Murder on the Second Floor: A Play
by VOSPER, Frank
London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1929]. First Edition. Small octavo (18.75cm.); publisher's cloth in red printed dust jacket; 125pp. Light edge wear to jacket extremities, spine a bit faded, else Very Good to Near Fine. Play first produced on Broadway the same year (Laurence Olivier played the role of Hugh Bromilow), and adapted into a novel, two films, including the... Read More
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![[Text in Russian] Srazhaiushcheesia Iskusstvo: Ordena Krasnoi Zvezdy Studiia Voennykh Khudozhnikov Imeni M. B. Grekova](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/441/331/1253331441.0.m.jpg)
[Text in Russian] Srazhaiushcheesia Iskusstvo: Ordena Krasnoi Zvezdy Studiia Voennykh Khudozhnikov Imeni M. B. Grekova
by [VOSTOKOV, E. I.]
Moskva: Izdatel'stvo "Izobrazitel'noe Iskusstvo, 1977. First Edition. Quarto (29cm.); publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards; unpaginated; illus. throughout, many in color. Corners bumped, light wear, else Very Good, internally fine. Text entirely in Russian.
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Program, Eighth Annual Convention
by PENNSYLVANIA LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
Williamsport: Pennsylvania League of Women Voters, 1927. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); single leaf folded into six-paneled pamphlet. Minor dustiness and light wear from handling, else Near Fine. Convention held November 14-16, 1927, at the Lycoming Hotel in Williamsport. The League was the "largest postsuffrage [National American Woman Suffrage Association] affiliate" (Anna L. Harvey, Votes Without Leverage (1998), p. 101n).... Read More
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The Book of the Ocean, and Life on the Sea; containing Thrilling Narratives and Adventures of Ocean Life in All Countries, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
by [OCEAN VOYAGES]
Auburn & Buffalo: Alden, Beardsley & Co, 1854. Octavo (21cm). Two volumes in one. Green cloth, titled and decorated on spine in gilt; yellow endpapers; [i]-viii [9]-336pp; frontispiece, 6 wood engravings on inserted leaves and additional in-text wood engravings. Straight and stable, but much rubbed, spine gilt dulled, spots to cloth, boards exposed at corners, foxed: Good. Uncommon (9... Read More
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![Poster: Vecht voor je recht / Maak zelf uit wat je zegt! Geen sensuur op schoolkrant / Vrijheid ophangen affiesjes / Vrije distributie pamfletten en kranten [Fight for your rights / Determine what you say yourself! No censorship in school newspapers / Freedom to put up posters / Free distribution of flyers and newspapers]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/247/636/943636247.0.m.jpg)
Poster: Vecht voor je recht / Maak zelf uit wat je zegt! Geen sensuur op schoolkrant / Vrijheid ophangen affiesjes / Vrije distributie pamfletten en kranten [Fight for your rights / Determine what you say yourself! No censorship in school newspapers / Freedom to put up posters / Free distribution of flyers and newspapers]
by VRIJBRIEF, TEGENKRANT VAN AMSTERDAMSE JONGEREN
Amsterdam: VRIJBRIEF: Tegenkrant van Amsterdamse Jongeren, ca. 1980. Original photo-illustrated poster (43x61cm.) printed offset in purple and black on recto and verso; previous folds (as issued?), minor wrinkling and shallow creases to extremities, else Very Good. Poster issued by the anti-censorship students' rights organization, the photograph on the recto showing two male students peeling the tape from their mouths.... Read More
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Problemes Actuels du Mouvement Syndical International
by VUKMANOVIĆ-TEMPO, Svetozar
Belgrade: Syndicats Yougoslaves, 1962. 12mo. Staple-bound printed card wrappers; 87pp. Near Fine, with a hint of rubbing to wrappers. Yugoslavian Communist Party pamphlet. Text entirely in French.
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Flight of the Eagle: A Brief Study of the Life of Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda, First President of the Republic of Zambia, Against the Background of the Struggle for Independence
by VYAS, Chiman L.
[Lusaka]: NECZAM, [1970]. First Edition. Slim 12mo (19cm.); original white pictorial wrappers printed in green and black; [6],58pp.; 8 leaves of plain photographic plates printed on rectos and versos. About Fine.
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For the Peace and Friendship of Nations, Against the Instigators of a New War. Speech delivered by A.Y. Vyshinsky... at the General Assembly of the United Nations, September 18, 1947
by VYSHINSKY, A.Y. [Andrei Yanuaryevich]
Washington DC: Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1947. First Edition. 12mo (19.5cm). Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial paper wrappers; 38pp. Mild bumps to corners of text, brief pencil date to cover, still Very Good or better. Vyshinsky, Stalin's Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, had been a lead prosecutor in the Moscow "Show" Trials of 1936.
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The Buddhism of Tibet, or, Lamaism
by WADDELL, L. Austine
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, 1958. Second Edition Stated. 8vo. 21.5cm x 15cm. Publisher's pale blue cloth. Dustjacket. Titled and decorated in dark green to spine and front board, strong and clean, in a dustjacket with some light, minor wear to the extremities and some soiling to the white rear panel. A very good, handsome copy. 598pp. Internally clean.... Read More
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Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Wife. January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904. Illustrated from Drawings and Photographs
by WADDINGTON, Mary King
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Blue cloth-covered boards, titled and ruled in gilt on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; ix,[1]-324pp. Bright, tight copy with text fresh and unmarked; Very Good or better. Ownership signature to front free endpaper (Anna Brooke Purcell, Richmond, Virginia; dated 1919). Vignettes of Italian... Read More
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The Letters of W.B. Yeats
by WADE, Allan [YEATS,W.B.]
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's dark blue buckram titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 938pp. A little light bumping at spine ends, and some minor wear and scuffing to edges and extremities, tight and bright; internally clean and fresh; in a solid dustjacket with some creasing and wear to the upper edge and corners,... Read More
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![Strike [...] Wolverhampton Art Gallery](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/881/354/851354881.0.m.jpg)
Strike [...] Wolverhampton Art Gallery
by WADE, Gavin and Liam Gillick
London: Alberta Press, 2002. First Edition. Quarto (25cm.); original white decorative card wrappers; 102pp.; illus. Light shelf-wear, else Near Fine. Exhibition catalog coinciding with a show displaying the works of Conrad Atkinson. Includes contributions by artists and authors in response to the questions: "How does/could/would the withdrawal of art affect the world?" and "Does the answer to the first... Read More
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Three is Company
by WAECHTER, Friedrich Karl; Harry Allard (translation)
Garden City: Doubleday, 1980. First American Edition. Quarto (28.5.cm); yellow/pictorial paper-covered boards in yellow/pictorial dust jacket with identical image and titling, [32pp.]. Text block is clear and sound with only very light handling wear, Fine. Boards slightly worn on edge corners, including those on the spine hinge; soiling on rear board inner margin. Dust jacket has overall yellowing, surface... Read More
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East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography
by WAGGONER, Diane; Russel Lord; Jennifer Raab
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. First Edition. First printing. Quarto. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 288pp. Fine copy in dustwrapper; inscribed and signed by author Waggoner on half-title, "to Brian." Catalog of the 2017 exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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The Eight Pager: A Happening in 8 Parts - Series 1, Part 4
by WAGNER, D.R. (editor); LARSEN, Carl, Steve Richmond, and Douglas Blazek, et al. (contributors)
Niagara, NY: Press:Today, 1966. First Edition. Quarto (28cm); variously-colored mimeographed sheets (rectos), stapled twice horizontally along the upper margin; [12]pp. Light wear and handling, some creasing along the upper edge, with mild dust-soil and a few tiny stains to title leaf; complete; Very Good+. Well-preserved issue of this short-lived mimeo magazine published out of Niagara, NY. Contents... Read More
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Philosophie und Reflexion
by WAGNER, Hans
Munich/Basle: Ernst Reinhardt, 1967. Octavo (24cm). Grey cloth, grey topstain; [424]pp. Former owner's name and brief pencil annotation to front free endpaper. Straight and sound but faded at spine, with small stain; minor discoloration to endpapers: Very Good.
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Robert Frost: The Critical Reception
by WAGNER, Linda W. (ed.)
[n.p.]: Burt Franklin & Co, 1977. Octavo (24cm). Maroon cloth titled in gilt; [xxvi],280pp; black and white illustrations. Very slightly faded at edges, gently cocked: Very Good.
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MAGAZINE OF FURTHER STUDIES (Nos. 1-6; Complete)
by WAH, Fred (et al, eds.)
Buffalo, NY: Institute of Further Studies, 1964 - 1969. First Edition. Six original quarto issues, comprising the entire run. Staple-bound corrugated card wrappers; covers variously decorated, two with pasted-on pictorial labels; one with a bit of faux fur; final number with sculptural inclusion of a length of sisal baling twine penetrating front wrapper; all issues unpaginated, printed rectos only.... Read More
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SUM #5
by Wah, Fred
Buffalo: Sum, 1965. First edition. Thin yellow illustrated wraps, stapled; legal-size. Fragile and scarce mimeo magazine begun after the famous Olson, Creeley et. al. poetry seminars of 1963 in Vancouver, BC. This issue with poetry by Basil Bunting, Tom Raworth, Gael Turnbull, Tom Pickard, Roy Fisher, Charles Tomlinson, John James, Michael Shaer, Mathew Mead, Ansem Hollo, Jim Burns, Andrew... Read More
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SUM #4
by Wah, Fred
Buffalo: Sum, 1965. First edition. Thin blue illustrated wraps, stapled; legal-size. Fragile and scarce mimeo magazine begun after the famous poetry seminars of 1963 in Vancouver, BC, including Olson, Creeley, and more. This issue with poetry by Ted Berrigan, Frank O'Hara, Ron Padgett, Jackson MacLow, Fielding Dawson, Diane Wakoski, Harry Fainlight, LeRoi Jones, Malanga, and others. Cover drawing by... Read More
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The Magazine of Further Studies, No.6
by WAH, Fred (ed)
[Buffalo]: Dept. of Further Studies, [1965]. First edition. Single quarto issue. Staple-bound corrugated paper wrappers with sculptural inclusion of a length of sisal baling twine penetrating front wrapper; unpaginated, printed rectos only. Mild toning to wrapper edges, else clean and complete, Very Good or better. Final issue of this short-lived and rather uncommon poetry journal issued from the... Read More
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Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City and the Cleveland Museum of Art
by WAI-KAM Ho; Sherman E. Lee (et al, text)
Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art / Indiana University Press, 1980. First Edition. First printing. Quarto (31cm). Olive-tan cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 408pp. Fine, unread copy in the original dustwrapper. Just removed from publisher's shrink-wrap; an unread copy.
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Prynter's Devil
by WAINWRIGHT, John
London: Macmillan, 1970. First Edition. First printing. Original light blue paper over boards, in original jacket; plain endpapers; 190pp; publisher's ad to rear cover. Gently rubbed, lightly browned, Very Good; jacket unclipped (priced £1.05 (21s)), lightly rubbed: Very Good. HUBIN p.419.
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Talent for Murder
by WAINWRIGHT, John
London: Collins Crime Club, 1967. First Edition. 12mo (19cm). Original red and black paper over boards, in original dust jacket; plain endpapers; 224pp; ads to rear and rear flap of jacket. Straight and fresh, lightly rubbed, corners bumped, minor foxing to edges of textblock not affecting pages: Very Good. Jacket unclipped (priced 16s), spine lightly sunned, edges rubbed, minor... Read More
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The Man Who Wasn't There
by WAINWRIGHT, John
London: Macmillan, 1989. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm). Original green paper over boards, in original jacket; plain endpapers; 190pp; ads to rear cover. Lightly rubbed at edges, else Near Fine. Jacket unclipped (priced £10.95), lightly rubbed: Very Good.
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