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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The Social Glee Book: Being A Selection Of Glees And Part Songs, By Distinguished German Composers; Together With Original Pieces
by William Mason and Silas A. Bancroft. Mendelssohn, et al (composers)
NY: Mason Brothers, 1847. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Oblong 8v0. green pebbled cloth, blind stamp rule and garland surround to titles in gilt, 128 pp. Uncommon 19thC American song book in uncommonly un- or little-used condiution. No ownership markings. Musical scores set by A. P. Kendrick, music typographer, 20 Devonshire St, Boston.
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Stephen Fox, Kt. from His First Entrance Upon the Stage of Action, Under the Lord Piercy, Till His Decease. . to Which Is Added, a Succinct Account of His Will and Testament
by William Pittis. (Bransby, James Hews)
London: Printed for J. Sackfield ...and sold by J. Roberts, 1717. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Leaves trimmed and rebound in early 19thC red leather with elaborate blind tooling and gilt, gilt edges all arouynd. viii, 104. With three bookplates of various periods, one of which is of James Hews Bransby (1783 - 1847), English Unitarian minister and author, noted for eccentric behaviour. Spine edges and corners with obvious wear.
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Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth. Transcript of the Proceedings Wenner - Gren International Symposium Princeton NJ June 16 -11, 1955
by William L. Thomas, Jr. (editor). Lewis Mumford, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, et al (contributors)
NY and Washington: Wenner - Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research with the collaboration of the National Science Foundation, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Presentation copy, inscribed in Volume 1 by one of the four organizers of the symposium, William L. Thomas, Jr, to another organizer all-around intellectual and philosopher Lewis Mumford: "For Lewis Mumford, champion of the human prospect, with fond memories of our week at Princeton. Bill Thomas" The symposium had 68 participants, all leading scholars... Read More
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TENNESSEE. THREE PLAYS BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS. THESE ARE THE STAIRS YOU GOT TO WATCH. CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. THE GLASS MENAGERIE
by Williams, Tennessee. Smith, Clarice (illustrator). Kahn, Michael (preface by). Smith, David Bruce (commentary by)
Washington DC: Librix Continuum, 2002. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. As New. Large folio, elaborately produced, bound in full Italian leather and housed in full leather box, all of which is still in green publisher's storage box. Limited edition, this 66 of 1500 copies, numbered and signed on the title page by one of the book designers and binders John Paul Greenawalt, the other Stephen L. Vanilio. The book was produced in celebration of The Shakespeare Theatre's Production of... Read More
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A BOOK OF SWEETHEARTS: PICTURES BY FAMOUS AMERICAN ARTISTS
by Will Jenkins (decorations by). Will Grefe, Harrison Fisher, Clarence T. Underwood, Howard Chandler Christy, et al.
Indianoplis: Bobbs Merrill, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Squarish 4to, pictorial pastedown on green cloth covers a tad soiled/ spotted. Internals as nice as we could expect to find. Lovely text decorations in a "pretty" Art Noveau style by Jenkins.
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One World: The Photographic Album Edition
by Willkie, Wendell L.
NY: The Limited Editiions Club, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Nicely preserved copy in black cloth clamshell box with gilt titles. Signed by Willkie on the colophon. Lmited to 1500 copies.
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THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN
by Wilson, Meredit ( music and lyrics). Morris, Richard (book by). (Tammy Grimes)
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1961. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Inscribed on the title page by actress Tammy Grimes who played the totle character in the original Broadway production "Dear Jane and Bob - I remember her well - wishing you unsinkable joy. Tammy Grimes" Jane and Bob Emerson managed the Drama Book Shop for many years, the go-to bookstore for theatre professionals and aficionados. Book near fine, dustjacket rubbed. Book club edition. Dustjacket worn and... Read More
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Division and Reunion: 1829 - 1889 (Epochs of American History)
by Wilson, Woodrow
NY: Longmans and Green, 1893. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo, blie rinned cloth, gilt to spine, xix, 326 (2), 5 fold out maps. An apparently unread copy, all mapsin original folds, about as nice as can be found.
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Tidewater Virginia
by Wilstach, Paul
Indainapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929. First Edition. Cloth Boards. Near Fine -/None. Cloth boards, gilt-pressed titles on front and spine. Spine soiled else fine all over. 326pp. Index. Frontispiece, two-page map and appprox 50 b&w full page photographs, decoarted endpapers, gift inscription ffe.
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An Arrangement Of The Psalms, Hymns, And Spiritual Songs Of The Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. , to Which Are Added Indexes, Very Much Enlarged and Improved. by James M. Mitchell
by Winchell, James M. (Morse, Jeddiah)
Boston: Lincoln & Edmands and James Loring, 1820. Second Edition. Full Calf. VG-. . Adapted to the Use of Congregational and Presbyterian Worhip by Jedidiah Morse, D. D, Uncommon second edition in original or early full calf, red leathwer label. Some lightstaining to edges not travering to text block. Leather worn, but firmly bound. A solid, unspohisticated copy.
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Manual for rifle practice Including suggestions for practice at long range and for the formation and management of rifle associations
by Wingate, George W. (Gen.)
NY: W.C. & F.P. Church, Army and Navy Journal, 1878. Sixth Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Sixth revised edition, terra-cotta cloth, some loss at spine head. xviii + 19 - 303p + 13p adv, last leaf excised. Gift inscription to prep school rifle club member on ffe dated 1943. Covers titles stamped in black along with "This Book Is The Property of The Stae of New York" to front. Coves a wee soiled, spine a bit cocked. ... Read More
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Classic Powercraft Volume 1 and Volume 2
by Wingard, Norm and Jim
Classic Powercraft, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dustjacket as Issued. Both volumes fine, both signed by both authors.
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TERRY WINTERS/ SHADOWGRAPHS (with) SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE by SALLY TALLMAN
by Winters, Terry (wood engravings). Tallman, Sally (story by)
NY: Two Palms Pess, 2002. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Portfolio of reproductions of 12 wood engravings, 13 loose sheets with Winter's images on the left side of the sheet and Tallman's writings on the right. Some rubbing to title page, else near fine.
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The American Stage Of Today Biographies and Photographs of One Hundred Leading Actors and Actresses
by Winter, William
NY: P F Collier & Son, 1910. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A remarkably well preserved copy. Large 4to, pictorial covers, amply illustrated with photographs and period decoration. Aside from edgewear on the bottom, little evidence of use. THE collectible copy.
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Shakespeare's England
by Winter, William
New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1916. Ter-centenary Edition. Black Cloth. Near Fine -/No Dj. Number 347 of 450 copies. Signed at limited edition page. Edges and corners sharp. Spine ends slightly worn. Small white diagonal mark at spine. Front cover decorated in gilt. Rear cover with some scuffing. Sound copy.
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THE COMING WORLD WAR
by Wintringham, Thomas Henry
NY: Thomas Seltzer, 1935. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Near fine book - no names, inscription or bookplates in unclipped dustjacket slightly soiled at spine and missing a narrow strip spine end. Thomas Henry Wintringham (1898 - 1949) was a British soldier, military historian, journalist, poet, Marxist, politician and author. He was a supporter of the Home Guard during the Second World War and was one of the founders of the Common Wealth Party.
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The Wirtz Private Garden by Marco Valdivia
by Wirtz, Jacques, Martin and Peter (landscape designers). Valdivia, Marco (photographer)
Schoten: BAI Publishers, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Sumptuous b&w and color film (not digital) photography of private garden designed by Belgian landscape architect Jacques Wirtz and his sons Martin and Peter. With introductory texts by Roger Malbert and Tania Compton. Hardback with pictorial dustjacket in slipcase. As new all around. Edition of 3000 copies.
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Of Time and the River: A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth
by Wofle, Thomas
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. Black Cloth. Near Fine/Poor. Spine ends gently bumped. Gilt title front cover. Binding tight. Poor dustjacket. Text clean.
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A LITERARY PILGRIMAGE AMONG THE HAUNTS OF FAMOUS BRITISH AUTHORS (and) LITERARY SHRINES: THE HAUNTS OF SOME FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHORS
by Wolfe, Theodore A., M. D., Ph. D. (Chaucer, Byron, Dickens, Burns, Emerson, Thoreau et al)
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1895. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. VG+. Two uniform volumes, 5th edition (apparently issued in a gift box that is missing), gold cloth decorated with peacock feather motif, decorations in the Arts& Crafts style, gte, sides untrimmed, illustrated w/ b&w photograph reproductions w/ tissue guards. Covers modestly soiled, some light foxing here and there largely at front and back.
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Carolina Folk Plays: Second Series. Five One Act Plays. . Edited with an Introduction on Making a Folk Theatre and a Bibliography ..
by (Wolfe, Thomas) Koch, Frederick Henry, editor
NY: Henry Holt, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12 mo, original buckram in dustjacket, illustrated with 11 photographs, 173p. Includes, pp 31- 44, "The Return of Buck Gavin: The Tragedy of a Mountain Outlaw" by Thomas Wolfe, making it his first published appearance in book form (preceded by "The Crisis in Industry", an undergraduate pamphlet printed in 1919). "Gavin" was one of three one-act plays comprising the first dramatic program of Professor Koch's Carolina Playmakers. Two... Read More
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Bulletin of the American Rock Garden Society Mixed 1955-1957
by Worth, C. R. (editor)
Plainfield, NJ: American Rock Garden Society, 1955. Soft cover. Very Good +. July, 1955 (Vol. 13) & January, April, July, & October, 1956 (Vol. 14) & January & October, 1957 (Vol. 15). Some covers very slightly soiled, bindings tight, text clean, b&w photographs throughout.
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Photomicrography: An Introduction to Photomicrography with the Microscope
by Wratten and Wainright, Ltd)
Rochester NY: Eastman Kodak Co, 1915. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. The third edition, 1915, after the first 1907 and second 1910 (republished in 1911). Early editions like this are uncommon; later editions after 1935 are apparently easy to come by. Booklet, stapled spine, 35 pp, illustrated in b&w, with colored pictorial of slides front and back cover. Covers soiled with ownership initials and numerical label at the top of front cover. Verso front cover has inset... Read More
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Other Early Records of the Passenger Pigeon (Excerpt from "The Auk," Vol. XXVIII, No. 4, Oct., 1911)
by Wright, Albert Hazen
1911. Pamphlet. Near Fine -. Pp. 428-449 from the journal. Minor rubbing to lower edge p. 431. Paper cover. Text clean.
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THE LONELY DOLL
by Wright, Dare
First edition, early printing,with 1957 date both on copyright and title page of the first title in The Lonely Doll series. Dare Wright's, arguably "offbeat" take on girlhood; even with "modern" sensibilities well-advanced from the 1950s when Dare created the characters and story of Edith and her Teddy Bears, some now perhaps regard it as "edgy". A very nice copy in price-clipped pictorial dustjacket front and back that replicates the covers of the book. With a young girl's bookplate on... Read More
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