SHADOW OF A BULL
by Wojciechowska, Maia
New York: Atheneum, 1964. First printing. Near fine in very good jacket.. Lovely first edition of this Newbery Award winner about the son of a famous bullfighter in Spain. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original red cloth lettered in blind, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($3.50) yellow pictorial dust jacket, with no award seal. Gold endpapers. Illustrated by Alvin Smith. 165, [3] pages. Jacket with light rubbing, a few short closed tears repaired with tape to verso. Book with light... Read More
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CLOSE TO THE KNIVES: A Memoir of Disintegration
by Wojnarowicz, David
New York: Vintage Books, 1991. First edition. Very good.. Scarce first printing of this stream-of-consciousness memoir of the influential multimedia artist and AIDS activist, published only a year before his death. This powerful memoir encompasses Wojnarowicz's fraught childhood, his artistic and personal life, and the trauma of the AIDS crisis, with scathing criticisms of the US government's reaction. A scarce account of the period by someone at the center of it. 8'' x 5''. Original black-and-white pictorial wrappers.... Read More
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LIMBO
by Wolfe, Bernard
New York: Ace, 1963. Near fine.. Ace paperback edition of the cybernetics dystopia, a Pringle SF 100 novel and major influence of J.G. Ballard. First published by Random House in hardcover in 1952, it is also sometimes known by the alternate UK title LIMBO '90 (as it's set in the far future of 1990). 7'' x 4.25''. Original color pictorial wrappers, Ace A-3, cover price 75c. 413, [3] pages. A couple pencil notations to first leaf. Mark to... Read More
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OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL
by Wolf, Emma
Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Company, 1892. Very good.. First edition of this interfaith contemporary romance - the "first American novel written by a Jew on a Jewish theme for an American audience" (D. G. Myers) - inscribed by the author to her brother. Wolf was a Jewish woman and wheelchair user born in California; her father, an immigrant from France, helped settle the Bay area in the 1840s. In the Gilded Age, most Jewish representation focused on the... Read More
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THE RIGHT STUFF
by Wolfe, Tom
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. First edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. First printing of Tom Wolfe's classic New Journalism chronicle of the US effort to send humans to space. The story of Project Mercury and the Mercury Seven astronauts, Wolfe's narrative also discusses the contributions of test pilots Chuck Yeager and Scott Crossfield, their wives, and other players in the central drama of the first manned space flight. Discursive, garrulous, and relentlessly colloquial,... Read More
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PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF SHERLOCKIAN HERALDRY / A VISITATION OF CANONICAL ARMS
by Wolff, Julian
(New York): Magico Magazine, 1983. Very good plus.. Magico Magazine reprint of Wolff's scarce 1955 monograph, including with his supplemental Annexe of 1956. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original saddle-stapled printed wrappers. 27, [7] pages. This copy from the library of the noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong, with his emboss to half-title page. Light edgewear and sun, small stain to upper right corner. Toning to several pages.
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OLD SCHOOL
by Wolff, Tobias
New York: Alfred K. Knopf, 2003. First printing. Fine in near fine jacket.. Signed first edition of the award-winning memoirist's first full-length novel, a story of high-stakes literary competitiveness set in a 1960s New England prep school. 9.25'' x 6''. Original quarter grey and cream paper boards with copper lettering to spine. In original unclipped ($22.00) photographic dust jacket designed by Carol Devine Carson. 195, [1]. Jacket with "Autographed Copy" sticker to front panel, else fine.
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THIS BOY'S LIFE
by Wolff, Tobias
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. Signed edition of Wolff's "extraordinary" memoir (SF Chronicle) - adapted into the 1993 film of the same name starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Barkin, and Robert De Niro. 9'' x 6''. Original quarter light brown, green paper cloth, blind-stamped to front board, stamped in off-white to spine. In original unclipped ($18.95) color pictorial jacket designed by Robbin Schiff. [12], 289 pages. Signed by Wolff on... Read More
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HOMEBASE
by Wong, Shawn
New York: I. Reed Books, 1979. First printing. Very good.. Inscribed first edition of this novel chronicling the lives of multiple generations of Chinese Americans that "bids to reclaim the larger legacy of Chinese America" (D'haen and Barfoot, 59). The 2008 edition of HOMEBASE noted that in 1979, "it was the only novel by a Chinese American author in print in America at the time" (100). This first edition was published by I. Reed Books, the Berkeley press... Read More
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WEIRD PARENTS
by Wood, Audrey
New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1990. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. Signed second printing of this story of a boy whose parents are very different from those of his friends, and how he learns that being weird is cool - with original drawing. Wife and husband team Audrey and Dan Wood are responsible for some of the most recognizable picture books of the 80s and 90s. They earned the Caldecott Medal in 1986, and make... Read More
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JUBAL'S WISH
by Wood, Audrey; Wood, Don
New York: The Blue Sky Press, 2000. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. Inscribed first printing of the story of Jubal, the optimistic young bullfrog, as he sets out to spread joy among his sometimes-reluctant animal friends - with original drawing of the titular frog. Wife and husband team Audrey and Dan Wood are responsible for some of the most recognizable picture books of the 80s and 90s. They earned the Caldecott Medal in 1986,... Read More
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BRIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY EVENING
by Wood, Audrey; Wood, Don
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing of this beautifully-illustrated book of paradoxes and contradictions, sure to tickle the brain of any young reader. Wife and husband team Audrey and Dan Wood are responsible for some of the most recognizable picture books of the 80s and 90s. They earned the Caldecott Medal in 1986, and make frequent appearances on bestseller lists with their vibrantly-illustrated stories. 10.25'' x 11''. Original... Read More
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BAY AREA HOUSES
by Woodbridge, Sally; Gebhard, David; Meadors, Randolph; Campbell, Floyd; Baer, Morley; Sturtevant, Roger
New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. First edition. Very good plus in very good dust jacket.. Inscribed first printing of this compendium of San Francisco homes, from the classic designs of the late 19th century to boundary-pushing mid-century modern structures. 11'' x 8.5''. Original coarse light brown cloth boards with brown stamping. Original price-clipped yellow and black pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white. 330 pages, including index. Inscribed by Sally Woodbridge to title page "for André... Read More
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THE MAN WHO HATED SHERLOCK HOLMES: A Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
by Wood, James Playsted
(New York): (Pantheon Books), 1965. First printing. Very good plus in very good plus jacket.. First edition of Wood's engaging illustrated biography of Doyle for younger readers. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original orange cloth stamped in black. In original unclipped ($3.75) pictorial dust jacket. Black-and-white illustrations by Richard M. Powers. 180 pages. This copy from the library of noted Sherlockian, BSI member since 1973, and retired US magistrate judge Andrew Peck. Minor scuffing to jacket at extremities, slight soil... Read More
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MRS. POLLY
by Wood, Lawson
London: F. Warne & Co, 1920. Very good.. Striking bird picture book by the early 20th-century illustrator known for his animal art. Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers. Illustrated by Wood in full color on almost every page. Spine a bit rough.
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TOM WOOD: Photie Man
by Wood, Tom; Timoney, Pádraig
Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2005. Near fine.. First edition of this exhibition catalog showcasing the dynamic work of Irish photographer Tom Wood - featuring vibrant, full-page spreads. 11'' x 8.5''. In original brown pictorial wrappers. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout in color and black-and-white. Unpaginated. Some very light shelfwear and tiny bump to spine. Interior clean and crisp.
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TOM WOOD: PEOPLE
by Wood, Tom; Zander, Thomas; Kisters, Jürgen
Köln (Cologne): Wienand, 1999. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed first edition of this eye-catching collection of photographs taken in Liverpool by the Irish-born street photographer, selected by Wood from his vast archive of negatives. In addition to selecting the images, Wood also "collaborated on the visual and intellectual sequence of the photographs" for this bright and glossy bilingual photobook, which also contains several essays, both biographical and analytical. 12.5'' x 9.5''. Original blue paper boards, white-lettered front board... Read More
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JOHN KEATS
by Woof, Robert; Hebron, Stephen
Grasmere: The Wordsworth Trust, 1995. Near fine.. Original catalogue for an exhibition to mark the bicentenary of John Keats, held by the Wordsworth Trust. 10.5'' x 8''. Original pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with color and black and white plates. 188 pages. Minor edgewear. Price sticker remnant and minor soil to rear cover.
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A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN
by Woolf, Virginia
London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1929. First printing. Near fine in very good jacket.. First edition of one of the most influential literary essays of the twentieth century. In 1928, Woolf delivered two lectures about women and fiction at the Cambridge women's colleges Newnham and Girton, lectures which she expanded into A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN the following year. In surveying the careers of novelists like Jane Austen and George Eliot, Woolf... Read More
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THE CAPTAIN'S DEATH BED: And Other Essays
by Woolf, Virginia
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First edition. Near fine in very good jacket.. First US printing of this posthumously published selection of Woolf's essays - assembled by Leonard Woolf from her previously uncollected pieces and including the famous "Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown." 8'' x 5.25''. Original blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original price-clipped pictorial dust jacket designed by Vanessa Bell. i-viii, 248 pages. Trace shelfwear. Jacket spine sunned, minor toning and chipping to jacket... Read More
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JACOB'S ROOM
by Woolf, Virginia
Richmond: Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1922. First printing. Very good.. First edition of this early novel grappling with the personal traumas of World War I, Woolf's first to experiment with modernist techniques that would become central to her style. A novel of grief that weaves complex inner lives for its characters, based in part on the death of Woolf's brother. The life of the title character, who died in World War I,... Read More
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NIGHT JOURNEYS
by Wortis, Avi
New York: Pantheon Books, 1979. First edition. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket.. First printing of this historical novel for children, the tale of an orphan boy in Colonial Pennsylvania as he struggles with his duty to his adoptive guardian and his desire to help an indentured servant seek her freedom. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original cloth-backed blue boards. original unclipped ($6.95) color pictorial dust jacket, illustrated by Laszlo Kubinyi. 144 pages. Jacket with light wear,... Read More
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iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon
by Wozniak, Steve
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006. First printing. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. Inscribed first edition of this memoir by the Apple co-founder and designer of its very first computers. 9'' x 6''. Original grey cloth, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped color pictorial jacket (no price, as issued). 314 pages. Inscribed by Wozniak on title page: "To Barton / Woz." Jacket with light rubbing, tiny bit of shelfwear. Book has slight lean. Overall, bright and... Read More
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NEELY JONES: THE MEDUSA POOL
by Wren, M. K.
New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 1999. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. Inscribed first printing of this tense murder mystery, following the only Black woman member of a police department who must contend with the racism of her colleagues while trying to find her boyfriend's killer. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original black boards. Original unclipped ($24.95) color pictorial dust jacket. 314 pages. Inscribed by Wren to title page "Especially for Linda." Color pictorial promotional postcard loosely laid in.... Read More
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SESTETS
by Wright, Charles
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. Fine.. First paperback edition of the 19th poetry collection by the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winner. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original black wrappers. 75, [1] pages.
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