Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal
by Winterson, Jeanette
New York: Grove, 2012. Reprint. Paperback. New. 236pp. Octavo [21cm] Pictoral wraps. "Jeanette Winterson’s bold and revelatory novels have earned her widespread acclaim, establishing her as a major figure in world literature. She has written some of the most admired books of the past few decades, including her internationally best-selling first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, the story of a young girl adopted by Pentecostal parents, that is now often required reading in contemporary fiction classes.... Read More
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The Old Oregon Country: A History of Frontier Trade, Transportation, and Travel
by Winther, Oscar Osburn
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1950. First edition in cloth. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 348pp. Quarto [26 cm] Tan cloth over boards with reddish-brown ink stamped titles in decorative borders on the backstrip and front board. Minor scuff mark to the foot of the text block; previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown; several insignificant glue stains on the front free endpaper. Else, internally very fresh and clean. In a dust jacket, with light chipping to the head... Read More
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The Old Oregon Country: A History of Frontier Trade, Transportation, and Travel
by Winther, Oscar Osburn
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1950. First edition in cloth. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 348pp. Quarto [26 cm] Tan cloth over boards with reddish-brown ink stamped titles in decorative borders on the backstrip and front board. Light soiling to rear board; minor scuff mark to the foot of the text block; contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Else, internally very fresh and clean. In a dust jacket, with a large ink stamp denoting an old price... Read More
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Until That Day: A Novel
by Wintle, Harold
London: John Ouseley Limited, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Good. SIGNED. 349pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Blue cloth over boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. The spine is rolled, the front hinge is going, and the text block is cracked multiple times. Edwardian fiction. Inscribed by the author on the front free endsheet: "C. A. B. ("the typer") / from "the Author" / July, 1912.
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The Virginian
by Wister, Owen; Introduction by Struthers Burt
Norwalk, CT: Heritage Press, 1951. Heritage Press Slipcased Edition. Hardcover. William Moyers. 437pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Tan cloth covered boards, with a gilt title stamped on the spine and a gilt stamped vignette on the front cover, both within brown ink stamped panels. The book is subtly darkened at the spine, and has a light moisture stain at the foot of the spine and front board, which extends just a bit to the rear board. The bottom margins of... Read More
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The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
by Wister, Owen; Introduction by Struthers Burt
New York: The Heritage Press, 1951. Heritage Press reprint. Hardcover. Very good. SIGNED by illustrator. 437pp. Small quarto [25.5 cm] Beige cloth over boards The title on the backstrip is a bit rubbed and the backstrip is moderately darkened. In the publisher's brown paper covered slipcase, with wear to the extremities, including several splits along the edges. The longest split measures 7 inches. A novel whose popularity helped to enshrine the American cowboy as an icon of American... Read More
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Jerome Witkin Part II
by Witkin, Jerome
Los Angeles: Jack Rutberg Fine Arts. Exhibition postcard. Broadside. Jerome Witkin. SIGNED. 6" x 8 1/2" lithographed postcard/ miniature poster. A full color exhibition postcard from a show in Los Angeles featuring the remarkable art of Jerome Witkin. Near fine. Signed by the artist on the back of the card.
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The Bone House
by Witkin, Joel-Peter
Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palm Publishers, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 189pp. Square quarto [26.5 cm]; full olive green cloth. Lace-patterned endpapers. Housed in brown cloth slipcase. Both the book and slipcase are in Near Fine condition. Stamped titling on the spine of the book is very lightly faded. One in an edition limited to five thousand casebound and slipcased copies. Inscribed with the recipient's name only ("To Pat"), by Joel-Peter Witkin on the second page.
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Electricity (Parts 1-3)
by Witkowski, J. F.; I. C. S. Staff
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1945. International Library edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 98pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Navy blue cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine and an embossed title on the front cover. Publisher's blue stain on the text block edges. Marbled-effect endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Text block cracked at the rear, but still very sturdy. Number 635. Contents include Theory of Electric Content, Batteries, Magnetic Forces, Values of Alternating... Read More
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Ranch: Portrait of a Surviving Dream
by Witney, Dudley (Photographs); Text by Moira Johnston
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 237pp. Quarto [30 cm] Tan cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip, and an embossed title on the front board. Very good. The covers are slightly cocked, and there is a contemporary gift inscription on the front free endsheet. In a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. There are numerous light scratches on the surface, and there are a handful short chips and closed tears in... Read More
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Salt Lake City in Photo-Gravure from Recent Negatives [View Book]
by Wittemann, Adolph
New York: Adolph Wittemann; The Albertype Co, 1893. Early printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong sextodecimo [913 cm by 18.5 cm] Bluish-gray cloth with decorative stamping to boards. Title gilt stamped on front board. String tie binding. Patterned paper pastedowns. Extremities lightly rubbed. Two previous owner's names on the title page. In rather bright and attractive condition. Flake 7501. "One leaf of text accompanying plates of scenes in Salt Lake City including many church buildings.' - Flake Brothers... Read More
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The Word of Wisdom: Is It a Commandment or Isn't It
by Witt, Hugo W.
Midvale, UT: Kogon Publishers. Original Kogon publication. Paperback. Very good. 21pp. Very slim octavo [22 cm] Stapled tan and black printed wraps. Written by a convert to the Mormon (L.D.S.) Church. A tract citing references from Journal of Discourses, Doctrine and Covenants, and The Seer by Orson Pratt.
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Boystown: La Zona de Tolerancia
by Wittliff, Bill; Keith Carter; Dave Hickey; Cristina Pacheco; et al.
New York: Aperture, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 108pp. Oblong quarto [27cm x 28.5cm]. Black boards with title stamped in silver on spine. In a mildly rubbed dust jacket with a subtly toned spine. A collection of souvenir photographs (replicated from negatives acquired and archived by Bill Wittliff) taken for visitors to Boystown, a collection of brothels in a 1970s border town.
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Scapegoats of the Empire: The True Story of the Bushveldt Carbineers
by Witton, Lieutenant George
Bethesda, MD: The Notable Trials Library, 2009. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. 240pp. Octavo [22 cm] Green leather, decoratively stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. Marble end papers. Emerald green silk ribbon page marker. Special edition privately printed for the members of The Notable Trials Library.
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Number, A Magazine of Modern Poetry, Volume 1, Number 1, Spring 1950
by Wobber, Don R.
San Francisco: Number Magazine, 1950. Original edition. Paperback. 31pp. Thin duodecimo [19 cm] Saddle-stiched printed wraps. Very good. Toning to wraps. A Magazine of Modern Poetry. Contributors include Jeanne McGahey, Kenneth Pettitt, William Lutz and others.
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Number, A Magazine of Modern Poetry. Volume 1, Number 2, Fall 1950
by Wobber, Don R.
San Francisco: Wobber Brothers, 1950. Original printing. Paperback. Very good. 31pp. Thin duodecimo [19 cm] Saddle-stitched printed wraps. A Quarterly of Modern Poetry. Chinatown Issue. Traditional Chinese peasant songs translated and illustrated by Nanying.
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Number Magazine, A Quarterly of Modern Poetry. Volume 1, Number 3, Autumn 1950
by Wobber, Don (Editor)
San Francisco: Number Magazine, 1950. Original printing. Paperback. Very good. 32pp. Thin duodecimo [19 cm] Stapled printed wraps. Some pages bound upside down and out of order. Featuring The Sombreron a Mexican Drama by B. Ortiz de Montelanno.
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Quick Service
by Wodehouse, P. G.
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 310pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Tan cloth covered boards with a black ink stamped title on the spine. Good. The spine ends are bumped and the corners are very slightly bumped. The covers are darkened along the hinges. There are numerous very small light moisture stains on the top edge of the text block. The endsheets are very heavily darkened and discolored. The pages are mildly browned. The dust... Read More
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Born Brothers
by Woiwode, Larry
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988. Limited edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 610pp. Small quarto [24 cm] Black cloth. Fine. Housed in slipcase. This edition was limited to 250 copies, this is copy 161. Signed by the author.
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Indian Affairs
by Woiwode, Larry
New York: Antheneum, 2000. First edition thus. Hardcover. SIGNED. 290pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 brown cloth over tan boards. Near fine/Fine. Signed by the author.
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Born Brothers
by Woiwode, Larry
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 610pp. Small quarto [24 cm] 1/4 black cloth over teal boards. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by the author.
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Silent Passengers
by Woiwode, Larry
New York: Atheneum, 1993. Uncorrected advance proof. Paperback. 131pp. Octavo [21 cm] Yellow printed wrappers. Near fine.
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An Interview with Larry Woiwode
by Woiwode, Larry; Drs. Clarence Walhout and John H. Timmerman
Madison, WI: Christianity and Literature, 1979. Paperback. 14pp. Octavo [22 cm] Orange printed wrappers. Fine. Signed by Woiwode on the half-title.
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What I'm Going to Do I Think
by Woiwode, Larry
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. First printing. Hardcover. 309pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown cloth over boards. Publisher's yellow top stain. Very good. The spine ends are bumped, there is a minor slant to the spine, and there is a small indentation along the bottom edge of the rear cover. In a very good dust jacket, with light edge wear. A first printing, in a dust jacket, of the author's critically acclaimed first novel.
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Born Brothers
by Woiwode, Larry
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988. Uncorrected proof. Paperback. 611pp. Octavo [21 cm] Blue printed wrappers. Near fine.
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