Passage de Walter Benjamin
by [WALTER BENJAMIN] MISSAC, Pierre
Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1987. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; printed card wrappers; 219,(3)pp. A fine copy in the original wrappers. From the library of noted poet-translator Nathaniel Tarn, with his embossed blind-stamp at base of half-title. Text entirely in French. First publication of this important memoir by Missac, who died shortly before publication. Missac was both a... Read More
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![The Red Baiter's Patriotism! [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/468/342/883342468.0.m.jpg)
The Red Baiter's Patriotism! [cover title]
by WALTMIRE, W.B.
Chicago, n.d., ca. 1936. First Edition. Octavo (21.25cm.); original orange staplebound wrappers; 16pp.; illus. Some pencil underlining to first page, extremities a bit darkened, else Very Good or better. Pastor of the Humboldt Park Community Methodist Episcopal Church condemns the activities of "Red Baiters," describing them as un-American. Not in BRENNEMAN or SEIDMAN. Two copies located in OCLC as... Read More
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So Many Daughters
by WALTON, Eda Lou
New York: Bookman Associates, 1952. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 62pp. Fine in very Near Fine dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.50 on front flap), very subtly toned at folds. Walton (1894-1961) was a New Mexico-born academic and poet, and long-time companion of New York novelist Henry Roth. This was her final published collection.
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The Compleat Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish, and Fishing not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers
by WALTON, Izaak (text); RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrations)
London: George C. Harrap & Co., Ltd, 1931. First Rackham Edition. Trade Issue. Quarto (25.5cm); blue-green cloth, with titling and pictorial elements stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; pictorial endpapers; [4],5-224pp, with tissue-guarded frontispiece and 11 plates of illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Light wear to spine ends and joints, gentle sunning to spine, with... Read More
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Margaret's Book
by WALTON, James
Chicago: Another Chicago Press, 1989. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Pictorial paper wrappers (softcover); 153pp. About fine, free of markings or significant wear. Review copy, with publisher's slip laid in.
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Hand of Chance
by WANDERA, Billy Ogana
Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau, 1970. First Edition. Octavo (18.5cm); illustrated wrappers; 216, [2]pp. Light foxing to rear joint and upper edge of textblock, else Near Fine and unread. Kenyan author's first novel, the story of the love experiences of an undergraduate student at a university in Nairobi, expanded from a short story he wrote in 1968.
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The Eye and the Finger
by WANDREI, Donald
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1944. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm.); black boards with gilt on spine; dustjacket; 344pp.; gently pushed spine ends, minor corner bend; still Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00) with light edgewear; spine slightly toned; short closed tear to front panel; offsetting to dustjacket flaps, Near Fine. CURREY, p.508; JAFFERY, 5.
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The Price of Freedom: A History of East Central Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present
by WANDYCZ, Piotr S.
London: Routledge, 1992. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 330pp; illus. Tight, unmarked, Near Fine copy in crisp, unworn dustwrapper; near-new.
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[Text in Chinese and English] Manual of International Standardization of Acupuncture (Zhenjiu) Point Names
by WANG, Deshen
Beijing: [People's Health Publishing House], 1988. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (24cm.); white pictorial paper wrappers; iv,159pp. On newsprint. Slight aging to text; moderate external wear and soil; about Very Good. This book introduces, in Chinese and English, a collaborative effort by international acupuncturists and the WHO to standardize the nomenclature of acupuncture point names and related terms. Includes... Read More
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Panics and Politicians, 1893-1908
by WANHOPE, Jos[eph]
New York: Wilshire Book Co, 1908. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 19pp.; photographic illus., text in double columns. Ex-Hartford Theological Seminary with their pressure stamp to both wrappers, wrappers a bit toned with some wear from handling, else Very Good. Wilshire Leaflet no. 23. Published the same year Wanhope appeared on the Socialist ticket for Governor of New... Read More
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The Division of Wealth: A Lantern Lecture
by WANHOPE, Joseph
New York: Wilshire Book Co, [1907]. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 24pp.; illus., including photographic, text in double columns. Ex-Hartford Theological Seminary with their pressure stamp to both wrappers, some wear from handling, else Very Good. Wilshire Leaflet no. 17. Published a year before Wanhope appeared on the Socialist ticket for Governor of New York. Not in Egbert.... Read More
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![A Challenge to Candidates: Turning Point Toward Peace [...] A Non-Partisan Study to Help the Independent Voter in Supporting a Positive American Program for Peace](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/999/155/1276155999.0.m.jpg)
A Challenge to Candidates: Turning Point Toward Peace [...] A Non-Partisan Study to Help the Independent Voter in Supporting a Positive American Program for Peace
by WARBURG, James P.
New York: Current Affairs Press, [1955]. First Edition. Quarto (27cm.); staplebound self-wrappers printed on newsprint; 56,[8]pp.; text printed in triple column. Minor toning and a few tiny chips to extremities due to inferior paper stock, else Very Good or better. Argument in favor of disarmament, by the banker and financial advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Warburg was a leading... Read More
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Wanted: A New American Approach to Peace
by WARBURG, James P.
New York: Current Affairs Press, (1968). First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed thick paper wrappers; 32pp. Mild cover soil; internally clean, tight and unmarked; Very Good. Critique of Vietnam-era foreign policy, by the co-founder the Institute for Policy Studies and the Society for the Prevention of World War III.
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The Long View of History
by WARDE, William F. [pseud. George Edward Novack]
[New York]: Pioneer Publishers, [1960]. First Edition. 12mo (17.5cm.); original grey decorative staplebound card wrappers; 64pp. Fine. Pioneer Pocket Library no. 8. Marxist historiography.
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LANGUAGE POETRY
by Ward, Geoff
n.p.: British Association for American Studies, 1993. First Edition. Stapled glossy wrappers; 8vo. 41 pp. Near fine. Pamphlet on the then emerging "American" poetry associated with Michael Plamer, Charles Bernstein and others.
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I HAVE THAT HONOR
by Wardlaw, Frank H.
Paisano, TX: The Congressional Press, 1965. First edition. [48 pp.], illus. One of 500 copies letterpress printed at the Stinehour Press. Spine heavily faded, else fine in wrappers.
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The Marriage of William Ashe [Limited Edition, Signed]
by WARD, Mrs. Humphry [Mary Augusta]; Albert Sterner, illus
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1905. Autograph Edition. Limited to 972 copies of which this is no. 655. Two volumes; octavo (20.5cm.); original blue gilt-lettered cloth, top edges gilt; [10],291,[1];[6],[293]-562pp.; frontispieces, 14 plates. General light shelf wear, else Very Good or better. Signed by the author on Vol. I colophon page. British author's best-selling novel, loosely based on... Read More
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William Thomas Arnold, Journalist and Historian
by WARD, Mrs. Humphry and C.E. Montague
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1907. First Separate Edition. Octavo; blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; portrait frontis; 136,[16]pp. Spine ends and corners pushed; mild external rubbing; internally clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good copy. Memoir of the Australian-born liberal academic and journalist, long-time contributor to the Manchester Guardian, by his elder sister, the novelist Mrs. Humphry... Read More
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Fenwick's Career
by WARD, Mrs. Humphry; Albert Sterner, illus
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1906]. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth in tan dust jacket; xi,[1],366pp.; frontispiece & 3 plates. Jacket extremities chipped and brittle with some losses, the largest measuring approx. 1x1" at spine foot affecting the "PER" of "HARPER"; additional shallow loss to spine crown; spine quite darkened with some dampstaining; some light foxing... Read More
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The Case of Richard Meynell
by WARD, Mrs. Humphry; Charles E. Brock, illus
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1911. First American Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original blue cloth embossed in blind and lettered in white; viii,[2],630pp.; frontispiece & 5 plates. Light wear to extremities else Very Good and sound.
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Helbeck of Bannisdale
by WARD, Mrs. Humphry
New York: Macmillan Company, 1899. Reprint. 2 volumes, small octavo (18.5cm.); original cloth in green-grey dust jackets printed in orange. Jacket spines uniformly darkened, shallow chips and tears, including to spine ends, front jacket flap of Vol. II separated but present, other flaps nearly separated at folds; Very Good in About Good, complete and exceedingly fragile dust jackets. Popular... Read More
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Harvest
by WARD, Mrs. Humphry
London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, [1920]. First Edition. Octavo (19.75cm.); original red buckram, blind-lettered upper cover, spine lettered in black; [4],284,[8](ads)pp. General shelf-wear to extremities, spine a hint faded, old ownership signature redacted with black marker on front free endpaper. About Very Good. British best-selling author's last novel, published posthumously.
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Public Sculpture of the City of London
by WARD-JACKSON, Philip
Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2003. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Oblong quarto (21.75cm); pictorial card wrappers; xxx,520pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, with a few tiny creases lower corners of a handful of terminal leaves; Near Fine. Issued as Number 7 in the Public Sculpture of Britain series.
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History of a Ring [cover title]
by BY ONE OF THE GOVERNOR'S WARDS
Portland, ME: Berry Printer, 1877. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); original pictorial stitched self-wrappers; 13pp. Wrappers rather brittle with a few tiny shallow losses, else Very Good. Satirical fable regarding the railroad industry. WILLIAMSON (Maine) I 835.
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The Ideal of a Christian Church, Considered in Comparison with Existing Practice, Containing a Defence of Certain Articles in The British Critic in Reply to Remarks on Them in Mr. Palmer's 'Narrative.' Second Edition
by WARD, W.G. [William George]
London: James Toovey, 1854. Second edition. Octavo. Contemporary half black-dyed calf over marbled boards; xiv,601pp. Ex-seminary library, with stamps to endpapers (but no other institutional markings); mildly rubbed externally, the text complete, fresh, and unmarked. A Very Good copy in an attractive contemporary binding. Ward's [1812-1882] first and principal work, a controversial criticism of the Church of... Read More
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