Freemasonry, Anti-Masonry, and Illuminism in the United States, 1734-1850: A Bibliography
by Walgren, Kent Logan
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 1,136pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Blue cloth with silver stamped titles on backstrips. 5,560 entries. Comprehensive index. New. The late Kent Walgren completed his life's work, a definitive bibliography on freemasonry, prior to moving to Paris in the fall of 2002. Tragically, the author died prior to delivery of... Read More
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Written in Wood: Three Wordless Graphic Narratives (The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson; Book of Hours; Conrad Black)
by Walker, George A.; Introduction by Tom Smart
Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 2014. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. 360pp. Small quarto [25 cm] Illustrated wraps. With general mild wear to the wraps. Internally clean and bright. From the rear wrap- "Without using a word, Walker presents three narratives that share a common theme: how a single event can change a culture. Written in wood, these... Read More
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Book of Hours: A Wordless Novel Told In 99 Wood Engravings
by Walker, George A.
Erin, ONT: Porcupine's Quill, 2012. [Third edition]. George A. Walker. 189pp. Octavo [23 cm] Black cloth with silver stamped title on the front board. Housed in matching slipcase. Both fine. Signed by the artist/author on the frontispiece. A wordless novel tribute to those who lost their lives in 9/11. With an introduction by David A. Berona, woodcut-novel historian and... Read More
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Book of Hours; A Wordless Novel Told In 99 Wood Engravings
by Walker, George A.
Ontario, Canada: The Porcupine's Quill, 2010. Reprint. Paperback. NEW. George A. Walker. 189 pp. [22 cm]; illustrated wraps. "Walker's art contributes to the great wood engraving tradition established by the likes of Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward and Otto Nuckel, and demonstrates the endless need to expose and question social and political injustice through art and narrative.
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Mormon Cookin'
by Walker, Herb (Consultant)
Baxter Lane Company, 1976. Good. Booklet. 64pp. Slim octavo [21 cm] Saddle-stitched illustrated wraps. The wraps and preliminary pages are stained (not affecting legibility). With recipes for pies, puddings, meats, main dishes, bread, vegetables, cakes, cookies, candy, poultry, salads, sauces, relishes, and fish. With contributions from the Grantsville Seminary, Grantsville, Utah.
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The Art of Reginald Heade
by Walker, Stephen James
Kent, UK: Telos Publishing Ltd, 2020. Reprint. Hardcover. As new. 319pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Illustrated paper over boards. "Lavishly-illustrated, packed with hundreds of superb colour and black-and-white images... the most comprehensive overview ever published of Heade’s life and work. This encompasses not only all of his iconic paintings for the famous Hank Janson range, but also dozens of... Read More
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Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area
by Walker, Richard A.
Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2018. Second edition. Paperback. New. 456pp. Octavo [23cm]. Pictoral wraps. "As the fiftieth anniversary of the Summer of Love floods the media with debates and celebrations of music, political movements, “flower power,” “acid rock,” and “hippies,”The Explosion of Deferred Dreams offers a critical reexamination of the interwoven political and musical happenings in San Francisco... Read More
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Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley
by Walker, Sally M.
Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, Inc, 2006. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 112pp. Slim oblong quarto [23 cm x 27.5 cm] Pictorial paper over boards. In a dust jacket, with rubbing to the surface, and two award labels along with an "Autographed Copy" label affixed to the front panel. Winner of the Robert F. Sibert Medal. This copy is... Read More
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Improvisations of New York: A Symphony in Lines
by Walkowitz, A. [Abraham]; Comments by Carl Van Vechten and Konrad Bercovici
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1948. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. SIGNED. Unpaginated [32 pp] slim quarto [27.5 cm]; saddle-stapled in printed card wrappers. Signed by the artist ("A Walkowitz") in blue ink on the front cover. Some sporadic and light smudging and staining, but still a nice copy. Abraham Walkowitz (1878-1965) was a noted Russian-American modernist painter. This... Read More
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Exploring the Colorado Plateau
by Wallace, Andrew and diana Clark Lubick
Flagstaff, AZ: Museum of Northern Arizona, 1991. First edition. Paperback. Very good+. 32 pp. Vol. 62 Number 3 of the publication Plateau of the Museum of Northern Arizona.
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The Demon's Mirror
by Wallerstein, James S.
New York: Bellamy Press, 1951. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 341pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Green cloth over boards. Gently bumped at the spine ends and corners of the covers. In a price-clipped dust jacket, with sunning to the spine, sporadic small open edge tears, and two short tape repairs to the reverse. From the collection of Berkeley... Read More
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Navajo-English Dictionary
by Wall, Leon; William Morgan
Window Rock, Arizona: Navajo Agency Branch of Education, 1958. Paperback. Very Good. 65pp. Quarto [27.5cm]. Textured red wraps. Prior owner's signature on cover; mild abrasion to the head of rear flap. Includes pronunciation key. Issued by a division of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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Essay on Modern Gardening by Horace Walpole. With a Faithful Translation into French by the Duke of Nivernois. A Reprint in Type Facsimile of the Edition Printed by Mr. Walpole at Strawberry Hill MDCCLXXXV. To Which is Added an Introductory Note by Alice Morse Earle
by Walpole, Horace
Canton, PA: Lewis Buddy III: The Kirgate Press, 1904. Limited Edition Reprint. Leather Bound. Very Good Minus. 94pp. Small quarto [25 cm] Bound in maroon leather (binder's label stamped "A. E. P" on the front pastedown), with ornamental gilt stamping on the backstrip and front board. Top edge gilt. Other edges deckled. Gilt turn-ins. Moire endpapers. Front board... Read More
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Above the Dark Tumult: An Adventure
by Walpole, Hugh
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 303pp. Octavo [21 cm] Blue cloth over boards with silver stamping. Spine ends gently bruised; contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter press printer, John Ruyle.
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Walt Disney's African Lion (A True-Life Adventure)
by [Walt Disney] [Disneyana] [Wildlife Photography] Algar, James
New York: Simon and Schuster in collaboration with Marc Barraud, 1956. Simon and Schuster edition in English. Hardcover. Very Good. 74pp. Quarto [29.5 cm] White cloth spine with photographically illustrated paper over boards. Covers rubbed. With tipped-in illustrations (all present). Designed by Armand A. Bigle and produced by Marc Barraud from the original French language edition "Walt Disney's... Read More
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Beautiful Ruins: A Novel
by Walter, Jess
New York: Harper, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. SIGNED. 337pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Paper over boards. Gentle bruising to the spine ends. In the illustrated dust jacket, with very subtle edge wear, and a faint moisture stain along the top edge of the front panel. Author of "The Financial Lives of the Poets" and... Read More
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Sons of the Ocean Deeps
by Walton, Bryce
Philadelphia, Toronto: John C. Winston Company, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 216 pp. Octavo. [21.5 cm]. Blue paper over wraps. Scuffing to corners and head/tail of spine. Original dustjacket showing some signs of wear. Hole punch at bottom right corner of front free endpaper and title page.
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The Compleat Angler; or the Contemplative Man's Recreation
by Walton, Izaak; Charles Cotton
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1927. Reprint of John Major's edition of 1889. Hardcover. E. (Eric) Fitch Daglish. 316pp. Small quarto [26 cm] 1/4 brown cloth with light brown paper over boards, a brown ink stamped title on the spine, and a black and white illustrated paper label mounted to the front board. Tan and black patterned... Read More
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The Complete Angler: Or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation
by Walton, Izaak; Charles Cotton; Geo. W. Bethune D.D. (Editor)
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1880. Hardcover. Very Good -. 215pp. Quarto [25cm]. Green cloth over boards, with title stamped in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Edges a bit bumped. Spine ends mildly scuffed. Ex-library with markings, including a bookplate on the front pastedown and check-out sheet affixed to rear endpapers. An attractive, late 19th century... Read More
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Bullfrog Pops!
by Walton, Rick
Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs-Smith Publisher, 1999. Hardcover. Chris McAllister. SIGNED. Slim quarto [27.5 cm] Shiny illustrated paper over boards. With the matching pictorial dust jacket. The book is in near fine condition, and the dust jacket is in very good condition, with subtle surface wear. Illustrated by Chris McAllister. Signed by Rick Walton on the title page. ... Read More
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Voyager Mini Tarot Deck
by [Wanless, James]
Very Good +. Complete deck of 78 mini [5.5 x 3.5cm] cards encased in a dark blue velvet pouch. No instruction booklet, possibly as issued. A mini version of the Voyager tarot deck. Striking collage style imagery. Uncommon.
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Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Schooner Savannah
by Warburton, A. F.
New York: The Legal Classics Library, 1997. Reprint. Leather bound. Fine. 385pp. Octavo [21cm] in full red gilt-stamped leather with raised spine bands. All edges gilt, bound-in pagemarker ribbon. Inked-out name on provided bookplate on front pastedown.
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Large Format Photograph of Brigadier General Lorenzo Thomas
by [Civil War]
New York: Chas. D. Fredricks & Company Photographers, 1862. Photograph. Very Good +. Large format print measuring 35 cm by 27.5 cm. Actual image is oval and measures 20 cm by 15 cm. Image is near fine. Mount has a few minor losses at the extremities. Image is undated. The view shows Thomas sitting in a wooden chair... Read More
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Soviet Democracy
by Ward, Harry F.; Lynd Ward (Illustrator)
New York: Soviet Russia Today, 1947. Original 1947 printing. Pamphlet. Very Good. 48pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Tan saddle-stitched wraps, featuring cover art by the author's son, Lynd Ward, an artist known for his novels in pictures and his book illustrations. With small rust stains surrounding the staples of the binding, and a faint 2 1/2" crease to the... Read More
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Gods' Man: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 black cloth over illustrated boards with a paper label on the backstrip. Publisher's black top stain. Black endpapers. Spine subtly rolled. Age toning and light rubbing to boards. The first of Ward's six wordless novels that is told exclusively through 144... Read More
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