Limbo
by Wolfe, Bernard
New York: Random House. First edition. 438pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth, fine in VG unclipped chipped dj by Philip Gruskin. First edition. 438pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 1208; Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 6; Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 245
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Storeys from the Old Hotel [with:] For Rosemary
by Wolfe, Gene
[Worcester Park, Surrey]: Kerosina Books, 1988. First edition, one of 250 numbered copies (edition of 1276); For Rosemary, edition of 300. 299; 46 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket with illustrations by Pete Lion. Signed by the author on the limitation leaf. For Rosemary not issued in dust jacket. As new in cloth slipcase. First edition,... Read More
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Storeys from the Old Hotel
by Wolfe, Gene
[Worcester Park, Surrey]: Kerosina Books, 1988. First trade edition, one of 1,000 copies (edition of 1276). 299 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket with illustrations by Pete Lion. Signed by the author on the title page. First trade edition, one of 1,000 copies (edition of 1276). 299 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A choice... Read More
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The Shadow of the Torturer. Volume One of The Book of the New Sun
by Wolfe, Gene
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth backed boards. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Remainder stamp to bottom edge. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. First volume in Wolfe's World Fantasy and Nebula award-winning series, The Book of the New Sun. Thomas M. Disch blurbed The Shadow of the Torture: “This Chronicle of... Read More
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Truffle Eater. Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures
by Oistros [pseud. of Humbert Wolfe]
London: Arthur Barker, Ltd, 1933. First edition. 36 pp. [19 leaves printed on recto only], pen and ink drawings within text. 1 vols. 4to. Illustrated yellow paper boards, minor wear and soiling, head of spine bumped and frayed, foxing to the end papers and minor foxing to title page, owner inscription on front free end paper, else internally fine.... Read More
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Louis Herman Kinder and Fine Bookbinding in America. A Chapter in the History of the Roycroft Shop
by Wolfe, Richard, & Paul McKenna
Newtown, Pa: Bird & Bull Press, 1985. First Edition, one of 325 copies. With 14 color plates, 18 black and white illustrations, and 13 pages of tool rubbings. 161 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original quarter navy morocco and gilt patterned paper by Parrot. Fine. First Edition, one of 325 copies. With 14 color plates, 18 black and white... Read More
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Geheimen der Boekbinderij. Secrets of Bookbinding. An Anonymous 19th century Dutch Bookbinding Manual
by Wolfe, Richard J.
Boston: [Firefly Press], 1991. One of 200 signed copies. Four tipped in specimens of gilt stamping, four tipped in specimens of marbling. Folding plate. 1 vols. 8vo. Leather backed marbled paper boards by Wolfe. One of 200 signed copies. Four tipped in specimens of gilt stamping, four tipped in specimens of marbling. Folding plate. 1 vols. 8vo. The... Read More
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On Improvements in Marbling the edges of Books and Paper. A Nineteenth Century Marbling Account Explained and Illustrated with Fourteen Original Marbled Samples
by Wolfe, Richard J.
Newtown, Pa: Bird & Bull Press, 1983. First edition, no. 202 of 350 copies on Hahnemuhle mouldmade paper. With fourteen tipped-in marbled paper samples. 1 vols. Oblong 12mo. Quarter blue morocco & marbled boards. Fine. First edition, no. 202 of 350 copies on Hahnemuhle mouldmade paper. With fourteen tipped-in marbled paper samples. 1 vols. Oblong 12mo. Inscribed by... Read More
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Three Early French Essays on Paper Marbling. 1642-1765
by wolfe, Richard J., editor
Newtown , Pa: Bird & Bull Press, 1987. First edition. Limited to 310 numbered copies and hand-printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press on Umbria handmade paper. with 13 original marbled samples tipped in. 106 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter green morocco, and marbled paper covered boards; gilt with orange leather spine label, by E.G. Parrot.... Read More
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Carolina Folk Plays: Second Series. Edited with an Introduction on Making a Folk Theatre
by (Wolfe, Thomas) Koch, Frederick Henry, editor
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1924. First edition. Thomas Wolfe's first appearance in a book, following the separate publication of his "Crisis in Industry." This was his first play. 8 photographic illustrations including one which shows Wolfe portraying Buck Gavin, two woodcuts by J.J. Lankes and another by Mary De B. Graves. 1 vols. 8vo. Original buckram, lettered... Read More
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Carolina Folk Plays: Second Series. Edited with an Introduction on Making a Folk Theatre
by (Wolfe, Thomas) Koch, Frederick Henry, editor
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1924. First edition. Thomas Wolfe's first appearance in a book, following the separate publication of his "Crisis in Industry.. 8 photographic illustrations including one which shows Wolfe portraying Buck Gavin, two woodcuts by J.J. Lankes and another by Mary De B. Graves. xxxiv, 173, [8, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original buckram, lettered... Read More
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A Note on Experts: Dexter Vespasian Joyner
by Wolfe, Thomas
New York: House of Books, 1939. First editio. One of 300 copies. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Fine in original glassine. In Green cloth clamshell box. First editio. One of 300 copies. 1 vols. 8vo.
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Portrait photograph of Thomas Wolfe
by (Wolfe, Thomas) Van Vechten, Carl
New York, 1937. Variant of the portrait taken at the same session and published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Bust portrait. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 34.3 x 23 cm. (approx. 13-1/2 x 9 inches). Fine. Docketed on verso by Van Vechten, giving the name of the sitter, the date of... Read More
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Portrait photograph of Thomas Wolfe
by (Wolfe, Thomas) Van Vechten, Carl
[New York, 1937. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 195 x 250 mm. With Van Vechten's embossed stamp at lower right corner; docketed on verso, XXIII - K - 17. Oxidation at edges. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 195 x 250 mm.
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Portrait photograph of Thomas Wolfe
by (Wolfe, Thomas) Van Vechten, Carl
New York, 1937. Variant of the portrait taken at the same session and published in PORTRAITS: the Photography of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Bust portrait. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.1 x 25.6 cm. (approx. 14 x 11 inches). Fine. Docketed on verso by Van Vechten, giving the name of the sitter, the date of... Read More
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From Death to Morning
by Wolfe, Thomas
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First edition, first issue of book (with "A" on copyright page and "rer" for "her" on p. 59) and jacket, (priced $2.50 and without "BTC" on upper cover). 304 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth. Fine, in Near Fine dust jacket with light edgewear. First edition, first issue of book (with "A"... Read More
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To Rupert Brooke
by Wolfe, Thomas
np: Privately Printed by Lecram Press for Richard Jean Picard for Noel, 1948. First edition, Number 94 of 100 copies. 8vo. Original wrappers. Bookplate of Jean Hersholt. Fine. First edition, Number 94 of 100 copies. 8vo. A Xmas gift and the first publication in book form of Wolfe's 1918 tribute to Rupert Brooke.
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A Note on Experts: Dexter Vespasian Joyner
by Wolfe, Thomas
New York: House of Books, 1939. First Edition. One of 300 copies. Printed at the Southworth-Anthoensen Press Portland, Maine. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Fine. First Edition. One of 300 copies. Printed at the Southworth-Anthoensen Press Portland, Maine. 1 vols. 8vo.
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Wolfe, Tom
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1987. First edition. 659pp. Thick 8vo. Cloth-backed paper over boards; in illustrated clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket very lightly rubbed at spine tips; near fine in mylar. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. First edition. 659pp. Thick 8vo.
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Wolfe, Tom
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1968. First edition. 416 pp. 8vo. White cloth, psychedelic dust jacket by Milton Glaser with author photograph by Jacques Love. Usual light soiling to white cloth, edgewear to dust jacket, some sunning to spine and top edge, generally fresh. First edition. 416 pp. 8vo.
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The Right Stuff
by Wolfe, Tom
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. First edition, third printing. 8vo. Light gray cloth; facsimile signature stamped in silver on cover; stamped in red, blue, and silver on spine; minor shelf wear to head and tail of spine; dust jacket bumped at head and tail of spine; near fine dust jacket; very minor edge wear. First edition, third... Read More
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The Pump House Gang
by Wolfe, Tom
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968. First edition. 309 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth and marbled gray boards, dust jacket. Some light soiling to price-clipped jacket, a very good plus copy. First edition. 309 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Wolfe, Tom
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1987. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Cloth-backed rose paper over boards, facsimile signature stamped in black on cover; stamped in silver and black on spine; black ink smudged and worn in places; light edge wear, with bumping to head and tail of spine; in photo-illustrated dust jacket; very good in near fine dust jacket.... Read More
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The Religion of Nature Delineated
by [Wollaston, William (1660-1724)]
London: printed by Sam. Palmer; and sold by Bernard Lintott, at the Cross Keys between the Temple Gates; J. Osborn, at the Oxford-Arms in Lombard-Street; and W. and J. Innys, at the west-end of St. Pauls, 1726. 219, [13] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original paneled calf. With New York bookseller's label on front pastedown "The Cheapest Store in the... Read More
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[Manuscript minutes of two meetings of the elders of the Presbytery of Argyle New York, including accusations that a member had beaten his wife]
by Women
[Argyle, NY], 1805. 6pp. Small 4to. Pinned together at an early date. Usual folds, minor foxing. 6pp. Small 4to. Much of the minutes of two meetings of the elders of the Argyle were taken up with the case of Joseph Wright who was accused of beating his wife. The minutes include the testimony of two female witnesses that... Read More
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