Country Churchyards
by WELTY, Eudora; Elizabeth Spencer, introduction
Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, 2000. First Edition. First printing. Limited issue, one of 150 numbered copies (this is no.146). Small quarto; gray cloth; slipcase; 111pp (mainly illus). As New in the original slipcase, very lightly rubbed on one surface and mildly sunned at extremities; Near Fine. Introduction by Elizabeth Spencer. A collection of Welty's photographs of... Read More
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Retreat [Limited Edition, Signed]
by WELTY, Eudora (story); POLLARD, Ann Carter (illustration)
[Winston-Salem, NC]: Palaemon Press, 1981. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 50 numbered copies specially bound, each bearing an original aquatint by Ann Carter Pollard, and signed by the author and artist (this being copy no.XIII). Octavo (26.25cm); patterned paper-covered boards and beige linen backstrip, with printed title label mounted to spine; [20]pp. A Fine copy of Welty's short... Read More
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Losing Battles
by WELTY, Eudora
New York: Random House, 1970. First Edition. First printing. Trade issue. Octavo (22cm); green cloth, titled and blocked in gilt and black on spine, with author's facsimile signature in gilt on front cover; orange-yellow topstain; 436pp, [2]. Slight fading to cloth at board edges, else Fine, with the top-stain deep and even. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $7.95... Read More
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The Bride of the Innisfallen and Other Stories
by WELTY, Eudora
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. Second Printing (Ahearn's Third Issue, Second Binding). Octavo (21cm); light yellowish-brown cloth, blocked and titled in light blue and gilt on spine, with an integral title page stating "First Edition" and printing multiple dates (1949-1955) on copyright page; dustjacket; [x],207,[7]pp. Spine ends a little nudged, with a few faint, tiny creases to... Read More
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The Eye of the Story: Selected Essays & Reviews
by WELTY, Eudora
New York: Random House, (1977). First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 355pp. Fine, unmarked and apparently unread copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $10.00 on front flap), crisp and unworn. A new-appearing copy.
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Women!! Make Turban in Own Home! [Limited Edition, Signed]
by WELTY, Eudora
[Winston-Salem]: Palaemon Press Limited, 1979. First, Limited Edition. One of 200 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.152. Octavo (22.5cm); green paper-covered boards, titled in black on front cover; yellow endpapers; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [4],5-13,[3]pp. Gentle sunning to spine, hint of foxing to upper board edges; contents clean; Near Fine in a... Read More
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The Athenaeum Centenary: The Influence and History of the Boston Athenæum from 1807 to 1907 with a Record of its Officers and Benefactors and a Complete List of Proprietors
by WENDELL, Barrett, The Librarian, (et al.) (contributors)
Boston: The Boston Athenæum, 1907. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); blue cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; top-edge gilt; fore-edge untrimmed; 236pp; portrait frontispiece illustration with black and white photographic (haltone) illustrations throughout. Modest rubbing to board edges, with occassional tiny tears and dampstains to text margins; Very Good. Later reprinted in... Read More
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IT IS IF I SPEAK
by Wenderoth, Joe
Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, 2000. First edition. Uncorrected proof in gray printed wrappers. Second collection of his poetry from the press. Bottom tip bumped, else Fine.
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Bright Tomorrow
by WENDT, Lloyd
Indianapolis & New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1945. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); blue cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; [6],7-304pp. Modest shelfwear and rubbing, with spine ends and corners gently nudged; Very Good. Dustwrapper unclipped (priced $2.75) with modest shelfwear and tanning, tears to joints and 1" tear to... Read More
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Miracles in Black: Missionary Experiences in the Wilds of Africa
by WENGATZ, John C.
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, [1938]. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original buckram in black photographically illustrated dust jacket; 177pp.; frontispiece, 3 photographic plates. Jacket extremities a bit worn with shallow chips and short closed tears; verso dampstained with bleeding to bottom edge of front flap and rear panel and flap; cloth slightly bubbled from damp; nevertheless, a Very... Read More
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Poetry of the Pacific: Selections and Original Poems from the Poets of the Pacific States
by WENTWORTH, May, ed
San Francisco: Pacific Publishing Company, [1867 but 1869]. Octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's brown blind-ruled cloth, gilt-lettered spine, all edges gilt, brown glazed endpapers; viii,[9]-415pp.; text printed within double rule. Ex-Virginia Union Reform Club Library with their internal contemporary ex libris and small rubber stamp, boards a bit scuffed with corners bumped, faint dampstain along top margin of textblock; still, Very... Read More
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The Working Class Must Exercise Leadership in Everything
by YAO WEN-YUAN
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1968. First English Language Edition. 24mo (12.5cm.); original red and white decorative staplebound wrappers; [6],20pp. Very light wear from handling, else Fine. Article originally published in Hongqi magazine, "profoundly expound[ing] Chairman Mao's latest instructions for doing a good job of struggle-criticism-transformation" (p. [ii]).
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Bos-Idylle Naar een 18e eeuwse gravure
by [WERKMAN] VISSER, Ab
[Groningen] In agris occupatis: [A. Thos. Mooij et al], 1944. First Edition. Octavo; tan wrappers, printed in purple and black; 16pp; frontispiece after C.A.B. Bantzinger. Covers and contents gently tanned, else Fine. Final number in the series "Volière reeks." A clandestine publication produced during the German occupation. One of 310 copies printed, of which 132 were confiscated and destroyed;... Read More
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Microscopes et Appareils Accessoires. No. 30 [At head of title: Carl Zeiss, Optische Werkstaette, Jena]
by [SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS] CARL ZEISS OPTISCHE WERKSTAETTE
Jena: Carl Zeiss, 1895. First Edition. Large, slim octavo (27cm.); publisher's brown cloth over blue textured paper, upper cover lettered in gilt; [4],122pp.; steel-engraved text illus. throughout. Boards a bit rubbed and slightly bowed, small spot of glue residue at top fore-edge corner of upper cover, original gilt quite dulled, though Parisian distributor's gilt-lettered cancel still brilliant, contemporary American... Read More
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The Beecher Island Battle: September 17, 1868
by WERNER, Fred H.
Greeley, CO: Werner Publications, 1989. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 198pp; illus. Fine copy, signed by the author on title page.
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On the Western Frontier with the United States Cavalry Fifty Years Ago
by WERNER, Herman
[s.l.: s.n.], 1934. Octavo (21cm). Blue-grey wrappers printed in black; 98pp; black and white frontispiece. Wrappers whole but detaching slightly from spine of textblock, causing short tears to frontispiece; mild superficial abrasion, but clean and complete: Good. #61491.
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![Ecofeminism, Neopaganism, and the Gaia Movement in the Postmodern Age [in] Humanism Today: Journal of the North American Committee for Humanism. No. 7 (1992) - Humanism and New Age Thinking](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/276/843/1691843276.0.m.jpg)
Ecofeminism, Neopaganism, and the Gaia Movement in the Postmodern Age [in] Humanism Today: Journal of the North American Committee for Humanism. No. 7 (1992) - Humanism and New Age Thinking
by WERNER, Michael; Natalie Koretz (ed)
New York: The Humanist Institute, 1992. Single issue in original card wrappers; 103pp. Mild external wear to wrappers; internally clean, tight and unmarked. The entire issue is devoted to the subject "Humanism and New Age Thinking;" Werner's article appears from pp.63-70. Other contributors to this issue include Sherwin T. Wine, Judith Goren, Bette Chambers, others.
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Write Sorrow on the Earth
by WERTENBAKER, Charles Christian
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. First Edition. First Prinitng. Octavo (21cm); blue cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 260pp. Slight spine lean, with light rubbing to spine ends and corners, and faint shelf-soil to front cover; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.75), with modest shelfwear, tiny chips to spine ends, flaps folds, and... Read More
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![To My Father [Signed, Limited 1st Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/733/907/801907733.0.m.jpg)
To My Father [Signed, Limited 1st Edition]
by WERTENBAKER, Charles
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. First Edition. Octavo. Blue cloth boards, stamped in orange on spine with pictorial onlay to front board; orange top-stain; dustjacket; 499pp. One of 1500 signed copies. Fine, in crisp, Near Fine dustwrapper slightly dusted on lighter portions. Three generations of an aristocratic family in a Virginia university town, clearly modeled on Charlottesville, the... Read More
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![Natives of Rock: XX Poems: 1921-1922. With Decorations by Pamela Bianco [Limited ed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/530/165/1309165530.0.m.jpg)
Natives of Rock: XX Poems: 1921-1922. With Decorations by Pamela Bianco [Limited ed]
by WESCOTT, Glenway
New York: Francesco Bianco, 1925. First, Limited Edition. One of 500 copies on Vidalon Velin hand-made paper, out of a total edition of 550. Octavo; three-quarter morocco over maroon cloth boards; unpaginated. Slight rubbing to joints (external), else Fine.
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![The Babe's Bed [Signed, Limited edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/310/161/1309161310.0.m.jpg)
The Babe's Bed [Signed, Limited edition]
by WESCOTT, Glenway
[Paris]: Harrison of Paris, 1930. First, Limited Edition. One of 375 signed, numbered copies on Pannekoek paper, of a total edition of 395. Octavo; later three-quarter morocco over maroon cloth boards; 46pp. Light scuffing to board joints (external); faint moisture stain to front and rear boards, else Near Fine. The third book of the press.
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![The Babe's Bed [Signed, Limited edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/148/070/1421070148.0.m.jpg)
The Babe's Bed [Signed, Limited edition]
by WESCOTT, Glenway
[Paris]: Harrison of Paris, 1930. First, Limited Edition. No. 290 of 375 signed, numbered copies on Pannekoek paper, of a total edition of 395. Octavo; publisher's original red cloth-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine; 46pp. Spine cloth mildly faded; small scuffs to cloth at center of spine, with a bit of fraying at head and tail; Very Good.... Read More
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![Natives of Rock: XX Poems: 1921-1922. With Decorations by Pamela Bianco [Limited ed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/378/472/1638472378.0.m.jpg)
Natives of Rock: XX Poems: 1921-1922. With Decorations by Pamela Bianco [Limited ed]
by WESCOTT, Glenway
New York: Francesco Bianco, 1925. First, Limited Edition. No. 74 of 500 copies on Vidalon Velin, from a total edition of 550. Octavo. Publisher's gilt-decorated brown paper-covered boards; glassine dustwrapper and box. A very fine copy in original glassine; the box is well-preserved but for some splits to paper at corners. Though now neglected, Wescott was among... Read More
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The Delaware Indians: A History
by WESLAGER, C.A. [Clinton Alfred]
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1972. Second printing. Octavo; gray cloth hardcover; dustjacket, yellow publisher's top-stain; xx,546pp; maps, text illus. Few small specks of soil to text block edges, else a tight, Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at folds, still Very Good or better.
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Dahomey and the Dahomans: Being the Journals of Two Missions to the King of Dahomey, and Residence at His Capital, in the Years 1849 and 1850
by [WEST AFRICA] [ANTI-SLAVE TRADE] FORBES, Frederick E.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Two volumes in brown cloth, stamped in blind and gilt; blue and white printed endpapers with publisher's advertisements; xii,244pp; [vi],248pp; 10 tinted lithographs, some with hand coloring, and 3 black and white lithographs. Errata slip in vol. I, following contents. Binder's ticket of Remnant & Edmonds,... Read More
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