Dartmoor Massacre
by [Waddell, John Hunter]
[Boston]: Price 15 cents, 1815. 7, [1]pp. Uncut. 8vo. Original blue paper wrappers. 7, [1]pp. Uncut. 8vo. Scarce account in verse of the Dartmoor Massacre in which American prisoners (captured American seamen) in a British jail were attacked by their captors at the end of the War of 1812. A caption title above the first stanza reads: "Transposed... Read More
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With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley. (With Special Chapters by Valued Contributors) … With new preface by the author
by Wade, Henling Thomas
Shanghai, China: The “Shanghai Mercury” Office, 1910. Second Edition. Tipped in errata after page 108. Illustrations and full-page maps. 284 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original green cloth. Fine copy. Second Edition. Tipped in errata after page 108. Illustrations and full-page maps. 284 pp. 1 vols. 4to. A volume of articles on various aspects of wildfowl shooting (chiefly pheasant,... Read More
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Sailing-ships and Barges of the Western Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas: A Series of Copper Plates Engraved in the Line Manner by Edward Wadsworth and coloured by hand, with an Introduction and Brief Description by Bernard Windeler
by Wadsworth, Edward
London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald 1a Kensington Place, 1926. First edition, one of 450 copies. Hand-colored engravings. xv, 79, [6] pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Publisher’s orange boards and white cloth spine, stamped and lettered in gilt. Spine soiled, still very good plus. First edition, one of 450 copies. Hand-colored engravings. xv, 79, [6] pp. 1 vols.... Read More
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TLS. To fellow poetJake (Jacob Leed). On concrete poetry
by Wagner, D. r.
np [late 1960s], nd. 1 page. Two columns. 4to. About fine. 1 page. Two columns. 4to.
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Carte-de-visite of Richard Wagner
by (Wagner, Richard)
1860. Albumen print mounted on "Steinberg, photographe" card. Image: 3 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. Some surface scuffs, primarily at the right margin; very good. Albumen print mounted on "Steinberg, photographe" card. Image: 3 3/8 x 2 1/4 in.
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Richard Wagner to Mathilde. Translated by William Ashton Ellis
by Wagner, Richard
London: H. Grevel, 1905. First Edition in English. Illustrated. lvii, 386, [2]pp. 1 vols. Three quarters crimson morocco and cloth, t.e.g., original covers bound in. Minor rubbing. First Edition in English. Illustrated. lvii, 386, [2]pp. 1 vols. Inscribed on the half-title: "Lady Cunard / I send you the intimate life of a man of genius, written by himself... Read More
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The Niebelung's Ring A Festival Palay for Three Days and a Fore-Evening. WITH: Parsifal
by Wagner, Richard
Mayence, 1879. 351; 62pp. 8vo. Full polished calf, a.e.g. joints rubbed. 351; 62pp. 8vo.
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![The Wharfedale Fly Book. Names and Directions for using 48 Standard patterns of Flies … [with:] Walbran's British Angler. First Series. Salmon, Trout, and Grayling. How, When, and Where to Catch Them [with:] Grayling and How to Catch Them and Recollections of a Sportsman](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/231/811/798811231.0.m.2.jpg)
The Wharfedale Fly Book. Names and Directions for using 48 Standard patterns of Flies … [with:] Walbran's British Angler. First Series. Salmon, Trout, and Grayling. How, When, and Where to Catch Them [with:] Grayling and How to Catch Them and Recollections of a Sportsman
by Walbran, Francis M.
Leeds; Scarborough, 1895. Title and 12 pp. fly patterns (listing 48 in all), printed on vellum, with pockets opposite, and felt sheets and additional pockets. With 88 inserted flies. 3 vols. 8vo. Fly wallet in full brown morocco, small title in gilt under flap. Some soiling to first and last leaves of vellum, owner name at head of title,... Read More
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The Caribbean Poetry of Derek Walcott & the Art of Romare Bearden. [Introduction by Joseph Brodsky]
by Walcott, Derek
[New York: Limited Editions Club, 1983. First edition of this selection chosen and illustrated by Bearden, #800 of 2000 copies, signed by Bearden and Walcott. Eight color illustrations by Romare Beardon of which 6 are double-page on white Mohawk eggshell paper. With an original color lithograph by Bearden (125 of 275 numbered copies, but unsigned). 1 vols. 4to. Bound... Read More
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The Arkansas Testament
by Walcott, Derek
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1987. First Paperback edition. 117 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed wrappers. First Paperback edition. 117 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on ffep "To Nick 'Son of Shylock' I take not a short story unnter eye...Derek...
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North American Wild Flowers [Volume Three]
by Walcott, Mary Vaux
Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution, 1925. No. 159 of 500 copies of the subscriber’s edition, signed by the author at foot of Foreword. With 80 plates, each with accompanying letterpress text. Preliminaries (stitched) and Contents present. 1 vols. 4to. Loose signatures and plates (with accompanying caption leaves), enclosed in original half morocco folding portfolio. Some wear and soiling to... Read More
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Five etchings of New York City scenes: "Brooklyn Bridge," "Park Avenue," Forty-Second Street," "Battery Park," and "Lower Broadway
by Walcot, William
[Harold Wollvine Dickins], 1923. Drypoint etchings, signed "W Walcot" (lower right), in pencil. With original letterpress prospectus with woodblock headpiece illustration. Plates approx. 8-1/2 x 10. Fine. Drypoint etchings, signed "W Walcot" (lower right), in pencil. With original letterpress prospectus with woodblock headpiece illustration. Plates approx. 8-1/2 x 10. A series of 5 etchings of New York City... Read More
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Upstream and Down
by Walden, Howard T., II
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938. First edition, no. 444 of 950 copies. Four color plates and 12 black and white drawings by Milton C. Weiler. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. Original black cloth, color vignette inset in upper cover, faint shelfwear to spine extremities, gilt perished as in all known copies, internally fine. In tattered original glassine. Weiler,... Read More
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The Counsels & Directions, of Ebenezer Wales, Esq. to His Children. Published from the Author's Manuscript found among his papers after his death. To which is prefixed, a short Account of the Character of the Author
by Wales, Ebenezer
Boston: Printed and Sold by Nathaniel Coverly, Jun. Corner of Theatre-Alley, 1813. 24 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Disbound. 24 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Shaw & Shoemaker 30436 (DLC,MBNEH,MH, MW, MWA)
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The Color Purple
by Walker, Alice
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982. First edition, first printing with B C D E lettercode on copyright page. Quarter-bound purple cloth and cream paper, stamped in silver on spine; slightly bumped at head of spine; illustrated unclipped dust jacket; a few small tears and wear to edges; corners lightly bumped; near fine. First edition, first printing with... Read More
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My Man and other Critical Fictions
by Walker, Wendy
[Upper Montclair, New Jersey]: Temporary Culture, 2011. One of 22 copies, hand bound, signed by the artists and by the author. Frontispiece illustration of Joseph Conrad and the author by Joanna Ebenstein and G. F. Newland. 138 pp. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. Hand bound in full dark green Asahi cloth, upper cover with printed label. As new. One... Read More
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Sexual Stealing
by Walker, Wendy
[Upper Montclair, New Jersey]: Temporary Culture, 2021. First edition, one of 125 copies, signed by the author. With color and black and white illustrations throughout, pictorial endsheets. 192 pp. Book design by Jerry Kelly. 1 vols. 4to. Red brillianta cloth, printed spine label, pictorial endsheets. As new. First edition, one of 125 copies, signed by the author. With... Read More
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Infinite Jest
by Wallace, David Foster
New York: Little, Brown & Company, 1996. Uncorrected advance proof. 1079 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed wrappers with the published cover as an image, with "Special Galleys Signed by the Author" printed at the bottom, with a marketing contact sticker at the top, some rubbing, very good plus. Uncorrected advance proof. 1079 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "Infinite Jest"... Read More
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Girl with Curious Hair
by Wallace, David Foster
New York: W.W. Norton, 1989. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth backed boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. First collection of short fiction by the late-twentieth-century Wunderkind.
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Infinite Jest
by Wallace, David Foster
New York: Little, Brown & Company, 1996. Uncorrected advance proof. Errata loosely inserted. 1079, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed wrappers with the published cover as an image, with "Special Galleys Signed by the Author" printed at the bottom, with a marketing contact sticker at the top, crease to bottom right corner, otherwise near fine. Uncorrected advance proof.... Read More
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The Human Season
by Wallant, Edward Lewis
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1960. First edition of the author's first book. 192 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket with very slight fading to spine. First edition of the author's first book. 192 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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The Fair God; or, the Last of the ’Tzins. A Tale of Conquest of Mexico
by Wallace, Lew
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873. First edition, BAL printing 2 (sheets bulk 1-5/16 inches). 1 vols. 8vo. Full green morocco, gilt emblems on boards, gilt dentelles, moiré silk doublures, a.e.g.; binding by Macdonald & Sons Upper board and first signature loose, slight mold damage at hinges, else About Fine. First edition, BAL printing 2 (sheets bulk... Read More
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Colonial Churches and Meeting Houses Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Intro. by Horace Wells Sellers
by Wallace, Philip B.
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co. Inc, 1931. First edition. Measured Drawings by William Allen Dunn . xii, 291pp. 1 vols. Large 4to. Blue cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Measured Drawings by William Allen Dunn . xii, 291pp. 1 vols. Large 4to.
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How to Identify the Snakes of India (Including Burma & Ceylon)
by Wall, Colonel Frank, C.M.G., Indian Medical Service
Karachi: Alex. Fonseca at the "Union" Press, Ld., Elphinstone Street, Camp, Published by Frank Wall...Sind Club, 1923. First edition, with errata slip. [4], 56pp. Folio (13-3/8 x 8-1/4 inches;. Brown publisher's cloth. Very Good, some spotting to binding. First edition, with errata slip. [4], 56pp. Folio (13-3/8 x 8-1/4 inches;. Rare; only four copies listed in WorldCat ... Read More
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Collection of 7 pieces and anthologies of printed sheet music by Waller: (1) "Black Raspberry Jam" (6pp); (2) "Latch On" (6pp); (3) "Paswonky" (6pp); "The Jitterbug Waltz"(4pp); "Musical Rhythms" (48pp); "Swing Sessions for the Piano" (32pp); "Original Piano Conceptions" (32pp)
by Waller, Fats
New York: Various publisher (Sam Fox, Robbins Music, Mills Music], [various date]. 7 vols. 4to. Pictorial wrappers. Generally very good. 7 vols. 4to.
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