![Das Keimplasma: Eine Theorie der Vererbung [The Germ-Plasm: a Theory of Heredity]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/471/122/1681122471.0.m.jpg)
Das Keimplasma: Eine Theorie der Vererbung [The Germ-Plasm: a Theory of Heredity]
by WEISMANN, August
Jena, Germany: Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1892. Text in German. Octavo (24cm); brown cloth library binding, with original front wrapper laid on cloth front cover; xviii,628,[4]pp; illus. Previous University of Pittsburgh copy with typical library markings, including spine label, discard stamp to front pastedown, card envelopes to front pastedown and endpaper, library ownership blind embossed to title page, library... Read More
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The Sieve: or, Revelations of the Man Mill. Being the Truth About American Immigration
by WEISS, Feri Felix
Boston: The Page Company, 1921. Second Printing. Octavo. Blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine and with applied pictorial cover illustration; xiv, 307pp; frontispiece + 15 inserted leaves of photographic plates (halftones). Slight lean to binding; minor edge-rubbing to boards; a tight, Very Good copy. Nativist polemic, warning against the flood of European immigrants following the First World... Read More
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Das Künstlerische Schaffen
by WEISSOVÁ-HOŠKOVÁ, Helga
[Göttingen]: Wallstein Verlag, [2002]. First Edition. Quarto (27cm.); publisher's glossy pictorial card wrappers; 111pp.; color illus. throughout. A hint of toning to wrapper extremities, else Near Fine. Catalog of later paintings by the Czech artist, some of quotidian Jewish life, others inspired by the experiences during the Holocaust. Of the 15,000 children deported from the Terezín ghetto to Auschwitz,... Read More
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What Price Profits
by WEISS, Max
New York: New Century Publishers, 1947. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 48pp. Mild external wear and soil, else Very Good. Marxist analysis of wage-price economics. SEIDMAN W106.
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History of the French Protestant Refugees; from The Revocation of The Edict of Nantes To Our Own Days
by WEISS, M. Charles
New York: Stringer and Townsend, 1854. First Edition. Two Volumes. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's lavishly emossed brown cloth titled in gilt to spines. 382pp. + [6pp] ads to rear; 419pp. Scuffed and rubbed to extremities of cloth, chipped and frayed to spine ends, strong and solid, a proud gathering or two present in Vol I; Vol II also suffering from... Read More
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The Conversation of the Three Walkers and The Shadow of the Coachman's Body
by WEISS, Peter; S.M. Cupitt (translation)
London: Calder and Boyars Ltd, 1972. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20cm); brown cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-167,[1]pp. Heel bumped, with faint sticker residue to front pastedown; Good. Dustwrapper, designed by Christopher Cresey from a collage by Weiss, is price-clipped with modest shelfwear and dust-soil, and tiny chips to base of spine;... Read More
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Summa Anthropologica en homenaje a Roberto J. Weitlaner
by [WEITLANER, Robert J.] CASO, Alfonso (prologue); Wigberto Jiménez Moreno, B. Dahlgren Jordán (et al) (contrib.)
Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Anthropologia e Historia, 1966. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo (24cm); fore- and bottom- edges untrimmed; [6],7-669,[3]pp; colorful illustrations, black-and-white photographic halftones, and fold-out illustrations throughout. Some pages of text unopened. Text in Spanish and English. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pencilled notes throughout, and... Read More
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Peripheries: Selected Poems 1966-1968, Volume One
by WELBURN, Ron
Greenfield Center, NY: Greenfield Review Press, 1972. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm); photo-illustrated wrappers; 40pp, [2]. Light foxing to upper edge of text, else Fine and unread. First collection of poems by the Bryn Mawr, PA native, an author of Cherokee and African-American descent. A former IBM clerk in New York and Philadelphia, Welburn has taught Black literature at Syracuse,... Read More
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RIDING THE EARTHBOY 40
by Welch, James
New York: World, 1971. First Edition. Octavo; faux red leather binding; dustjacket; 54pp. Native American writer's first book, a collection of poetry. Top edge spotted, "P" on rear end paper, else about Fine. Dustwrapper bright; Fine.
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RIDING THE EARTHBOY 40
by Welch, James
New York: World, 1971. First Edition. Uncorrected proofs. Mustard wrappers; 8vo. 54 pp. With a long inscription, in part: "To __ __ It's been good to meet you and to work with you on the Hugo papers..." and signed "Jim Welch Missoula, 1985". Native American writer's first book, a collection of poetry. He was a central figure of the... Read More
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Winter in the Blood
by WELCH, James
New York: Harper & Row, [1974]. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21.5cm). Blue paper over boards, backed in brown cloth; [x],176,[4]pp. With the stamp of the Counseling Center, Pierre Indian Learning Center, Pierre, SD. Slightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, mild discoloration to lower corner of textblock, else Near Fine. Jacket unclipped (priced $6.95), lightly rubbed, spine sunned,... Read More
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Riding the Earthboy 40: Poems
by WELCH, James
New York & Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1971. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); brown leatherette, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],54,[2]pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $6.95), with some light wear to extremities. The Native American Montana author's first book, a collection of poetry.
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Black Gibraltar
by WELCH, Leona Nicholas
San Francisco: Leswing Press, 1971. First Edition. Octavo (22.75cm); glossy, illustrated wrappers; 75,[5]pp; illus. Light dustiness to top edge of text, with slight upward curl to front wrapper; very Near Fine. The Mobile, AL native's first book, a collection of poems exploring "the themes of Black pride, the search for Black identity, and the universal need for human love... Read More
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Vodka and Roses
by Welch, Michael I.
West Branch, IA: Toothpaste Press, 1978. First edition. Prose poems, provocative and bright, in a classic Allan Kornblum deisgn, stitched into salmon wraps decorated in dark red. Limited to 550 copies. Corners a bit soft, else fine. Toothpaste Press began when Allan Kornblum bought a press in 1972 and moved it into Anslem Hollo's garage according to Coffee House... Read More
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India: Art and Culture 1300-1900
by WELCH, Stuart Cary
Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1993. Reprint. Quarto (31cm x 24cm). Red cloth boards (hardcover) with titling embossed in gold on spine; pictorial dustjacket; 480pp; illus. Near Fine copy; slight shelf wear to extremities; small tear between spine and front end paper; else clean and tight. Near Fine dustwrapper; slight shelf wear to corner tips. An expansive tribute to the sacred and... Read More
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![Weld's English Grammar, Illustrated by Exercises in Composition, Analyzing and Parsing [Ben Shahn's Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/636/948/1295948636.0.m.jpg)
Weld's English Grammar, Illustrated by Exercises in Composition, Analyzing and Parsing [Ben Shahn's Copy]
by WELD, Allen H.
Portland, ME: Sanborn and Carter, 1846. Fiftieth Edition. Octavo (18.5cm); one quarter black paper with brown paper sides, gilt on spine; iv,228pp. Comprehensive dampstaining, wear and soiling; pinholes to spine hinges; board extremities rubbed and chapped, corners bumped. Textblock foxed and damped; stray marks throughout; Ben & Bernarda Shahn bookplate on front pastedown. Good or Better. A c.1840's... Read More
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Third World Colonialism and Strategies of Liberation: Eritrea and East Timor Compared
by WELDEMICHAEL, Awet Tewelde
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Octavo. Cloth boards in dust jacket; xviii, 348pp. Publisher's slip laid in. Minor dust soiling to top edge of boards, trivial foxing to top edge of textblock, else a tight, clean, near-new copy. Trivial external wear to jacket. Near Fine.
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The Pardners
by WELD, John
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 349pp. Fine, unmarked copy. In the original pictorial dustwrapper by Page Cary, just lightly touched at extremities; unclipped; Near Fine. Historical novel of the Gold Rush, set variously in California, New Hampshire, and Alabama. Weld was an Alabama author and newspaperman.
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Poster: Feed The Hungry - National School Lunch Week, October 11-17, 1970
by [EDUCATION] [SOCIAL WELFARE]
New York: Crusade Against Hunger, 1970. Original illustrated poster, offset printed in colors on white stock, measuring 43.25cm x 56cm (ca.17" x 22"). Two old folds smoothed-out, light wear and handling, with adhesive staining to corners on verso (with some residual bleed-through); Very Good. An early promotional poster for National School Lunch Week, established by John F. Kennedy in... Read More
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How They Do It: Homemaker Service in Public Welfare. The North Carolina Experience
by [RURAL WELFARE - NORTH CAROLINA] NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
[Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961. First Edition. Quarto. Staple-bound wrappers (softcover); 41,[8]pp. Fine. Description of the North Carolina "Homemaker Services" initiative, established in 1947, which placed social welfare agents in the homes of families and individuals in need, including shut-ins, children of disabled or incarcerated parents, and situations "where a mother does not know... Read More
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The Windows Flew Open
by WELISH, Marjorie
Providence: Burning Deck, 1991. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Card wrappers; 78pp. Trace of wear at corners, else about Fine.
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Mr. Arkadin
by WELLES, Orson
London: W.H. Allen, 1956. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [8],9-222,[2]pp. Light wear to spine ends, some offsetting from jacket flaps onto endpapers, with faint, scattered foxing to text edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 12s 6d net), showing modest wear, a few tiny nicks, tears, and... Read More
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Putting-On the Poverty Program
by WELLMAN, David
Boston: New England Free Press, n.d. [1967?]. Quarto (28cm). Staple-bound printed paper wrappers; pp52-66; illus. Reprinted from issue no. 2 of Steps, the journal of the Free University of Berkeley. Trivial external wear, else fine. Leftist critique of Great Society-era inner city jobs programs in the Bay Area.
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Rebel Boast: First at Bethel - Last at Appomattox
by WELLMAN, Manly Wade
New York: Henry Holt, 1956. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 317pp; photo illus. Tight, clean and straight, about Fine. In original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.95 on front flap), lightly rubbed with a few small nicks at extremities; Very Good.
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Death on Horseback: Seventy Years of War for the American West
by WELLMAN, Paul I.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1947. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Tan cloth stamped in blue; 484pp; black and white plates. Pushed at tail, minor spots to cloth, generally clean and sound: Very Good. #61909.
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