The Genesis of Wuthering Heights. Introduction by Edmund Blunden.
by Visick, Mary.
London: Hong Kong University Press, 1967. Second edition. Small octavo, softbound, a-g [addenda to 2nd edition], ix, 88 pp. Near-Fine, with small price sticker lower front cover.
Offered by Lighthouse Books
Private Pornography in the Third Reich (Hans von Bockhain Collection)
by von Bockhain, Hans [Photographer]; Publisher [Introduction];
New York: Goliath Digest, 2016. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x1x7. A couple faint creases to bottom wrapper edges, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2016 Trade Paperback. 223, [1] pp. A collection of vintage pornographic photos reproduced from originals in the private collection of Hans von Bockhain, representing sexuality in Third Reich era Germany. Text in five languages: English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian.
Offered by Yesterday's Muse, Inc.
The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems
by Wakoski, Diane
Simon and Schuster, 1972. Very Good. Wakoski, Diane. The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972. 160pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with rubbing and bumping. Price sticker on rear cover.
Offered by Weller Book Works
Dancing on the Grave of a Son of a Bitch.
by WAKOSKI, Diane.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1973.. First edition, numbered & signed issue.. 137 pp. Minor bump to one upper corner, else fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Wakoski. Morrow & Cooney 163b.
Offered by Jeff Maser, Bookseller
John Walker : a winter in Maine : a conversation between John Walker and Bruce Brown
by Walker, John ; Bruce Brown
Bangor, ME: University of Maine Museum of Art, 2004. Softcover. VG (some minor wear to edges of wraps). Gray wraps with color illustration and white text. Trifold, 6 pages with some color illustrations. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition, John Walker a winter in Maine, curated by Bruce Brown and Wally Mason, July 29-August 29, 2004 Center for Maine Contemporary Art, September 24-January 8, 2005, University of Maine Museum of Art."
Offered by Mullen Books, Inc.
Tax Reciept from Leavenworth County in 1879 for taxes paid by J. F. Miller signed at bottom by J. Lewis Waller Esq
by Waller, John Lewis, 1850-1907
[Leavenworth County, Kansas], 1879. Very Good. Partly printed on one side. Approx. 22 x 35 cm. Later verical folds. Verso blank. Online information supports our belief that the signatory, J. Lewis Waller Esq., is John Lewsi Waller, an African American who was born enslaved in Missouri who moved to Iowa after the end of the Civil War where he graduated from high school in Toledo, worked as a barber and was active in politics and civil tights. He... Read More
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The Glass Castle: a Memoir
by Walls, Jeannette
Scribner, 2006. Very Good. Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle: a Memoir. New York: Scribner, 2006. 288pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped.
Offered by Weller Book Works
Der FUEHRER'S FACE
by DISNEY (Walt):
DISNEY (Walt): "der Fuehrer's Face" from the Walt Disney Motion Picture. Words and music by Oliver Wallace. New York: Southern Music Publishing Co., 1942. Pictorial colored front cover showing Donald Duck successfully throwing a tomato at Hitler, hitting him in the left eye. 4to, 5pp; pictorial paper self-wrappers. Rare sheet music, fine condition. Der Fuehrer's Face is an American animated anti-Nazi propaganda short film produced by Walt Disney Productions, created in 1942 and released on January 1, 1943, by RKO Radio... Read More
Offered by Battledore Ltd.
So Red the Rose (Original photograph from the set of the 1935 film)
by Walter Connolly, Randolph Scott, Margaret Sullavan (starring); King Vidor (director); Maxwell Anderson, Edwin Justus Mayer, Laurence Stallings (screenwriters); Stark Young (novel)
N.p.: N.p., 1935. Vintage reference photograph from the 1935 film, showing King Vidor and a script supervisor talking with Walter Connolly and Randolph Scott on the set. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1934 novel by Stark Young, about a southern aristocrat whose love for her cousin, a Confederate officer, sustains her through the war. 10 x 8 inches. Light creasing to three corners, else Near Fine. ... Read More
Offered by Royal Books, Inc.
Viscose: Direktfarbstoffe. Colorants directs. direct colours
by WALTER, Richard
1930. WALTER, Richard. Viscose: Direktfarbstoffe. Colorants directs. Direct colours. 13 pp. text and 7 pp. containing 128 mounted fabric samples. 8vo, 245 x 167 mm, publisher's cloth. Basel: Sandoz, 1930. A handsome work on dyeing from the renowned Basel bio-chemichal company, Sandoz. As usual with these works, it is rare, with OCLC listing only one copy worldwide in Basel. Founded in 1886, like most of the famous European pharmaceutical giants, Sandoz began in the... Read More
Offered by Ursus Rare Books
Contemporary Chinese stories
by Wang, Chi-chen, trans
New York: Columbia University Press, 1944. First edition, 8vo, pp. ix, [3], 242; full red cloth, top edge stained red; fine in price-clipped dust jacket with a few short tears. A collection of Chinese literature in translation, covering the period from 1918 to 1937. "The stories have been selected on the basis of their excellence as stories, the position of the authors in the literary scene, and the light they throw on Chinese life and problems." Represented here are... Read More
Offered by Rulon-Miller Books
THE NEW JERUSALEM BIBLE
by Wansbrough, Henry [General Editor]
New York: Doubleday, 1985. Hardcover. Octavo, unpaginated. In Very Good condition housed in a Very Good slipcase. Bound in the publisher's blue cloth with gilt Jerusalem cross device to front board. Slipcase with moderate soiling and age toning to exterior. Binding square and tight; text block clean throughout. The New Jerusalem Bible is a complete modern English Catholic translation of the scriptures, based on the French La Bible de Jérusalem (revised edition, Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf, 1973), with... Read More
Offered by Second Story Books
C.M. Russell Boyhood Sketchbook
by Warden, R.D.; Renner, Frederic G. (intro.)
Bozeman, Montana: Treasure Products, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+. Errata slip laid in front.. Square quarto. Hardcover. Faux leather with embossed titles and embossed gilt portrait of artist. iv, 29 pages illustrations. 30 cm.
Offered by Mullen Books, Inc.
Wild Pilgrimage
by WARD, Lynd
New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Attractive novel in woodcuts. A very good copy in cloth boards with a slight forward lean to the spine and some sunning to the spine. No dust jacket. Internally a clean copy.
Offered by Jeff Hirsch Books
Charles Biederman (1906-2004) Works from the Thirties
by Ward, Meredith; Biederman, Charles Joseph
New York: Meredith Ward Fine Art, 2005. Staplebound. VG-. Some light soiling.. Small square quarto. Staplebound. Illustrated wraps. 8 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm. Catalog of an exhibition held at Meredith Ward Fine Art, New York City, Nov. 11, 2005-Jan. 14, 2006./ Includes bibliographical references.
Offered by Mullen Books, Inc.
A History of Africa
by Ward, W.E.F.
Nashville: Aurora Publishers, 1970. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 143pp; 249pp; 198pp+indices.Very good hardback in a slightly tanned and rubbed jacket.
Offered by Kenneth Mallory
The Art of Prayer: An Orthodox Anthology.
by WARE, Timothy. ed.
London & Boston: Faber and Faber, (1978).. Later printing.. 287 pp w/index. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with three short tears to the top edge, and a sticker shadow on the front flap. Compiled by Igumen Chariton of Valamo. Translated by E. Kadloubovsky and E.M. Palmer. Edited by Timothy Ware, with his introduction.
Offered by Jeff Maser, Bookseller
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
by Warhol, Andy
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. first. hardcover. fine/fine. Stated first edition on copyright page. SIGNED with drawing by author. Book fine. Dust jacket fine, small closed tear to left top of front cover. Flap price $7.95.
Offered by Bookbid Rare Books
The Quest for the Historical Muhammad
by Warraq, Ibn
Prometheus Books, 2000. Fine. Warraq, Ibn. The Quest for the Historical Muhammad. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 2000. 554pp. Glossary. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Covers lightly rubbed.
Offered by Weller Book Works
Or Else: Poem/Poems 1968-1974
by WARREN, Robert Penn
New York: Random House, 1974. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 102 pages. A mid career collection of poems from this acclaimed writer who remains the only author to win Pulitzer Prizes for both fiction and poetry. A clean near fine copy in black cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket.
Offered by Jeff Hirsch Books
Stained Glass
by WARREN, Rosanna
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 68 pages. The 1993 Lamont Poetry Selection. A fine copy in cloth boards with laid in Lamont card and in a near fine dust jacket with some slight crimping to the base of the spine.
Offered by Jeff Hirsch Books
Secret War in Shanghai: An Untold Story of Espionage, Intrigue, and Treason in World War II
by Wasserstein, Bernard
Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Very Good. Wasserstein, Bernard. Secret War in Shanghai: An Untold Story of Espionage, Intrigue, and Treason in World War II. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. 354pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Black 1/4 cloth. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped spine ends.. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with gently rubbed edges..
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from Chez Panisse Pasta, Pizza, and Calzone.
by WATERS, Alice with Patricia Curtan and Martine Labro.
Berkeley & San Francisco: Black Oak Books/A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, 1984.. First edition.. 15 x 7 3/4 inch broadside, printed in three colors. Some light discoloration to the lower edge of the right side, else fine. Designed by Peter Koch. Though not called for, SIGNED by Waters, Curtan, and Koch.
Offered by Jeff Maser, Bookseller
Enough Rope
by Watkins, Arthur V.
Prentice-Hall, 1969. Very Good. Watkins, Arthur V.. Enough Rope. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1969. 302pp. Indexed. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped spine ends.. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with rubbing and chipping..
Offered by Weller Book Works
The Story of Historic Micanopy.
by Watkins, Caroline Barr.
The Micanopy Historical Society, 1991. Second Edition. Octavo, softbound (stiff, photo. illustrated white & green wrappers), vii, 115 pp. Near Fine in a protective mylar wrapper.
Offered by Lighthouse Books