Poetry For Cows
by Ok Waleed
Monee, IL: Self-Published, 2024. First edition. Paperback. New. 113pp Octavo [22.7cm]. White illustrated wraps. "Poetry for Cows is delivered with a mixture of zany slice-of-Life poetry, emotional reflections on political and social issues, sage advice on how to deal and heal, adventures in sex and love, and with Ok Waleed's signature comedic twists sprinkled throughout. Poetry for Cows is a fun read with moments that will grip your heart and coax your mind open." -From the Publisher. ... Read More
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Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
by [Hymnal] [Latter-day Saints] [LDS] [Mormon] [Wales]
Salt Lake City, UT: Geo. Q. Cannon & Sons Co., Printers and Publisher, 1897. Twenty-Second Edition. Leather Bound. Very Good. 464pp. Vigesimoquarto (24mo) [12 cm] Full brown leather with a gilt tooled spine. Title (L.D.S. Hymns) gilt stamped on the backstrip. Floral endpapers. All edges gilt. Gilt at head of the spine rubbed. Light rubbing to the extremities. Stitching sporadically visible in the inside margins. Thread tied along inside margin of pp. 272/73. Light scribble on p. 161.... Read More
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Constitution of the M. W.: Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Utah
by [Masonry] [Ex-libris Kent Walgren]
[Salt Lake City, UT], 1872. 32pp. Duodecimo [21 cm] Stapled wrappers. Near fine. Early Utah/Masonry volume from the library of Kent Walgren.
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Scallawagiana Hundred: A Selection of the Hundred Most Important Books About the Mormons and Utah
by Walgren, Kent L.
Salt Lake City, UT: Scallawagiana Books, 1982. 1/550. Paperback. 44 pp. Small octavo. Light green stapled wraps. Near Fine. Mormon bibliography by the late great Mormon scholar and bookseller, Kent Walgren.
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Mormon Cookin'
by Walker, Herb (Consultant)
Baxter Lane Company, 1976. Good. Booklet. 64pp. Slim octavo [21 cm] Saddle-stitched illustrated wraps. The wraps and preliminary pages are stained (not affecting legibility). With recipes for pies, puddings, meats, main dishes, bread, vegetables, cakes, cookies, candy, poultry, salads, sauces, relishes, and fish. With contributions from the Grantsville Seminary, Grantsville, Utah.
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Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area
by Walker, Richard A.
Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2018. Second edition. Paperback. New. 456pp. Octavo [23cm]. Pictoral wraps. "As the fiftieth anniversary of the Summer of Love floods the media with debates and celebrations of music, political movements, “flower power,” “acid rock,” and “hippies,”The Explosion of Deferred Dreams offers a critical reexamination of the interwoven political and musical happenings in San Francisco in the Sixties. Author, musician, and native San Franciscan Mat Callahan explores the dynamic links between the Black Panthers and... Read More
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Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley
by Walker, Sally M.
Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, Inc, 2006. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 112pp. Slim oblong quarto [23 cm x 27.5 cm] Pictorial paper over boards. In a dust jacket, with rubbing to the surface, and two award labels along with an "Autographed Copy" label affixed to the front panel. Winner of the Robert F. Sibert Medal. This copy is signed by Sally M. Walker on the title page.
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The Art of Reginald Heade
by Walker, Stephen James
Kent, UK: Telos Publishing Ltd, 2020. Reprint. Hardcover. As new. 319pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Illustrated paper over boards. "Lavishly-illustrated, packed with hundreds of superb colour and black-and-white images... the most comprehensive overview ever published of Heade’s life and work. This encompasses not only all of his iconic paintings for the famous Hank Janson range, but also dozens of other outstanding pulp fiction covers, plus his less-well-known but equally exceptional work for adult hardback fiction dustjackets, children’s books and... Read More
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Exploring the Colorado Plateau
by Wallace, Andrew and diana Clark Lubick
Flagstaff, AZ: Museum of Northern Arizona, 1991. First edition. Paperback. Very good+. 32 pp. Vol. 62 Number 3 of the publication Plateau of the Museum of Northern Arizona.
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Captain of Souls (In a dust jacket)
by Wallace, Edgar
New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1922. Burt Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 362pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Red cloth over boards with gilt stamping. Underlying boards only just beginning to peek through along the bottom edges of the covers. In the Burt dust jacket (corners of flaps clipped), with chipping to the edges, and a small moisture stain at the head of the spine. Despite these flaws, the jacket is still quite attractive. Ambrose Sault inserts his soul... Read More
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The Demon's Mirror
by Wallerstein, James S.
New York: Bellamy Press, 1951. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 341pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Green cloth over boards. Gently bumped at the spine ends and corners of the covers. In a price-clipped dust jacket, with sunning to the spine, sporadic small open edge tears, and two short tape repairs to the reverse. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letterpress printer John Ruyle. In Locke. In Tuck. A fantasy novel with a magic mirror and the... Read More
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Essay on Modern Gardening by Horace Walpole. With a Faithful Translation into French by the Duke of Nivernois. A Reprint in Type Facsimile of the Edition Printed by Mr. Walpole at Strawberry Hill MDCCLXXXV. To Which is Added an Introductory Note by Alice Morse Earle
by Walpole, Horace
Canton, PA: Lewis Buddy III: The Kirgate Press, 1904. Limited Edition Reprint. Leather Bound. Very Good Minus. 94pp. Small quarto [25 cm] Bound in maroon leather (binder's label stamped "A. E. P" on the front pastedown), with ornamental gilt stamping on the backstrip and front board. Top edge gilt. Other edges deckled. Gilt turn-ins. Moire endpapers. Front board splayed. Joints rubbed. Subtle cracking and chipping to front joint. Lengthy gift inscription on the front flyleaf. Text in English... Read More
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Above the Dark Tumult: An Adventure
by Walpole, Hugh
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 303pp. Octavo [21 cm] Blue cloth over boards with silver stamping. Spine ends gently bruised; contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter press printer, John Ruyle.
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Walt Disney's African Lion (A True-Life Adventure)
by [Walt Disney] [Disneyana] [Wildlife Photography] Algar, James
New York: Simon and Schuster in collaboration with Marc Barraud, 1956. Simon and Schuster edition in English. Hardcover. Very Good. 74pp. Quarto [29.5 cm] White cloth spine with photographically illustrated paper over boards. Covers rubbed. With tipped-in illustrations (all present). Designed by Armand A. Bigle and produced by Marc Barraud from the original French language edition "Walt Disney's Lions d'Afrique." An account which is not only a biography of the King of Beasts but of all unique... Read More
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Beautiful Ruins: A Novel
by Walter, Jess
New York: Harper, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. SIGNED. 337pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Paper over boards. Gentle bruising to the spine ends. In the illustrated dust jacket, with very subtle edge wear, and a faint moisture stain along the top edge of the front panel. Author of "The Financial Lives of the Poets" and the Edgar Award-winning "Citizen Vince." Signed by Jess Walter on the title page.
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Sons of the Ocean Deeps
by Walton, Bryce
Philadelphia, Toronto: John C. Winston Company, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 216 pp. Octavo. [21.5 cm]. Blue paper over wraps. Scuffing to corners and head/tail of spine. Original dustjacket showing some signs of wear. Hole punch at bottom right corner of front free endpaper and title page.
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The Compleat Angler; or the Contemplative Man's Recreation
by Walton, Izaak; Charles Cotton
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1927. Reprint of John Major's edition of 1889. Hardcover. E. (Eric) Fitch Daglish. 316pp. Small quarto [26 cm] 1/4 brown cloth with light brown paper over boards, a brown ink stamped title on the spine, and a black and white illustrated paper label mounted to the front board. Tan and black patterned endpapers. Good only. The underlying boards are exposed occasionally along the edges, with a large area exposed along the bottom... Read More
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The Complete Angler: Or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation
by Walton, Izaak; Charles Cotton; Geo. W. Bethune D.D. (Editor)
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1880. Hardcover. Very Good -. 215pp. Quarto [25cm]. Green cloth over boards, with title stamped in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Edges a bit bumped. Spine ends mildly scuffed. Ex-library with markings, including a bookplate on the front pastedown and check-out sheet affixed to rear endpapers. An attractive, late 19th century edition of Walton's classic text.
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Bullfrog Pops!
by Walton, Rick
Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs-Smith Publisher, 1999. Hardcover. Chris McAllister. SIGNED. Slim quarto [27.5 cm] Shiny illustrated paper over boards. With the matching pictorial dust jacket. The book is in near fine condition, and the dust jacket is in very good condition, with subtle surface wear. Illustrated by Chris McAllister. Signed by Rick Walton on the title page.
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Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Schooner Savannah
by Warburton, A. F.
New York: The Legal Classics Library, 1997. Reprint. Leather bound. Fine. 385pp. Octavo [21cm] in full red gilt-stamped leather with raised spine bands. All edges gilt, bound-in pagemarker ribbon. Inked-out name on provided bookplate on front pastedown.
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Large Format Photograph of Brigadier General Lorenzo Thomas
by [Civil War]
New York: Chas. D. Fredricks & Company Photographers, 1862. Photograph. Very Good +. Large format print measuring 35 cm by 27.5 cm. Actual image is oval and measures 20 cm by 15 cm. Image is near fine. Mount has a few minor losses at the extremities. Image is undated. The view shows Thomas sitting in a wooden chair in uniform with a sword in his left hand. Lorenzo Thomas (1804-1875) was a general during the American Civil War... Read More
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Artemus Ward's Lecture (As delivered at the Egyptian Hall, London)
by Ward, Artemus [Browne, Charles Farrar]
London: John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. 213pp. Duodecimo. Green cloth with decorative gilt stamped titles on front board and backstrip. All edges gilt. Illustrated. Good only. Text block pulling away from spine, rubbing to extremities, gentle sporadic foxing throughout. As is. Includes some of his eighteen lectures on Mormonism. Posthumously released and edited by hid estate executors, T.W. Robertson & E. P. Hingston. Flake #931.
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The New Novelists' Magazine; Containing a Choice Selection of the Most Interesting and Approved Novels, Embellished With Appropriate and Fine Engravings. The Orphan Boy; Or Test of Innocence. Fatherless Fanny; Or, A Young Lady's First Entrance Into Life Being the Memoirs of A Little Mendicant and Her Benefactors. Volume 1
by Ward, Catherine G.; Clara Reeve
New York: T. Kinnersley, 1836. Leather bound. Good. 366; 272pp. Octavo [23 cm] 3/4 brown leather with marbled paper covered boards and a former owner's name stamped in gilt at the foot of the spine. The extremities are worn. One of the leather spine labels is completely absent, and the leather at the head of the spine is torn, with a loss that measures 1 inch deep by 3/4 of an inch wide. The pages are foxed. A... Read More
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Soviet Democracy
by Ward, Harry F. [Frederick]; Lynd Ward (Illustrator)
New York: Soviet Russia Today, 1947. Original 1947 printing. Pamphlet. Very Good +. 48pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Tan saddle-stitched wraps, featuring cover art by the author's son, Lynd Ward, an artist known for his novels in pictures and his book illustrations. With small rust stains surrounding the staples of the binding. With reproduced black and white photos and with illustrations by Lynd Ward. Chicago-born illustrator, printer, and novelist Lynd Ward was known for his series of wordless novels... Read More
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Madman's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith, 1930. First trade edition. Hardcover. Very good minus/very good. SIGNED. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 black cloth over black and white pictorial paper over boards with a paper title label on the spine. With the publisher's black top stain. Black endpapers. There is a thin loss from the head of the backstrip, which measures 1" wide by under 1/4" deep. There are several short splits in the cloth at the foot of the... Read More
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