English Post-Impressionism
by WATNEY, Simon
[London]: Studio Vista / Eastview Editions, [1980]. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; vii,[1],151pp.; illus., many in color, throughout. Some light shelf wear to jacket extremities, tiny loss at bottom edge of rear panel, else Very Good and sound.
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Slave Law in the Americas
by WATSON, Alan
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1989. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xvi,179pp. Fine, unmarked copy in the original dustwrapper, crisp and clean; a new-appearing copy.
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Golden Deeds on the Field of Honor
by WATSON, Annah Robinson
New York: Macmillan, 1914. First Edition. First printing. Stamped "Sample Copy" on title page. 12mo; tan hardcover, xiv,251,[7]pp; illus. A tight, clean, truly Fine copy, free of markings or wear. Lacking the presumed dustjacket. Some of the stories originally appeared in the children's magazine The Youth's Companion. Collection of Civil War stories for late primary-school readers, all... Read More
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DeShazer: The Doolittle Raider Who Turned Missionary
by WATSON, Charles Hoyt
Winona Lake: The Light and Life Press, 1951. Third printing. 12mo (19.5cm). Red cloth, stamped in gilt; 181,[1]pp; black and white plates. A sturdy copy, lightly rubbed, spine gently sunned, light spotting to edges of textblock and endleaves, else clean: Very Good. DeShazer served in the U.S. military during WWII and participated in the Doolittle Rair on... Read More
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Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the Olden Time (2 Vols.)
by WATSON, John F.; T. F. Mumford (illus.)
Location not stated: Privately published, 1850. Later edition. Two thick octavos (23cm); brown pictorial cloth, stamped in blind and gilt; xvi+vii, 609+591pp, 22+11 plates. Backstrip torn on Vol. 2, partially detached; both volumes have material loss at spine crown and heel; boards show moderate rubbing, chipping and wear, especially to extremities. Textblocks foxed, with offsetting to text; ex libris... Read More
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To the Point...of Production
by WATSON, John
Detroit: Radical Education Project, N.d. [ca 1970]. First Edition. Staple-bound sheets, 11" x 8-1/2"; 9pp; illus. Mimeographed. Very Good. An interview with John Watson, co-founder of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit. Illustrated with three reproductions of drawings by Hugo Gellert.
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In A Dark Time
by WATSON, Lawrence
New York: Scribner's, 1980. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth titled in silver gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 240pp. Very light rubbing and wear to extremities in a clean, bright dustjacket with some very minor traces of wear to the extremities. A very good copy indeed. Internally clean. A complex novel ostensibly dealing with a mysterious... Read More
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The Dreams of Dragons; Riddles of Natural History
by WATSON, Lyall
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1987. First Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's oatmeal colored cloth spine over dark blue paper covered boards, titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 178pp. Very light wear and scuffing to spine ends and corners, in a bright, clean dustjacket with sunning to the spine panel and very minor marginal wear, internally clean, a very... Read More
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![The Greensboro Reader [Signed by Four Contributors]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/404/845/1506845404.0.m.jpg)
The Greensboro Reader [Signed by Four Contributors]
by WATSON, Robert; Gibons Ruark (eds)
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1968. First Edition. Octavo (22cm). Brown cloth in yellow and brown dust jacket; xviii,290pp. Corners tapped, spine gult dulled, else Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $6.00 on front flap); lightly rubbed and gently spine-sunned, else Near Fine. Signed in ink at their contributions by Eleanor Ross Taylor, James Applewhite, Peter... Read More
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Peacekeepers and Conquerors: The Army Officer Corps on the American Frontier
by WATSON, Samuel J.
Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2013. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards in dust jacket; xvi, 636pp. Inscribed on title page "For Bruce, With my gratitude, on the occasion of my promotion to Full professor/ I think you'll enjoy reading this, Sam." Minor spotting to top edge of textblock, trivial shelf wear to spine ends of boards and jacket, else... Read More
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Song of the Broken String: Poems from a Lost Oral Tradition
by WATSON, Stephen
Riverdale-on-Hudson, New York: Sheep Meadow Press, 1991. Softcover. Octavo (23cm); brown pictorial paper wrappers; xxvi,[2],3-75,[3]pp. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his ownership and 2003 date inked to half-title page. Tiny tear to paper to crown; Very Good. Many versions of these poems first appeared in Sound from the... Read More
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![The African [...] Also, A preliminary report on the atrocities committed by the Congolese Army against the white population of the Republic of the Congo before the intervention of the Belgian forces [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/836/169/826169836.0.m.jpg)
The African [...] Also, A preliminary report on the atrocities committed by the Congolese Army against the white population of the Republic of the Congo before the intervention of the Belgian forces [cover title]
by WATSON, Thomas E.
Hollywood, CA: Sons of Liberty, n.d. [1960?]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original white printed staplebound card wrappers; [1],9,[1],22pp. Minor sunning, else Fine. Text includes an excerpt from Georgia Senator and white supremacist Thomas E. Watson's Sketches (1912) and a preliminary report by L. Merchiers, Minister of Justice of Belgium, dated July 28, 1960.
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Retrogression
by WATSON, William
New York: John Lane, 1917. First Edition. Octavo. Green cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; 98pp. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper.
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Sculpture of Japan from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Century
by WATSON, William
London: The Studio, Ltd, 1959. First Edition. First impression. Folio (38cm). Black cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 220pp; 152 illustrations (many full page) reckoned in pagination. A fine, tight copy, free of markings or notable wear. In the original dustwrapper, very slightly creased along upper edge, still Near Fine, with original 65s net price intact at base of front flap. A... Read More
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Opera--Works
by Watten, Barrett
n. p.: Big Sky, 1975. First edition. Stapled photographic wrappers; small 8vo. 62 pp. Wraps are sunned at spine and a bit rubbed, but stiff and crisp. Hard to find early book by the noted L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poet, editor and theorist.
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Special Report. In Memphis: One Year Later
by WATTERS, Pat and J. Edwin Stanfield
Atlanta: Southern Regional Council & Tennessee Council on Human Relations, 1969. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); publisher's grey staplebound die-cut wrappers; [4],37pp. Fine condition. Report of the after-effects of the Memphis sanitation strike of February, 1968, during which Martin Luther King was assassinated.
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Zacualpa, El Quiche, Guatemala; An Ancient Provincial Center of the Highland Maya
by WAUCHOPE, Robert
New Orleans: Middle American Research Institute, 1975. First American Edition. Octavo. 27cm. Publisher's bright green cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. [xix]; 303pp. Clean and strong, very light wear, some oxidization of the cheap gilt; internally clean and fresh, bookplate to front pastedown, illustrated throughout. A very good, clean copy indeed. From the library of... Read More
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![Handbook of Middle American Indians: Volume One Natural Environment and Early Cultures; Volume Two Archaeology of Southern Mesoamerica, Part 1; Volume Three Archaeology of Southern Mesoamerica, Part 2; Volume Four Archaeological Frontiers and External Connections; Volume Five Linguistics; Volume Six Social Anthropology; Volume Seven Ethnology Part One; Volume Eight Ethnology Part Two; Volume Nine Physical Anthropology; Volume Ten Archaeology of Northern Mesoamerica Part One; Volume Eleven Archaeology of Northern Mesoamerica Part Two; Volume Twelve Guide to Ethnohistorical Sources Part One; Volume Thirteen Guide to Ethnohistorical Sources Part Two; Volume Fourteen Guide to Ethnohistorical Source Part Three; Volume Fifteen Guide to Ethnohistorical Sources Part Four; Volume Sixteen Sources Cited and Artifacts Illustrated; Supplement to the Handbook of Middle Americans: Volume One Archaeology; Volume Two Linguistics; Volume Three Literatures [19 Volume Collection]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/484/090/1717090484.0.m.jpg)
Handbook of Middle American Indians: Volume One Natural Environment and Early Cultures; Volume Two Archaeology of Southern Mesoamerica, Part 1; Volume Three Archaeology of Southern Mesoamerica, Part 2; Volume Four Archaeological Frontiers and External Connections; Volume Five Linguistics; Volume Six Social Anthropology; Volume Seven Ethnology Part One; Volume Eight Ethnology Part Two; Volume Nine Physical Anthropology; Volume Ten Archaeology of Northern Mesoamerica Part One; Volume Eleven Archaeology of Northern Mesoamerica Part Two; Volume Twelve Guide to Ethnohistorical Sources Part One; Volume Thirteen Guide to Ethnohistorical Sources Part Two; Volume Fourteen Guide to Ethnohistorical Source Part Three; Volume Fifteen Guide to Ethnohistorical Sources Part Four; Volume Sixteen Sources Cited and Artifacts Illustrated; Supplement to the Handbook of Middle Americans: Volume One Archaeology; Volume Two Linguistics; Volume Three Literatures [19 Volume Collection]
by WAUCHOPE, Robert (general editor); Robert West, Gordon Willey, Gordon Ekholm (et al) (volume editors)
[Austin and London]: [University of Texas Press and University of Texas Press, Ltd, London], [1964-1967, 1969-1973, 1975, 1976, 1981,1984, 1985]. First Edition. Sixteen Volume set, with an additional Three Supplement Volumes (19 Volumes total), Volumes 1 and all three supplements were published in Austin, and Volumes 2-15 were published in London. Nineteen Quarto volumes (27cm); dustjackets (for Volumes 1-16);... Read More
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The Balliols
by WAUGH, Alec
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1934. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); tan cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in black on spine and front cover; dark gray topstain; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 547pp. Light tanning to spine and board edges, with pencilled notes to rear pastedown and endpaper; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.50), spine-tanned, with 1.5" triangular chip... Read More
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A Little Learning
by WAUGH, Evelyn
London: Chapman and Hall, 1964. First Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's grey cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 234pp. Light bumping to spine ends and some faint sunning of the cloth at edges, in a clean, bright example of the dustjacket with a couple of closed tears. A very good, bright copy. Internally clean, top edge stained orange. The... Read More
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Unconditional Surrender
by WAUGH, Evelyn
London: Chapman and Hall, 1961. First Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 311pp. Sharp and clean, light wear to edges and spine ends and a slight bubbling of the cloth to the front board, in a bright example of the dustjacket with a little toning of the spine and some soiling of... Read More
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A Tourist in Africa
by WAUGH, Evelyn
London: Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1960. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); navy blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-167,[1]pp, with pictorial frontispiece and 10 plates. Spine ends gently nudged, some faint foxing to right edge of textblock and scattered throughout the margins; Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with... Read More
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Labels: A Mediterranean Journal
by WAUGH, Evelyn
London: Duckworth, 1930. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Blue cloth, titles in gilt on spine; frontis; 209pp. Small nick to cloth at crown; a hint of fading at board edges; shadow of a removed bookplate inside front cover. A solid, VG copy, lacking the dustwrapper.
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Love Among the Ruins: A Romance of the Near Future
by WAUGH, Evelyn (text; illustrations)
London: Chapman & Hall, 1953. First Edition. Octavo (20cm); red cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; 51pp; frontispiece illustration, with black and white illustrations throughout. Shelf-soil to covers, gilt lightly oxidized, with light rubbing to board edges, and bookshop sticker and light soil to rear pastedown; Very Good.... Read More
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Officers and Gentlemen
by WAUGH, Evelyn
London: Chapman and Hall, 1955. First Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 335pp. Very light scuffing and wear to extremities and spine ends, a little bumping, clean and strong in a bright dustjacket with some shallow wear to spine ends and some slight toning of the spine panel. A very good copy. Top... Read More
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