Illustrations of the Spires and Towers of the Medieval Churches...Vol. 1 Spires. Vol. 2 Towers
by Wickes, Richard
Lon: John Weale and Ackermann, 1853. 52 plates as called for . Complete. 2 vols. Elephant Folio. Covers off, internally fine. 52 plates as called for . Complete. 2 vols. Elephant Folio.
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Cross-Currents
by Widdemer, Margaret
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1921. First edition. [xii], 112pp. 8vo. Cloth. Very Good. First edition. [xii], 112pp. 8vo. Inscribed, and signed, by Margaret Widdimer, to author Clement Wood: "This inscription- entirely [word?]- not to say indigene- or indigent- to the writer- is my best wish. Which is really very pretty, But I do not understand it.... Read More
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![French Engravings of the Eighteenth Century in the Collection of Joseph Widener, Lynnewood Hall. [Foreword by Edward Clayton]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/903/691/453691903.0.m.1.jpg)
French Engravings of the Eighteenth Century in the Collection of Joseph Widener, Lynnewood Hall. [Foreword by Edward Clayton]
by (Widener, Joseph) [Clayton, Edward, compiler]
London: Privately Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1923. Number 1 of 120 copies printed on unbleached Arnold paper. With many colour printed and then hand-colored plates. xii, 171, [1]; x, 172-331, [1]; xii, 333-486, [1]; viii, 497- 641, [1] pp. 4 vols. Folio (15-1⁄2 x11 inches). Bound in full red crushed morocco, richly gilt spines, t.e.g., rest uncut, blue... Read More
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The Fifth Son. A Novel. Translated from the French by Marion Wiesel. With a special message for the first edition from the author
by Wiesel, Eli
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1985. Limited First Edition. Privately Printed and personally signed by the Author. Illustrated by Frances Jetter. 210, [2]pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bonded black gilt stamped leather, a.e.g. Fine. Limited First Edition. Privately Printed and personally signed by the Author. Illustrated by Frances Jetter. 210, [2]pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed "For Harriet (Levine)-Happy,... Read More
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The Birds' Christmas Carol
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas
San Francisco: C.A. Murdock & Co, 1887. First edition of the author's second book. 67 pp. Square 12mo (5-7/8 x 6-1/8 inches). Publisher's card wrappers printed and illustrated in red on front wrapper, original drab dust-jacket reproducing cover art in black. Book has minor foxing to the exterior, and is about Near Fine. Jacket is also Near Fine, with... Read More
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The Writings of…
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1917. Autograph Edition. No. 206 of 500 sets, signed by Wiggin. Color frontispiece and title page. 11 vols. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth, black leather spine label. Slight fading to spines, near fine. Autograph Edition. No. 206 of 500 sets, signed by Wiggin. Color frontispiece and title page. 11 vols. 8vo. With an Autograph Letter Signed... Read More
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Two quotations, from "Rebecca" and "The World's Need
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas; Ella Wheeler Wilcox
3 x 2-1/2 inches; 4-3/4 x 3 inches. Quotes written on thick paper with signatures from both authors. Wilcox quote faintly creased, else fine; Wiggin quote pristine. 3 x 2-1/2 inches; 4-3/4 x 3 inches. Two autograph quotes from two notable women writers of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century America. Kate Douglas Wiggin, who ran a professional training school... Read More
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Kindergarten Chimes, A Collection of Songs and Games Composed and Arranged for Kindergartens and Primary Schools by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Revised and Enlarged edition
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas
Boston: Oliver Ditson Co, 1887. First edition thus, "Revised and Enlarged Edition," (unrecorded?) wrappered issue [BAL 22581, "noting printed paper boards, cloth shelfback" issue only; first published in 1885]. 124pp. 4to. cloth spine, printed wrappers,Owner's contemporary bookplate on front cover. Light wear at tips of spine and corners, few short creased tears and nicks on rear cover, few short... Read More
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Brannon's Graphic Delineations of the most prominent objects in the Isle of Wight : serving equally the purposes of a useful accompaniment to any of the un-illustrated local guides, or as a drawing book ... to assist the amateur in sketching from Nature
by (Wight, Isle of)
Wootton-common, I.W.: Brannon, 1852. 16 p., [30] leaves of plates. Oblong 4to (15 x 25 cm.). Quarter cloth and printed purple boards. Ex GTS. With a printed slip at front saying "Corrected May, 1852. 16 p., [30] leaves of plates. Oblong 4to (15 x 25 cm.).
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Five Hundred Pound Reward. A Novel. By A Barrister
by [Wigram, William Knox]
London: Richard Bentley, 1867. First edition, remainder binding. 324; 316; 294, [2, ads] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Brown cloth, preseving remainer spine, priced 31/6. First edition, remainder binding. 324; 316; 294, [2, ads] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Wolff 7223
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Lawn Tennis...With a Chapter for Ladies by Mrs. Hillyard, Lady Champion, 1886, 1889, 1894
by Wilberforce, H.W.W.
London: George Bell & Sons, 1892. Third edition, with illustrations. Illus. 1 vols. 12mo. Red cloth stamped in black. Fine. Third edition, with illustrations. Illus. 1 vols. 12mo.
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The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems
by Wilbur, Richard
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. 55 pp. 8vo. First edition of Wilbur's first book of poetry, published in an edition of 750 copies. 55 pp. 8vo. Presentation copy, inscribed to William Targ on the title: "For William Targ / With pleasant recollections of our long-ago meeting / Richard Wilbur Cummington Mass. 1971." And with a fine autograph... Read More
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Poems of Passion
by Wilcox Wheeler, Ella
London: Gay & Hancock, 1912. First Trade edition. Pictured by Dudley Tennant with 20 tipped in colour plates under captioned tissue guards. 267pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in three quarter green morocco and marbled baords, t.e.g. spine slightly faded. First Trade edition. Pictured by Dudley Tennant with 20 tipped in colour plates under captioned tissue guards. 267pp. 1... Read More
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Three Women
by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
Chicago-New York: W.B. Conkey Company, 1897. 205 (+1 ad) pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth, decorated in black and gilt, t.e.g. Fine, in Fine morocco-backed slipcase and chemise. 205 (+1 ad) pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With two-page ALS from the author tipped in, asking if the recipient had received and read the book.
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Rose-leaf and Apple-leaf. L’Envoi
by Wilde, Oscar
London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1904. First separate edition, one of 200 copies printed. [30] pp. Title-page in red, green, and black. 1 vols. 8vo. Original gray wrappers, lightly browned and splitting along spine; slight offset to half-title. Very good copy of a fragile book. First separate edition, one of 200 copies printed. [30] pp. Title-page in red,... Read More
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The Writings of... With an Introduction by Richard Le Gallienne and forewords by W. B. Yeats, etc.
by Wilde, Oscar
New York: Gabriel Wells, 1925. Copy Number #36 of 575 numbered sets of this Large Paper Edition. 12 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarter brown morocco and cloth sides, t.e.g. by Stikeman & Co., N.Y. Copy Number #36 of 575 numbered sets of this Large Paper Edition. 12 vols. 8vo. A finely bound set of this collection of... Read More
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The Soul of Man Under Socialism. With a Preface by Robert Ross
by Wilde, Oscar
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1912. First edition with Ross’s Preface. x, 99 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original blue boards with red label printed in black on upper cover. Exceptionally fine copy IN THE ORIGINAL PRINTED DUST JACKET (with slight wear). First edition with Ross’s Preface. x, 99 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Mason 370
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The Spirit Lamp. An Aesthetic, Literary and Critical Magazine. Vol. IV. No. II
by (Wilde, Oscar) Douglas, Lord Alfred, editor
Oxford: published for the Proprietor by James Thornton, High Street, 1893. 100 pp. Squarish 8vo. Blue printed paper wrappers. Some chipping and loss to covers; toning to pages. 100 pp. Squarish 8vo. Featuring "The Disciple" by Oscar Wilde, and pieces by Lord Alfred Douglas, H. M. Beerbohm, and John Addington Symonds.
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol. By C.3.3
by [Wilde, Oscar]
London, 1898. First edition, ONE OF 30 COPIES on Japanese vellum. 1 vols. 8vo. Cinnamon-colored cloth, vellum spine. Covers show slight insect damage and minor soiling, spine a bit soiled, otherwise a very good copy in a quarter blue morocco slipcase with chemise and with the bookplate and signature of actress LENA ASHWELL (1872-1957) on the front pastedown. ... Read More
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Dublin Verses by Members of Trinity College
by (Wilde, Oscar) Hinkson, M.A., editor
London: Elkin Mathews. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co., Limited, 1895. First edition. xiii, [1], 140, [4], [20, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. Fine. First edition. xiii, [1], 140, [4], [20, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With 4 poems by Oscar Wilde, and poems by Douglas Hyde, Aubrey de Vere, John Todhunter, William Wilde.
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Log of the Twelfth Annual Cruise of the Second Presbyterian Fishing Club of Philadelphia, July 1st to 15th, inclusive, on the Schooner “Samuel Applegit”
by (Wilde, Oscar) Allen, Clifford P.
Philadelphia: Russell & Creamer, 1882. First edition. With fine partly colored caricature folding map of Chesapeake and Delaware Bays and environs; numerous illustrations in text. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth gilt with publisher's printed paper wrappers bound in. Rubbed, minor staining to boards, upper wrapper chipped at upper corner, with small loss, possibly to presentation “Mrs... Read More
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Oscar Wilde His Life and Confessions
by (Wilde, Oscar) Harris, Frank
New York: Printed and Published by the Author, 1916. First Edition. Frontis. 2 vols. 8vo. Qauarter publisher;'s green calf and boards. Fine in half faded green morocco and chemise. First Edition. Frontis. 2 vols. 8vo.
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Impressions of America. Edited, with an Introduction, by Start Mason
by Wilde, Oscar
Sunderland: Keystone Press, 1906. First edition. Number 92 of 50 copies printed on hand-made paper. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue printed wrappers, stitched. Faded, some chipping of corners and edges, light browning of leaves, else a good copy. First edition. Number 92 of 50 copies printed on hand-made paper. 1 vols. 8vo. The lecture Wilde presented in 1883... Read More
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A Woman of No Importance
by Wilde, Oscar
London: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Edinburgh, 1894. First edition, one of 500 copies. 154, [1] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original mauve cloth decorated in gilt. Spine faded, cloth at extremities frayed, corners bumped, some soiling to cloth, front flyelaf and first blank torn at gutter.... Read More
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A Woman of No Importance
by Wilde, Oscar
London: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street, 1894. First edition, one of 50 Large Paper copies. 154, [1] pp. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Edinburgh. 1 vols. 4to. Original buckram gilt. Spine and extremities darkened, endleaves with some paste darkening, else fine, in a custom purple half-morocco slipcase and chemise. First... Read More
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