Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Missouri in the Civil War
by William Garrett Piston and Thomas B. Sweeney; Carl Moneyhon and Bobby Roberts [eds.]
Fayetteville, AR: The University of Arkansas Press, 2009. Very Good +/Very Good +. Fayetteville, AR: The University of Arkansas Press, 2009. First Edition. Quarto. 347pp. Photographs and illustrations throughout. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt; yellow endpapers. Mild rubbing and surface scratching to jacket. Light shelfwear to boards and corners slightly bumped; a Very Good or better copy.
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![Our Own Confidence Man: A Study of His Origins and Development in Our National Literature [Signed Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/011/458/1686458011.0.l.jpg)
Our Own Confidence Man: A Study of His Origins and Development in Our National Literature [Signed Limited Edition]
by William Goldhurst; Erskine Caldwell [intro.]
Gainesville, FL: Mister Print, 1979. Near Fine. Gainesville, FL: Mister Print, 1979. Limited Edition of 400 copies, of which this is numbered 383. Octavo (21.2cm); 24pp. Side-stapled illustrated card wraps. Covers are crisp with light fading down spine and rubbing at ends, and a few stray inkspots to rear panel. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Essay delivered to a University of Florida faculty forum in 1975, focused on the figure of the con-man in American... Read More
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What Was True: The Photographs and Notebooks of William Gedney
by William Gedney; Margaret Sartor and Geoff Dyer [eds.]
New York: A Lyndhurst Book published by the Center for Documentary Studies in association with W.W. Norton & Company, 2000. Very Good/Very Good +. New York: A Lyndhurst Book published by the Center for Documentary Studies in association with W.W. Norton & Company, 2000. First Edition. Quarto; 192pp. Black and white photographs. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Avocado cloth boards stamped in white. Creasing to edges of unclipped dust jacket. Boards slightly cocked with mild shelfwear; binding sound and pages... Read More
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![Jerry Hicks Series [Four Volumes, Complete]: Yours Truly, Jerry Hicks; Jerry Hicks Ghost Hunter; Jerry Hicks and His Gang; Jerry Hicks, Explorer](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/764/912/1482912764.0.l.jpg)
Jerry Hicks Series [Four Volumes, Complete]: Yours Truly, Jerry Hicks; Jerry Hicks Ghost Hunter; Jerry Hicks and His Gang; Jerry Hicks, Explorer
by William Heyliger; Bert Salg [illus.]
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, Publishers, 1930. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, Publishers, [ca. 1929-1930]. Mixed printings with first three volumes' dust jacket versos listing titles up to Jerry Hicks and His Gang, and final volume listing up to Explorer. Four octavo volumes. Four black and white plates, including frontispieces, to each volume, all by Salg. Illustrated dust jackets. Olive green cloth with black lettering to spine and orange lettering outlined in black to front.... Read More
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Homecoming: The Art and Life of William H. Johnson
by [William H. Johnson] Richard J. Powell; Martin Puryear [intro.]
Washington, DC: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution / Rizzoli, 1991. Very Good/Vey Good+. Washington, DC: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution / Rizzoli, [1991]. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; xxiii,[1],255pp.; illus. throughout, many in full color. Light wear to dust jacket, corners bumped, else Very Good and sound.
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The House on the Borderland
by William Hope Hodgson; Hannes Bok [illus.]; H.C. Koenig [fwd.]; A. Langley Searles [bib.]
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1946. Very Good +/Near Fine. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1946. First American Edition. 3014 copies printed (3000 stated). Tall octavo; publisher's cloth in Hannes Bok-illustrated dust jacket with original $5.00 price; xi,[1],639pp. Dust jacket gently rubbed along edges with slightly heavier wear and creasing to flaps. Boards show light shelfwear with a couple very small chips to crown; very slight bowing towards fore-edge. Binding sound. Bit of toning to endpapers and interior otherwise unmarked;... Read More
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![Warriors for the Poor: The Story of Vista, Volunteers in Service to America [Signed by Ross Thomas]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/775/485/1721485775.0.l.jpg)
Warriors for the Poor: The Story of Vista, Volunteers in Service to America [Signed by Ross Thomas]
by William H. Crook; Ross Thomas; Hubert H. Humphrey [intro.]
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1969. Very Good/Very Good. New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1969. First Edition. Signed and inscribed on half title page by author Ross Thomas. Octavo (21.5cm). Dust jacket with $5.95 price unclipped. Black publisher's binding. Illustrated with 14 black and white images. 192 pp. Dust jacket rubbed with slight wear and toning along edges. Front flap creased. Boards shelfworn with bumped corners. Erasure mark on front free endpaper. Pages... Read More
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The Literary Gazette; and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences etc. for the year 1835
by [William Jerdan [ed.]]
London: James Moyes, 1835. Very Good. London: James Moyes, 1835. First Edition. Quarto; contemporary calf over marbled boards, gilt-ruled spine; [2],838pp.; woodcut illus., text printed in triple columns. Leather and marbled boards scuffed, lacking spine label, moderate foxing and finger-soil to textblock, else Very Good and sound.
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![Mr. Smith & Other Nonsense [Signed by Smith]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/049/300/1722300049.0.l.jpg)
Mr. Smith & Other Nonsense [Signed by Smith]
by William Jay Smith; Don Bolognese [illus.]
New York: Delacorte Press / A Seymour Lawrence Book, 1968. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Delacorte Press / A Seymour Lawrence Book, 1968. First Edition. Signed by William Jay Smith at front free endpaper with brief inscription. Octavo; illustrated dust jacket; white cloth spine over blue paper-covered boards with electric green, purple, and orange stamping; yellow endpapers. Black and white illustrations. Unclipped dust jacket chipped with a few short tears along edges; general rubbing and soiling. Boards shelfworn... Read More
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![We Are Not In This Together: Stories [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/459/499/1576499459.0.l.jpg)
We Are Not In This Together: Stories [Inscribed and Signed]
by William Kittredge; Raymond Carver [ed.]
Port Townsend, WA: Graywolf Press, 1984. Near Fine/Near Fine. Port Townsend, WA: Graywolf Press, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Slim octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in dark green dust jacket; x,128pp. Minimal shelf wear, very tiny paper blemishes to rear cover, else a Near Fine copy. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page.
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The Ship That Came Down the Gutter
by William Kotzwinkle; Joe Servello [illus.]
New York: Pantheon Books, 1970. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Pantheon Books, 1970. First Edition. Small square quarto; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($4.50), color pictorial endpapers; [24]pp.; illus. throughout. Jacket a bit toned at margins, very brief foxing to cloth edges, faint rubberstamped "H" to front free endpaper, else a Very Good, clean and sound copy. Charming picture book by the author perhaps best known for writing the novelization... Read More
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A Seasonable Discourse Shewing the Necessity of Maintaining the Established Religion, in opposition to Popery
by William Lloyd [attr.]
London: Henry Brome, 1673. Very Good. London: Printed for Henry Brome, at the Gun in S. Paul's Church-Yard, 1673. The Fourth Edition Corrected according to the mind of the Author. Small quarto (18.5cm); removed; [2],37,[1]pp. (A-E4); printer's woodcut device to title page. Title page (serving as upper cover) rather dust-soiled, contemporary manuscript author attributions in two different hands; Very Good overall. Oft-republished anti-Catholic screed attributed to the Bishop of Worcester William Lloyd (1627-1717). Publisher's advertisements printed on... Read More
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The Doom of King Acrisius
by William Morris; Edward Burne-Jones [illus.]
New York: R.H. Russell Publisher, 1902. Very Good. New York: R.H. Russell Publisher, 1902. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's white decorative cloth embossed in gilt, top edge gilt; xvi,82pp.; frontispiece, eleven (11) leaves of plates, additional illus. throughout introduction. Cloth rather toned, especially at spine, with a small superficial waterspot to rear, spine gilt significantly dulled, corners bumped, contemporary bookseller pressure stamp to front free endpaper, plates toned due to inferior paper quality, with one beginning to come... Read More
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![Provisions: Lost Prose [Limited Edition, Signed by Sebastian Matthews]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/360/243/1587243360.0.l.jpg)
Provisions: Lost Prose [Limited Edition, Signed by Sebastian Matthews]
by William Matthews; Sebastian Matthews [ed. & intro.]; Cris Cristofaro [illus.]
Winona, MN: Sutton Hoo Press, 2003. Near Fine. Winona, MN: Sutton Hoo Press, 2003. Limited Edition of approximately 200 copies. Signed by Sebastian Matthews, both the editor and the author's son, without inscription on full title. Octavo; 79pp. Two-color illustrations by Cristofaro throughout. Publisher's purple cloth with mounted illustration to front and paper spine label. Boards are clean and crisp. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Collection of eight short stories and fourteen prose poems selected from... Read More
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![The Exorcist [Limited Edition Signed by Friedkin and Potts]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/979/136/1768136979.0.l.jpg)
The Exorcist [Limited Edition Signed by Friedkin and Potts]
by William Peter Blatty; Marc Potts [illus.]; William Friedkin [intro.]
[Irvine, CA]: Suntup Editions, 2021. Near Fine. [Irvine, CA]: Suntup Editions, 2021. Limited Numbered Edition of 250 copies, of which this is 140. Octavo (23.3cm); lapped component case binding of purple and black Japanese cloth with foil stamped titling to spine and white Plike paper collar; color illustrations by Marc Potts; housed in Japanese cloth-covered clamshell with title card to spine; 401pp; publisher's bookmark laid in. Boards sturdy and square with no significant signs of shelfwear. Binding sound... Read More
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![As You Like It [Limited Letterpress Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/381/275/1701275381.0.l.jpg)
As You Like It [Limited Letterpress Edition]
by William Shakespeare; Alan Brissenden [ed.]
London: Folio Society / Oxford University Press, 2008. Very Good +. London: Folio Society / Oxford University Press, 2008. First "Letterpress Shakespeare" Edition, Limited to 3750 copies of which this is no. 607. Two volumes; folio and octavo; folio volume bound in three-quarter green Nigerian morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine; top edge gilt; silk ribbon; octavo volume bound in green gilt-lettered cloth; the set housed in original green cloth clamshell box; 94pp; 245pp. Light spotting to... Read More
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![The Junior Bachelor Society [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/554/864/1721864554.0.l.jpg)
The Junior Bachelor Society [Signed]
by John A. Williams
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976. Very Good -/Very Good -. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First Edition. Signed by John Williams at title page without personalized inscription. Octavo; printed dust jacket; blue cloth-backed boards; 247pp. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed with soiling to edges. Boards edgeworn; soiling to edges; binding sound; spotting to edges and endpapers; a Good to Very Good copy.
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![Dessa Rose [Signed Uncorrected Proof]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/384/049/1718049384.0.l.jpg)
Dessa Rose [Signed Uncorrected Proof]
by Sherley Anne Williams
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1986. Very Good +. New York: William Morrow and Co., 1986. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo (21cm); 270pp. Publisher’s stiff yellow wraps with black text. "7/23/86" release date in red marker at top front; wraps ever-so-slightly bumped at spine ends and corners; some discoloration and foxing throughout, especially along spine. Binding sound. Textblock slightly toned and foxed while endsheets and interior pages remain clean. A Very Good or better uncorrected proof of Williams’ neo-slave... Read More
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Vistas: The Gypsy Christ and Other Prose Imaginings
by William Sharp; Mrs. William Sharp [Elizabeth Sharp] [ed.]
London: William Heinemann, 1921. Very Good +. London: William Heinemann, 1921. Reprint, Volume V of the Uniform Edition of Sharp's Selected Writings. Octavo. 484pp. Green cloth stamped in gilt; top edge gilt. No dust jacket. Light edgewear and minor bumping to bottom corners. Binding sound and pages unmarked; a Very Good or better copy. Includes "Madge O' the Pool: A Thames Etching" and "The Birth, Death and Resurrection of a Tear" among many other poems and "prose imaginings.... Read More
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![The Two Gentlemen of Verona [Limited Letterpress Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/768/731/1699731768.0.l.jpg)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona [Limited Letterpress Edition]
by William Shakespeare; Roger Warren [ed.]
London: Folio Society / Oxford University Press, 2013. Near Fine. London: Folio Society / Oxford University Press, 2013. First "Letterpress Shakespeare" Edition, Limited to 1000 copies of which this is no. 134. Two volumes; folio and octavo; folio volume bound in three-quarter green morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine; octavo volume bound in green gilt-lettered cloth; the set housed in original green cloth clamshell box; 88pp.; 190pp. A few smudges and scuffs to clamshell case; else Fine.... Read More
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The Collected Earlier Poems of William Carlos Williams
by William Carlos Williams
New York: New Directions Book, 1951. Very Good. New York: New Directions Book, 1951. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's red cloth, gilt-lettered spine; [10],482pp. Light shelf wear, spine ends softened, faint remainder rubber-stamp at bottom textblock edge, minor soil to upper cover, ownership signature to front pastedown, else Very Good and sound, albeit lacking the uncommon dust jacket.
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![Night Song [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/195/863/1721863195.0.l.jpg)
Night Song [Signed]
by John A. Williams
London: Collins, 1962. Very Good/Very Good -. London: Collins, 1962. First UK Edition. Signed by John Williams with brief inscription at title page. Octavo; illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt stamping to spine; 191pp. Unclipped dust jacket chipped and creased with heavy rubbing and moderate spotting. Boards edgeworn; corners bumped; binding sound; spotting to edges of text block and endpapers, else unmarked; a Good to Very Good copy of an early Williams title, originally published in... Read More
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![King Lear [Limited Letterpress Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/308/486/1700486308.0.l.jpg)
King Lear [Limited Letterpress Edition]
by William Shakespeare; Stanley Wells [ed.]
London: Folio Society / Oxford University Press, 2007. Near Fine. London: Folio Society / Oxford University Press, 2007. First "Letterpress Shakespeare" Edition, Limited to 3750 copies of which this is no. 1632. Two volumes; folio and octavo; folio volume bound in three-quarter red Nigerian morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine; octavo volume bound in maroon gilt-lettered cloth; the set housed in original maroon cloth clamshell box; 115; x, 321 pp. Light spotting to slipcase, else a Fine... Read More
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![Titus Andronicus [Limited Letterpress Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/218/241/1700241218.0.l.jpg)
Titus Andronicus [Limited Letterpress Edition]
by William Shakespeare; Eugene M. Waith [ed.]
London: Folio Society / Oxford University Press, 2008. Near Fine. London: Folio Society / Oxford University Press, 2008. First "Letterpress Shakespeare" Edition, Limited to 3750 copies of which this is no. 134. Two volumes; folio and octavo; folio volume bound in three-quarter red Nigerian morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine; top edge gilt; silk ribbon; octavo volume bound in maroon gilt-lettered cloth; the set housed in original maroon cloth clamshell box; 97pp; 226pp. A couple scuffs and... Read More
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![A Midsummer Night's Dream [Limited Letterpress Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/742/734/1699734742.0.l.jpg)
A Midsummer Night's Dream [Limited Letterpress Edition]
by William Shakespeare; Peter Holland [ed.]
London: Folio Society / Oxford University Press, 2008. Fine. London: Folio Society / Oxford University Press, 2008. First "Letterpress Shakespeare" Edition, Limited to 3750 copies of which this is no. 607. Two volumes; folio and octavo; folio volume bound in three-quarter green morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine; octavo volume bound in green gilt-lettered cloth; the set housed in original green cloth clamshell box; 82; ix,[1],275,[1]pp. A Fine set.
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