The Glimpses of the Moon
by Wharton, Edith
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1922. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7x5x1. First edition. Spine base stained. 1922 Hard Cover. 364 pp. This novel by the author of Ethan Frome, The House of Mirth, and other classics follows a couple as they venture everywhere from a lakeside villa to a Venetian palace, enjoying an extended... Read More
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Old New York: False Dawn (The 'Forties); The Old Maid (The 'Fifties); The Spark (The 'Sixties); New Year's Day (The 'Seventies)
by Wharton, Edith
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1924. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Caswell, Edward C. 3rd printings. Includes publisher's slipcase and jackets. Owned by Edith Foster Dulles, the mother of U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and CIA director Allen Welsh Dulles, with her name in pencil on front flyleaf of each volume. Edges foxed, loss... Read More
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The Children
by Wharton, Edith
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1928. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 7x5x1. First edition ("1" on last page). No jacket. Pencil name on front endpaper. 1928 Hard Cover. 346 pp. The Children is a comic, bittersweet novel about the misadventures of a bachelor and a band of precocious children. The seven Wheater children, stepbrothers and... Read More
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The House of Mirth
by Wharton, Edith
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Wenzell, A.B. First edition, first state (no ads following text). Lacks scarce jacket. Spine faded, boards rubbed with faint ring stain on front, hinges weakening, front free endpaper absent. 1905 Hard Cover. 532, [6] pp. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt titles and top edge. The popular... Read More
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Winter Wonderland: Magic Painting Book
by Wheatley, Abigail
London: Usborne Publishing Limited, 2023. Reissue. Soft Cover. Fine. 8x0x9. Bongini, Barbara; Ritson, Emily. Brand new from publisher, includes paintbrush. 2023 Soft Cover. [32 pp.] Filled with wintry whimsy, from ice-skating unicorns to snow castles, northern lights and other fantastical delights. Use the brush provided to sweep water over the designs and festive colors magically appear! A mess-free... Read More
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A Little Book of Napoleon Wisdom
by Wheeler, Harold F.B
London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1930. Small Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. No publisher date. Jacket edges rubbed with some chips. 94 pp. CONTENTS: On His Own Career; The Philosophy of Life; Love, Courtship, and Marriage; Politics; Religion; Military.
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Puncheons and Flagons: The Official Dungeons & Dragons Cocktail Book
by Wheeler, Andrew
Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2024. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 7x0x9. NEW. 2024 Hard Cover. Entertain fabulously while you adventure in your next D&D campaign! Puncheons & Flagons is a delightful and fun-filled cocktail and snacks book filled with fare that would be served up at your character's favorite tavern, inn, or market along the Sword... Read More
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Sword Over Richmond: An Eyewitness History of McClellan's Peninsula Campaign
by Wheeler, Richard
New York: The Fairfax Press, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x7x1. First edition. Jacket spine a bit faded. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1989 Hard Cover. viii, 371 pp. "Told through the words of participants and observers, both military and civilian, this book is an account of the events that followed... Read More
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Annis Warden, or; A Story of Real Life
by Wheelock, Julia Flander
Hamilton, N.Y: Republican Press, 1889. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. Front board edge faded, pencil name on front endpaper. 1889 Hard Cover. 295 pp. A novel with religious themes, following the life of Annis Warden.
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When Mountains Walked: A Novel
by Wheeler, Kate
Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Two tiny spots on top edge, faint smudge on fore edge. 2000 Hard Cover. 375 pp. Author's first novel. Named a "Best Young American Novelist" by Granta, Kate Wheeler received numerous... Read More
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Not Where I Started From: Stories
by Wheeler, Kate
Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 5x1x9. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Reverse of jacket spine lightly stained, jacket spine faded, front hinge just beginning to weaken. 1993 Hard Cover. 239 pp. Author's first book. A debut collection of short stories evokes the... Read More
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Dino-Hanukkah
by Wheeler, Lisa
Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books / Lerner Publishing Group, 2023. Large Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9x0x11. Gott, Barry. Brand new from publisher. 2023 Large Hardcover. Hanukkah is coming, and the dinos are all busy getting ready! They make brisket and latkes, and the dino-kids play with a dreidel, act out the Hanukkah story, open gifts, and eagerly await their turn to light... Read More
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Re-Viewing Le Morte Darthur: Texts and Contexts, Characters and Themes (Arthurian Studies LX [60]) [Reviewing D'Arthur]
by Whetter, K.S.; Radulescu, Raluca L
Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 6x0x9. First edition. Minimal blemishes to boards. 2005 Hard Cover. x, [2], 165 pp. The essays in this collection present a range of new ideas and approaches in Malory studies, looking again [as the title suggests] at several of the most debated critical points. A number of... Read More
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Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy. A New Edition with Additional Lectures
by Whewell, William
Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, and Co, 1862. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Signed by author. Second edition. Boards faintly soiled, armorial bookplate of Richard Lee on front paste-down endpaper, a rather amusing if archaically sexist pencil note on the front free endpaper reads 'A man cannot possess anything that is better than a good woman, nor anything worse... Read More
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A Royal Passion: The Turbulent Marriage of King Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France
by Whitaker, Katie
New York: Norton, 2010. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. An excellent copy. 2010 Hard Cover. It was, from the start, a dangerous experiment. Charles I of England was a Protestant, the fifteen-year-old French princess a Catholic. The marriage was arranged for political purposes, and it seemed a mismatch of personalities. But against the... Read More
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History of Australian Bushranging, in Two Volumes (Australian Classics)
by White, Charles
Victoria, Australia: Lloyd O'Neil, 1970. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. 1970 reissue. Minor discoloration along base of boards, a couple small spots on edges, jacket spines faded. 385; 400 pp. A history of bushranging in early Australia, telling stories of outlaws and lawmen such as Michael Howe, Mathew Brady, Martin Cash, Jack Donohoe, Ben Hall, 'Flash'... Read More
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Tales of Sector General: The Galactic Gourmet; Final Diagnosis; Mind Changer
by White, James
New York: SFBC, 1999. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Book club edition. Jacket slightly wrinkled, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1999 Hard Cover. 704 pp. Three complete novels bound in one voume. Includes: The Galactic Gourmet; Final Diagnosis; Mind Changer.
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Cincinnati Locomotive Builders, 1845-1868 (Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Bulletin 245)
by White, John H
Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution, 1965. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 9x8x0. Ink name and date on front flyleaf. Binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked. 1965 Hard Cover. ix, 167 pp. "Although several detailed studies and numerous articles on eastern locomotive builders have been prepared, the early mid western builders have been largely neglected. To many who... Read More
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Beneath the Willow
by White, Kenna
Tallahassee, Florida: Bella Books, 2006. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. First edition. Fine. 2006 Trade Paperback. 244 pp. When Dr. Paris DeMont lost her beloved Gabriella to the mindless tragedy of Nine Eleven, she lost more than her partner of eight years. She lost her will to love. A successful cardiologist to New York City's elite, Paris... Read More
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The Gray Dawn
by White, Stewart Edward; Fogarty, Thomas
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Fogarty, Thomas. Reprint. Ink stamp and ink name on frontispiece recto. 1915 Hard Cover. 395 pp. Color frontispiece and three color plates by Thomas Fogarty. "The novel begins: On the verandah of the Bella Union Hotel, San Francisco, a man sat enjoying... Read More
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Symbolism: Its Meaning and Effect (Barbour-Page Lectures, University of Virginia, 1927)
by Whitehead, Alfred North
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1x1x1. First edition. Top edge lightly foxed, boards lightly rubbed and soiled, bookplate on front endpaper. 1927 Hard Cover. x, 88 pp. A work on meanings of various symbols by the mathematician associated with "process philosophy." Includes discussions of language, sense perception, Immanuel Kant, and... Read More
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With God in the Yellowstone
by White, Alma [Bridwell]
Zarephath, New Jersey: Pillar of Fire, 1920. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Boards soiled with scattered light spots, endpapers foxed, front hinge just beginning to weaken. 1920 Hard Cover. 138, [6] pp. Includes four colorized photographic plates, several dozen black-and-white photos, and a map of Yellowstone National Park, which was the first designated national park in the United States,... Read More
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A Plain American in England
by Whitefield, Charles T. [Doubleday, Frank Nelson]
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1910. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. No jacket. Tear to paper spine. 1910 Hard Cover. 41 pp. Frank Nelson Doubleday, (born Jan. 8, 1862, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 30, 1934, Coconut Grove, Fla.), American publisher and founder of the book-publishing firm Doubleday & Company, Inc. Doubleday wrote A... Read More
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Touring New England: On the Trail of the Yankee
by Whiteside, Clara Walker
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Penn Publishing Company, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Williamson, Ada C. First edition. Front joint weakening, bookplate on front endpaper verso, ink name on title page. 1926 Hard Cover. xiv, 297 pp. Etchings by Ada C. Williamson. A first-person account of two friends' meandering road trip through New England, starting with the... Read More
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The Middle Mind: Why Americans Don't Think for Themselves
by White, Curtis
San Fransisco: HarperSanFransico, 2004. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Second printing. Wrapper edges lightly rubbed. 2004 Trade Paperback. x, 205 pp. "What do George W. Bush, the Ivory Tower, Steven Spielberg, and Terri Gross have in common? Does a political scandal make for good news copy? Does network programming allow us to unwind from a day's... Read More
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