An Address, to the People of the United States, on the subject of the report of a committee of the House of Representatives, appointed to "Examine and report, whether monies drawn from the treasury, have been faithfully applied to the objects for which they were appropriated, and whether the same have been regularly accounted for," which report was presented on the 29th of April, 1802
by WOLCOTT, Oliver
Boston: Russell and Cutler, 1802. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 112pp. Stock a bit toned and slightly brittle, else Very Good and sound. Written in response to charges of impropriety and inefficiency in his administration of the Treasury Department, Wolcott having served under the John Adams presidency while openly adhering to the Hamiltonian High Federalist faction. Though never found... Read More
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Limbo. A Novel
by WOLFE, Bernard
New York: Random House, (1952). First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Black cloth hardcover, with foil-stamped decorations in colors; dustjacket; 438pp. Small spot of abrasion at upper edge of rear board; mild ageing to endpapers; still a tight, Very Good or better copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.50 on front flap), bright and whole with a few small... Read More
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The Uncelestial City [Signed, Numbered]
by WOLFE, Humbert
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1930. First Edition. One of 400 copies numbered and signed by the author, of which this is no.289. Octavo (20cm); brown cloth-covered boards, with yellow paper title label on spine; fore- and lower-edges untrimmed; dustjacket; [4],5-262,[2]pp. Light rubbing to board edges, with tanning to upper edge of textblock and faint off-setting to endpapers; Very Good.... Read More
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Tucker's People
by WOLFERT, Ira
New York: L.B. Fischer, 1943. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.75); rust-colored cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in ivory on spine and front cover; 496pp, [4]. Spine ends gently nudged, with a barely-noticeable shallow stain to lower corner tips of pp.439-484; a tight, Near Fine copy. Wolfert's first novel, and his only venture into crime fiction. Tucker's People,... Read More
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The Chinese Fire Drill [Review Copy]
by WOLFE, Michael
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1976. First Edition. First Printing, a review copy, with publisher's typed slip laid in. Purple-red cloth spine over gray paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; fore-edge untrimmed; Harper Novel of Suspense illustrated endpapers; dustjacket; 247pp. Light sunning to crown, else Fine. Dustwrapper, designed by Frank Bozzo, unclipped (priced $7.95) with... Read More
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Thomas Wolfe at Washington Square The Correspondence of Thomas Wolfe and Homer Andrew Watt
by WOLFE, Thomas; Thomas Clark Pollock; Oscar Cargill
New York: New York University Press, 1954. First Edition. First printings. Review copy, with publisher's slip laid in to first volume. Two octavo volumes (24cm). Cloth hardcovers; dustjackets; 163+53pp. In publisher's slipcase. Fine, in slightly rubbed and spine-toned dustwrappers. Slipcase mildly rubbed and soiled, bruised at one corner; a Very Good or better set overall.
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The Web and The Rock
by WOLFE, Thomas
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1939. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.25cm); dark blue cloth, blocked and titled in red and gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; viii,695,[1]pp. Trivial wear spine ends gently nudged, and a few tiny indentations to extremities; clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00), showing modest external wear, with a few... Read More
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Mannerhouse: A Play in a Prologue and Three Acts [Limited Edition]
by WOLFE, Thomas
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 500 numbered copies. Octavo; black cloth, with blue-green spine label printed in black; dustjacket and publisher's original slipcase; 183pp. Some trivial dustiness to boards, else very Near Fine in a like dustjacket, price-clipped, with a hint of sunning to spine. Slipcase is edgeworn and splitting at joints,... Read More
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Mannerhouse
by WOLFE, Thomas
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1948. First Edition. First printing, with "First Edition" and "K-X" code on copyright page. Octavo (21cm). Original dark blue cloth, original green-blue and orange dust jacket; plain endpapers; [iv],183,[3]pp. A tight, straight copy, frayed at head, minor erasure to f.f.e.p.: Very Good or better. Jacket price-clipped, rubbed at edges, scuffed at front flap fold:... Read More
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From Death To Morning
by WOLFE, Thomas
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. First Printing, one of 7,500 copies. Octavo (19.25cm); dark brown cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; orange topstain; dustjacket; [xiv],304,[2]pp. Subtle offsetting to endpapers, topstain a bit dulled, with some occasional rubbing to the gilt titles; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn,... Read More
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Thomas Wolfe at Washington Square; The Correspondence of Thomas Wolfe and Homer Andrew Watt [2 vol. set]
by WOLFE, Thomas and Homer Andrew Watt (letters); Thomas Clark Pollock and Oscar Cargill (text; editors)
Washington Square, New York: New York University Press, 1954. First Edition. Two volumes. Octavo (24cm); oatmeal cloth-covered boards, with titling and decoration stamped in black and red on spine and front cover; orange cloth-covered boards, with titling and decoration stamped in black and red; dustjacket; 163pp; 53pp; frontispiece portaits. Both volumes lightly spine-tanned, with trace foxing to edges of... Read More
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The Story of a Novel
by WOLFE, Thomas
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (19.5cm). Original pale red cloth, titled in gilt on black panels on front and spine, in original orange jacket; plain endpapers; [viii], 93pp; ads to rear and rear flap of jacket. Tight and square, with slight discoloration to endpapers: Near Fine. Jacket unclipped (priced $1.50); spine sunned, rear... Read More
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Thomas Wolfe: The Final Journey
by [WOLFE, Thomas] BERGER, Brian F. (introduction; itinerary); Edward M. Miller (memoir remembrance)
West Linn: Willamette River Press, 1984. First Edition. First Printing, one of 750 copies. Octavo (21cm); green cloth-covered boards, with titling and illustrations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; pictorial dustjacket; [iii],[11],12-45,[viii]pp; illustrated portrait frontispiece of Wolfe, with black and white photographs (halftones) throughout. Folded facsimile letter from Wolfe in rear pastedown pocket. Lower corners lightly tapped,... Read More
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The Autobiographical Outline for Look Homeward, Angel
by WOLFE, Thomas (text); CONNIFF, Lucy and Richard S. Kennedy (editors)
N.p.: The Thomas Wolfe Society, 1991. First Edition. One of 700 numbered copies, this being copy no.271. Octavo (26.25cm); beige pictorial boards, titled in dark brown; xxvi,99,[3]pp; illus. A Fine copy.
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Antaeus, or A Memory of Earth
by WOLFE, Thomas; Ted Mitchell, ed; John L. Idol, Jr., fwd
N.p. [Asheville]: The Thomas Wolfe Society, 1996. First, Limited Edition. No. 243 of 750 numbered copies. Octavo. Pictorial, laminated boards (hardcover); xv,80pp. Fine, unread copy; appears new. Issued without dustwrapper. Previously unpublished "Prelude" to Wolfe's proposed novel The October Fair, which under the supervision of Max Perkins would be edited to become Of Time and the River; portions... Read More
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Gentlemen of the Press: A Play
by WOLFE, Thomas
Chicago: William Targ / The Black Archer Press, 1942. First Edition. Only Printing, one of 350 copies. Octavo (20cm); green cloth-covered boards, with yellow paper title label on spine and covers; light green wove endpapers; [7],8-27,[5]pp. No dustjacket, as issued. Previous owner's name and Jan. 1942 date inked on front endpaper. Trivial surface wear, lightly spine-faded, and foxing to... Read More
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A Note on Experts: Dexter Vespasian Joyner
by WOLFE, Thomas
New York: House of Books, Ltd, 1939. First Edition. First printing. No. 60 of 300 copies printed. Octavo (19.5cm). Original brown cloth, titled in gilt; plain endpapers; [28]pp, n.p. Printed at the Southworth-Anthoensen Press in Portland, ME; number 5 in a series of Crown Octavos. Tight and square, spine lightly faded, edges gently rubbed, minor discoloration to e.p.s, occasional... Read More
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A Note on Experts: Dexter Vespasian Joyner
by WOLFE, Thomas
New York: House of Books, Ltd, 1939. First Edition. First printing. No. 40 of 300 copies printed. Octavo (19.5cm). Original brown cloth, titled in gilt; plain endpapers; [28]pp, n.p. Printed at the Southworth-Anthoensen Press in Portland, ME; number 5 in a series of Crown Octavos. Tight and square with minor discoloration to endpapers; Very Good or better, lacking the... Read More
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Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life
by WOLFE, Thomas
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [2],viii,626,[2]pp. Base of spine bumped, crown gently nudged, with some light external wear, and two faint tape ghosts on front endpaper; contents otherwise clean; Very Good+. In the second state dustjacket, unclipped (priced... Read More
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The Letters of Thomas Wolfe
by WOLFE, Thomas (letters); NOWELL, Elizabeth (editor)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956. First Edition. First Printing, with publisher's A-7.56[V] code on copyright page. Octavo (24cm); in Johnston's "Format A" binding, in black cloth and black-flecked blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xx,797,[1]pp, with portrait frontispiece of the author. Fine in a Very Good+ to Near Fine dustjacket,... Read More
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Looking Homeward: A Thomas Wolfe Photo Album [Signed]
by [WOLFE, Thomas] TEICHER, Morton I.
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1993. First Edition. First Printing. Oblong octavo (24cm x 6cm); maroon paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xvi],[1],2-pp; black and white photographs (halftones) throughout. Signed on title page. A Fine copy. Dustwrapper lightly shelfworn, with dust-soil to front panel, and two tiny closed tears to lower rear panel; Near Fine. ... Read More
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[George Webber, Writer]: An Introduction By A Friend
by WOLFE, Thomas; John L. Idol, Jr., ed
N.p. [Asheville]: The Thomas Wolfe Society, 1994. First, Limited Edition. No. 623 of 750 numbered copies. Octavo. Pictorial, laminated boards (hardcover); xviii,63,[4]pp. Fine, unread copy; appears new. Issued without dustwrapper. Previously unpublished short story, extracted from Wolfe's manuscripts, ca 1930-38.
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Of Time and The River: A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth
by WOLFE, Thomas
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. First Printing, one of 10,000 copies. Thick octavo (21.5cm); black cloth, blocked and titled in green and gilt on spine and front cover; [x],912,[4]pp. A few scuffs to lower edge of textblock, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with a touch of dustiness to exterior,... Read More
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The Right Stuff
by WOLFE, Tom
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); light gray cloth, with titling and decorations in metallic red, blue, and silver on spine, and Wolfe's facsimile signature stamped in silver on front cover; dustjacket; [x],[3],4-436,[2]pp. Hint of foxing to upper edge of textblock, else Fine, in a Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket, showing light wear... Read More
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In Our Time [Inscribed]
by WOLFE, Tom
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1980. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto (28.5cm); lavender paper-covered boards and purple cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[1]-119,[1]pp. Inscribed by the author with quote a bit of flourish in brown marker on front endpaper: "To Dorothy / Tom Wolfe." Slight forward lean, lower corners bumped (though still sharp), with... Read More
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