Men at Arms. A Novel
by Waugh, Evelyn
Boston: Little, Brown, [1952] First U.S. edition. Cloth. Octavo. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket is price-clipped and chipped at head and foot of spine.
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Recollections of a Beloved Sister, Interspersed with Reflections Addressed to Her Own Children
by Wayland, [Jane]
Derby: Henry Mozley and Son, 1830 Second British edition. There was also a Boston edition published in 1829 by Munroe and Francis. All editions are scarce. OCLC locates two copies of the present edition (British Library; Heinz Historical Center in Pennsylvania) and no copies of either the first British edition or the Boston edition.. Original drab boards, blue cloth spine, and paper spine label. . Octavo. With engraved frontisportrait. Some dampstaining to boards and rubbing to label. Contemporary pencil signature,... Read More
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Bibliographia Liturgica: Catalogue Missalium Ritus Latini Ab Anno M.CCC.LXXIV Impressorum
by Weale, Iacobus
[Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Fine Books, reprinting the 1928 Quaritch edition, [n.d., 1990s] Cloth. Octavo. Fine.
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Bahloul & Hamdouna, or how the Sultan's daughter learned the Jester was a contemptible man. A Tale from The Perfumed Garden by Sheikh Nefzawi.
by [Weather Bird Press]. Nefzawi, Shiek
South Laguna, CA: Weather Bird Press,] 1969 One of fifty copies in boards in a total edition of seventy-five (twenty-five were bound in paper wrappers). This is one of the earliest books of Vance Gerry's Weather Bird Press. Most of the earliest items were ephemeral pieces, or in wrappers. . Dark red cloth over patterned purple boards. In the dust jacket, which is a bit chipped at the edges. . Octavo. With three linocut plates printed in... Read More
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Twenty-five Years of the Weather Bird Press. At various locations but under one master: V. Gerry. With a critical introduction by Bunston Quayles
by [ Weather Bird Press ]. Gerry, Vance
[Pasadena: The Weather Bird Press, 1993 One of about a hundred copies, twenty of which are deluxe. Signed on the colophon by Gerry. The colophon states that a hundred copies were printed, while entry #77 in the present catalogue (which is for the catalogue itself) states that it was printed in an edition of 125 copies. Bound by Mariana Blau in patterned paper boards with blue cloth spine. In the original off-white paper dustjacket printed in light brown. Octavo. Title-page... Read More
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Catalogue of the Wheeler Gift of Books, Pamphlets and Periodicals in the Library of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. With Introduction, Descriptive and Critical Notes by Brother Potamian
by Weaver, William D., ed
New York: American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1909 First edition of the most valuable collection of books on electricity and magnetism. Includes an annotated list of about 6000 items. Original yellow-gold cloth with spine stamped in green and gilt. Two volumes, octavo. With illustrations and facsimiles. A little soiling to covers. A very good, tight set.
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Studies in the History of Natural Theology
by Webb, Clement C.J
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1915 First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Head of spine frayed. Otherwise a very good copy, clean and bright.
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A Letter from Elizabeth Webb to Anthony William Boehm, With His Answer.
by Webb, Elizabeth
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Joseph Crukshank 1781 First edition. Four later editions were also published, including two German language editions (also published in Philadelphia). The German editions were published in 1783 and 1798, and two later English language editions were published in 1802 and 1806. The letters printed here were originally exchanged in 1712 and seem to have circulated in some form in the intervening years, though not from this publisher. The preface states that the present printing... Read More
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Gentle Giants: A Book of Newfoundlands
by Weber, Bruce
New York: Bulfinch Press, [1994] First edition. Includes a poem by Patti Smith and an introduction by Weber. . Navy cloth over pictorial boards. Quarto. With many great photos of Newfoundland dogs. Small abrasion near head of spine, corners lightly rubbed. Very good to fine.
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Rhetoric and History in Revolutionary New England
by Weber, Donald
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988 First printing. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Cloth. Octavo. Fine in spine-faded d.j.
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France: Fin de Siecle
by Weber, Eugen
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ Press, [1986] Cloth. Fine in fine d.j.
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The Fore-edge Paintings of John T. Beer; a biographical & historical essayfollowed by a catalogue raisonné based on the sale of his library. With aprologue: The ABC's of fore-edge painting
by Weber, Jeff
Los Angeles: Jeff Weber Rare Books, 2006 Limited to 210 copies printed by the Castle Press, Pasadena. . Octavo. Ten plates, including color and black and white illustrations. Bound by the Campbell-Logan Bindery in dark blue cloth with gilt spine. As new in plain paper dust jacket. The only major book on fore-edge paintings in forty years--since the publication of the second edition of the author's grandfather's book, 'Fore-Edge Painting' by Carl Weber, and a welcome edition... Read More
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The Urban Prisoner. Introduction by Ben Lifson
by Weber, Matt
New York: Sanctuary Books, [2004] First trade edition. Cloth. Oblong quarto. Fine in fine d.j.
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The Urban Prisoner. Introduction by Ben Lifson
by Weber, Matt
New York: Sanctuary Books, [2004] One of 200 copies in slipcase with an original 8 X 10 signed print laid in. Signed by the photographer. Cloth. Oblong quarto. As new in slipcase. New York photographs. Weber's first book.
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Blithe and Buoyant Spirit
by [Weigel, John C., and others].
[Fairfax, California: 1967] One of 350 copies. Printed by Mallette Dean in Centaur and Arrighi types, on Italian handmade and Oriental Tea Chest papers. Ecru linen over decorative boards, paper labels. . Octavo. Errata slip tipped in. Frontisportrait of Frances Porter Adler Schaffner (1890-1960), who is the subject of this tribute. Wood-engravings in text. Facsimiles of letters printed in red and green. A fine copy.
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The Discovery of Subatomic Particles.
by Weinberg, Steven
New York: Scientific American, [1983]. First edition. Cloth. Quarto. Fine in fine d.j. Nobel laureate in physics, 1979.
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Truth's Debt to Value
by Weissman, David
New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, [1993] First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Fine in fine d.j.
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Disproportional Properties. Foreword by George Kimball Plochmann
by Weissman, David
Carbondale: Southern Illinois Univ. Press, [1965] First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Fine in price-clipped d.j.
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Beyond All Appearances
by Weiss, Paul
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University, [1974[ First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Fine in lightly edgeworn, very good d.j.
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Modes of Being
by Weiss, Paul
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1958 First trade edition. Cloth. Octavo. Light shelfwear. Very good+ in very good, lightly edgeworn d.j. with wrap-around advertising band.
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The Illustrated Book
by Weitenkampf, Frank
Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1938 First edition. Cloth, with gilt covers and spine. . Octavo. Three color plates, numerous black and white illustrations. A fine copy, in original glassine dust jacket and publisher's slipcase.
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Ancient Book Illumination. Martin Classical Lectures, Vol. XVI
by Weitzman, Kurt
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1959 First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Top corner lightly bumped.Very good, without d.j.
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Dewey's Ethical Thought
by Welchman, Jennifer
Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Pr [1995] First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Small bump at foot of spine. Otherwise fine in fine d.j.
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Ballads of Eldorado...With decorations by Barse Miller
by Weller, earle V., ed
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1940 One of 300 copies printed by Ward Ritchie. Pictorial boards. Octavo. An excellent copy. Includes poems by Joaquin Miller, Bret Hart, Ambrose Bierce, and Gelett Burgess.
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Women Have Told: Studies in the Feminist Tradition
by Wellington, Amy
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1930 First edition of this history of feminist literary tradition in the English language. Each chapter focuses on a key literary figure (Mary Wollestonecraft, the Brontës, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Rebecca West, and more). . Publisher's purple cloth. In the original pink dust jacket printed in purple. Octavo. With five plates, including a frontispiece of Mary Wollestonecraft. Inscribed by the author, "To my good friend, Andrew McCauce / In memory of many happy hours spent among... Read More
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