The Case of the Blue Lacquer Box
by Worts, george F.
New York: Novel Selections, Inc, 1942. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/Fine. Digest Sized, 128pp. wraps. The Mystery Novel Classic Series #41. Sharp first paperback printing. Only original Doubleday 1939 publication date listed but actually 1942. $.25 cover price. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear or toning. Ownership signature on the top of the first page. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Remarkably well-preserved and almost certainly unread. A gorgeous... Read More
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Mammon
by Wren, P.C.
New York: Fredrick A. Stokes, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Beautiful First Edition. 8vo., 330pp. Original yellowish cloth with titles stamped in black. Square, tight and clean throughout. A touch of wear to spine ends but quite minor. Dust shadow on top edges. A very well-preserved book. Attractive unclipped wrapper, ($2.00), has some edge-wear and chipping to the spine ends. Spine toning. Still a solid example. A sharp collectable copy and fairly uncommon, particularly with the... Read More
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Marcus Blair; A Story of Provincial Times
by Wright, Caleb E.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1873. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 165(2)pp. Stunning First Edition, First Printing of a scarce book in the market. Original unfaded burgundy cloth with spine titles in black and embossed in gilt. Square, tight and clean throughout. Very minor wear to the crown and a hint of wear to the lower tips. A touch of rubbing but this copy is simply gorgeous. An excellent collectable copy... Read More
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American Fiction 1774-1850
by Wright, Lyle H.
San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1948. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. One Volume in Dust-jacket. 8vo., 355pp. Beautiful Revised Edition. Original blue cloth in a beautiful unclipped wrapper. Also included are two typed letters, from 1946, from the author to the books recipient who had communicated some information, (two typed letters from him to the author also included), pertinent to the completion of the revised edition yet to be published. Inscribed by the author on the ffep, "To Kirke... Read More
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Richard Wright: Early Works; Lawd Today!, Uncle Tom's Children, Native Son; Later Works: Black Boy, The Outsider (Library of America #55 & #56)
by Wright, Richard
New York: Library of America, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase. 8vo., 2 Volumes in individual slipcases. Bound in blue cloth with spine titles in gilt. Beautiful Unread First Printings. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Fine publisher's slipcases have perhaps a hint of soiling in spots. A very pretty collectable set at a great price.
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The Throne of Saturn
by Wright, S. Fowler
Sauk City. WI: Arkham House, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. Ronald Clyne. 8vo., 186pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing, one of 3062 copies printed. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save perhaps a gentle bump to the heel but quite minor. Impeccable unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.00), is fresh bright example with no chipping, tears or creases. Not an uncommon title but this one is a simply gorgeous collectable copy. (Jaffery, Horrors & Unpleasantries,... Read More
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Vengeance of GWA
by Wright, S. Fowler
London: Books of To-Day, LTD, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine/Very Good. Sharp First Edition. 8vo., 204pp. Original red cloth with titles in black on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout without the typical foxing of a book from this period. Very light wear to the spine ends and tips. Contemporary owner's signature on the ffep. Very pretty unclipped (8/6) wrapper has some mild edge-wear and a couple of tiny closed tears that are barely noticeable. Some... Read More
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Catalogue of the Etchings of Joseph Pennell
by Wuerth, Louis A. - Compiler
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12" x 8.75", (xx)312pp. w/ Index. Beautiful First Edition, #152 of only 465 copies printed. Bound in 1/4 tan calf over brown cloth boards with gilt border. Titles in gilt on spine. t.e.g. Frontis and hundreds of illustrations alongside each etching entry. Frontis is an original etching, "The Bridges from Brooklyn by Pennell. Plain brown dust-wrapper with titles in black on spine panel. Introduction by Elizabeth Robins... Read More
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Stella: One Woman's True Tale of Evil, Betrayal, and Survival in Hitler's Germany
by Wyden, Peter
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 382pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. No page toning or foxing. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($23.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. A gorgeous collectible copy.
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Storm Music (Bright With Peril)
by Yates, Dornford (Cecil William Mercer)
New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Near Fine Minus. 8vo., 282pp. Sharp First Edition of this uncommon mystery, originally published as a serial in Women's Home Companion earlier in 1934 under the title Bright With Peril. Also published in the UK by Hodder & Stoughton. Bound in light blue cloth with lettering in navy on front board and spine. Square and tight with just a touch of wear at the spine ends but... Read More
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A Chinese Childhood
by Yee, Chiang
New York: The John Day Company, 1952. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo., 303pp. Sharp Stated First American Edition, bound in black cloth with titles in yellow on spine and in Chinese characters in yellow on front board. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of softness to crown. Very attractive illustrated unclipped dust-jacket, ($5.00), has some moderate soiling and a tiny nick on the top rear panel. Bright and complete with no tears or... Read More
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The Silent Traveller in San Francisco (Signed First Edition)
by Yee, Chiang
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 366pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing, with full number sequence. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save some gentle bumping to spine ends but quite minor. A touch of off-setting to end-papers. Very attractive clipped dust-jacket has a mildly toned spine and a couple of short, barely noticeable, closed tears. Still fresh and bright with no creases or chipping. Inscribed... Read More
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Modern Chinese Poetry: Theory and Practice Since 1917
by Yeh, Michelle
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.,252pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Bound in grey cloth with spine titles in red. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket is fresh and bright with no creases, tears or chipping. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.
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Lord John Film Festival
by Yellin, Herb; Editor
Northbridge, CA: Lord John Press, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. large 4to., 224pp. Beautiful First Trade Edition. There was also a limited edition of 350 copies. First Printing with full number sequence. Bound in black cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($50.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. This copy is signed by Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison,... Read More
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Wild Berries (Uncorrected Advance Proofs)
by Yevtushenko, Yevgeny
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1984. Uncorrected Proof. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo., Wraps 296pp.. Beautiful Unread Uncorrected Galley Proof. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, tears or toning. A sharp collectable copy of an uncommon item.
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Venice
by Yriarte, Charles
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1900. First U.S. Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 449pp. Translated from the French by F.J. Sitwell. Illustrated. Bound in original publisher's maroon cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, t.e.g., red silk bookmark bound-in. A fine, bright copy, in a maroon linen dust jacket with slight soil and sun to spine. Small scrape to the bottom rear edge of DJ and board. Mild off-setting to endpapers from DJ. A beautiful collectable copy with... Read More
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