The Upper Valley: An Illustrated Tour Along the Connecticut River Before The Twentieth Century
by Wikoff, Jerold
Chelsea VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/VG+. Nice clean copy (no names, inscriptions or bookplates) in sl worn, clipped dw.
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Elizabeth Bishop: A Memorial Tribute
by Wilbur, Richard
New York: Albondocani Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Memorial Tribute first read at a meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Letters on December 7th, 1979. Copy no. 100/174 bound in hand-sewn wrappers on Italian decorative paper.
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Complaint
by Wilbur, Richard
New York: The Phoenix Book Shop, 1968. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Copy no. 73/100, signed by the author in blue pen. Bound in green and gold marbled covers with flaps.
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Walking to Sleep
by Wilbur, Richard
NY: Harcourt Brace & World, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/NF. Unclipped jacket, faint rubbing. Clean book - no names, inscriptions or bookplates.
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THE WHALE AND OTHER UNCOLLECTED TRANSLATIONS
by Wilbur, Richard
Brockport NY: Boa Editions, 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Near fine, first trade paperback edition. Near fine in near fine dustjacket. INSCRIBED BY WILBUR and dated 1986 on free front endpaper.
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THE MISANTHROPE
by Wilbur, Richard (translator). Moliere
NY: Dramatists Play Service Inc, 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Near fine, printed paper covers, stapled spine. INSCRIBED BY WILBUR to theater director Clinton Atkinson: "Clint/ This was my first shot/ at doing Moliere, /first performed/ in 1955/ Dick Wilbur/ Cummington 2000" on title page.
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OPPOSITES: POEMS AND DRAWINGS BY RICHARD WILBUR
by Wilbur, Richard
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in near fine dustjacket INSCRIBED BY WILBUR and dated 1986 in Northhampton (not far from Cummington MA where Wilbur lived) on free front endpaper.
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THE SCHOOL FOR HUSBANDS
by Wilbur, Richard (translator). Moliere
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in near fine dustjacket. INSCRIBED BY WILBUR and dated Cummington 2000 on the free front endpaper.
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THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES
by Wilbur, Richard (translator). Moliere
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in near fine dustjacket. INSCRIBED BY WILBUR and dated Cummington 2000 on the free front endpaper.
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MAYFLIES: NEW POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS
by Wilbur, Richard
NY: Harcourt, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in near fine dustjacket. INSCRIBED BY WILBUR and dated Cummington 2000 on the free front endpaper.
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THE CATBIRD'S SONG: PROSE PIECES 1963 - 1995
by Wilbur, Richard
NY: Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in near fine dustjacket. INSCRIBED BY WILBUR and dated Cummington 2000 on the free front endpaper.
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NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS
by Wilbur, Richard
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in near fine dustjacket. INSCRIBED BY WILBUR to director Clint Atkinson who also taught at Wesleyan University: "For Clinton Atkinson/ From another old Wesleyan hand/ Dick Wilbur/ Cummington 2000" on free front endpaper.
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A SKYSCRAPER STORY
by Wilcoix, Charlotte. Pelly, Cesar (foreward). Boucher, Jerry (photographs)
Minneaapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Ownership copy of Argentinian-born, American architect Cesar Pelli (1926-2019), who wrote the foreward to this book that explores the design and construction of he Norwest Center in Minneapolis MN, which his firm designed. Signed and dated October 1990 by Pelli in theupper right corner of the ffe. As new.
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THE HAPPY PRINCE
by Wilde, Oscar. Volk, Kurt (publisher)
NY: Kurt Volk, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. Book conceived by typographer and publisher Kurt Vol, designed by Meyer Wegman, edited by Charles Brodie. Printed on Okawara, handmade paper. Bound in moire silk, stamped in gold. As new in black, glossy-paper backed box, which is slightly rubbed. THE collectible copy.
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DAS BLINDIS DES MR. W. H. : LORD ARTHUR SAVILES VERBRECHEN
by Wilde, Oscar. (Quinn, John). (Yeats, Jack Butler). Greve, Felix Paul (translation and introduction) (Grove, Frederick Philip)
Minden in Westf: J. C. C. Burns, 1903. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First German translation of Wilde's short story, "The Portrait of Mr. W. H." , first published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1889. It was later added to the collection Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories (1891). The story is about an attempt to uncover the identity of Mr. W. H., the enigmatic dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets. which has led to speculation of the Bard's... Read More
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Thornton Niven Wilder April 17, 1897 - December 7, 1975. The Memorial Service
by (Wilder, Thornton). ( Loewald, Hans)
New Haven: Yale University, 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Copy owned by renowned psychiatrist, Hans Leowold (affiliated with Yale) inscribed to him and his wife by Isabel Wilder, Thornton's sister: "For Elizabeth and Hans and remembering the pleasant hours Thornton and I spent with you - far too few, alas. With warm regards, Isabel Wilder, Feb 19, 1977." Among the eulogists at the memorial service was actress Ruth Gordon; among the ushers were authors Garson Kanin... Read More
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THE LADIES REPOSITORY: A MONTHLY PERIODICAL DEVOTED TO LITERATURE AND RELIGION VOLUME XXIV
by Wiley, Rev. I. W.
Cincinnati: Poe & Hitchcock, 1864. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Original binding, half leather. Hinges revealed but holding. Intermittently foxed.
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ON COLOUR: and on the necessity for a general diffusion of taste among all classes. With remarks on laying out dressed geometrical gardens. Examples of good and bad taste, illustrated by woodcuts and coloured plates in contrast
by Wilkinson, Sir J. Gardner
London: John Murray, 1858. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A fine copy, recently rebound in plain blue cloth with gilt-stamped titles spine. New endpapers, original fly leaf then running as called for - xvi + 408 + 302, lacking errata. Evidence that the copy was minimally trimmed but no loss to any plates or text. Pity not in original binding as the internals are the nicest we've seen of this influential work.
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CARPENTER OF THE SUN
by Willard, Nancy
NY: Liveright, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Inscribed to fellow Vassar instructor theater director Clinton Atkinson "with warm wishes" with charming black penned illustration a delightful face of the sun outlined in red felt marker as balloon on a string held by arm outstretched all observed by a block-stamped Tin Woodsman (on the ffe). Near fine book in better than very good dustjacket.
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HOUSEHOLD TALES OF MOON AND WATER
by Willard, Nancy
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed to fellow Vassar instructor theater director Clinton Atkinson with a charming illustration of a sleeping half moon on gentle waves in blue felt pen, stars above and inscription below in red. Near fine book in near fine dustjacket.
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SWIMMING LESSONS: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS
by Willard, Nancy
NY: Knopf, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Inscribed to fellow Vassar instructor theater director Clinton Atkinson "with good wishes for good plays" with a block stamp of Alice (in Wonderland) in flight with the quotation " 'who invented water? ' " encircled in purple crayon and Willard's inscription encircled in orange. Fine book near fine dustjacket.
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SKIN OF GRACE
by Willard, Nancy
Columbia MO: University of Missouri Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Inscribed to fellow Vassar instructor theater director Clinton Atkinson with a charming illustration of a half moon in blue felt pen resting on a cloud in red, observed by a block stamp of the Chesthire Cat (from Alice in Wonderland). "A blue moon and all good wishes for Clint Atkinson from Nancy Willard". Trace paperback, covers a wee soiled, else near fine.
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A CHILDHOOD OF THE MAGICIAN
by Willard, Nancy
NY: Liveright, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Near fine in better than very good dw.
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19 MASKS FOR THE NAKED POET
by Willard, Nancy
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Shekerjian, regina (illustrtaed by). Inscribed to fellow Vassar instructor theater director Clinton Atkinson "with thanks for all you taught me about playwriting when you read mine" warm wishes" with Willard's charming illustration of a delightful face of the sun in black ink outlined in red and yellow felt marker (on the ffe). Fine book near fine dustjacket.
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The Happy End
by Williams, Ben Ames; Roberts, Kenneth (Foreward by)
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1939. Limited. Cloth. Near Fine +. Ettinger, Churchill. 561 of 1,250 copies. Beige spine and teal boards. Edges and corners sharp. B&w illustrations throughout. Text clean, binding tight.
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