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New York: Viking Press, 1994 Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. Signed by Author. Octavo. Signed by Wachtel 12/1/94..
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Gates, The
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Report of the Commission of Inquiry to Santo Domingo
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1871 Bound or rebound in hardcover in the 1960s, perhaps; blue 'elephant hide' with paper label. Light general wear, dent on one bottom edge, pages tanned, pencil underlining and annotation, minor foxing, small hole in page1/2. V, 297 pages, folding map. In 1870, Baez and the republic of San Domingo wished to be united with the United States; President Grant agreed, but the Senate declined the treaty prepared. This official report documents the then present state of San Domingo, its resources and opportunities, its culture and history; in the hope of swaying American public opinion towards annexation. Includes the commission's official report, reports made to the commission, some recent history and documents exchanged between Baez and others; testimony regarding Cabral, Baez, and annexation from various citizens. Frederick Douglass served as assistant secretary to the commission.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 6" by 9¼".
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Back to Life
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New York: Pantheon Books, 1961. Quiet London man becomes perturbed upon seeing the ghost of his wife, recently killed in an airplane crash - but no wreckage or bedies were ever found; soon finds himself embroiled in conspiracy. Hardcover, navy cloth spine over grey boards, silver & purple titling. Light wear to book, dent to lower edge; jacket chipped & creased, front panel stained, lightly foxed; name inside cover. Text clean; 256 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
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A Natural History of Vision
by Wade, Nicholas J.
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Cambridge & London: MIT Press, 1998. Scholarly survey of the "observational era of vision", from the ancient Greeks to Wheatstone's work in the late 1830s, after which the study of vision became experimental. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; first edition (first printing), listing no later printings. Light wear to book & jacket; near fine. Text clean; xvi, [2], 466 pages; indexes, bibliography, many figures & illustrations from historical sources. A surcharge for expedited or international shipping of this oversize book may be required; please inquire for an accurate quote.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Quarto.
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The Long Haul West: The Great Canal Era, 1817-1850
by Waggoner, Madeline Sadler
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1958 Quarter Buckram. Fair/Fair. First Edition. Signed by Author. Octavo. 320 pages with bibliography and index. Review copy with flier laid in. Signed by Waggoner on half-title. Blue boards and orange cloth binding with black lettering; illustrated end sheets. Shelfworn; loose binding. Edgewear to jacket, including chips and tears at head and tail of spine; foxing on reverse of jacket. Text is clean..
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The Hungarian Revolution In Perspective
by Wagner, Francis S., editor
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Washington D.C.: F. F. Memorial Foundation, 1967. Essays & comments on the causes and repercussions of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956; including its ideology, Chinese involvement, influence on West African independence movements, economic causes. Hardcover. Light wear, some stains/spots to spine, large gift note scrawled on free endsheet. Text clean; 350, [2] pages; index, 1269-item multi-lingual bibliography.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.
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The Golden Fleecers
by Wagner, Walter
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1966. Study of southern California con men, swindlers, & their rackets, including gold, oil, real estate, diplomas, quackery, cults, marriage, cars, & business. Stated first edition. Hardcover, charcoal cloth over grey cloth boards. Light wear to book & jacket. Text clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald: An American Woman's Life
by Wagner-Martin, Linda
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New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. Study of Zelda Sayre, told from her perspective, rather than the view of her famous husband F. Scott Fitzgerald; concentrating on her disturbed psychological landscape, including her alcoholism, skill as a writer & in other artistic pursuits, early life as a 'Southern Belle'. INSCRIBED by the author, apparently to a friend. Light wear to book, corners bumped, edges faded; jacket shows minor edgewear. Text clean; xv, blank, 251 pages; index, bibliography, notes, b/w photos. . Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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Who Shall Be the Sun? Poems Based on the Lore, Legends, and Myths of Northwest Coast and Plateau Indians
by Wagoner, David
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Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1978. Curiously scarce collection of poetry, not translations but based partly on the traditions of the Kutenai, Nez Perce, Couer d'Alene, Lillooet, Cathlamet, Coos, Chinook, Nootka, Kwakiutl, Haida, Tsimshian, & Tlingit peoples; mixing details from many versions in some cases. "I don't think I need to apologize, any more than Indian storytellers would have then or would now." Second printing. Paperback, brown covers, yellow titling. Light wear, minor creasing to covers. Text clean; [16], 125 pages; chapter headers decorated with northwest motifs.. Second Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 5¼" by 8¼".
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The Pluralist Philosophies of England & America
by Wahl, Jean; translated by Fred Rothwell
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London: Open Court Company, 1925. Early work by this French philosopher, who influenced the work of Sartre, Deleuze, Levinas, and Bataille; discussing the Monism of the early neo-Hegelians in England & America; the formation of pluralism including its German, French, English & American influences; William James & his ideas; the Oxford school & Schiller, Howison & the Californian school; neo-realism both British & American. Hardcover, full green cloth, gilt titling. Light wear to book, a few tiny spots, corners lightly rubbed, page edges foxed, minor foxing internally; jacket absent. Text clean; xvi, 324 pages; index, appendixes, b/w plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo.
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Thomas Jefferson Year Book
by Waite, Lucy; compiler; Thomas Jefferson
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Chicago: Fort Dearborn Press, 1926. Compilation of Jefferson quotes, one for each day of the year, with sources - May tenth: "Reason and persuasion are the only practicable instruments (against error). To make way for these free enquiry must be indulged. (Notes on Virginia. Vol. VIII, P. 401.)" This version appears to have been bound for a company as a gift - "Compliments of Zonne and Company" is stamped on the front cover; perhaps intended as a memo book/scheduler - every other page is blank. Hardcover, full maroon textured cloth, gilt titling. Light wear, gilt dull, scratch, scuff to rear cover. Text clean; unpaginated, about 365 pages, half blank.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo.
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Roads of Destiny: The Trails that Shaped a Nation
by Waitley, Douglas
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Washington / New York: Robert B. Luce, Inc., 1970. Account of 22 important trails, roads, and canals built as far west as the Mississippi River, used between 1635 and 1850, and their role in American expansion. SIGNED by the author on the free endsheet, "with best wishes". Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear, white ink numbers on spine of jacket & book - no other markings noted apart from the author's signature; price-clipped jacket shows some edgwear & light fading. Text clean; 319 pages; notes, bibliography, maps. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Octavo.
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Noch vor dem Jüngsten Tag: Ausgewählte Gedichte und Essays
by Waldinger, Ernst; edited by Karl-Markus Gauß
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Salzburg: Otto Muller Verlag, 1990. Poetry and essays by this Viennese poet, forced into exile in 1938; with a memoir by his brother Theodor. Text in German. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book & jacket, rear board bumped. Text clean; 232 pages; a few b/w photos. Text in German.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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The Right to Private Property
by Waldron, Jeremy
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. Scholarly exploration of the "claim that private property is one of the rights of man", with particular attention to the ideas of Locke & Hegel; the author was, at the time of publication, professor of law at the University of California. Second paperback printing, as pictured. Light wear, minor bumping to corners; no names or marks. [10], 470 pages; index, bibliography.. Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 5½" by 8½".
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In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820
by Waldstreicher, David
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Chapel Hill / Williamsburg: University of North Carolina Press for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1997. Scholarly study of the use of festivals & celebrations in the unifying of the early nation, as well as their use in suppressing dissent. Jamestown Prize winner for 1995. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. First printing, with full number string. Light wear to book & jacket; minor bumps, ink name date & place on free endsheet, very minor ink tick marks on the margins of a few pages, five words on page 351 underscored in red, no other annotation noted. Text otherwise believed clean; ix, [7], 364 pages; b/w illustrations, index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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The No Plays of Japan
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London: George Allen & Unwin, 1921 Fair/No Jacket. Large Octavo. 319 pages with appendices and index. Yellow cloth with title-label on spine. Wear to head and tail of soiled spine; boards soiled; darkened top edge; previous owner's initials on front end sheet. Not a pretty copy, but text is clean and binding is tight..
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How They Carried The Mail: From the Post Runners of King Sargon to the Air Mail of To-day
by Walker, Joseph
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New York: Junior Literary Guild, 1930. History of message delivery, from 3000 B.C., including ancient Egypt, Marathon, Queen Esther, Roman roads of Trajan's day, Roland v. the Saracens, King Richard, Benjamin Franklin, Nat Crane and steamship mail, railroads, Pony Express, Overland Stage, express trains, early airmail, Charles Lindbergh. For younger readers. Book club edition, but of a similar quality to the first edition. Hardcover, full grey cloth, green & orange titling & decoration. General wear, covers & page edges spotted/foxed; ink name date & place on free endsheet, gift note on half-title. No jacket. Text clean; [xiv], 305 pages; appendix giving air mail schedules, four color & eight b/w plates.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frank Dobias. 7½" by 9¼".
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Lectures on Geology.
by Walker, John; edited by Harold W. Scott
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Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 1966. Papers & lectures by Walker, among whose students at the University of Edinburgh were scholars generally credited with the birth of geological sciences; the editor here hopes to restore Walker's role, previously neglected. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, corners bumped; jacket partly faded with some creases & chips, short tears. Text clean; xlvi, 280 pages; index, bibliography, appendix on Walker's terminology, some still in use; a few letters, frontispiece, 4 b/w plates, as called for. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Large Octavo.
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Unless the Wind Turns
by Walker, Mildred
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1941. Author's fifth book, and first set in her then-home state of Montana, regarding the breakdown of manners in the face of extreme duress; in this case, a forest fire trapping part of a company of vacationers. Popular in the 1930s & '40s, Walker was nominated for a National Book Award in 1960, and her work, important for its pre-Romantic view of western rural life, had a revival in the 1990s. Hardcover, full ivory cloth, red titling; stated first edition (first printing). Light wear to book, faint waterstains to lower boards; jacket shows light rubbing, minor edgewear, some waterstaining - mostly visible internally. Text clean; [6], 235 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
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Public Attitudes to Sentencing: Surveys from Five Countries
by Walker, Nigel & Mike Hough
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Aldershot (UK) & Brookfield, VT (US): Gower, 1988 Dark green hardcover, gilt spine titling. Light general wear, pages browned, name on first page, jacket lightly worn and scuffed. x, [2], 232 pages; indices, tables, figures. Ten essays + intro and postscript. Studies from Maryland, England, Wales, Canada, the Netherlands, and Australia.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 5½" by 8¾".
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