The Future of the Race
by Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Cornel West
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition, stated. Octavo (21cm); black and white dust jacket with $21.00 price intact; boards in black cloth with gilt lettering;[xviii],196pp. Jacket lightly shelfworn with some faint scratching and dust soiling to surface. Boards rubbed along bottom rear edge, with some nudging to corners and spine ends. A couple faint smudges to textblock edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Signed... Read More
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Hellcats and Honeygirls: The Collected Collaborative Novels
by Lawrence Block and Donald E. Westlake
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2010. Fine/Fine. [Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2010. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 395pp. Just About Fine. Includes the novels "A Girl Called Honey," "So Willing," and "Sin Hellcat.
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![Why Me [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/760/972/1714972760.0.l.jpg)
Why Me [Inscribed and Signed]
by Donald E. Westlake
New York: Viking Press, 1983. Fine/Fine. New York: Viking Press, 1983. First Edition. Octavo (23cm); publisher's cloth-backed boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Bob Shein; [10],191pp. Just About Fine condition. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page "For Phil Goodman [?] -- musically but not governmentally -- Donald E. Westlake.
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The Pattern of Health: A Search for a Greater Understanding of the Life Force in Health and Disease
by Aubrey T. Westlake
New York: Devin-Adair Co, 1963. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Devin-Adair Co, 1963. First American Edition. Octavo (22cm); publisher's cloth in grey price-clipped dust jacket; xii,180pp. Moderate chipping and wear to jacket margins, upper panel heavily and unevenly toned, old price sticker to front flap; a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. The uncommon American edition of this guide to holistic medicine, first published in the United Kingdom in 1961.
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Plunder Squad
by Richard Stark [pseud. of Donald Westlake]
New York: Random House, 1972. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1972. First Edition Stated. Octavo (21 cm); 182pp. Boards quarter bound in black and light orange cloth with blind and silver stamping, wrapped in publisher's intact pictorial jacket ($4.95). Jacket scuffed and lightly scratched with minor bumping and creasing to extremities. Lightly soiled with foxing to verso. Board corners and spine ends gently bumped with bump to top front margin. Binding slightly cocked but firm;... Read More
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The Day of the Locust
by Nathanael West
New York: Random House, 1939. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo. 238 pp. Illustrated book club dust jacket with no price present. Red cloth boards with title label to spine; dark topstain. Ex-library, though with relatively few markings. Dust jacket lightly foxed and rubbed along edges and free of institutional markings. Boards show moderate edgewear; spine faded; general soiling and scuffing. Binding is sound. Institutional stamp to bottom edge of... Read More
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![Educated: A Memoir [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/715/009/1616009715.0.l.jpg)
Educated: A Memoir [Signed]
by Tara Westover
New York: Random House, 2018. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Random House, 2018. Later Printing. Signed by Tara Westover with inscription to previous owner at title page. Octavo. 334 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. White boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Boards show mild shelfwear and rear corners bumped. Binding sound and pages unmarked; Very Good or better.
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![The Fossils of Piety: Literary Humanism in Decline [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/256/921/1381921256.0.l.jpg)
The Fossils of Piety: Literary Humanism in Decline [Inscribed and Signed]
by Paul West
New York: Vantage Press, 1959. Very Good-/Very Good. New York: Vantage Press, 1959. First Edition, stated. Slim octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in pink decorative dust jacket; 85pp. Some chipping and general shelf wear to jacket and cloth extremities (shallow dents to bottom cloth margins), jacket spine panel completely faded, light foxing throughout, front free endpaper neatly excised, brief slice at top edge of half title not approaching text or inscription, else Good to Very Good overall. Inscribed and... Read More
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St. Augustine
by Rebecca West
London: Peter Davies Limited, 1933. Very Good +/Very Good. [London]: Peter Davies Limited, 1933. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in tan dust jacket; 174pp.; frontispiece. Moderate wear to jacket extremities including shallow loss to top margin of upper panel touching text, spine panel dulled, else a Very Good and sound copy in the uncommon jacket. Forms part of a series of biographies by the day's popular authors, the rear jacket panel advertising John Buchan on Julius Caesar... Read More
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon [Two Volume set]
by Rebecca West
New York: The Viking Press, 1941. Very Good/Very Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1941. First American Edition. Two large octavo volumes. 629 pages; [iii], 633-1181 pages. Map endpapers; black and white photographs. Illustrated dust jackets with $7.50 set price intact on each; books in black cloth with color illustrated vignettes to front; bright blue topstains. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Jackets lightly worn along edges with some shallow chipping; spines toned. Boards show mild shelfwear. Bindings sound. Patch... Read More
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![Essays on Liberty and Necessity; in which the True Nature of Liberty is Stated and Defended; and the Principal Arguments used by Mr. Edwards, and others, for Necessity, are Considered [bound with] Essays on Liberty and Necessity... Part Second](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/692/697/1609697692.0.l.jpg)
Essays on Liberty and Necessity; in which the True Nature of Liberty is Stated and Defended; and the Principal Arguments used by Mr. Edwards, and others, for Necessity, are Considered [bound with] Essays on Liberty and Necessity... Part Second
by Samuel West
Boston / Printed at New Bedford, MA: Printed by Samuel Hall, in Cornhill / John Spooner, 1795. Very Good. Boston / Printed at New Bedford, MA: Printed by Samuel Hall, in Cornhill / John Spooner, 1793 & 1795. First Edition of each part. Octavos, removed but bound together. 54 pp.; 96 pp. with errata pasted to verso of second part title page, collated complete. Light staining to pages; marginal chipping to final three leaves, though text unaffected; Very... Read More
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![A Sermon, Preached at the Ordination of the Rev. Amasa Jerome, to the Pastoral Care of the Church in New-Hartford, August 18th, 1802 [Half title: Dr. West's Sermon at the Ordination of the Rev. Amasa Jerome]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/401/630/1600630401.0.l.jpg)
A Sermon, Preached at the Ordination of the Rev. Amasa Jerome, to the Pastoral Care of the Church in New-Hartford, August 18th, 1802 [Half title: Dr. West's Sermon at the Ordination of the Rev. Amasa Jerome]
by Stephen West
Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1802. Very Good. Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1802. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 27,[1]pp. ([A]-C4 D2, collated complete). Rather heavy foxing to terminals, small damp spot to rear leaf, else Very Good and sound. Ordination sermon followed by the hymn "The Charge" and "Right Hand of Fellowship." SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3534.
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![All Summer Long: A Drama in Two Acts...Adapted from the novel "A Wreath and a Curse" [Inscribed and Signed by Anderson]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/914/914/1673914914.0.l.jpg)
All Summer Long: A Drama in Two Acts...Adapted from the novel "A Wreath and a Curse" [Inscribed and Signed by Anderson]
by Robert Anderson and Donald Wetzel
New York: Samuel French, 1955. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Samuel French, 1955. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pale yellow printed dust jacket retaining original price ($2.75); [8],138pp. External jacket panels rather toned and dust-soiled with a few faint splash marks to upper panel, corners bumped, toning to final leaf of text and rear free endpaper from exposure to previously-removed news clipping, else a Very Good and sound copy. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper, "For... Read More
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For Years Now
by W. G. Sebald; Tess Jaray [illus.]
London: Short Books, 2001. Very Good +. London: Short Books, 2001. First Edition. Quarto (19 cm); 75pp. Bound in glossy, red card wrappers with flaps. Illustrations separating poems throughout. Wrappers scuffed and scratched gently with minor bumping to extremities. Pages clean. A Very Good or better copy of Sebald's short and powerful poetry.
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The Invention of the Letter: A Beastly Morality
by Philip Whalen
New York: Carp & Whitefish, 1967. Very Good. New York: Carp & Whitefish, 1967. First Edition. Ringbound boards (21.5cm); 22 illustrated leaves. Covers bumped at corners with some fading along edges. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Whalen's take on the Adam and Eve story "being an illuminated moral history, for the edification of younger readers.
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![[Xeroxed Reproduction] Prolegomena to a Study of the Universe [Inscribed and Signed, maybe to Lloyd Kahn?]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/866/280/1736280866.0.l.jpg)
[Xeroxed Reproduction] Prolegomena to a Study of the Universe [Inscribed and Signed, maybe to Lloyd Kahn?]
by Philip Whalen
N.p.: s.i., 1977. Very Good -. [Berkeley, CA]: [Poltroon Press], 1977. Seven xeroxed leaves folded into [28]pp. booklet side stapled at top left-hand corner. Wrappers toned and starting to chip along fold; Good to Very Good. Upper panel inscribed and signed, "Mr Kahn - The pages weren't numbered in the original. I've written in places in this copy where the Xerox failed & have numbered the pages. Philip Whalen / 9:vi:77." A crude and out-of-sequence xeroxed reproduction... Read More
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![Norsk Avalfangst-Tidende (The Norwegian Whaling Gazette) Nr. 1 Januar 1949 - Nr. 9 September; Nr. 11 November - Nr. 12 December [11 of 12 volumes from 1949, lacking only volume 10 from October]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/359/598/1607598359.0.l.jpg)
Norsk Avalfangst-Tidende (The Norwegian Whaling Gazette) Nr. 1 Januar 1949 - Nr. 9 September; Nr. 11 November - Nr. 12 December [11 of 12 volumes from 1949, lacking only volume 10 from October]
by [Whaling] [Norway] Hvalfangeforening; Harald B. Paulsen [ed.]
Sandefjord, Norway: Hvalfangeforening, 1949. Very Good. Sandefjord, Norway: Hvalfangeforening, 1949. First Editions. Eleven quarto volumes with running pagination. Black and white photographs, illustrations, charts and graphs, including advertisements, throughout. Illustrated green stapled wraps. Text predominantly in Norwegian with some English. Wraps show light to moderate wear with scuffing, smudging, and mild spotting; pencil correction to date of volume I; vertical crease down center. Binding sound and pages show light spotting but unmarked; overall Very Good and sound. Publication... Read More
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The Old Maid
by Zoe Akins; Edith Wharton
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935. First Edition with "(1)" on final page. Octavo. 188 pages. Photographic dust jacket with $2.00 price intact. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket shows some chipping to extremities and a 3/4" closed tear along top edge of front panel. Boards are gently worn at extremities. Binding sound and pages clean and unmarked. Adapted from the Wharton novella,... Read More
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Hogarth's London: Pictures of the Manners of the Eighteenth Century
by Henry B. Wheatley
New York: E.P. Dutton and Co, 1909. Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton and Co. First U.S. Edition, with no additional printings listed. Octavo (9" x 6"); xix, 467pp. 53 plates including frontis, some with tissue guards, all present. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering, rules, and illustration. Boards bumped and worn at corners and spine ends, with a bit of rubbing down joints. Front hinge just starting to show a crack, and book opens easily between a... Read More
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![[On] Recollection" [in] The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1772](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/469/595/1734595469.0.l.jpg)
[On] Recollection" [in] The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1772
by Phillis Wheatley
London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1786. Very Good -. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1786. Fourth Edition. Two volumes in one; octavo (21.5cm); full contemporary calf, gilt-ruled spine with crimson gilt spine labels, all edges stained blue; [4],256; 246,[10]pp. (collated complete). Ex-Western Reserve Historical Society with their early 20th century shelf label and ex libris to front pastedown, Withdrawn rubber-stamp to title page; leather rubbed and dried at margins, joints starting but holding, else... Read More
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![[On] Recollection" [in] The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1772](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/652/332/1670332652.0.l.jpg)
[On] Recollection" [in] The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1772
by Phillis Wheatley
London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1775. Very Good. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1775. Second Edition. Octavo; full contemporary tree calf, gilt spine in six compartments; 246,[10]pp. Light edgewear; brief exposure and minor bowing to corners, lacking the two spine labels; a few inoffensive stains. Binding sound. Ownership inscription and toning to endpapers; interior else unmarked; a Very Good copy of an early Phillis Wheatley appearance. "On Recollection" originally appeared in The... Read More
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![I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/738/823/1744823738.0.l.jpg)
I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story [Signed]
by Hank Aaron; Lonnie Wheeler
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. Very Good/Very Good. New York: HarperCollins, 1991. Stated First Edition. Octavo (24cm); 333pp. Publisher’s dust jacket with $21.95 price intact; boards quarter-bound in mustard and crimson cloth with gilt stamping to front panel and spine; mustard endsheets. 24pp of black-and-white photos. Dust jacket bumped; small chips (bite marks?) show at top right and bottom left corner of front panel but do not obstruct text. “Autographed copy” sticker affixed to front panel. Boards bumped.... Read More
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The Hunting Rifle: Design, Selection, Ballistics, Marksmanship
by Townsend Whelen
Prescott, AZ: Wolfe Publishing Co., Inc, 1984. Near Fine. Prescott, AZ: Wolfe Publishing Co., Inc., 1984. Limited Edition of 1500 copies, this being #678. Octavo. 463pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Dark brown leather spine over cloth boards; four raised bands; stamped in gilt; all edges gilt; patterened wolf endpapers; silk ribbon. No dust jacket as issued. Light rubbing to edges and raised bands. Binding sound and pages unmarked; Near Fine.
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Rural Families on Relief
by [Works Progress Administration] Carle C. Zimmerman; Nathan L. Whetten
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938. Very Good -. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1938. Research Monograph XVII. Tall octavo (25.5cm); xxiv,161pp. Photos, tables, and graphs throughout. Illustrated paper wraps. Covers a bit toned and edgeworn; lower inch of spine chipped away with adjacent tears; label for "William G. Mather, 205 Horticulture Building" stricken in pencil for "Leadley" at bottom front. Tears starting along rest of front hinge, with textblock opening easily between a couple gatherings, but binding is... Read More
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Tractatus de Imputatione Divina Peccati Adami Posteris ejus Universis in Reatum
by Dan. Whitby
Londini [London]: J. Wyat, 1711. Very Good. Londini [London]: Impensis J. Wyat, ad Insigne Rosae in Coemeterio Divi Pauli, 1711. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.) full contemporary calf, unadorned spine in six compartments; [16],215,[1](ads)pp. (collated, presumed complete). Leather a bit scuffed at margins with some exposure at corners, lacking rear pastedown, brief scribble to front pastedown dated 1837 and extensive ownership inscription on front flyleaf of a Widow Wotton quoting extensively and laboriously from Corinthians. Overall a Very Good,... Read More
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