“Easter Day”
by Wilde, Oscar
Oxford: Thos. Shrimpton and Son, 1879. First appearance of Wilde’s poem. P. 2, in WAIFS AND STRAYS. A TERMINAL MAGAZINE OF OXFORD POETRY, Vol. I, No. 1, June, 1879. 1 vols. Original wrappers. Fine. First appearance of Wilde’s poem. P. 2, in WAIFS AND STRAYS. A TERMINAL MAGAZINE OF OXFORD POETRY, Vol. I, No. 1, June, 1879. 1... Read More
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Wilde v Whistler. Being An Acrimonious Correspondence on Art between Oscar Wilde and James A. McNeill Whistler
by (Wilde, Oscar)
London: Privately Printed [Leonard Smithers], 1906. First edition, one of 400 copies. 20, [2] pp. 8vo. Printed tan wrappers. Fine, in custom red morocco-backed slipcase and chemise. First edition, one of 400 copies. 20, [2] pp. 8vo. The penultimate Smithers publication, our copy with the “Shelley” bookplate of H. Buxton Forman. Mason 626; BAL 21346 (Whistler); Nelson 1906.3... Read More
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Gedichte. Mit einer Einführung von Eduard Engel
by (Wilde, Oscar) Viereck, Georg Sylvester
Leipzig: Hesse & Becker, 1922. First edition of this selection. Portrait frontispiece. 176 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Mustard cloth stamped in brown. Bookplate of Francis Kettaneh. Minor toning of textblock. Fine in glassine dust wrapper. First edition of this selection. Portrait frontispiece. 176 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Poems by the prolific German-born author George Sylvester Viereck (1884-1962), who... Read More
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
by Wilder, Thornton
London: Longmans, Green, 1927. First edition (preceding the American edition). 140 pp. Printed at the Westminster Press. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth. In unclipped dj that is damaged at head of spine. First edition (preceding the American edition). 140 pp. Printed at the Westminster Press. 1 vols. 8vo. Wilder's 2nd and most enduring novel about the daeth... Read More
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THE WOMAN OF ANDROS [A Novel]
by Wilder, Thornton
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. First edition. 162pp. 8vo. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket; the jacket is moderately browned on spine, which is edge worn and with a shallow chip at crown, one-inch creased tear on front panel, with few other nicks and short tears. First edition. 162pp. 8vo. Signed by... Read More
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Portrait photograph of Thornton Wilder
by (Wilder, Thornton) Van Vechten, Carl
[New York], 1948. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 9-1/2 x 7/14 inches. Embossed stamp at lower edge, atelier stamp on verso, with pencilled notations giving the subject of the photograph ("Thornton Wilder 'The Skin of Your Teeth'"), the date, and the number of the negative. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 9-1/2 x 7/14 inches. Three-quarter length portrait of... Read More
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Portrait photograph of Thornton Wilder "as Mr. Antrobus in THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH
by (Wilder, Thornton) Van Vechten, Carl
New York, 1948. Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 34 x 22.6 cm. (approx 13-1/4 x 9 inches). Fine. Verso docketed with holograph notations in ink, giving the name of the sitter, date of the photograph, and Van Vechten's reference to negative and print ("XXIV-ee-11"). ... Read More
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
by Wilder, Thornton Niven
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1929. No. 606 of 1100 copies, signed by Wilder and Kent. Illustrated with 7 colour lithographs including title-page by Rockwell Kent. 120 pp. Printed on Vidalon, designed and made at the Pynson Press. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Original specially designed decorated pictorial cloth designed by Kent, leather spine label, t.e.g. In blue paper... Read More
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Autograph Note, Signed, to David Kirschenbaum ("Dear Mr. Kirschenbaum")
by Wilder, Thornton
Hamden, Connecticut, 1950. Black ink, on his personal note card stationery, recto and verso. Near fine. Black ink, on his personal note card stationery, recto and verso. A note of thanks from Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) to David Kirschenbaum (1895–1994), the legendary owner of New York's Carnegie Book Shop, in which he asks Kirschenbaum to pass on an enclosed... Read More
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The Author's Annual 1929 [Thornton Wilder's copy]
by (Wilder, Thornton) Lanier [ed.], Henry W.
New York: Payson & Clarke Ltd, 1929. An edition of 500. 211 pp. 8vo. Marbled boards with peach colored cloth spine with lettering; bumped lower corner and some light rubbing near edges, some toning to pages but overall about near fine. Blue ink manuscript noting publisher's intention for this copy to go to Thornton Wilder on edition page. ... Read More
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Portrait photograph of Thornton Wilder
by (Wilder, Thornton) Van Vechten, Carl
[New York], 1948. Half-lnegth portrait of the author seated, in trench coat. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 9-1/4 x 7-3/8 inches. Atelier stamp on verso, with pencilled notations giving the subject of the photograph ("Thornton Wilder in 'The Skin of Your Teeth'"), the date, and the number of the negative. Half-lnegth portrait of the author seated, in trench... Read More
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The Cabala [A Novel]
by Wilder, Thornton
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. First edition, first issue, of author's first book. 230pp. 8vo. Recipient's large bookplate on front flyleaf. Former owner's ink name faintly visible on front pastedown. Spine is very slightly browned, else a near fine copy. First edition, first issue, of author's first book. 230pp. 8vo. Thornton Niven Wilder (1897 – 1975),... Read More
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Calligraphic decorated printed military commission, accomplished in another hand, signed by the Kaiser as Sovereign of Prussia
by Wilhelm, Kaiser I.
Ems, 1871. 3 pages, embossed seal. 1 vols. Folio. A commission promoting First Lieutenant Jungbluth to Captain. Folded, some creasing of edges, light soiling else very good. 3 pages, embossed seal. 1 vols. Folio. Commission issued following the success of the Franco-German War of 1870 which resulted in King Wilhelm I of Prussia being proclaimed Emperor of Germany.... Read More
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DEFENCE OF COM. CHARLES WILKES, U.S.N., LATE ACTING REAR ADMIRAL, IN COMMAND OF THE WEST INDIA SQUADRON, READ BEFORE A GENERAL COURT MARSHALL [sic], ON CHARGES PREFERRED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
by Wilkes, Charles
Washington: McGill & Witherow, 1864. 56pp. Gathered signatures, stitched. Last leaf detached, first four leaves slighty soiled, uniform browning. Good. 56pp. Gathered signatures, stitched. Charles Wilkes' defense against charges of insubordination, disrespect, disobedience, and behavior unbecoming an officer stemming from his short temper and repeated personal conflicts with the Naval Department. While serving as acting rear admiral in... Read More
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Western America, Including California and Oregon, with Maps of Those Regions, and of “The Sacramento Valley.”
by Wilkes, Charles
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1849. First edition. Three folding maps. 2,v-ix,[1],13-130pp. 8vo. Publisher's lettered wrappers. First edition. Three folding maps. 2,v-ix,[1],13-130pp. 8vo. The only English language edition of this important early guide to the West Coast. Wilkes had conducted extensive surveys in California and Oregon while commanding his famous U.S. Exploring Expedition of the Pacific Ocean from 1838-42.... Read More
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Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. With Atlas
by Wilkes, Charles
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845. First trade edition, limited to 1000 copies. 63 (of 64) engraved plates (engraved portrait of Wilkes from later edition laid-in to vol. I, not original to this issue) and 47 steel-engraved vignettes, 14 engraved maps (1 hand-colored), numerous woodcuts. 6 vols. 8vo. Publisher's brown embossed cloth with gilt-stamped vignettes to covers. Spine ends and... Read More
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Steam Economy as Illustrated by the use of the Steam Engine Indicator, practically considered being A Reflex of Actual Tests
by Wilkinson, A.(lfred)
Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1882. First Edition. Illust. Frontispiece portait, folding chart 124, [24, ads, illustrated] pp. 12mo. Original Brown cloth. Fine. Inscribed on ffep John Young April 1882 from Nath. Campbell. First Edition. Illust. Frontispiece portait, folding chart 124, [24, ads, illustrated] pp. 12mo.
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Sir David Wilkie archive of letters, including 13 ALS from Wilkie, received letters, ephemera, prints, and a pencil drawing of Sir Walter Scott
by Wilkie, David
London, 1800. [16] ALS letters; [1] original sketch; [24] prints; [5] leaves assorted ephemera. Letters and prints are bright, the prints are especially crisp and detailed; a very good collection. [16] ALS letters; [1] original sketch; [24] prints; [5] leaves assorted ephemera. Sir David Wilkie (b.1785 - d.1841) was a Scottish-born painter known for his historical scenes and... Read More
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The Wilkie Gallery: A Selection of the Best Pictures of ...including Spanish ansd Oriental Sketches, with Notices Biographical and Critical
by Wilkie, Sir David
London and New York: George Virtue, 1845. Illustrated with 72 full page engraved plates. 1 vols. Folio. Bound in full pebbled contemporary red morocco gilt. Fine, some foxing at beginning and end of text. Wilkie, Sir David. Illustrated with 72 full page engraved plates. 1 vols. Folio.
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Sentiment "To Alfred Eisenstaedt with Best Regards, Wendell Wilkie." WITH on verso: ANs to Alfred Eisenstaedt from Louis Bromfield and below one from Dorothy Thompson to Eisenstaedt
by Wilkie, Wendell
8vo. Fine. 8vo.
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A collection of 5 volumes that belonged to Emma Willard, including: Chefs-d'Oeuvre de P. Corneille (vol. 3), signed by Willard, E Willard's presented by A. Ear---."; Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane, par Lesage (vol. 4), with a very youthful pencilled signature of Willard's last name; Histoires du Petit Jehan de Saintré et Gérard de Nevers, par Tressan, signed by John H. Willard; Works of Vergil Translated by Dryden (vol. I), with Ms. Willard's pencilled inscription, Thomas Allen, Panorama of London
by (Willard, Emma)
Various places, 1830. 1 vols. 12mo. All titles except second are either lacking one or both covers or have covers detached. 1 vols. 12mo.
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Autograph Letter, Signed, from Frances Willard, Politely soliciting funds from Mrs. Wallace
by Willard, Frances
Evanston, Ill, 1886. 1p. on WNCTU stationery. With the original envelope. 1 vols. Old fold lines. Minor wear. Near fine. With envelope. 1p. on WNCTU stationery. With the original envelope. 1 vols. Letter written by Frances Willard to Mrs. Wallace, indicating that she has asked Dr. Bushnell to "call on you and hoped you might help us out... Read More
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Deerfield Collection of Sacred Music, compiled from the most approved authors, ancient and modern, with a view to that simplicity, which is indispensable, and that variety, which is important in the services of the church, classed according to their affinities of expression: together with a musical grammar, containing the necessary definitions, and a variety of remarks and directions, relative to pronunciation, adaptation and expression
by Willard, Samuel
Greenfield, Mass: Published at R. Dickinson's Office, for Simon Butler, Northampton. H. Graves, Printer, 1814. Printed music throughout. 144pp., comprising 83 compositions for 3 and 4 voices. Early manuscript annotations. Oblong 12mo (4 x 7-3/4 inches). Original calf-backed blue sugar paper covered boards. Printed music throughout. 144pp., comprising 83 compositions for 3 and 4 voices. Early manuscript annotations.... Read More
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The Truly Blessed Man: or, The way to be happy here, and for ever: Being the substance of divers sermons preached on, Psalm XXXII
by Willard, Samuel
Boston: B. Green and J. Allen for Michael Perry, 1700. 652, [4]pp. 8vo. Early panelled calf, repairs to joints. Provenance: Germantown Library Company (printed label); Thomas Livezey (signatures and inscription dated 1771). 652, [4]pp. 8vo. Willard was one of the most prolific of early American authors. This collection of excerpts from Willard's sermons tackles the question of happiness... Read More
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Plans and Sections of the Obelisk on Bunker’s Hill. With the Details of Experiments Made in Quarrying the Granite
by Willard, S[olomon]
Boston: [Samuel N. Dickinson]; Chas. Cook’s Lith, 1843. First edition. 14 plates, one folding. 31 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Leather-backed boards, printed paper cover label. Rebacked with brown morocco spine, endpapers renewed, some foxing and corners stained. Very good. First edition. 14 plates, one folding. 31 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Solomon Willard designed the Bunker Hill Monument in... Read More
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