Sailing Days on the Penobscot: The River and Bay as They Were in the Old Days, with a Record of Vessels Built There
by Wasson, George S[avary] & Lincoln Colcord
Salem, Mass: Marine Research Society, 1932. Copy #9 of 97 copies. Illus. xiv, 465 pp. 4to. Bound in original cloth and boards, t.e.g., rest uncut; almost fine copy with light wear in original slipcase with some wear. Copy #9 of 97 copies. Illus. xiv, 465 pp. 4to.
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Hysteric no. 9. Osamu Wataya. Cover title: Renoir
by (Wataya, Osamu)
Tokyo: Nobuhiko Katamura. Hysteric Glamour, 1998. Illustrated in black and white throughout. 1 vols. Folio. Silver wrappers. Near fine. Illustrated in black and white throughout. 1 vols. Folio.
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Histoire et Technique de La Montre Suisse de ses origines à nos jours. Ouvrage publié sous les auspices de la Société Suissse de Chronométrie. Avec la collaboration de G. Albert Berner
by (Watches) Chapuis, Alfred
Bale et Olten: Éditions Urs Graf, 1945. First Edition. Illustrated with 228 plates of which 40 are in colour. 270, [2] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Crimson cloth. Fine, minor foxing. First Edition. Illustrated with 228 plates of which 40 are in colour. 270, [2] pp. 1 vols. 4to.
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Wall Street and Its Working. By a Machinist [drop title]
by [Waters, B.]
[New York: G.F. Diehl], 1896. 20pp. 12mo. Stapled self wrappers. Slight finger soiling. In half blue morocco and cloth drop box with red leather label. 20pp. 12mo. Pro-capitalist pamphlet by someone claiming to "work in a machine shop in a little New England town.
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“Murder at Dark Canyon”: Original typescript of this Western story, a few minor pencil corrections (including the author's name, which has been changed from Dale Yarrow), on 77 pages, approximately 24,000 words
by Waters, Charles MacLeod
n.p., 1940. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Marginal chipping and tape-mended tears to first and last pages, else very good. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches.
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Nineteenth Century Chinese Water-Color Drawing on Rice Paper of a Man dressed in a blue tunic and gray pants, carrying two baskets with various pots and pans attached to a stick balanced across the man's shoulder
by (Chinese Watercolor)
Japanese text along right margin. 1 vols. Aprox 14 x 12 inches (in 20 1/2 x 17 1/4 inch Frame). Fine in dark mat and gold leaf frame. Japanese text along right margin. 1 vols. Aprox 14 x 12 inches (in 20 1/2 x 17 1/4 inch Frame).
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Nineteenth Century Chinese Water-Color Drawing on Rice Paper of a Man dressed in a blue tunic and gray pants, carrying a bamboo rack filled with String brushes and rods
by (Chinese Watercolor)
Japanese text along right margin. 1 vols. Aprox 14 x 12 inches (in 20 1/2 x 17 1/4 inch Frame). Fine in dark mat and gold leaf frame. Japanese text along right margin. 1 vols. Aprox 14 x 12 inches (in 20 1/2 x 17 1/4 inch Frame).
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Nineteenth Century Chinese Water-Color Drawing on Rice Paper of a Food Vendor dressed in Blue Tunic and Gray Pants satnding next to a Table full of Watermelons (whole, halved, and wedged), with another man in a long gray coat over blue pants sampling the melons
by (Chinese Watercolor)
Japanese text along right margin. Approx 14 x 12 inches (in 20-1/2 x 17-1/4 inch Frame). Fine in dark mat and gold leaf frame. Japanese text along right margin. Approx 14 x 12 inches (in 20-1/2 x 17-1/4 inch Frame).
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Nineteenth Century Chinese Water-Color Drawing on Rice Paper of a Man dressed in a blue tunic nd gray pants, carrying a spear like device over his shoulder while leading a small circus animal, following a boy wearing a gray tunic and blue pants and beating a drum
by (Chinese Watercolor)
Japanese text along right margin. 1 vols. Aprox 14 x 12 inches (in 20 1/2 x 17 1/4 inch Frame). Fine in dark mat and gold leaf frame. Japanese text along right margin. 1 vols. Aprox 14 x 12 inches (in 20 1/2 x 17 1/4 inch Frame). WH/6/
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Naïve American painting of two golden apples on a bough
by (Watercolor)
1830. 1 vols. Approx. 10" x 12" oval. One minor spot of foxing, else fine in an 11" x 13" oval gold leaf frame, with label on mounting board on verso of J. & R. A. MacKenzie, Looking Glass, Portrait and Picture Frame Manufacturers, No. 462 Grand Street, New York." A handsome, early American piece. 1 vols. Approx.... Read More
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Photograph signed ("Ethel Waters") and inscribed, from the Broadway production of Mamba's Daughters
by Waters, Ethel
1939. 8 x 10 inches. Small blemish at upper right colored-in, two old mounts on verso, otherwise fine. 8 x 10 inches. Inscribed photograph of African-American television, theater, and film pioneer, Ethel Waters (1896-1977), depicting her in one of her most famous roles, and inscribed: "To Alice with the same devotion Hagar has for Lissa and you have... Read More
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The Book of the Hopi
by Waters, Frank
New York: The Viking Press, 1963. First edition. Drawings and source material recorded by Oswald White Bear Fredericks. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket, with slight fading to spine. Ashley Montagu's copy, with his name in his hand on the front flyleaf. First edition. Drawings and source material recorded by Oswald White Bear Fredericks.... Read More
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Fur, Feather and Fin
by Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas, editor
London: Longmans, Green & Co. Pater Noster Row. New York and Bombay, 1906. First edition. Number 86 of 157 copies. Illustrated by Archibald Thornburn, George Roller, Charles Whymper. 12 vols. 8vo. Bound in original half japan vellum and blue boards, uncut. Fine. First edition. Number 86 of 157 copies. Illustrated by Archibald Thornburn, George Roller, Charles Whymper. 12... Read More
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History of the Rise, Progress,and Existing Condition of the Western Canals in the State of New-York, from September 1788, to the Completion of the Middle Section of the Grand Canal, in 1819, Together with the Rise, Progress, and Existing State of Modern Agricultural Societies, on the Berkshire System
by Watson, Elkanah
Albany: D. Steele, 1820. [2], 210, [2] pp., plus frontispiece and four plates (two of them double-page) and two maps (one folding). Title-page vignette. 8vo. Original printed paper boards, hinges cracked, rear board nearly detached, paper a bit chipped. Scattered foxing and toning. Still, a good, unsophisticated copy. [2], 210, [2] pp., plus frontispiece and four plates (two... Read More
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The Wrightsman Collection. Vol 1 Furniture. Vol. II. Furniture Gilt Bronze and Mounted Porcelain. Carpets
by Watson, F.J.B.
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1966. Illus. lxxiii, 288; 383pp. 2 vols. 4to. Red cloth. Fine in almost fine Djs. Illus. lxxiii, 288; 383pp. 2 vols. 4to.
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Ten photographs of the Chicago residence of P.S. Hudson
by Watson, G.M & Co., photographers
Room 210, 130 Dearborn Street [Chicago]: G.M Watson & Co, 1880. 10 vintage albumen prints mounted on card, captioned in pen. 7-1/4 x 9-1/2 in. Some fading to images and foxing and warping to mounts. 10 vintage albumen prints mounted on card, captioned in pen. 7-1/4 x 9-1/2 in. 10 vintage photographs of the shingle-style home of one... Read More
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The Double Helix. A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
by Watson, James
New York: Atheneum, 1968. First edition. 226 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Fine copy in unclipped dust jacket (tiniest scuff at head of front jacket fold). First edition. 226 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Watson’s elegantly written account of the greatest twentieth-century discovery in biology.
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Collection of Books Inscribed or Signed by Nobel laureate James D. Watson
by Watson, James D.
New York: Knopf, Cold Spring Harbor, Oxford, etc., 2009. 15 vols. 4to or 8vo. Cloth or boards with dust jackets; wrappers. Generally fine (some titles with recipient’s address label). 15 vols. 4to or 8vo. A choice group of inscribed material from Watson’s late career. The recipient was Katya Davey, who for many years ran the guest house at... Read More
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The Principles of the Revolution Vindicated in a Sermon Preached before the University of Cambridge, on Wednesday, May 29, 1776
by Watson, Richard
Cambridge: Printed by J. Archdeacon, 1776. Third edition. 23, [1]pp. 8vo. Disbound, restitched. Minor toning, minor chips and edge tears. Provenance: General Theological Seminary (perforated stamps). Third edition. 23, [1]pp. 8vo. Watson (1737-1816), bishop of Llandaff, "entered the national political arena on 29 May 1776, when he preached the Restoration day sermon at Cambridge, entitled The Principles of... Read More
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Autograph Note Signed
by Watson, Thomas, Jr.
Pen and ink on paper. 1 vols. 8-3/4 x 6-1/4 inches. marginal binding holes, else fine. Pen and ink on paper. 1 vols. 8-3/4 x 6-1/4 inches. Thomas Watson, whose name has become synonymous with International Business Machines, joined the company in 1937, became President in 1952 and Chairman in 1961. Like other Eisenstaedt business subjects, he was... Read More
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The Birth and Babyhood of the Telephone (An address delivered before the Third Annual Convention of the Telephone Pioneers of America at Chicago, October 17, 1913)
by Watson, Thomas A. (1854-1934)
[N.p.: n.p., 1914. Frontispiece portrait and photo illustrations throughout. 40 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Gray cloth lettered in blue. Near fine. Frontispiece portrait and photo illustrations throughout. 40 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Signed on the title page: "Thomas A Watson/Aug. 14th 1930/Boothbay Harbor/Maine". Watson entered American legend in March 1876 as the recipient of the first ever message... Read More
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THE PSYCHEDELIC REVIEW. Vol. I, No. 1. June, 1963 [Periodical]
by Watts, Alan W.
[Cambridge, MA]: The Psychedelic Review, 1963. First edition of the premiere issue of this periodical. 116pp. Cream printed wrappers. Owner's contemporary ink name on front cover, and neat ink underlining and scoring on a few leaves of text. Spine is evenly tanned, few light brown soil marks to white wrappers, else a very good copy. First edition of... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed ("G.F. Watts"), to Miss Adams, regarding an unidentified monument
by Watts, George Frederic
Kensington, 1893. 1 page. Small 8vo. Single sheet of Little Holland House stationery. Fine. 1 page. Small 8vo. The English painter and sculptor Watts (1817-1904) writes to a Miss Adams, enclosing "signed papers" (not present), apologizing for mislaying another letter, and closing, "the monument is a very fine thing indeed
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Julia Margaret Cameron
by Watts, G[eorge] F[rederick]
[London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. One of 400. Photogravure after portrait by G.F. Watts. 1 vols. 9 3/4" x 7 5/8. Matted, fine. One of 400. Photogravure after portrait by G.F. Watts. 1 vols. 9 3/4" x 7 5/8" One of 25 photogravure portraits published in ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON AND HIS FRIENDS, a posthumous appreciation of Julia Margaret... Read More
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Autograph letter signed “G. F. Watts”
by Watts, G[eorge] F[rederick]
Little Holland House, Kensington, 1859. 1 page. 1 vols. 8vo. To “Dear Sir.” Folded, with clipping showing Watts in his studio laid on integral leaf. Corners of integral leaf torn, else very good. With an ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF WATTS (trimmed to 2 1/4 x 3 3/8 inches). 1 page. 1 vols. 8vo. Writing from Little Holland House, where... Read More
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