The History of Unilever: A Study in Economic Growth and Social Change
by WILSON, Charles
London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1954. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23.5cm). Two volumes in black cloth, titled in gilt, red topstains, in cream dust jackets; [xxii],335,[1]pp; [x],480pp; 12 folding plates, 7 color diagrams, additional black and white illustrations. Both volumes inscribed to J. W. Fredericks from Major V. J. A. Lillie-Costello, November 1955, on front free endpapers. With... Read More
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Uganda in the Days of Bishop Tucker
by WILSON, C.J.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1955. First Edition. 12mo (18.25cm.); original cream staplebound wrappers printed in blue; ix,[1],64pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. Fine. Forms part of the series A Treasury of East African History. Account of Alfred Tucker, Bishop of Eastern Equitorial Africa (present-day Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda).
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The Bear's Whelp. The Autobiography of Robert Dudley Duke of Northumberland, Earl of Warwick and Earl of Leicester in the Holy Roman Empire. Part One: 1574-1596
by WILSON, Derek
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (20cm). Turquoise cloth-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 311pp. Small (ca 1/4") closed tear to jacket at base of front flap fold, else Fine in a Near Fine, unclipped dustwrapper (priced £4.95 net). First volume in Wilson's fictionalized autobiography of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester.... Read More
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Bear Rampant. The Autobiography of Robert Dudley Duke of Northumberland, Earl of Warwick and Earl of Leicester inthe Holy Roman Empire. Part Two: 1598-1603
by WILSON, Derek
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1981. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (20cm). Navy blue cloth-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 236pp. Fine in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper (priced £7.95 net). Second and final volume in Wilson's fictionalized autobiography of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. A new-appearing copy.
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Classics and Commercials: A Literary Chronicle of the Forties
by WILSON, Edmund
New York: Farrar, Straus & Co, 1950. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); blue cloth covered boards titled in gilt on the spine; blue topstain; dustjacket; 534pp. Modest shelf-wear, lightly faded topstain, with trace soil to covers and edges of textblock; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $5.00), with modest shelf-wear and -soil, 1.5" tear to front lower spine fold,... Read More
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![A Roman Summer" [in] HORIZON: A Review of Literature and Art, Vol. XVI, No. 91](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/766/537/1581537766.0.m.jpg)
A Roman Summer" [in] HORIZON: A Review of Literature and Art, Vol. XVI, No. 91
by WILSON, Edmund; Cyril Connolly (ed)
London: Horizon, 1947. First Edition. Light tan printed wraps; 8vo. August 1947 issue with "A Roman Summer 1945" by Wilson; two leaves of black and white plates. About very good.
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To the Finland Station
by WILSON, Edmund
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1940. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm). Red cloth titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 509pp. Mild soiling to textblock with small stain to right edge; spine ends slightly pushed; toning to endpapers and page edges; Very Good+. The dustjacket is price clipped, with minor nicks and a short closed tear to rear... Read More
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A Christmas Delirium
by WILSON, Edmund
N.p., 1955. First Edition. Octavo (20.25cm.); original plain staplebound wrappers in decorative dust jacket, paper label mounted to upper panel; 42pp.; illus. Jacket flaps originally pasted inside wrappers now loose revealing faint, inoffensive glue residue, else Near Fine.
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Travels in Two Democracies
by WILSON, Edmund
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1936]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original cloth in red and brown dust jacket, brown topstain; viii,325pp. Jacket spine a bit sunned, ends slightly rubbed, topstain rather mottled from a few dampspots and uneven fading. Still, Very Good overall. Wilson's study of the United States and the Soviet Union.
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The Shock of Recognition; The Development of Literature in The United States Recorded by The Men Who Made It
by WILSON, Edmund
London: W.H. Allen, 1956. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 19.5cm. Publisher's dark red cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. [xvii]; 1290pp. Clean and strong, with a little scuffing and bumping to corners and spine ends, some dulling of the cheap spine gilt; internally clean; in a strong, handsome dustjacket with some shallow wear to the head of spine, toning... Read More
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Note-Books of Night
by WILSON, Edmund
San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1942. First Trade Edition. Octavo (24.5cm); oatmeal cloth-covered boards, with decorative paper title labels on spine and front cover; glassine dustwrapper; dustjacket; 112pp. Light shelf-soil, tanning to edges of boards and upper edge of textblock, off-setting to pastedowns; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.50), tanned, with front flap disconnected at fold (but with item),... Read More
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A Piece of My Mind: Reflections At Sixty
by WILSON, Edmund
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1956. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); gray cloth covered boards titled in black on the spine; red topstain; dustjacket by Ronald Clyne; 239pp.; spine ends and corners faintly rubbed; offsetting inside covers, mostly at rear, Very Good+. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.75) with mild sunning to spine; nicks to the extremities;... Read More
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I Thought of Daisy
by WILSON, Edmund
New York: Scribner's, 1929. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); blue cloth-covered boards titled in light blue on the cover and spine; dustjacket; 311pp.; light wear/rubbing, spine ends pushed, faint soiling. Very Good+. The dustjacket is unclipped priced ($2.50) with chipping and rubbing to extremities; shallow loss to the crown and heel of spine; toning to spine; tear along... Read More
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Red, Black, Blonde and Olive- Studies in Four Civilizations: Zuni, Haiti, Soviet Russia and Israel
by WILSON, Edmund
New York: Oxford University Press, 1956. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); gray cloth covered boards, titled in blue and green on the cover and spine; dustjacket; 500pp.; minor soil to the front joint; spine ends gently pushed; minor bump to lower board edge, Very Good+ or better. The dustjacket is price-clipped; sunning to the front panel and spine;... Read More
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Holiday Greetings and Desolating Lyrics, 1970
by WILSON, Edmund
N.p., 1970. First Edition. Small octavo (20.25cm.); original grey decorative card wrappers; unpaged. Fine. Part of a series of holiday poetry chapbooks privately issued by the author.
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Fifty Years of Association Work Among Young Women, 1866-1916: A History of Young Women's Christian Associations in the United States of America
by WILSON, Elizabeth
New York: National Board of the Young Women's Christian Associations of the United States of America, [1916]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth; [14],402pp.; 27 leaves of photographs and facsimiles, including one folding. Corners bumped, contemporary ownership inscription to front pastedown with neat pencil and ink marginalia throughout, else a Very Good, still quite bright copy. ... Read More
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Fort Jefferson: The Frontier Post of the Upper Miami Valley
by WILSON, Frazer Ells
[Lancaster, PA: The Intelligencer Printing Company, 1950]. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (24cm). Stampled pamphlet in blue paper wrappers, printed in black; 36pp; frontispiece, in-text black and white illustrations. Lightly rubbed, sunned at edges, else Very Good or better. [62369].
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Rebel Daughter of a Country House: The Life of Eglantyne Jebb, founder of the Save the Children Fund
by WILSON, Francesca M.
London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, [1967]. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); original cloth in white pictorial dust jacket, blue topstain; 228pp. Light edge wear to jacket extremities, else Fine.
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Gahan Wilson: Fifty Years of Playboy Cartoons
by WILSON, Gahan; Neil Gaiman (introd.); Hugh Hefner (introd.)
Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2009. First Edition. First printing. Quarto (26cm). Three volumes in black pictorial cloth, in slipcase with transparent polyester window in one side; vol. I: 321pp; vol. II: [322]-624pp; vol. III: [x],[639]-933,[9]pp; color illus. throughout. Small ownership inscription of noted zoologist James G. Mead to f.f.e.p.s. A straight, clean set, lightly bumped at extremities, plastic coating just... Read More
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Highway Investment in Developing Countries: Highlights of "The Impact of Highway Investment on Development
by WILSON, George W. et al.
Washington DC: Brookings Institution, 1966. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's blue-grey staplebound wrappers; 8pp. Near Fine condition. Brookings Research Report no. 48.
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The Religious and Educational Philosophy of the Young Women's Christian Association: A historical study of the changing religious and social emphasis of the Association as they related to changes in its educational philosophy and to observable trends in current religious thought, educational philosophy, and social situations
by WILSON, Grace H.
New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1933. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); original green printed card wrappers; [8],156pp. Wrappers a hint dust-soiled, small loss to bottom fore-edge corner of upper wrapper not affecting text; Very Good overall. "Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the faculty of philosophy, Columbia... Read More
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The Spenders: a Tale of the Third Generation
by WILSON, Harry Leon; O'Neill Latham (illus)
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Co, (1902). First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Publisher's binding of red cloth over boards, titled in gilt with pictorial device to front cover; top edge gilt; x,512pp; frontispiece and five unnumbered leaves of plates after original illustrations by O'Neill Latham. Mild bumps to board corners, but overall a bright, clean example, Near Fine in the attractive... Read More
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Two Black Sheep
by WILSON, Harry Leon
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1931. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); light blue cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in dark blue on spine and front cover; dark pink topstain; dustjacket; [vi],336,[2]pp. Gentle offsetting from jacket design onto spine, a few tiny stains to lower front cover and lower edge of textblock, with a thin crack to... Read More
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Cousin Jane
by WILSON, Harry Leon
New York: Cosmopolitan, 1925. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); red cloth-covered boards, with titling and blocking stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 388pp. Modest rubbing to board edges, with shelf-soil and mild cracks to gutter; Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.00), spine-tanned, with light foxing, tiny chips and tears to extremities, 3" closed tear to rear... Read More
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Ma Pettengill
by WILSON, Harry Leon
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1919. First Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's brick red cloth titled and decorated in black to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 324pp. Minor bumping to spine ends, some light scuffing to corners and extremities, spotting to page edges, internally clean, two small closed tears to the margin of the dedication leaf and contents... Read More
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