Snow-bound. A Winter Idyl
by WHITTIER, John Greenleaf (1807-1892)
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. 1/4-inch chip at head of spine, old newspaper clippings mounted on front flyleaves, some foxing at beginning and end. 8vo (17.8 x 11.2 cm). 52 pages. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Whittier by H. W. Smith after a photograph by Hawes (foxed), with tissue guard. Publisher's purple cloth, gilt-titled on front cover and spine. Provenance: Edward S. Marsh (engraved bookplate by W. F. Hopson). FIRST EDITION, second state (p. [52] unnumbered). Whittier's best-known, and... Read More
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2 Poems
by WIEDER, Laurance; David SHAPIRO
Brooklyn: Nimbus Books, 1987. Some minor handling wear, generally fine. Folded sheet (8.5 x 5.5 inches). FIRST EDITION, one of 250 copies, signed at the foot of each poem by the authors: "Goofy's Brush with Despair" (Wieder) and "Goofy Plays Second Fiddle in the Family Quartet" (Shapiro). Designed by Andrea Korotky.
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The Process. A New Foundation in Art and Design
by WILDE, Judith and Richard WILDE
London: Laurence King, 2014. First edition. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket that has some slight curling to the edges. 12 x 10 inches. 492 pages. Profusely illustrated. Cloth. In the dust jacket. Signed by the authors and with a drawing of a tree on the front free endpaper.
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David Smith (Modern Masters Series)
by SMITH; David; Karen WILKIN
New York: Abbeville Press, 1984. Hardcover. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket with minor rubbing, upper front joint of jacket with small area of wear. 11.25 x 9 inches. 128 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. First edition. "With more than 100 illustrations -- approximately 48 in full color -- this innovative series offers a fresh look at the most creative and influential artists of the postwar era. Modern Masters form a perfect reference set for home, school, or... Read More
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Reuven Rubin
by WILKINSON, Sarah
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1971. Hardcover. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket with some minor shelfwear, jacket toned and with a few short tears. 11 x 11.5 inches. 288 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. 292 illustrations from artist Reuven Rubin, including 117 plates in full color.
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Household Tales of Moon and Water
by WILLARD, Nancy
San Diego, New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982. 8vo. Original cloth; dust jacket. Light spotting to sheet edges, near-fine. FIRST EDITION, second printing. WITH A LENGTHY INSCRIPTION by Willard to Myra Cohn Livingston, with a drawing on a crescent moon and star.
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Trout Biology. A Natural History of Trout and Salmon
by WILLERS, Bill
London: Lyons & Burford, 1991. Some light spotting to sheet edges, previous owner's near address label on title and endleaves, cloth fresh and bright, binding strong, light shelfwear to jacket. 4to. 273 pages. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth; dust jacket. Revised and augmented edition. Dust jacket notes: "Trout Biology may be the most important book for a trout fisherman's library: for no other book offers such a comprehensive biological portrait of the fisherman's quarry. This is the definitive natural... Read More
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Catalogue of Romanesque Sculpture
by WILLIAMSON, Paul
New York: Alpine Fine Arts Collection, Ltd, 1984. First edition. Fine. 4to. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white. Original blue cloth; original pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. A catalogue of 51 sculptures from France, Italy, England, Spain, and Cyprus.
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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
New York: New Directions, 1950. A few fore-edges indented, jacket with pale dampstain, not affecting the majority of the front panel. 8vo. Original black cloth; pictorial dust jacket designed by Alvin Lustig. First trade edition. Despite its flaws, the front panel of the jacket is very presentable and is a good example of Lustig's design skills.
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Steps Must Be Gentle
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
New York: Targ Editions, 1980. A fine copy, virtually untouched save one small loss to the rear panel of the plain wrapper. 8vo. 22, [3] pages. Original cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered on spine; plain paper wrapper. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 350 copies signed by Tennessee Williams. Designed and printed by Ronard Gordon at The Oliphant Press, and bound by Spink & Gaborc.
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W. C. W. – F. H. W. April 18, 1959
by WILLIAMS, William Carlos
Igal Roodenko for New Directions, 1959. A fine copy with natural paper flaw at lower corner of last leaf and a soft crease to upper front. Single folded sheet, folding to 5.5 x 3.5 inches. FIRST EDITION, one of 100 copies, of this poem written by the poet "To be Recited to [his wife] Flossie on Her Birthday." Wallace D18.
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Paterson. Volume 3
by WILLIAMS, William Carlos
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1949. A fine, well-preserved copy. 8vo. Original tan cloth; printed dust jacket. First edition, one of 999 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "Don Paquette – Book IV now at the printer. / William Carlos Williams / 11/16/50." According to Mariani's biography of Williams, this was the night that Williams was fêted by Los Angeles Bookseller Bob Wettereau, while Williams and his wife Flossie were on a west coast tour. "Williams... Read More
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Paterson
by WILLIAMS, William Carlos
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1946. Some toning and occasional soiling to the jackets (and a few pale stains), a few small chips, overall a very good plus set, vol. 2 with unobtrusive ownership signature. 5 volumes, 8vo. A complete set of Williams' epic poem, each volume in original printed dust jacket. First editions, volume one boldly signed by Williams in an early hand. "I started to make trips to the area. I walked around the streets; I... Read More
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White Mule
by WILLIAMS, William Carlos
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1937. 8vo. 293 pp., advertisement leaf. Original cloth; dust jacket. Jacket with some wear. FIRST EDITION, with inkstamp "Editorial Copy" on rear endpaper. One of 1,100 copies. Wallace A18a.
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Ontario and the First World War 1914-1918: A Collection of Documents
by WILSON, Barbara M. (editor)
Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1977. A fine copy. 8vo. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. One of 1250 copies of volume X of the Ontario Series from the Publications of The Champlain Society.
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The Devils and Canon Barham: Ten Essays on Poets, Novelists and Monsters
by WILSON, Edmund
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. A near-fine copy with a small stain on lower front jacket and cover, otherwise clean. 7.5 x 4.75 inches. 219 pages. Original red cloth; dust jacket. Ten Essays on poets, novelists and monsters. Foreword by Leon Edel.
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Life of William Blake
by WILSON, Mona
London: Nonesuch Press, 1927. 4to. 397 pages. Frontispiece. Portrait, facsimiles and plates. Quarter vellum, gilt-lettered on spine, marbled boards (vellum somewhat mottled). FIRST EDITION. Limited issue, one of 1480 numbered copies (this is number 1111). This volume was issued uniformly in format with the Keynes Collected Works published by the Nonesuch Press two years earlier.
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Gertrude Stein: A Bibliography
by WILSON, Robert A.
New York: The Phoenix Bookshop, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. A near-fine copy. 8vo. Suede binding. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Wilson, and additionally inscribed by him.
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Richard Serra Rolled and Forged
by WINGATE, Ealan (editor)
New York: Gagosian Gallary, 2006. A near-fine copy with some modest handling wear. 11 x 10 inches. 75 pages. Cloth; printed dust jacket. "In this volume, four distinct works by the important American sculptor Richard Serra are linked by a common theme: each is based on the relationship between the viewer and a horizontal or planar elevation on eye level. Elevations, Repetitions is a complex of 16 elements of different heights; Equal Weights and Measures is composed of... Read More
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Richard Serra Rolled and Forged
by WINGATE, Ealan (editor)
New York: Gagosian Gallary, 2006. A near-fine copy with some modest handling wear. 11 x 10 inches. 75 pages. Cloth; printed dust jacket. "In this volume, four distinct works by the important American sculptor Richard Serra are linked by a common theme: each is based on the relationship between the viewer and a horizontal or planar elevation on eye level. Elevations, Repetitions is a complex of 16 elements of different heights; Equal Weights and Measures is composed of... Read More
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Short Stories & Other Poems
by WINKFIELD, Trevor
Bradford, NY: Topia Press, 1976. Light soiling to wrappers but generally clean and fresh. Small oblong 8vo. Original printed wrappers, string-sewn. First edition, number 92 of 150 copies (26 of which were lettered and signed). Signed by Winkfield on the title-page.
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Neil Winokur: Dogs, Portraits and Objects
by WINOKUR, Neil (photographer)
New York: Matte, 2018. First edition. New in shrinkwrap. Three volumes. 13 x 9.5 inches. Profusely illustrated in color. Original boards. "This piece contains three separate books in one collection; it is a series of bold, striking and intimate studies of both the ordinary, and the occasionally extraordinary beings and objects that have defined New York City for decades" (the publisher).
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On Incubation of Insanity
by WINSLOW, Forbes
London: S. Highley, 1846. A few minor chips at sheet edges, generally fine. 8vo. [4], 23, [1] pages. Disbound. First offprint edition, printed for private circulation, this essay was read at the London Medical Society and originally appeared in The Transactions of the Medical Society of London for 1845. Forbes Winslow (1810-1874) was a British psychiatrist, author and an authority on lunacy during the Victorian era. He had published in 1840 'The Anatomy of Suicide,' arguing that most... Read More
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Collector's Choice
by WINTERICH, John T.
New York: Greenberg, 1928. Some slight wear to cloth, with some small tears and a 2 x 1 inch section missing from the jacket's spine. 8vo (7.5 x 5 inches). 211 pages. Original grey cloth; printed dust jacket. First edition. "This book aims to instruct the reader in the fundamentals of book collecting--a pleasant and not unprofitable pursuit that has attracted thousands of new devotees in the past ten years and is gaining fresh adherents daily" (the publisher).... Read More
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Terry Winters : 1981-1986
by WINTERS, Terry (artist); Richard SHIFF (author)
New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2004. First edition. Cloth with a few small markings; internally a clean copy. 10.5 x 9 inches. 96 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original cloth. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Matthew Mars Gallery, 2004.`.
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