Photogravure Broadside - THE WHOLE PRESENT SYSTEM.....
by Whitman, Walt
Brookline, MA: David R, Godine Poster. Near Fine. Poster. First Printing. 22" w x 31" h. A handsome broadside, 22" w x 31" h, featuring a 15" h x 20 ' w photogravure, printed by Joh. Enschede, Zonen, Haarlem, Holland, portraying a Civil War encampment with wounded soldiers resting beneath trees. Underneath, the quote, taken from Whitman's "Democratic Vistas:, note 2. "The whole present system of the officering and personnel of the... Read More
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Photogravure Broadside: "WE HAVE FREQUENTLY PRINTED THE WORD DEMOCRACY'
by Whitman, Walt
Brookline, MA: David R, Godine Poster. Near Fine. No Binding. First Printing. 22" x 30 1/2". SCARCE a haunting and prophetic broadside, Whitman's words written in 1871 following the Civil War as relevant today as then. 22" w x 30 1/2" h, featuring a 20" w x 19/12" h photogravure, printed by Joh. Enschede, Zonen, Haarlem, Holland, portraying Walt Whitman in profile, enlarged reproduction of 1891 photograph of Walt Whitman by Thomas Eakin at head of text. Underneath,... Read More
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Jungle Trails and Jungle People; Travel, Adventure and Observation in the Far East
by Whitney, Caspar
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE in such lovely condition. Near Fine, small inked letter bottom corner front end page, gilt at spine a bit rubbed to publisher's name at bottom edge. In the original green cloth, gilt titles and decorations bright, tissue-guarded frontispiece with elephants, vii-xv, 310 pp. with 4 pp. publisher's catalog, illustrated with numerous black and white full-page photographs..
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A Sanskrit Grammar, Including Both the Classical Language, and the Older Dialects, of Veda and Brahmana
by Whitney, William Dwight [1827-1894]
Leipzig: Breitkopf and Hartel, 1879. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv, 485, [1] pages. The First Edition of this classic study of Sanskrit grammar, handsomely bound in 20th c. full blue pebbled morocco, silver lettering at spine. With distinguished provenance, the name stamp of Clyde Pharr, noted American classicist, at title page and the ownership signature in ink and name stamp of James W. Marchand, noted medieval scholar, linguist, and polyglot, at front... Read More
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(Fine Bindings) The Complete Writings of John Greenleaf Whittier. Amesbury Edition. In Seven Volumes
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1892. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seven volumes in publisher's original half calf over marbled boards, matching marbled end papers, top edges gilt. Fine, prior owner name front end page Vol. VII, a few tiny rubs at edges and corners. 1892-94. All volumes publication date 1892, excepy Vol. IV dated 1894. The first four volumes The Poetical Works, Vols V - VII are The Prose... Read More
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The Next Development in Man
by Whyte, Lancelot Law
London: The Cresset Press, 1944. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First British Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good, the boards a bit lightened at the edges, with the bookplate of William B. Jensen, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and curator of the Oesper Collection on the History of Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati, at front paste down. In a Very Good dust jacket, tear at spine foldleaving jacket nearly in two sections, chips at spine ends, with... Read More
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Lex hominum communis secundum mentem Hugonis Grotii proposita et Dijudicata
by Henr. Lud. Wichers ( Hendrik Ludolf Wichers)
Groningae: Apud Jacobum Bolt, 1777. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE. 9 institutinal holdings worldwide according to Worldcat. Bound in quarter leather over marbled boards, red leather label, back with gilt decorations and rules. [14], 300 p. Text in Latin. Very Good, back repaired in keeping, rubs to corners, small letter in ink front paste down, inscription concering Grotius dated 1839 page facing title page, text clean and fresh. " 'The Universal... Read More
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The Wishing Star; A Mystery of Old Tarrytown
by Widdemer, Mabel Cleland
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1948. Book. Illus. by Margaret Ayer. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine, one small corner bump, prior owner name in ink front pastedown under front flap, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, light edgewear. 230 pages, with illustrations by Margaret Ayer. RARE in collector's condition..
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Die Lehre vom Galvanismus und Elektromagnetismus nebst ihren technischen Anwendungen. 1. Band: Die Lehre vom Galvanismus. Mit 201 in den Text eingedruckten Holzstichen. 2. Band: Die Lehre von den Wirkungen des Galvanischen Stromes in die Ferne./ Elektrody
by Wiedemann, Gustav
Braunschweig: Verlag von Friedrich Vieweg Und Sohn, 1863. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Both volumes dated 1863, and both are Very Good in original cloth, period prior owner name stamped 4 times to front end pages and once to rear paste downs, moderate foxing throughout both volumes, boards rubbed, fold-out color plate in vol. 2 with 2" tear at fold. Numerous wood engravings throughout both volumes. Wiedemann became famous through his... Read More
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CYBERNETICS or Control and Communiation in the Animal and the Machine
by Wiener, Norbert
New York: The Technology Press/ John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1949. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Fourth Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fourth Printing, 1949, of the 1948 First Edition, Near Fine, small scrapes at paste down edges likely from where jacket protector had been taped down, contemporary prior owner bookplate front paste down, faint crease front end page, lacking the dust jacket. A handsome copy of one of the most influential scientific books of the 20th century..... Read More
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Mensch Und Menschmaschine
by Wiener, Norbert
Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Alfred Metzner Verlag, 1952. Book. Fine. Cloth. First German Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In original red cloth with gilt lettering, 211 pages, illustrations. Fine in Very Good dust jacket, chip at head of spine and smaller chips at edges. From the collection of noted medieval scholar and polyglot James W. Marchand, his ownership label front end page. Original title, Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, in 1950: The Human Use of Human Beings... Read More
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{American Fine Binding} An Erring Woman's Love
by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919); Illustrated by Louise Mears and W. P. Hooper
New York: Lovell, Coryell & Company, 1892. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, 1892. 157 pp., 8vo, the full page illustrations are unpaginated. In publisher's black cloth with decorations in gilt, silver, and white, featuring two angels, white moire silk end papers, all edges gilt. Near Fine, rubs at spine ends and corners.RARE in such lovely condition, the gilt and silver bright, the moire silk end papers clean and bright.... Read More
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Performance Poster : THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
by Wilde, Oscar
Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Performing Arts Center / Southeast Stage Productions Poster. Fine. Poster. 18" x 28". SCARCE performance poster for Oscar Wilde's most enduringly popular play. Fine, as issued, 18"w x 28"h. The play was performed Feb. 24, 25, 26, & Mar. 2 at the Polk Theatre, Nashville, year not given, circa 1980's. The TPAC opened its doors in 1980..
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
by Wilde, Oscar
Greenwich, Conn.: The Literary Collector Press, 1905. Book. Very Good Minus. Paper Covered Boards. Limited and Numbered Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. The Third Edition of this poem. Collector Reprints No. 3. # 66 of 275 copies printed on American hand-made paper. In the original gray paper boards with black lettering and red ruling on paper labels at cover and spine. Very Good Minus, bottom 3 1/4" of paper at spine is gone. Internally clean and... Read More
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The Cabala
by Wilder, Thornton Niven
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. Book. Very Good. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at title page -"Miss Marian Willoughby with the regards of Thornton Wilder, Lafayette, May 1933". First Issue, with three points at ps. 186, 196, and 202. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket, toning at end pages, slight rubbing at corners of decorative cloth covers. The first novel by the... Read More
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The Cabala
by Wilder, Thornton Niven
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good Plus, small stain to fore edge, in the SCARCE dust jacket, Very Good, small chips at corners of front panel. larger chips rear panel, spine sunned, the flaps quite fresh and lovely. First Edition, First Issue of Wilder's first book, with "conversation" for "conversion" on p.196, line 13, and "explaininn" for "explaining" p.202, line 12. Red buckram... Read More
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Plato's Modern Enemies and the Theory of Natural Law
by Wild, John
Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1953. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. From the collection of noted sociologist Allen D. Grimshaw, with his name stamp front endpage and top edge of page block. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, spine ever so slightly faded..
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A Century of Progress ( Presentation Copy to Will H. Hays )
by Wile, Frederic William
New York: American Inst. Of the City of New York / Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Presentation Copy- tipped in page at front states -"Presented with the Compliments of The American Institute to Will H. Hays on the Occasion of Its Centenary Dinner Grand Ball Room Waldorf Astoria March 21, 1928". Will H. Hays, in addition to authoring the chapter in this book on "Motion Pictures" , also managed Warren G. Harding's successful campaign for... Read More
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Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV. With Illustrations
by Wilkins, W. H.
New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1905. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xx, 476 pp including 4 Appendices and Index. With over 50 illustrations One volume bound in signed Brentanos contemporary half pebbled morocco over marbled boards, the back with five raised bands with gilt lettering and decorations, top edge gilt, marbled end papers, the small leather bookplate of C.A. and V. Baldwin front paste down. Very Good, light rubbing at... Read More
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Village Discourses on Important Subjects: Particularly Adapted to Domestic Worship: To Which are Prefixed The Life of the Author, Revised and Enlarged, and a Recommendatory Preface by Matthew Wilks ( Parts IV through VI, Discourses XXI-XL )
by Reverend John Cennick: Matthew Wilks
London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1819. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Volume II only of a two volume set, containing Parts IV, V, and VI, Discourses XXI - XL, each part with its own title page and all dated 1819. 352 pages. RARE, Worldcat lists only 2 institutional holdings. About Very Good, boards and leather rubbed, moderate foxing throughout, top edge soiled, prior owner name in pencil front end page. Reverend... Read More
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In His Country; Poems
by Willard, Nancy
Ann Arbor, MI: Generation, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR along with a hand-drawn angel at verso of half-title page "To Dorothy, love Nancy". Laid in a 4" x 5" printed card of a pen and ink drawing of a young girl and a large bird, signed by the author, along with 2 period newspaper clippings concerning the author, one of... Read More
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Poster for "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
by Willard, Nancy: Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
The Blue Sky Press/ Scholastic Inc., 1993. Poster. Near Fine. Poster. First Printing. 18 3/4" x 20 3/4". Original publisher's promotional poster, 18 3/4" w x 20 3/4" h, for the book published 1993, the poster with same artwork as the original dust jacket. Near Fine, creasing along right edgewhich could be mostly covered with matting. An uncommon poster, well suited for framing, distributed in short supply at the ABA trade show in 1993. All posters shipped loosely rolled... Read More
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In His Country
by Willard, Nancy
Ann Arbor, MI: Generation, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. The poet's 1st book. Introduction by Radcliffe Squires. Top edge lightly foxed, and prior owner name front endpage. Spine on dustjacket is lightly browned..
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The Morning After: American Successes and Excesses 1981-1986 (Publisher's Promotional Poster)
by Will, George F.
The Free Press, 1986. Poster. Very Good. Poster. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Printing. 24" h x 17"w. Publisher's promotional poster, 24" h x 17"w, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR George F. Will at top edge -"To..... Best Wishes George F. Will". Very Good, slight creasing top left cornet, light soiling bottom left corner. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube..
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Western Guide 1930; Travel Information for Motor Tourists
by H.P. Williams and D. W. Williams
Salem, Oregon: Western Guide Publishing Co., 1930. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed by Elliott Printing House, Salem, OR "Tourist Camps and Apartments, Resorts, Eating Places, Super Service Stations, Points of Interest, Highway Mileage Tables, Road Maps, Descriptive Stories of Each State, Motor, Game, and Fish Laws for Tourists and Non-Residents." 176 page, with maps, numerous advertisements and black and white photographs. Contains tourism information for Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,... Read More
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