Queens of the French Stage
by Williams, H. Noel
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. First Edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Handsomely bound in 3/4 brown morocco, gilt spine, t.e.g., a fine copy. From the library of the great American opera diva, Geraldine Farrar, with her book label on front pastedown. First Edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo.
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Madame Récamier and Her Friends
by Williams, H. Noel
London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1901. First edition, Number 370 of 600 copies, signed. Illustrated. xiv, 350pp. 4to. Full brown morocco with a Cosway style miniature on the upper cover of Madame Récamier reclining after Jacques-Louis David, a.e.g., by Bayntun (Riviere) Bath, England. Fine, in brown cloth dropbox. First edition, Number 370 of 600 copies, signed.... Read More
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The Home and Haunts of Shakespeare. With an Introduction by Horace Howard Furness
by Williams, James Leon
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Extensively illustrated with 45 full-page photogravures, fifteen color plates after watercolors by Charles Sprague Pearce, William L. Taylor, F. Hopkinson Smith and others, and over 150 additional illustrations in text. xx, 120 pp. Captioned tissue guards. 1 vols. Folio. Publisher's three-quarter brown morocco and green boards, lettered and ruled in gilt, a.e.g., floral... Read More
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Der Freischutz Travestie: By Septimus Globus
by (William Tell Spoof) Apel, Johann August
London: C. Baldwyn, 1824. First Edition. 12 etched plates on Whatman paper, by George Cruikshank after drawings by Alfred Crowquill. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Half contemporary calf and marbled boards. Very Good. Cruikshank, George. First Edition. 12 etched plates on Whatman paper, by George Cruikshank after drawings by Alfred Crowquill. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Cohn notes four states... Read More
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The British Angler: or, A Pocket-Companion for Gentlemen-Fishers
by Williamson, John
London: Printed for J. Hodges, at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge, 1740. First edition. Frontispiece, 3 folding copperplate engravings, headpieces and tailpieces. viii, 318, [10, index] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Modern speckled calf, spine gilt, a.e.g. Title leaf is trimmed at bottom with partial loss of date, minor toning of textblock, else about fine. First edition. Frontispiece, 3 folding... Read More
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A Treatise on Military Finance; containing the pay, subsistence, deductions and arrears of the forces on the British and Irish establishments; and all the allowances in camp, garrison and quarters, &c. &c, with an ENQUIRY into the Metrhod of Clothing aand Recruiting the ARMY.
by [Williamson, John]
London: for T. Egerton, 1782. First Edition. iv, 127pp. With 12 pages of tables. 18mo. Modern leather, vertical leather lettering-piece to spine. Provenance: King Lawrence Parker (bookplate). First Edition. iv, 127pp. With 12 pages of tables. 18mo. ESTC N70756 ( one copy in USA at Society of the Cicinnati, none listed in UK of this imprint)
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TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC [caption title]
by William Carey, Jones
Washington, 1858. 36 pp. Stitched. Minor chipping of top leaf, else good. 36 pp. After the death of Sen. Thomas H. Benton, Francis P. Blair and his son published various remarks they claimed Benton had made on his deathbed. William Carey Jones, Benton's faithful secretary who was actually present when Benton was dying, claimed that these assertions were... Read More
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Letter from...on the Subject of Fortifying and Protecting the Harbour of New-York
by Williams, Jonathan
New York: Printed for the Corporation. H.C. Southwick, Printer, 1807. First edition. 16 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Self wrappers. Some soiling, uncut. VG. First edition. 16 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Shaw and Shoemaker 14223 (4 copies)
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FOUR STOPPAGES / a configuration (verse/ Jonathan Williams & graphics / Charles Oscar). Jargon 5
by Williams, Jonathan
Stuttgart, Germany: Jonathan Williams, 1953. First edition, limited to 200 copies; issued as Jargon 5. [8]pp. printed by Ernst Klett Buchdruckerei ('Erbar Grotesk types, a Kamerun Papier from Firma Martz'). Folio. Stiff cardstock printed in black and red, A very good copy, with light soiling to covers, moderate crease at upper and lower corner, printed text and illustrations are... Read More
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Jargon 30: The Empire Finals in Verona
by Williams, Jonathan
[Highlands, NC, 1959. First printing. Collages and drawings by Fielding Dawson. 1 vols. 4to. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. First printing. Collages and drawings by Fielding Dawson. 1 vols. 4to. Inscribed by Williams on ffep.
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Old Times in West Tennessee. Reminiscences Semi-Historic of Pioneer Life and the Rarly Emigrant Settlers in the Big Hatchie Country. By a Descendant of One of the First Settlers
by [Williams, Joseph S.]
Memphis, Tenn: W.G. Cheney, Printer and Publisher, 1873. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. Head and tail of spine with minor loss, else a very nice copy. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Howes W-472 "aa"; Graff 4684; Six-Guns 2405 “Devotes several pages to the early history of the Murrell gang”
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American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature
by Willis, N[athaniel] P[arker]
London: George Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1840. First edition, state A of volume II with Contents list numbered, with part wrappers issue tipped in at front and back of each volume. With 120 steel engraved plates by William H. Bartlett, including a full-page map of the Northeastern United States, portrait, and two engraved title pages, tissue guards. 2 vols.... Read More
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Sketches
by Willis, N. P.
Boston: S.G. Goodrich, 1827. First Edition of the Author’s First Book. 96pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original gray paper over boards, with “Willis’ Poems” printed on upper cover; cloth spine with paper label with same title. First Edition of the Author’s First Book. 96pp. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 22713
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The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, Illustrated from Drawings by W.H. Bartlett…
by Willis, N.P, & J. Stirling Coyne
London: George Virtue, 1842. Engraved vignette title-pages in each volume, map of Ireland in vol. I engraved by W. Hughes, and 118 engraved plates after William Henry Bartlett’s drawings. vi, 170; [iv], 186 pp. Joseph Rickerby, Printer, Sherbourn Lane. 4to. Bound in full blue contemporarty morocco, gilt spine wiith brown gilt labels. In slipcase. Bartlett, William. Engraved vignette... Read More
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Within. [Vol. 1, no. 1 - No. 5]
by Williams, Paul
[Belmont, Mass.], 1963. Mimeo and duplicated typescript, inserted reproductions of drawings. Various paginations. Issue no. 5 starts on p. 29. 1 vols. 4to. Red buckram, preserving wrappers. Fine in cloth and marbled board slipcase. Mimeo and duplicated typescript, inserted reproductions of drawings. Various paginations. Issue no. 5 starts on p. 29. 1 vols. 4to. The science fiction fanzine... Read More
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[Class album of 72 cabinet card portraits of faculty and students at Williams College, by Pach Brothers of New York]
by (Williams College) Pach Brothers, photographers
New York, 1888. 72 cabinet card portraits. Full morocco gilt with metal hinge and clap, gilt edges. Well worn with front joint cracked, many of the "slots" for the cabinet cards empty or broken. Provenance: Edwin Johnson Gillette (name in gilt on upper cover). 72 cabinet card portraits.
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A Sermon Preach'd before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts at their First Yearly Meeting On Friday February the 20th 1701/2 at St. Mary-le-Bow
by Willis, Richard
London: Printed for Matt. Wotton, 1702. First edition. [4], 23, [1]pp. Bookseller's ad on verso of the final leaf. 4to. Later tree calf, rebacked. Minor foxing and staining. Provenance: General Theological Seminary (bookplate). First edition. [4], 23, [1]pp. Bookseller's ad on verso of the final leaf. 4to. First edition of the first Society for the Propagation of the... Read More
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American Blues. Five Short Plays. Acting Edition
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: Dramatists Play Service Inc, 1948. First edition, first printing, with Williams' first name misspelled on the front cover "Tennesse.. 77, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue wrappers. Fine. First edition, first printing, with Williams' first name misspelled on the front cover "Tennesse." 77, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Crandell A6.I.a
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The World of Tennessee Williams. Edited by Richard F. Leavitt. With an Introduction by Tewnnessee Williams
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: Putnam's, 1978. First edition, marked "out of series" of 250 copies, signed by Williams and Leavitt. Illustrated, 168 pp. 4to. Tan cloth. Fine in fine pictorial dust jacket and chemise. First edition, marked "out of series" of 250 copies, signed by Williams and Leavitt. Illustrated, 168 pp. 4to. Inscribed opposite the title-page "To Roslyn Targ ever... Read More
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Portrait photograph of Tennessee Williams
by (Williams, Tennessee) Van Vechten, Carl
New York, 1948. Vintage silver print, with blind stamped, and docketed on rear in pencil by Van Vechten, "Tennessee Williams / Nov 14 - 48 ...". 1 vols. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Vintage silver print, with blind stamped, and docketed on rear in pencil by Van Vechten, "Tennessee Williams / Nov 14 - 48 ...". 1 vols.... Read More
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Five Young American Poets. Third Series 1944. Eve Merriam, John Frederick Nims, Jean Garrigue, Tennessee Williams, Alejandro Carrión
by Williams, Tennessee
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1944. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Cream cloth stamped in blue. Fine in very fine dust jacket. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. With 29 previously unpublished poems by Williams. Crandell B7
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The Two-Character Play
by Williams, Tennessee
[n.p]: A New Directions Book [Printed at the Spiral Press, New York], 1969. Limited SIGNED edition, no 5 of 350 copies signed by the author. 8vo. Original cloth, fine in fine slipcase. Limited SIGNED edition, no 5 of 350 copies signed by the author. 8vo. Crandell A35.I
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THE BALLAD OF BARNABY [A Poem] (To Guitar Accompaniment) by W. H. Auden. Drawings by Edward Gorey / PART OF A HERO [A Poem] by Tennessee Williams
by Williams, Tennessee
[St. Louis, Missouri]: [No Publisher], 1983. First edition thus (with two poems); broadside, printing two poems (issued in 1983): 'The Ballad of Barnaby' by W. H. Auden [on recto], illustrated by Edward Gorey (signed by Edward Gorey), and 'Part of a Hero' by Tennessee Williams [on verso]. A near fine copy. First edition thus (with two poems); broadside,... Read More
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Battle of Angels. A Play by Tennessee Williams. With a note on the play by Margaret Webster and an account of its production in the City of Boston by the author, This publication being the first number of Pharos. Pharos Number 1 & 2
by Williams, Tennessee
[Murray, Utah]: Pharos, 1945. First appearance of the author's first full-length play. 122 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Gray printed wrappers. Fine. First appearance of the author's first full-length play. 122 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later revised as Orpheus Descending and published by New Directions, 1958. Crandell C67
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27 Wagons Full of Cotton and other Plays
by Williams, Tennessee
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1945. First edition. One of 2949 copies. 20-7pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original beige Cloth. Fine in slightly chipped dust jacket. First edition. One of 2949 copies. 20-7pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Crandell A.2.1.a
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