![The San Francisco Wasp: An Illustrated History [Limited Edition, Signed by author]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/449/966/1666966449.0.l.jpg)
The San Francisco Wasp: An Illustrated History [Limited Edition, Signed by author]
by Richard Samuel West
Easthampton, MA: Periodyssey Press, 2004. Very Good +. Easthampton, MA: Periodyssey Press, 2004. First Edition, Limited Issue of 400 copies numbered and signed by the author, this being #29. Quarto. 327pp. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket as issued. Mild rubbing to edges and top of spine a trifle tugged. Binding sound and pages unmarked; a Very Good or better copy.
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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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Escape from Corregidor
by Edgar D. Whitcomb
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1958. Very Good/Very Good. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1958. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Richard Frooman retaining original price ($4.50); xi,[3],274pp. Light chipping to jacket extremities, spine panel a bit toned, corners gently bumped, else Very Good overall. World War II memoir of the future Governor of Indiana Edgar B. Whitcomb (1917-2016) describing his experiences as an airman during the Battle of Corregidor, his evasion and... Read More
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![Sag Harbor: A Novel [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/118/266/1741266118.0.l.jpg)
Sag Harbor: A Novel [Signed]
by Colson Whitehead
New York: Doubleday, 2009. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Doubleday, 2009. First Edition, stated, with full numberline. Octavo; [x], 273pp. Map endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket with $24.95 price intact; bound in pale blue paper-covered boards with brown cloth spine and silver lettering. Jacket rubbed along edges and nudged at spine ends. Boards lightly bumped at top corners. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Signed by the author without inscription on full title.
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![The Colossus of New York: A City in Thirteen Parts [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/735/490/1766490735.0.l.jpg)
The Colossus of New York: A City in Thirteen Parts [Signed]
by Colson Whitehead
New York: Doubleday, 2003. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Doubleday, 2003. First Edition, stated, with full numberline. Small octavo (9.7cm); iIllustrated dust jacket with original $19.95 price; book in black paper- and cloth-covered boards with bronze lettering to spine; 158pp. Jacket lightly edgeworn with some rubbing along top edge of front flap. Boards clean and square. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Signed by the author without inscription on full title.
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Every Day Is Saturday
by E.B. White
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1934. Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1934. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 242 pp. Off-white cloth boards stamped in green; lacks dust jacket. Boards edgeworn; toning along edges, heavier at spine; scrape with minor fraying to front. Binding sound. Interior lightly toned but unmarked; a Very Good copy of this early White title.
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![Caracole [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/734/898/1655898734.0.l.jpg)
Caracole [Signed]
by Edmund White
London: Picador, 1986. Near Fine/Very Good +. London: Picador, 1986. First UK Edition. Octavo (22cm); 342pp. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket with price intact (£9.95). Boards full bound in black cloth with silver stamping to spine. Jacket generally scuffed and rubbed with minor creases to edges and toning to top margin. Board corners and spine ends lightly bumped with toning to all page edges. Pages toned at margins but otherwise clean. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good... Read More
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![Choral Music by Afro-American Composers: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/331/189/1723189331.0.l.jpg)
Choral Music by Afro-American Composers: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography [Inscribed and Signed]
by Evelyn Davidson White
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1981. Very Good. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1981. First Edition. Quarto (28.5cm); publisher's grey cloth lettered in white; v,[1],167pp. Faint discoloration along bottom edge of cloth, boards very slightly bowed; overall Very Good, internally clean and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author in year of publication on front free endpaper.
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Antiquity Forgot: Essays on Shakespeare, Bacon, and Rembrandt
by Howard B. White
The Hague / Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 1978. Very Good. The Hague / Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 1978. First Edition. Octavo. 160 pp. Green cloth with spine stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards show very faint dark staining along spine with a touch of dust soiling along edges. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper, paper flaw to terminals, but text unaffected, pages otherwise unmarked and text legible throughout.
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Is Sex Necessary
by James Thurber; E.B. White
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1929. Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1929. First Edition, stated and with I-D code (September 1929) to copyright page. Octavo. 197 pp. Illustrations. Black cloth spine over green paper-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Lacks dust jacket. Boards worn along edges with brief exposure to corners and top edge; general soiling and spotting; rubbing to spine. Binding is sound. Small bookseller ticket of International Bookfinders Inc... Read More
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The Money Trap
by Lionel White
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1963. Very Good/Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1963. Stated First Edition. Octavo. 189 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.50 price present. Red boards stamped in black. Basis for the 1965 film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Glen Ford and Rita Hayworth. Dust jacket rubbed with some creasing along edges and one small closed tear to front flap. Boards open easily, with a... Read More
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