Greece Pictorial, Descriptive and Historical
by Wordsworth, Christopher, D.D. (1807-1885)
London: William S. Orr and Co., Paternoster Row, 1840. Edition. 28 full page steel engravings and over 350 engravings on wood throughout the text by various artists. 356 pp. 1 vols. Royal 8vo. Bound in contemporary three quarters gilt morocco and marbled boards, a.e.g. Very clean and attractive. Edition. 28 full page steel engravings and over 350 engravings... Read More
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Poems, in Two Volumes
by Wordsworth, William
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807. First edition. With cancels D11 in volume I and B2 in volume II. [iii]-[viii], 158; [iii]-[viii], 170 pp. Bound without half titles. 2 vols. 12mo (6-7/8 x 4-3/8 inches 172 x 113 mm.). Quarter speckled calf over marbled boards. Fine. First edition. With cancels D11 in volume I and... Read More
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The Poetical Works
by Wordsworth, William
London: Edward Moxon, Dover Street, 1850. New edition. 6 vols. 8vo. Publisher’s full red blind stamped cloth, spines gilt, a.e.g. Spines worn (spines of first three vols. perished, lower board of vol. I detached). In red cloth folding case. New edition. 6 vols. 8vo. With a choice and very late presentation inscription from the author on the half-title... Read More
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The European Magazine, and London Review … Vol: 24, from July to Decr: 1793
by [Wordsworth, William
London: J. Sewell and J. Debrett, 1793. Engraved general title. 8 (of 13) engraved plates. 487, [1], [16, Index] pp. 8vo. Conntemporary half calf and marbled boards. Rebacked to style, black morocco lettering piece. Covers rubbed, text toned, one leaf sprung. Engraved general title. 8 (of 13) engraved plates. 487, [1], [16, Index] pp. 8vo. Wordsworth's first book,... Read More
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Lyrical Ballads, With Pastoral and Other Poems … Vol I. Third Edition … [… Vol II. Second Edition]
by Wordsworth, W[illiam and Samuel Taylor Coleridge]
London: Printed for T.N. Longman and O. Rees ... by Biggs ad Cottle, 1802. Third edition. [iv], lxiv, [2], 200, [4]; [iv], 250 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. 19th-century half red morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt-lettered. Rubbed, with some scuffing to spines. Contemporary ownership signatures to front paste-down. Bookplate. Third edition. [iv], lxiv, [2], 200, [4]; [iv], 250... Read More
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The Sonnets…collected in one volume, with a few additional ones, now first published
by Wordsworth, William
London: Edward Moxon, Dover Street, 1838. First edition, first state of title-page with colon after "London" and leaf of ads. xi, [i], 477, [1], [2, ads] pp. Small 8vo. Modern full brown calf gilt, dark brown morocco spine label, a.e.g., by Baker Bindery. Fine. First edition, first state of title-page with colon after "London" and leaf of ads.... Read More
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Autograph letter signed "W. Wordsworth" to Elizabeth Fox, Lady Holland, acknowledging her donation to the Grasmere orphans
by Wordsworth, William
Grasmere, 1808. 2 pp; addressed on intergral blank; wax seal. 12mo. Bifolium. Old folds, tear from seal. 2 pp; addressed on intergral blank; wax seal. 12mo. "I have just received your obliging letter informing me of the Collection which by your means has been made for our Grasmere Orphans. I thank you sincerely for your kind and successful... Read More
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The Poetical Works of Wordsworth. With Introduction and Notes. Edited by Thomas Hutchinson
by Wordsworth, William
London: Oxford University Press Humphrey Milford, 1928. Frontispiece. xxxii, 986, [1, imprint] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter brown levant, spine gilt, cloth sides, t.e.g. Fine. Frontispiece. xxxii, 986, [1, imprint] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A nicely bound compendium of Wordsworth’s verse, scrupulously edited and including many of the most beautiful English poems of the nineteenth-century.
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The Poetical Works
by Wordsworth, William
London: Edward Moxon, Dover Street, 1841. A New Edition. Illustrated Frontispiece in Volume One. Printed by Bradbury and Evans. 6 vols. 8vo. Contemporary three quarters red morocco, marbled boards and marbkled edges. Fine. A New Edition. Illustrated Frontispiece in Volume One. Printed by Bradbury and Evans. 6 vols. 8vo.
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The Art of Modelling Flowers in Wax
by Worgan, George
Brooklyn, New York: for sale by H.H. Dickinson, 1880. Second Edition (First edition was 1869). 38, [2] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original blue bevelled cloth, nick at top of spine, else VG. Second Edition (First edition was 1869). 38, [2] pp. 1 vols. 12mo.
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Typed letter signed ("Boris Sergievsky") to ("Whom it May Concern")
by (World War Two Aviation) Sergievsky, Boris
New York, 1942. 1p. on Sergievsky's personal letterhead. 8vo. Old folds, lower right hand corner chipped not affecting text or signature, otherwise a fine letter with a bold, clear signature. 1p. on Sergievsky's personal letterhead. 8vo. A letter written by the renowned Russian ace and world record setting Sikorsky test pilot, on behalf of Danish-born ballet and Broadway... Read More
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General of Fortune. The Story of One-Arm Sutton
by (World War II) Drage, Charles
London: Heinemann, 1963. First Edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Green morocco spine over marbled boards, t.e.g., a fine copy. First Edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on flyleaf, “For Dora Struart-French / from / Charles Drage / 17/viii/67”.
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With Blood and with Iron. The Lidice Story
by (World War II: Nazi Czechoslovakia) Hutak, J. B.
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1957. First edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Scarlet morocco-backed scarlet cloth. A very good copy. First edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. The story of the June 1942 brutal massacre of the Czech village of Lidice by the Nazis following the murder of Reinhard Heydrich the German Deputy Reich protector in Bohemia and Moravia. ... Read More
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Typed letter signed "John Bassett Moore" to "Mr. Halpern" (Seymour Halpern) in response to Halpern's inquiry regaiding the key to success in life
by (World Court) Moore, John Bassett
New York, 1930. 1 p. on Moore's personal letterhead. 8-1/2 x 11 inches. Old folds, minor chipping to fore-edge and tail, minor tear to fore-edge not affecting text, toning, else very good. 1 p. on Moore's personal letterhead. 8-1/2 x 11 inches. An erudite letter from the American lawyer, legal scholar, diplomat, professor, and jurist. Reading in part:... Read More
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The Dover Patrol
by (World War One) Conrad, Joseph
Canterbury: Printed for Private Circulation by H.J. Goulden, Ltd, 1922. First edition, one of 75 copies, this copy is in the earlier state without the half title and title. 14 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pale blue wrappers, stapled. Edges slightly faded, otherwise about fine. In red calf-backed case. First edition, one of 75 copies, this copy is... Read More
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A Bras Le Coeur
by (World War II) Barberot, Roger
Paris: Editions Robert Laffont, 1972. First Edition, #40 of 40 copies printed on velin chiffon. Illustrated. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Bound in full green and black morocco "Reliure mosaique dans la forme & la couleur du Ruban de la croix de la liberation" with a bronze medallion inset in the front cover, "une medaule des compagnons de la liberation",... Read More
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Dai Toya Senso Kaigun bijutsu [Naval Art of the Great East Asia War]
by (World War II) [Wakayama, T, editor]
Tokyo: Dai Nihon Kaiyo Bijutsu Kyokai [Greater Japan Pacific Art Association], 1943. 35 mounted color plates, with captioned tissue-guards. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Publisher’s blue cloth boards, printed paper label on cover. Fine. 35 mounted color plates, with captioned tissue-guards. 1 vols. Oblong folio. “The purpose to publish this book is nothing but to let the people in... Read More
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The Soul of Paris. Two Months in the French Capital During the War of 1914. Random Notes of an American Newspaper Man
by (World War I) Guard, William J.
[New York: Sun Printing & Publishing Company [Henri Rogowski Publisher and Printer], 1914. First book edition, some of the letters having appeared in the "Evening Sun of New York. 1 vols. 8vo. Near contemporary half blue-straight grained morocco, original wrappers bound in. Some rubbing, light soiling or marginal browning of a few pages, envelope pasted on inside front wrapper,... Read More
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A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems: Most of Them in the Possession of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom; Etched after the Manner of Rembrandt
by Worlidge, Thomas
London: Printed by Dryden Leach for M. Worlidge ... and M. Wicksteed, 1780. Second edition. Frontispiece portrait of the artist and 181 etchings of gems by Thomas Worlidge. [2], 48 pp. Without half-title and list of subscribers. 4to. Near contemporary morocco rebacked with the original spine laid down. Minor marginal foxing to a few plates but generally fine internally.... Read More
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Three Autograph Letters, signed, one with a drawing, to Rev. E.F. Strickland
by Worth, Thomas
New York, 1884. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine. Worth, Thomas. 1 vols. 8vo. One letter dated September 15, 1884 forwards “a couple of sketches which are not exactly what I would like Mrs. Strickland to have as a specimen of my work” but hopes to send something more suitable later. On April 21, 1891 he reports that two men... Read More
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Original cartoon: “A Two-legged Camel”, pencil, ink and wash on paper, signed (“Tho Worth/80/New York”)
by Worth, Thomas
New York, 1880. The caption: “Mr. Johnson, leaving his office for his country home loaded as usual, meets a French Dressmaker” [who says] “Ah Monsieur Johnson--I catch you just in time, here are three new dresses for Madame, you will carry them very careful and not muss them.”. 1 vols. 13-3/4 x 11 inches. Old folds, else near fine.... Read More
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Original cartoon: “Consolation for the Sick / Both Kinds”, ink on paper, signed “Tho Worth/N.Y./1879”
by Worth, Thomas
New York, 1879. The caption, under two contrasting bedside scenes: “Mr. Croaker-friend of the sick man-tells him he thinks he don't look near so well as he did & advises him to be in time in case he wants anything done as he will take a melancholy pleasure in aiding him. Mr. Merryweather-also a friend-full of animal spirits, great... Read More
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Mobey Dick and The Duke. Their Life and Times
by Wortman, Denys
New York: Fairchild Publications, 1952. 1 vols. 4to. Cloth. Fine in VG dj. 1 vols. 4to. With two old salts swimming and one holding a clam; Inscribed "To Dr. Don Carlos Guffy in memory of a day at Menemsha Pond, 1953 Denys Wortman." Guffy was Hemingway's doctor.
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Typed postcard signed "Herman Wouk" and typed letter signed "Herman Wouk
by Wouk, Herman
New York and Washington: Doubleday and BSW Literary Agency, 1993. postcard and a half page respectively. 1 vols. vs. To Wesley Hartley, an educator and teacher. The second piece accompanied by a 4 page printed biography and original typed envelope. postcard and a half page respectively. 1 vols. vs. Writing to Hartley that "without high school and college,... Read More
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A Tour through the Western, Southern and Interior Provinces of France in the years 1775, and 1776
by Wraxall, Nathaniel William
London: Printed for J. Mawman, 1807. The Third Edition, Corrected and Augmented. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in 3/4 red contemporary morocco and boards. A nice copy. The Third Edition, Corrected and Augmented. 1 vols. 12mo.
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