The Right Stuff
by Tom Wolfe
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1979. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. LAVISHLY INSCRIBED IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION BY TOM WOLFE along the half-title. A sharp, very presentable copy to boot of the 1979 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($12.95), VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with one tiny closed tear and just a touch of very light creasing to the front panel's lower-edge. Thick octavo, an undisputed mid-career triumph for the author of "Electric... Read More
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Meine Erfahrungen Mit Der Leica (With 2 Original Laid-In Brochures)
by Dr. Paul Wolff
Frankfurt, Germany: H. Bechhold Verlag, 1934. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1934 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with one tiny chip at the front panel's top-edge and very light soiling along the rear panel. Quarto, Dr. Wolff's brilliant gravures --all taken with his beloved Leica camera-- thruout. Also includes 2 of the publisher's original, multi-colored brochures (mirroring the dustjacket's iconic image of Dr.... Read More
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And Then What
by Jake Wolf
New York: Greenwillow Books, 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Marylin Hafner. NICELY SIGNED BY THE BOOK'S ILLUSTRATOR MARILYN HAFNER (AND WITH ORIGINAL ARTWORK NEXT TO HER SIGNATURE). A lovely copy to boot of the 1993 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto, very nicely illustrated thruout.
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Integrational Linguistics: A First Reader
by Roy Harris & George Wolf
Oxford, England: Pergamon (Elsevier Science), 1998. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. An immaculate copy of the 1998 1st paperback edition. Bright and Fine in its original printed wrappers. Octavo, 350 pgs.
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Kunst Der Sechziger/Art of the Sixties (5th Revised Edition)
by Wolf Vostell, Gert Von Der Osten and Horst Keller
Cologne: Wallraf-Richartz Museum, 1971. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good. One of the major post-War catalogues to emerge from Germany, documenting in remarkable breadth the art of the Sixties. Based on the exhibition at Cologne's Wallraf-Richartz Museum. This 1971 5th revised edition, tight, very well-preserved and VG in its printed plastic covers, with very light soiling and scuffing, and just a touch of bubbling. Hundreds of tipped-in plates, spanning the work of Joseph Albers to Warhol. Thick, tall quarto, strong... Read More
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An Analysis of Adam Smith's Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Part I, Books I and II)
by Wolseley P. Emerton, Ed
Oxford: James Thornton, 1877. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1877 reprint, "with additions, from the thrid edition of Jeremiah Joyce's abridgment". Tight and VG in its russet cloth. 12mo, 149 pgs. plus publisher's ads.
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The Labrador Retriever: The History -- the People
by Richard A. Wolters
Los Angeles: Petersen Publishing Company (Petersen Prints), 1981. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY RICHARD WOLTERS on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1981 1st edition of this wonderful tribute to the Labrador Retriever as a sporting dog. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, hundreds of black-and-white and color photos throughout.
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Le Meuble Francais en Laque au XVIII Siecle
by Thibaut Wolvesperges
Paris and Brussels: Les Editions de l'Amateur/Editions racine, 2000. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very nice copy of the 2000 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of creasing along the panel edges and spine crown. Thick quarto, beautiful color and black-and-white reproductions thruout.
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F1by2
by Text by Matthew Winter (Photography by Alex Wong)
IZIBIZI AMC SDN BHD, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine. An all-but-pristine copy of the 2000 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its dark, laminate boards, with one tiny crease at the rear panel's lower edge. #324 of only 1,000 copies issued. Oblong folio, wonderful color photography thruout by Alex Wong.
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Tony's Scrap Book (1933-34 Edition)
by Tony Wons
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1933. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY TONY WONS on the front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1933-34 edition of "Tony's Scrap Book". Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine example of the wonderful art deco dustjacket, with one small closed tear along the front flap-fold. Octavo, 112 pgs.
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The Narrative of Captain David Woodard and Four Seamen, Who Lost Their Ship While in a Boat at Sea, and Surrendered Themselves Up to the Malays, in the Island of Celebes
by Captain David Woodard
London: J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1804. 1st. Hardcover. Good. The very uncommon 1804 1st edition. 1/4 calf over marbled boards. A VG, well-preserved copy of this important narrative-at-sea. A degree of wear along the spine and the tips and minor fading to the spine. 6 gilt-bordered compartments, spine label. Still very tightly-bound and internally quite clean with only light, minor foxing. The 2 fold-out maps and all plates and engravings called for are present and in sharp... Read More
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Make Everybody Rich -- Industry's New Goal (In Dustjacket)
by Benjamin A. Javits (In Collaboration with Charles W. Wood)
New York: B.C. Forbes Publishing Company, 1929. Decorative Boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. A sharp copy of the 1929 1st edition, in its uncommon mustard-yellow and dark dustjacket. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine (light offsetting at the inner hinges) in a crisp, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with mild soiling along the panels and a touch of light wear to the spine crown. Thick octavo, authored by Benjamin Javits, the older brother of the legendary New York senator... Read More
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The Kingdom of All-Souls and Two Other Poems for Christmas
by George Edward Woodberry
Woodberry Society, 1912. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1912 1st edition, limited to 300 copies. SIGNED Y THE AUTHOR on the title page. Solid and VG in its duotone cloth. Octavo, 32 pgs. Former owner name ("Estelle Delano" of the Roosevelt family) at the front free endpaer. Signed by Author.
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A Day at Castrogiovanni
by George Edward Woodberry
The Woodberry Society, 1912. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1912 1st edition, limited to 300 copies. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. VG in its duotone cloth, with light spotting at the rear pastedown. Octavo, 29 pgs. Signed by Author.
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Signed Ed Wood Photograph of Girlfriend Dolores Fuller
by Ed Wood
1996. Photograph. Near Fine. 1996 print of this Ed Wood photograph taken of his girlfriend, Dolores Fuller, while the 2 of them were on a camping trip. Dolores Fuller (1923-2011) SIGNED THE PHOTOGRAPH and below her signature an unidentified hand has written: "Ed Wood took this photo while on a camping trip--". The photograph measures 8" x 10" and is clean, crisp and Near Fine. (Dolores Fuller was an American actress and songwriter best known as the one-time... Read More
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The Stained Glass of New College Oxford
by Christopher Woodforde
London: Oxford University Press, 1951. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1951 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (offsetting at the endsheets) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with very mild creasing and chipping --and several small closed tears-- along the panel edges, and one small piece of tape applied at the front panel's top-edge. Still though, very presentable. Quarto, 20 crisp black-and-white plates following Christopher Woodforde's text at the rear.
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Thoughts on Beagling
by Peter Wood
London: Country Life Ltd, 1938. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1938 1st edition. A clean, VG+ copy in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket with very light chipping at the spine ends and the panels' edges. Tall octavo, 55 pgs. Includes interesting ephemera from several British beagling clubs.
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Moslem Women Enter a New World
by Ruth Frances Woodsmall
New York: Round Table Press, Inc, 1936. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. 1923 1st American edition, in the uncommon pictorial dustrjacket. Tight and Near Fine (with bright gilt-lettering to the front panel and spine) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light rubbing at the spine base. Thick octavo, 432 pgs. plus intact fold-out map at rear. Signed by Author.
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Death Wears a Purple Shirt
by R.C. Woodthorpe
Doubleday, Doran & Co. (The Crime Club, Inc.), 1934. Cloth. Very Good. A solid copy of the 1934 stated 1st American edition. Tight and VG in its dark cloth, with light foxing to the preliminaries and very mild soilig at the panels. 12mo, originally published in London under the title "Silence of a Purple Shirt". Lacking its original dustjacket.
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Prospero's America: John Winthrop, Jr., Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606-1676
by Walter W. Woodward
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2010. Boards. Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR WALTER WOODWARD on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 2010 1st edition, IN ITS MUCH LESS COMMON HARDBACK EDITION. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of soiling along the rear panel. "Examines the transfer of alchemical culture to America by one of English colonization's early giants, John Winthrop, Jr.... Read More
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Probability and Information Theory, with Applications to Radar
by P.M. Woodward
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1953 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends. Octavo, 128 pgs. Inconspicuous former owner stamp at front pastedown.
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Way of the Lancer
by Richard Boleslavski (with Helen Woodward)
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1932. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Good. The 1932 1st edition. Solid and VG in a bright, price-intact, G+ dustjacket, with creasing and chipping along the panel edges and light soiling along the spine and rear panel. Octavo, 316 pgs.
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1792-1892: One Hundred Years of the Hartford National Bank--Now the Hartford National Bank of Hartford, Conn
by P.H. Woodward
Hartford: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1892. Cloth. Very Good. A solid copy of the 1892 1st edition. Tight and VG to VG+ in its duotone cloth, with bright gilt-titling to the front panel. Light spotting along the spine and the rear panel, internally very sharp, with no writing or overt markings to speak of. Octavo, a number of well-executed steel engravings complementing the text.
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All the President's Men
by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. SIGNED BY BOTH BOB WOODWARD AND CARL BERNSTEIN on the front free endpaper. A solid, well-preserved copy to boot of the 1974 4th printing. Tight and VG+ (very light offsetting along the edges) in a bright, price-intact ($8.95), VG+ dustjacket, with one tiny chip and very mild creasing along the top-edges. Octavo, crisp black-and-white photos complementing the gripping text. The iconic dustjacket collage by Wendell Minor.... Read More
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Monday or Tuesday
by Virginia Woolf
London: The Hogarth Press, 1921. Cloth. Very Good. Vanessa Bell. The 1921 true 1st edition, with the notable collaboration with Vanessa Bell (the author's sister), including her modernist illustration to the front panel and the 4 woodcuts accompanying the text. A very solid copy to boot, tight and easily VG to VG+, with light soiling to the rear panel and a bit of offsetting (much less than usually encountered) opposite the final 2 woodblocks. 12mo, 91 pgs. plus... Read More
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