Inside, Outside; A Novel
by Wouk, Herman [Reiner, Carl]
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1985. Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. Inscribed to Emmy Award-winning actor and writer Carl Reiner, signed limited edition of Inside, Outside by Herman Wouk.. Octavo, [10], 644pp, [4]. Gray cloth, title in gilt over blue label on spine. Top edge gilt. This copy appears unread. Housed in the publisher's acetate dust jacket and slipcase, both fine. From a limited edition of 1565 copies signed by the author, this being number 1139. Includes additional dedication... Read More
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The Caine Mutiny; A Novel of World War II
by Wouk, Herman
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/good. First edition of The Caine Mutiny: A Novel of World War II by Herman Wouk.. Octavo, xiv, [2], 494pp. Full blue cloth, title in silver on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, light wear to spine, faint foxing along edges. In the publisher's dust jacket, $3.95 retail price on front flap, light sunning to spine, small losses to... Read More
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Historical Memoirs of My Own Time; Part the First, from 1772 to 1780. Part the Second from 1781 to 1784
by Wraxall, Nathaniel William
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies; Richard Bentley, 1815. First Edition. Full leather. Near fine. First editions of the Historical Memoirs of My Own Time (1815) and the Posthumous Memoirs of His Own Time (1836) by Nathaniel William Wraxall, finely bound as one set.. Octavo, [five volumes], iv, 549pp; 583pp, xii, 441pp; 374pp; 440pp. Full leather, gilt borders and turn-ins. Five raised bands on gilt-embellished spines, title in gilt on morocco label affixed to spine. Marbled endpapers, top... Read More
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On the Other Hand; A Life Story
by Wray, Fay
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Signed first edition of On the Other Hand: A Life Story by actress Fay Wray.. Octavo, xv, 270pp. Yellow hardcover, title in silver on spine. Stated "First Edition" with full number line listed on copyright page. Solid text block. In the publisher's dust jacket, $16.95 retail price on front flap, light shelf wear and sunning to spine, near fine. Signed by Fay Wray on the... Read More
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An Autobiography
by Wright, Frank Lloyd
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/good. First edition, first printing of An Autobiography by Frank Lloyd Wright, in the scarce dust jacket, designed by the author.. Square octavo, iv, 371pp. Black cloth, title in gilt on front cover and spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, top edge dyed red, light rubbing to corners, faint offsetting to endpapers. Free of marks or notations, possibly unread. Complete with 65... Read More
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The Homecoming Singer
by Wright, Jay
New York: Corinth Books, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/very good. Signed first edition of The Homecoming Singer by Jay Wright, inscribed to fellow authors.. Octavo, 95pp, [1]. Orange cloth, title in black on spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, touch of wear to corners, otherwise fine. In the publisher's dust jacket, $6.50 retail price on front flap, shelf worn, with sunned spine, very good example. Inscribed on the title page: "For... Read More
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The Shining Brow; Frank Lloyd Wright
by Wright, Olgivanna Lloyd
New York: Horizon Press, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/very good. First edition of The Shining Brow by Frank Lloyd Wright's wife, Olgivanna Lloyd Wright.. Octavo, 300pp. Burnt orange cloth, title in gilt on spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $4.50 on front flap, small chips to corners and spine, sunning to spine, shelf wear. Complete with 18 illustrations throughout text, including photograph frontispiece. (Sweeney... Read More
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Orville Wright Signed Check
by Wright, Orville
Dayton, Ohio: The Winters National Bank & Trust Co, 1946. Signed Check. Paper. Very good. Orville Wright signed check to the Internal Revenue Service in Cincinnati, Ohio.. Check measures 8.75" x 3.25", and is dated July 1st, 1946. Includes the expected cancellation stamps and punctures. The check is stamped by the Internal Revenue Service on the verso. The check was written by Orville's longtime personal secretary, Mabel Beck, and signed by Orville Wright on the front signature line.... Read More
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Orville Wright Signed Check
by Wright, Orville
Dayton, Ohio: The Winters National Bank & Trust Co, 1943. Signed Check. Paper. Near fine. Orville Wright signed check to the Dayton Power and Light Company.. Check measures 8.75" x 3.25", and is dated May 14, 1943. The check is stamped on the verso by The Dayton Power Company. Includes the expected cancellation stamps and punctures. The check was written by Orville's longtime personal secretary, Mabel Beck, and signed by Orville Wright on the front signature line. Orville... Read More
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Orville Wright Signed Check
by Wright, Orville
Dayton, Ohio: The Winters National Bank & Trust Co, 1946. Signed Check. Paper. Near fine. Orville Wright signed check to his longtime personal secretary, advocate, and gatekeeper, Mabel Beck.. Check measures 8.75" x 3.25", and is dated June 20, 1946. Includes the expected cancellation stamps and punctures. The check is endorsed by Mabel Beck on the verso. The check was written by Beck and signed by Orville Wright on the front signature line. Orville Wright (1871-1948), born in... Read More
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Black Boy; A Record of Childhood and Youth
by Wright, Richard
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1945. Tenth Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Signed copy of Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth by Richard Wright, the tenth edition, published in 1945.. Octavo, [8], 228pp, [5]. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "Tenth Edition August 1945" on copyright page. This tenth edition was printed the same year of original publication, 1945. Solid text block, lightly bumped corners, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket,... Read More
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The Yellow Peril; Chinese Americans in American Fiction 1850-1940
by Wu, William F. [Woodcock, Leonard]
Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. Inscribed to former US Ambassador to China Leonard Woodcock, the first edition of The Yellow Peril by William F. Wu.. Octavo, 241pp. Full red cloth, title in black on spine. Stated "First published 1982 as an Archon Book" on copyright page. Solid text block, faint foxing and dust remnants to top edge, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, no price listed, light... Read More
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Jamie Wyeth
by Wyeth, Jamie
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Signed limited edition of Jamie Wyeth, a collection of paintings by Jamie Wyeth.. Octavo, 143pp. Three-quarter brown morocco, title in gilt on spine. Blue cloth boards with decorative gilt trim. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page, with the full number line. Solid text block, fine condition. Housed in the publisher's near fine blue cloth slipcase. One of 500 copies, this one numbered 462.... Read More
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Jamie Wyeth
by Wyeth, Jamie
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. Signed first edition of Jamie Wyeth, a collection of paintings by Jamie Wyeth.. Octavo, 143pp. Blue cloth, title in silver on spine. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page, with the full number line. Solid text block, dust remnants to top edge, near fine. In the publisher's dust jacket, $30.00 retail price on front flap, touch of shelf wear, otherwise fine. Signed by the author on... Read More
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The Day of the Triffids
by Wyndham, John
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951. First American Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First American edition of The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham.. Octavo, 222pp. Blue-gray cloth, title stamped in green on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, a few closed tears, 1cm chip at center of spine, light wear at hinges. Jacket designed... Read More
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Voyager
by Yeager, Jeana; Rutan, Dick; Patton, Phil
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Signed first edition of Voyager by Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan, with an inspiring inscription by Yeager.. Blue hardcover, title in red on navy cloth spine. Endpapers illustrated with maps. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, touch of wear to corners. In the publisher's dust jacket, $19.95 retail price on front flap, light shelf wear, near fine condition. Signed by Dick... Read More
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The Winding Stair
by Yeats, W.B.
New York: The Fountain Press, 1929. Limited Edition. Cloth. Very good. Signed limited edition of The Winding Stair by William Butler Yeats, published in 1929 by The Fountain Press.. Octavo, [6], 25pp, [2]. Publisher's blue cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine, author's name in gilt over small red morocco label. Light wear to cloth, with some faint spotting and sunning to the spine. Internally clean, free of marks or notations. Bookplate from American author Frank C. Reilly... Read More
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A Way Out Of No Way; The Spiritual Memoirs
by Young, Andrew [Belafonte, Harry]
Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. The first edition of A Way Out Of No Way: The Spiritual Memoirs of Andrew Young, inscribed to Harry Belafonte, both colleagues and friends of Martin Luther King, Jr.. Octavo, xiii, 172pp, [6]. Brown cloth spine, paper hardcover, title stamped in gilt on spine. The first printing, with a full number line on the copyright page. This copy appears lightly read, free of notable wear. In the... Read More
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Confederate Wizards of the Saddle; Being Reminiscences and Observations of One Who Rode With Morgan
by Young, Bennett H.
Boston: Chapple Publishing Company, 1914. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. The first edition of Confederate Wizards of the Saddle, inscribed by the author, Confederate officer, and member of Morgan's Raiders, Bennett H. Young.. Quarto, xxii, 633pp. Publisher's red cloth, title stamped in white on the cover and spine. No additional printings noted. Light wear to cloth spine, rubbing to white title and publisher. Solid text block. Complete with frontispiece portrait and 31 illustrated plates. (Howes Y, 21) (Nevins... Read More
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Around the World with General Grant; A Narrative of the Visit of General U.S. Grant, Ex-President of the United States, To Various Countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879. To Which are Added Certain Conversations with General Grant on Questions Connected with American Politics and History
by Young, John Russell
New York: Subscription Book Department, 1879. First Edition. Leather bound. Fine. First edition of Around the World with General Grant by John Russell Young, published in 1879.. Quarto, [two volumes], xii, 632pp; xvi, 632pp. Publisher's deluxe three-quarter brown morocco, gilt-tooled spine, brown pebbled cloth boards. Five raised bands, title in gilt on each spine. Marbled endpapers, with marbled leafends. Both volumes with solid text blocks, solid hinges. Light wear to corners and lower tips of the spine. Complete... Read More
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W.A. Mozart; Portfolio Of A Genius
by Zaslaw, Neal
West Stockbridge: Thornwillow Press, 1991. Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine. From the Thornwillow Press, W.A. Mozart: Portfolio of a Genius, by Neal Zaslaw of the Lincoln Center Mozart Bicentennial.. Folio, [1 leaf, 24 folded leaves]. The 24 folded leaves are divided into 23 chapters and an introduction. Housed in the publisher's green cloth clamshell, lined in silk, Mozart's initials in gilt on spine, measures 18" x 14". Light wear to cloth panels, solid binding. Internally fine. Laid-in list of... Read More
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God's Got a Better Idea
by Zeoli, Billy [Ford, Gerald R.]
Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. First edition of God's Got a Better Idea by Billy Zeoli, signed by President Gerald R. Ford.. Octavo, 128pp. Yellow hardcover, title printed in black on spine. No additional printings on copyright page. In the publisher's dust jacket, $5.95 on front flap, near fine condition, faint shelf wear and toning to spine. Signed by President Gerald R. Ford on the front free endpaper. "Over... Read More
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Weltkrieg 1939-1945: Ehrenbuch der Deutschen Wehrmacht; Den Gefallenen zur Ehre und den Lebenden zur Erinnerung
by [Bodo Zimmermann]
Stuttgart: Verlag Dr. Hans Riegler, 1954. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine. Inscribed by German General Bodo Zimmermann, the first edition of Book of Honor: The German Wehrmacht - The World War 1939-1945.. Octavo, xxxi, 243pp, [3], 95pp, 104pp, [2], [viii]. Blue hardcover, title stamped in gilt on cover and spine. Complete with 54 maps and 171 illustrations. Light wear to spine, solid text block. Free of marks or notations. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Mr. Stephen_,... Read More
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A Popular History Of Germany, From The Earliest Period To The Present Day.; With 600 Illustrations By Geiger, And Others. Translated By Hugh Craig, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge
by Zimmermann, Wilhelm
New York: Johnson and Miles, 1877. First Edition. Leather bound. Very good. First edition of A Popular History of Germany by Dr. Wilhelm Zimmermann, in a decorative binding.. Quarto, [four volumes]. All volumes finely bound in three-quarter brown morocco with marbled paper boards. Title in gilt on spine, five decorative bands on each volume. Marbled endpapers and edges. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Ex-library with usual markings and stamp card holder affixed to rear endpapers. All... Read More
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Horse, Foot, And Dragoons; Sketches Of Army Life At Home And Abroad
by Zogbaum, Rufus Fairchild
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine. The first edition of Horse, Foot, And Dragoons: Sketches Of Army Life At Home And Abroad by Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum.. Octavo, [2], 176pp, [2]. Blue cloth, title stamped in gilt, illustrations on front cover. Brown endpapers. Solid text block, occasional thumb marks and marginalia in pencil. Illustrated with numerous plates by the author. Not found in Nevins or Dornbusch. A near fine example.
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