Night Frost
by Wingfield, R. D.
London: BCA, 1992. Book. Fine. Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on bookplate attached to title page. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Published by BCA in 1992, the same year as the Constable true first edition. Part of the basis for the popular TV series "A Touch of Frost" starring David Jason. SCARCE SIGNED in either of the editions..
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The Health of the Worker; Dangers to Health in the Factory and Shop and How to Avoid Them
by Winslow, C.E.A.
New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 1913. Book. Near Fine. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Near Fine, rear wrapper lightly foxed. Printed and distributed by the insurance company for the use of its policy holders. 24 page pamphlet, illustrated in b & w. SCARCE..
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Camp Morton 1861-1865 Indianapolis Prison Camp
by Winslow, Hattie Lou; Moore, Joseph R. H.
Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Historical Society, 1940. Book. Near Fine. Printed Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume 13, No. 3. Near Fine, small crease head of spine, very light soiling to wrappers..
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Barnyard Babies
by Winter, Milo
Chicago: Merrill Publishing Co., 1936. Book. Very Good. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Very Good, wrappers lightly rubbed, 2" tear at spine. Wonderful illustrations by Milo Winter !.
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The AESOP for CHILDREN
by Pictures by Milo Winter
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1919. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Very Good, light soiling to cloth, small corner bumps, bumped bottom edge of spine, 1" closed tear at top of p. 11-12, internally clean and lovely and free of any writing. Gilt lettering at spine, color paste-on illustration on front cover, illustrated end pages, 112 pages. Contains 146 Fables, with 12 full page illustrations and smaller illustrations in text on every... Read More
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U. S. A. - Slang; Ordbok Over Modern Amerikansk Slang
by Victor Skaarup och Kris Winther
Stockholm: Varldpressens Forlag, 1945. Book. Near Fine. Printed Paper Covered Boards. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. RARE WWII era slang dictionary with American slang words and Swedish translations. Near Fine, small tears to paper covered boards at spine. 80 pp..
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That Eye, the Sky
by Winton, Tim
New York: Atheneum, 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. Stated First American Edition. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket with a tiny 1/8" tear top edge front panel. One of Australia's preeminent authors, and a scarce 1st..
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Karl Wirsum Winsome Works(some)
by Karl Wirsum
Chicago: City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, 2007. Book. Near Fine. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Near Fine, faint corner crease top corner, Else Fine. Exhibition catalog, 32 pp. text, numerous color plates of this fantastic Chicago artist's creations..
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Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with Reports from the Quartermaster-General, Surgeon-General, and Master of Ordnance for the Year Ending December 31, 1863
by Wm. Schouler, Adjutant General
Boston: Wright & Potter, State Printers, 1864. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. Thick 8vo. pp. 1022 + 8 +22 +20. Very Good, in the original black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title, cloth separating at bottom edge front gutter, rubbing to cloth at tips and minor loss of cloth at spine ends, front hinge starting, dampstain top corner affecting margin but not text of about 200 pages, period gift inscription front end page to H.W. Taft, Esq.. Henry Waters Taft... Read More
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Jeeves & The Tie That Binds
by P. G. Wodehouse
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine, lightly read, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, small chips at spine ends and flap fold tips. Stated First Printing..
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The Prince and Betty
by Wodehouse, P.G.; Illustrations by Will Grefe
New York: W. J. Watt & Company, 1912. Book. Very Good Plus. Decorative Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition, published January, 1912, preceding the British First. Very Good Plus, the gilt and illustrations particularly bright. Separation to page block at head of spine, front hinge has been repaired. A handsome copy..
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Mike at Wrykyn
by Wodehouse, P.G.
New York: Meredith Press, 1968. Book. Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. First U.S. Edition, the British 1st was published in 1953. Fine in Fine dustjacket, and a great addition to any Wodehouse collection..
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The Shadow of the Torturer; Volume One of The Book of the New Sun
by Gene Wolfe
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1980. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing with full number line 1-10 at copyright page. Volume 1 of the Book of the New Sun series. Light green hard cover with light green cloth spine.Orange gilt lettering to the spine and orange gilt facsimile author signature to front bottom board. This copy is Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket designed by Don Maitz.... Read More
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Of Time and the River, A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth
by Wolfe, Thomas
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing, with Scribner's "A" on copyright page. Very Good Plus, light rubbing to cloth at edges, moderate toning to end papers, in a Very Good dust jacket, a few small chips and light rubbing at edges. A quite nice copy of his second novel. Basis for the 1953 TV move of the same title..
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Look Homeward Angel
by Wolfe, Thomas
Southern Living Gallery/ The Southern Classics Library, 1984. Book. Fine. Leather. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE in current commerce. Fine, as issued. Privately printed for members of The Southern Classics Library, printed by Kingsport Press, bound by Sherwood Bindery Division of the Kingsport Press in genuine leather with brass-die stamping in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled end papers. Cover stampings and design by Daniel B. Bianchi and Selma Ordewer..
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The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby
by Wolfe, Tom
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Printing stated. Very Good Plus, prior owner name and date front end page, light soiling to edges of page block, toning at spine ends, in a Very Good dust jacket, small chips and tears at spine ends, light soiling front panel, front flap shallow crease, small stain bottom edge front end page. His first book, a counter-culture classic... Read More
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The Barracks Thief
by Wolff, Tobias
New York: Ecco Press, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. His 2nd book, a Vietnam War novel. Near Fine, small bump top edge front board and tiny rub bottom edge, in a Near Fine dustjacket, very small rubs at tips of flaps..
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Letters to Imlay, with Prefatory Memoir by C. Kegan Paul
by Wollstonecraft, Mary
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. Small 8vo. Very Good, bound in original dark green cloth, back gilt, black end papers, prior owner name dated in year of publication at front blank end pages, light wear to cloth at spine ends and corners. lxiii, 207 pages, engraved portraits of Mary Wollstonecraft at frontis and facing P.1, by Opie, engraved by A. L. Merritt. Correspondence sent to Capt. Gilbert Imlay. Uncommon.... Read More
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History of Ancient, Early Christian, and Medieval Painting (Two Volumes), Bound Uniformly with A History of Ancient Sculpture (Two Volumes)
by Woltmann, Dr. Alfred; Woermann, Dr. Karl; Edited by Sidney Colvin : Mitchell, Lucy M.
New York: Dodd Mead & Co., 1888. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Later American Editions. Tall 8vo. The two titles each in two volumes, each with numerous illustrations. Four volumes uniformly bound in contemporary red pebbled morocco over marbled boards, backs intricately gilt, marbled boards, top edges gilt. Near Fine, light rubbing at corners, a quite handsome set in contemporary fine bindings, and uncommon thus. A heavy set, please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international... Read More
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Seeing China ( Temple Hill cut-outs )
by Women's Bible School, American Presbyterian Mission
Chefoo, China: Women's Bible School, American Presbyterian Mission Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Oblong Folio. No Date, circa 1930. Near Fine, pages with light toning. Oblong folio, 10" x 13 3/4". Bound in beautiful red pictorial embossed silk over limp boards, string-tied, 28 pp of cut-out illustrations in black and white, many with colorful silk inlays, with tissue guards, publisher's 1 page explanatory leaf laid in, also an original 6 1/2" x 10 1/2" cut-out with colorful... Read More
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The Suppressed History of the Administation of John Adams, (from 1797 to 1801,) as Printed and Suppressed in 1802.
by Wood, John ; John Henry Sherburne
Philadelphia: Walker & Gillis, 1846. Book. Very Good Minus. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Edition. Brown blind stamped, cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to the spine. 7 pages of publisher's ads to the rear. Frontispiece portrait of John Adams on stone by A. Newsam, lithograph by P.S. Duval. " Now republished with notes and an appendix by John Henry Sherburne." Very Good Minus, loss of cloth at corners and spine ends, with... Read More
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The Second Chance
by Woodrow, Mrs. Wilson
New York : W.J.Watt & Co., 1924. Book. Illus. by Christy, Howard Chandler. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Edition, no other printings stated. Basis for the lost 1926 American silent romantic drama film "Her Second Chance", directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Anna Q. Nilsson. It was produced by Vitagraph Company of America and distributed through First National Pictures. RARE in dust jacket and in collectible condition. Green cloth covered boards with... Read More
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A Hoosier Heroine; A Sketch of the Life of Sister Mary Ambrose O'Donald Sister of Providence
by Saint Mary -of-the- Woods
Saint Mary-of-the- Woods, IN: Saint Mary -of-the- Woods, 1928. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A RARE early publication from the sisters of Saint Mary -of-the- Woods. Very Good, light edge wear, "Archives" stamps front and rear end pages..
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Don Renato; An Ideal Content
by Fr. Rolfe (Baron Corvo); Edited and with an Introduction by Cecil Woolf
London: Chatto & Windus, 1963. Book. Fine. Decorative Cloth. Limited and Numbered Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. #133 in an edition of 200 copies, 185 of which were for sale. In original full white cloth with gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering and a field of purple egrets on cover (designed by Corvo), top edge purple. First Edition. Fine in a Fine clear acetate jacket and in a Very Good unprinted gold slipcase, bumps and tears at... Read More
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The Letters of Virginia Woolf : Vols. 1-6, Complete Set
by Woolf, Virginia; Edited by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann
(Rutland, Vermont) (N.D., circa 1880s) : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Complete Six Volume Set in the Stated First American Edition, Each Volume with Letter Row BCDE indicating First Printings, Uncommon Thus (Vol. 1, 1888-1912, publ. 1975; Vol. 2 1912-1922, publ. 1976; Vol. 3 1923-1928, publ. 1978; Vol. 4 1929-1931, publ. 1979; Vol. 5 1932-1935, publ. 1979; Vol. 6 1936-1941, publ. 1980). Light to moderate foxing... Read More
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