IMPERISHABLE BEAUTY, PICTURES PRINTED IN COLLOTYPE
by Wright, Helena E.
Washington, DC: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, 1988. stiff paper wrappers. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. An exhibition catalogue. A near fine copy. Comments on the exhibition with a catalogue. Tipped in frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout.
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FOBES MEMORIAL LIBRARY, WITH THE ADDRESSES AT THE LAYING OF THE CORNER-STONE AND AT THE DEDICATION.|THE
by Wright, Henry P.
Oakham, MA: Fobes Memorial Library, 1909. red cloth stamped in gilt, beveled edges. 8vo. red cloth stamped in gilt, beveled edges. 121 pages. History of the library and genealogy of the family. With separate plates of illustrations throughout. Well produced book.
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SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER
by Wright, James
London: Rapp & Whiting, 1969. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. Not paginated. First English edition. Includes "A Note on James Wright" by Robert Bly. Bookseller's stamp at the foot of the front pastedown. Top edge and fore-edge foxed, abrasion at the top corner of the front free endpaper. Ccreased, price-clipped white dust jacket soiled at the edges.
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NEWES FROM THE NEW-WORLD
by Wright, Louis B. (editor)
(Los Angeles, California): Officers and Council of the Friends of the Huntington Library, 1946. paper-covered boards. large 12mo. paper-covered boards. (iv), 29 + (1) pages. First edition of one thousand individually numbered copies. With an introduction by Louis B. Wright. A brief study of documents in the Huntington collection that are from the seveteenth century and address English colonization of the New World. Cover foxed.
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ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO AMERICAN FICTION, A CONTRIBUTION TOWARD A BIBLIOGRAPHY. 1851-1875
by Wright, Lyle H.
San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1965. cloth, supplement is in stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. cloth, supplement is in stiff paper wrappers. 417-438 pages. This is only the supplement containing additions and corrections (1965). Covers lightly soiled.
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AMERICAN FICTION, A CONTRIBUTION TOWARD A BIBLIOGRAPHY. 1774-1850
by Wright, Lyle H.
San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1948. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 355 pages. Revised edition. Jacket shows light wear.
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STATISTICAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN FICTION, 1774-1850.|A
by Wright, Lyle H.
(San Marino, CA): Huntington Library, 1939. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. (309-318). Reprinted from The Huntington Library Quarterly, Vol. II, No.3, April, 1939. With a list of best sellers that includes only titles that reached at least four editions. The author notes that the majority of these writers receive little or no mention in literary histories. Tables based on nearly 1400 titles in Wright's classic American Fiction, 1774-1850. Some soiling to covers, edges worn.
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AMERICAN FICTION 1774-1850: A CONTRIBUTION TOWARD A BIBLIOGRAPHY
by Wright, Lyle H.
San Marino, CA: (Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery), 1939. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 246 pages. First edition. Some tears to the dust jacket, ownership inscription in ink on front free endpaper, else a very good copy. Printed by The Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles, CA. Eight plates; title page in red and black. Table of contents, introduction, acknowledgments, key to books referred to in the notes, list of abbreviations, bibliography, appendix, chronlogical and... Read More
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INSTRUCTION BOOKS ON THE ART AND PRACTICE OF DRAWING AND PRINTING
by Wrightson, Priscilla.(editor)
London, England: B. Weinreb Architectural Books, 1978. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 104 pages. Catalogue 39. Introductory comments, list of "subjects to be found in these books." Addendum on inside back wrapper. Black and white illustrations throughout. Wrappers slightly chipped at edges.
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LITTLE BOOK.|THE
by Wright, Richardson
(N.P.: Trinity College, 1940. cloth. thin 8vo. cloth. (20) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Minor uneven fading to spine and edges, else a near fine copy. An address delivered on the occasion of the 500th Anniversary of the printing of the Holy Bible by Gutenberg and the 300th Anniversary of the Bay Psalm Book. Designed by Lester Douglas.
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WIR NEGER IN AMERIKA
by Wright, Richard
Zürich: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1948. publisher's cloth. Black History. tall 8vo. publisher's cloth. 157 pages. Text in German. First edition. A near fine copy. Contains numerous b&w illustrations throughout. A rare book.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF WALTER H. PATER
by Wright, Samuel
New York: Garland Publishing Co, 1975. cloth. Pater, Walter H.. 8vo. cloth. xxiii, 190 pages. First edition. Reproduced from typescript. Front cover spotted.
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REYNOLDS PRICE, A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1949-1984
by Wright, Stuart and James L.W. West
Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1986. cloth, dust jacket. Price, Reynolds. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 122 pages. First edition. Includes books, pamphlets, and broadsides, contributions, translations, interviews, etc. Includes coverage of juvenilia and an extensive annotated list of interviews.
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PETER TAYLOR, A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1934-87
by Wright, Stuart
Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1988. cloth, dust jacket. Taylor, Peter. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 228 pages. First edition. Describes all the works of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and short story writer, including appearances in periodicals, interviews, and published quotes and comments.
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RANDALL JARRELL, A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1929-1983
by Wright, Stuart
Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1986. half cloth over boards, dust jacket. Jarrell, Randall. 8vo. half cloth over boards, dust jacket. xvi, 372 pages. First edition. Includes separate publications, contributions to books and periodicals, interviews, sound recordings, musical settings, translations, etc.
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LITERARY CULTURE IN EARLY NEW ENGLAND, 1620-1730
by Wright, Thomas Goddard
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1920. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 322, (2) pages. First edition. Ex Libris copy. With bookplate, "Western Reserve University." With, "MAXL," in marker on front free endpapers. Studies of education, libraries and the circulation of books, production of literature and various appendices including one on the movement of books to and among New Englanders.
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WHITE MOUNTAINS, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 1918-1947
by Wright, Walter W.
N.P.: Appalachia, 1948. paper wrappers. White Mountains. 8vo. paper wrappers. (21) pages. A reprint from the December 1948 issue of Appalachia. Covers spotted with bumped corners.
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TI AAR I C.A. REITZELS BOGLADE
by Wroblewski, Otto
Kjøbenhavn: (C.A. Reitzels Boghandels, 1969. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 59, (2) pages. Edition limited to 1200 numbered copies. This is a reprint of the 1889 ten year anniversary book of C. A. Reitzels, the Copenhagen publisher. Illustrated with an image of Reitzel. Wrobleski provides a forward.
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REVIEW OF HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO CANADA
by Wrong, George M. and H. H. Langton
Toronto: Morang & Co., Limited, 1908. Cloth, deckled edges. Canada. 4vo. Cloth, deckled edges. x, (ii), 212 pages. Volume XII: Publications of the Year 1907. This volume includes reviews of historical publications concerning Canada in 1907. Wear at the extremities, corners bumped.
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HISTORY OF PRINTING IN COLONIAL MARYLAND 1686-1776
by Wroth, Lawrence C.
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2010. paper covered boards. Maryland. tall 8vo. paper covered boards. l., v-xiv pages., 1 l., 275 pages. Reprint of the 1922 first edition which was limited to 500 copies. Contains a number of full page plates. Still one of the most exhaustive studies of the printing press and literature of Colonial Maryland. There seems to have been no source that was not carefully investigated. Mr. Wroth has not only assembled all the information that... Read More
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER AT WORK
by Wroth, Lawrence C.
(New York): Privately printed, 1974. paper-covered boards. Franklin, Benjamin. 12mo. paper-covered boards. 81 pages. Including a Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain. Part of the series of books issued annually in connection with the Celebration of Printing Week in New York commemorating the birthday of Benjamin Franklin and illustrated by John DePol. A fine copy.
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LIBROS VIRUMQUE CANO GAUDEAMUS, THE GIFTS OF JOHN NICHOLAS BROWN TO THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY FROM 1924 TO 1969, A TRIBUTE ON HIS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 1970
by Wroth, Lawrence
Providence: John Carter Brown Library, 1970. paper wrappers. Brown, John Carter. 8vo. paper wrappers. 80, (4) pages. First edition. Contains a 15 page introductory biography by Lawrence Wroth followed by an annotated list of the books. Corner bumped.
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EARLY CARTOGRAPHY OF THE PACIFIC.|THE
by Wroth, Lawrence C.
New York: The Bibliographical Society, 1944. stiff paper wrappers. Maps. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.77-268 followed by 22 foldout plates. Being the entire issue of the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, Volume 38, No. 2. With bibliographical descriptions of 104 maps mentioned in the text. A near fine copy.
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ST. MARY'S CITY PRESS, A NEW CHRONOLOGY OF AMERICAN PRINTING
by Wroth, Lawrence C.
N.P.: n.p., n.d.. paper wrappers. 8vo. paper wrappers. pp. 91-111. An offprint from the Maryland Historical Magazine. History of this early American press and its Maryland and Virginia publications.
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JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY.|THE
by Wroth, Lawrence
Providence, RI: The John Carter Brown Library, 1936. paper-covered boards, deckled edges, gilt label on front board. large 12mo. paper-covered boards, deckled edges, gilt label on front board. 35, (3) pages. First edition of 450 numbered copies. Well preserved copy. A brief report on this library of Brown University. Includes a black and white photograph of the building's facade. A greeting card from Eugene Clauss is loosely inserted into the volume.
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