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Westlake, Donald E., Joe Gores, and Ross Thomas Triple Threat: Mysterious Press Presents Excerpts from New Works By: Donald E. Westlake, Joe Gores, and Ross Thomas
NY: Mysterious Press 1994 First Edition Pictorial Wraps Very Near Fine None Issued Signed by Authors
First printing (stated). Color printed wraps. SIGNED BY WESTLAKE, GORES, AND THOMAS, signatures only (not personalized to anyone). Promotional booklet of excerpts from Baby, Would I Lie? (Westlake), Menaced Assassin (Gores), and Ah, Treachery! (Thomas). Minor rubbing to the wraps. Very Near Fine.
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45.00 USD
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803 |
Wharton, William Pride
NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1985 0394536363 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Very Near Fine
First printing. A novel by the author of "Birdy" and "Dad". A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket.
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10.00 USD
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804 |
Wheatley, Dennis and J. G. Links The Malinsay Massacre
NY: Rutledge Press 1981 0-8317-5798-1 First Edition Thus Printed Wrapper Very Near Fine Fine
First printing. Lavish facsimile of the original dossier, first published in the 1930's, which is comprised of telegrams, police reports, letters, crime-scene photos, and with tipped-in actual "evidence" samples such as a tipped-in glassine envelope containing the poison tablet and real newspaper clippings. Later printings substituted printed versions for the tipped-in evidence. Seal on solution section opened, else fine copy in fine dust jacket.
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25.00 USD
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805 |
Wheatley, Dennis and J. G. Links Murder Off Miami
NY: Rutledge Press 1979 0-8317-6264-0 First Edition Thus Printed Wrapper Very Near Fine Fine
First printing. Lavish facsimile of the original dossier, first published in the 1930's, which is comprised of telegrams, police reports, letters, newspaper clippings, and with tipped-in glassine bags containing actual "evidence" samples, such as hair and matches. Later printings substituted printed versions for the tipped-in evidence. Seal on solution section opened, else fine copy in fine dust jacket.
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25.00 USD
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806 |
White, T. H. (Terence Hanbury) The Book of Merlyn
Austin, TX University of Texas Press 1977 0292707185 First Edition Near Fine Near Fine
Second printing. Large format hardcover, 133 pp, illustrated by Trevor Stubley. The unpublished conclusion to The Once and Future King. A Near Fine copy in like dust jacket.
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15.00 USD
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807 |
Whitfield, Mildred G., Maria Hornbacher, and Ruth Pearson The Fine Art of Cooking
Berrien Springs, MI: White Brothers' Graphic Arts Center 1941 First Edition Decorative Cloth Near Very Good
Hardcover, embossed decorative cloth cover. Health-conscious vegetarian recipes. A Near Very Good copy, with some rubbing to the spine ends, PO's gift inscription on FFEP, strip ot tape along inner hinge (doesn't seem to have needed it), and some light insecting and overall wear. Still solid and attractive.
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25.00 USD
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808 |
Whiting, John R. Photography is a Language
Chicago & New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company 1946 First Edition Large Format Hard Cover Fine Good
Stated Third Printing. Large format hardcover. "With 125 photographs by noted camera specialists," including Margaret Bourke-White, Yousuf Karsh, Matthew Brady, Weegee, and many more. Fine in good dust jacket with some wear and chipping to the extremities.
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15.00 USD
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810 |
Whitney, Elliott, and Fred J. Arting (illustrator) The King Condor of the Andes
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co. 1915 First Edition Decorative Cloth Near Fine Good
First printing. Hardcover, bound in color-stamped decorative cloth. Illustrated with frontispiece and three internal plates. A Near Fine copy with a brilliant cover; some internal spotting and foxing. The SCARCE DUST JACKET is good only, lacking a 1"-plus chip at the foot of the spine. Very hard to find in jacket.
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45.00 USD
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811 |
Wilder, Billy, and I. A. L. Diamond Some Like it Hot
NY: Signet Books 1959 First Edition Original Wraps Fine
First printing of this paperback original (S1656). The screenplay of Billy Wilder's perfect screwball comedy starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon. Eight pages of photos. An essentially FINE copy (two small indentations at the front hinge, dot of black ink over front cover price); almost unheard of in this remarkable condition.
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65.00 USD
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812 |
Williams, Niall As It Is in Heaven
New York, NY, U.S.A. Warner Books, Incorporated 1999 0-446-52548-0 First Edition Original Wraps Fine None Issued
First printing, ADVANCE READING COPY. Bound in pictorial wraps. Author's second novel, following the spectacularly received "Four Letters of Love." A fine copy with the barest hints of edgewear. Excellent!
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10.00 USD
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814 |
Wilson, Edward O. Naturalist
Washington, D.C: Island Press 1994 1559632887 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine
First printing. Autobiography of the two-time Pulitzer winning Harvard researcher. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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12.50 USD
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817 |
Winter, Douglas E. Prime Evil : New Stories from the Masters of Modern Horror
NY: NAL (New American Library) 1988 0-45300572-1 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Very Near Fine Signed by Authors
First printing. SIGNED BY CLIVE BARKER AND DENNIS ETCHISON (with his Grim Reaper stamp). Other contributors include Stephen King, Peter Straub, Ramsey Campbell, Charles L. Grant, and many others. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities.
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30.00 USD
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Wright, Esmond (General editor) History of the World: Prehistory to the Renaissance
NY: Bonanza 1985 First Edition Thus Large Format Hard Cover Fine Fine
First printing, revised and updated from the original 1969 publication. Very large hardback, fully illustrated in b/w and color. Contributors include Sir Mortimer Wheeler, J. H. Parry, J. R. Hale, Walter Ullmann, and many others. A detailed and scholarly account of world history up to the sixteenth century. A fine copy in fine dust jacket.
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27.50 USD
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824 |
Yalouris, Nicolaos (Ed.) The Eternal Olympics: The Art and History of Sport
New Rochelle, NY: Caratzas Brothers 1979 0892410922 Large Format Hard Cover Near Fine Near Fine
First edition in English. Large format book (10" x 12 1/2"). Fully illustrated in full color. The only illustrated work dealing exclusively with the ancient Olympic games, with a separate section devoted to each event. A near fine copy (PO's gift inscription to verso of FFEP) in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with very minor edgewear.
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24.00 USD
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Zutz, Don The Double Shotgun
NY: Winchester Press 1978 0876912722 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good
First printing. The history and development of the world's most classic sporting firearms. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket.
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40.00 USD
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