The Secret Language of Snow
by Williams, Terry Tempest
New York: Sierra Club/Pantheon Books, 1984. Later printing. Hardcover. Jennifer Dewey. SIGNED. 129pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Pictorial paper over boards. Very good, with light bumping at the spine ends, and very minor soiling on the covers. Internally, clean and bright. The author's first book. With Ted Major. Illustrations by Jennifer Dewey. A young adult title on the vocabulary of... Read More
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Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
by Williams, Terry Tempest
New York: Vintage Books, 2001. Reprint. Paperback. New. 314pp. Octavo. [20 cm]. Illustrated wraps. From the publisher: "In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and the herons, owls, and... Read More
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Coyote's Canyon
by Williams, Terry Tempest
Salt Lake City, UT: Peregrine Smith Books, 1989. Later printing. Paperback. Very good. John Telford. SIGNED. 96pp. Small square quarto [23 cm] Illustrated wraps. Sunned at the spine and the surrounding area of the wraps; light surface wear to covers. Collaboration between photographer John Telford and writer Terry Tempest Williams. Warmly inscribed at length by Terry Tempest Williams... Read More
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Between Cattails
by Williams, Terry Tempest
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Peter Parnall. SIGNED. Slim square octavo [26 cm] Bright light green cloth-effect paper over boards. Very good copy with faint spots of foxing to endsheets. The dust jacket is in very good condition, but shows some light soiling. There are intermittent closed tears along the edges, the longest measuring 1... Read More
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An Unspoken Hunger: Stories from the Field
by Williams, Terry Tempest
New York: Vintage Books, 1994. Reprint. Paperback. New. 143pp. Octavo [20 cm]. Illustrated wraps. From the publisher: "A manifesto both fierce and compassionate from one of our most eloquent and elegant voices of the American West. Terry Tempest Williams weaves together the passion of personal experience with the presence of political commitment. In this gathering of work, Williams... Read More
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Desert Quartet
by Williams, Terry Tempest; Mary Frank (Illustrator)
New York: Pantheon, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Mary Frank. DOUBLE SIGNED. 62pp. Square sextodecimo [16 cm] 1/2 tan linen with natural brown paper covered boards. Bronze title stamped on spine, and bronze vignette stamped on front board. Signed by both Terry Tempest Williams and Mary Frank on the title page. Handsome assortment of illustrations and color plates... Read More
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The Son We Had
by Willson, John
Yakima, WA: Blue Begonia Press, 1999. 1/250. Paperback. [38pp.] Octavo [24.5 cm] Gray sewn wrappers with title and author printed in black on the front panel. Gary Groves black and white woodcut attcahed to front panel. Signed by the author on the half-title.
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Play in Two Acts
by Wilson, August
New York: Plume, 1985. Later printing. Paperback. New. 111pp. Octavo [20cm]; illustrated wraps. The only of Wilson's plays not set in Pittsburgh, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom deals with the exploitation of black recording artists by white producers.
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Anarchism and Outrage
by Wilson, Charlotte
Poisoned Candy Press, 2022. Reprint. Pamphlet. New. 8pp. Sextodecimo [17cm]. Illustrated wraps. This is a facsimile reprint of the orginal pamphlet printed in Freedom Magazine in 1893. A response to media hysteria in 1893 about supposed anarchist homicidal outrages.
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The Stature of Man
by Wilson, Colin
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED. 171pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Very good condition. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with rubbing. Warmly inscribed by Wilson on the front free... Read More
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The Paintings of Donald Roller Wilson ( A Chameleon Book)
by Wilson, Donald Roller; Introduction by Peter Frank
San Francisco and New York: Chronicle Books; Chameleon Books, Inc, 1988. First Chronicle Books printing. Paperback. Very Good. SIGNED. 128pp. Small quarto [24 cm] Illustrated wraps, with general light rubbing and scuffing to the wraps. A collection featuring Wilson's brilliant absurdist paintings which combine classical realism and post-Freudian black humor. Signed by Donald Roller Wilson, in the year... Read More
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Among the Shoshones
by Wilson, Elijah Nicholas
Salt Lake City, UT: Press and Bindery of Skelton Publishing Company, 1910. Suppressed First Edition. Very good. 222pp. Octavo [21 cm] Green cloth with the title in black on the front board and backstrip. Chief in headdress on the front board in black and yellow. Moderate wear to the boards with minor bumping and rubbing at the corners.... Read More
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Among the Shoshones
by Wilson, Elijah Nicholas ("Uncle Nick")
Salt Lake City, UT: Skelton Publishing Company, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 222pp. Octavo [21 cm] in red cloth with decorations on spine and front cover embossed in yellow and black (variant colors of binding cloth are known to exist; no priority known). Very faint rubbing to extremities, front board corners just barely exposed, a few light stains... Read More
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The Bang Bang Family
by Wilson, Gahan (Author and Illustrator)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. SIGNED. Thin square octavo [23.5 cm] Bright yellow cloth over boards. Subtle darkening of the endpapers along the hinges. In the dust jacket illustrated by Gahan Wilson, with minor soiling and toning, and a small closed tear and chip to the top edge at the... Read More
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Playboy's Gahan Wilson
by Wilson, Gahan
Wideview Books, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Fair. Slim quarto [27.5 cm] Pictorial wraps. One half of the text block has completely pulled away from the covers. Signed by Gahan Wilson on the verso of the front wrap.
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...and then we'll get him!
by Wilson, Gahan
New York: Richard Marek Publishers, 1978. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 125pp. Quarto [29 cm] Brown cloth over boards, with subtle darkening along the hinges. In the illustrated dust jacket, with moderate toning and very light chipping to the edges. Despite this, the jacket is very attractive. From the publisher- "Gahan Wilson's wonderful world... Read More
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The Families of William Newton McBride
by Wilson, Jane McBride
Fillmore, UT: Progress Printing Company, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 156pp. Octavo [23 cm] Textured red paper covered boards. Very good. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed. The underlying board is peeking through at the top left corner of the rear board. Profusely illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the front free endsheet.
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Graves Registry and other poems
by Wilson, Keith
New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1969. First printing. Hardcover. INSCRIBED. 95pp. Small octavo [21 cm] Olive green cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Near fine. The spine ends are gently bumped. The dust jacket is in near fine condition as well. From the jacket- "Graves Registry... is named for a joint -service military operation... Read More
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Etudes
by Wilson, Keith
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 1997. First edition. Softcover. As NEW. Letterpress poetry edition. Handmade string bound wraps with decorative end sheets. Limberlost press is a fine press and bindery out of Idaho. Since 1986 they have issued many completely handmade letterpress editions.
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The Work and Play of Adrian Wilson: A Bibliography with Commentary
by Wilson, Adrian; Edited by Joyce Lancaster Wilson [Ansel Adams]
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1983. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 158pp. Folio [41 cm] 1/4 brown leather with tan cloth over boards. Tipped-in frontispiece of Wilson by Ansel Adams. The boards are lightly soiled. May require extra postage due to weight. Number 318 in an edition limited to 325 copies. Adrian Wilson designed and printed this attractive book... Read More
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Watt Matthews of Lambshead
by Wilson, Laura; David McCullough (Introduction)
Austin: The Texas State Historical Association, 1989. Hardcover. 139pp. Oblong quarto [25.5 cm x 30 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with red ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Very good. The edges of the covers are a bit dulled, and the foot of the spine is mildly bumped. The top edge of the text block is... Read More
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A Day of Dedication: The Writings and Speeches of Woodrow Wilson
by Wilson, Woodrow; Albert Fried (Editor)
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1988. Leather bound. Very good. 478pp. Octavo [23 cm]; Gray leather with raised bands, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and decorative gilt stamped patterns on the spine front covers. All edges gilt. Patterned endpapers with a previous owner's Easton Press bookplate on the front pastedown. Publisher's Collector's Notes tucked in. Leather... Read More
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A History of Juab County
by Wilson, Pearl D.; June McNulty and David Hampshire
Salt Lake City, UT: Utah State Historical Society, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. As new/as new. 335pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Navy blue boards. Illustrated with photographs. In shrink wrap. One of the uniform Utah county histories published as part of the Utah Centennial County History Series to celebrate Utah's centennial.
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Spots
by Wilson, S. Clay (Artist); Introduction by Terry Southern
San Francisco: Last Gasp, 1989. Early printing. Paperback. Very good. SIGNED. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Black and white wraps, with mild edge wear, and light scratching to the wraps, and subtle staining to the front wrap. Inscribed by Wilson on the copyright page, "To___ This wee pillow book of smutty cameos- S. Clay Wilson - 1995.
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The 30th Anniversary Issue Zap Comix #14. Art Exhibition Jan 6 - Jan 30, 1999. Lawrence Hultberg Fine Art. 544 Hayes St. San Francisco, CA 94102
by Wilson, S. Clay
1998. Ephemera. Very Good +. SIGNED. Five exhibition flyers [8 1/2" by 11"] printed on various colors of paper, each featuring different artwork. Minor nicks to the foot of several of the flyers. Light spotting to the surface of the pink flyer. All inscribed and dated "Oct. 1998" by S. Clay Wilson at the foot. American underground... Read More
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