, Arthur Edward
London: William Rider & Son, Limited, 1914. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 353; 352pp. Octavo [23cm]. Bound in blue cloth with gilt stamped titles on each spine and decorative blind stamping on the front boards. Gentle bumping to spine ends and corners. Mild sunning to the spines. Discoloration to the free endpapers. American-born British poet, writer, and... Read More
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Lamps of Western Mysticism: Essays on the Life of the Soul in God
by Waite, Arthur Edward
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. 334pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth over boards with green and gilt stamping on the backstrip and front board. Moisture staining along top and fore-edge of rear board, and several minor stains to front board. Faint 4 1/2" crease in the rear board. Previous owner's... Read More
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The Hidden Church of the Holy Graal: Its Legends and Symbolism, Considered in Their Affinity with Certain Mysteries of Initiation and Other Traces of a Secret Tradition in Christian Times
by Waite, Arthur Edward
Des Plaines, Illinois: Yogi Publication Society, 1975. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. 713pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Red boards, with gilt stamped lettering and light ornamentation stamped in gilt and blind. Mild soiling to front board. A thorough survey of Holy Grail (Graal) literature and mythology, both academic and mystical.
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Shadows of Life and Thought: A Retrospective Review in the Form of Memoirs
by Waite, Arthur Edward
London: Selwyn and Blount, 1938. First edition (no additional printings listed). Hardcover. Very Good Minus/Very Good Minus. 288; 8pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine and a gilt stamped design on the front cover. Frontispiece portrait of the author in 1936. Spine ends bumped. Spine ends and corners of... Read More
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The Secret Tradition in Alchemy: Its Development and Records
by Waite, Arthur Edward
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 415pp. Octavo [24cm]. Bound in blue cloth. With decorative stamping in gilt and green ink. Spine ends and corners bumped. Light soiling to the boards, which are also a bit scratched. Textblock is age toned. Small ownership mark on the front pastedown. American-born British poet, writer, and... Read More
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The Real History of the Rosicrucians Founded on Their Own Manifestoes, and on Facts and Documents Collected from the Writings of Initiated Brethren
by Waite, Arthur Edward
New York: J. W. Bouton, 1888. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 446; [22]pp. Octavo [20 cm] Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt stamped design on the front board. Patterned endpapers. Twenty-two pages of publisher's advertisements at the rear. Spine subtly sunned. Spine ends and corners of covers bumped and moderately... Read More
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On Barbara's Shore
by Wakoski, Diane
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. Signed, limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Slim duodecimo [21 cm] 1/4 decorative floral cloth with blue paper over boards. The top edge of the text block is just a little foxed. Number 20 in a hardcover edition limited to 100 copies. Signed by Diane Wakoski on the limitation page.
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Greed; parts 3 and 4
by Wakoski, Diane
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. First edition. Paperback. Near fine. Octavo [6.25" by 9.5"]. String bound green wraps. Edition limited to 300 copies signed by Wakoski. Slight edgewear.
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Cap of Darkness: Including "Looking for Darkness" & "Pachelbel's Canyon
by Wakoski, Diane
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 117pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 yellow cloth with mustard yellow paper covered boards, and a blue, black and yellow title and design on the front cover. Blue endpapers. Very good plus. The top edge of the text block is lightly foxed. Number 219 of 250 hardcover copies which have... Read More
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The Magician's Feastletters
by Wakoski, Diane
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. SIGNED. 129pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 orange cloth with brightly colored printed paper covered boards. Orange endpapers. Very faint 2" mark on the front board. Number 21 of 250 copies numbered and signed by the author. Signed by Diane Wakoski on a tipped-in page following the copyright... Read More
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