THE POEMS OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
by WHITTIER, John Greenleaf
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Light foxing to endpapers; rubbing and spotting to the covers. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. Raymond Holden. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in full black sheepskin leather and illustrated with pencil drawings by Raymond Holden. Edited with commentary by Louis Untermeyer. Copy #323 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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AT SUNDOWN
by WHITTIER, John Greenleaf
Cambridge: Privately Printed: The Riverside Press, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. A couple of pages with offsetting from previously laid in news clippings. Near Fine in a Fine chemise and close to Fine slipcase with a sunned spine. Publisher's olive cloth. BAL 22137: 277 copies printed. As with many copies this has the slip of paper tipped in at the front with Whittier's facsimile signature and presentation, but in addition this copy is INSCRIBED but not signed by Whittier... Read More
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THE FEEL OF ROCK. POEMS OF THREE DECADES
by WHITTEMORE, Reed
Washington DC & San Francisco: Dryad Press, (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. Some fading of cloth. Very Good, likely issued without a dustwrapper. Cloth. Of a total of 1500 copies, this is one of only 300 hardbound and in addition is one of the first 50 copies SIGNED by the poet on the colophon page. It is also INSCRIBED and SIGNED at length by the author on the half-title page to the poet William Meredith: "for William--what to say,but... Read More
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INDIAN CIVILIZATION: A LECTURE
by [WHITTIER] PUMPHREY, Stanley
Philadelphia: Bible & Tract Dist. Society, 1877. First Edition. Wraps. Slight loss of paper to spine with front cover partly detached toward the bottom. Still Near Fine for this fragile, uncommon item. Original printed wraps; 52 pages. BAL 21950. Introduction by the poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Illustrated with a large color folding map. Written right after the Custer Massacre in an attempt to show how gentle and peaceful the Arapahoes, Cheyenne, and Sioux really were.
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HIDING PLACE
by WIDEMAN, John Edgar
London: Allison & Busby, (1984). First British Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Published in 1981 in America in a paperback edition, this is the first hardcover edition.
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THE LYNCHERS
by WIDEMAN, John Edgar
New York: Harcourt Brace Johanovich, (1973). First Edition. Hardcover. Faint sticker shadow on front pastedown. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a short closed tear at the bottom rear. His third and arguably best book.
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A SUPERFICIAL ESTIMATION
by WIENERS, John
Madras & New York: Hanuman Books, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Gilt-lettered white textured wrappers, with pictorial dust jacket depicting Greta Garbo; 2-3/4" x 4-1/8"; [8], 44, [2] pages, plus 6 portraits of actresses who are subjects of the poems: Elizabeth Taylor, Rita Hayworth, Lana Turner, Barbara Stanwyck, Dorothy Lamour, and Bette Davis. This is #1 in the Hanuman Books series which were published and edited by Raymond Foye and Francesco Clemente.
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WALKING TO SLEEP. NEW POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS
by WILBUR, Richard
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1969). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with light wear to the fore-edge. Cloth-backed boards. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the poet to John Malcolm Brinnin: "for John/a good visit to/Duxbury/Dick/October 1970." Author's compliments card laid in.
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CEREMONY
by WILBUR, Richard
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, (1950). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Poet's second book, becoming quite scarce in this condition. Neat owner name on front endpaper; brief closed tear at bottom of dustwrapper rear panel.
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HAMLEN BROOK
by WILBUR, Richard
n.p.: Albondocani Press, (1982). First Edition. Softcover. Fine in envelope. Stiff card covers with drawing by Robert Dunn. One of 400 copies reserved for use as a holiday greeting. This copy without the Albondocani Press and Ampersand Books printed greeting and was likely intended for use by the author or artist.
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ADVICE TO A PROPHET AND OTHER POEMS
by WILBUR, Richard
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, (1961). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a very close to Fine dustwrapper with some rubbing to the black. Cloth-backed boards. Only 2000 copies printed. An increasingly uncommon book to find in this condition.
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PEDESTRIAN FLIGHT: Twenty-One Clerihews for the Telephone
by WILBUR, Richard
Palaemon Press, (1981). Wraps. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Richard Wilbur. Stiff black wraps with an attractive multi-colored dustwrapper. Illustrated with drawings by the author. One of 110 numbered and SIGNED copies of a total edition of 181.
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ELIZABETH BISHOP: A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE
by WILBUR, Richard
New York: Albondocani Press, 1982. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Copy #165 of 174 numbered copies in patterned wraps SIGNED by Wilbur of a total edition of 212.
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by WILBUR, Richard
Cummington, MA, 28 March 1977. Letter. Fine. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED filling an entire sheet of 8" x 10" paper to a collector regarding signing books and mentioning thirteen of his titles. In part: "After years of keeping all my work in print, Harcourt Brace J. has just allowed the earlier titles to lapse. I think that one can now get WALKING TO SLEEP, OPPOSITES, THE MIND-READER, Moliere's SCHOOL FOR WIVES and RESPONSES (prose pieces) in hard cover." Much... Read More
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THE SHORT STORIES OF OSCAR WILDE
by WILDE, Oscar
(Burlington, VT): Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Spine sunned, as nearly always the case, with some wear to the spine label. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. James Hill. Small quarto (7-3/4" x 10-1/8") bound in full red silk cloth. With an introduction by Robert Gorham Davis and 12 full-page and 2 double-spread color reproductions of paintings by James Hill. Copy #894 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL
by WILDE, Oscar
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Wear to spine, mostly at tips and along front edge, with some loss; contents clean. Near Very Good in a Very Good slipcase. Zhenya Gay. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11") bound in full granite-gray sheepskin leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall; 76 pages. Copy #473 of 1500 illustrated with 8 full-page ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by Zhenya Gay and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. One of the more unusual... Read More
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THE SHORT STORIES OF OSCAR WILDE
by WILDE, Oscar
(Burlington, VT): Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Small bookplate of Stuart B. Schimmel on the front pastedown. Spine slightly sunned with a small abrasion to the label. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a small nick. James Hill. Small quarto (7-3/4" x 10-1/8") bound in full red silk cloth. With an introduction by Robert Gorham Davis and 12 full-page and 2 double-spread color reproductions of paintings by James Hill. Copy #1229 of 1500 SIGNED by the... Read More
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THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL
by WILDE, Oscar
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. The spine is very worn with the leather all but rubbed away, although the gilt is still clear and bright and the covers are in nice shape; contents clean. Good only in a Good slipcase with the top edge partly detached. Zhenya Gay. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11") bound in full granite-gray sheepskin leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall; 76 pages. Copy #393 of 1500 illustrated with 8 full-page ORIGINAL... Read More
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THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL
by WILDE, Oscar
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Bookplate on front pastedown. Mild rubbing to spine tips. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a few mild scratches. Zhenya Gay. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11") bound in full granite-gray sheepskin leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall; 76 pages. Copy #1205 of 1500 illustrated with 8 full-page ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by Zhenya Gay and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. One of the more unusual bindings of... Read More
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LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN & THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
by WILDE, Oscar
London: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. Mild spotting to the cloth. Very Good in worn glassine and a Very Good slipcase. Tony Walton. Quarto (7-3/4" x 10-3/4") bound dos-a-dos in full green buckram with the spine stamped in dark green and pure gold and the covers lettered in gilt, top and bottom edges gilt. Introduction by Sir John Gielgud. Illustrated by Tony Walton with 14 in-text line drawings, 6 full-page paintings, and 4 double-spread paintings. Copy #457 of... Read More
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SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
by WILDER, Thornton
Photograph. A couple of minor smudges to two words and written on a portion of Wilder's dark suit but still quite clear and bold. A few minor dings. Near Fine. A 6-3/4" x 9-1/4" formal portrait of Wilder in middle age or beyond by an unidentified photographer INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the subject in the lower right corner: "For Rosalind/Ivan/with the/regards and/thanks of/Thornton Wilder. "Signed photos of Wilder of quality are distinctly uncommon.
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THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY
by WILDER, Thornton
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. The book is slightly cocked. The dustwrapper has mild chipping to the spine tips and the upper front corner. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. First Trade Edition, with title page printed in green and black. Preceded by the "preliminary issue" of 21 copies and the London edition by a few days. Illustrated by Amy Drevenstedt. Winner of Wilder's first of three Pulitzer Prizes, this copy is... Read More
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THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY
by WILDER, Thornton (Jean CHARLOT)
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1962. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a close to Fine slipcase with some soiling. Jean Charlot. Tall octavo (6-3/4" x 10-7/8") bound in natural buckram with a silhouette frieze of the Bridge's doomed pedestrians stamped in black on both covers, backed in fine imported black morocco leather. Introduction by Granville Hicks. Illustrated with 16 full-color lithographs drawn directly on the plates by Jean Charlot and printed in seven colors. Copy #457 of 1500... Read More
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THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY
by WILDER, Thornton
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1927. First British Edition. Hardcover. Briefest of wear to the spine tips of the book. Dustwrapper with a long closed tear along the front flap joint (neatly masked by the mylar protector), chips at the spine tips but not affecting the lettering, and general edgewear with the spine darkened. About Fine in a scarce, Very Good example of the dustwrapper. Precedes the American edition by a few days. Winner of Wilder's first of... Read More
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CHAP BOOK. SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY LITERARY MAGAZINE. [Vol. III, No. 2]
by [WILDER, Thornton]
[Syracuse]: [Syracuse University], January 1931. First Edition. Wraps. Dime-sized faint stain on front cover; light wear. Near Fine. A 23-page pamphlet with a tipped-on photographic reproduction of Wilder on the front cover and an excerpt from Wilder's foreword to THE ANGEL THAT TROUBLED THE WATER reprinted as the first page of text, a brief note by the editor at the end claiming this to be the Wilder issue, and a 3-page critical study of WOMAN OF ANDROS by... Read More
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