ARTS AND FLOWERS
by WOOD, Peggy
NY: William Morrow, 1963. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 189. Illustrated with photographs. Author's presentation on flyleaf. VG in somewhat scuffed and soiled dj. Wood was a stage star and the voice of radio's I Remember Mama.
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ACTORS--AND PEOPLE; Both sides of the footlights
by WOOD, Peggy
NY: Appleton, 1930. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 178. Illustrated with photographs. Author's presentation on flyleaf. Some foxing throughout, o/w VG. Memoir by the actress.
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HOW YOUNG YOU LOOK:; Memoirs of a middle-sized actress
by WOOD, Peggy
NY: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 277. Illustrated. Author's presentation on flyleaf. Some pencil marking in text, o/w VG in worn dj.
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THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT; A Victorian mystery
by WOODRUFF, Douglas
NY: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957. First American edn. 8vo, pp. xx, 479. Index. With several illustrations. Brown cloth. Cover very slightly scuffed at edges, o/w a fine copy. From the library of Alta Rockefeller Prentice. The book concerns the claims by an individual sometimes referred to as Thomas Castro or as Arthur Orton, but usually termed "the Claimant", to be the missing heir to the Tichborne baronetcy. He failed to convince the courts, was convicted of perjury and... Read More
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A NATURAL HISTORY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE; with 12 colour and over 300 black and white illustrations by Chas Collins, J. Halliday, G. Edward Collins, and A. T. Elwes
by WOOD, Rev. Theodore
London: Nestor and NY: Dutton, 1905. Reprint. 8vo, pp. (482) Bound in brown cloth with pictorial cover. bookplate.
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THE FRESH AND SALT WATER AQUARIUM
by WOOD, Rev. J. G.
London: Routledge, 1892. Seventh edition. 8vo, pp. 150. With 9 B & W plates bound in the rear (plate one is laid in, lacking plates 10 & 11) With many line drawings in the text. A scarce "yellowback" version of this book. The earlier copies had chromolithographic plaes. These are B & W, Early guide book to indoor aquariums. With chapters on algaes and seaweeds, fishes, molluscs, crustacea, annelids (marine worms) starfish, sea anemones, fresh water and sea insects.... Read More
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STEPHEN HARRIMAN LONG 1784-1864; Army engineer, explorer, inventor
by WOOD, Richard G.
Glendale CA: Arthur H. Clark, 1966. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 292. Bibliography, index. [Frontier military series VI.] Illustrated with maps and drawings. Frontis portrait. A fine copy. "Long was an early and important explorer of the American West, traveling to the upper Misissippi in 1817, leading an ill-fated "Yellowstone" expedition in 1819, (for which he produced the first steamboats to ply the Missouri River), an 1820 expedition to the Colorado Rockies, and an expedition to Canada"s Red River in... Read More
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SHAKESPEARE AT THE OLD VIC
by WOOD, Roger, and Mary Clarke
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1954. First Edition. Small 4to, pages not numbered. "With 120 action photographs." Foreword by Michael Benthall, Director of the Old Vic. VG in worn dj. The plays covered are: Hamlet, All's Well that Ends Well, King John, Twelfth Night, Coriolanus, The Tempest.
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SECRETS OF FAT-FREE COOKING; Over 150 fat-free and low-fat recipes..
by WOODRUFF, Sandra
Garden City Park NY: Avery, 1995. Sixth printing. Wincek, John. 8vo, pp. viii, 184. Source list, index. Illlustrated with drawings by John Wincek and photographs by John Strange. Pictorial paper wraps. Cover slightly scuffed, o/w a nice copy.
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THE FOUNDING AND DEVELOPMENT OF SAINT MARY'S SCHOOL 1886-1935. (Foreword by Ruth Berry and Mary Ladd)
by (WHITE MOUNTIN SCHOOL - SAINT MARY'S-IN-THE-MOUNTAINS) NILES Wm. Woodruff
1944. Galley 1-10. Also: Report of the Alumni Assoc 0f 1948; telegram asking to se and image, PR brochure and woodcut, constitution and bylaws, Alumnae notes, 1948, note from the Principal concerning an alumnae booklet, photo of the school from 1886, photo of the school from 1936, 2 undated images of the school, SAINT MARY'S IN THE MOUNTIANS 1886-1936, Littleton, NH: Seven Springs,18pp, wraps, with admission application, photo of school from 1895, faded photo from 1931, 11 x 14... Read More
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A EULOGY ON DANIEL WEBSTER,; Delivered by request of the city government and citizens of Portland, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1852..
by WOODS, Leonard
Brunswick ME: J. Griffin, 1852. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 55. Paper wraps. Cover little worn, especially at spine, o/w VG. Two copies, differing only in the arrangement of the cover text.
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EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE LATE ...; from the year 1771 to 1821
by WOODS, Margaret
London: Arch, 1830. Second edn. 8vo, pp. xii, 495 + adv. Name and date stamp on the end paper, bound in contemporary rubbed leather backed marble boards, a good tight copy. See Smith: II, 957. Margaret Woods was a member of the Society of Friends. Margaret Woods was the eldest daughter of Samuel and Grizell Hoare and lived at Stoke Newington, near London. She was married to Joseph Woods in the spring of 1769 and died in 1821, a... Read More
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I TOO, SING AMERICA; The African American book of days
by WOODS, Paula L., and Felix H. Liddell
NY: Workman, 1992. Second printing. Square 8vo, pp.not numbered. Portraits, short biographies, reproductions of paintings and sculptures, outstanding events in Black history, with spaces for notes on each day. PIctorial paper over boards with cloth spine. Book slightly scuffed on spine, o/w almost as new, in a lightweight, little torn and scuffed slip case.
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WOMEN AND THE NEW EAST
by WOODSMALL, Ruth Frances
Washington DC: Middle East Institute, 1960. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xv, 436. Appendices, index. Author's inscription on flyleaf, covered in scotch tape. Foreword by Bayard Dodge. Illustrated wtih photographs. Gray cloth. Ex library with pocket and stamps.A VG tight copy in chipped and little torn dj.
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MOSLEM WOMEN ENTER A NEW WORLD
by WOODSMALL, Ruth Frances
NY: Round Table, 1936. First edn. 8vo, Pp. 432. American Univ. of Beirut publication. Some pencil underlining. Another copy, cover little worn, o/w VG. Woodsmall worked for the YWCA in Turkey and Syria for 9 years. This work examins the changes that have come to Moslem women in the aftermath to WWI.
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EXIT MURDERER
by WOODS, Sara
NY: St. Martin's, 1978. 8vo, pp. 182. VG in little scuffed dj. Book club edition. Smuggling and murder in Westhampton, England.
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THIS FATAL WRIT
by WOODS, Sara
NY: St. Martin's, 1979. 8vo, pp. 187. A nice copy in little chipped dj. A mystery novel set in London. Book club edition.
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THE SHORT FOREVER
by WOODS, Stuart
NY: Putnam's, 2002. First printing. 8vo, pp. 321. Small remainder mark on bottom edge, o/w a nice copy in dj. A Stone Barrington mystery.
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SONGS & QUARTETTES OF THE AMPHIONS; I'm going home
by WOOD, T.
NY: Firth, Pond, 1858. Sheet music. 4to, pp. 5 including front. Cover printed in black and ivory, portraits of the members of the quartet in four medallions, surrounding a picture of a piano. Tape on fold, some offsetting, VG.
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THE DISMAL SWAMP; Quartette as sung by the Amphions of the Empire State
by WOOD, T.
Boston: Ditson, 1852. Sheet music. 4to, pp. 5 including front. Music by Covert. Cover lettered in black; appears to ahve been bound with other pieces. Retailer's stamp on front. Fold chipped, some offsetting, o/w VG.
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THE AGENDA; Inside the Clinton White House
by WOODWARD, Bob
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First printing. 8vo, pp. 352. Index. Illustrated wtih photographs. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Owner's embossed stamp on bland, o/w nice copy in little soiled dj.
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AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION XX
by WOODWARD, Fred, et al., comp
NY: Amilus, 2001. 4to, pp. not numbered. With 381 images illustrating the range of contemporary illustration. White cloth. A nice copy in slightly soiled dj. Heavy.
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WEBSTER ON PROTECTION; Embracing numerous extracts from his speeches
by WOOD, Will C., ed
Boston: Home Market Club, 1894. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 48. Tan paper wraps, with a portrait of Webster on front.Cover slightly worn at corners and spine, o/w VG.
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SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
by WOODWARD, Joanne
M.G.M.. Vertical, 8 x 9-3/4 inches. Signed in blue ink at lower right "Best Wishes | Joanne | Woodward" Upper and lower margins cropped, o/w a nice photo.
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A MANUAL OF THE MOLLUSCA; Being a treatise on recent and fossil shells
by WOODWARD, S. P.
London: Crosby Lockwood, 1890. Reprint of fourth edition (1880). Waterhouse, A. N.. Small 8vo, pp. xvi, 542, 85, 48, 16. Index, catalogs. With an appendix by Ralph Tate. Copiously illustrated with drawings by Joseph Wilson Lowry and A. N. Waterhouse; fold-out map. Black cloth, TEG. Cover spotted, edges little soiled, map partially separated at creases, donor's presentation on verso of half-title. 2 Parts in 1. small 8vo. pp. xvi, 542, 85, [1] + [64]ads. with half-title. folding map (torn... Read More
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