Aperture 137 David Wojnarowicz: Brush Fires In The Social Landscape
by WOJNAROWICZ, David, Lucy R. Lippard, Nan Goldin, et al.
New York: Aperture, 1994. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 82 pages. Monograph on artist and photographer David Wojnarowicz. Features texts by Lucy R. Kppard, C. Carr, Elizabeth Hess, Kiki Smith, Carlo McCormick, David Cole, Karen Finley, Vince Aletti, Tessa Hughes-Freeland, and Tom Rauffenbart. Also features an interview of Wojnarowicz by Nan Goldin and an interview of Fran Lebowitz by Melissa Harris. Includes numerous black and white and some color images by Wojnarowicz. A clean near fine copy in... Read More
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The Autobiography of an American Novelist
by Wolfe, Thomas; Field, Leslie
Harvard, 1983. Good. Wolfe, Thomas. The Autobiography of an American Novelist. Field, Leslie. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard, 1983. [152]pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with creases in front cover and rubbed edges..
Offered by Weller Book Works
Principles of Art History: The Problem of the Development of Style in Later Art
by Wolfflin, Heinrich; Hottinger (translator), M. D.
Dover, 1950. Good. Wolfflin, Heinrich. Principles of Art History: The Problem of the Development of Style in Later Art. Hottinger (translator), M. D.. NY: Dover, 1950. 237pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with bumped edges and creased front cover. Annotations and marginalia on a few pages..
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Art and its Objects: Second Edition, with Six Supplementary Essays.
by WOLLHEIM, Richard.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1980).. First printing of this edition.. xv + 270 pp w/bibliography. Very near fine in like dust jacket with price sticker on front flap. INSCRIBED by Wollheim, “For Kitaj himself / with much love & thanks / Richard - / 62 Elm Park Road, 2 . xi . 80.”
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Gandhi's Passion: The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi
by Wolpert, Stanley
Oxford University, 2001. Fine. Wolpert, Stanley. Gandhi's Passion: The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi. Oxford, UK: Oxford University, 2001. 308pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Brown 1/4 cloth. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light rubbing. Price clipped.
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Desire and Other Stories
by Wood, Clement
New York: Woodford Press, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Introduction Jack Woodford. Fifth Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally toned and soiled, an old tape repair at the rear spine fold. Grey boards. Square and firmly bound, some soiling at the edges, clean internally. A collection of Wood's stories set in a small Connecticut city revealing the "maelstrom of seething emotions and dark passions" of the citizens.
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Introduction to tantra sastra
by Woodroffe, John
Madras: Ganesh & Co, 1973. Sixth edition, 8vo, pp.[6], 157, [1]; frontispiece portrait; a very good, sound and clean copy in a very good dust jacket. John George Woodroffe (1865-1936) also known by his pseudonym Arthur Avalon, "was a British Orientalist whose extensive and complex published works on the Tantras, and other Hindu traditions, stimulated a wide-ranging interest in Hindu philosophy and yoga" (Wikipedia).
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We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past
by Woodson, Jacqueline
Scholastic, 1997. Very Good. Woodson, Jacqueline. We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past. NY: Scholastic, 1997. Illustrated. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good.
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Flush
by Woolf, Virginia
Harvest, 1961. Very Good. Woolf, Virginia. Flush. NY: Harvest, 1961. 185pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with light bumping and yellowing.
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Frank Wootton: 50 Years of Aviation Art
by Wootton, Frank
David & Charles, 1992. hardcover. Good/Good. 11x0x12. Oversize, coffee table book. Dust jacket and book are in good condition with only minor wear. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations.
Offered by Ed's Editions Bookstore
David L. Hostetler, the carver (signed)
by Wootten, Richard ; Louis Zona; Barbara Bays; Lyntha Scott Eiler; Terrill E Eiler
Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1992. Hardcover. VG-. Black color illustrated dj with yellow text, blue boards with gray text. xiii, 111 pages. Color and bw illustrations. Signed by Hostetler, other materials laid-in by artist. Inscribed to Richard York. Contents: Acknowledgements -- Foreword / Glenn C. Randall -- Artist's statement / David L. Hostetler -- Preface / Richard Wootten -- Of growth and change -- Artist and mentor. Chronology one -- Off to New York City. Chronology two... Read More
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The Poems Of William Wordsworth
by Wordsworth, William. Illustrated by John O'Connor
Limited Editions Club. Fine condition / Fine condition dust jacket. Introduction by Jonathan Wordsworth. Illustrated by John O'Connor. Designed by John Dreyfus. Printed at the University Printing House in Cambridge. Of the edition limited to 2000 numbered copies, this is an out of series copy designated "S.S." signed by the artist. Bound in quarter tan morocco leather with ochre linen over boards. Title stamped in black and gold on spine and an embossed portrait medallion of the poet... Read More
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United Auto Workers Strike and Collective Bargaining Press Photo Archive, Demonstrations at Chrysler and Ford Plants, 1960s-70s
by United Auto Workers
1961. [Labor Organizing] United Auto Workers strike and labor photographs documenting national contract disputes, factory shutdowns, collective bargaining, and picket line action across the American auto industry during the 1960s and 1970s. The group records major UAW conflicts involving General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, including the 1961 General Motors bargaining deadline, the 1967 Ford strike in Los Angeles, and the 1973 Chrysler contract dispute led by Leonard Woodcock and Douglas Fraser. These conflicts grew from fights over wages, speedup,... Read More
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The American Accountant; or, Schoolmasters' New Assistant: Comprised in Four Books. The Third Edition, revised and corrected by R. Patterson.
by WORKMAN, Benjamin
Philadephia: William Young, 1796. Book. 8vo, contemporary full calf, spine ruled in gilt; pp. [iv], [4]-220, (4, publisher's ads.] Piece missing from margin of one leaf, just touching a few numbers,, but a very good, sound copy. The fourth American book on mercantile accounting, first published in 1789, by the head of the mathematical at the University of Pennsylvania. This copy interestingly inscribed, "Sophia Robinsons book, present from my brother." Evans 31660..
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Photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright
by WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD; STEICHEN, EDWARD; JONES, GARETH
New York: np, 1931. first edition. Very Good. Edward Steichen. EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND IMPORTANT PHOTOGRAPH OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BY EDWARD STEICHEN; INSCRIBED BY WRIGHT TO WELSH JOURNALIST GARETH JONES. INSCRIBED BY WRIGHT ON VERSO: "To Gareth Jones / Frank Lloyd Wright". Also with Steichen's New York Studio stamp (80 W. 40th Street) and a signed autograph note by Gareth Jones: "Urgent. This photograph is valuable. I should like it untouched and returned to Edgar Jones, Eryl, Porthycastell... Read More
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White Man, Listen!
by Richard Wright
Garden City, NY: Doubl;eday & Company, 1957. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. The 1957 stated 1st edition of this Richard Wright "impassioned plea for understanding on the part of the white people of the world". Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with mild chipping at the spine ends and very light soiling along the rear panel. Octavo, internally very clean, with no writing or markings to speak of.
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC DAYLIGHT. VOLUME 1: TRAIN 98-99 [signed]
by Wright, Richard K.
Thousand Oaks: An MHP Publication, Wright Enterprises, 1970. Second edition, First printing, Numbered edition. Hardcover. Quarto, Volume One only: 656 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is pink with black print. Dust jacket has light edge wear, scratch on front panel. Price unclipped: "$30.00". Boards in red cloth, silver and black print; slight bump to front panel. Text block has spotting to edges. Illustrated: b&w photographs. Signed in ink by the author on the... Read More
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Native Son (The Biography of a Young American): A Play in Ten Scenes
by Paul Green and Richard Wright
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A bright, very sharp copy of the 1940 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (one small, neat name at the top of the front pastedown) in a very crisp, price-intact ($2.00), Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very light chipping and wear along the spine ends, and faint creasing at the front panel's lower-edge. Still though, eminently presentable and very attractive. Octavo, produced for the... Read More
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Don't Look Contemporary Drawings From an Alumna's Collection
by Wyckoff, Elizabeth
Wellesley, MA: Davis Museum and Cultural Center, 2007. Softcover. VG. Color illustrated wraps with blue text on spine, French flaps. 133 pp, transparent page prior to title. Many color illustrations. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass., Sept. 19-Dec. 9, 2007.
Offered by Mullen Books, Inc.
No Enemies, No Hatred: Selected Essays and Poems
by Xiaobo, Liu
Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Forewordby Vaclav Havel. Bound in publisher's original quarter black cloth gold paper boards with silver lettering on spine. Edited by Perry Link, Tienchi Martin-Liao, and Liu Xia, Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010.
Offered by James & Mary Laurie Booksellers
The Cat and the Moon and Certain Poems
by Yeats, W. B.
Dublin, Ireland: The Cuala Press, 1924. limited. hardcover. very good. Limited edition, one of 500 copies. Book very good, slight tanning, a couple of small paper pieces from title attached to spine are missing, front and rear free end papers are discolored.
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US Guided Missiles: The Definitive Reference Guide
by Yenne, Bill
Crecy, 2012. Very Good. Yenne, Bill. US Guided Missiles: The Definitive Reference Guide. Manchester: Crecy, 2012. 256pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Pictorial hardcover. Book condition: Very good with slightly rolled spine.. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with gentle rubbing..
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The adjustment problems of Chinese graduate students in American universities
by Yieh, Tsung-Kao
Chicago: The University of Chicago Libraries, 1934. 8vo, pp. [6], 127, [3]; blue printed wrappers; wrappers a little soiled with a call number on upper wrapper and inventory stamp on verso of title page, text clean and sound, good, inscribed by the author to Rev. S? Harrison on flyleaf.
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Address of the Carriers of the New York Herald, to Their Patrons. January 1st, 1846
by [Carrier's Address]: [New York]
[New York]: Herald Book and Job Office, 1845. Broadside, 24.75 x 19.25 inches, printed in three columns, with elaborate decorative border. Old folds, a couple of marginal chips, offsetting around border (or possibly light mat burn). Overall very good. A New Year's address to the readers of the New York Herald reviewing the events of 1845 in enthusiastic verse, additionally notable for an extraordinarily elaborate decorative border composed primarily of printer's ornaments. The address itself runs through the highlights... Read More
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The Japanese Art of Miniature Trees and Landscapes: Their Creation, Care, and Enjoyment
by YOSHIMURA, Yuji and HALFORD, Giovanna M.
Rutland: Tuttle, 1957. hardcover. fine/very good. Richly illustrated in b/w. 220 pages. Tall 8vo, green and tan decorative cloth, d.w. (slight fading along top edge and spine; tiny tears to top edge). Rutland: Tuttle, (1957). First edition, 13th printing. Fading along top edge of cloth, tiny soil marks to front end papers; otherwise a fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Signed by Yoshimura in English and Japanese to front free end paper.
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