Poems in Prose
by Wilde, Oscar
Paris: Privately Printed, 1905. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited to 50 copies. Good. Original wraps generally toned, some spots of soiling, a very small chip at the head of the spine, tear down much of the top spine fold. Square and firmly bound with unopened pages, some foxing at the edges, clean otherwise. A pirated edition printed by Charles Carrington with the text taken from the July 1894 issue of The Fortnightly Review. [Mason 609]. ... Read More
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Epistola; In Carcere Et Vinculis
by Wilde, Oscar
Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Translated by Max Meyerfeld. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped (no price), generally toned, multiple chips at the edges and spine. Quarter orange buckram with black paper on the boards, rubbed at the fore-edge and pushed at the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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For Love of the King; A Burmese Masque
by Wilde, Oscar
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Cream boards, soiled and bumped, gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge, clean internally. The first appearance of this posthumously published pantomimic play originally written around 1894 as a gift for Mrs. Chan Toon.
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The Duchess of Padua
by Wilde, Oscar
New York: Privately Printed, 1905. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. Fair. Red wraps, faded at the spine and edges, a few gouges at the spine, generally rubbed and lightly soiled. Square, first signature loose, all others firmly attached. An apparent pirate copy by Charles Connington, a scarce copy in any condition.
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The Young King and The Star-Child
by Wilde, Oscar
Boston: L.C. Page & Company, [n.d.]. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated. Very Good, no jacket. Light green buckram, rubbed and faded at the edges. Bound with some reading wear and a slight forward lean, bookplate inside the front board, clean otherwise. Published as part of Page's Cosy Corner Series of young adult books.
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Lady Windmere's Fan
by Wilde, Oscar
Paris: [Leonard Smithers], 1903. Hardcover. Very good. Limited to 250 copies, of which this is number 115. About very good in the original plain brown cloth, toned in spots, rubbed at the edges and corners. Square, bound with some reading wear on the binding, a semi-circle in the lower quarter of the front endpaper has been removed for reasons unknown. Pirated edition published by Leonard Smithers.
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The Skin of Our Teeth; A Play in Three Acts
by Wilder, Thornton
New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. With an ALS from Wilder to Yale Printer Emeritus Carl Rollins. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), bumped and with a few shallow chips and short closed tears at the edges. Orange cloth, lightly bumped at the corners, with brown paste-down labels on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, faintly foxed at the top edge, clean... Read More
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The Eighth Day
by Wilder, Thornton
New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, clipped, rubbed and bumped at the edges, a few short closed tears. Quarter blue cloth with blue cloth on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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Our Town
by Wilder, Thornton
New York: Coward-McCann, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in an about Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.00), lightly toned, a few shallow chips at the edges. Brown cloth, faded at the edges, with blue paste-down labels on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a blue top stain, clean internally. A nicely preserved copy of Wilder's classic Pulitzer Prize-winning work about an American town.
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Vietnam and the Pacific Rim Strategy
by Wiley, Peter
Boston: New England Free Press. Paperback. Good. Good. Pink wraps faded at the spine and lower edge. Firmly bound with two staples, some underlining throughout. A reprinting of Wiley's article that originally appeared in a 1969 issue of Leviathan.
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Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
by Wilhelm, Kate
Norwalk: Easton Press, 1989. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrations by Pat Morrissey. Introduction by Pamela Sargent. Fine. Red leather with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and boards. Square and firmly bound with gilt edges, sewn-in bookmark, and with the original laid-in receipt, unused bookplate, and Collector's Note. Part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series.
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The Cat and the Canary
by Willard, John
New York: Jacobsen Publishing Company, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Very Good in a less than Fair jacket, only a portion of the front and back panels remain. Brown buckram, bumped at the corners, with black ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square, bound with some reading wear, former owner's name on the front endpaper. A photoplay edition for the 1927 German Expressionist Paul Leni film distributed by Universal Pictures, which in turn was based on the... Read More
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Something about a Soldier
by Willeford, Charles
New York: Random House, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Advanced Uncorrected Proofs. Near Fine. Red wraps, lightly rubbed, label taped onto the front. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Willeford's memoir about his time in the U.S. Army during the Great Depression.
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Grimhaven
by Willeford, Charles
[n.p.]: [n.p.], [n.d.]. Unbound Sheets. Good. p. 2-97, loose sheets. Good. Pages curled at the corners, bumped and with some light creases, minor soiling. A near-complete (just missing the title page) copy of Willeford's suppressed, unpublished sequel to Miami Blues.
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You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons; The World on One Cartoon a Day
by Willems, Mo
New York: Hyperion Paperbacks, 2006. Paperback. Very Good. Foreword by Dave Barry. Second Printing. Inscribed by Willems with a cartoon face on the title page. Very Good. Wraps lightly bumped and curled. Square and firmly bound, some soiling at the edges, clean internally. A production of Willems's sketchbook during his travels around the world before starting his children's book career.
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Moon River and Me
by Williams, Andy
New York: Viking Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Williams on the title page. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($25.95). Grey paper with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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Martial Arts of the Orient
by Williams, Bryn
London: Hamlyn, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Good in a Very Good dust jacket, unclipped (sticker over the price), bumped at the edges. Red paper on the boards, some rubbing and scuffing, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, a few highlighted entries in the Index, clean otherwise. An illustrated guide to various disciplines of martial arts.
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All Hallows' Eve
by Williams, Charles
New York: Pellegrini and Cudahy, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Introduction by T.S. Eliot. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.75), faed at the spine, generally rubbed, some soiling. Blue cloth, bumped at the corners, with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The final supernatural novel from the British writer.
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Cave of the Numinous; Tantric Physics I.
by Williams, Craig
Germany: Theion Publishing, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Standard Edition limited to 540 copies. Fine. Red cloth with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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Wonder's Child: My Life in Science Fiction
by Williamson, Jack
New York: Bluejay Books, Inc, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by Williamson on the title page. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($15.95), a crease down the front flap, lightly bumped at the edges. Quarter blue cloth with brown paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Williamson's memoir about his writing career, including anecdotes about composing his most beloved stories and dealing with the likes of Hugo Gernsback and John W. Campbell.... Read More
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The Alien Intelligence
by Williamson, Jack
Carrollton: P.D.A. Enterprises, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Period illustrations by Paul & Morey. New Illustrations by Kenneth Hafer. Limited to 1,000 copies, this copy inscribed by Williamson on the title page. Near Fine. Blue wraps, faintly rubbed, a few stray stains. Square and firmly bound with two staples, clean internally. The first volume in the Jack Williamson Collector's Series, this features an introduction by Williamson as well as three of his stories: "The Alien Intelligence,"... Read More
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Breaking and Entering
by Williams, Joy
London: Collins Harvill, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Williams on the title page.Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped (£10.95 net), faintly bumped at the edges. Grey cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Williams's novel about the drifters Willie and Liberty and their search for home and self, favorably compared to the work of Jay McInerney and Bret Easton Ellis.
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The Visiting Privilege; New and Collected Stories
by Williams, Joy
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Williams on the title page. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($30.00). Quarter green cloth with beige paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of forty-six stories drawn from the first four decades of her career.
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The Adulteress
by Williams, J.X.
San Diego: Corinth Publications, 1966. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Nightstand NB1791. Near Fine. Wraps lightly rubbed and toned. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A sleaze novel about resort instructor Roy and his various sexual exploits. One of the many adult novels published under the J.X. Williams pseudonym.
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Biography of Revolutionary Heroes; Containing the Life of Brigadier Gen. William Barton and also, of Captain Stephen Olney
by Mrs. Williams
Providence: Published by the Author, 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Good. Brown boards, pushed at the corners, some loss at the head and foot of the spine, embossed with flower designs, a black paste-down on the spine. Square, bound with some reading wear but the hinges remain uncracked, frontispiece "Captain of Prescott," clean internally. A relatively scarace American Revolution biography.
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