Perfecting the Earth: A Piece of Possible History
by Wooldridge, C. W. (Charles William)
Cleveland, OH: The Utopia Publishing Company, 1902. Hardcover. 326pp. Octavo [23 cm] Dark green cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover. White and green floral endsheets. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Illustrated. Good. The spine and covers are rubbed, more so along the edges. The underlying boards are exposed occasionally along the edges. The... Read More
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Perfecting the Earth: A Piece of Possible History
by Wooldridge, C. W. (Charles William)
Cleveland, OH: The Utopia Publishing Company, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 326pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Extremities rubbed. Underlying boards peeking through at the corners of the boards. 1/4 inch losses from the cloth at the spine ends. Hinges going. Front endsheet has a former... Read More
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The Autobiography of William L. Woolf
by Woolf, William L.
1979. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 282pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] In a dust jacket, with rubbing, and light chipping to the edges.
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Love and Night: Unknown Stories
by Woolrich, Cornell
Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 236 pp. Octavo. [23.5 cm]. Red cloth over boards with original dust jacket. Gilt title stamped on spine. No noticeable flaws. Edited by Francis M. Nevins. A compilation of fifteen lesser known Woolrich stories.
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The Other Half: The Autobiography of a Tramp
by Worby, John
New York: Lee Furman, Inc, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. 307pp. Octavo [21cm]. Orange cloth over boards. Title and subtle ornamentation stamped in brown and red ink on spine. Publisher's orange topstain, which is a bit faded. Spine mildly rolled. Spot of soiling at foot of textblock. Dust jacket is price clipped, and the spine is... Read More
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Schicksal: Eine Geschichte in Bildern (German edition)
by [Wordless Novel] Nückel, O. [Otto]
München: Delphin Verlag, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo [20.5 cm] Camel-colored cloth over boards with brown ink stamped titles on the backstrip and front board and a brown ink stamped vignette on the front cover. Publisher's black topstain. The covers are just a hair warped. Nückel's classic story, told entirely through a collection of striking images... Read More
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Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood
by [Works in wood] Torres-García, Joaquín; Edited by Mari Carmen Ramírez; Contributions by Margit Rowell and Cecilia De Torres
Houston, New Haven, and London: The Menil Collection in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Distributed by Yale University Press, 2009. Presumed first edition, no other hardcover printings listed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good +. 240pp. Quarto [29 cm] Brown cloth over boards. Front board just a hair warped. In the dust jacket, with only very minor... Read More
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The I. W. W. Reply to the Red Trade Union International (Moscow)
by [Industrial Workers of the World / I.W.W. / IWW] The General Executive Board of the Industrial Workers of the World
Chicago, Illinois: [Industrial Workers of the World / I.W.W. / IWW], 1922. Pamphlet. Very Good +. 32 pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm]; saddle-stapled, printed self-wrappers. Some age-toning, brittling, and a bit of wear to edges and corners. Some minor internal creasing from printing/production. Very faint previous owner's stamp on the rear cover (p32): "F. A. SCHOENLE | STA. DEL.... Read More
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The Salt Lake Herald-Republican. Salt Lake City, Utah, Monday, November 22, 1915 (Front Page)
by [Joe Hill] [Funeral] [I.W.W.] [Industrial Workers of the World]
Ephemera. Very Good. Single page only, measuring 15 3/4 x 21 1/4". Printed on both sides. There are a handful of small open tears to the edges, obscuring a little bit of the text. With the article "Crowds Attend 'Rebel' Funeral." The article (with two reproduced photos and which is also continued on the reverse) states, "'The best... Read More
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Best to Keep Moving
by Worley, Jeff
Monterey, Kentucky: Larkspur Press, 2009. Limited Edition. Paperback. New. 26pp. Small octavo [20.5 cm] Plain gray wrappers with an illustrated dust jacket. Wood engravings by Laura Lee Cundiff. One of 450 copies printed on Mowhawk Superfine.
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A Simple Human Motion
by Worley, Jeff
Monterey, KY: Larkspur Press, 2000. First edition in book form. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near fine. Laura Lee Candid. SIGNED. 43pp. Octavo [24 cm] Gray cloth over boards. There is a gift inscription on the verso of the front flyleaf. In a dust jacket, with minor toning to the spine. Illustrated with photoengraving from line drawings by Laura Lee... Read More
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Best to Keep Moving
by Worley, Jeff
Monterey, Kentucky: Larkspur Press, 2009. Limited Edition. Hardcover. New/New. 26pp. Octavo [21 cm] Green cloth over boards. With an illustrated dust jacket. Wood engravings by Laura Lee Cundiff. One of 450 copies printed on Mowhawk Superfine.
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War and Remembrance
by Wouk, Herman
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. First edition. Leather bound. Very good. 1115 pp. Octavo. [23.5 cm]. Bound in black leather with elaborate gilt ornamentation to covers and spine. All edges gilt. Gilt title stamped on spine. Raised bands. Green satin ribbon pagemarker laid in. Green moire endpapers Some slight warping to pages. Noticeable indentation to spine.... Read More
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Islandia
by Wright, Austin Tappan; Leonard Bacon (Introduction)
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1942. Advance reading copy. Paperback. Good. 1013pp. Thick octavo [21.5 cm] Green, white and gold illustrated wraps. The front wrap is partially detached, the spine is creased, and the paper at the foot of the spine is chipped. The text block is just starting to crack at the beginning. The imaginary realm... Read More
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The Unchanging Hopi: An Artist's Interpretation in Scratchboard Drawings and Text
by Wright, Barton; Foreword by Bruce E. Babbitt
Roswell, NM: Northland Press, 1976. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. SIGNED. 109pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Black cloth spine and boards. With a minor stain on the fore edge of the text block. In a price-clipped dust jacket with mild rubbing, and subtle fading to the panels. Handsome collection of Barton Wright's art. This copy is inscribed... Read More
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The Monsters Color-the-Creature Book
by Wrightson, Berni
Brooklyn, NY: Phil Seuling, 1974. First edition. Paperback. Very good. Very thin folio [43 cm] Saddle-stitched pictorial wraps. Subtly damp stained along the the fold of the spine and on the surrounding areas of the wraps, more so at the head of the rear wrap. There is also a small, light stain along the top edge of the... Read More
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The Little One
by Wright, Dare
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 56pp. Slim quarto [32 cm] 1/4 gray paper with photographically illustrated paper over boards. Light rubbing to the extremities. Spine ends gently bumped. In the matching dust jacket, with the top third of the rear panel missing. The front panel still presents well. Photographs by the... Read More
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Robert Burns and Freemasonry
by Wright, Dudley
Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 115pp. Quarto [26 cm] Gray cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a black ink stamped title on the front cover. Frontispiece illustration of Robert Burns, and nineteen full-page illustrations. Very good. The boards are concave, the extremities are bumped, and there are multiple... Read More
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When a Man's a Man
by Wright, Harold Bell
New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1916. Photoplay edition. Hardcover. 348pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Olive green cloth with gilt stamped titles. Very good condition. There is a contemporary gift inscription on the front free endsheet. The dust jacket is in poor condition. It has been torn into three pieces. Throughout the first quarter of the twentieth century the works... Read More
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Deluge: A Romance
by Wright, S. (Sydney) Fowler
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good. 395pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with light green ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Decorative endpapers. The spine and covers show light edge wear. The front endsheet has a prior owner's ink stamp and name in pen. The text block... Read More
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To the Poles by Airship Or Around the World Endways
by Wright, Allen Kendrick
Los Angeles: Baumgardt Publishing Co, 1910. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. 129pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Original white cloth with the title stamped in gilt on the front cover. Frontis portrait of the author. The covers are stained, the preliminary leaves are loose, and the text block is cracked at the beginning. There is a contemporary owner's name on the... Read More
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Kachina: A Hopi Artist's Documentary; Kachinas of the Zuni (2 volumes in a slipcase)
by Wright, Barton; Original printings by Cliff Bahnimptewa and Duane Dishta
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1986. Hardcover. SIGNED. 262; 151pp. Oblong quarto [24.5 cm x 31.5 cm] Cloth over boards. Kachinas: A Hopi Artist's Documentary, which is a second printing, is in very good condition, with toning to the boards. In a very good dust jacket, with general light soiling, and a number of chips and closed tears in the... Read More
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The Thaw: And Other Stories
by Wronoski, James
Ardmore, PA: Merwood Books, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. SIGNED. Octavo [22.5cm]. 1/4 green cloth over light gray boards. Title stamped in white on spine. Signed by the author in black ink on the title page. "Connected by the recurring theme of man melting out of his cold outer shell and into the individual within, the characters... Read More
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Alice in Motorland (Second Series) [Alice in Wonderland] [Automobiles]
by Wyatt, Horace M.; With Drawings by Charles R. Sykes
London: The Car Illustrated," Ltd, 1905. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very good. 76; [4]pp. Sextodecimo [17 cm] Light green black stamped pictorial cloth. The endpapers and the half title are foxed. The text block is just beginning to crack at p. 73. The "Motor Car Magazine" Series No. 2. A first edition of this humorous "Alice" pastiche.... Read More
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Visions and Voices: Native American Painting from the Philbrook Museum of Art
by Wyckoff, Lydia L.
Tulsa: Philbrook Museum of Art, 1996. First hardcover edition. Hardcover. 304pp. Quarto [31 cm] Black cloth over boards with a gray ink stamped title on the spine. Very good, with a mildly rolled spine. In a near fine dust jacket. A book showing 484 paintings from the museum's collection, paintings reflecting many important influences on Indian art, and representing... Read More
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