Authors starting with W from Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: W.W. Norton, 1978. First edition.. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 342p. Prize presentation laid down to front endpaper, else Fine in slightly spine-sunned, corner-clipped dustjacket. Latin and English versions printed on facing pages. Text free of markings or wear; an attractive copy. ... more information

New York: Hawk's Well Press, 1962. First Edition.. 12mo (18cm). Pictorial card wrappers; 35pp. Trace of discoloration to front wrapper at upper margin, else Near Fine. Very nice copy of the poet's first regularly published collection (preceded by two mimeographed chapbooks). Once considered a great rarity. Now, not so much. LEPPER p.403. ... more information

Boulder: Smithereens Press, 1981. First, Limited Edition.. Quarto, 29cm (11" x 8-1/2"). One of 200 copies. Original pictorial xerographic wrappers, side stapled; 39pp. Withdrawn gift from the University of Michigan Library, with release stamp on rear wrapper; never accessioned so no other markings. Hint of toning to upper margin of wrappers; negligible edgewear; Near Fine. An uncommon Waldman title. ... more information

Boulder, CO: Songbird Editions, 1976. First Edition.. Quarto (28cm). Original pictorial wrappers, sidestapled, unpaginated (22 leaves) printed recto only, illus. Minor rubbing to covers, slight rust stains to staples, internally fine. One of 150 copies. Illustrated by Steve Brooks. ... more information

Philadelphia: William Fell, 1921. First, Limited Edition.. Octavo. Cloth boards; 103p; portr frontis. One of an unspecified number of hand-numbered, signed copies in the first edition. Bright copy; scattered foxing to text; Very Good or better overall. Narrative of the author's summer-long hike from Germantown, Maryland to Sunapee, New Hampshire in the summer of 1920. ... more information

New York: Ticker Publishing Co, 1924. Single issue. Quarto (29cm). Original staple-bound, illustrated wrappers; pp833-912. Mild soil and rubbing to extremities; Very Good. Contributions by Senator Thomas Walsh (discussing the Teapot Dome scandal); E.D. King, J.H. Jeremy, Joseph Goldsmith, others. ... more information

New York: The Ridgway-Thayer Company, 1905. First Edition.. Octavo (21cm). Original pictorial cloth boards; 559pp. Light wear and moderate external soil; internally clean and unmarked; overall a tight, straight, Very Good copy. Lawson's popular expose of the crooked dealings of the Amalgamated Copper Trust. Though a self-styled Wall Street "reformer," Lawson had actually profited greatly through his own involvement in the Trust's stock-watering scheme, and many regarded his book... more information

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co, 1901. First edition.. First thus. Original pictorial cloth boards (hardcover); 269pp; 12p publisher's catalogue at rear; 4 inserted leaves of plates (includes frontis); 12 text illus. Brief rubbing at base of spine; short (3/4") crack to front hinge (internal), else a bright, unrubbed copy, Near Fine. Young adult fiction, marking the rise of a young clerk on Wall Street in the 1890s. Originally published, with different illustrations, as "Tom and the Money Ki... more information

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1932. First Edition.. Octavo (21cm). Cloth boards; dustjacket; 315pp. Old dampstain to botom corner of rear board; mild staining to text block edges, else a tight, clean copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper, moderately soiled overall with a brief (1/2") closed tear at base of rear panel and a few clear tape repairs to verso. A presentable copy, about VG overall. Written at the nadir of the Great Depression to expose stock swindlers and their methods. An unc... more information

Cleveland: Bits Press, 1978. First Edition.. Octavo (21cm). Patterned paper boards (hardcover); [29pp]; illus. Fine, unworn copy; signed by author on title page. ... more information

Detroit: Broadside Press, 1988. First Edition Thus.. Broadside, 11" x 8.5". Printed in black on orange card stock. Broadside Poets Theater, No. 1. Fine, unworn copy. First broadside in the series.The Broadside Poets Theatre, established by Dudley Randall in 1980, is a weekly reading/performance series featuring the work of young Black writers. ... more information

London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1953. First edition.. 12mo. Printed wrappers; pictorial dustjacket; 57p. Faint crease, light soil to jacket; text clean and unmarked. Prospectus for Beverly Jackson Huddleston's "A Line In Time" laid in. ... more information

Washington D.C: Walter Reed Memorial Association, 1904. First printing.. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 11pp. Creases and brief tears into upper margin; light soil; chipping to upper edge of final leaf. Biographical sketch, outlining Reed's career, especially his work with yellow fever, and concluding by requesting a monument to Walter Reed in Washington, D.C. ... more information

Chicago: Glad Tidings Publishing Company. Early Edition.. Green cloth; 63pp. Spine ends and corners touched, still a fine, unworn copy lacking the presumed dustjacket. Originally issued by Henry Brothers in 1894 (wrappers), this is an early reprint by a small evangelical publishing house. A classic example of waltz-hysteria literature, which appears to have infected American shores somewhat later than the Continent. The author (a former dancing-master) warns that the girl who learns to waltz is but one s... more information

New York: The Spanish Information Bureau, 1938. First Edition.. Quarto (29cm). Printed self-wrappers; 8pp; illus. Splits at folds; brief nicks and closed tears to margins (away from text); Good. Weekly organ of the Spanish Information Bureau, the American propaganda arm of the Spanish Republic. This issue features news of offensives on the Segre and Ebro Rivers; pleas for refugee relief; and an article on sculptor Jo Davidson's series of busts of Loyalist leaders. ... more information

Washington DC: Spanish Embassy, 1937. First Edition.. Printed wrappers; 319pp. Covers toned and lightly soiled, with creases to corners and extremities; spine chipped and darkened, losses at heel and crown. Text fresh and unmarked. About Very Good. Photostatic reproduction of 101 documents, together with their official translation by the League of Nations. From the preface, by Fernando de los Rios (Spanish Ambassador to the US): "These documents were seized on Spanish soil from units of the Italian R... more information

London: H. Hills, [1709]. Octavo. Sewn wrappers, removed; 16pp. Final leaf nearly detached; no half-itle; Good. Foxon's fourth state of the Hills edition, with "noisy Sound" on p.2, line 17; and "Samaites", p.3, line 34. An early masterpiece of British prurience, generally attributed to Edward ("Ned") Ward. Originally printed in 1701. FOXON P497. ... more information

Charleston: Nelson's Southern Printing Co, (1956)-59. First edition.. Two small octavo volumes. Staple-bound wrappers; printed card covers; 60pp + 93pp; illus. Slight external soil, else fine. ... more information

New York: Angel Hair Books, 1968. First, Limited Edition.. Quarto (30cm). Original pictorial staplebound wrappers, unpaginated. Minor toning and rubbing to covers, internally clean. Very Good. One of 500 copies. Cover illustration by Donna Dennis. ... more information

Washington DC: United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, 1932. First edition.. Octavo. Printed wrappers; 68pp; illus. Light external soil & wear; internally clean and unmarked. ... more information