The Alcestiad, or, A Life in the Sun; with a Satyr Play, The Drunken Sisters (The First Edition Society)
by Wilder, Thornton; Atkinson, Brooks
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. First Edition. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 6x1x8. Maffia, Daniel. First edition, preceding the Harper & Row trade edition. An exceptional copy. 1977 Full-Leather. xxvii, 170 pp. Full forest green leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrations by Daniel Maffia. Two plays in one volume, by the three-time Pulitzer Prize winning American playwright best known for Our Town, and also for his novel... Read More
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Heaven's My Destination
by Wilder, Thornton
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 8x5x1. Signed by author. 1935 11th printing. Signed without inscription by author on title page. Includes new facsimile jacket. Boards a bit toned with a few faint signs of foxing. vi, 304 pp. Meet George Marvin Brush -- Don Quixote come to Main Street in the Great Depression, and one of Thornton Wilder's most memorable characters. George Brush, a traveling textbook salesman, is a fervent religious convert... Read More
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The Woman of Andros
by Wilder, Thornton
London: Longmans, Green and Co. / The Westminster Press, 1930. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7x5x0. Advance uncorrected proof copy of the original British edition, preceding the American first edition and British limited and trade editions published the same year. 'Proof copy' written in red ink on front board and title page. Spine toned. 1930 Hard Cover. 104, [8] pp. 8vo. A novel by the Pulitzer Prize winning American novelist playwright best known for The Bridge of San... Read More
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Woman of Andros
by Wilder, Thornton
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 7x4x1. First edition. Ink name on front endpaper, jacket edges rubbed with minor loss from corners, spine and boards toned, jacket toned. 1930 Hard Cover. 162 pp. Thornton Wilder was a Pulitzer Prize winning American playwright and novelist best known for The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town. The Woman of Andros, set before the birth of Christ on an obscure Greek island,... Read More
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Soldiers in Hiding: A Novel
by Wiley, Richard
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x1. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author on half-title page without inscription. 1986 Hard Cover. 199 pp. Author's first novel. "Thirty years after World War II, Japanese-American jazz musician Teddy Maki is still haunted by his friend Jimmy Yamamoto's wartime death and his own failure to disobey a commanding officer's order to shoot an American prisoner.
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Oprah's Book Club, 2020)
by Wilkerson, Isabel
New York: Random House, 2020. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 2020 Hard Cover. xvii, 476 pp. Pulitzer Prize Winner. "As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power - which groups have it and which do not." In... Read More
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1905 Charles Wilkinson Print: 'Nottingham Castle' [England], after a photograph by Hudson
by [Wilkinson, Charles]
S.N, 1905. Print. Near Fine. [Wilkinson, Charles]. Matted and reading for framing. Untrimmed. An exceptional example. 1905 Print. 10 x 7 1/2 sheet matted to 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 (mat measures 11 3/4 x 9). Color print from an original photograph of Nottingham Castle. An artistic rendering that also provides a good level of architectural detail. The print depicts the portion of the castle facing the River Trent. While this fortress dates back to the time of... Read More
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American Spy: A Novel
by Wilkinson, Lauren
New York: Random House, 2020. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. First printing. Cover edges lightly rubbed. 2020 Trade Paperback. 294 pp. Author's first novel. It's 1986, the heart of the Cold War, and Marie Mitchell is an intelligence officer with the FBI. She's brilliant, but she's also a young black woman working in an old boys' club. Her career has stalled out, she's overlooked for every high-profile squad, and her days are filled with monotonous paperwork.... Read More
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Myths & Legends: A Illustrated Guide to Their Origins and Meanings (DK Compact Culture Guides)
by Wilkinson, Philip
New York: UK, 2019. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 7x1x9. New. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 2019 Hard Cover. 352 pp. Myths and legends are deeply rooted in the world's literature, language, and history. But what does the phrase "Achilles heel" refer to, and what did Oedipus or Beowulf actually do' Gather round for enthralling stories of gods, danger, heroes, and great cosmic events. With over 1000 illustrations, Myths and Legends explores epic global stories, bringing... Read More
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The Sudan Campaign, 1881-98 (Men-at-Arms Series, No. 59)
by Wilkinson-Latham, Robert
New York: Osprey, 2005. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 7x0x9. Roffe, Michael. Reprint. Minor general wear. 2005 Soft Cover. 40 pp. In the Sudan in 1881 an obscure son of a carpenter pronounced himself the ‘Mahdi’ or ‘Guided One of the Prophet’, the long-expected Messiah of the Islamic faith. His influence was so strong that Egypt (co-ruled by Britain and France) was plunged into war. Robert Wilkinson-Latham provides an absorbing account of the Sudan campaigns, including the siege... Read More
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Early Dynastic Egypt
by Wilkinson, Toby A.H
London / New York: Routledge, 2006. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. Reprint. Minor wear to corners. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2006 Trade Paperback. xviii, [4], 413 pp. Early Dynastic Egypt spans the five centuries preceding the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza. This was the formative period of ancient Egyptian civilization, and it witnessed the creation of a distinctive culture that was to endure for 3,000 years. This book examines the... Read More
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Classic French Course in English (The After-School Series)
by Wilkinson, William Cleaver
New York: Chautauqua Press, 1890. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Front free endpaper loose but included, one inch tear to top edge of front free endpaper. 1890 Hard Cover. 324 pp. CONTENTS: French Literature; Froissart; Rabelais; Montaigne; La Rochefoucauld (La Bruyere; Vauvenargues); La Fontaine; Moliere; Pascal; Madam de Sevigne; Corneille; Racine; Bossuet, Bourdaloue, Massillon, Saurin; Fenelon; Le Sage; Montesquieu, de Tocqueville; Voltaire; Rousseau (St. Pierre); The Encyclopaedists; Madame de Stael; Chateaubriand; Beranger; Lamartine; The Group of 1830; Joubert... Read More
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A Free Lance in the Field of Life and Letters
by Wilkinson, William Cleaver
New York: Albert Mason, Publisher, 1874. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Inscribed and signed by the publisher on front flyleaf ('Justin D Fulton, with the compliments of his friend the publisher, Albert Mason, Nov 27th 1874'). Minimal wear to corners. 340 pp. Commentary on the lives and works of James Russell Lowell, George Eliot, William Cullen Bryant, and Erasmus. Includes: The Literary and the Ethical Quality of George Eliot's Novels; Mr. Lowell's Poetry; Mr. Lowell's... Read More
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Sister Water: A Novel
by Willard, Nancy
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 6x1x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Tiny blemish to front joint, otherwise an exceptional copy. 1993 Hard Cover. 255 pp. Jessie Woolman and her family are suddenly faced with unforseen tragedy. Her mind is beginning to wander, and Ellen, her newly widowed daugher is being pursued by a mercenary man, Harvey Mack. Enter Sam Theopolis. Hired to care... Read More
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An Alphabet of Angels
by Willard, Nancy
New York: Blue Sky Press, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x0x11. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by Nancy Willard (Author). Pages and jacket lightly toned. 1994 Hard Cover. Unpaginated. "An A-to-Z gift collection of angels presents a celestial character for every occasion, such as a wish-delivering angel of Knapsacks and a dew-faced angel of Morning.
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Anita, the Cuban Spy
by Willets, Gilson
London / New York: F. Tennyson Neely, 1898. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 7x5x1. Boards lightly soiled, hinges starting, some pages lightly soiled, pencil marks on rear free endpaper. 1898 Hard Cover. 405 pp. 11 pages of publisher ads follow text. Spanish-American war fiction. "...a blood-curdling, hair-raising story of the Cuban-Spanish-American war, and is dramatic in its intensity... Mr. Willets went to Cuba for the purpose of collecting material for Anita, and steeped his canvas in local color."--blurb page... Read More
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The American Fighter Plane
by Williams, Amy E
New York: Metro Books, 2002. Signed Copy. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x1x12. Williams, Ted. Signed by author. Signed by illustrator. Signed by both authors: "Stan, thanks and Best Regards. Ted Williams Amy Williams". Jacket edges slightly worn. 2002 Large Hardcover. 176 pp. Following the evolution of the American fighter plane from its earliest inception to modern technologically advanced jets, The American Fighter Plane combines artist Ted Williams' illustrations with computer rendering systems to create detailed depictions... Read More
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The Golden Hour: A Novel
by Williams, Beatriz
New York: William Morrow, 2020. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x1x8. 1st printing. Faint edge wear. 2020 Trade Paperback. The Bahamas, 1941. Newly-widowed Leonora “Lulu†Randolph arrives in the Bahamas to investigate the Governor and his wife for a New York society magazine. After all, American readers have an insatiable appetite for news of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, that glamorous couple whose love affair nearly brought the British monarchy to its knees five years earlier.... Read More
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Barefoot Days
by Williams, Byron
Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, 1908. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Melvill, Dearborn; Wilson, Don C. No jacket. Ink name of Guilford R. Adams who is buried at Mt. Hope cemetery (Rochester, New York) on front free endpaper. 1908 Hard Cover. 223 pp. Gilt titles on spine and front board. Top edge gilt. A collection of poetry.
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Lectures on the Physiology and Diseases of the Chest, Including the Principles of Physical and General Diagnosis. (Select Medical Library Extras Series)
by Williams, Charles J.B. [James Blasius]
Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1839. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Former library copy, usual marks. Joints beginning to split, lightly foxed throughout, ink names on endpapers and title page. 1839 Full-Leather. 347 pp. 8vo. 4-page publisher ad precedes title page, 8-page terminal publisher ad. Full leather, green leather spine label, gilt titles and rules. A transcript of lectures by the British physician, originally delivered at the Anatomical School, Kinnerton Street, near St. George's Hospital during the spring seasons... Read More
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A People's History of the Civil War: Struggles for the Meaning of Freedom
by Williams, David
New York: New Press, 2005. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. First paperback printing. Spine lightly creased, edges lightly foxed. 2005 Trade Paperback. 594 pp. The acclaimed sweeping history of a nation at war with itself, told here for the first time by the people who lived it. Bottom-up history at its very best, A People's History of the Civil War "does for the Civil War period what Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States... Read More
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The Other Side of Zen: A Social History of Soto Zen Buddhism in Tokugawa Japan (Buddhisms Series)
by Williams, Duncan Ryuken
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x0x9. First edition. Two light smudges on rear jacket panel, otherwise an excellent copy. 2005 Hard Cover. xiv, 241 pp. Popular understanding of Zen Buddhism typically involves a stereotyped image of isolated individuals in meditation, contemplating nothingness. This book presents the "other side of Zen," by examining the movement's explosive growth during the Tokugawa period (1600-1867) in Japan and by shedding light on the... Read More
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Black Forest: A Novel
by Williams, Edward
Ferrisburgh, Vt: Buckwheat Street Publishers, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6x0x8. Williams, Janet. First edition. Jacket lightly rubbed with a few small tears to edges. 1975 Hard Cover. x, 154 pp. Illustrated by Janet Williams. ...the complete world of a fictional family, spanning several generations and admitting, by the description of their daily life and encounters with one another, the total reality of their family house.
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State of New York. No. 19. in Senate, February 7, 1916. Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York, for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1915, Transmitted to the Legislature February 7, 1916
by Williams, Frank M
Albany, New York: J.B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1916. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Rear board a bit soiled, hinges loosening,. 1916 Hard Cover. 378 pp. An engineering report submitted to the New York Senate, most notable for its information about and images of the barge canal, which include photographic plates, a fold-out map, and reproductions of historical illustrations.
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Viking Warrior Versus Anglo-Saxon Warrior: England, 865-1066 (Osprey Combat, No. 27)
by Williams, Gareth
New York: Osprey, 2017. 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 7x0x9. Dennis, Peter. First printing. Minor edge wear. 2017 Soft Cover. 80 pp. In the two centuries before the Norman invasion of England, Anglo-Saxon and Viking forces clashed repeatedly in battle, with mixed success for both sides. After the Vikings defeated three out of the four great Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and came close to defeating the fourth in the 860s and 870s, they conquered and settled large areas of... Read More
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