The Stature of Man
by Wilson, Colin
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED. 171pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Very good condition. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with rubbing. Warmly inscribed by Wilson on the front free endsheet. From the jacket- "An inspiring exhortation to the twentieth century in behalf of freedom and hope, and a brilliant,... Read More
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The Paintings of Donald Roller Wilson ( A Chameleon Book)
by Wilson, Donald Roller; Introduction by Peter Frank
San Francisco and New York: Chronicle Books; Chameleon Books, Inc, 1988. First Chronicle Books printing. Paperback. Very Good. SIGNED. 128pp. Small quarto [24 cm] Illustrated wraps, with general light rubbing and scuffing to the wraps. A collection featuring Wilson's brilliant absurdist paintings which combine classical realism and post-Freudian black humor. Signed by Donald Roller Wilson, in the year of publication, with the date "1988" on the half title page.
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Among the Shoshones
by Wilson, Elijah Nicholas ("Uncle Nick")
Salt Lake City, UT: Skelton Publishing Company, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 222pp. Octavo [21 cm] in red cloth with decorations on spine and front cover embossed in yellow and black (variant colors of binding cloth are known to exist; no priority known). Very faint rubbing to extremities, front board corners just barely exposed, a few light stains to rear board (only visible from an oblique angle); rear endsheet cracked along the hinge, text is crisp and unmarked.... Read More
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Among the Shoshones
by Wilson, Elijah Nicholas
Salt Lake City, UT: Press and Bindery of Skelton Publishing Company, 1910. Suppressed First Edition. Very good. 222pp. Octavo [21 cm] Green cloth with the title in black on the front board and backstrip. Chief in headdress on the front board in black and yellow. Moderate wear to the boards with minor bumping and rubbing at the corners. Rear endsheet cracked along the hinge. Gentle wear throughout. Suppressed first edition of the beloved story of the life of... Read More
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Playboy's Gahan Wilson
by Wilson, Gahan
Wideview Books, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Fair. Slim quarto [27.5 cm] Pictorial wraps. One half of the text block has completely pulled away from the covers. Signed by Gahan Wilson on the verso of the front wrap.
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...and then we'll get him!
by Wilson, Gahan
New York: Richard Marek Publishers, 1978. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 125pp. Quarto [29 cm] Brown cloth over boards, with subtle darkening along the hinges. In the illustrated dust jacket, with moderate toning and very light chipping to the edges. Despite this, the jacket is very attractive. From the publisher- "Gahan Wilson's wonderful world of creeping paranoia, cosmic dread, and the totally unexpected." Signed by Gahan Wilson on the recto of the tipped-in... Read More
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The Bang Bang Family
by Wilson, Gahan (Author and Illustrator)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. SIGNED. Thin square octavo [23.5 cm] Bright yellow cloth over boards. Subtle darkening of the endpapers along the hinges. In the dust jacket illustrated by Gahan Wilson, with minor soiling and toning, and a small closed tear and chip to the top edge at the head of the spine. The well-known artist-cartoonist Gahan Wilson's first picture book for children. Gahan Wilson (1930-2019) graduated from... Read More
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Etudes
by Wilson, Keith
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 1997. First edition. Softcover. As NEW. Letterpress poetry edition. Handmade string bound wraps with decorative end sheets. Limberlost press is a fine press and bindery out of Idaho. Since 1986 they have issued many completely handmade letterpress editions.
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Graves Registry and other poems
by Wilson, Keith
New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1969. First printing. Hardcover. INSCRIBED. 95pp. Small octavo [21 cm] Olive green cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Near fine. The spine ends are gently bumped. The dust jacket is in near fine condition as well. From the jacket- "Graves Registry... is named for a joint -service military operation that counts and disposes of bodies after a battle.
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Watt Matthews of Lambshead
by Wilson, Laura; David McCullough (Introduction)
Austin: The Texas State Historical Association, 1989. Hardcover. 139pp. Oblong quarto [25.5 cm x 30 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with red ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Very good. The edges of the covers are a bit dulled, and the foot of the spine is mildly bumped. The top edge of the text block is gently soiled. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with general surface rubbing. There are several barely perceptible moisture... Read More
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A History of Juab County
by Wilson, Pearl D.; June McNulty and David Hampshire
Salt Lake City, UT: Utah State Historical Society, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. As new/as new. 335pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Navy blue boards. Illustrated with photographs. In shrink wrap. One of the uniform Utah county histories published as part of the Utah Centennial County History Series to celebrate Utah's centennial.
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Spots
by Wilson, S. Clay (Artist); Introduction by Terry Southern
San Francisco: Last Gasp, 1989. Early printing. Paperback. Very good. SIGNED. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Black and white wraps, with mild edge wear, and light scratching to the wraps, and subtle staining to the front wrap. Inscribed by Wilson on the copyright page, "To___ This wee pillow book of smutty cameos- S. Clay Wilson - 1995.
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The 30th Anniversary Issue Zap Comix #14. Art Exhibition Jan 6 - Jan 30, 1999. Lawrence Hultberg Fine Art. 544 Hayes St. San Francisco, CA 94102
by Wilson, S. Clay
1998. Ephemera. Very Good +. SIGNED. Five exhibition flyers [8 1/2" by 11"] printed on various colors of paper, each featuring different artwork. Minor nicks to the foot of several of the flyers. Light spotting to the surface of the pink flyer. All inscribed and dated "Oct. 1998" by S. Clay Wilson at the foot. American underground cartoonist Steve Clay Wilson (1941-2021), one of the founding members of the seminal comix series Zap Comix, inspired the likes... Read More
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The Messenger Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from The Messenger Magazine
by Wilson, Sondra Kathryn (editor)
New York: The Modern Library, 2000. Later printing. Paperback. New. 418pp. Octavo [21.6cm x 13.9cm]. Glossy illustrated paper wraps. Black spine with white lettering. From Publisher: The Messenger was the third most popular magazine of the Harlem Renaissance after The Crisis and Opportunity. Unlike the other two magazines, The Messenger was not tied to a civil rights organization. Labor activist A. Philip Randolph and economist Chandler Owen started the magazine in 1917 to advance the cause of socialism... Read More
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Utah's Wasatch Front: No. 4 in a Series
by Wilson, Ted
Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Geographical Society, 1986. Paperback. Fine. Unpaginated. Oblong octavo. [22 cm]. Pictorial wraps.
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Forced Labor in the United States
by Wilson, Walter; Introduction by Theodore Dreiser
New York: International Publishers, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. 192pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Orange cloth over boards. Publisher's black topstain. Cloth at the spine ends just a little bruised and frayed. In the dust jacket, with rubbing to the extremities, darkening to the spine, and sporadic closed and open tears to the edges. The deepest tear is closed, measuring 2" deep. A detailed survey of the exploitation of convict labor as well as the various prison... Read More
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Provo, Utah (Provo, Utah: Early Pictorial Provo; Pictorial History of Provo, Utah)
by Wilson, Wm. (William) M.; J. Marinus Jensen and Simon K. Benson
Provo, UT: Simon K. Benson (The Scribbler), 1974. Reprint. Paperback. SIGNED. 414pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Yellow and black illustrated wraps. With a dust jacket. Very good. The wraps are faintly creased, and the spine is ever so slightly rolled. There is a small light stain on the bottom edge of the text block. The bottom corners of the pages at the beginning of the text are gently bumped. The dust jacket is in good condition. Mildly rubbed, creased and... Read More
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Carl Wimar: Chronicler of the Missouri River Frontier
by [Wimar, Carl]; Rick Stewart, Joseph D. Ketner II, and Angela L. Miller
Fort Worth and New York: Amon Carter Museum; Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 252pp. Quarto [27 cm] Rust colored cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. The top fore edge corner of the front cover is bumped. In a very good dust jacket, with heavy discoloration to the jacket's spine, and the surrounding area on the rear panel. Includes many sketches and drawings never before published.
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John R. Winder: Member of the First Presidency, Pioneer, Temple Builder, Dairyman
by Winder, Michael Kent
Bountiful, UT: Horizon Publishers & Distributors, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 304pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Pictorial paper over boards. Endpapers illustrated with maps of South-Eastern England (The Winder Ancestral Homeland) and The Winder Family's Journey to America (February - October 1853). There is a subtle 1 1/2" ripple in the paper of the front board, and the dust jacket shows mild edge wear. From the dust jacket- "John R. Winder was one of the most... Read More
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Counselors to the Prophets
by Winder, Michael K.
Roy, UT: Eborn Books, 2001. First edition (limited to 1,500 copies). Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 511pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth over boards with gilt stamping on the backstrip. Pictorial endpapers. In a dust jacket with mild rubbing and several minor scratches to the surface. The first time that the life stories of the Counselors in the First Presidency have been gathered together in one collection.
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Applied Laparoscopic Anatomy: Abdomen and Pelvis
by Wind, Gary G.; Moshe Dudai
Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1997. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. 376pp. Quarto [29 cm] Illustrated paper over boards. The binding and pages are clean and bright. May require extra postage if shipped outside of the United States. A book about abdominal and pelvic anatomy presented from the perspective of a laparoscopic surgeon.
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Through the Yellowstone Park on Horseback
by Wingate, George W.
New York: O. Judd Co., David W. Judd, Pres't, 1886. First edition, presentation copy. Hardcover. SIGNED. vi; 250pp. Octavo [19 cm] Original brown cloth with gilt title to the front cover and spine. Decorative endsheets. Folding map in back pocket. Black and white illustrations. Fair. The spine and covers are rubbed and damp stained on the top halves. The underlying boards are exposed at the corners. There are tiny losses from the cloth at the ends of the spine.... Read More
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Through the Yellowstone Park on Horseback
by Wingate, George W.
New York: O. Judd Co., David W. Judd, Pres't, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 250pp. 6 pages of ads. Octavo [19 cm] in original blue cloth with decorative gilt title to the front cover and spine. Bevelled edges. Decorative endsheets. Folding map tucked in at rear. Several full page illustrations from engravings. General light wear with light fraying at spine ends and tips. A bit darkening to the extremities. Top fore-edge corner of the front free endpaper... Read More
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Winter Frost
by Wingfield, R. D.
London: Constable, 1999. First UK edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED. 384pp. Octavo [24 cm] Black paper over boards. In the illustrated dust jacket. The fifth book to feature Detective Inspector Jack Frost. Signed by the author on the title page.
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Ben Warman
by Winter, Charles E.
J. J. Little & Ives Company, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. SIGNED. 331pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Olive green cloth over boards, with a pictorial paper label on the front cover. The extremities are bumped, and the cloth along the top edge of the rear board is slightly frayed. A newspaper photograph of the author has been mounted to the front pastedown, resulting in a corresponding dark patch on the opposite page, where the author's inscription is written.... Read More
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