The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, in One Volume
by Wordsworth, William
New-Haven: Peck & Newton, 1836. First American Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good. First American edition. Rebacked. Leather rubbed, ink name on first blank, pages foxed. 1836 Full-Leather. xxxiv, 320 pp. Full-leather, marbled endpapers. William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 - 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798). Wordsworth's magnum opus is generally considered to be The Prelude, a... Read More
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The Last Empire: Photography in British India, 1855-1911
by Worswick, Clark; Embree, Ainslie; The Earl Mountbatten of Burma
New York: Aperture, 1976. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Near fine in good jacket. 2 inch tear along top jacket edge, jacket edges a bit rubbed. 1976 Large Hardcover. 146 pp. "A brilliant selection of virtually unknown and rare photographs of India taken between 1855 and 1911. Images include the work of early photographers and adventurers who first recorded the glories of the Himalayas, ancient archeological wonders and the picturesque facade of the British Raj in the subcontinent.... Read More
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Sleaze Creatures: An Illustrated Guide to Obscure Hollywood Horror Movies, 1956-1959
by Worth, D. Earl
Key West, Florida: Fantasma Books, 1995. First American Edition. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 8x0x11. First American edition. An exceptional copy. 1995 Large Softcover. 253 pp. This book captures the true essence of obscure Hollywood horror and science fiction movies of the 1950's. Worth examines fifty of the most obscure anti WORST Hollywood movies ever made, with emphasis on production history and director/producer/star biographical information.
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The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta
by Wortman, Marc
New York, N.Y: Public Affairs, 2010. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. 2nd printing. Edges lightly rubbed. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2010 Trade Paperback. 361 pp. James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom--"Next to Richmond, Atlanta was the most important Confederate city by 1864. Its fall in September of that year signaled the beginning of the end for the Confederacy. Among the many books about General William T.... Read More
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Hudson River Lighthouses and History
by Woyce, Kevin
New York: Self-Published, 2012. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 2012 Trade Paperback. Henry Hudson explored the river that now bears his name in 1609. The invention of the steamboat 200 years later, and the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, made the Hudson one of America's busiest rivers. From 1826 until the middle of the 20th century, more than a dozen lighthouses guided ships past its islands and shallows.Join author and photographer... Read More
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Rochester and Monroe County: A History (American Guide Series)
by Federal Writers Project / WPA
Rochester, New York: Scrantom's, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Lacks jacket. 1937 Hard Cover. 460 pp. 8vo. Includes all three fold-out maps. Maps on endpapers. Black-and-white photographs and maps throughout text. Part of the important American Guide Series released by the WPA during the first half of the twentieth century. Unlike the volumes of the series dealing with entire states, this volume incorporates three fold-out maps in the text rather than a... Read More
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Wings Over the Sea: A History of Naval Aviation
by Wragg, David
New York: Arco Publishing, 1979. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. A bit musty, edges lightly foxed. 1979 Hard Cover. 224 pp. A history of Naval aviation from 1910 to the present day. Black-and-white photographs throughout.
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Historical Memoirs of My Own Time. in Two Volumes. Part the First, from 1772 to 1780. Part the Second, from 1781 to 1784
by Wraxall, N. [Nathaniel] William
London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand. / J.M'Creery, Printer, 1815. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. Front joint of first volume neatly repaired by previous owner, spines toned and a bit dried, owner bookplate of Sir Robert Johnson Eden on front endpaper of first volume, a few pages lightly foxed, minimal marginalia on just a couple pages. 1815 Full-Leather. iv, 549, [3]; 583, [5] pp. 8vo. Full calf, black morocco spine... Read More
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The Lost Time Accidents
by Wray, John
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. Minimal wear to corners. 2016 Hard Cover. 490 pp. In his ambitious and fiercely inventive new novel, The Lost Time Accidents, John Wray takes us from turn-of-the-century Viennese salons buzzing with rumors about Einstein's radical new theory to the death camps of World War Two, from the golden age of postwar pulp science fiction to a startling discovery in a Manhattan... Read More
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Beau Sabreur
by Wren, P.C. (Percival Christopher)
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Spine and portions of bottom and fore edge margin stained. 1927 Hard Cover. x, 370, [4] pp. Photoplay edition featuring stills from the Paramount motion picture. The second in a trilogy of historical novels beginning with Beau Geste and ending with Beau Ideal. This volume focuses on the adventures of Major De Beaujolais, an officer in the French Foreign legion. Beau Sabreur is a thrilling romantic adventure that transports... Read More
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Art Glass of the Martin House Complex
by Wright, Frank Lloyd; Jackson-Forsberg, Eric (Editor)
San Francisco, California: Pomegranate, 2009. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 152x8x148. First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket. 2009 Large Hardcover. 96 pp. When Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) designed the Darwin D. Martin House complex (1903-1905), he filled the windows, doors, skylights, and laylights with nearly four hundred pieces of his signature art glass. The spectacular designs, abstractions of the architecture and surrounding environment, are among some of Wright's finest. These "light screens," as Wright called... Read More
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The Natural House
by Wright, Frank Lloyd
New York: Horizon Press, 1954. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 10x8x0. First edition, first state (54 present on front board). Lacks jacket. Boards foxed and soiled, interior clean and unmarked. 1954 Large Hardcover. 223 pp. Black-and-white photographs throughout. A discussion of organic architecture by the developer of the Usonian House who became a leader in what is now known as the Prairie School. Wright is the most well-known architect of modern times, and was named the greatest... Read More
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America Across the Seas: Our Colonial Empire (Illustrated)
by Wright, Hamilton; Forbes-Lindsay, C.H.; Wallace, John F.; French, Willard; Atwood, Wallace W.; Fairbanks, Elizabeth
New York: C.S. Hammond & Company, 1909. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Spine and boards faded, boards a bit foxed. 1909 Hard Cover. 106 pp. Eight pages of color maps precede text. Includes: The Philippines; Hawaii; Guam and Our Small Islands in the Pacific; Alaska; Panama and the Canal Zone; Porto Rico; Cuba.
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Gray Lady and the Birds: Stories of the Bird Year for Home and School
by Wright, Mabel Osgood
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1910. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Front board rubbed with loss from artwork, rear board soiled, hinges weakening. 1910 Hard Cover. Includes 12 color plates an 36 full-page illustrations in half-tone. A collection of bird stories for children and adults.
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The Wright Brothers' Aeroplane
by Wright, Orville & Wilbur; Jones, William R
Golden, Colorado: Outbooks, 1981. Reissue. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. Wright, Orville & Wilbur; Drake, Will H.; Sayer, R.; Wright, G.; Sandham, H. 1981 reissue of 1908 original. 12 pp. Includes reproductions of photographs taken by the Wright brothers, and illustrations by several artists, including an 1879 engraving of an airship. A reproduction of the early article by Orville & Wilbur Wright on their success in achieving the first recorded non-powered flight, with a new preface by editor William... Read More
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![Avon (Then & Now) [New York]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/438/861/1603861438.0.l.jpg)
Avon (Then & Now) [New York]
by Wright, Peter J.; Howard, Nora O
Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2010. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 6x0x9. First edition. Ink scribble on front cover, ink gift note on half-title page. 2010 Soft Cover. 95 pp. Once known as Northington, a northern parish of Farmington, Avon was incorporated in 1830 after the construction of the Farmington Canal. Located at the juncture of the Albany Turnpike, the Farmington Canal, and later the Farmington Canal Railroad, Avon became a transportation and commercial center of considerable... Read More
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Native Son (The First Edition Library)
by Wright, Richard; Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
Shelton, Connecticut: The First Edition Library, 1990. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x1. Includes publisher's slipcase and insert. Jacket slightly wrinkled from previous owner applying mylar cover too tightly (now removed), minor blemishes to slipcase. 1990 Hard Cover. xi, 359 pp. Introduction by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells... Read More
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![Lighting the Wick: An Intuitive Guide to the Ancient Art and Modern Magic of Candles [Magick]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/721/873/1564873721.0.l.jpg)
Lighting the Wick: An Intuitive Guide to the Ancient Art and Modern Magic of Candles [Magick]
by Wright, Sandra Mariah; Marrama, Leanne
Tarcherperigee Book, 2021. 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 0x0x0. First printing. General wear. 2021 Soft Cover. xiii, 242 pp. Whether you would like to take back control in an uncertain world or turn a dollar-store candle into a means to manifest your desires, Lighting the Wick will help transform your life with candle magic. Learn how to: find, repair, or end a relationship; guard your boundaries and keep negative energy and toxic people out; ground and center;... Read More
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![Roger Williams: Marshall Woods Lecture, in Sayles Hall, October 26, 1936 (Brown University Papers XIV [14]) [with] Roger Williams in Salem](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/882/900/1601900882.0.l.jpg)
Roger Williams: Marshall Woods Lecture, in Sayles Hall, October 26, 1936 (Brown University Papers XIV [14]) [with] Roger Williams in Salem
by Wroth, Lawrence C.; Brooks, Mrs. Henry M
Providence, Rhode Island: Brown University / Bulletin of the Essex Institute, 1937. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. 0x0x0. Sticker ghost on rear wrapper. 1937 Stapled Binding. 41; 77-86 pp. Stapled bindings. The fourteenth installment in the Brown University Papers, providing a lecture about Roger Williams and his influence on the history of Rhode Island, in celebration of the state's tercentenary (1636-1936). Laid in is an 1896 pamphlet published by the Essex Institute, its contents being a paper read before... Read More
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![Atom: There Is No Time To Be Lost - Man in the Atomic Age [TEXT IN ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, RUSSIAN, SWEDISH, DUTCH, SPANISH, ITALIAN]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/453/430/1608430453.0.l.jpg)
Atom: There Is No Time To Be Lost - Man in the Atomic Age [TEXT IN ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, RUSSIAN, SWEDISH, DUTCH, SPANISH, ITALIAN]
by Wuesthoff, Freda
Ravensburg: Otto Maier, 1957. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Spine head and spine base rubbed. 1957 Hard Cover. 132 pp. Text in English, German, French, Russian, Swedish, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian. A cautionary work about atomic power and radioactive contamination from nuclear weapons.
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The Ancient Age Sportsman's Book
by Wulff, Lee
Frankfort, Kentucky: Ancient Age. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. Minor general wear. 32 pp. Advertising premium produced by Ancient Age bourbon company. Includes illustrations and tips for fishing and hunting.
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The Secret of Crete
by Wunderlich, Hans Georg; Winston, Richard & Clara
New York: Macmillan, 1974. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 9x6x1. Book club edition. Excellent book in good jacket. Jacket rubbed with some small tears. 1974 Hard Cover. xv, 367 pp. Offers an alternative hypothesis to accepted theories regarding Minoan civilization: claims the palace of Minos was not a center for courtly life but a necropolis--a city of the dead.
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Ethics: An Investigation of the Facts and Laws of the Moral Life: The Facts of the Moral Life; Ethical Systems
by Wundt, Wilhelm; Gulliver, Julia; Titchener, Edward Bradford; Washburn, Margaret Floy
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim / William Brendon and Son, Printers, 1897. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ink name and date on title pages, pages lightly toned (endpapers more so). 1897 Hard Cover. xii, 339; viii, 196, [2] pp. 8vo. Wundt is considered the founder of modern psychology (a survey in American Psychologist ranked William James and Sigmund Freud a distant second and third). He also founded Philosophische Studien, the first academic journal for psychological research.
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Threading Together the Past: Archaeology at the Polly Site (Clarendon Historical Society, November, 2001)
by Wurst, LouAnn; Pulver, Catherine; Visalli, Tina; Deuel, Jeremy; Schamel, Kerry
Clarendon, New York: Clarendon Historical Society, 2001. Large Softcover. Very Good. Signed by author. Signed without inscription by LouAnn Wurst inside front cover. Wrappers a bit foxed with a couple minor smudges, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. 2001 Large Softcover. v, 91 pp. On Wednesday, December 5, the Clarendon Historical Society will host a book debut and artifact exhibit at the Clarendon Town Hall on Church Street. The event highlights the... Read More
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Threading Together the Past: Archaeology at the Polly Site (Clarendon Historical Society, November, 2001)
by Wurst, LouAnn; Pulver, Catherine; Visalli, Tina; Deuel, Jeremy; Schamel, Kerry
Clarendon, New York: Clarendon Historical Society, 2001. Large Softcover. Very Good. Front cover lightly soiled, rear cover lightly foxed. 2001 Large Softcover. v, 91 pp. On Wednesday, December 5, the Clarendon Historical Society will host a book debut and artifact exhibit at the Clarendon Town Hall on Church Street. The event highlights the work of Dr. LouAnn Wurst of the Department of Anthropology at SUNY College at Brockport. In 1999 Dr. Wurst led students in an archeological dig... Read More
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