Courage, the Adventuress
by Von Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoffel; Speier, Hans
Princeton University Press, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering & decoration to spine, white and brown dust jacket, 8-1/4" tall, 292 pp. Appears unread. A German picaresque novel with an adventuresome woman as the protagonist.
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Pleasant Fieldmouse
by Wahl, Jan; Sendak, Maurice
Harper & Row, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Sendak, Maurice. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by Wahl on front endpaper. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket, 9.25" x 7.25". Dust jacket has shallow chip and some closed tears to front panel, price of $2.95 intact. A delightful story with plenty of illustrations for Sendak fans.
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The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems
by Wakoski, Diane
Simon & Schuster, 1971-11-25. First Edition. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8x5x0. Grey and white boards under black illustrated dust jacket priced $5.95. First printing stated. Very slight toning to bottom of boards, but a lovely copy of this classic, which Poetry Foundation says "captured the early ’70s zeitgeist.
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Lady Rose's Daughter
by Ward, Humphrey Mary
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Christy, Howard Chandler. Signed by Author(s). Light blue cloth with embossed gilt title, 8vo, 233 pages, black and white illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy though out, signed by 'Mary A. Ward'; Boards are dust soiled and edge worn with a few mottled drops on covers, deckle edge pages are age toned with no markings, binding is sound; no dust jacket. Two volumes, numbered no. 2 of a limited printing... Read More
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The Silver Pony: A Story in Pictures
by Ward, Lynd
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. First printing stated; gray cloth, 4to, 174,[1] pages, lush black and white illustrations on alternating pages with blank versos, illustrated endpapers. Tiny spot of soiling on bottom rear board tip; price-clipped dust jacket is edge worn with a bit of soiling on rear panel, short closed tear at head of spine, now in protective mylar cover. Lynd Ward's beautiful wordless story of a lonely boy and... Read More
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Two prints. Historic Christ Church at Middletown, and, Day of the Hawk.
by Ward, Lynd
Two prints by Lynd Ward, 13" x 19", titled and signed in pencil by him. "Middletown" is numbered 191/250. Printed on very thin paper with light wear to edges.>
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The Biggest Bear
by Ward, Lynd
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author(s). First edition, signed by Lynd Ward on blank preliminary page (tipped-in), price of $2.75 present on front flap, date on title page, 4to, 85 pages, alternating pages of text and illustrations throughout; spine ends a touch pushed, dust jacket edge worn with a couple of tiny tears at top edge and one half inch chip out at head of spine, gold award sticker... Read More
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Remembering Sri Sarada Devi's Disciple: Swami Aseshananda As We Knew Him
by Esther Warkov
Compendium Publications, 2010-01-01. paperback. Near Fine. 10x8x1. Trade paperback, 4to, 305 pp. Slight shelf wear, owner's mark in pencil to first page.
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English Public Schools
by Warner, Rex
London: William Collins, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Red and white decorated paper over boards, 8vo, 46 pages, 8 plates in color, 30 illustrations in black and white, #90 in the Britain in Pictures series; very faint foxing to endpapers, dust jacket now protected in mylar.
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The Bridge of Time
by Warner, William Henry
Scott and Seltzer, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering & decoration under black & blue illustrated dust jacket priced $1.75, color frontispiece, 372 pp. Edgewear to DJ and small chips to corners of top of spine panel; book itself has foxing and moderate spine slant from reading. A time-travel romance in which a High Priest of the Pharoahs is transported to modern Europe. "As the conflagration across the water continued to spread, and the... Read More
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Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce: Who Called Themselves the Nimpu "the Real People
by Warren, Robert
New York, New York, U.S.A: Random House Inc, 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. A hint of wear and fading at board edges. Price clipped dust jacket with mild rubbing and edge wear, now in protective mylar cover. 64 pages.
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Bistro: French Country Recipes for Home Cooks
by Washburn, Laura
Ryland Peters & Small, 2003. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x0x9. Clean text & solid binding.
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The Art of Navigation in England in Elizabethan and Early Stuart Times
by Waters, D.W
Yale University Press, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Full blue cloth boards in yellow dust jacket, 10" tall, 696 pp. Fine copy in price-clipped dust jacket with slight edge wear. Well illustrated, foreword by Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Extra postage required for international or priority shipping.
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Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder
by Waters, John
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8x5x1. Full number line; 8vo, 372 pages, black and white photographs. John Waters dishes up stories of his life and the people in it. Studded with cameos, from Divine and Mink Stole to Johnny Depp, Kathleen Turner, Patricia Hearst, and Tracey Ullman and illustrated with photos from Water's own personal collection.
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Chicago
by Watkins, Maurine
Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover, green & tan striped paper-covered boards with paper labels on spine & front cover. Her most popular play was adapted to the Broadway musical & film after her death, becoming an even greater sensation.
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Affinities
by Watkins, Vernon
New Directions, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition stated. Full purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, light blue typographic dust jacket, 8-3/4" tall, 99 pp. Minor toning to jacket, small ink scribble near DJ price. Poems from the Welsh poet who was close friends with Dylan Thomas, and also served as a cryptographer at Bletchley Park.
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Selected Poems
by Watkins, Vernon
New Directions, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Decorated paper-covered boards in matching dust jacket, 9" tall, 92 pp. Light crease to title page, toning to pages. Poems from the Welsh poet who was close friends with Dylan Thomas, and also served as a cryptographer at Bletchley Park.
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A Paper Horse: Poems
by Watson, Robert
Atheneum, 1962. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Red cloth boards under brown & orange DJ, 8vo, 87 pp. Slight toning to top edge of inner flaps.
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Chief Joseph: His Battles...His Retreats
by Weatherford, Mark V
Albany, Oregon, 1956. Paperback. Very Good. Signed. Stapled sheets between card covers, front cover printed in black, blue tape to spine. The tape is gone from the spine, though still present on the covers. Appears to be the/an original typescript for Weatherford's book which was later printed in a smaller format. This copy inscribed: "To my grandson John ___, Grand Dad, Mark V. Weatherford." Other than the tape deterioration, a VG copy.
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John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890)
by Weber, Francis J
San Fernando, California: Junipero Serra Press. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Miniature hardcover in red leather with gilt lettering, 2 3/4 x 2 inches, 18 pages, pink and white patterned endpapers, postal stamp depicting the subject of the book pasted in across from title page, no notable flaws. This book, printed on letterpress by Roger Pannels, is issued in a limited press run of 300 copies. A short, reverent biography of John Henry Cardinal Newman. 0
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The Missionary Rationale
by Weber, Francis J MSGR
San Buenaventura, California: Junipero Serra Press. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Miniature hardcover in white leather with gilt illustration and lettering, 3 x 2 inches, 10 pages, all edges gilt, tiny silver Lilliput bookseller's label on rear paste-down, no other notable flaws. Limited press run of 300 copies, designed by Francis Braun. 0
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San Xavier Del Bac
by Weber, MSGR Francis J
San Fernando: Junipero Serra Press, 1985. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Miniature hardcover in grey goat skin with gilt lettering, 1 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches,18 pages; San Xavier Del Bac Historic Preservation stamp adhered to back of half title page, all edges gilt, no notable flaws. Printed on Letterpress by Roger Pennels, set in 9 point Baskerville type, leaded 3 points between lines. Limited printing of 300 copies. A history of the San Xavier Del Bac... Read More
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Wobbly Rock
by Welch, Lew
San Francisco: The Auerhahn Press, 1960. Soft cover. Fine. Beige stapled wraps, 8" x 6-1/8". Fine. Welch's poem, dedicated to Gary Snyder, inspired by an unsteady rock in the ocean.
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A Deal in Ostriches [Thirty Minute Theatre]
by Wells, H.G.; Sieveking, Lance (adapted by)
H.B. Fortuin, 1958. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Typescript, sheets bound by single clasp, 12-3/4" x 8", 16 pp. Underline & question mark to "Transmission" date, rusty clasp, some wrinkling to last page. First page shows rehearsal, recording, and transmission times, along with the cast: Jeffrey Segal, Manning Wilson, Anthony Viccars, Harold Young Michael Shepley, Dorothy Holmes-Gore, and Leigh Crutchley. Lance Sieveking was drama script editor for BBC for ten years. Although he retired in 1956, this play... Read More
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The Devil's Wind
by Wentworth, Patricia (Mrs. G.F. Dillon)
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Matching dates; no additional printings listed. Hardcover, full blue cloth with white and gilt decoration and lettering to front cover, gilt decoration and lettering to spine, 7-5/8" tall, 427 pp. + publisher's ads. Minor spine slant, darkening to top edge, moderate turning-in to spine ends, owner's stamp to front endpaper. An historical novel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 by the author best known for her mystery... Read More
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