William Penn: Friend to All
by Katharine E. Wilkie
Chapign, IL: Garrad Publishing Co, 1964. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. J.L. Pellicer. A solid copy of the 1964 1st edition. Clean and VG+ (slight bowing to the front board) in a crisp, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with mild soiling to the panels. Niely illustrated in rich color by J.L. Pellicer, part of Garrard's wonderful "Discovery Book" series.
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Memoirs of the Rhode-Island Bar
by Wilkins Updike, Esq
Thomas H. Webb & Co: Boston, 1842. Cloth. Very Good. A solid copy of the 1842 1st edition. Tight and VG in its light-brown cloth, with decorative blindstamping at the panels and bright gilt-lettering to the spine. Light wear to the spine ends, very light fading along the panel edges, light soiling to the pastedowns and the preliminaries. Octavo, 311 pgs.
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Golden Latin Artistry
by L.P. Wilkinson
London: Cambridge University Press, 1970. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A crisp copy of the 1970 2nd printing. Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket. Octavo, 283 pgs.
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Atheniensia, or Remarks on the Typography and Buildings of Athens
by William Wilkins
London: John Murray, 1816. Full calf. Very Good +. A wonderful Association copy: INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, WILLIAM WILKINS, TO THE EARL OF OXFORD on a blank preliminary. A solid, tight copy to boot of the 1816 1st edition. Bright and VG+ in the publisher's original --or certainly contemporary-to-the-period-- full, light-brown calf, with a custom, re-backed spine (with 5 raised bands, dark leather title-label, decorative blindstamping within the compartments, gilt date-of-publication {1816} at the foot of the spine).... Read More
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A History and Genealogy of the Rockwell and Thayer Families: Prepared for the Descendents of Clara Thayer Rockwell and Willard Frederick Rockwell
by Willard Frederick Rockwell, Jr.
The Rockwell Foundation, 1984. Leatherette. Near Fine. The December 1984 stated 1st edition of this especially handsome genealogy. Clean and Near Fine in its thick, dark leatherette, with dramatic gilt-titling and multi-colored family crest to the front cover. Internally clean as could be, with no writing or markings of any kind. Thick quarto, made on high-quality paper, dozens of photos (some in color), charts and genealogies supplementing the text. The Rockwell and Thayer families.
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The Woman Chaser
by Charles Willeford
Chicago: Newsstand Library Incorporated, 1960. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A clean, very solid copy of the 1960 1st edition. Crisp, bright and Near Fine, with one microscopic chip at the spine. Pocketbook NSL U137. "The chase was furious--the capture was rapacious--the prize was luscious!
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High Priest of California and Wild Wives
by Charles Williford (Willeford)
Universal Publishing and Distribution Corporation, 1953. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A tight, very crisp copy of the 1953 1st edition of both Willeford novels together. Clean, bright and Near Fine, with one microscopic closed tear at the spine crown. Beacon pocketbook B-130. "No woman could resist his strange cult of lechery!" The book in which the author's name is famously misspelled (as "Williford") on the front cover.
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Glory's Net (Helen Wills Moody's Copy)
by William T. Tilden, 2nd
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Co, 1930. Cloth. Very Good +/Near Fine. A superb copy of the 1930 stated 1st edition, with 2 very unusual features: 1) This copy is signed by and from the personal library of Helen Wills Moody (1905-1998), the great American tennis champion of the 1920s and '30s, and the top female player in the world during this stretch; 2) This copy also includes the publisher's very uncommon original wraparound, printed band. Thick... Read More
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The Love Resort
by J.X. Williams
San Diego: Sundown Readers (Corinth Publications), 1966. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A crisp, virtually as new copy of the 1966 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its wonderful lurid wrappers. Sundown Reader (SR 613). Pocket-sized, 190 pgs. "Shame declared a holiday at --The Love Resort
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The Desert Music and Other Poems
by William Carlos Williams
New York: Random House, 1954. 1st. Cloth. Near Fine. The 1954 signed/limited. 1 OF 100 COPIES (this being "out-of-series") SIGNED BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS on the limitation page. A very sharp copy to boot. Bright and Near Fine in its duotone cloth and pristine paper spine label. Lacking the glassine dustjacket but includes a clean, Near Fine example of the publisher's light-green slipcase. Octavo, 90 pgs. Signed by Author.
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A Bibliography of the Writings of Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, M.A.)
by Sidney Herbert Williams
At the Office of The Bookmans Journal, Fleet St., London, 1924. 1st. Hardcover. 1924 1st edition, 1 of 700 numbered copies. A bright, VG copy. Brown boards over brown cloth spine with gilt-lettering. Quarto, 142 pgs. plus wonderful London bookseller ads in the back. Neat, inconspicuous stamp on inside cover and front free endpaper of Harvard Club Library, New York City.
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Store Days
by Claes Oldenburg (Emmett Williams)
New York: Something Else Press, 1967. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY CLAES OLDENBURG across the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1967 1st edition. Tight and VG in its off-white cloth, with a thin band of foxing along the front and rear panel's top-edges. And in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light scuffing at the rear panel. Quarto, crisp black-and-white and color illustrations thruout complementing the text. (From the title page:... Read More
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Parisian Passions
by J.X. Williams
San Diego: Corinth Publications, 1966. Original wraps. Near Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1966 1st edition of this Ed Wood classic in early transvestism. Clean and Near Fine in its wild pictorial wrappers. A Sundown Reader (SR 611). "They writhed in a shame storm of -- PARISIAN PASSIONS
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Little Fur Family
by Margaret Wise Brown (Garth Williams)
New York: Harper & Row, 1965. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. Garth Williams. A lovely copy of this uncommon re-issue of Margaret Wise Brown's 1946 classic, published here circa 1965. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial boards. And in a crisp, price-clipped, easily VG+ dustjacket. The brilliant Garth Williams color illustrations on full display. From the dustjacket rear flap: "We are now printing the same story, snug and cozy and full of love, without the fur... Read More
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Technology and the Dream: Reflections on the Black Experience at MIT, 1941-1999
by Clarence G. Williams
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2001. Cloth. Very Good +/Near Fine. A solid copy of the 2001 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (very light dusting along the edges) in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick octavo, publisher's tipped-in CD at the rear.
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Passion Proxy
by J.X. Williams
Ember Books. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A very sharp copy, c. 1965. Clean and Near Fine in its naughty pictorial wrappers. Ember Books (EB 923). Pocket-sized, 190 pgs. "Sintime was anytime with the services of a --Passion Proxy
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Not Like Niggers
by Edward G. Williams
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1969. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR EDWARD G. WILLIAMS on the front free endpaper. A crisp, very impressive copy to boot of the 1969 stated 1st printing. Tight and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very light soiling to the panels. Octavo, also includes the publisher's original invitation celebrating the release of the book.
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Greek Oared Ships 900-322 B.C.
by J.S. Morrison and R.T. Williams
Cambridge University Press, 1968. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very solid copy of the 1968 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of soiling at the rear panel. Quarto, 356 pgs.
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The Man Who Cried I Am
by John A. Williams
Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1967. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED BY JOHN A. WILLIAMS on the title page. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1967 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ($6.95), VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of rubbing alomng the front panel. A collector's copy.
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The Eighteenth Century Constitution: Documents and Commentary
by Compiled and Introduced by E.N. Williams
Cambridge University Press, 1960. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1960 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine (small, tasteful bookplate at the front pastedown) in a crisp, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 464 pgs. Compiled and introduced by E.N. Williams.
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The Deesrt Music and Other Poems
by William Carlos Williams
New York: Random House, 1954. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1954 signed/limited. 1 OF 100 COPIES (this one being "out-of-series") SIGNED BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS at the limitation. Bright and Fine in its duotone cloth, with a pristine paper spine label. Octavo, 90 pgs. The publisher's light-green slipcase, which has protected the book beautifully in this case, is in bright, immaculate condition. Lacking the glassine dustjacket. Signed by Author.
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Angelica Kauffmann, R.A.: Her Life and Her Works
by Lady Victoria Manners and Dr. G.C. Williamson
New York: Brentano's, 1924. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A well-preserved copy of the 1924 1st edition, limited to 1000 copies. Clean, bright and VG to VG+ in a duotone cloth binding, with beige spine and gilt-lettered label over dark-brown. Thick quarto, 268 pgs., deckled fore-edge and bottom-edge. Comprehensive monograph (with 10 color illustrations and dozens of black and white illustrations) on the great 18th century British female portrait painter Angelica Kauffmann.
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Flowers and Flesh
by J.X. Williams
San Diego: Phenix Publishers (Pleasure Readers), 1968. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. An unusually crisp, clean copy of the 1968 1st --and almost certainly only-- edition of this very scarce sexploitation/hippie-themed title. Tight and easily Near Fine in its wonderful pictorial wrappers. "When Hippies Hold a Sin-In, Its All FLOWERS AND FLESH". OCLC locates only a single copy and this book appears in neither of the standard references in this field (("Dope Menace: The Sensational World of Drug Paperbacks... Read More
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Andrew and Nathaniel Plimer: Miniature Painters--Their Lives and Their Works
by George C. Williamson
London: George Bell and Sons, 1903. 1st. Full-Leather. Collectible; Fine. A magnificent production: sumptuously and beautifully bound in a contemporary-to-the-period, full olive-green morocco by Morrell binders (signed on the front pastedown), a one-time subsidiary of legendary London booksellers, Henry Sotheran Ltd. (founded in 1761). Intricate gilt-lattice to panels and spine, 5 raised bands, gilt-tooled compartments. Clean and bright and very well-preserved, a solid, VG+ to Near Fine copy. Very light wear along the outer hinges, light sunning to... Read More
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Werful and the Captain: The Story of a Small Tugboat and a Big Ship
by Linda E. Williams
Hamilton, Bermuda: The Bermudian Publishing Company, 2006. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Victoria Barnhill-Hensen. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR LINDA WILLIAMS on the front free endpaper. A pristine copy to boot of the 2006 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by Victoria Barnhill-Hensen.
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