The Psalms of David, imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian State and Worship bound with Hymns and Spiritual Songs ... The fortieth edition, corrected, and accommodated to the use of the Church of Christ in America
by Watts, Isaac
Newburyport, MA: Printed and sold by John Mycall, 1781. First edition with Mycall's revisions, removing references to Great Britain or the King. 325, [11]pp. 12mo. Bound to style in full calf, spine with raised bands, red morocco lettering piece. Minor dampstaining. First edition with Mycall's revisions, removing references to Great Britain or the King. 325, [11]pp. 12mo. In... Read More
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Aylwin
by Watts-Dunton, Theodore
London: Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1899. Third Edition. 472, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Very good. Third Edition. 472, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to "Norman Maccol with affectionate remembrances Theodore Watts Dunton.
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An autograph letter signed, “Theodore Watts” and a letter signed “Theodore Watts-Dunton
by Watts-Dunton, [Walter] Theodore
The Pines, Putney Hill, 1908. Two pages and one page respectively. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. To “My dear Rossetti” and “My dear Sir.” Some light discoloration, the first folded, lower edge rough else very good (2 pieces). Two pages and one page respectively. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. Watts-Dunton was a friend of both Michael and Dante Gabriel Rossetti... Read More
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[Original Illustration]: Map Endleaves for Alec Waugh's Bangkok: The Story of a City
by (Waugh, Alec) Bryant, Samuel Hanks
[Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1971. Original map art for the endleaves of the first American edition. Ink on Strathmore illustration board with halftone rivers and printed place names laid down. 18" x 13½" on 20¾" x 16½" board. With tissue guard, tissue overlay, and cover sheet (formerly attached using a glued flap; the glue has failed). Light exterior... Read More
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Black Mischief
by Waugh, Evelyn
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1932. First American edition. Pictorial endpapers. Title page vignette and map in text. 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine copy in very good plus dust jacket (some soiling and toning). First American edition. Pictorial endpapers. Title page vignette and map in text. 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Another... Read More
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Portrait photograph of Evelyn Waugh
by (Waugh, Evelyn) Van Vechten, Carl
[New York], 1948. Variant of that published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Half-length portrait. Vintage gelatin silver print. Docketed on verso by Van Vechten, "Evelyn Waugh / xviii FF - 18 / December 15 - 1940". 1 vols. 12-1/2 x 9 inches. Matted and framed. Variant of that published in... Read More
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Ideal Heads
by Waugh, Ida
Philadelphia: Sunshine Publishing Company, 1890. First edition. Illustrated with 20 fine, full-page color lithograph plates, and numerous wood engravings from drawings by various artists, including the first book illustration by JESSIE WILCOX SMITH ("Five little maids all in a row" at p. [3]). 1 vols. Folio. Pictorial mustard cloth printed in gold, blue and green. Covers are slightly dampstained,... Read More
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The Mezzotint. History and Technique
by Wax, Carol
New York: Harry Abrams, 1990. First Edition. 310 illustrations 25 in colour. 296pp. 4to. Black cloth. Fine in fine dj. First Edition. 310 illustrations 25 in colour. 296pp. 4to. Inscribed "To Emma (Amos) and Bobby with many thanks for hand holding and PC panic attack help!' Carol.
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Catalogue of the Wheeler Gift of Books: Pamphlets and Periodicals in the Library of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. With Introduction, Descriptive and Critical Notes By Brother Potamian
by Weaver, William D.
New York: American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1909. First edition. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. vii, 504 ; 475 pp. With 5,966 entries. 2 vols. 8vo. Original yellow cloth. Fine. First edition. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. vii, 504 ; 475 pp. With 5,966 entries. 2 vols. 8vo. Originally the library of J. Latimer Clark, purchased by Wheeler... Read More
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Portrait photograph of Clifton Webb
by (Webb, Clifton) Van Vechten, Carl
New York, 1932. Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Half-length in profile. 1 vols. 23.4 x 16.9 cm (Approximately 9-1/4 x 6-5/8 inches). Photographer's embossed stamp lower left, atelier stamp on rear and docketed with the name of the sitter, date, and number of the print ("pb - 27"), and indications... Read More
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Portrait photograph of Clifton Webb
by (Webb, Clifton) Van Vechten, Carl
New York, 1932. Half-length view of the actor seated in arm-chair. 1 vols. 23.3 x 17.2 cm (Approximately 9-3/8 x 6-3/4 inches). Photographger's embossed stamp lower left, docketed with the name of the sitter, date, and number of the print ("Pg : 10"). Half-length view of the actor seated in arm-chair. 1 vols. 23.3 x 17.2 cm (Approximately... Read More
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The Black Man. The Father of Civilization. Proven by Biblical History
by Webb, James Morris, A.M.
[Chicago, Illinois: Wm. H. Pool Printing & Binding Co., 626 S. Clark Street, 1914. First Chicago Edition. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait of author, 7 plates with explanatory text. 51 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original black cloth titled in silver on upper board. Slightest rubbing at extremities, else fine. First Chicago Edition. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait of author, 7... Read More
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The Outsider 1-5 (Complete Run)
by Webb, John Edgar and Louise "Gypsy Lou", eds
New Orleans, Tuscon: Loujon Press, 1969. First editions. 102 pp.; 112 pp.; 138 pp.; 191 [10] pp. 4 vols. 8vo and Large 8vo. Vol. 1 in paper wrappers with crease to front and rear wrappers from being opened, light shelfwear; Vol. 2 loose in wrappers, evenly toned, very nice; Vol. 3 with some shelfwear, otherwise near fine; Vol. 4/5... Read More
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Historical Essay Endeavoring a Probability That the language of ... China is the Primitive Language
by Webb, John
London: Printed for Nath. Brook, 1669. First edition. Title-page printed in red and black, imprimatur (A1v), errata (P3r), lacking folding engraved map. Contemporary polished red morocco paneled gilt with double fillets, the spine in six compartments adorned with the gilt addorsed cipher of Charles II (one reserved for lettering), plain endpapers, edges gilt joints rubbed, lower corners of E1,... Read More
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Seven for a Secret
by Webb, Mary
London: Hutchinson, 1922. First edition. viii, 9-286, [1, imprint], 40 pp. ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Grass green cloth. Spine a bit dull, ends lightly bumped, else fine. Morocco book label of Julia Parker Wightman. Cloth chemise and slipcase. First edition. viii, 9-286, [1, imprint], 40 pp. ads. 1 vols. 8vo.
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The Texas Rangers A Century of Frontier Defense
by Webb, Walter Prescott
Boston: Houghton Mifflin at the Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1935. First edition, COPY NO. 21 OF 200, signed and numbered by the author. Illustrated with drawings by Lonnie Rees, and with photographs. xv, 584 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter pigskin and tan buckram with black leather spine. Spine tips slightly rubbed, some slight discoloration and soiling to buckram, first few... Read More
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A Thousand and One Fore-Edge Paintings. With notes on the artists, bookbinders, publishers and other Men and Women connected with the History of a Curious Art
by Weber
waterville, Maine: Colby College Press, 1949. First edition, one of 1000 copies. Illustrated with tipped-in colour frontispiece & 23 black & white plates. xvi, 194 pp. 4to. Blue cloth, with red leather spine label. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. First edition, one of 1000 copies. Illustrated with tipped-in colour frontispiece & 23 black & white plates. xvi,... Read More
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Bruce Weber
by Weber, Bruce. Edited and designed by John Cheim
[New York]: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First edition. 140 b/w photos reproduced in gravure. Unpaginated. 1 vols. 4to. Green cloth. Fine, in Fine dust jacket and and printed glassine. First edition. 140 b/w photos reproduced in gravure. Unpaginated. 1 vols. 4to. Uncommonly fine copy of this title, in two dustjackets as issued, with no browning to d.j. spines.... Read More
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How to Pick Up Girls!
by Weber, Eric
New York: Symphony, 1970. First edition. Photographic plate between half title and title pages. 110 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Pictorial boards. Slight rubbing to lower corners, else near fine. First edition. Photographic plate between half title and title pages. 110 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Considered to be the first "pick-up book" in Neil Strauss' The Game. How To... Read More
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![The Present State of Russia … [vol. I:] Being an account of the Government of that Country, both Civil and Ecclesiastical; of the Czar's Forces by Sea and Land, the Regulation of his Finances … Translated from the High-Dutch [vol. II:] … containing, 1. Laurence Lange’s Journey from Petersbourg to Peking in China. II. John Bernhard Muller’s Description of the Ostiacks, a nation in Siberia … VI. M. Le Brun’s Observations on his Journey through Russia to Persia](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/723/814/798814723.0.m.jpg)
The Present State of Russia … [vol. I:] Being an account of the Government of that Country, both Civil and Ecclesiastical; of the Czar's Forces by Sea and Land, the Regulation of his Finances … Translated from the High-Dutch [vol. II:] … containing, 1. Laurence Lange’s Journey from Petersbourg to Peking in China. II. John Bernhard Muller’s Description of the Ostiacks, a nation in Siberia … VI. M. Le Brun’s Observations on his Journey through Russia to Persia
by Weber, Friedrich Christian, and others
London: printed for W. Taylor [and others], 1723. First edition. 1 large folding map of Russia, 1 large folding plan of St. Petersburg, both in vol.I. (Repairs to clean tears or splits in map and plan, some spotting). [i-xlviii; 1-] 352; [1-] 432 pp. + 16 pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear of vol.II. 2 vols. 8vo (7 1⁄2 x... Read More
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Autograph Note, Signed, by Caroline LeRoy Webster
by Webster, Caroline LeRoy
New Rochelle, 1878. 1 p. 1 vols. Old folds. Reinforced with tissue on verso. Minor soiling. About very good. 1 p. 1 vols. Autograph note to a Miss Dinsmoor, written by Caroline LeRoy Webster, widow of politician Daniel Webster. The brief note reads: "As I am the widow of Daniel Webster, today is my birthday. I am eighty... Read More
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![[Sammelband of 10 pamphlets bound together, including works by Daniel Webster as well as several relating to female education including several Maine imprints]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/987/342/1246342987.0.m.jpg)
[Sammelband of 10 pamphlets bound together, including works by Daniel Webster as well as several relating to female education including several Maine imprints]
by (Webster, Daniel)
vp, 1841. 8vo. Bound in contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards. 8vo. 1. Whitman, John. An Address delivered at the Opening of the School House for the West Female Grammar School, Portland December 4, 1837. 8vo. Portland, 1837. 16pp. 2. Bradford, Alden. An Address, delivered before the Society of [Phi Beta Kappa] in Bowdoin College. Boston, 1841. 52pp. ... Read More
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![Autograph Letter, Signed. To Mrs. Richard H. Bayard [Mary Sophia Carroll Bayard, (1804-1886)]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/926/809/798809926.0.m.2.jpg)
Autograph Letter, Signed. To Mrs. Richard H. Bayard [Mary Sophia Carroll Bayard, (1804-1886)]
by Webster, Daniel
Washington, D.C., 1840. 4 pp. on recto and verso of one folded sheet. 1 vols. 4to. Old folds. 4 pp. on recto and verso of one folded sheet. 1 vols. 4to. Long, personal letter written just after Webster turned down the opportunity to be William Henry Harrison's vice-president and before he became Harrison's Secretary of State in 1841.... Read More
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Untitled, pencil on paper, signed
by Webster, H. A.
n.p., 1953. 1 vols. Image 9-1/2 x 12-1/4 inches; matted and framed. Fine condition. 1 vols. Image 9-1/2 x 12-1/4 inches; matted and framed. Herman Armour Webster (1878-1970) was born in New York City and attended Yale, graduating in 1900. He then moved to Paris and studied painting and etching at the Jullien Academy. In 1905 four of... Read More
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Trial of John W. Webster for the Murder of Dr. George Parkman Including the Hearing on the Petition for a Writ of Error, the Findings of the Coroner's Jury, the Prisoner's Confessional Statements, Appication for a Commutation of Sentence, Etc.
by (Webster, John W) Bemis, George
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1850. Illus. 628 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Spine perished, original boards. Illus. 628 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. With ALS from Webster dated Sept 8, 1847 to Dr. Walter Channing of Tremont Stn Boston who was the first Professor of Obstetrics and Medical Jurisprudence at Harvard College asking if he... Read More
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