Tigers of the Sea
by Wise, Hugh D., Colonel
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. First Edition, No. 2326 of 950 copies. Illustrated. xvi, [iv], 189 pp. 1 vols. Sm 4to. Original sea-green cloth, gilt. Fine bright copy in about fine original printed dust jacket. Laid into a half green morocco slipcase and chemise. First Edition, No. 2326 of 950 copies. Illustrated. xvi, [iv], 189 pp. 1... Read More
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The Churches Quarrel Espoused: or A reply in satyre, to certain proposals made, in answer to this question, What further steps are to be taken, that the councils may have due constitution and efficacy in supporting, preserving, and well-ordering the interest of the churches in the country
by Wise, John
Boston: Reprinted: Sold by Nicholas Boone, at the Sign of the Bible in Cornhill, 1715. Second edition. [4], 116pp. Testimonial leaf facing the title. 12mo. Contemporary calf, covers ruled in blind, printer's waste on the pastedowns, worn. 19th century inscription on front endpaper. Second edition. [4], 116pp. Testimonial leaf facing the title. 12mo. Second edition, after the virtually... Read More
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Portraits [sic.] with intro. by Gordon Lish. "Men and Women of Letters" (Title on dust jacket)
by Wise, Kelly
Mock up. 31 photos, many signed by the photographer. Black cloth album with photos laid in. Mock up in mock up dust jacket. Mock up. 31 photos, many signed by the photographer. Gordon Lish, who wrote the introduction, was a student of Wise's at Phillips Andover Academy where he taught for many years. Subjects include: Carlos Fuentes ... Read More
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Typed letter signed ("Stephen S. Wise"), to the Rev. P.S. Bird of First Presbyterian Church of Utica, about train to Utica and back
by Wise, Rabbi Stephen S.
New York: Free Synagogue, 1922. 1 page, with autograph corrections. 8vo. Backed at top edge. 1 page, with autograph corrections. 8vo. In part: "Yes, I am to take the 12:25, bringing me to your town at 5:50. Do by all means be good enough to purchase a ticket and make a resveration for me on the train leaving... Read More
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A Swinburne Library. A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters by Charles Algermon Swinburne
by Wise, Thomas J.
London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1925. First edition, one of 170 copies. Illustrated. xiv, 295 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original rose cloth, t.e.g. , spine faded, some loss to cloth at top edge of front cover. First edition, one of 170 copies. Illustrated. xiv, 295 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Inscribed to C.S. Evans by Wise on the half-title.... Read More
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The Ashley Library. A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters Collected by Thomas James Wise. Vol. XI [only]
by Wise, Thomas James
London: Printed for Private Circulation Only, 1936. First edition. One of only 50 copies printed upon English Hand-made paper. Illustrated with portrait of Mrs. Wise as frontis. xxiii, 200, [4] pp. Printed in Great Britain by the Dunedin Press, Limited, Edinburgh. 1 vols. 4to. Original linen, t.e.g., rest uncut. Fine. First edition. One of only 50 copies printed... Read More
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My Second Journey through Equatorial Africa. From the Congo to the Zambesi in the Years 1886 and 1887
by Wissmann, Hermann von
London: Chatto & Windus, 1891. First English edition. Publisher's orange pictorial cloth. xiv, 326 pp. 8vo. Publisher's orange pictorial cloth. VG. First English edition. Publisher's orange pictorial cloth. xiv, 326 pp. 8vo. Czech, Africa, p. 306; Howgego IV W40
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Document, signed ("Owen Wister"), being an agreement between Paramount and Wister
by Wister, Owen
Philadelphia, 1929. 2 pp., docketed. Tan wrappers bound with brass brads, with title typed on upper wrapper, and file stamp of “Paramount Famous Lasky Corp” on upper cover, docketed by Paramount, light creasing and toning. 2 pp., docketed. Wister sells the motion picture rights to THE VIRGINIAN to Paramount, who filmed it the following year with Gary Cooper... Read More
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Chronicles of Border Warfare, or a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-western Virginia: And of the Indian Wars and Massacres, in That Section of the State; With Reflections, Anecdotes, &C
by Withers, Alexander S.
Clarksburg, VA: Published by Joseph Israel, 1831. First edition. Complete without the four-page list of contents, which was printed later and is found inserted in some copies. 320pp. 12mo (7 x 4 1/4 in.; 178 x 108 mm). Bound in contemporary calf, leather label on spine, edges stained yellow; nice copy, some foxing, Signed James Elden on ffep. ... Read More
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Three Private Meditations
by Wither, George
London: np, 1665. First edition. 48 pp. 8vo. Modern speckled calf by Riviere, gilt, a.e.g., trimmed close with occasional loss to headers. First edition. 48 pp. 8vo. These brief reflections in verse embody the ongoing concerns of Wither. The first rallies against the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the second hopes for the safety of his wife and children during... Read More
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Sighs for the Pitchers: Breathed out in a Personal Contribution to the National Humiliation the last of May, 1666
by Wither, George
[London]: np, 1666. First edition. [2], 50 pp. 8vo. Nineteenth century calf by Riviere, first 4 pages repaired at the inner margin affecting text on title-page. First edition. [2], 50 pp. 8vo. A fine example of Wither's political writing, this is a sequel to his 1664 Tuba-pacifica, warning against Anglo-Dutch hostilities. With the advent of the Second Anglo-Dutch... Read More
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The First Picture Book: Everyday Things for Babies
by (With original photogravure by Steichen bound-in and another copy laid-in, signed by Updike and Mary Steichen Calderone) Steichen Calderone, Mary, Edward Steichen and John Updike, afterward
New York: The Library Fellows of the Whiney Museum, 1991. First edition thus, with Updike's essay, of a 1930 publication, limited to 250 copies signed by Updike and Mary Steichen Calderone. Illustrated with original photogravure by Steichen bound-in and another copy of the photo laid-in; 66 pp. Square 8vo. Half morocco with blue cloth boards, embossed in silver, with... Read More
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A Few Words on Card Playing [cover title]
by Withrow, Dr
Park St. Church. Boston, Mass, 1880. 4 pp. 12mo. Printed wrappers. 4 pp. 12mo. “Do I preach against cards? I simply let cards preach against themselves
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Ballads of the Wine Mad Town
by Wobber, Florence
San Francisco: Published by the Author. Sunset Publishing House, 1916. First Edition. 8 full page plates in colour and pictorial coloured vines on each page, by the artist/authir. 94, [4]pp. 12mo 17.5x12 cm (7x4¾"). Blue publisher's cloth, pictorial cover, stamped in gilt and red. Fine. First Edition. 8 full page plates in colour and pictorial coloured vines on... Read More
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If I were You
by Wodehouse, P.G.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1931. First edition, preceding UK edition. 305pp. 8vo. Orange cloth, in dustjacket, head and foot of spine bumped, small areas of discoloration to lower cover, dj split and chipped with some loss, small tears. First edition, preceding UK edition. 305pp. 8vo. McIlvaine A44a1
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Wodehouse On Crime
by Wodehouse, P.G.
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1981. First edition. Edited by D.R. Bensen. Preface by Isaac Asimov. 1 vols. 8vo. Orange cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. First edition. Edited by D.R. Bensen. Preface by Isaac Asimov. 1 vols. 8vo. 2 copies of a check for $10 paid to Wodehouse Society for dues in 1986 from Isaac Asimov.... Read More
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P.G. Wodehouse: A Centenary Celebration, 1881 - 1981
by (Wodehouse, P. G) Heineman, James H., and Donald R. Bensen, editors
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, Oxford Unversity Press, 1981. First edition. 197 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Red pictorial wrappers. Very good in custom paper slipcase. First edition. 197 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Tipped into half-title is a letter to Mr. & Mrs. William Blood (founder of the Wodehouse Society), inviting them to be guests of Lady Wodehouse... Read More
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An Interview with Larry Woiwode [conducted] by the editors of Christianity & Literature Drs. Clarence Walhout, John H. Timmerman, and Edward Ericson
by Woiwode, Larry
Madison, Wisconsin: Privately Printed for the Author, 1979. First edition, "limited" [edition size not specified]. 14 pp. 4to. Saddle-stapled orange card wrappers, some light toning at spine, inscribed in blue ink in the hand of Larry Woiwode on half title, else a near fine copy. First edition, "limited" [edition size not specified]. 14 pp. 4to. Recorded at Calvin... Read More
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An Interview with Larry Woiwode [conducted] by the editors of Christianity & Literature Drs. Clarence Walhout, John H. Timmerman, and Edward Ericson
by Woiwode, Larry
Madison, Wisconsin: Privately Printed for the Author, 1979. First edition, "limited" [edition size not specified]. 14 pp. 4to. Saddle-stapled orange card wrappers, some light toning at spine, inscribed in black ink in the hand of Larry Woiwode on half title, else a near fine copy. First edition, "limited" [edition size not specified]. 14 pp. 4to. Recorded at Calvin... Read More
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Hair Powder; A Plaintive Epistle to Mr. Pitt. By Peter Pindar
by [Wolcot, John]
London: J. Walker, Pater-noster Row, 1795. New Edition, with half-title. 35 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Modern marbled wrappers, some internal soiling. New Edition, with half-title. 35 pp. 1 vols. 4to.
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The Lousiad, an Heroi-comic Poem. Canto III. By Peter Pindar, Esquire. With an Engraving by an Eminent Artist (Thomas Rowlandson.)
by Wolcot, John
London: Printed for J. Evans, Paternoster-Row, 1791. First edition. 43, [1, ad] pp. Disbound. In vanilla paper folder. Rowlandson, Thomas. First edition. 43, [1, ad] pp. First edition of Canto III of this poetical attack on King George III; a total of five cantos were published from 1785 to 1795. Cf. Rothschild 2590
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[AUTOGRAPH LETTER COVER, SIGNED BY WOLCOTT AS SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY]
by Wolcott, Jr, Oliver
Philadelphia, 1798. [1] p. Letter cover sheet; good. [1] p. Addressed to James Lovell, Boston, from Oliver Wolcott (Jr.). Wolcott was the second Treasury secretary and governor of Connecticut.
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Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means relative to a certain additional provisions for the due execution of the Act "Making further provision for the support of public Credit, and for the redemption of the public Debt.
by Wolcott, Oliver, Jr.
[Philadelphia: Childs, 1796. 6 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Disbound. 6 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Bristol B9796
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Poetical Meditations, being the Improvement of some Vacant Hours … with a Preface by the Reverend Mr. Bulkley of Colchester
by Wolcott, Roger
New London: Printed and Sold by L. Green, 1725. First edition. [2] ff., lvi, i, 78, [1, errata], [3, advertisement]pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. 18th-century sheep, with later red morocco spine label, rebacked in period style. Half title and title supplied from another copy. Later bookplate of Ilion Wolcott. First edition. [2] ff., lvi, i, 78, [1, errata],... Read More
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De osse peculiari Wormio dicto : dissertatio inauguralis medica
by Wolf, Benjamin
BerlinTypis Ionnis Friderici Starckii: Typis Ionnis Friderici Starckii, nd. Folding plate. 15, [1]pp. Small 4to. Later quarter leather and boards. VG. Folding plate. 15, [1]pp. Small 4to.
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