Russian Architecture: Trends in Nationalism and Modernism
by Voyce, Arthur
New York: Philosophical Library, 1948. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good -. Chipping jacket edges, edge wear and light soiling. 189 black and white plates. Slight toning first few pages.
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THE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN PARIS: AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH
by Wackernagel., Rev. William
Philadlepha: The General Council Publication House, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo, light green cloth stamped in darker green, 64 pages, illustrated in duotone photographs. The history of Lutheran church in Paris, Eglise Saint-Jean, 147 Rue de Granelle. Printed to promote American and French Lutheran cooperation post World War 1. Fine copy Scarce.
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The Plains and the Rockies: A Bibliography of Original Narratives of Travel and Adventure 1800-1865
by Wagner, Henry R.; Camp, Charles L. (Revised By)
Columbus, OH: Long's College Book Company, 1953. Third Edition. Gray Cloth. Near Fine -/No Dj. Minor crease down center of spine, edges slightly rubbed. Cover edges sharp with extremely lightly rubbed corners. Binding tight. Text clean. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions.
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An Edmund Wilson Celebration
by Wain, John
Oxford: Phaidon Press Ltd, 1978. First UK Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Clean copy. Not priceclipped. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions.
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Edmund Wilson: The Man and his Work
by Wain, John
New York: New York University Press, 1978. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Gilt title along spine. Text clean. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions.
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WALDMAN ON DANCE
by Waldman, Max (photographs). Barnes, Clive (introduction by)
NY: William Morrow, 1977. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Loose sheets place in clamshell box. Inscribed by Waldman to a close friend and patron: "To George In appreciation for your commitment to the arts. All the very best Max Waldman NYV 3/78" This edition limited to 200 copies, this copy numbered 41. 125 b&w photographs on 99 plates by Waldman of dance sequences from 28 ballets plus text. Fine all around.
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ELEMENTS OF GEOGRAPHY, AND OF NATURAL AND CIVIL HISTORY
by Walker, John
Printed and sold by Darton and Harvey: London, 1795. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 19thc quarter-leather over marbleized boards, 516p, with binder's instructions and errata and addenda after table of contents. Dedicated "To the Female Sex"; Walker writes, "to enforce the equality of the sexes, some pages of this wrok have been devoted.in asserting the rights of women and on every other moral subject, I have spoken from the language of my heart." Fittingly, the inscription on... Read More
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The Chariot Race from Ben-Hur
by Wallace, Lew
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908. Later Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Dustjacket. Ivanowski, Sigismond. bound in cobalt cloth with beautiful stamped pictorial cover, spine a bit faded with some rubbing at the ends, binding tight, a small water stain to prelims, does not affect text.
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An Examination of The Ancient Orthography of the Jews, and of the Original State of the Text of the Hebrew Bible (2 vols)
by Wall, Charles William
London: Whittaker and Co, 1835. Presumed First Edition. Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles Spin. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Part I (Vol 1, 1835): Part the First, Containing an Inquiry into the Origin of Alphebetic Writing; with Which is Incorporated an Essay on the Egyptian Hieroglyphs. x + 378 + 3 foldout charts; Part II: (Vol 3, 1841): Part the Second, on the Propogation of Alphabets and Other Phonetic Systems Throughgout Eastern Asia; and on the Vast Inferiority of Ideagraphic Writing,... Read More
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SHAKESPEARE'S HOME AND RURAL LIFE
by Walter, James. (Rev. Howard Ward Beecher). (Liverpool). (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers)
London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1874. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poor. COPY OWNED BY REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER WITH ALS FROM AUTHOR PRESENTING THE BOOK. First edition, large 4to, purple cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, aeg, with numerous, full page "illustrations of localities and scenes around Stratford Upon-Avon by the helioytype process". Disbound copy, covers worn, spine browned. With references in the text to Rev. Beecher's visit with his wife to Stratford on Avon in 1850, with a... Read More
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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
by Walton, Izaak. Thorpe, James (illustrations)
Toronto: Musson Book Company, 1911. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Canadian edition of the trade edition with the Thorpe illustrations, on same British plates, printed by Constable in Edinburgh. Wide 8vo, green cloth, gilt pictorial and title front cover, gilt titles to spine, xvi (1) 166 (1). Plates mounted on heavy green stock w/ printed tissue guard. Trace of wear cover edges and corners, internals fine throughout, neat owner name ffe.
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Institute of Contemporary Arts, University of Pennsylvania. October 8th to November 21st, 1965. (Andy Warhol)
by Warhol, Andy. Green, Samuel Adams (introduction). Birillo, Ben (book design)
Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Catalog of Warhol's first museum show, with the compliments card of Sam Green, who curated it. 8vo, illustrated stiff covers, black cloth backstrip, perfect bound, 27 full page illustrations. Housed in a phase box with an enameled medallion - with the Warhol image of Campbell soup cans, similar to the cover of the catalog - in a round silver mount on the front slot,... Read More
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THE EXPERIENCES OF A BARRISTER
by Warner, Warren
NY: Cornish Lamport, 1852. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Elaborate blind stamped brown cloth, front and back, gilt spine titles. Double, 2-tone chromo forntispieces with tissue guard. 240 pages. Edges and covers moderately worn. Intermittent foxing. Solid binding.
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OR ELSE - Poem/Poems 1968-1974
by Warren, Robert Penn
New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. No.70/300 of a special printing of the first edition, signed by author.
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Selected Poems New and Old 1923 - 1966
by Warren, Robert Penn
NY: Harper Collins, 1966. First Edition - Limited - Lettered Copy. Hardcover. Near Fine. 250 copies, this #250, signed by Warren. In slipcase a tad soiled, spine a wee rubbed, else near fine.
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Incarnations: Poems 1966-1968
by Warren, Robert Penn
New York: Random House, 1968. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. No. 154/250 signed by author.
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Historic Tales of Olden Time: Concerning The Early Settlement and Advancement of New York City and State for the Use of Families and Schools
by Watson, John F.
NY: Collins and Hannay, 1832. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, v, [iii], 214. 11 lithographic views of New York. Red, half-leather over marbelized boards. Cover a tad scuffed. Solid binding.
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Pedestrian Sketches
by Watson, Mary
Kansas City: The Lowell Press, 1930. First Edition. Green Cloth. Fine -/Very Good. Corners and spine ends very gently bumped. Title in decorative green label pasted on front cover. Edges sharp, text clean. Very slight crack at spine between pages 48-49, but binding still tight and firm. Dj with faded spine and edges, minor chipping to top spine end and top panel edges, small closed tear lower edge rear panel.
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LOGIC: OR. THE RIGHT USE OF REASON IN THE INQUIRY AFTER THE TRUTH. WITH ...
by Watts, Isaac
Newburyport: Printed by W. Barrett, 1796. Second American Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Local printing of second American edition, Original tree calf, missing leather over foot of spine for about half inch. Printed By W. Barrett in Newburyport (MA) for sale by Thomas and Andrews, 45 Newbury Street, Boston. With bookseller ticket on the pastedown for Thomas & Wimple at Market Square in Newburyport. Worn copy, hinges revealed still holding, 2/3rds of rear endpaper cut-off and lacking ffe.
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SCOTT - KING'S MODERN EUROPE
by Waugh, Evelyn. Piper, Joihn (dustjcaket art)
London: Chapman & Hall, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine copy all around. No names, inscriptions or bookplates.
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Basil Seal Rides Again or The Rake's Regress
by Waugh, Evelyn. Hale, Kathleen (frontispiece by)
Little Brown, 1963. First US Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First US edition, after the first British in 1982, Limited edition of 1000 copies in the US, this #165, signed by Waugh under the limitation. Blue cloth with gilt pressed image fornt cover. In original cleat acetate which is missing some a piece top edge rear, bottom edge front. Internals as new.
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Lot of 6 Adastra Press titles - Mostly Nothing Happens, Niagara Falls, How To Burn, Millrat, Seagull Beach , Allegehny
by W.D. Ehrhart, Jim Daniels, Christopher Locke, Michael Casey, Gary Metras, Ed Ochester
Easthanptom: Adastra Press, 1994. 1st Editions, Limited. Soft cover. Fine. Six titles, 1994 - 1996, each in fine condition, Millrat slightly faded around edges. Each limited softcover edition, each apparently unused, unread.
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SMALL COUNTRY HOUSES OF TO-DAY
by Weaver, Lawrence (editor)
London: Country Life. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Presumed first or early printing, and the first of what evolved as three volume series. undated, c1920, 4to, gilt-pressed green cloth, x, 224, (8) with index and publisher's list in rear. Lots of plans and diagrams and stunning b&w images of English country houses, exterior and interior, plainly showing the influence of Arts and Crafts in architectural design and home furnishings and decor, plus landscape. Cloth covers faded.
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ALL-AMERICAN IX: A NEAR PERFECT WORLD
by Weber, Bruce
Little Bear Press, 2009. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. SIGNED BY WEBER on title page. As new. Books plainly signed (i.e without inscription) by Weber are rare, particularly the All American series.
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ALL-AMERICAN V: IS LOVE ENOUGH
by Weber, Bruce
Little Bear Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. SIGNED BY WEBER on front endpaper. As new. Books plainly signed (i.e without inscription) by Weber are rare, particularly the All American series.
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