OR ELSE - Poem/Poems 1968-1974
by Warren, Robert Penn
New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. No.70/300 of a special printing of the first edition, signed by author.
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Incarnations: Poems 1966-1968
by Warren, Robert Penn
New York: Random House, 1968. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. No. 154/250 signed by author.
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Pedestrian Sketches
by Watson, Mary
Kansas City: The Lowell Press, 1930. First Edition. Green Cloth. Fine -/Very Good. Corners and spine ends very gently bumped. Title in decorative green label pasted on front cover. Edges sharp, text clean. Very slight crack at spine between pages 48-49, but binding still tight and firm. Dj with faded spine and edges, minor chipping to top spine... Read More
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LOGIC: OR. THE RIGHT USE OF REASON IN THE INQUIRY AFTER THE TRUTH. WITH ...
by Watts, Isaac
Newburyport: Printed by W. Barrett, 1796. Second American Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Local printing of second American edition, Original tree calf, missing leather over foot of spine for about half inch. Printed By W. Barrett in Newburyport (MA) for sale by Thomas and Andrews, 45 Newbury Street, Boston. With bookseller ticket on the pastedown for Thomas & Wimple at... Read More
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SCOTT - KING'S MODERN EUROPE
by Waugh, Evelyn. Piper, Joihn (dustjcaket art)
London: Chapman & Hall, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine copy all around. No names, inscriptions or bookplates.
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Basil Seal Rides Again or The Rake's Regress
by Waugh, Evelyn. Hale, Kathleen (frontispiece by)
Little Brown, 1963. First US Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First US edition, after the first British in 1982, Limited edition of 1000 copies in the US, this #165, signed by Waugh under the limitation. Blue cloth with gilt pressed image fornt cover. In original cleat acetate which is missing some a piece top edge rear, bottom edge front.... Read More
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Lot of 6 Adastra Press titles - Mostly Nothing Happens, Niagara Falls, How To Burn, Millrat, Seagull Beach , Allegehny
by W.D. Ehrhart, Jim Daniels, Christopher Locke, Michael Casey, Gary Metras, Ed Ochester
Easthanptom: Adastra Press, 1994. 1st Editions, Limited. Soft cover. Fine. Six titles, 1994 - 1996, each in fine condition, Millrat slightly faded around edges. Each limited softcover edition, each apparently unused, unread.
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SMALL COUNTRY HOUSES OF TO-DAY
by Weaver, Lawrence (editor)
London: Country Life. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Presumed first or early printing, and the first of what evolved as three volume series. undated, c1920, 4to, gilt-pressed green cloth, x, 224, (8) with index and publisher's list in rear. Lots of plans and diagrams and stunning b&w images of English country houses, exterior and interior, plainly showing the... Read More
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ALL-AMERICAN IX: A NEAR PERFECT WORLD
by Weber, Bruce
Little Bear Press, 2009. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. SIGNED BY WEBER on title page. As new. Books plainly signed (i.e without inscription) by Weber are rare, particularly the All American series.
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ALL-AMERICAN IV: OTHERWORLDLY
by Weber, Bruce
Little Bear Press, 2004. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. SIGNED BY WEBER on title page. As new. Books plainly signed (i.e without inscription) by Weber are rare, particularly the All American series.
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ALL-AMERICAN V: IS LOVE ENOUGH
by Weber, Bruce
Little Bear Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. SIGNED BY WEBER on front endpaper. As new. Books plainly signed (i.e without inscription) by Weber are rare, particularly the All American series.
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CLEVE GRAY
by Weber, Nicholas Fox
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. An apparently unused copy, fine in dustjacket with a moderately sun-faded spine. Inscribed by artist Gray on the title page and dated 1998, the year of publication.
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AN AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE...
by Webster, Noah. Goodrich, Chauncey A. (revised and enlarged by)
Springfield MA: George and Charles Merriam, 1859. Hardcover. Very Good. Early printing of this massive volume, in original full calf binding, scuffed and worn. Still solidly bound, with original owner name dated 1859 on flyleaf.
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THE THOROUGHBRED MAGAZINE (57 issues)
by Wells, Walter T. (editor) (Percy Quimby)
San Marino CA: CALIFORNIA BREEDERS ASSOCIATION, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Bound copies for June 1941, January 1943, 1945 Annual, January-June 1947 (6 issues), July-December 1947 (6 issues), January-June 1948 (6 issues), July-December 1948 (6 issues), January-June 1949 (6 issues), and July-December 1949, and unbound copies for all of 1950 (12 issues) and 1951 (12 issues.) Bound copies... Read More
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Spiel Um Den Stadt
by Wenter, Josef
Braunschweig: Georg Westermann, 1933. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/VG+. Early pro-Nazi novel. Title translates: "Game of the State" Inscription on ffe reads, "Von Deiner Mutter 1934" (From your Mother). Vivid expressionist-style cover design on cover and dustjacket in red, black and white.
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Walt Whitman in Camden
by Wescott, Ralph W.
Trenton, NJ: Walt Whitman Foundation and State of New Jersey Department of Conservation and Economic Development, 1952. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good +. Minor creasings at spine edge, rear cover slightly soiled. Black and white photograph of title poet decorating front cover. Black and white photographs throughout. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions.
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Hardy, Thiomas. Aiken, Conrad (forward by)
by TWO WESSEX TALES
Boston: International Pocket Library, 1919. First Edition Thus. Soft cover. Near Fine. Uncommon "pocket book" (paperback) edition of Hardy's work with a new forward by a young conrad Aiken. Striking decorative cover (silkscreen) in yellow, blue and purplke. Small bimp lower spine, else near fine. This is not a reprint or fascimile. This is the first edition in... Read More
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The Court and the Castle: Some Treatments of a Recurrent Theme
by West, Rebecca. (Hutchinson, Evelyn)
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Ownership copy Hans Loewald (1906-1993), German-born, American psychoanalyst and theorist affiliated with Yale. Inscribed to him on the ffe: "for my friend Hans Leowold M. H." The inscriber is Margaret Hutchinson, wife of Yale zoologist and West bibliographer, Evelyn Hutchinson (1903-1991) long time West friends and... Read More
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WESTVACO INSPIRATIONS FOR PRINTERS Series of 1931 (Issues 61-70)
by (West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company). (Bradley, Will)
(NY): West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Fabulous 1931 Art- Deco period trade catalogs cum samplers printed by Westvaco to show off how effectively its paper for printing could be used for commercial and aesthetic purpose. This 1931 series includes all issues for the year, numbers 61 - 70, bound in... Read More
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The Greater Inclination
by Wharton, Edith
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Uncommon ealry Wharton title. Lacking backstrip, original boards still attached, corners worn, clean copy - no names, bkplts or inscription, suitable for rebacking. (NOT ex-lib).
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The Marne
by Whartton, Edith
NY: D. Appleton, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Corners slightly worn, else a near fine, clean copy - no names, inscriptions or bookplates. True first edition: in contrast to other Appleton titles of this period, this book does not have the (1) on the last page of text. A very nice copy, indeed.
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SEADOGS: AN EPIC OCEAN OPERETTA
by Wheeler, Lisa. Siegel, Mark (illustrator)
NY: Atheneum, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. Inscribed by artist Siegel to Caldecott Medal illustrator Marc Simont (1915 - 2013) with an original illustration on the ffe of a sea dog in ski cap with two thought bubbles: "Pour Marc Simont, un grand monsieur qui ne cesse jamais d'inspirer" and "The Philharmonc gets dressed - mon... Read More
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INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBSTONES AND MONUMENTS IN THE BURYING GROUNDS OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND ST. JOHNS CHURCH AT ELIZABETH, NJ. 1664-1892
by Wheeler, William Ogden & Edmund D. Halsey.(New Jersey Genealogy) (Elizabeth NJ)
1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, publsihers blue/green pebbled cloth, bevelled edges. Covers a tad soiled, leaves toned (as expected with this quality paper), firmly bound, apparently unused. A solid copy.
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THE MASQUE OF CHRISTMAS: DRAMATIC JOYS OF THE FESTIVAL
by Whistler, Laurence
London: The Curtain Press, 1947. First Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Whistler, Rex, Inigo Jones et al (designs by). Christmas 1947 edition of Whistler's periodical of costume, prop and scenery design for London theatre. Uncommon.
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The Autobiogrtaphy of Andrew D. White
by White, Andrew D.
NY: The Century Company, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The complete two volume set, apparently unread, musch better than very good - original blue cloth binding, gilt to spine, gte, untrimmed sides.
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