Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals
by Wise, Steven M.; Goodall, Jane
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Perseus Publishing, 2000. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. 2nd printing. One section of pages lightly dog-eared (appears to be from minor mishandling, not an intention to mark the pages). 2000 Trade Paperback. xvi, 362 pp. Rattling the Cage explains how the failure to recognize the basic legal rights of chimpanzees and bonobos in light of modern scientific findings creates a glaring contradiction in our law. In this witty, moving, persuasive, and impeccably researched argument,... Read More
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Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Legend and a Monumental Crime
by Wise, William
New York: Crowell, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. First edition. Jacket edges rubbed. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1976 Hard Cover. 317 pp. A history of th 1857 massacre of the Fancher Party by Mormons and Native Americans.
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The Union Cavalry Comes of Age: Hartwood Church to Brandy Station, 1863
by Wittenberg, Eric J.; Longacre, Edward G. (foreword)
Washington, D.C: Potomac Books, Inc, 2003. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x8. First paperback printing. Remainder mark on page base. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2003 Trade Paperback. xvii, 389 pp. The Army of the Potomac's mounted units suffered early in the Civil War at the hands of the horsemen of the South. However, by 1863, the Federal cavalry had evolved into a fearsome fighting machine. Despite the numerous challenges occupying officers and... Read More
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Notebooks, 1914-1916
by Wittgenstein, Ludwig; von Wright, G.H.; Anscombe, G.E.M.; Klemke, E.D
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1979. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8x5x0. Second edition. Lacks jacket (though a portion is affixed to the rear endpaper with a note on it pointing to a particular page in the text), ink date stamp on front endpaper. Binding tight and square. 1979 Hard Cover. [230 pp.] Bilingual edition: German transcription opposite English translation, with this section paginated 2/2e-91/91e, following by appendices and index paginated 93-140. This considerably... Read More
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Notebooks, 1914-1916
by Wittgenstein, Ludwig; von Wright, G.H.; Anscombe, G.E.M.; Klemke, E.D
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1972. First English Language Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 0x0x0. 1972 3rd printing of first English translation. Edges faded and rubbed with a couple creases to corners, pencil marginalia. [220 pp.] Bilingual edition: German transcription opposite English translation, with this section paginated 2/2e-91/91e, following by appendices paginated 93-132. The writings intersperse Wittgenstein's technical logical notations with his thoughts on the meaning of life, happiness, and death.
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Fore! The Best of Wodehouse on Golf
by Wodehouse, P.G
New Haven: Ticknor & Fields, 1983. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. First American edition. Ink smudge to one page, jacket faintly rubbed. 1983 Hard Cover. 259 pp. Stories recounted by the Oldest Member describe golfers who fall in love, bet excessively, use the rules to win, are defeated by their own superstitions, and become better people playing golf.
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Three Men and a Maid [The Girl on the Boat]
by Wodehouse, P.G. [Pelham Grenville]
New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1922. Reissue. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Includes scarce jacket. Mottled discoloration of boards, 1 inch chip from jacket base and minimal loss from corners, small sticker removal mark and faint nickel sized stain on front panel, ink date on front endpaper. 1922 Hard Cover. 304, [13] pp. 8vo. A novel by the popular British humorist best known for his characters Jeeves and Psmith. This title was originally published as The Girl on the Boat... Read More
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Money for Nothing: A Novel
by Wodehouse, P.G. [Pelham Grenville]
New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1928. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Reissue. Very good in good jacket. Minor loss from jacket corners, pencil name on front endpaper. Binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked. 1928 Hard Cover. 333 pp. Blue cloth, orange decorations with titles in relief. A humorous novel by the British author known for his Jeeves and Psmith series. In the quaint village of Rudge-in-the-Vale, a comedic storm brews at Rudge Hall. Lester Carmody, a... Read More
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Perspective on Art and Community: A Personal Odyssey (Rochester History, Summer 2003, Vol. LXV, No. 3)
by Wolfard, Clara; Rosenberg-Naparsteck, Ruth
Rochester, New York: Rochester Public Library, 2003. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. A couple minor blemishes to wrappers. 2003 Stapled Binding. 32 pp. A commentary on the artistic community in Rochester, New York based on the author's experiences at the art gallery she owned with her husband, illustrated with black-and-white photographs.
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The Truth About Shamanism: A Traditional Spiritual Path for the New Age
by Wolfe, Amber
St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 1991. 2nd Printing. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. 4x0x7. 2nd printing. Wrappers lightly scuffed, otherwise an excellent copy. 1991 Stapled Binding. 28, [2] pp. Discover the true nature of the inner workings of shamanism and how you can use them on your spiritual path, when you read The Truth About Shamanism by Amber Wolfe. Shamanism is an ancient system of spirituality that dates from the earliest beginnings of humanity. Its recent popularity may... Read More
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Highways, By-Ways, Folkways of Metropolitan Monroe County, Supplement to The Greece Post, July 1, 1976
by Wolfe, Andrew D.; Prichard, Ann; Providence, Louis; Western Monroe Historical Society; Latargna, Gloria; Perinton Historian's Office; Thompson, Katharine; Sassaman, Walter; Rush & Henrietta Historians' Offices
New York: Wolfe Publications, 1976. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. Aeberli, William. An excellent copy. 1976 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. Cover and illustrations by William Aeberli. Bicentennial tour guide to Monroe County Towns and Villages and the City of Rochester, with local advertisements throughout.
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The Great Prince Died: A Novel about the Assassination of Trotsky
by Wolfe, Bernard; Vollmann, William T
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x9. A very nice copy. 2015 Trade Paperback. 410 pp. "On August 20, 1940, Marxist philosopher, politician, and revolutionary Leon Trotsky was attacked with an ice axe in his home in Coyoacan, Mexico. He died the next day. In The Great Prince Died, Bernard Wolfe offers his lyrical, fictionalized account of Trotsky's assassination as witnessed through the eyes of an array of characters: the young American student helping... Read More
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Our Invisible Neighbors: Accounts, Causes, and Solutions to the Epidemic of Homelessness in the 21st Century
by Wolfe, Crystal
New York: Darmar Publishing, 2019. Second Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 6x1x9. Signed by author. 2024 reprint of 2019 second edition. Inscribed and signed by author ('Dear Bill, It was great talking with you, and I hope this book speaks to your heart and mind! Crystal Wolfe, 5/17/24'). A few spots and smudges on edges, single light spine crease, light crease on back corner, tiny closed tear to spine base. 419 pp. Homelessness is an issue that is as... Read More
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Hooking Up
by Wolfe, Tom
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6x0x9. First edition. Jacket edges rubbed. 2000 Hard Cover. 293, [3] pp. 8vo. "In Hooking Up, Tom Wolfe ranges from coast to coast observing the lurid carnival actually taking place in the mightiest country on earth in the year 2000. From teenage sexual manners and mores to fundamental changes in the way human beings now regard themselves thanks to the hot new fields of... Read More
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The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (Pocket 75135)
by Wolfe, Tom
New York: Pocket Cardinal / Pocket Books, 1966. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 6x4x0. First paperback printing. Pencil number on front corner, front corner lightly creased, fore edge slightly discolored. 1966 Mass Market Paperback. xvii, 339 pp. In his first book, The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (1965) Wolfe introduces us to the sixties, to extravagant new styles of life that had nothing to do with the "elite" culture of the past.
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Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine and Other Stories, Sketches, and Essays (Bantam 10875-1)
by Wolfe, Tom
New York: Bantam Books, 1977. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 6x4x0. Wolfe, Tom. First paperback printing. 1/2 inch crease on rear wrapper edge, pages a bit toned. Binding tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. 1977 Mass Market Paperback. 214, [2] pp. "When are the 1970s going to begin?" ran the joke during the Presidential campaign of 1976. With his own patented combination of serious journalism and dazzling comedy, Tom Wolfe met the question head-on in... Read More
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The Kandy Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby
by Wolfe, Tom
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Signed by author. 2nd printing. Signed by author with inscription, "For Jean Coventry, with best wishes, thousands of them! From Tom Wolfe." Jacket edges bumped, front jacket flap creased. Boards lightly soiled. 1965 Hard Cover. xvii, 339 pp. In his first book, The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (1965) Wolfe introduces us to the sixties, to extravagant new styles of life that had nothing... Read More
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Beyond: How Humankind Thinks about Heaven
by Wolff, Catherine
New York: Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House LLC, 2021. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Pencil underlining on first few pages only, otherwise an excellent copy. 2021 Hard Cover. xvi, 336 pp. A smart and thought-provoking cultural history of heaven. What do we think of when we think about heaven? What might it look like? Who or what might be there? Since humans began to huddle together for protection thousands of years ago,... Read More
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Kurt Wolff: A Portrait in Essays and Letters
by Wolff, Kurt; Ermarth, Michael
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Edges lightly foxed. 1991 Hard Cover. 252 pp. Kurt Wolff (1887-1963) was a singular presence in the literary world of the twentieth century, a cultural force shaping modern literature itself and pioneering significant changes in publishing. During an intense, active career that spanned two continents and five decades, Wolff launched seven publishing houses and nurtured an extraordinary array of writers, among them... Read More
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Old School
by Wolff, Tobias
New York: Vintage Books, 2003. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x7. Reprint. Faint edge wear. 2003 Trade Paperback. "The protagonist of Tobias Wolff’s shrewdly -- and at times devastatingly -- observed first novel is a boy at an elite prep school in 1960. He is an outsider who has learned to mimic the negligent manner of his more privileged classmates. Like many of them, he wants more than anything on earth to become a writer. But to do... Read More
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The Royal College of Physicians of London: Portraits [with] The Royal College of Physicians of London: Portraits Catalogue II
by Wolstenholme, Gordon; Piper, David; Kerslake, Rudolf E.O
London: J. & A. Churchill Ltd. / Elsevier / Excerpta Medica / North Holland, 1964. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x7x1. Volume 2 does not include jacket, though one may not have been issued. Volume 1 jacket lightly toned, minor indentation to front board of volume 2. 1964 Hard Cover. 244; viii, 239 pp. A collection of biographical sketches of prominent physicians, illustrated with photographs and reproductions of portrait paintings. The first volume was released in 1964, and... Read More
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The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails
by Wondrich, David; Rothbaum, Noah; Samuelsson, Marcus
New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 7x2x10. First edition. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy. 2022 Hard Cover. xxiv, 834 pp. Foreword by Marcus Samuelsson, includes two sections of color photographic plates. Anthropologists and historians have confirmed the central role alcohol has played in nearly every society since the dawn of human civilization, but it is only recently that it has been the subject of serious scholarly inquiry. The Oxford Companion to... Read More
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Imbibe! From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to 'Professor' Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar - Updated and Revised
by Wondrich, David; Degroff, Dale
New York: Perigee / Penguin, 2015. Revised and Updated Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 5x1x8. 2015 updated and revised edition. Brand new from publisher. xix, 363 pp. The newly updated edition of David Wondrich's definitive guide to classic American cocktails. Cocktail writer and historian David Wondrich presents the colorful, little-known history of classic American drinks--and the ultimate mixologist's guide--in this engaging homage to Jerry Thomas, father of the American bar. Wondrich reveals never-before-published details and stories about this larger-than-life... Read More
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Human Evolution: A Very Short Introduction (No. 142)
by Wood, Bernard
New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. 7th Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 6x4x0. Seventh printing. Small stain on half-title page. 2005 Mass Market Paperback. 131 pp. The recent discovery of the diminutive Homo floresiensis (nicknamed "the Hobbit") in Indonesia has sparked new interest in the study of human evolution. In this Very Short Introduction, renowned evolutionary scholar Bernard Wood traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to today's latest fossil finds. Along... Read More
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East Lynne
by Wood, Ellen; Maunder, Andrew (Editor)
Canada: Broadview Literary Texts, 2000. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x1x8. Spine creased, ink stamp on half-title page. 2000 Trade Paperback. 779 pp. Lady Isabel Carlyle, a beautiful and refined young woman, leaves her hard-working but neglectful lawyer-husband and her infant children to elope with an aristocratic suitor. After he deserts her, and she bears their illegitimate child, Lady Isabel disguises herself and takes the position of governess in the household of her husband and his new wife. East... Read More
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