Blake's Innocence and Experience. A Study of the Songs and Manuscripts..
by Wicksteed, Joseph
1928. London and Toronto: Dent, (and New York: Dutton,) 1928. Small thick 4to, 301 pp., with 4 color plates, 55 monochrome plates, and 20 reproductions from manuscripts. Original green cloth lettered in gilt, original printed dust-jacket, backstrip browned, otherwise a fine copy. § First edition of an attractive and well-produced book with fine illustrations. Only the second copy I have ever seen in the dust-jacket, and the first copy of the British edition (the other was... Read More
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Blake's Innocence and Experience. A Study of the Songs and Manuscripts..
by Wicksteed, Joseph
1928. London: J. M. Dent Ltd, 1928. Small thick 4to, 301 pp., with 4 color plates, 55 monochrome plates, and 20 reproductions from manuscripts. Original green cloth lettered in gilt, some foxing around edges; very good. § First edition of an attractive and well-produced book with fine illustrations. Bentley, BB, 2954.
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm [with] A.L.s. from Wiggin to a friend
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas
1903. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1903. 8vo, (1, ad), [x], 327 pp. Original green cloth, illustrated in green, pink, white and gray. Binding slightly faded, tips and backstrip ends lightly worn, upper hinge strengthened, closed tears in three leaves. Enclosed in a modern, custom box. § First edition, fourth printing, "B" binding (BAL 22632). With autograph letter loosely inserted, four pages on one folded leaf of stationary embossed "Bramall Hall, Nr. Stockport,"... Read More
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3
by Wilde, Oscar. Gay, Zhenya (illustrator)
1937. New York: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Harbor Press, 1937. Large 8vo, 42 pp. Illustrated with lithographs. Printed in red and black. Original gray leatherette with embossed brick design on upper board. Backstrip and tips worn, pastedowns with a couple spots, otherwise very good internally; in the red card slipcase, lightly shelf worn. § Limited edition of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator Zhenya Gay. Introduction by Burton Rascoe. ... Read More
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The Long Christmas Dinner & Other Plays in One Act
by Wilder, Thornton
1931. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc.; New Haven: Yale University Press, 1931. 8vo., [x], [1]-122 pp., title-page printed in red and black. Original red cloth with lettering in silver to backstrip, top-edge red, original silver, black , and red dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is only partially intact with some of the upper and lower cover torn away, top-edge of the upper board has some faint rubbing. Inscribed by the author on the title-page, "For Doris Flagg: with all the best... Read More
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The Woman of Andros
by Wilder, Thornton
1930. New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. 8vo., [1]-162 pp., title-page printed in black and orange. Original full gray cloth lettered in gilt, with vignette figure of a seated woman stamped in red to the upper board, original gray dust jacket printed in red, top edge red. Dust jacket has some minor chips at edges, faint damp stain to both jacket and corresponding parts of the cloth, otherwise internally a very good copy with gift inscription... Read More
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Heaven's My Destination
by Wilder, Thornton
1935. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1935. 8vo., vi, [1], 304, [1 colophon] pp., title-page printed in red and black. Original gray cloth lettered in black, backstrip decorated in red and lettered in black, original pictorial dust-jacket. Dust-jacket has some minor chips at edges, and a faint damp stain at the foreword fold, otherwise a really good copy. § First (U.S.) edition. "George Brush, a traveling textbook salesman, is a fervent religious convert... Read More
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William Blake Water-Color Drawings
by Willard, Helen D. (Author), Wick, Peter A. (Editor)
1957. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1957. 8vo, (10), (50, including 33 illustrations of the holdings on display), pp. Lightly thumbed, wrappers toned with some spotting on the lower panel, good. § "Nine drawings for Paradise Lost, accompanied by a verse for each one; Eight drawings for the masque, Comus, accompanied by stage directions and script; Seven drawings of characters from Shakespeare's plays; and Nine drawings by the visionary Blake to illuminate his prophecy on the... Read More
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William Blake Water-Color Drawings
by Willard, Helen D. (Author), Wick, Peter A. (Editor)
1957. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1957. 8vo, (10), (50, including 33 illustrations of the holdings on display), pp. Gift inscription in ink on title page, dated January 3, 1969. Light shelf wear, wrappers toned with some sunning to backstrip, very good. § "Nine drawings for Paradise Lost, accompanied by a verse for each one; Eight drawings for the masque, Comus, accompanied by stage directions and script; Seven drawings of characters from Shakespeare's plays; and Nine... Read More
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William Blake Water-Color Drawings
by Willard, Helen D. (Author), Wick, Peter A. (Editor)
1957. Boston: Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1957. 8vo, (10), (50, including 33 illustrations of the holdings on display), pp. Neat ink notes on half title. Near fine in original colored wrappers. § "Nine drawings for Paradise Lost, accompanied by a verse for each one; Eight drawings for the masque, Comus, accompanied by stage directions and script; Seven drawings of characters from Shakespeare's plays; and Nine drawings by the visionary Blake to illuminate his prophecy on... Read More
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William Blake Water-Color Drawings
by Willard, Helen D. (Author), Wick, Peter A. (Editor)
1957. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1957. 8vo, (10), (50, including 33 illustrations of the holdings on display), pp.Near fine in original colored wrappers. § "Nine drawings for Paradise Lost, accompanied by a verse for each one; Eight drawings for the masque, Comus, accompanied by stage directions and script; Seven drawings of characters from Shakespeare's plays; and Nine drawings by the visionary Blake to illuminate his prophecy on the Scriptures." Nicely printed by Meriden Gravure. Bentley,... Read More
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Miscellanies in Prose and Verse
by Williams, Anna
1766. London: T. Davies, 1766. 4to, [4], 184 pp. Title with woodcut fleuron; old waterstain to top forecorners of a few leaves at front. Handsome early or original half calf and marbled boards, red morocco label lettered in gilt; slightly rubbed, a very good copy. § First edition of the only book by Anna Williams (1706-1783), the blind poet and companion of Samuel Johnson. After her death Johnson wrote of her "Her curiosity was universal, her... Read More
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Biography of Revolutionary Heroes; Containing the Life of Brigadier Gen. William Barton, and Also, of Captain Stephen Olney
by Williams, Catharine R.
1839. Providence: Published by the author, 1839. Sm. 8vo, 312 pp. Crude woodcut frontispiece showing the capture of Prescott. Original pattern-embossed cloth, black label on backstrip. Joints weak, backstrip ends worn, contents clean, generally good. § First edition of this interesting and fairly early retrospective account of the beginnings of the American Revolution, possibly the first of its kind written by a woman and with a preface in which she criticizes the habitual dismissal of women... Read More
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All Hallows' Eve
by Williams, Charles
1945. London: Faber and Faber, 1945. Small slim 8vo, 206pp. Original red cloth lettered in gilt,dust-jacket. Enclosed in a red cloth slipcase with red morocco labels. Pristine, essentially as new. § First edition of this landmark work in spiritual and fantasy literature, sometimes characterized as science-fiction (but not by Wessells). The finest imaginable copy, and demonstrably never read as the final two gatherings are unopened. Charles Walter Stansby Williams (1886-1945), a companion of Lewis and... Read More
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Palgrave Advances in William Blake Studies
by Williams, Nicholas [Editor]
2006. Great Britain: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006. 8vo, xii; 283 pp. Five illustrations. Illustrated paper wrappers, very slight shelf wear. §.
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Ideology and Utopia in the Poetry of William Blake
by Williams, Nicholas M.
1998. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 8vo, xviii; 250pp. 11 illustrations. Light pencil marginalia. Black cloth with gilt lettering to backstrip. Illustrated dust-jacket with some edgewear. Very good. § First edition. Studies of Blake's response to the ideas, writings, and art of his contemporaries such as Wollstonecraft, Paine, Burke, Rousseau, and Robert Owen.
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Palgrave Advances in William Blake Studies
by Williams, Nicholas [Editor]
2006. Great Britain: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006. 8vo, xii; 283 pp. Five illustrations. Full black cloth with silver lettering to backstrip. Very good. §.
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The Law of Auctions; or, The Auctioneer's Practical Guide
by Williams, T.
1818. London: Printed for Sherwood, Neeley and Jones, 1818. 8vo, xii, 190, (1) pp. complete with addenda and publisher's catalogue on terminal leaf. An untrimmed copy in a sympathetic modern binding of half calf with backstrip lettered in gilt and brown cloth sides. Some staining and what even may be charring to the outer margins which is more curious than offensive. Very good. § Second edition. The legal underpinnings of the auction business in England with... Read More
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Hard Candy: A Book of Stories
by Williams, Tennessee
1954. [New York] New Directions [1954]., 8vo, 220pp. Original 1/2 yellow cloth over green/white striped boards, spine stamped gilt and dark blue, top edge stained dark blue. Very good. Dark blue publisher's slipcase, backstrip repaired with tape. § First edition, limited issue. Contains 9 short stories (including the earlier version of the title story, called "Mysteries of the Joy Rio"). Dedicated to Jane and Paul Bowles. One of an unspecified number of copies of the "Limited... Read More
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The Work of Six Days & the Sanctification of the Seventh Day
by Wilson, Adrian
1970. Publications of the Society of Bibliophiles at Brandeis University. Number 4. Waltham, Massachusetts, MCMLXX. 4to, 24pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Brown wrappers lightly worn, else fine. § An English translation by Dr. Edmund Rosen of the story of creation as told in the Nuremberg Chronicle with the Latin text and original illustrations on the facing pages. First printed in a Burndy Library publication 1948, re-issued here by the Society of Bibliophiles at Brandeis... Read More
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Catalogue of Books, Ancient and Modern, in the English and Foreign Languages, Containing Many Rare and Curious Articles, Generally in Fine Condition, Now on Sale, at Very Reduced Prices, by John Wilson, 19, Great May's Buildings, St. Martin's Lane
by Wilson, John
1834. London, England: John Wilson, October 1834. Folio, 9 3/4" x 6 3/4 inches, 16 pp. Thread binding, some toning. § A catalogue of 16 pages and almost 800 books sold by John Wilson, in what was most likely his going out of business sale. On the first page of this catalogue it states "being obliged to remove from London on account of ill health, he has greatly reduced the Prices of the Book sin... Read More
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The Life of William Blake
by Wilson, Mona. (William Blake)
1971. London: OUP, 1971. 8vo, xiv, 415pp. Frontispiece portrait of Blake by Linnell, otherwise unillustrated. Some toning to page edges. Original blue cloth, lacking dust-jacket. Backstrip just slightly faded, very good. § Revised and best edition of this standard work first issued in 1927 by the Nonesuch Press; this edition edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Bentley, Blake Books, 2981 G: "a very full, accurate, and reliable work". The first edition had 24 illustrations, which were omitted... Read More
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![The Theatric Tourist : being a genuine collection of correct views, with brief and authentic historical accounts of all the principal provincial theatres in the United Kingdom: replete with useful and necessary information to theatrical professors, whereby they may learn how to chuse [sic] and regulate their country engagements; and with numerous anecdotes to amuse the reader..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/993/918/1523918993.0.l.jpg)
The Theatric Tourist : being a genuine collection of correct views, with brief and authentic historical accounts of all the principal provincial theatres in the United Kingdom: replete with useful and necessary information to theatrical professors, whereby they may learn how to chuse [sic] and regulate their country engagements; and with numerous anecdotes to amuse the reader..
by [Winston, James]
1805. London: T. Woodfall, 1805. 4to, lacks pp. 19-22 and pp. 33-34, BUT with all 24 hand-colored aquatint plates, some text leaves watermarked 1801; some plates watermarked 1802) disbound, lacking covers. Recently lightly washed and cleaned, staining and spotting still visible on text and plates but not offensive; preserved in a new blue cloth box. Rubberstamp on title 'GDF'. § Only edition, of great rarity. A bookseller's invoice (Batsford, £9-10s) dated 1932 is loosely inserted. Winston's... Read More
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The Canoe and the Saddle, Adventures among the Northwestern Rivers and Forests; and Isthmiana
by Winthrop, Theodore
1863. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. 8vo, (1), 375, 16 (ads)pp. Publisher's blindstamped cloth, brown coated endpapers; backstrip sunned, a touch of fraying to the backstrip ends, 8mm closed tear in front free endpaper; very good. § First edition. A novelized memoir of travels in the Pacific Northwest by Connecticut-born writer and abolitionist Theodore Winthrop. Winthrop was the first Union officer to be killed in the Civil War. His novels were published posthumously. The Winthrop Glacier... Read More
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William Blake's Epic: Imagination Unbound
by Witke, Joanne
1986. London: Croom Helm, 1986. 8vo, 231 pp. With 21 plates. Original black cloth, dust-jacket, as new. § First edition. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement, p. 682: "a plate-by-plate analysis of the 'philosophical principles' of Jerusalem...".
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