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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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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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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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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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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The Economic Institutions of Capitalism
by Williamson, Oliver E.
New York: The Free Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped (no price), bumped at the edges. Red cloth, lightly pushed at the corners, with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, lightly soiled at the top edge, clean otherwise. A foundational work of transaction cost economics from the Nobel laureate.
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Das Energi
by Williams, Paul
New York: Warner Books. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Sixth Printing. Near Fine. Wraps faintly rubbed, a shallow crease on the front wrap near the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, clean internally.
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Twenty Issues of The Info Journal, Including Vol. 1, No. 1
by Willis, Paul J.
Arlington: The International Fortean Organization, 1981. Staplebound. Good. Nos. 1, 5-12, 24-31, 33, 37, 39. Number 1 Good with some tears along the spine edge, others Very Good or better. Covers with some wear at the edges, a few with math scribbled on the front. Firmly bound with two staples, very sparse marginalia, generally clean. A selection of early issues of this long-running Fortean publication, featuring articles from the likes of Ronald Willis, Vincent Gaddis, Charles Hapgood, Lucius... Read More
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Howling at the Sky; Draconian Architecture and the Sabian Keys
by Williamson, Roger
Minneapolis: Magus Meta Media, 2003. Second Edition. Paperback. Fine. After the First Edition limited to 50 copies. This copy inscribed by Williamson on the title page. About Fine. Purple card covers, faintly rubbed. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A guide to opening ourselves to original states of consciousness, with ten pages of illustrations, detailed rituals, guided meditations, and an in-depth analysis of the Golden Dawn System.
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In the Winter of Cities
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Williams on the front endpaper to writer and translator Kimon Friar. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.50). Quarter black cloth with patterned paper on the boards, lightly rubbed at the edges, bumped at the corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The debut collection of poetry by the famed playwright.
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A Streetcar Named Desire
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good Alvin Lustig-designed dust jacket, unclipped ($2.75), unevenly faded, chipped at the folds and edges, stamped "H.B." on the front flap. Lavender paper on the boards, rubbed and bumped at the bottom edges, faded matching the chips to the jacket. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in New Oreleans' French Quarter, centering on family strife between Blanche DuBois, her... Read More
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A Streetcar Named Desire
by Williams, Tennessee
Limited Editions Club, 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine. Al Hirschfield. Foreword by Jessica Tandy. Introduction by Tennessee Williams. Illustrated by Al Hirschfield, who has signed the limitation page. Near Fine in a Good slipcase, generally rubbed and stained with the paper wearing through. Quarter brown leather with patterned paper on the boards, faded at the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: Signet, 1958. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. Wraps lightly rubbed at the edges, creased at the spine. Square and firmly bound, usually toning to the pages, clean otherwise. Williams's classic play about the family life on a Mississippi plantation. The play won both the Pulitzer Prize and Drama Critics' Circle Award.
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Frankensteins and Foreign Devils
by Williams, Walter Jon
Farmingham: NESFA Press, 1998. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. Clean wraps. Square and firmly bound, a few pages with some creases at the bottom-right corner, clean otherwise. The first paperback edition after the limited edition hardcover edition.
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Why Me
by Willow, Ji
East Syracuse: Deerfield Enterprises, Inc, 1978. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Near Fine. Wraps lightly toned, bumped at the edges. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Willow's memoir about her communications with unexplained messengers. No institutional holdings located in OCLC. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson. [Eberhart 11899].
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Afterlife; An Investigation of the Evidence for Life after Death
by Wilson, Colin
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. | Dolphin, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($16.95), faintly rubbed. Quarter blue cloth with blue paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Wilson's examination of cases, theories, and trends related to the topic, including discussions of apparitions, telepathy, pre-cognition, and out-of-body experiences.
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The Essential Colin Wilson
by Wilson, Colin
London: Harrap, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Selected, Edited, and with an Introduction and Postscript by Wilson. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped (£9.95 net), lighlty soiled. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, business card of literary agent stapled onto the front endpaper, clean otherwise. A selection of Wilson's writing featuring extracts from The New Existentialism, The Occult, Mysteries, The Mind Parasites, and The Outsider.
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Rogue Messiahs; Tales of Self-Proclaimed Saviors
by Wilson, Colin
New York: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. About Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped (no price). Black paper on the boards, faintly pushed at the edges. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Wilson's retelling of the "outrageous claims, acts, and abuses of 25 self-proclaimed messiahs who have arisen in the last 300 years.
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