A Conversation larger than the Universe. Readings in Science Fiction and the Fantastic 1762-2017 … Foreword by John Crowley
by Wessells, Henry
[Upper Montclair, New Jersey]: Temporary Culture, 2018. Edition of 75 copies, signed by John Crowley and Henry Wessells; with Reading in Public, signed by Michael Swanwick. With more than 100 illustrations. 288 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Hand bound in sand cloth with letterpress label. Reading in Public (stitched in blue Hahnemühle wrappers with printed label. As new. Edition... Read More
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Album of engravings on India paper to Roger’s Poems (1824), Gil Blas (1822), Scott’s Poems (1823), Don Quixote (1820), and the Decamerone (1825)
by Westall, Richard, Robert SMIRKE & Thomas STOTHARD
London: Hurst & Robinson; William Pickering, 1825. 75 engravings on INDIA PAPER, mounted to thick paper, the Decamerone engravings marked “Proof”. Engravings measure approx. 7-1/2 x 5 in. Contemporary green morocco, covers tooled in blind to a panel design with gilt filigree corner-pieces, a.e.g. Some light rubbing to joints and corners, else fine. 75 engravings on INDIA PAPER,... Read More
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The Confessions of a Tenderfoot "Coaster
by (West Africa) Henry, Warren
London: Witherby, 1927. First edition. Illus. 280pp. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarter mottled calf and marbled boards, Fine. First edition. Illus. 280pp. 8vo.
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Autograph letter signed ("Benjn. West"), to Charles Burney, Jr, regarding Fuseli's lectures to the Royal Academy
by West, Benjamin (1738-1820)
Newman Street [London], 1803. 1 p. Addressed on blank conjugate leave, stamped. 8vo. Bifolium. Some wrinkling and old folds. 1 p. Addressed on blank conjugate leave, stamped. 8vo. In part: "I am sorry you should not have been present at Mr. Fuseli's two preceeding lectures in the Royal Academy; he will give one tomorrow night ... and the... Read More
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Sketches of Camp Life in the Wilds of the Aroostook Woods: Aroostook County, Maine. Fishing, Canoeing, Camping, Shooting and Trapping. Being True Stories of Actual Life in Camp
by West, Charles C.
Boston: Trade Supplied by the New England News Company, 1892. First edition. Illustrated. 345 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Brown wrappers. First edition. Illustrated. 345 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Phillips, p. 399; Heller 2:1004; Bruns W-68
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Thoughts in Prison, In Five Parts, viz. The Imprisonment, The Retrospect, Public Punishment, The Trial, Futurity .
by (Westhall, Richard) Dodd, William
London: Printed for J. Mawman [etc.], 1809. Later edition, first published in 1777. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Dodd. [iv], 212 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Blue paper boards, rebacked in linen. Scuffed and soiled. Uncut. Later edition, first published in 1777. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Dodd. [iv], 212 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. With a pencil sketch laid down and... Read More
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Autograph manuscript, written aboard the USS De Soto at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, giving a first-hand account of the 1867 earthquake and tsunami that hit the island
by (West Indies) Cauvelt, J.L.B.
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1867. 5pp. (written on rectos only) on folio sheets, with an autograph letter signed addressed to his mother on the fifth page sending the manuscript, following the description of events. A total of sum 1250 words. Folio. Sheets with wear around the edges. Each sheet neatly backed with paper, repairing small tears or separations. Overall,... Read More
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Map entitled: "de Antillishe Eilanden waar onder zyn de Lucaysche en Caribesche.
by (West Indies) Sanson d'Abbeville, N. (1600-1667)
London, 1650. 1 vols. 13” x 8 3/4 “. Contemporary. hand-coloring. Fine condition. 1 vols. 13” x 8 3/4 “.
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Letters addressed to a Young Man on His First Entrance into Life
by West, Jane
London: Printed by A. Strahan, Printers-Street for T.N. Longman & O. Rees, 1803. Third Edition. 3 vols. 12mo. Bound in contemporary tree calf with gilt ruled spines, red morocco spine labels; scuffed, joints & extremities rubbed. Joints starting to separate. Third Edition. 3 vols. 12mo. Jane West (1758-1852), poet, novelist, and miscellaneous writer, did not let her belief... Read More
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The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitation. Being an Angler's Record of Insects seen at the Waterside and the Method of making their Imitations
by West, Leonard
Ravenhead, St. Helens (England): Published by the Author, 1912. First edition. With 13 color plates and other illustrations. 144 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (8-7/8 x 5-3/4 inches). Publisher's green cloth. Bookplate of Wilbur G. Downs. Libary card at back. First edition. With 13 color plates and other illustrations. 144 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (8-7/8 x 5-3/4 inches). ... Read More
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A Catalogue of the Etchings of Levon West. Compiled by Otto M. Torrington. With an Introduction by Elisabeth Luther Cary
by (West, Levon) Torrington, Otto M.
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1930. First Edition, #956 of 960 copies. Typography by Frederic Warde. Illustrated. 1 vols. 4to. Tan buckram, with leather spine label. Fine. First Edition, #956 of 960 copies. Typography by Frederic Warde. Illustrated. 1 vols. 4to. Levon West (1900-1968), noted American etcher, specialized in sporting and Western scenes. He was born in Centerville,... Read More
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Points of Misery; or Fables for Mankind: Prose and Verse, Chiefly Original
by Westmacott, Charles
London: Sherwood, Jones and Co. Paternoster-Row, 1823. First edition, with half-title. Frontispiece and illustrated with 20 engravings by Robert Cruikshank. 97 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (10 x 6-1/4 in.). Later boards to style with original paper label on upper cover. Front joint repaired, one signature coming loose, final leaf with old paper repair at gutter. Cruikshank, Robert. First... Read More
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The Punster's Pocket-Book, or The Art of Punning Enlarged. By Bernard Blackmantle, Esq
by [Westmacott, Charles M.]
London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1826. First Edition. With numerous illustrations by Robert Cruikshank. 198 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth, printed label on upper cover, rebacked, with new endpapers and spine relaid, else fine, from the celebrated library of Lucius Wilmerding, with his Rockwell Kent bookplate on front paste-down. First Edition. With numerous illustrations by Robert... Read More
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The English Spy. An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous. Comprising Scenes and Sketches in Every Rank of Society, Being Portraits of the Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious. Drawn from the Life by Bernard Blackmantle
by [Westmacott, Charles Malloy]
London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co, 1826. First edition. With 71 hand-colored aquatint plates, one full page wood engraving, and 74 woodcuts in the text, after Robert Cruikshank. xxiii, [i], 417, [1]; xv, [i], 399, [1] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Full crimson morocco, gilt spine, a.e.g., by Riviere & Son. Joints slightly rubbed, else fine. Cruikshank, Robert. First edition.... Read More
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Schluss-Apotheose der Kaiser Ouverture fur grosses Orchester ... Partitur
by Westmeyer, Wilhelm
Vienna: Friedrich Schreiber, 1873. Chromolithographic title page, three chromolithographic illustrations, and fourteen plates of Westmeyer's musical score, each within a different chromolithographic border, all printed on heavy card. Light wear, some minor foxing internally;. Folio 16 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches (43 x 34 cm). Bound in contemporary Viennese binding of black morocco gilt by Rosenberg (signed in gilt... Read More
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A Cool Million. The Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin
by West, Nathanael
New York: Covici-Friede, 1934. First Edition. 229pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original tan cloth, dust jacket with significant losses. Panels of another copy of the dust jacket mounted on the endpapers, bookplate removed. First Edition. 229pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A Voltairean satire by one of the most acid observers of the American dream, this a Horatio Alger story if... Read More
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African Adventure
by Weston, Charles
[Augusta, Maine]: Privately Printed, n.d.. First edition. Illustrated with color photos. 31 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Fine. First edition. Illustrated with color photos. 31 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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Photograph: 'sectional Views of Weston Boarding School, Weston Conn." by Silver and Waterman
by (Weston, Ct)
New York: Silver & Waterman, 89 Fulton Street, 1880. 13 x 8-1/2 inches (Image). Mounted on mat, worn mat, photo faded. 13 x 8-1/2 inches (Image).
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[Photograph]: Maud Allan with Century Plant (1916)
by Weston, Edward Henry
Tropico, Calif: Edward Henry Weston, 1916. With Weston's embossed stamp in lower left: "Edward Henry Weston / Tropico, Calif.". 6-1/2 x 4-12 inches. Fine,. With Weston's embossed stamp in lower left: "Edward Henry Weston / Tropico, Calif.". 6-1/2 x 4-12 inches. Portrait of Maud Allan in diaphanous gown posed in front of a century plant. Measures 4½" x... Read More
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![[Original prospectus for unpublished book]: THE STORY OF CALIFORNIA'S TREES in History, Religion, Legend and Myth by Henry Harcourt Waters. Privately Printed](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/298/283/1516283298.0.m.jpg)
[Original prospectus for unpublished book]: THE STORY OF CALIFORNIA'S TREES in History, Religion, Legend and Myth by Henry Harcourt Waters. Privately Printed
by Weston, Edward
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California: Carmel Press, 1930. Original prospectus for an unpublished book, variant issue, limited to 850 numbered copies [this is copy "183," and registered in the name of "Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Greenwood"; also seen with limitations of 150 numbered copies, 750 numbered copies, and 2500 numbered copies]. A fine copy, with original order form laid into book,... Read More
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Henry James
by West, Rebecca
London: Nisbet & Co., Ltd, 1916. First Edition. Frontispiece. 128 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Blue cloth. About fine (light soiling, two small tape ghosts on flyleaf). First Edition. Frontispiece. 128 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Chatty, opinionated, and acerbic, Rebecca West’s first book was produced for the Writers of the Day series soon after the death of Henry James.... Read More
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Essays on Liberty and Necessity; in which the True Nature of Liberty is Stated and Defended; and the Principal Arguments used by Mr. Edwards, and others, for Necessity, are Considered. In Two Parts ... Part Second
by West, Samuel
New Bedford, (Mass.): John Spooner, 1795. First edition. pp. [1]-96; [binder has mistakenly bound in duplicate signatures B and P (total 4 leaves). 1 vols. 12mo. Sewn in plain blue wrappers, uncut. First edition. pp. [1]-96; [binder has mistakenly bound in duplicate signatures B and P (total 4 leaves). 1 vols. 12mo. The first part of West's defense... Read More
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![A History of the Forest or Chace, known by the name of Cranborn Chace, collected from authentic early records … [With:] Appendix to the History of Cranborn Chace](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/513/914/436914513.0.m.jpg)
A History of the Forest or Chace, known by the name of Cranborn Chace, collected from authentic early records … [With:] Appendix to the History of Cranborn Chace
by West, William
Gillingham: Printed by E. Neave; and Sold by J. Hatchard, Piccadilly, 1834. First edition. Pp. viii, 132, [1, errata], [1, blank]; 2 [Appendix]. 1 vols. 8vo. Black morocco spine and drab boards. Minor traces of rubbing at extremities, else fine. Bookplate. First edition. Pp. viii, 132, [1, errata], [1, blank]; 2 [Appendix]. 1 vols. 8vo. History of Cranborn... Read More
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Bibliotheca Piscatoria, a Catalogue of Books on Angling, the Fisheries and Fish-Culture, with Bibliographical Notes and an Appendix
by Westwood, T[homas] and T[homas] Satchell
London: W. Satchell, 1883. First edition. xxiv, 397, [1], [20, John Grant catalogue], [2, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth, t.e.g. Slightest traces of rubbing, near fine. First edition. xxiv, 397, [1], [20, John Grant catalogue], [2, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Nice copy of the essential, classic, angling reference work.
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Bibliotheca Piscatoria, a Catalogue of Books on Angling, the Fisheries and Fish-Culture, with Bibliographical Notes and an Appendix
by Westwood, T[homas] and T[homas] SATCHELL
London: W. Satchell, 1883. First edition, Large Paper Issue. xxiv, 397, [1] pp. 1 vols. 4to (11-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches; 285 x 220 mm). Original green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Bookplate of Walter LeRoy Heiberg and his pencil ownership signature dated 1932. Annotated in pencil, chiefly records of bibliographical points or auction prices circa 1900. With a pencil... Read More
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