Otto Hahn and the Rise of Nuclear Physics
by William Shea [ed.]
Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel Publishing Company / Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, 1983. Fine/Very Good +. Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1983. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm); publisher's cloth in dust jacket; ix,[1],252pp.; frontispiece, tables and charts in text. Magenta portion of spine panel a bit sunned, else Very Good to Near Fine.
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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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![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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![Excursions in the Real World [Signed Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/082/712/1447712082.0.l.jpg)
Excursions in the Real World [Signed Limited Edition]
by William Trevor; Lucy Willis [illus.]
London: Hutchinson, 1993. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Hutchinson, 1993. Limited First Edition, signed by the author and numbered 113 of 150 copies. Octavo; xv, 200pp. Illustrations throughout. Glassine jacket over marbled paper-covered boards with reddish-purple cloth spine and gilt lettering. Glassine jacket is crisp with very faint edgewear. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
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![Translations of Chaucer and Virgil [The Cornell Wordsworth series]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/177/925/1661925177.0.l.jpg)
Translations of Chaucer and Virgil [The Cornell Wordsworth series]
by William Wordsworth; Bruce E. Graver [ed.]
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998. Very Good/Very Good. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998. First Edition. Octavo. 583 pp. Printed dust jacket. Gray cloth with spine stamped in gilt; gray endpapers. Rubbing to edges of dust jacket and mild fading to spine; rather large stain to front panel. Boards show mild shelfwear; very faint discoloration from stain to front. Binding sound and pages unmarked; still a Very Good and usable copy.
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The Fanatic: Special Low Mindedness Issue, Winter 1976
by William Levy [ed.]; Lynne Tillman, Beverly Skinner, Sinclair Beiles, John Michell [contribs.]; Susan Janssen [trans.]; Heathcote Williams [photo.]
Amsterdam: Joy Publications, 1976. Very Good +. Amsterdam: Joy Publications, 1976. Thin folio, side-stapled self wrappers (40 cm); illus. throughout; unpaginated. Generally scuffed and rubbed with mild toning as expected. Interior clean. A Very Good or better copy of a scarce issue. Proclaiming to be "anti-" everything, including anti-Dope, anti-Rock and Roll, and anti-Extraterrestrial, this is the second in a run of nine (9) issues. Initially envisioned by John Michell as a magazine to be published... Read More
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![Blackout [with] All Clear [Two Volume Set] [Both Volumes Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/484/586/1737586484.0.l.jpg)
Blackout [with] All Clear [Two Volume Set] [Both Volumes Signed]
by Connie Willis
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2018. Fine. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2018. "Collector's Edition." Two volumes; octavos; uniformly bound in publisher's full black gilt-stamped goat, gilt spines in five compartments, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers; [12],491; [12],641pp. A Fine set, prospectuses and Easton Certificates of Authenticity laid into each volume. Both volumes signed by the author.
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![Imagining Families: Images and Voices [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/361/670/1695670361.0.l.jpg)
Imagining Families: Images and Voices [Signed]
by Deborah Willis
Washington, DC: National African American Museum / Smithsonian Institution Project, 1984. Very Good. [Washington, DC]: National African American Museum / Smithsonian Institution Project, [1984]. First Edition. Slim oblong quarto (21.5x28cm); publisher's black photo-illustrated card wrappers; 72pp.; illus. throughout. Moderate wear and minor shallow creasing to wrapper margins, else Very Good. Signed by the author on title page.
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Black: A Celebration of a Culture
by Deborah Willis
Irvington, NY: Hylas Publishing, 2004. Very Good +/Very Good. Irvington, NY: Hylas Publishing, 2004. Second Printing. Quarto. 320 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Photographic dust jacket and boards. Dust jacket lightly worn along edges with some faint toning to verso. Boards show light shelfwear with some bumps along bottom edge. Front board bows slightly, but overall binding is sound and pages unmarked.
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![Inspiration, 1961-1989 [Signed by Dorsey and Five Other Contributors]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/650/273/1699273650.0.l.jpg)
Inspiration, 1961-1989 [Signed by Dorsey and Five Other Contributors]
by William Dorsey, Delilah W. Pierce, and Peter L. Robinson, Jr.
Washington, DC: Anacostia Museum / Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. Very Good. Washington, DC: Anacostia Museum / Smithsonian Institution Press, [1989]. First Edition. Slim quarto; [8],110pp.; halftone illus. throughout. Moderate rubbing to wrapper margins, light soil, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by six of the contributors on the pages devoted to their works: Annabelle B. Coward (p. 15), William Dorsey (p. 26), LeRoy Lippford (p. 52), Charles E. Mitchell (p. 63), Conrad W. Thompson... Read More
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This Is About the Body, the Mind, the Soul, the World, Time, and Fate
by Diane Williams
New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. First Edition. Octavo; 117pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $17.95 price; book in black paper- and cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Jacket is worn along edges but no chips or tears. Boards show light shelfwear and spine ends nudged. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Author's debut collection includes "Claudette's Head," "My Female Honor is of a Type," and "The Nub,"... Read More
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The Light of Heart
by Emlyn Williams
London: William Heinemann, 1940. Very Good/Very Good -. London: William Heinemann, 1940. First Edition. Small octavo (19cm); original dust jacket over green cloth-covered boards with white lettering to spine; [viii],126pp. Price-clipped jacket shows a few chips and tears along edges with moderate to heavy smudging; front flap nearly separated along fold. Boards lightly shelfworn with a bump to bottom corner, some fading to spine, and nudging at head and tail. Pages a bit toned but unmarked. Small bookseller's... Read More
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![Selected Shorter Poems 1950-1970 [Inscribed to Tom Wasmuth]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/580/482/1699482580.0.l.jpg)
Selected Shorter Poems 1950-1970 [Inscribed to Tom Wasmuth]
by Emmett Williams
New York: A New Directions Books, 1975. Very Good -/Very Good -. New York: A New Directions Books, 1975. First Edition. Heartfelt inscription from Williams to his boyhood friend and fellow book collaborator, Tom Wasmuth (here referred to as 'Toom"). See page 201 for direct reference to his friend. Large octavo. 410 pp. Photographs and illustrations. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt; red endpapers. Wear to jacket laminate; spotting; creasing and toning to flaps. Boards... Read More
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![My Dog Skip [Limited Edition, Signed by the Author]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/300/818/1546818300.0.l.jpg)
My Dog Skip [Limited Edition, Signed by the Author]
by Willie Morris; Mikhail Ivenitsky [illus.]
New York: Random House, 1995. Fine. New York: Random House, [1995]. First "Special" Edition, Limited to 500 copies of which this is no. 467. Octavo; publisher's cream blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine, in pictorial paper-covered slipcase; [10],122pp.; illus. throughout. Fine condition. Signed by the author on colophon.
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![The Morning And The Evening [Signed by author]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/231/323/1721323231.0.l.jpg)
The Morning And The Evening [Signed by author]
by Joan Williams
New York: Atheneum, 1961. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Atheneum, 1961. First Edition stated. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half title page. Octavo (21 cm). Pictorial dust jacket with unclipped $4 price. Publisher's cloth binding. Black top stain. Red endpapers. 248 pp. Dust jacket rubbed with some small chips and to edges and folds. Spotting to top stain. Cloth binding slightly faded on edges but otherwise clean and bright. Corners square. Binding sound. Pages... Read More
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Augustus
by John Williams
New York: The Viking Press, 1972. Good/Very Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. 305 pages. Photographic dust jacket. Green and red boards stamped in copper. Map endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket is creased and worn along edges with a one-inch closed tear along top edge near rear flap. Very shallow chipping at spine ends and some green discoloration to jacket verso. Boards heavily chipped with exposure size of a silver dollar at bottom of spine.... Read More
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Kynewisbok: University of Denver Yearbook, 1949
by [John Williams]
Denver: University of Denver, 1949. Very Good. Denver: University of Denver, 1949. Quarto; 352pp. Photographic boards with cream cloth spine and blue embossed lettering to spine. Corners bumped and spine a bit rolled, with some light smudging to back. Opens easily and lies flat, but binding is sound. Pages unmarked. Graduation year of John Williams, author of the novels Butcher's Crossing, Stoner, and Augustus. Williams received a B.A. (1949) and an M.A. (1950) from Denver, leaving... Read More
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![Who Is Little Enis? [Jargon 82] [Limited Edition, Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/113/562/1699562113.0.l.jpg)
Who Is Little Enis? [Jargon 82] [Limited Edition, Inscribed and Signed]
by Jonathan Williams
Sedbergh, Yorkshire, England: Jonathan Williams, 1974. Very Good. Sedbergh, Yorkshire, England: Jonathan Williams, 1974. First Edition, Limited to 500 copies. Pictorial broadsheet (65x25cm) folded down to square six-paneled pamphlet (22x25cm) housed in original mailing envelope. Very light wear to broadside, envelope chipped and toned; Very Good overall. Inscribed and signed above limitation statement, "For Green Man from Big Jeeter." Jeeter was one of many of Williams's epistolary monickers.
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![The Story of Henri Tod [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/618/109/1573109618.0.l.jpg)
The Story of Henri Tod [Signed]
by William F. Buckley, Jr.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1984. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984. Book Club Edition. Signed by Buckley at half title, "Cordially, William F. Buckley." Octavo. 217 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Brown boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket lightly worn and creased along edges with toning to spine. Boards shelfworn and binding is sound. Top edge of text block a trifle stained but interior unmarked. A Very Good copy of the... Read More
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![Right Reason: A Collection Selected by Richard Brookhiser [Bookplate Signed by Buckley]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/213/425/1521425213.0.l.jpg)
Right Reason: A Collection Selected by Richard Brookhiser [Bookplate Signed by Buckley]
by William F. Buckley, Jr.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1985. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. First Edition. Bookplate signed by William F. Buckley, Jr. with brief inscription to previous owner mounted to front free endpaper. Octavo. 454 pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Blue and black boards. Dust jacket worn along edges with a few nicks and a slightly larger chip to front joint; staining to flaps and rear panel. Boards show light shelfwear... Read More
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![The Supreme Court: How It Was, How It Is [with] A small cache of notes and letters related to the book's release [including two TLS from Rehnquist, signed cards from Nan Rehnquist; signed card from Mary Ann Stewart; TLS from Lewis Powell, invite list, and manuscript remarks from William Morrow Chief Larry Hughes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/105/034/1678034105.0.l.jpg)
The Supreme Court: How It Was, How It Is [with] A small cache of notes and letters related to the book's release [including two TLS from Rehnquist, signed cards from Nan Rehnquist; signed card from Mary Ann Stewart; TLS from Lewis Powell, invite list, and manuscript remarks from William Morrow Chief Larry Hughes]
by William H. Rehnquist; Larry Hughes; Lewis F. Powell, Jr. ; Nan Rehnquist; Mary Ann Stewart
New York / Washington, DC: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1987. Very Good. New York / [Washington, DC]: William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1987. First Edition. Octavo. 338pp. Printed dust jacket. Red cloth over cream paper-covered boards with spine stamped in silver. Rubbing to edges with a few minor nicks. Boards shelfworn; binding sound; pages unmarked; book itself unsigned; Very Good. Accompanying the book are a group of notes and letters all centering around a dinner... Read More
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Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt
by William Arnett, Louisiana P. Bendolph et al. [contribs.]; Paul Arnett et al. [eds.]
Atlanta: Tinwood Books, 2006. Near Fine/Near Fine. Atlanta: Tinwood Books, 2006. First Edition. Quarto. 223 pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Blind-stamped black boards. Color photographs throughout. Dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Boards show very mild shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Near Fine.
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Americans and Their Forests: A Historical Geography
by Michael Williams
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Fine/Very Good. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [1989]. First Edition. Thick octavo (26cm); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; xxii,599pp.; halftone illus. and maps throughout. Light edge wear and yellowing to dust jacket; overall a Fine example in Very Good jacket.
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![A William Maxwell Portrait: Memories and Appreciations [Signed by Baxter, Collier, and Hirsch]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/581/863/1721863581.0.l.jpg)
A William Maxwell Portrait: Memories and Appreciations [Signed by Baxter, Collier, and Hirsch]
by [William Maxwell] Charles Baxter, Michael Collier, and Edward Hirsch [eds.]; John Updike, Donna Tartt, Paula Fox et al. [contrs.]
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2004. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2004. First Edition. Signed by Baxter, Collier, and Hirsch at title page without inscriptions. Octavo; photo-illustrated dust jacket; blue cloth-backed boards with spine stamped in gilt; 234pp. Mild rubbing to edges of unclipped dust jacket. Boards a trifle rubbed; binding sound; pages unmarked; Near Fine.
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