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London: William Pickering, 1829. RARE, last auction sale 1933 (Rare Book Hub). Rebound in 20th c. quarter polished calf over brown buckram boards, green and black morocco labels lettered in gilt, five raised bands, new end papers in white. xii, 384, 395pp. Near Fine, widely scattered spots of toning to edges and margins. A quite handsome set. . First Edition. Quarter Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The History of the Huguenots During the Sixteenth Century, in Two Volumes
by W. S. Browning, Esq.
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(Real Photo postcards) Two Views of Syracuse, Kansas 1916
by W. W. Kidwell, Photographer
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Syracuse, Kansas : W. W. Kidwell,/ Kidwell's Studio Photo , 1916. Two real photo postcards, sent by mail Aug. 7 and Sept. 20, 1916. Both by W.W. Kidwell photographic studio, Syracuse, Hamilton County, Kansas. Sent from Syracuse, Kansas by Robert Popkins to his parents Sept. 20 and to his brother Chas. Aug. 7, both living in Halstead, Kansas. The cards titled No. 1 View of Syracuse and New Steel Bridge, Syracuse, Kans. In the message to his brother Robert describes a 2 1/2 hour trip with his mulke team "down to Syracuse" "had a runaway and then made them travel the rest of the way." He also mentions "it is still windy out here and the dust blows a fright". The one to his parents mentions "stayed all night in Bucklin and came to Dodge this morn. Caught No.9 here will see my Co. Supt. and then catch the 567 to Holly." He ends by saying "tell Everett there is no school in Kiowa Co." Both Very Good, the written sides with some toning. SCARCE. .…
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Historical Survey of German Poetry, Interspersed with Various Translations. Three Volumes
by W. Taylor, of Norwich
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London: Treuttel and Wu¨rtz, Treuttel Jun. and Richter, 1828. RARE. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half title page of Vols. II and III - "Mr.(&) M. Trafford Southwell, Wroxham Hall, from the author". Three volumes, First Editions, published 1828-1830. Bound in unsigned 19th c. half green morocco over marbled boards, marbled end papers, tops gilt, Near Fine, a trifle rubbed. William Taylor, of Norwich (1765-1836) was a British essayist, literary critic,scholar, and polyglot, to whom William Hazlitt paid tribute in "The Spirit of the Age " - "The style of philosophical criticism, which has been the boast of the Edinburgh Review, was first introduced into the Monthly Review about the year 1796, in a series of articles by Mr. William Taylor of Norwich". This Historic Survey of German Poetry is considered Taylor's major work, and was considered a major factor in furthering British interest in German literature. A copy last seen at auction in 1968 (RareBookHub),…
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Sir Francis Drake's Voyage Around the World
by Wagner, Henry B.
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San Francisco: John Howell, 1926. Near Fine, small tear 3/8" top edge title page near gutter, tidy prior owner gift inscription front end page. In original red cloth with gilt titles, most pages are uncut. A quite handsome copy of this classic study. 541 pp. with illustrations, fold-out maps ( all Fine) and index.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Runcible Spoon "Grand Clearance Issue" Two Volumes (SCARCE Bukowski uncollected poems)
by Wagner, D. R. (Editor) Charles Bukowski; Howard McCord; Doug Blazek; T. L. Kryss; Charles Tidler; Grace Butcher; Robert Creeley et al
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Sacramento, California: D. R. Wagner / Runcible Spoon Press , 1970. Two separate issues published 1970. The first -"This is the first volume in the grand clearance issue of RUNCIBLE SPOON. There will be as many as are needed to clear all accepted mss, then ..... I don't know, we'll see." Printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled. 48 mimeographed sheets. Very Good, two small tears to wrappers, pages uniformly browned. Poets include T.L. Kryss, Grace Butcher, Brown Miller, Charles Tidler, Carlos Reyes, and Dave Kelly. The second, published in a stated edition of 200 copies, in pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, lacking the rear cover, front cover with silk screen illustration, two internal silk screen illustrations by Grady Jones and Steve Ferguson. With four poems by Charles Bukowski - the first 3 uncollected -"dooby do do do", "shoot the goat through the head and paint the bones green", "the vast area of space nothingness with snakes crawling through me…
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Smudging
by Wakoski, Diane
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Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. SIGNED BY AUTHOR with a small drawing at title page. Near Fine, even slight sunning at spine. Book feels unread. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Paperback Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Smudging
by Wakoski, Diane
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Santa Barbara , CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page - "To Warren - who must know that life includes all images/ the sun, moon, mars/ what wars, what peace they make with each other." Near Fine, sticker shadow front wrapper, Diane Wakoski's name and address in ink rear end page. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Fifth Printing. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Coins & Coffins
by Wakoski, Diane
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New York: Hawk's Well Press, 1962. Inscribed By Author at verso of front wrapper -"September 29, 1962 To Richard & Kathy" in black ink without her signature. Her first book of poems. In French-fold wrappers, Very Good, wrappers toned and with faint vertical creases. . Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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A Dog-Puncher on the Yukon ( Byrd Expedition Association Copy )
by Walden, Arthur Treadwell
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Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. RARE -SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on end page following half-title page - " To an old and tried friend Dana Coman. Arthur Walden Sept. 1/30". In 1927 Walden helped train sled dogs and drivers for Admiral Richard E. Byrds Antarctic expedition, and he led the dog-sled freighting of the supplies from the ships to Byrd's base camp "Little America". Walden later became the original breeder of the Chinook sled dog. In 1930 Walden, considered to be one of the most respected and heralded pioneers of the Klondike and Alaskan gold rushes, was presented a photographic album by Admiral Byrd that contained over 500 images of the Antarctic expedition of 1928-30. Dana Coman (Dr Francis Dana Coman (1895-1952) ) was with Byrds first and second expeditions to Antarctica and was a personal doctor of Admiral Byrd. He later had a mountain named after him by Finn Ronne of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition of 1947-48. Later…
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BEAUTY: Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classification of Beauty in Woman
by Walker, Alexander
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London: Henry G. Bohn, 1846. In a signed contemporary Dawson Bros. Binders fine binding, full dark brown crushed morocco, covers and back bordered in gilt rules, gilt lettering to applied leather label, gilt ruled dentelles, all edges gilt, edges of covers ruled in gilt. Near Fine, rubs at bottom edge and top corners, Frontispiece and 22 full page illustrations with tissue guards drawn from life by Henry Howard, drawn on stone by M. Gauci & J. Lane, the plates Fine. SCARCE in handsome period fine binding and in such lovely condition. . Second Edition Revised. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 8vo.
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Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning
by Walker, Alice
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New York: The Dial Press, 1979. First Printing. Scarce, her 3rd book of poems. Dustjacket has 2 closed tears, 1" and 1/2", and a tiny chip at the head of the spine. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine.
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Roosevelt and the Warm Springs Story
by Walker, Turnley
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New York: A. A. Wyn, Inc., 1953. Short foreword by Eleanor Roosevelt. Laid in is a typed letter addressed to Basil O'Connor dated January 30, 1953 acknowledging the receipt of this book by Will H' Hays' secretary, assuring Mr. O'Connor that once Mr. Hays returned from a trip in the West that she would personally hand him the book. Basil O'Connor[ was an American lawyer who, in co-operation with President Franklin D. Roosevelt started two foundations for the rehabilitation of polio patients and the research on polio prevention and treatment, The Georgia Warm Springs Foundation and the Natl. Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. From 1944 to 1949 he was Chairman and President of the American Red Cross and from 1945 to 1950 he was Chairman of the League of Red Cross Societies. Rear panel of dustjacket features a photo of the author with Basil O'Connor. This book purchased from the estate of Will H. Hays, most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and…
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Abraham Lincoln Etchings, 26 SIGNED Etchings of Lincolniana Printed from "Following Abraham Lincon 1809-1865" Plates
by Wall, Bernhardt
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No Place: Bernhardt Wall SCARCE. A set of 26 pencil SIGNED individual drypoint etchings plus the unsigned title page etching to Wall's book "Following Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865". With tissue guards for all but 3 of the etchings, all of the etchings are Fine, No Date, circa 1933-1942. On heavy laid paper, the sheets ranging in size from 8 1/2" x 9 3/4" to 10" x 12 1/2". Each etching with small "Lilly Library" stamp verso at corner, the whole set housed in a plain manila envelope marked "Dups.". A unique array of Wall's Lincoln etchings that could, if matted and framed, grace the walls of any Lincoln collection.. SIGNED BY ARTIST. Etchings . Fine.
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The First Christmas ( in RARE dust wrapper)
by Wallace, Lew
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New York and London: Harper & Brother Publishers, 1902. New York and London, Harper & Brother Publishers, 1902, Decorative Cloth. First Edition, 1902. vii, 109 pages. Publisher's lavender cloth blocked in gilt and argent on upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, plain white end papers, top edge gilt, border illustrations printed in sanguine, 4 half-tone plates tipped to blue Holland paper. In the RARE dust jacket. Near Fine, a few stray spots of toning at end papers only, tiny rubs at corners, prior owner gift inscription dated, appropriately dated "Xmas 1902". In the RARE Very Good dust jacket, small holes and chips at corners and edges, 4" tear at edge of front spine fold. "A NEW edition of this beautiful story, with full-page illustrations from paintings by Raphael, Murillo, and other masters, and marginal drawings, in tint, by William Martin Johnson." ( front of dust wrapper). The last copy in dust jacket sold in 1978 as noted in a dealer's catalogue at…
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New Frontiers
by Wallace, Henry A.
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New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1934. SIGNED BY AUTHOR at front end page, and SCARCE thus. First Printing, no additional printings stated. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket, small stains at fore edge, discarded from the library of Winter Park Towers, a senior living facility in Winter Park, FL, with markings indicating so at front end page ( stamp Library Winter Park Towers), title page (stamp Discarded) and rear paste down (pocket with stamp Discarded). Henry A. Wallace was the 33rd vice president of the United States, the 11th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, and the 10th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He was also the nominee of the new Progressive Party in the 1948 presidential election. His SIGNED books are uncommon in current commerce. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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King Kong - Original Folded One Sheet Movie Poster(1976)
by Wallace, Edgar and Cooper, Merian C.
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Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1976. 76/212. "For Christmas". The original teaser poster for the 1976 version of this classic movie story, hence no credits appear on this version, just one great graphic poster ! Near Fine, small tears at center fold and light age toning in white margins of poster. . First Printing. Original One Sheet Movie Poste. Near Fine. 27" x 41".
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The Fur Traders of Kettle Harbor
by Wallace, Dillon
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New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1931. RARE title in the series "The Lure of the North Books" by Dillon Wallace. OCLC notes only 5 library holdings worldwide. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page "with love and Christmas greetings, Dillon abd Lue Christmas 1931" and also later signed and inscribed in 1977 by Dillon Wallace III to Gordon Randall, the son of the original recipient. Near Fine, toning at end pages, in the SCARCE dust jacket, Very Good Plus, small chips at tips and head of spine. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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¿Que Hara Norteamérica?
by Wallace, Henry A.; Traducione de la Sra. Carmen de la Mesa
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Mexico: Publicaciones Panamericans , 1941. 2 preliminary leaves, 7-200 pages, 3 leaves, text in Spanish. Very Good, creases at top corners and bottom edge in margins. A SCARCE Wallace publication. . First Mexican Edition . Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Author
by Wallace, Robert L.
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Cleveland: Bits Press, 1984. With SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR 3" x 5" card laid in "Jane Flanders was here reading this week. She tells me she once taught at your school. I once taught her, at Bryn Mawr in the (not too) long ago. Cheers, Bob". Of an edition of 394 copies, one of the 300 copies unnmubered. Near Fine, slight browning at spine, small creases top corners. A poem dedicated to John Updike. . Limited Edition. String Tied. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham
by Waller, Edmund; Denham, Sir John; with Memoir and Critical Dissertation by Rev. George Gilfillan
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Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1857. Bound in contemporary full green morocco, the back intricately tooled in gilt with red morocco label, end papers and edges marbled. With presentation inscription "Edward M. Hennicker-Major with the best wishes of his friend George Wyndham Kennion on his leaving Eton Easter, 1864". Near Fine, moderate toning at end papers only, . First Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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