The Story of a Novel
by Thomas Wolfe
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Very Good+/Very good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in orange dust jacket retaining original price ($1.50); [8],93pp. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities, spine panel faded, endpapers toned, brief glue residue to front free endpaper from previously-removed label, else a Very Good, fresh and sound copy. The novelist's cris-de-coeur describing his experience revising his first novel "Look Homeward, Angel," under the tutelage/iron fist of the... Read More
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Winning the War of Words: Selling the War on Terror from Afghanistan to Iraq
by Wojtek Mackiewicz Wolfe
Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2008. Very Good/Very Good. Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2008. First edition with complete number line. Octavo; 137pp. Green and white dust jacket. Black cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine. Dust jacket has only minor rubbing and a small closed tear on lower front edge. No tears. Rear dust jacket flap is creased. Cover has some spotting on top edge of cloth. Binding is tight. Corners are square. Pages are... Read More
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![Hunters in the Snow: A Collection of Short Stories by Tobias Wolff [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/201/333/1631333201.0.l.jpg)
Hunters in the Snow: A Collection of Short Stories by Tobias Wolff [Signed]
by Tobias Wolff
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. First UK Edition. Octavo. 175 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Touch of rubbing to edges of unclipped dust jacket with very mild vertical rippling. Light bumping to extremities of boards. Binding sound and interior unmarked; a Near Fine copy.
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Ugly Rumours: A Novel
by Tobias Wolff
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1975. Very Good/Near Fine. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1975. First (and only) Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in decorative dust jacket by Craig Dodd; 207pp. Jacket very lightly toned at margins, corners bumped, else a Very Good or better copy. First novel by the author of This Boy's Life, based on Wolff's four years in the United States Army, including a tour on the Mekong River. The novel was a... Read More
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The Grotesque in Art and Literature
by Wolfgang Kayser; Ulrich Weisstein [trans.]
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1963. Very Good/Very Good. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1963. First English-language Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); illustrated dust jacket with $6.95 price intact; boards in sage cloth with maroon lettering to spine; 224pp, illus. Jacket lightly shelfworn with a couple shallow tears along edges and waterspotting to spine, more visible to verso; some general smudging and toning to surface. Boards lightly bumped at corners and spine ends. Spine very slightly cocked at tail. Endpapers lightly toned... Read More
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Repercussions of the Kalam in Jewish Philosophy
by Harry Austryn Wolfson
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1979. Fine/Very Good. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1979. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's cloth in blue dust jacket; xii,[2],238pp. Light shelf wear to jacket margins, spine panel a bit sunned, else Near Fine. Posthumously published study of the medieval Islamic philosophy system Kalam on Jewish thinkers like Abrahan ibn Ezra and Maimonides.
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The Presence of the Past: Essays on the State and the Constitution
by Sheldon S. Wolin
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989. Very Good/Very Good. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, [1989]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's cloth in blue printed dust jacket; x,[2],228pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins including a few small closed tears, corners bumped, else Very Good and sound. Collection of essays by a leading member of the Berkeley School of political theory, exploring the relationship between contemporary American politics and the Constitution of 1787.
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Hidden Pictures [Signed]
by Meg Wolitzer
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($16.95); [8],294pp. Light shelf wear, tiny closed tear to top margin of upper jacket panel, else a Very Good, sound copy. Signed by the author on half title page.
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![Basil Wolverton's Foopgoop Frolics [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/195/562/1699562195.0.l.jpg)
Basil Wolverton's Foopgoop Frolics [Limited Edition]
by Basil Wolverton
Sylmar, CA: Glenn Bray, 1975. Very Good. Sylmar, CA: Glenn Bray, 1975. First Edition, Limited to 1200 copies. Large, slim folio (40cm); publisher's pictorial staplebound card wrappers; [52]pp.; chiefly illus., including full color double-page center fold and one strip printed in blue. Moderate wear to wrapper margins including very brief biopredation to top edge of upper cover, else Very Good, contents clean and sound.
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Search for Modern Nationalism: Zhang Binglin and Revolutionary China 1869-1936
by [Zhang Binglin] Young-tsu Wong
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Very Good +/Very Good +. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. First Edition. Octavo; photo-illustrated dust jacket; tan cloth boards stamped in gilt; 233pp. Rubbing to edges of dust jacket; sunning to spine. Mild shelfwear to boards; Very Good or better.
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Pioneer Tales of the North Platte Valley and Nebraska Panhandle: A Miscellaneous Collection of Historical Reference Material Anecdotal and Reminiscent, as Written or Compiled by A.B. Wood
by A.B. Wood
Gering, NE: Courier Press, 1938. Very Good. Gering, NE: Courier Press, 1938. First Edition. Octavo. 288 pp. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Rubbing to gilt at spine and front and boards lightly worn at extremities. Binding sound. Ownership inscription of Robert L. Antsey dated 1940 to front free endpaper, and pages otherwise unmarked.
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Most Women..
by Alec Waugh; Lynd Ward [woodcuts]
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, 1931. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, 1931. First Edition with publisher's colophon to copyright page. Octavo. 323 pp. 7 full-page woodcuts by Ward, including frontispiece; decorative chapter headings. Illustrated dust jacket with $3.00 price present. Blue boards stamped in copper. Dust jacket shows general rubbing and scuffing with restoration to extremities including repair to a couple tears at top front and fills along edges. Boards... Read More
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The Shock of the Real: Romanticism and Visual Culture, 1760-1860
by Gillen D'Arcy Wood
New York: Palgrave, 2001. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Palgrave, 2001. First Edition. Octavo. 273 pp. Black and white illustrations. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Black boards with spine lettered in gilt. Dust jacket lightly rubbed and creased along edges with a touch of fading to spine. Spine ends of boards nudged and corners lightly bumped. Binding is sound. Small patch of staining to top edge but pages otherwise unmarked.
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George Gemistos Plethon: The Last of the Hellenes
by C.M. Woodhouse
Oxford: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 2000. Very Good/Fine. Oxford: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 2000. "Special Edition for Sandpiper Books Ltd." Octavo (22cm); publisher's boards in green pictorial dust jacket; xxi,[1],391pp. Rather heavy underlining to the introductory pages, else free of markings; Very Good to Near Fine.
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Reading Diesels Volume 1: The First Generation
by Dale W. Woodland
Laury's Station: Garrigues House Publishers, 1991. Very Good/Good. Laury's Station: Garrigues House Publishers, 1991. First Edition. 215 color photographs plus additional document reproductions. Five-color system map on front endpapers. Pictorial dust jacket. Army green boards stamps in gold front panel and spine. Dust jacket lacking large triangular chip (2" x 1.5") and additional thin strip (3.5") at bottom edge of front. Jacket shows additional creases, crinkles, minor chips and tears at other edges and spine crown and foot-all... Read More
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![A Sermon Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Ephraim T. Woodruff, A.M. to the Pastoral Care of the Church of Christ in North Coventry. On the 8th of April, 1801 [Half title: Mr. Woodruff's Ordination Sermon]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/949/762/1600762949.0.l.jpg)
A Sermon Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Ephraim T. Woodruff, A.M. to the Pastoral Care of the Church of Christ in North Coventry. On the 8th of April, 1801 [Half title: Mr. Woodruff's Ordination Sermon]
by Hezekiah Woodruff
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1801. Very Good -. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1801. First Edition. Octavo; stitched self-wrappers; 23,[1]pp. ([A]-C4, collated complete). External leaves heavily spotted and rather worn with shallow losses and closed tears not approaching text, textblock uniformly browned, else a Good to Very Good example. Uncommon ordination sermon serving up the standard advice to a young minister about to lead his first flock: "It is given, to aid in the government of our positions... Read More
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Valedictory Address, Delivered December 6, 1837, at the Close of the Seventh Collegiate Yeaer of the University of the State of Alabama
by Alva Woods
Tuscaloosa, AL: Marmaduke J. Slade, Printer, 1837. Very Good. Tuscaloosa, AL: Marmaduke J. Slade, Printer, 1837. First Edition. Octavo. 52 pp. Wraps, removed. Light chipping and soiling to wraps; loss along spine of front and rear wraps; binding sound; pages unmarked. Overall a Very Good copy of Woods' farewell address to the University of which he was President for seven years.
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A Sermon Delivered at the Tabernacle in Salem, Feb. 6, 1812, on occasion of the ordination of the Rev. Messrs. Samuel Newell, A.M. Adoniram Judson, A.M. Samuel Nott, A.M. Gordon Hall, A.M. and Luther Rice, A.B. Missionaries to the Heathens in Asia. Under the Direction of the Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
by Leonard Woods
Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong, 1812. Very Good. Boston: Printed and Sold by Samuel T. Armstrong, Cornhill, 1812. Octavo; removed; 44pp. (lacking half title page, otherwise collated complete). Textblock uniformly toned, light wear to margins, else Very Good and sound. Sermon delivered during the ordination of the first group of missionaries sent out by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missioners, whose history is briefly given here. SABIN 105137; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 27597.
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Negro Orators and Their Orations
by Carter G. Woodson
Washington, DC: The Associated Publishers, Inc, 1925. Very Good -. Washington, DC: The Associated Publishers, Inc., 1925. First Edition. Large octavo; publisher's green cloth boards stamped in gilt; 711pp. Boards worn with patchy staining as well as a larger area (12x9cm) of discoloration to rear board. Binding sound; dust soiling to top edge; pages unmarked. A Good to Very Good copy of an early title from Woodson's DC-based publishing company dedicated to Black scholarship. Includes selections from Prince Saunders,... Read More
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![The Negro in Our History [Lois Mailou Jones's Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/539/021/1729021539.0.l.jpg)
The Negro in Our History [Lois Mailou Jones's Copy]
by Carter G. Woodson
Washington, DC: Associated Publishers, 1931. Very Good/Good. Washington, DC: Associated Publishers, 1931. Sixth Edition (Further Revised and Enlarged). Large, thick octavo (22cm); publisher's cloth in gilt pictorial dust jacket, original $4.00 price present on spine panel; [2],xxx,673pp.; halftone portrait frontispiece of Frederick Douglass, illus. throughout. Jacket heavily chipped and worn with loss along bottom edge of upper panel affecting text, front hinge starting to crack, textblock uniformly toned, else a Very Good example in a Good or better... Read More
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Over the Range to the Golden Gate
by Stanley Wood
Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co, 1904. Very Good. Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1904. Revised Edition, First Printing. Slim octavo (23 cm); 340pp. Illus. throughout. Boards full bound in dark teal cloth with gilt and black stamping. Map of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad systems laid in at front with previous bookseller's catalogue card. Boards generally scuffed, rubbed, and soiled with bumping and wear to spine ends, corners, and margins. First pastedown has... Read More
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All Zones Off Peak
by Tom Wood
Stockport, England: Dewi Lewis Publishing, 1998. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stockport, England: Dewi Lewis Publishing, 1998. First Edition. Oblong octavo (25cm); unpaginated. Publisher's photographic dust jacket with £30.00 price intact at rear panel; boards bound in dark blue cloth with blindstamping to front panel and gilt stamping to spine; light blue endsheets. Full-page photographs throughout, both black-and-white and color. Dust jacket lightly bumped. Boards clean with sharp corners. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages clean. Near Fine. ... Read More
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![Cannon, nos. 1–4 [Complete Run]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/516/045/1738045516.0.l.jpg)
Cannon, nos. 1–4 [Complete Run]
by Wallace Wood
New Haven, CT: Wallace Wood, 1979. Very Good +. New Haven, CT: Wallace Wood, 1979. First Edition; complete run of four. Folio (30cm). Black-and-white illustrated wraps; staple-bound. Illustrations throughout. Wraps lightly bumped and toned. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages clean if lightly toned. Altogether Very Good or better complete run of these NSFW comics.
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The Strange Career of Jim Crow
by C. Vann Woodward
New York: Oxford University Press / A Galaxy Book, 1957. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: Oxford University Press, 1957. First printing of the "New and Revised Edition." Octavo (19cm); 183pp. Publisher's dust jacket; boards bound in blue wax cloth with black stamping to spine. Dust jacket bumped and scratched; a few small chips and tears throughout. Boards bumped. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages lightly toned. Very Good or better. Published two years after... Read More
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A Sermon, Preached at the Ordination of Mr. John Marsh, to the pastoral care of the First Church in Wethersfield, Connecticut, January XII, 1774
by Samuel Woodward
New-Haven, CT: Thomas and Samuel Green, 1774. Very Good. New-Haven: Thomas and Samuel Green, [1774]. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); removed; 30,[2]pp. (collated complete with half title page); typographic decorations. Light finger-soil else Very Good and sound. Contemporary ownership signature of Phineas Wright to half title page and p. [5] with his note "given by the Revd. Mr. Woodward 1778." ESTC W29277; Evans 13781; Trumbull 1710.
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