The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton
by Oppenheim. E. Phillips; Illustrations by Gustavus C. Widney
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1913. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good. 322pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering and a sea-green ink stamped floral design on the front board. The spine and boards are subtly edgeworn. Text block nice and square. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letterpress printer John Ruyle.... Read More
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Joseph Smith: Seeker After Truth, Prophet of God
by Widtsoe, John A.
Salt Lake City, UT: Bookcraft, 1993. Second Collector's Edition Printing. Hardcover. 385pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Gray cloth spine with light gray and black printed paper covered boards, and a silver stamped title on the spine. Very good. The spine is slightly rolled. There is a small circular ring indented in the front board. The circle measures just under 1... Read More
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Rational Theology as Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
by Widtsoe, John A.
Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books. Reprint. Paperback. 216pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Black and green wrappers. Fine. New Book. The decades framing the turn of the twentieth century constituted a period of progressive optimism, of increasing faith in science and technology, and of character-building education—vividly illustrated in the founding of Christian Science, for example, and in the Latter-day Saint... Read More
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Sacred Books & Sky Hooks
by Wiebe, Paul Enns
Fort Collins, Colorado: Komos Books, 2020. 269 pp. Octavo. [22 3/4 cm]. Illustrated wraps. Sacred Books & Sky Hooks is a genre-bending literary thriller with occasional dollops of humor. It resembles Melville's Moby Dick in one respect: each narrative is punctuated by nonfictional discussions of a central subject. Instead of whales and whaling, this novel deals with the subject... Read More
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Sector 7
by Wiesner, David
New York: Clarion Books, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. SIGNED Unpaginated. Quarto [28cm] 1/4 emerald cloth and white paper over boards with title stamped in gilt on spine. Illustration embossed on front board. Corners are very lightly bumped. Signed by the author on the title page. A wordless novel depicting the expansive imagination one boy has. ... Read More
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Hurricane
by Wiesner, David
New York: Clarion Books, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. SIGNED Unpaginated. Oblong quarto [23.5 x 28 cm] 1/4 nacy cloth and blue paper over boards with title stamped in silver on spine. Illustration stamped in silver on front board. Boards are ever so slightly cocked. Signed by the author on half-title.
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June 29. 1999
by Wiesner, David
New York: Clarion Books, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED Unpaginated. Quarto [24 cm] 1/4 teracotta cloth and blue paper over boards with title stamped in silver on backstrip. Pictoral silver stamping on front board. Signed by the author on the title page.
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Hurricane
by Wiesner, David
New York: Clarion Books, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. SIGNED Unpaginated. Oblong quarto [23.5 x 28 cm] 1/4 nacy cloth and blue paper over boards with title stamped in silver on spine. Illustration stamped in silver on front board. Boards are ever so slightly cocked. Signed by the author on half-title.
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Tuesday
by Wiesner, David
New York: Clarion Books, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/near fine. SIGNED. Slim oblong quarto [23.5 cm x 28 cm] 1/4 black cloth with pale green paper over boards. With light edge wear to the covers, and several minor stains along the bottom edges of the covers. Signed, and dated "2003," by David Wiesner on the illustrated... Read More
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Hurricane
by Wiesner, David
New York: Clarion Books, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. SIGNED Unpaginated. Oblong quarto [23.5 x 28 cm] 1/4 nacy cloth and blue paper over boards with title stamped in silver on spine. Illustration stamped in silver on front board. Signed by the author on half-title.
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Gonna Roll the Bones
by Wiesner, David; Adapted from a story by Fritz Leiber
New York: Milk & Cookies Press, 2004. First ibooks printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. David Wiesner. SIGNED. Slim quarto [26 cm x 26 cm] Pictorial paper over boards. In the matching dust jacket with only very trivial wear to the surface. Illustrated by David Wiesner. A classic fable in the tradition of "The Devil and Daniel Webster."... Read More
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The Three Pigs
by Wiesner, David
New York: Clarion Books, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. SIGNED. 40pp. Oblong quarto [23.5 cm by 29.5 cm] 1/2 red cloth over gray boards with title stamped in gilt on spine. The boards are a bit concave. Signed by David Wiesner in black ink on the copyright page.
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Art & Max
by Wiesner, David
Boston and New York: Clarion Books, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED. Slim oblong quarto [23.5 cm x 28.5 cm] Brightly colored patterned paper over boards. In the illustrated dust jacket. Signed by David Wiesner on the title page. David Wiesner received the Caldecott Medal for "Tuesday," for "The Three Pigs," and for "Flotsam. ... Read More
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Sector 7
by Wiesner, David
New York: Clarion Books, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good +. SIGNED. Slim quarto [28 cm] 1/2 green cloth with light gray patterned paper over boards. The front board is a trifle warped. In the illustrated dust jacket with light surface and edge wear. A wordless picture book. Signed by David Wiesner, with a sketch of... Read More
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Sector 7
by Wiesner, David
New York: Clarion Books, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. SIGNED. Slim quarto [28 cm] 1/2 green cloth with decorative light gray paper over boards. With a "Caldecott Honor Book" label affixed to the front panel of the dust jacket. Signed by David Wiesner on the title page. David Wiesner is the writer and illustrator of Tuesday,... Read More
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Walking to Sleep: New Poems and Translations
by Wilbur, Richard
New York: Harcourt, Brace, & World, Inc, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. 79pp. Octavo. 1/4 black cloth with blue paper overboards. Inscription from previous owner on front pastedown.
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
by Wilde, Oscar [Frans Masereel] [Prison] [Poetry]
München [Munich]: Drei Masken Verlages, 1923. Limited Edition. Very good. SIGNED. 57pp. Quarto [28 cm] Parchment vellum boards, with a hubbed spine, gilt spine title, and single gilt ruled borders on the spine and boards. Top edge gilt. Patterned endpapers. Bound by Hübel & Denck in Leipzig. The front board is wavy. There is a previous owner's decorative... Read More
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
by Wilde, Oscar; John Vassos
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1930. Early printing of the edition illustrated by John Vassos. Hardcover. Very good/very good. John Vassos. 124pp. Small quarto [24 cm] 1/4 black cloth with blue patterned paper over boards. The edges of the boards are a bit faded. There is a very brief gift inscription on the recto of the... Read More
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The Harlot's House and other Poems
by Wilde, Oscar & John Vassos
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1929. 1/200. Good. John Vassos. 102pp. Small quarto [24 cm] 1/2 black leather over gray illustrated boards. Title gilt stamped on backstrip. Bright pink endsheets. Heavy rubbing to extremities, corners exposed, 1" loss to spine at head, toning and light wear to boards; hinges cracked (but holding), ink name on front pastedown,... Read More
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Salome
by Wilde, Oscar [John Vassos]
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good minus. John Vassos. SIGNED. 57pp. Small quarto [23 cm] Black boards with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Decorative endpapers. The backstrip is faded, and the boards are also discolored at the edges (more so the rear board). The front board... Read More
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Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act
by Wilde, Oscar; Lord Alfred Douglas (Translator)
New York: The Heritage Press, No date. Heritage Press printing with illustrations by Valenti Angelo. Hardcover. Very Good. Valenti Angelo. 51pp. Slim octavo [26 cm] Black cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine and a blind stamped illustration on the front and rear board. Decorative page borders. 2" split in the rear endpaper at... Read More
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
by Wilde, Oscar & John Vassos
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1928. First edition illustrated by John Vassos. Hardcover. John Vassos. 124pp. Small quarto [24 cm] 1/2 black cloth over blue striped paper covered boards. The title is stamped in gilt on the backstrip, and there is an ornamental design stamped in black and gilt on the lower fore edge corner of the... Read More
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Wilde, Oscar
London: DK Classics, 2025. Reprint. Hardcover. New. 223pp. Duodecimo [21cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. Stamped in silver with sprayed edges. DK Classics edition of this classic tale by Oscar Wilde.
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
by Wilde, Oscar; John Vassos
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1928. First edition illustrated by John Vassos. Hardcover. Very good/very good. John Vassos. 124pp. Small quarto [24 cm] 1/2 black cloth over blue striped paper covered boards. The title is stamped in gilt on the backstrip, and there is an ornamental design stamped in black and gilt on the lower fore... Read More
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Wilde, Oscar
Vintage Classics, 2011. Later printing. Paperback. New. 194pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde’s enduringly popular story of a beautiful and corrupt man and the portrait that reveals all his secrets.
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