The Locus of Mathematical Reality: An Anthropological Footnote
by White, Leslie H.
Philosophy of Science, 1947. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Reprinted from "Philosophy of Science," Vol. 14, No. 4, October, 1947. Stapled yellow paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. 1 inch tear to front wrapper at foot of spine. Else is clean and bright. ANTH/012220.
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United States Catholic Magazine and Monthly Review Containing Chiefly Original Articles, A Summary of Ecclesiastical Intelligence, Etc. Volume VII (7) 1848
by White, Rev. Charles I. (editor)
Baltimore: J. Murphy, 1848. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Uncommon. Includes 12 issues from 1848 with articles on causes and treatments of lunacy, superstitions of unbelief, archdiocess of Baltimore, Methodist Mission in Oregon, Society for Aged Clergymen, churches in Scotland, French Revolution, expulsion of the Jesuits from Naples, Distress in Ireland, Persecution of the Church in Switzerland, poetry, music, obituaries, and much more. A notice in the front of the book from the publisher states that this is to... Read More
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United States Catholic Magazine and Monthly Review Containing Chiefly Original Articles, A Summary of Ecclesiastical Intelligence, Etc. Volume V (5) 1846
by White, Rev. Charles I.; Very Rev. M.J. Spalding, D.D. (editors)
Baltimore: J. Murphy, 1846. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Uncommon. Includes 12 issues from 1846 with articles on Native Americans, Lord Baltimore and the Maryland Charter, "Oriental Churches", Brazil, Maryland history, Festivals among the Jews, John P. Kennedy, as well as poetry, music, literature reviews, and foreign and domestic intelligence. Ex-library from St. Joseph's Seminary with gilt stamp to spine, sticker to spine. and library markings to endpapers. In a modern binding of black buckram over black leatherette covered... Read More
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John Ciardi, a bibliography
by White, William; John Ciardi, note
Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1959. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. One of 550 copies. In cream and brown wrappers with title to front cover. Lightly rubbed and soiled. but still very good. 65 pages.
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Edwin Arlington Robinson, a supplementary bibliography
by White, William
Kent State University Press, 1971. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. 168 pages. BOB/111416.
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Volume XXXIII (33) November 1886 - April 1887 (New Series Volume XI)
by [Mark Twain; Walt Whitman]
New York: The Century Co, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes Twain's "English as She is Taught" on pages 932 - 936 and Whitman's "Father Taylor and Oratory" on pages 583 - 584. Bound in green cloth boards with gilt title to spine and "Vol. I." Occasional smudge marks, spots of foxing, and light browning to margins, but clean and bright overall. Illustrated. 976 pages. PER/060519.
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Volume XXXIII (33) November 1886 - April 1887 (New Series Volume XI)
by [Mark Twain; Walt Whitman]
New York: The Century Co, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes Twain's "English as She is Taught" on pages 932 - 936 and Whitman's "Father Taylor and Oratory" on pages 583 - 584. Bound in the original gold cloth boards with dark brown title to spine and years 1886 - 1887. Decoration to spine and boards. Slight browning to spine and wear to spine ends, corners, and edges of boards. Clean and bright overall. Illustrated. 976 pages. PER/060519.... Read More
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Letters of Sarah Wyman Whitman
by Whitman, Sarah Wyman
Kessinger, 2010. Paperback. Fine. Paperback. Modern print-on-demand reprint of 1907 Riverside Press edition. Sarah Whitman was an American artist, illustrator, stained glass designer, author, and desiger of book covers. Fine in white and blue paper wrappers with black title to front cover and spine panel. Pristine interior. 255 pages. BOB/052214.
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Volume XLVIII (48) December 1873 to May 1874
by [Whitman, Walt]
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes the first printing of Whitman's "Song of the Redwood Tree" on page 366 and "Prayer of Columbus" on page 524. According to "Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia" by LeMaster and Kummings, Whitman was paid $100 for "Song of the Redwood Tree." Also includes articles on Bermuda, Lewis Clark, Burma, the fur seal trade, lighthouses in America, slave-hunts in Central Africa, and more. Bound in three quarter black cloth... Read More
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Volume XXXVI (36) May 1888 - October 1888 (New Series Vol. XIV)
by [Whitman, Walt; Theodore Roosevelt; Henry James; Frederic Remington; Matthew Arnold, et. al.]
New York: The Century Co, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes "Army Hospitals and Cases. Memoranda at the Time, 1863-65" by Walt Whitman on pages 825 - 830 and also a poem by Whitman: "Old Age's Lambent Peaks" on page 735; multiple articles by Theordore Roosevelt including: "Frontier Types" (831 - 843), "Sheriff's Work on a Ranch" (39 - 51), "The Ranchman's Rifle on Craig and Prairie (200 - 212), all illustrated by Frederic Remington; "The Liar: In... Read More
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Walt Whitman: A Study and Selection
by [Whitman, Walt] Gerald Bullett
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Number 76 of 780 copies, for the United States. Printed at the Curwen Press. White and black patterned paper covered boards over black cloth spine. Gilt title to spine. Browning to covers and wear to edges and spine ends. Offsetting to endpapers, minor toning to interior, and foxing to first and last pages. Clean overall. 166 pages. POE/051018.
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Volume LXX (70) December 1884 to May 1885
by [Whitman, Walt]
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes Walt Whitman's poem "Of that Blithe Throat of Thine" on page 264 and seven poems by William Wordsworth. Also includes articles on birds, the brain, fly fishing, Jersey cattle, Lincoln, passages from the diary of a Hong Kong merchant, New Mexico, the cruise of the "Wallowy", some Washington homes, illustartions by Howard Pyle, and much more. Bound in three quarter black leather with black cloth boards and... Read More
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Atlantic Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics. Volume XXIII (23), January - June 1869
by [Whitman, Walt; Harriet Beecher Stowe; et. al.]
Boston: Fields, Osgood, and Co, 1869. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes the first appearance of Whitman's poem "Proud Music of the Sea-Storm" on pages 199 - 203. Also includes work by John Burroughs, Oliver Wendell Holmes, J. G. Whittier, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Bound in three quarter brown leather with maroon cloth boards and gilt title to spine. Rubbing and wear to leather on corners, hinges, bands, and edges. Bookplate of "Richmond Library" to front pastedown. Tear to... Read More
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McClure's Magazine. Volume IX (9) May 1897 to October 1898
by [Whitman, Walt; Rudyard Kipling; Arthur Conan Doyle; Stephen Crane; Robert Louis Stevenson]
New York: The S.S. McClure Co, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Volume 9 includes: "Ah Poverties, Wincings, and Sulky Retreats" by Whitman on page 600; "Camps of Green" by Whitman on page 999; "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" by Whitman on page 1052 (all three Whitman poems are later printing from "Leaves of Grass"); the conclusion of the first appearance of "Captain Courageous" Rudyard Kipling; first American appearance of short story "The Voyage of Copley Banks" by... Read More
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Some Historical Cities in the British Isles
by Whittier, Isabel
New York: Pageant Press, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Near fine in grey cloth covered boards with black title to spine. Interior is clean and bright with photographic illustrations throughout. Very good white and blue illustrated, price-clipped dustjacket with dark blue title to front and spine panels. Minor edgewear and yellowing to dust jacket. 171 pages. English Travel. TRA2/4060.
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The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
by [Whittington Press] Carroll, Lewis; Harold Jones, illustrator
Manor Farm, Gloucestershilre: [Whittington Press], 1975. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 108 of 750 copies, signed by the illustrator on the colophon. The edition included 30 leather copies with the best bound in cloth. This is a witty and humorous edition of Carroll's famous poem. The text and preliminary pages for this edition have been set from a copy of the first edition, published by Macmillan & Co. in 1876. The illustrator, Harold Jones (1904 - 1992) was a... Read More
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Want More: A selection of thirteen photographs by Alex Schneideman with wood-engraved interpretations by Gaylord Schanilec
by [Whittington Press] Schanilec, wood engraver and printer; Alex Schneideman, photographer; Patrick Randle, designer and printer
London: Golborne Editions, 2019. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 27 of 75 copies within a slipcase, covered in printed papers by Patrick Randle, and finished in a pressed half leather. An additional 15 copies were issued with an editioned set of engravings and photographs in a portfolio and bound in full leather. This remarkable book is about the collaboration of three master artists, Schanilec, Schneideman, and Randle. It was printed at Randle's Whittington Press for Golborne Editions. The idea... Read More
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William Pinkney Whyte: Memorial Addresses. Sixtieth Congress, Second Session
by Whyte, William Pinkney
Washingon: Government Printing Office, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. SCARCE. Very good in black cloth covered boards with gilt to front board. Wear to exterior includes bumping to spine ends and corners, minor discoloration, and a few small open tears to the cloth along the spine. Illustrated end pages. Interior is clean and bright. 51 pages. Maryland. MARY02/020700.
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Das Rollwagenbüchlin. (A little book of good stories - from 1555)
by Wickram, Jorg
Munich: Hans von Weber, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. IN GERMAN. Limited edition. This is number JJ. Jörg Wickram (about 1505 to about 1565) was a German poet and story teller. Bound in marbled paper covered boards with paper title label to spine titled in black. Label on front cover is no longer present. Rubbing to boards and wear to edges, hinges, cand corners. There is a two inch split to the bottom of the front hinge and... Read More
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Im Lande unserer Väter. Ein Buch von Heimat und Glück
by Wiechmann, Hermann Adolph
München: Hermann A. Weichmann, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Small quarto. Illustrated with 23 tipped-in color plates and 18 black and white illustrations. Very good in light blue cloth with black title to spine reading "Das treue Deutsche Herz." Spine a bit faded. Chip missing from margin of page 61. Faint 1.5 inch water stain along top edge of pages. Some illustrations have creased corners. Occasional spots of foxing. Last few pages are present but detached. Paper is... Read More
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Separat-Abdruck aus den Annalen der Physik und Chemie: Neue Folge
by Wiedemann, G.
Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth, n.d., 19th c.. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. G+ in wraps German. GER1011151.
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Wildflowers
by [Wiesedruck] Horowitz, Sarah, etching and design; Tim McNutty, essay
Peshastin, Washington: Wiesedruck, 2016. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 37 of 40 copies. Signed and numbered by the artist. This book includes a collection of plants native to Chelan County in central Washington State, documented by Horowitz during daily walks in the region. The artist sought guidance in choosing flowers iconic to this region from local botanists and naturalists of the Washington Native Plant Society. A sample of flowers chosen include: Mule's ears, Glacier lily, Oregon anemone, Cat's ear... Read More
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Some Old Time Meeting Houses of the Connecticut Valley
by Wight, Charles Albert
Chicopee Falls: Minister of the Congregational Church, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good-. Hardcover. G++ maroon cloth covered boareds with gilt title to front board and black title to spine. Some discoloration to boards and bumping to corners and spine ends. Interior is clean and bright with illustrations throughout. American State History. CONN110311.
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Thomas Jefferson: Apostle of Liberty
by Wilbur, Marguerite Eyer [Thomas Jefferson]
New York: Liveright, 1972. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half title page. "A novelized story of this great American is perhaps the last a reader would expect in a treatment of Thomas Jefferson. But Mrs. Wilbur illuminates for the reader the whole Jefferson. The personal aspects of his life, hte captivating anecdotes, his joys and loves, successes, frustrations, his ambitions adn ideals, are the heart of this book" (rear jacket /... Read More
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Farmer Boy
by Wilder, Laura Ingalls, June Goldborough [Illustrated by]
Chicago: SRA Pilot Library, Science Research Associates, 1962. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. SCARCE. 8vo. Illustrated side stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Minor rubbing and bumping to edges. Sporadic foxing throughout though text and illustrations remain clean and bright. Illustrations throughout. 32 pages. CHILD/012020.
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