To Say Nothing of the Dog: Or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last
by WILLIS, Connie
New York: Bantam Books, 1998. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); black cloth spine over deep maroon paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine, and author's facsimile signature blind embossed to front cover; dustjacket; [x],[1],2-434,[4]pp. Light shelf-wear, with soil to right edge of textblock; Very Good. Dustwrapper, designed by Jamie S. Warren Youll, unclipped (priced $23.95/$32.95), with trivial surface... Read More
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ALIVE
by Willis, Elizabeth
New York: NYRB Poets, 2015. First Edition. Trade paperback original; 8vo. 192 pp. As one would expect from a graduate of the Univ. of Buffalo Ph. D. program in Poetics, experimental work. This volume shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize. She currently teaches at Iowa's Writers Workshop. Fine copy.
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METEORIC FLOWERS
by Willis, Elizabeth
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2006. First Edition. Brown cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. 79 pp. Inscribed by the poet to a former professor at SUNY Buffalo; also, signed on the half-title. As one would expect from a graduate of the Univ. of Buffalo Ph.D. program in Poetics, experimental work. She currently teaches at Iowa's Writers Workshop. Back cover... Read More
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ADDRESS
by Willis, Elizabeth
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2011. First Edition. Cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. 63 pp. Inscribed by the poet to a former professor at SUNY Buffalo. As one would expect from a graduate of the Univ. of Buffalo Ph.D. program in Poetics, experimental work. She currently teaches at Iowa's Writers Workshop. This volume the recipient of the Laurence L.... Read More
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SECOND LAW
by Willis, Elizabeth
Bolinas, CA: Avenue B., 1993. First Edition. Trade paperback original; 8vo. 63 pp. Inscribed by the poet to a former professor at SUNY Buffalo. As one would expect from a graduate of the Univ. of Buffalo Ph.D. program in Poetics, experimental work. The poet's second book; one of 750 copies. She currently teaches at Iowa's Writers Workshop. Light wear... Read More
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A/O
by Willis, Elizabeth
Stockbridge, MA: The Garlic Press/o-blek editions, 1991. First Edition. Stapled chapbook; thin 8vo. One of 300 copies (26 were lettered and signed). Published by her then husband Peter Gizzi as Utility Chapbook #1/o-blek editions. Poet's first book, as one would expect from a graduate of the Buffalo Ph.D. program, experimental. Inscribed by the poet to a former professor at... Read More
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J. Devlin - Boss: A Romance of American Politics
by WILLIAMS, Francis Churchill; Clifford Carlton, illus
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, [1901]. First Edition. Octavo (19.25cm.); publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth; 520,[8](ads)pp.; frontispiece. Boards a bit rubbed, light foxing to preliminaries, else a Near Fine, quite vibrant copy. HANNA 3815: "From newspaper office boy to banker and political boss.
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The Patriot's Progress: Being the Vicissitudes of Pte. John Bullock
by WILLIAMSON, Henry (related by); William Kermode (lino-cut illustrations)
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1930. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (23cm); red cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; maroon topstain; dustjacket; 194pp; illus. Bookplate to front pastedown: "From the Library of Vance Gerry / The Weather Bird Press". Light rubbing to board edges; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 10s 6d net), tanned, with shelf-soil, and tape... Read More
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IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S ME: The Poetry of Breakup [Signed]
by Williams, Jerry (ed.); Robert Hass (signed by), Tony Hoagland, Alan Shapiro, (et al.) (contributors)
New York: Overlook Press, 2010. First Edition. Small octavo; pink and black paper boards; dustjacket; 176pp. Signed by Hass on p.21. Some toning to paper due to paper type; Very Good. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, with sharp corners, and minor scuffing; Near Fine. Poems by Robert Hass, Tony Hoagland, Alan Shapiro, David Lehman, and many others.
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She Knew She Was Right
by WILLIAMS, Jesse Lynch
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); original cloth in green pictorial dust jacket; [10],345pp. Some shallow chips and losses at top jacket extremities, including at rear panel affecting text without loss of meaning, the whole rather dust-soiled, especially rear panel, else Near Fine in About Very Good jacket. New York society novel. Not in Hanna.... Read More
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Thoughts on Love and Life [Cover title: Thoughts of Love & Life]
by WILLIAMS, Joan
Milwaukee: Shore Publishing Co, [1972]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original green printed staplebound card wrappers; 24pp. Fine. Self-published collection of Christian poetry.
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Night Song
by WILLIAMS, John A.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1961. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm.); brown spine over tan boards; black topstain; dustjacket; 219pp.; a few faint scuffs to the boards still a Fine copy. The dustjacket has a bit of toning and there are a few tiny nicks along edges mostly; small tape repair at rear flap; a Very Good+. ... Read More
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The Angry Ones
by WILLIAMS, John A.
New York: Pocket Books, 1970. First Pocket Books Edition. Octavo (18cm); illustrated wrappers; bright pink edge-staining; [6],184,[2]pp ads. Gentle sunning to top edge, else a Fine, unread copy. Attractive copy of Williams's first novel, initially released by Ace in 1960. A powerful story of the racism that faces an educated Black man in the professional world, and the painful... Read More
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Pamphlet for Intersection Poetry Series
by Williams, John (ex. director)
San Francisco: Intersection, June 1974. First Edition. Single sheet folded into thirds to create a pamphlet. Light blue with a small illustration on the front; 8.5” x 11” unfolded. Advertises Tuesday and Thursday evening readings, the Poet as Teacher Program, the Poets’ Coalition, and various workshops. Some creasing/bent corners and wear, one small tear. Very good.
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The Locologodaedalist in Situ
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
London: Cape Goliard, 1971. First Trade Edition. Quarto. 25cm. Publisher's decorated card wraps. Unpaginated. [152pp.] Clean and strong with light cosmetic wear and soiling to the corners and spine ends, a touch of toning to the spine; internally clean and fresh. A very good copy indeed. A collection of Williams' poetry from 1968-1970, with additional material from the... Read More
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LINES ABOUT HILLS ABOVE LAKES [Review Copy]
by Williams, Jonathan; John Wain (foreword)
Fort Lauderdale: Roman Books, 1964. First edition. One of 750 copies (800 total) printed by the Auerhahn Press, a Review Copy with publisher's stamp on front free end paper. String-tied illustrated wrappers; 27pp. Lightly soiled; Fine. "Postals" by Williams from his month-long trip in the U. K.
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Madeira & Toasts for Basil Bunting's 75th Birthday
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan (editor); Russell Banks, Hayden Carruth, and Robert Creeley (et al) (contributors)
Highlands, North Carolina: The Jargon Society, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo (23cm); pictorial paper wrappers; [n.p.]; fold-out illustrated title page, colorful fold-out illustration, black-and-white illustrations throughout. Light shelf-wear with trace blue off-setting to rear wrapper; Very Good. Collection of verse and artwork includes contributions by Richard Hamilton, Christopher Middleton, and Jerome Rothenberg. [87520].
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I'll Find a Way Or Make One: A Tribute to Historically Black Colleges and Universities
by WILLIAMS, Juan, Dwayne Ashley, and Shawn Rhea; Ed Bradley, intro
[New York]: Amistad, [2004]. First Edition. Large octavo (24.5cm.); publisher's two-toned paper-covered boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket; xxiv,[2],453pp.; illus. throughout. Some dust-soil to jacket, else Very Good to Near Fine.
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Burn, Baby, Burn!" Is Your City Next
by WILLIAMS, Julian
N.p. [Tulsa]: Christian Crusade Publications, n.d. [1968]. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Pictorial card wrappers; 48pp. Fine, unread copy. Racial strife explained as a Communist plot to disrupt American stability. The author was "Research Director" for the Christian Crusade, a faith-based, segregationist, anti-Communist ministry founded and fronted by televangelist Billy James Hargis.
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Scream: A Screenplay
by WILLIAMSON, Kevin (screenplay; foreword); Wes Craven (introduction); David M. Moir and Kimberly Wright (photos)
New York: Hyperion, 1997. First Edition. First Printing, softcover. Octavo (23cm); photographic paper wrappers; 178pp; black-and-white photographic (halftone) illustrations. Modest rubbing to spine and wrapper extremities; Very Good. Text includes Scream screenplay, with photographs from films Scream and Scream 2. [85277].
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The Heart of the Furnace
by WILLIAMS, Lambert
New York: Appleton-Century, 1937. First American Edition. Octavo (21cm). Blue cloth boards, lettered in red on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 298pp. Fine, tight copy in original, unclipped dustwrapper, lightly, evenly soiled, still Near Fine. Odd and uncommon working-class novel, concerning a murder and a love triangle involving two blind basket-weavers. The setting is Cape Town; the author was... Read More
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Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean, On Board An American Frigate
by WILLIS, N. Parker
Detroit: Kerr, Doughty & Lapham, 1853. Octavo (21cm). Brown cloth stamped in blind on boards and in gilt on spine; yellow endpapers; [xvii],[14]-396pp. A sturdy copy with mild wear to edges, spine sunned, neat restoration at head, scattered mild foxing: around Very Good. Travel writings by the highest-paid magazine writer of the era. This title is a... Read More
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IN GOSSAMER GREY
by Williams, Oscar
Chicago: The Bookfellows, 1921. First Edition. Sewn wrappers; thin 12mo. 16 pp. Inscribed by the poet to Will Ransom, with Ransom's small bookplate on the back cover verso. Presumably Williams' first book as he also won the Yale Younger Poet Award in the same year, but that is not mentioned in the preliminaries. Covers mostly split, but binding cord... Read More
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Loyalties
by WILLIAMS, Raymond
London: Chatto and Windus, 1985. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (23cm); green cloth hardcover, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 378pp. Small remainder mark bottom edge, else a tight, fine copy in the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced £9.95 on lower front flap), lightly creased at extremities; Very Good or better. Historical novel set in Wales and incorporating events in... Read More
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The Balm of Gilead for Healing a Diseased Land; with the Glory of the Ministration of the Spirit; and A Scripture Prophecy of the Increase of Christ's Kingdom, and the Deconstruction of Antichrist
by WILLISON, Rev. John (discourses; sermons)
New York: Sage & Thompson, 1804. Early reprint. Octavo (17.5cm); leather boards, with titling and blocking stamped in gilt and red on spine; 240pp; illus. Previous owner's name inked to title page. Modest shelf-wear and soil, with peeling to spine ends and board edges, dampstains to edges of textblock and throughout interior, tape mends to front hinge and cracks... Read More
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