Curassows and Related Birds (Signed by illustrator)
by [Wildlife Art] Delacour, Jean; Dean Amadon
New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1973. First edition, signed association copy. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. SIGNED. 247pp. Quarto [31 cm] Bluish-gray cloth over boards. Illustrated endpapers. Ex-library with only the donation bookplate of artist Paul Bransom on the front pastedown (the book has been legitimately deaccessioned). Very minor sunning to the very bottom edge... Read More
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Barn Fires
by Wild, Peter
Point Reyes Station, CA: Floating Island Publications, 1978. Limited edition. Paperback. 27pp. Thin octavo [23 cm] Light brown illustrated wraps with the title printed in black on the front cover. Near fine. One of 400 copies.
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William T. Wiley, 1982
by Wiley, William T.
Morgan Gallery, 1982. Original exhibition catalog. Spiral Bound. Fine. SIGNED. Slim octavo [25.5 cm] White plastic spiral binding with black wraps. A catalog accompanying the exhibition "William T. Wiley." Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, August 25 - September 26, 1982. Morgan Gallery, Shawnee Mission, KS, October 8 - November 6, 1982. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin,... Read More
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William T. Wiley
by Wiley, William T.
Vancouver, B.C.; New York: The Charles H. Scott Gallery; Emily Carr College of Art; Allan Frumkin Gallery, 1981. Original exhibition catalogue. Paperback. Very good +. Very slim oblong quarto [21 cm x 27 cm] Saddle-stitched illustrated wrappers, with mild age-toning to the wrappers. Signed by William T. Wiley in pencil on the title page. The artist writes, "Best... Read More
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The I Ching, or Book of Changes (2 volumes)
by Wilhelm, Richard (Translator); Rendered into English by Cary F. Baynes; Foreword by C. G. Jung
New York: Bollingen Foundation, Inc, 1950. First edition with Baynes translation. Hardcover. Very Good. 394; 376pp. Octavo [23cm]. Bound in black cloth; gilt stamped lettering on each spine and subtle gilt ornamentation on the covers. Spine of volume II slightly rolled. Spine ends and corners gently bumped. Illustrated bookplate affixed to each pastedown, and small ownership mark on... Read More
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Joining the Night; A Short Story by Rustin D. Wilkes
by Wilkes, Rustin D.
NP: NP, 2003. Paperback. As NEW. Self-published by the author. Signed by the author.
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Brigham Young University: The First One Hundred Years (4 volumes)
by Wilkinson, Ernest L.
Brigham Young University Press, 1976. Illustrated. Hardcover. 604; 775; 789; 644pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles. The books are in near fine condition. Inscribed by the editor to President David P. Gardner, former University of Utah president, by the editors, Ernest L. Wlkinson, Leonard J. Arrington, and Bruce Hafen, on labels mounted to... Read More
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
by Willard, Nancy; Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
New York: The Blue Sky Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED. Unpaginated. Quarto [29cm]. 1/4 rust colored cloth with salmon pink boards. Gilt stamped lettering on the spine and small gilt stamped illustration on the front cover. Spine ends gently bumped. In an lightly rubbed illustrated dust jacket. Signed by Leo and Diane Dillon on... Read More
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Firebrat
by Willard, Nancy
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. David Wiesner. SIGNED 120pp. Quarto [24cm] 1/4 red cloth and olive paper over boards with title stamped in gilt on backstrip. Signed by David Wiesner on the title page.
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Burnt Orange Heresy
by Willeford, Charles
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1971. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. 190pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Bright orang cloth over boards. Darkening to top edge of text block; subtle bumping to spine ends; small red stains to top and bottom edges of text block (remainder marks?). In a dust jacket with mind toning and edge wear. A second... Read More
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Deliver Me from Dallas
by Willeford, Charles
Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. SIGNED by publisher and author of the introduction. 192pp. Large octavo [23.5 cm] Rust-colored cloth over boards, with very minor warping to the boards. In the dust jacket, with light surface wear, and a crease in the rear inside flap that runs from head to foot.... Read More
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Foundations of Chinese Art: From Neolithic Pottery to Modern Architecture
by Willetts, William
New York: McGraw Hill Company, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 456pp. Quarto [28.5cm]. Blue cloth over boards. 1" rip in the head of the backstrip panel on the dust jacket. Slipcase is bumped on all corners and scuffed but struturally sound. This book is a revised and extensively rewritten edition of that published in 1958.... Read More
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Atlas Artist Edition No. 2: "The City That Time Forgot" and Other Stories: A Curated Selection of Stories from Al Williamson's Stint at Atlas Comics
by Williamson, Al
Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, Inc, 2024. First Fantagraphics Book edition. Hardcover. New. 420pp. Folio [35 cm] Pictorial paper over boards. Illustrated endpapers. May require extra postage due to weight. The second volume in Fantagraphics’ series of lavish, over-sized volumes collecting the best work of single artists for the pre-superhero 1950s Marvel Comics, spotlighting industry stalwart Al Williamson (EC... Read More
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Canyonlands National Park: Letters from Home
by Williams, Terry Tempest
Moab, Utah: Back of Beyond Books, 2016. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. SIGNED. 43pp. Square quarto [23.5 cm] Red moire cloth over boards. Title page printed in brown and black. With 5 tipped-in reproduced photographs. Included in this handsome book, are letters to Edward Abbey (writer), Anne Milliken (neighbor), Editor (Los Angeles Times), Matthew Rothschild (Editor, The Progressive), Lyn... Read More
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Earthly Messengers
by Williams, Terry Tempest
Salt Lake City: Western Slope Press, 1989. First edition. SIGNED. 150 copies were published for the Dolores Chase Gallery in Salt Lake City. Gallery announcement and prospectus tucked in. Case and watercolor not present. Preceeded her well-received "Refuge" by two years. A beautiful copy of Williams' scarcest work. Signed by Terry Tempest Williams, with the date "4/5/89," on the... Read More
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The First Congress of the Red Trade Union International at Moscow, 1921. A Report of the Proceedings by Geo. Williams, Delegate from the I.W.W.
by Williams, Geo. [George]; ["Dust" Wallin (Cartoonist)] [Industrial Workers of the World / I.W.W. / IWW]
Chicago, Illinois: Industrial Workers of the World [IWW], 1921. Second Revised Edition. Pamphlet. Good +. 59 pp. [+2 pp.; IWW preamble, and an ad for IWW publications at rear]. Octavo [23 cm]; white saddle-stapled wraps with illustration and printing to the front. Good, with some foxing, edgewear, and a small closed tear to cover. Internally clean and sharp.... Read More
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Report of the Secretary of the Interior; Being Part of the Message and Documents Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress at the Beginning of the First Session of the Forty-Eighth Congress - Volume 3 - 1883-1884; Popular Fallacies Regarding Precious-Metal Ore Deposits
by Williams, Albert (Jr.)
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. 473pp. Quarto [30 cm] Brown cloth with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are rubbed. The underlying boards are exposed occasionally along the edges. The pages are clean. The book is sturdy. Subjects covered include Hawaiian volcanoes, precious-metal ore deposits, and Fossil Ostreidae... Read More
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Pieces of White Shell
by Williams, Terry Tempest
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. Clifford Brycelea. SIGNED. 162pp. Small octavo [21 cm] 1/2 beige cloth with sea green paper covered boards and a blue metallic ink stamped title on the spine. The covers are ever so slightly cocked. In a dust jacket, with mild rubbing to the edges. Illustrations... Read More
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The First Congress of the Red Trade Union International at Moscow, 1921. A Report of the Proceedings by Geo. Williams, Delegate from the I.W.W.
by Williams, Geo. [George]; ["Dust" Wallin (Cartoonist)] [Industrial Workers of the World / I.W.W. / IWW]
Chicago, Illinois: Industrial Workers of the World [IWW], 1921. Second Revised Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good. 59 pp. [+2 pp.; IWW preamble, and an ad for IWW publications at rear]. Octavo [23 cm]; white saddle-stapled wraps with illustration and printing to the front. A nice copy with only some light soiling and age toning to the outer covers, internally... Read More
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The Happy End
by Williams, Ben Ames
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1939. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Churchill Ettinger. SIGNED. 240pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 beige cloth with turquoise blue cloth over boards. The boards are just a hair discolored along the top edges, the endpapers are lightly foxed, and there is a bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown. Foreword by Kenneth Roberts. Illustrated... Read More
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Escalante: The Best Kind of Nothing
by Williams, Brooke; Chris Noble (Photographer)
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona, 2006. First edition. Softcover. As NEW. Photographs by Chris Noble. 77pp. Small quarto [25.5 cm]. Orange illustrated wrappers. Fine. Stunning photographs of the Escalante area in Southern Utah. The Escalante National Monument is a beautiful and desolate place on the Colorado Plateau.
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Open Midnight: Where Ancestors & Wilderness Meet
by Williams, Brooke
San Antonio, TX: Trinity University Press, 2017. First edition. Paperback. New. 215pp. Octavo [20.5 cm]; illustrated wraps. From publisher website: Open Midnight weaves two parallel stories about the great wilderness—Brooke Williams’s year alone with his dog, ground truthing backcountry maps of southern Utah, and that of his great-great-great-grandfather, William Williams, who in 1863 made his way... Read More
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The Befallen
by Williams, Cambria
Salt Lake City, UT: Immortal Works, 2023. Paperback. New. SIGNED. 427pp. Octavo [23cm]. Pictorial wrap. "loane, sheltered, yet persistent, believes she's capable, and longs for everyone to see past her disabled leg. Selling at Market Day unaccompanied is the chance to prove herself. But when she returns home to her village, she's shattered to discover the Befallen has... Read More
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The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
by Williams, Florence
New York: W. W. Norton, 2018. Later Norton paperback printing. Paperback. New. 280pp. Octavo [21cm]; illustrated wraps. From publisher website: An intrepid investigation into nature’s restorative benefits by a prize-winning author. For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and trees; Wordsworth composed while... Read More
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America Illustrated
by Williams, J. David
Boston: DeWolfe, Fiske and Company, 1883. Later printing. Hardcover. Good. 121 pp. Quarto [30.7 cm]. Blue pebbled cloth over beveled boards. All edges of textblock are gilt. Title on front board is stamped in black with gilt detailing. Spine ends are heavily bumped and have started to fray. Rubbing to tips of corners has exposed tips of the... Read More
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