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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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 Image of the City and Other Essays
by Charles Williams
Oxford University Press, 1958. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1958 1st edition. VG+ in a VG+, price-intact dustjacket. Octavo, 199 pgs. A wide range of essays posthumouslly collected into this one volume by the author of All Hallows Eve and Descent into Hell.
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From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign: A Sketch in Personal Narrative of the Scenes a Soldier Saw
by William Meade Dame, D.D.
Baltimore: Green-Lucas Company, 1920. Cloth. Near Fine. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1920 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its light-green cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Octavo, 213 pgs.
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Deutschlands Rustung Im Zweiten Weltkrieg: Hitlers Konferenzen Mit Albert Speer 1942-1945
by Willi A. Boelcke, Ed
Frankfurt: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft ATHENAION, 1969. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1969 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 495 pgs. Text in German.
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Paving and Municipal Engineering (The First 24 Issues)
by William Fortune, Editor
Indianapolis, 1892. 1/4 leather. Near Fine. The first 24 issues of this wonderful monthly, published out of Indianapolis and devoted to street paving. Consists of the first 2 years of the magazine, each year bound into a handsome 1/4 leather over chocolate-brown boards. The first book consists of the June 1890-May 1891 12 issues and the 2nd book consists of the June 1891-May 1892 12 issues. All issues clean, crisp and Near Fine, with one neat former owner... Read More
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Personal Adventures During the Indian Rebellion in Rohilcund, Futtehghur, and Oude
by William Edwards, Esq
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1858. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. A very presentable copy of the 1858 1st edition, in its bevelled, blindstamped boards. Solid and VG+, with a touch of light foxing at the fore-edge, one small spot to the rear panel and light wear along the spine crown. Octavo, 206 pgs. of text plus publisher's ads at the rear.
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The Sun in the Sands
by Henry Williamson
London: Faber & Faber, 1946. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A sharp copy of the 1946 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine (with bright gilt-lettering along the spine) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. 12mo, 250 pgs. Housed in a custom-made, quarter-morocco box.
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Seven at One Blow
by .Jay Williams
New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1972. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. Friso Henstra. A very presentable copy of the 1972 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping --and one small closed tear-- along the panel edges. Nicely illustrated thoughout in color by Friso Henstra.
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Project Tic-Toc: The Making of The Time Tunnel
by William E. Anchors, Jr.
Dunlap, TN: Alpha Control Press, 2011. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. A crisp, bright copy of the 2011 1st edition of this uncommon look at the making of TV's cult classic The Time Tunnel, which ran less than 1 year, from September 1966 to April 1967. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Tall quarto, edited by Flint Mitchell,
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Blue Book -- Philadelphia Furniture: William Penn to George Washington - With Special Reference to the Philadelphia-Chippendale School
by William MacPherson Hornor, Jr.
Philadelphia: William MacPherson Hornor, Jr., 1935. Cloth. Very Good. A solid copy of the 1935 true 1st edition, in the publisher's matching (custom) slipcase. Tight and VG in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Handsome former owner bookplate (Dr. S.P. Pechin) at the front free endpaper. Quarto, original "errata slip" pasted on to the rear endsheet, which is loose. The slipcase, with its similar navy-blue cloth, has also been skillfully rebacked along... Read More
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The Confederate Privateers
by William Morrison Robinson, Jr.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1928. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1928 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of light chipping along the flap-folds and one or two small closed tears at the rear panel's lower-edge. Octavo, also includes an armorial Yale University Press bookplate to the front pastedown, stating this title is part of the "Permanent File of Yale... Read More
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The Law Against Abortion: Its Perniciousness Demonstrated and Its Repeal Demanded
by William J. Robinson, M.D.
New York: The Eugenics Publishing Company, 1933. Cloth. Very Good. The uncommon 1933 1st edition. Solid and VG in its dark-blue cloth, with fading along the spine and very light chipping at its base. Octavo, 123 pgs. plus publisher's ads at the rear.
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Black America Arm Yourselves for a War of Self Defense & Survival: A Black America Special
by Robert Williams
RAM: Black Liberation Front of the U.S.A., 1965. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. Uncommon 1965 collection of a number of the "radical" writings of Civil Rights leader Robert Williams (1925-1996), a firebrand in both the local labor union and within the NAACP of Monroe, North Carolina. Williams, who took "a militant stance against racism decades before the Black Power and black nationalist movements of the late 1960s and early '70s", was forced "to flee the country in 1961.... Read More
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Genetics of the Dog
by Malcolm B. Willis
Howell Book House, 1989. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1989 1st U.S. edition. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall octavo, 417 pgs.
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Jory and the Buckskin Jumper
by Priscilla D. Willis
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1960. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Lorence Bjorklund. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR LORENCE BJORKLUND on the title page. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1960 1st edition of this charming tale of Jory Pinder and Pete, the buckskin jumper. Tight and Near Fine (very light offsetting at the endsheets) in a crisp, price-intact (AND price-clipped), VG+ dustjacket, with light fading along the spine. Octavo, wonderfully illustrated throughout by Lorence Bjorklund. Also... Read More
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Baby Doll
by Tennessee Williams
London: Secker & Warburg, 1957. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A bright, clean copy of the 1957 1st UK edition. Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing at the front panel. Octavo, 140 pgs. Housed in a custom-made, quarter-morocco box.
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The Night of the Iguana
by Tennessee Williams
New York: New Directons, 1962. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very impressive copy of the 1962 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavco, dustjacket design by Nicola Wood.
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A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1982. Near Fine. Al Hirschfeld. An all-but-pristine copy of this 1982 Limited Editions Club offering. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its leather-backed floral covers. #1,864 of 2,000 copies signed by the great Al Hirschfeld (who illustrated this edition) at the limitation. Tall quarto, Foreword by Jessica Tandy, Introduction by Tennessee Williams himself. Also includes a very sharp example of the publisher's printed slipcase and a laid-in copy of the monthly... Read More
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27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other One-Act Plays
by Tennessee Williams
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1945. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1945 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its linen cloth. Octavo, 207 pgs. Housed in a custom-made, quarter-morocco box.
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De Anima Brutorum (The Amsterdam Printing)
by Thomas Willis
Amsterdam, 1672. Full vellum. Very Good. The 1672 Amsterdam printing of De Anima Brutorum. Likely the first reprint of Thomas Willis' foundational 1672 study (originally published in London) of neuroanatomy and the understanding of animal behavior. Very tight and sharp in its smooth, contemporary vellum, with 5 fold-out engraved plates, as called for. Light, forgiveable spotting at the vellum, pages clean and bright. A sound, solidly VG copy. Thick 16mo, extensive printed marginalia throughout. 400 pgs. plus "Index... Read More
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The Gods Were Kind: An Epic 6700 Mile Voyage Alone Across the Pacific
by William Willis
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1955. Pictorial cloth. Very Good +/Near Fine. Lorence Bjorklund. A nice Association copy: INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR WILLIAM WILLIS TO THE BOOK'S ILLUSTRATOR, LORENCE BJORKLUND, on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1955 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (light offsetting at the pastedowns and endsheets) in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, a number of crisp black-and-white photos and charts accompanying Lorence Bjorklund's sketches... Read More
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The Charleston Stage in the XVII Century
by Eola Willlis
The State Company, Columbia, SC, 1924. 1st. Hardcover. 1924 1st edition, lavishly INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on front flyleaf. VG+ with bright gilt-lettering and design on front panel and spine. A touch of spotting to bottom edge of spine and front cover. Thick octavo, 483 pgs. Signed by Author(s).
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The Magic of Matt Schulien: Chicago's Biggest Magical Entertainer
by Philip Reed Willmarth
Chicago: Magic, Inc, 1976. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1976 2nd printing. Tight and VG+ in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with fading along the spine and mild wear at the spine ends and panel edges. Still though very presentable. Quarto, impressive study of the work of "Chicago's biggest magical entetainer
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