History of Jewell County, Kansas, with a Full Account of its Early Settlements, and the Indian Atrocities Committed Within its Borders
by WINSOR, M. and James A. Scarbrough
Burr Oak, KS: The Excelsior Study Club / Burr Oak Herald, N.d. [1961]. Facsimile reprint of the 1878 first edition. Octavo; printed wrappers; 37pp. Silverfishing to covers and a few pages, heavy enough to result in marginal perforations to several leaves, not affecting text. Otherwise a complete and well-preserved pamphlet, Good or better. The 1878 edition has... Read More
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Africa's Struggle for Freedom, the USA, and the USSR: A selection of political analyses
by WINSTON, Henry, ed. & intro
New York: New Outlook Publishers, 1972. First Edition. 12mo (19cm.); original red staplebound pictorial wrappers; 96pp.; illus. Fine. Edited by the African-American National Chairman of the CPUSA. Contents includes Gus Hall's paper "U.S. Imperialism in Africa" and W.E.B. DuBois' letter of application to join the CPUSA with Hall's reply.
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Der Ursprung der Tragodie: Ein Psychoanalytischer Beitrag zur Geschichte des Griechischen Theaters
by WINTERSTEIN, Alfred
Leipzig: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, 1925. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); quarter-bound in gray paper-covered boards and printed cloth backstrip; 214,[6](ads)pp. Near fine with a little wear to spine ends. A psychoanalytic investigation into the Greek tragedies. Imago-Bücher VIII.
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War and Remembrance in the Twentieth Century
by WINTER, Jay and Emmanuel Sivan (eds)
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 260pp. Tight, unmarked, Near Fine copy in crisp, unworn dustwrapper; near-new. Review copy, with publisher's slip laid in.
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Two Stories [Limited Edition, Signed]
by WINTERSON, Jeanette
Hay: Hay Festival Press, 2005. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 100 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.83. Small octavo (16cm); full purple cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, and paper title label mounted to front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [ii],[8],9-48,[8]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket.... Read More
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Fit for the Future. The guide for women who want to live well
by WINTERSON, Jeanette
London: Pandora Press, 1986. First Edition. First impression. Slim octavo (21cm); blue cloth hardcover, dustjacket; 126pp; illus. Fine but for the unavoidable marginal toning to the text, in a price-clipped, else fine dustwrapper. The Whitbread Prize-winning author's uncommon third book, a fitness manual for women.
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Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit [First Hardcover Edition, Signed]
by WINTERSON, Jeanette
London: Pandora Books, 1990. First Thus. First impression. Signed in ink by Winterson on the title page. Octavo (20cm). Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 176pp. Tight, square, Near Fine copy, with the text much less tanned than usual. In a brilliant dustwrapper, unclipped (priced £8.95 at base of front flap), bright, unfaded and unsoiled, Fine. Winterson's landmark debut novel, winner of... Read More
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THE GROLIER CLUB, 1884 - 1950
by Winterich, John T.
New York: The Grolier Club, 1950. First edition. Original green olive paper boards, gilt stamp. 8vo. 1/1250 at the Press of A. Colish. Presentation card laid in. Some marking on boards and wear to head and tail of spine, including small tear at tail. Clean and unmarked pages. No dustjacket, as issued. Very Good.
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Mutant Water & Me & Other Works [Inscribed and Signed]
by WINTER, Laurel
N.p.: Laurel Winter, 1992. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers and textblock loose as issued in tinted acetate wrappers; [2],14pp. Light wear, else Near Fine. Inscribed and signed to the late Minnesota poet John Rezmerski on title page. Short self-published poetry collection by a Montanan. Not in OCLC as of October, 2018.
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My Witness: A Book of Verse
by WINTER, William
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. First Edition. First printing, regular issue. 12mo. Publisher's green cloth over beveled boards, titles stamped in gilt on spine, with facsimile of the author's autograph in gilt on front cover; viii,127,[1]pp. A very fresh copy in the original binding, Near Fine, free of markings or notable wear. A book of verse... Read More
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the giant weapon
by Winters, Yvor
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1943. First edition. Paper covered boards in matching printed dust wrapper; 8vo. Printed by the Golden eagle Press. Lightly worn jacket (not priced-clipped) with one closed tear on the back panel; lightly toned paper. Very good and uncommon in the hardcover issue.
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the giant weapon
by Winters, Yvor
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1943. First edition. 8vo. Paper covered boards; lacking dust wrapper. Printed by the Golden eagle Press. Very good; lightly toned paper. Spine crown and tail lightly bumoed, else very good and uncommon in the hardcover issue.
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LAUREL, ARCHAIC, RUDE: A Collection of Poems Presented to Yvor Winters on His Retirement by the Stanford English Department
by Winters, Yvor
Stanford, CA: Department of English, Stanford University, 1966. First Edition. One of 300 copies, this being no.218. Paper-covered boards, paper labels; plain paper dustwrapper; tall 8vo. 29pp. A Near Fine copy. Dustjacket worn; Very Good. Printed by Graham Mackintosh designed at the Greenwood Press. Contains poems by Edgar Bowers, J. V. Cunningham, Kenneth Fields, Charles Gullans, Thom Gunn,... Read More
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DIADEMS AND FAGOTS
by Winters, Yvor; John Meem; Olavo Bilac; Pierre de Ronsard
Santa Fe, NM: Privately Printed, 1921. First Edition. String-tied wrappers; 8vo. [13 pp.]. According to a letter from John Meem to Gus Blaisdell (Winters' longtime friend) "we had about 50 copies printed...distributed them among friends" [from Serendipity Catalogue 41]. Olavo Bilac translated from the Portuguese by John Meem. The Last Sonnets of Pierre de Ronsard; translated from the French... Read More
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THE GIANT WEAPON
by Winters, Yvor
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1943. p. Stapled paperback in taupe jacket. Part of “The Poets of the Year” series. Unpaginated. Not price clipped (50 cents). Includes a New Yorker clipping about the book from July 22, 1944. Some fading and yellowing to jacket and pages. Some wear to jacket corners. Back inside cover in last leaf offset from magazine... Read More
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POEMS [Inscribed]
by Winters, Yvor
Los Altos, CA: The Gyroscope Press, 1940. First edition. Brown stapled wraps; 8vo. Inscribed to a Miss Florence Codman a minor literary figure who wrote about her family in the New Yorker, including her cousin the architect Ogden Codman. Worn at edges; Very Good. Uncommon collection.
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the giant weapon
by Winters, Yvor
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1943. First edition. 8vo. Printed wraps in matching dust wrapper. Printed by the Golden Eagle Press. Very good; lightly toned paper.
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![Extra – Concord Freeman. Remarks of Mr. Grenville T. Winthrop, of Watertown, on the Currency, in the House of Representatives, 17th March, 1840. On Mr. [Levi] Lincoln's Report in relation to the Currency, and in support of Mr. Winthrop's Resolves on the same subject. [Published by request of the Democratic members of the Legislature.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/036/045/1242045036.0.m.jpg)
Extra – Concord Freeman. Remarks of Mr. Grenville T. Winthrop, of Watertown, on the Currency, in the House of Representatives, 17th March, 1840. On Mr. [Levi] Lincoln's Report in relation to the Currency, and in support of Mr. Winthrop's Resolves on the same subject. [Published by request of the Democratic members of the Legislature.]
by [WINTHROP, Grenville T.]
[Concord, Mass: 1840]: Concord Freeman. Folio broadsheet (50cm x 35cm), 5 columns on recto beneath headline and caption title; 3 columns on verso. Vertical and horizontal folds; small closed tear at right margin; Very Good. A Massachusetts Democrat attacks Whig monetary policies including the issuance of "soft" currency and the establishment of a National Bank. Winthrop appears to have... Read More
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Address and Discourse at the Inauguration of the Rev. Aaron L. Chapin, M.A. as President of Beloit College, July 24, 1850
by [WISCONSIN] CHAPIN, Aaron L. and Aratus Kent
Milwaukee: J. Hamilton, 1850. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); removed; 52pp. Faint vertical fold, foxing throughout, most heavily to final leaves, else Very Good and sound. SABIN 11938; WISCONSIN IMPRINTS 21.
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Whole Woman, Vol. 2, no. 3, May, 1974
by [WOMEN - WISCONSIN]
Madison, WI: Madison Women's Center, 1974. First Edition. Tabloid newspaper folded into quarto (29cm.); photo-illustrated self-wrappers; 15pp.; illus. throughout, including photographs. Stock uniformly toned, faint mail fold line, rather large loss to rear wrapper with very minor loss of meaning to the Directory of Women's Services and subscription. Good and sound overall. Issue devoted chiefly to sports and dance,... Read More
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A Dialogue on Academic Freedom and Student Unrest
by [FREE SPEECH - WISCONSIN]
[Waukesha: 1970]: by the Author. Sole edition. Quarto. Stapled wrappers; [16pp]. Gentle toning to page edges, else Fine. Self-published exposé of left-wing bias in Wisconsin higher education, in the form of a series of reprinted letters between John C. Love, a conservative Waukesha attorney, and Reza Rezazadeh, chair of the History Department at Wisconsin State University–Platteville. Love accuses Rezazadeh... Read More
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The Chorti Indians of Guatemala
by WISDOM, Charles
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1940. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Blue cloth hardcover; gilt spine titles; xiv,490pp; illus. A tight, clean copy in the original binding; Very Good or better. From the library of noted poet-translator-anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn, with his printed bookplate inside front cover and his occasional pencil marginalia to text. Tarn is especially known for... Read More
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The Young Lady's Counselor
by WISE, D.D., Daniel
Cincinnati: Cranston and Stowe, 1851. Reprint. Octavo (17.5cm); dark blue honeycomb cloth, stamped in gilt on spine; 255pp, frontis. Spine slightly sunned; light rubbing/wear and soiling to boards. Text yellowing at extremities; some underlining (in pen) and creasing to pages. Gift inscription on ffep (dated 1895). Else contents clean and tight, Very Good or Better. Reverend Daniel Wise... Read More
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Letter of Governor Wise to the New York Tammany Society
by WISE, Henry A.
[Richmond, 1858]. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); disbound; 67pp. Extremities a bit toned, lacking wrappers, last few leaves starting to separate, else a Good, internally sound copy. Collection of pieces by and in response to Virginia Governor Henry A. Wise written between December 30, 1857, and October 13, 1858. Pagination continuous, though each section has separate drop title, including the... Read More
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Autobiography of Isaac Jones Wistar 1827-1905: Half A Century in War and Peace
by WISTAR, Isaac Jones
Philadelphia: Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1937. Second Edition. Octavo. Blue cloth (hardcover); 531pp, folding map. Page edges untrimmed. Fine copy. In the original printed dustwrapper, quite faded and a bit soiled, Good. The jacket copy states that the edition was limited, but there is no statement of limitation in the text. Preceded by an edition of 200... Read More
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