The Wig: A Novel
by Wright, Charles
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Glaser, Milton. Teal cloth spine with white lettering over black paper-covered boards, embossed with heads, under Milton Glaser dust jacket, yellow endpapers. Fine condition; dust jacket is price-clipped else fine. Ishmael Reed has a wonderful retrospective of Charles Wright, dated Sept. 6 2019 (I found it on LitHub) which will introduce you to this black & bisexual author who rejected so much of the fame that helped other... Read More
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The Winning of Barbara Worth
by Wright, Harold Bell
A.L. Burt Company, 1911. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 8vo. Cootes, F. Graham. Full green cloth with white lettering and pasted on cameo of the heroine, under pictorial jacket featuring the same portrait (by illustrated F. Grahame Cootes), 511 pp. plus ads. Minor discoloration to page edges, DJ has one very small closed tear to top edge, rubbing to panels, but is extraordinarily well preserved. Although not dated by A.L. Burt, this is the latest novel listed on the front flap as... Read More
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Leo Wyatt's A Little Book of Alphabets Engraved in Wood
by Wyatt, Leo; Michael Taylor (introduction)
The Florin Press, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 0x0x0. Burgundy leather spine over white paper-covered boards with leather title label in ivory slipcase, letter from publisher laid in. Limited edition of 150 copies, this is #21. Minor toning to slipcase.
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![The Journals of Captain Nathaniel J. Wyeth's Expeditions to the Oregon Country, 1831-1836 [Young. The Correspondence and Journals of Captain Nathaniel J. Wyeth, 1831-6, A Record of Two Expeditions for the Occupation of the Oregon Country]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/f/235/703/9780877703235.OL.0.b.jpg)
The Journals of Captain Nathaniel J. Wyeth's Expeditions to the Oregon Country, 1831-1836 [Young. The Correspondence and Journals of Captain Nathaniel J. Wyeth, 1831-6, A Record of Two Expeditions for the Occupation of the Oregon Country]
by [Wyeth, Nathaniel J.] Johnson, Don [Editor]
Ye Galleon Press. paperback. New. 7x0x10. New old stock; overstock from former book distributor. Nathaniel Wyeth's failed attempt to establish anAmerican commercial interest in Oregon was directlyinspired by Hall Kelley and his promotion of Oregon. Thisbook contains Wyeth's letters before and during his trips toOregon, as well as his journals of both expeditions. Thejournals contain excellent information and include one ofthe most flattering portrayals of natives available (seepages 191-193). However, his letters are the unexpectedgem of this publication... Read More
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The Disappearance
by Wylie, Philip
Rinehart & Co.,, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Blue cloth spine over grey boards under black dust jacket designed by Benjamin Feder, priced at $3.50. Previous owner's name to front endpaper & title page.
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Wu Yangzhou Sea: Chinese painting and calligraphy market process (Chinese Edition)
by BU XIANG
China Bookstore Publishing, 2000. Soft cover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Heavy stock craft covers with mild edge wear. Unmarked pages are clean, crisp and bright. Binding straight and tight. All text in Chinese. Profusely illustrated in color.
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Three Girls in a Flat
by Yandell, Enid; Loughborough, Jean; Hayes, Laura
Chicago: Knight, Leonard & Co, 1892. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bound in blue and white cloth with gilt stamped titles, 8vo, 154,[2] pages, profusely illustrated with drawings and photographs; boards dust soiled with faint foxing and light tide marks at bottom corners, small pink stain at bottom front corner, spine heavily toned, hinges professionally reinforced, internally clean and sound. Semi-autobiographical novel about three women sharing a flat in Chicago during the time leading up to the Chicago... Read More
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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
by Yeats-Brown, Francis
The Viking Press, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. 5th printing, 1931. Beige cloth boards with blue and silver lettering & decoration. Inscribed by Yeats-Brown on front endpaper, dated 1932. Fading to spine, minor wear, lacks jacket. A popular book of its day, basis for the Gary Cooper movie of the same title which was nominated for the several Oscars, winning only for Best Assistant Director.
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Dim Sum: The Delicious Secrets of Home-Cooked Chinese Tea Lunch
by Yee, Rhoda
San Francisco: Taylor & NG, 1977. Soft cover. Very Good. 8x8x0. Trade paperback; square 8vo; 92 pp.; black & white illustrations. Light edgewear to wraps, crease at rear edge, binding is solid, pages are clean & bright. The author taught at California Culinary Academy for twenty years, and this is a standard reference for Dim Sum cookery.
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The Girl Who Cried Flowers and Other Tales
by Yolen, Jane
Thomas Y Crowell Co, 1974. First Edition. hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 9x7x0. Palladini, David. Signed. Red cloth boards under white illustrated dust jacket. Price-clipped DJ else fine. Signed "Enjoy!" by Yolen & dated 1994 on the title page. First edition with full number line.
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A Lonesome Dollie and Other Stories
by Young, Anne Spottswood
New York: Eaton & Mains/ Jennings & Graham, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5. Illustrated blue cloth, no dust jacket. A sweet, slender volume with black and white illustrations, photos, and stylized lettering throughout.
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The Rooster's Horns: A Chinese Puppet Play to Make and Perfor
by Young, Ed; Beckett, Hilary
William Collins + World Publishing Company, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x8x0. Signed by Author(s). Library binding, full green cloth with gilt rooster on front board, 4to, unnumbered pages, profusely illustrated by Ed Young; signed by Ed Young and dated '93 on title page; light shelf wear, a clean, sound and attractive copy.
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The Diary of an Ad Man
by Young, James Webb
Chicago: Advertising Publications, Inc, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Olive cloth boards under dust jacket neither priced nor clipped, first edition with 1944 on title page, 7" x 5", 256 pp. Fine in lightly worn jacket. A consistent seller for us, this is a home front journal by "one of the best copywriters in history" (Ogilvy, Ogilvy on Advertising, p. 82).
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Coup de Grace
by Yourcenar, Marguerite; Frick, Grace (trans.)
Farrar, Strauss, and Cudahy, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed. Black cloth spine over black paper-covered boards, under Seymour Chwast dust jacket priced at $3.00, 8-1/4" x 5-1/4", 151 pp. Mild spine slant, tear to top joint corner of front panel of DJ, light wear. Very good in very good jacket. First printing stated.Inscribed by both Yourcenar and Frick: “To Mrs. Georgia Horner, this product of two pens. Marguerite and Grace.â€Yourcenar and Frick met in 1937 and were... Read More
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Our Lady of Mercy: A Short Story
by Zara, Louis
Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Miniature hardcover in white leather with gilt Christmas tree on front board; edition of 249 copies; 2 1/4 x 1 13/16 inches, 44,[1] pages, two small two-color illustrations, decorative endpapers; original glassine dust jacket included, no notable flaws. Short story originally published in Esquire Magazine in 1935 tells of a scrambled society where boys found out how to make... Read More
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Vagabond Verse: Secular Latin Poems of the Middle Ages
by Zeydel, Edwin H
Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. Full red cloth boards under white illustrated dust jacket, 307 pp. Slightly askew, Near fine/Fine.I almost didn’t include this one in our hobo catalog, but the flap convinced me that these vagabonds are part of the tradition of some of the positive stereotypes of hobos: “They wrote their sprightly verse...in a spirit of restlessness but good-natured protest against the existing order. They represent the most uninhibited, devil-may-care... Read More
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The Great Zialci the Magician
by Zialcita, Jose L.; Remoto, Danton
Manila: Anvil, 2003. Fine. Signed. Trade paperback, illustrated covers, portrait frontis, 108 pp. Appears to be signed on half-title (illegible word, probably a name starting with J, below which is "Z o", laid in is a photograph of a young woman with Zialci. A Filipino magician who began by entertaining troops during WWII.
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My Grandson Lew
by Zolotow, Charlotte
New York: Harper & Row, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. William Pene Du Bois. Signed by Author(s). No statement of printing history, 12mo in pictorial boards matching dust jacket, 31 pages, color illustrations throughout, signed by the author on front free endpaper; lightly worn dust jacket with a bit of smudging and one tiny brown spot on front panel, short closed tear at top front edge, now in protective mylar cover. Lewis and his mother share their memories... Read More
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![Tableaux Topographiques, Pittoresques, Physiques, Historiques, Moraux, Politiques, Litteraires, de la Suisse. [Five Volumes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/696/716/1667716696.0.l.jpg)
Tableaux Topographiques, Pittoresques, Physiques, Historiques, Moraux, Politiques, Litteraires, de la Suisse. [Five Volumes]
by Zurlauben, Beat Fidele Antoine de; Jean-Benjamin de Laborde
Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Clousier, Rue Saint-Jacques, 1780. Hardcover. Good. Folio. Five volumes, full red leather with gilt stamped decorative borders to boards, 12 raised bands in six pairs to spine, gilt lettering & decoration in spine compartments, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 20-1/4" x 13-1/2", profusely illustrated. Laid in is an 1899 note from Hermann Linde, Art Publisher, which explains that the plates & text were printed separately, and the instructions to the binder are in volume... Read More
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