The Life of Tom Riley
by Wetjen, Audrey
Flushing, New York: Leonard Books, 1932. Presumed 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. (29) partially unnumbered leaves printed one one side and including 10 full-page illustrations and a number of much smaller ones on some of the text leaves. Original blue cloth backed pictorial boards. 30 cm. Lacks both free endpapers. Copyright notice double-printed. Edges, corners and ends of backstrip rubbed. No jacket. SIGNED by author (as "Audrey Wetjen Leonard," suggesting that she and Jack, listed as the book designer,... Read More
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Le Japon d'Aujourd'hui: Etudes Sociales
by Weulersse, Georges
Paris: Armand Colin, 1904. Deuxieme ed. Hardcover. Good. ix, 364p. Later cloth-backed boards. Original wrapper bound in. 19cm. Extremities rubbed. Some foxing and wear but still quite sound. No Jacket. French text.
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Madame de Treymes
by Wharton, Edith
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 color illustrations (including frontispiece), 146p. Brown cloth; gilt decorations and lettering on front cover. 21cm. Foxing on half-title and list of other book. No Jacket.
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A Speech, Design'd to Have Been Spoken in the House of Commons on the Resolution Concerning the Terms of Peace
by Whatley, Robert
London: Printed and Sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-lane, 1715. Paperback. Very Good. xxiii, 47p. Pamphlet. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). 19cm. Text lightly browned. Half-title present.
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Jacob Lawrence; American Painter
by Wheat, Ellen Harkins
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illustrated (many color), index, 235p. Hardcover in original brown cloth. dj. 29 cm. INSCRIBED along bottom left side of title-page by Lawrence ("To Charles Harris Jacob Lawrence 10/1/87"). Charles F. Harris, 1934-2015, was a pioneering African American editor who worked for many years in the white publishing world. He founded Amistad Press Inc. in 1986 to focus on African American writers and themes. This book appears to have... Read More
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![Twenty-First Annual Fashion Show April 19, 1938 Municipal Aud. [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/250/155/1590155250.0.l.jpg)
Twenty-First Annual Fashion Show April 19, 1938 Municipal Aud. [cover title]
by Wheatley-Provident Hospital Auxiliary No.1
[Kansas City. Missouri, 1938. Paperback. Good. photos (generally grainy) and advertisements, [20] unnumbered pages plus original wrapper. 28 cm. Old waterstain on all pages which shows up at bottom center when the booklet is opened). Intact but moderately worn throughout. Information about the show occupies a narrow horizontal center strip on most pages; the rest of most pages contain advertisements for local businesses and individuals. Attractive blue front cover is lettered and decorated in white. Wheatley-Provident Hospital, 1918-1962,... Read More
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The Gentleman's Magazine (May 1773)
by [Wheatley, Phillis, 1753?-1784]
London: Printed for D. Henry, 1773. Paperback. Very Good. 2 plates (1 folding), 52p. ([205]-256).Disbound (removed from a bound volume). 22 cm. Library stamp ("Providence Public Library") embossed on right side of one leaf (creating one small hole in that leaf). Of special interest is a short article of four paragraphs on page 226. The first paragraph reports plans to print by subscription a book of poems "by Phillis, a negro servant of Mr. Wheatley of Boston, in... Read More
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Ten Years on the Euphrates; or, Primitive Missionary Policy Illustrated
by Wheeler, Crosby Howard
Boston: American Tract Society, 1868. Hardcover. Good. 2 folding maps (including frontis), illustrations, xx, [15]-330p. Original green cloth. 17 cm. Sound copy. "551" inked in white on backstrip. Spine sloped. Browning and glue remnants on endpapers. Account by a missionary sent by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to Harput in eastern Turkey.
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The Tribe and Intertribal Relations in Australia
by Wheeler, Gerald C.
New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. xii, 167p. Original cloth. 22 cm. Name on endpaper. No Jacket. Reprint of the London edition of 1910.
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Poems 1911-1936
by Wheelock, John Hall
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good/Good. xx, 245p. dj. 22cm. Jacket browned and has some stains. Backstrip faded. Cover spots mostly along and in joints. INSCRIBED by Wheelock (to John Chamberlain, the conservative writer on economics and other subjects). Wheelock wrote several lines of a poem above his signature. Wheelock wrote several lines of a poem above his signature.
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A.L.S. Indian Missionary letter and 3 photos
by Wheeler, M. L.
1912. Very Good. Autograph letter on single sheet folded to form four pages. 12 x 18 cm. Faint horizontal fold Letter dated Sept. 29, 1915 with inside addresss Sholapur, India. Original envelope is addressed to Mr. Wm L. Johnson Bloomfield Avenue, Monclair, New Jersey. Postmark and stamp torn off envelope- part of "Passed Censor" stamp visible.. 2 photos that appear to be teachers 15 x 10 cm. folded in the center and now mostly split along folds. Handwritten... Read More
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![Cuffee Whipple to please to let me have two Dollares for me to get a hoggs head of flour June 3rd 2 $ [signed] Dinah Whipple](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/439/195/1720195439.0.l.jpg)
Cuffee Whipple to please to let me have two Dollares for me to get a hoggs head of flour June 3rd 2 $ [signed] Dinah Whipple
by Whipple, Dinah (Portsmouth, New Hampshire]
[Portsmouth, N. H.], n.d.. Very Good. Small unevenly oblong document torn from a larger sheet. Approx. 19 x 7 cm. Incomplete notation on back: "To Cuffee Whipp." Text clearly readable. Dinah Chase, an African American, was born circa 1760 enslaved by Peter Chase, a Congregational minister in New Hampshire. After Dinah, who could read and write, was freed by her owner in 1781, she moved to nearby Portsmouth, New Hampshire where she married Prince Whipple. Prince, a formerly... Read More
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From Realism to Symbolism: Whistler and His World: An Exhibition Organized by the Department of Art History and Archaeology of Columbia University in the City of New York in Cooperation with the Philadelphia Museum of Art
by [Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903]
New York: Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1971. Paperback. Very Good. [Exhibition Catalog] frontis, 137p. plus 74 full page plates. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Edges slightly scuffed. Original orange slip case with brief title in silver letters backstrip portion. A catalog for the consecutive exhibitions at Wildenstein in New York and at the Phildelphia Museum of Art in 1973. We don't know how many copies were issued with this slipcase. ... Read More
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Modern Masters of Etching (Fourth Year) with Special Reference to the Work of James McNeill Whistler
by [Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903]
London: Ernest Brown & Phillips, The Leicester Galleries, 1918. Paperback. Very Good. [Exhibition catalog] 24p. Softcover in original wrapper. 15 cm. Modest cover soiling. Former owner's name ("HW Library") inked in upper right corner of front cover. Someone has added some ink notes and marks, including several prices, a couple of corrections, etc. Exhibition no. 264 (November-December, 1918). 217 etchings are listed. Entries 171-204 are by Whistler. We noticed 9 etchings by Mary Cassatt. Laid in is a... Read More
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Catalogue of an Exhibition of Pastels, Etchings and Lithographs by Whistler
by [Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903]
New York: Kennedy & Company, 1914. Paperback. Very Good. (14)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 20 x 15 cm. Edges slightly rubbed. Minor cover soil. Pencilled notations in both margins.-- probably prices in outer margins in some sort of simple alphabetic code "Priced" pencilled on front wrapper.
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Catalogue for an Exhibition of a Selected Group of Etchings Lithographs and Drawings by Whistler from a Private Collection (with Additions from Our Own Portfolio)
by [Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903]
New York: Kennedy & Company, 1929. Paperback. Very Good. six black and white illustrations (four full-page), (20)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. 83 etchings, 31 lithographs and 5 drawings are listed. "The collection is now in the process of being dispersed by us and purchasers have the opportunity of buying individual items with assurance, after unhurried study and consideration, possible only under the conditions found in the private rooms of responsible print dealers." [from the unsigned Foreword].... Read More
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A Memorial Exhibition of the Bryan Lathrop Collection of Etchings and Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler Exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicato March 12 to May 1, 1917
by [Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903]
Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1917. Paperback. Good. (36) unnumbered pages. Softcover in original wrapper. 20 cm. Light staining along edges of front cover. Minor chipping. Exhibition Catalog. 379 items are briefly listed.
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An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry-Points & Lithographs by Whistler., March 25 to April 15, 1912
by [Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903]
Chicato: Albert Roullier's Art Galleries, 1912. Paperback. Good. 22p.. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 x 11 cm. Modest cover wear. 99 items are listed. Introduction and Notes by Joseph Pennell. Not illustrated.
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A Whistler Centenary, October 16th to November 17th, 1934
by [Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903]
New York: M. Knoedler & Co., Inc, 1934. Paperback. Very Good. 15p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Introductory text by Howard Mansfield. Etchings, dry-points and lithographs. 100 items listed.Not illustrated.
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Exhibition of Oils, Water-Colors, Drawings and Prints by James McNeill Whistler
by [Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903]
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1934. Very Good. Single sheet folded to form 8 pages with the interior four pages left blank. 22 cm. (as folded). Held April 24 to May 13, 1934. Listed are 28 oils (including Whistler's Mother -- on loan from the Louvre -- which also appears as a color illustration of the first page), 10 watercolors, 8 pastels and drawings, and 31 prints (plus several unlisted prints from the Museum's own collection). ... Read More
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Catalogue of an exhibition of Lithographs by Whistler from the Collection of Thomas R. Way With an introduction by Thomas R. Way ... January 8 to January 30, 1914
by [Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903]
New York: Frederick Keppel & Co, 1914. Paperback. Very Good. 19p. Softcover in original tied wrapper. 20 cm. 24 x 11 cm. 77 lithographs are listed.
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Catalogue of an Exhibition of Etchings by Whistler : Commencing November, 1920
by [Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903]
New York: Galleries of M. Knoedler & Co, 1920. Paperback. Very Good. 20p. Softcover in original wrapper. 20 cm. 74 listings.
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Oils, Water Colors, Pastels & Drawings by James McNeill Whistler Lent by Richard Canfield
by [Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903]
n.p., 1911. Paperback. Near Fine. frontis, 34 black & white illustrations (21 full-page), 44, (5)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Richard Canfield card mounted on first blank interior page. Exhibition of 34 works at Buffalo Fine Arts Academy Albright Art Gallery, March 7-April 27, 1911. Canfield, who was quite successful in casino/gambling sorts of businesses, assembled one of the finest Whistler collections before his death in 1914.
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Catalogue of an exhibition of paintings, etchings and lithographs by Whistler ... November - December, 1916
by [Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903]
New York: Kennedy & Company, 1916. Paperback. Very Good. (15)p. Softcover in original stapled wrapper. 20 cm. On exhibition November-December, 1916. 154 items listed (117 etchings, 34 lithographs, 2 pen and ink drawingsa and 2 paintings).
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Oils, Water Colors, Pastels & Drawings by James McNeill Whistler Lent by Richard Canfield
by [Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903]
n.p., 1911. Paperback. Near Fine. frontis, 34 black & white illustrations (21 full-page), 44, (5)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Exhibition of 34 works at Buffalo Fine Arts Academy Albright Art Gallery, March 7-April 27, 1911. Canfield, who was quite successful in casino/gambling sorts of businesses, assembled one of the finest Whistler collections before his death in 1914.
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