Over the Range to the Golden Gate: A Complete Tourist's Guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the Great North-West
by Wood, Stanley
Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1903. Later printing. Hardcover. Good +. 283pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Light blue cloth lettered and pictorially stamped in black and gilt. The extremities are moderately rubbed and bumped, the front free endpaper has several markings from prior owners, and the text block is cracked at p. 193 (however text block still quite sturdy). Flake/Draper 9989. From the Preface- "It has been the endeavor of the writer to meet as nearly as possible the... Read More
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Bibliothica Scallawagiana. Catalogue of a matchless collection of books, pamphlets, autographs, pictures &c., relating to Mormonism and the Mormons. The 10 years' gatherings of Charles L. Woodward, who enjoyed superior facilities for their acquisition, has never let slip an opportunity - whether at public or private sale - of adding to their number, to be sold at venue, Monday, January 19, 1880, at half-past three in the , by Messrs. Bangs and Co
by Woodward, Charles Lowell
New York: Bangs & Company, 1880. First edition. Paperback. 50pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] In original printed wrappers. Gentle sunning to wrappers. Minor nicking to extremities of wrappers. Closed tear at joint of front panel. Auction catalog for the legendary Charles Woodward collection which contained almost all of the early great Mormon rarities, including a Book of Commandments. This is also widely recognized as the first bibliography of Mormon content. Uncommon. Flake/Draper 10,005.
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Anarchism
by Woodworth, Fred
Poisoned Candy Press, 2025. Pamphlet. New. 16pp. Sextodecimo [16.5cm]. Stapled Pamphlet. "Facsimile of the first edition, originally published by The Match! (Pamphlet Series Number 3), 1974. Contains direct answers to the questions What is Anarchism? Is it Practical or utopian? Is government necessary?
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Perfecting the Earth: A Piece of Possible History
by Wooldridge, C. W. (Charles William)
Cleveland, OH: The Utopia Publishing Company, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 326pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Extremities rubbed. Underlying boards peeking through at the corners of the boards. 1/4 inch losses from the cloth at the spine ends. Hinges going. Front endsheet has a former owner's ink stamp and bookplate, a date in pen, and a bookseller's ticket. Text block cracked several times. 2" closed... Read More
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Perfecting the Earth: A Piece of Possible History
by Wooldridge, C. W. (Charles William)
Cleveland, OH: The Utopia Publishing Company, 1902. Hardcover. 326pp. Octavo [23 cm] Dark green cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover. White and green floral endsheets. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Illustrated. Good. The spine and covers are rubbed, more so along the edges. The underlying boards are exposed occasionally along the edges. The hinges are tender, and there is a contemporary gift inscription on the front flyleaf. The text block is cracked a... Read More
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The Autobiography of William L. Woolf
by Woolf, William L.
1979. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 282pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] In a dust jacket, with rubbing, and light chipping to the edges.
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Uniforms & Equipment of the Imperial German Army 1900-1918: A Study in Period Photographs. Infantry, Artillery, Jãger, Landsturm, Mountain, Insignia, Weapons (2 volumes)
by Woolley, Charles
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 375; 313pp. Quarto [31 cm] Black cloth over boards. Lower extremities of volume I dinged. In the dust jackets, with surface rubbing (prominent rubbing to volume I). The jacket of volume I is also a bit soiled. May require extra postage due to weight. Each photograph and caption has been carefully researched affording the reader much information not to be found elsewhere, plus the inclusion... Read More
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Love and Night: Unknown Stories
by Woolrich, Cornell
Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 236 pp. Octavo. [23.5 cm]. Red cloth over boards with original dust jacket. Gilt title stamped on spine. No noticeable flaws. Edited by Francis M. Nevins. A compilation of fifteen lesser known Woolrich stories.
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The Other Half: The Autobiography of a Tramp
by Worby, John
New York: Lee Furman, Inc, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. 307pp. Octavo [21cm]. Orange cloth over boards. Title and subtle ornamentation stamped in brown and red ink on spine. Publisher's orange topstain, which is a bit faded. Spine mildly rolled. Spot of soiling at foot of textblock. Dust jacket is price clipped, and the spine is sun toned. Wear to the edges, with a few scattered losses. At the age of twenty-five, John Worby had spent... Read More
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Schicksal: Eine Geschichte in Bildern (German edition)
by [Wordless Novel] Nückel, O. [Otto]
München: Delphin Verlag, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo [20.5 cm] Camel-colored cloth over boards with brown ink stamped titles on the backstrip and front board and a brown ink stamped vignette on the front cover. Publisher's black topstain. The covers are just a hair warped. Nückel's classic story, told entirely through a collection of striking images in seventeen chapters, presented in the storytelling tradition of the work of Lynd Ward and Frans Masereel. In "Schicksal" the... Read More
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Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood
by [Works in wood] Torres-García, Joaquín; Edited by Mari Carmen Ramírez; Contributions by Margit Rowell and Cecilia De Torres
Houston, New Haven, and London: The Menil Collection in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Distributed by Yale University Press, 2009. Presumed first edition, no other hardcover printings listed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good +. 240pp. Quarto [29 cm] Brown cloth over boards. Front board just a hair warped. In the dust jacket, with only very minor edge wear. 160 color and 77 black-and-white illustrations. May require extra postage due to weight. Published on the occasion of... Read More
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The I. W. W. Reply to the Red Trade Union International (Moscow)
by [Industrial Workers of the World / I.W.W. / IWW] The General Executive Board of the Industrial Workers of the World
Chicago, Illinois: [Industrial Workers of the World / I.W.W. / IWW], 1922. Pamphlet. Very Good +. 32 pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm]; saddle-stapled, printed self-wrappers. Some age-toning, brittling, and a bit of wear to edges and corners. Some minor internal creasing from printing/production. Very faint previous owner's stamp on the rear cover (p32): "F. A. SCHOENLE | STA. DEL. | 1480 HARRISON AVE. | CINCINNATI, OHIO" Miles 4256: This work is an "explanation of the IWW's refusal to join... Read More
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Best to Keep Moving
by Worley, Jeff
Monterey, Kentucky: Larkspur Press, 2009. Limited Edition. Paperback. New. 26pp. Small octavo [20.5 cm] Plain gray wrappers with an illustrated dust jacket. Wood engravings by Laura Lee Cundiff. One of 450 copies printed on Mowhawk Superfine.
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A Simple Human Motion
by Worley, Jeff
Monterey, KY: Larkspur Press, 2000. First edition in book form. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near fine. Laura Lee Candid. SIGNED. 43pp. Octavo [24 cm] Gray cloth over boards. There is a gift inscription on the verso of the front flyleaf. In a dust jacket, with minor toning to the spine. Illustrated with photoengraving from line drawings by Laura Lee Candid Signed by the author on the title page. Number 162 in an edition of 450 copies. ... Read More
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War and Remembrance
by Wouk, Herman
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. First edition. Leather bound. Very good. 1115 pp. Octavo. [23.5 cm]. Bound in black leather with elaborate gilt ornamentation to covers and spine. All edges gilt. Gilt title stamped on spine. Raised bands. Green satin ribbon pagemarker laid in. Green moire endpapers Some slight warping to pages. Noticeable indentation to spine. Fading at edges of moire endpapers. Some small marks on first 10 pages. Text block beginning to lift from head... Read More
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To the Poles by Airship Or Around the World Endways
by Wright, Allen Kendrick
Los Angeles: Baumgardt Publishing Co, 1910. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. 129pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Original white cloth with the title stamped in gilt on the front cover. Frontis portrait of the author. The covers are stained, the preliminary leaves are loose, and the text block is cracked at the beginning. There is a contemporary owner's name on the front pastedown. The first edition is cited in the Bleiler checklist, p. 212. An aerial tour of the world on... Read More
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Islandia
by Wright, Austin Tappan; Leonard Bacon (Introduction)
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1942. Advance reading copy. Paperback. Good. 1013pp. Thick octavo [21.5 cm] Green, white and gold illustrated wraps. The front wrap is partially detached, the spine is creased, and the paper at the foot of the spine is chipped. The text block is just starting to crack at the beginning. The imaginary realm of Islandia is a Utopian community located on a small subcontinent in the South Pacific.
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Kachina: A Hopi Artist's Documentary; Kachinas of the Zuni (2 volumes in a slipcase)
by Wright, Barton; Original printings by Cliff Bahnimptewa and Duane Dishta
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1986. Hardcover. SIGNED. 262; 151pp. Oblong quarto [24.5 cm x 31.5 cm] Cloth over boards. Kachinas: A Hopi Artist's Documentary, which is a second printing, is in very good condition, with toning to the boards. In a very good dust jacket, with general light soiling, and a number of chips and closed tears in the edges. The longest closed tear measures 1 1/2". Kachinas of the Zuni is in as new condition, still under the... Read More
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Secrets of Heaven (Print of an Illustration for Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's "Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus")
by Wrightson, Berni [Bernie]
Berni Wrightson and Graphic Collectibles, 1988. Limited edition. Print. Fine. SIGNED. Black and white print, measuring 11" x 16" [14" x 20" with borders]. Number 209 in an edition limited to 300. Signed and numbered by the artist in pencil at the foot. Bernard Albert Wrightson (1948-2017), whose career creating horror art spanned over 45 years, is most known as the co-creator of the muck creature in Swamp Thing. In addition, he worked on a variety of... Read More
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Secrets of Heaven (Print of an Illustration for Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's "Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus")
by Wrightson, Berni [Bernie]
Berni Wrightson and Graphic Collectibles, 1988. Limited edition. Print. Fine. SIGNED. Black and white print, measuring 11" x 16" [14" x 20" with borders]. Number 84 in an edition limited to 300. Signed and numbered by the artist in pencil at the foot. Bernard Albert Wrightson (1948-2017), whose career creating horror art spanned over 45 years, is most known as the co-creator of the muck creature in Swamp Thing. In addition, he worked on a variety of... Read More
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The Monsters Color-the-Creature Book
by Wrightson, Berni
Brooklyn, NY: Phil Seuling, 1974. First edition. Paperback. Very good. Very thin folio [43 cm] Saddle-stitched pictorial wraps. Subtly damp stained along the the fold of the spine and on the surrounding areas of the wraps, more so at the head of the rear wrap. There is also a small, light stain along the top edge of the rear wrap, and a small, abraded area on the front wrap. The pages are clean and bright. The artist, Berni... Read More
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Robert Burns and Freemasonry
by Wright, Dudley
Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 115pp. Quarto [26 cm] Gray cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a black ink stamped title on the front cover. Frontispiece illustration of Robert Burns, and nineteen full-page illustrations. Very good. The boards are concave, the extremities are bumped, and there are multiple ripples in the cloth on the covers. The book is very sturdy. An account of the poet Robert Burn's exaltation... Read More
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Frank Lloyd Wright: Prints; Wovens; Wallcoverings (3 volume box set)
by Wright, Frank Lloyd [Color Samples] [Sample Books] [Manufacturers' Catalogs]
New York, NY: Schumacher, 1986. Hardcover. Good +. Large quarto [31 cm] Navy blue cloth over boards with text and fabric samples inside. Volumes 1 & 3 include tipped in booklet with detailed descriptions and contact information. With some wear to the booklets. Samples in "Prints" volume a bit wavy. The "Wovens" volume is good only, with moisture damage to the text portion. The samples themselves are in fine condition. Back of samples: "Adapted from an authentic design... Read More
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When a Man's a Man
by Wright, Harold Bell
New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1916. Photoplay edition. Hardcover. 348pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Olive green cloth with gilt stamped titles. Very good condition. There is a contemporary gift inscription on the front free endsheet. The dust jacket is in poor condition. It has been torn into three pieces. Throughout the first quarter of the twentieth century the works of Harold Bell Wright (1872-1944) outsold all of the other American writers.
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Deluge: A Romance
by Wright, S. (Sydney) Fowler
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good. 395pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with light green ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Decorative endpapers. The spine and covers show light edge wear. The front endsheet has a prior owner's ink stamp and name in pen. The text block is only just starting to crack at the rear. The earlier UK edition is cited in the Bleiler checklist and... Read More
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