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1943223122New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1943. 1943. First edition "A". 8vo. Illustrated. Dust jacket unclipped; a few small chips/nicks. Very good. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed and inscribed by Williams in black ink on the front free endpaper: "Best Wishes To Marion Wetbeck my neighbor and fellow employee Jim Williams." Rampaging Herd 2525. Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943. hardcover books
19552005009New Directions 1955. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. First edition there is no reference on the copyright page to a previous appearance of the preface in the NY Times and Joseph Mielzinger's and Lucinda Ballard's names do not appear on p. xii. Book near fine prior owner's handwriting on front free end paper. Dust jacket very good. New Directions unknown books
56747Williams signs a default judgement against William Pitham & John Chandler. A nice clean signature. from Wikipedia: William Williams April 23 1731 - August 2 1811 was a merchant and a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress in 1776 and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Williams was born in Lebanon Connecticut the son of a minister Tim Solomon Williams and Mary Porter. He studied theology and achieved law school from Harvard in 1751. He continued preparing for the ministry for a year but then joined the militia to fight in the French and Indian War. After the war he opened a store in Lebanon which he called The Williams Inc. Williams was elected to the Continental Congress to replace Oliver Wolcott. Though he arrived at Congress too late to vote for the Declaration of Independence he did sign the formal copy as a representative of Connecticut. unknown books
1951WB16421New York: Random House 1951. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. Original cloth in worn and torn dust jacket. Inscribed by Williams to his close friend Estelle Hagel: "Estelle Hagel with my love William Carlos Williams. 12/25/51" With Hagel's bookplate fixed to front pastedown. Hagel was a registered nurse whose friendship with Williams was borne out of his lesser known profession medicine. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
1883lWN65422New York: Author 1883. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Spine ends crumpled top edge stained title page separated from binding. Pioneering work on the dangers of opium. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Medicine. Author Hardcover books
021012Andover Printed by Flagg and Gould 1820. 8vo. 432pp. Hardcover. Good. Full leather binding; includes a frontis of Harmon; housed in modern clamshell box. Missing about half around 8 of the map; and a 8 x 2 ¾ piece of the map is detached but could be easily repaired. Boards have moderate wear to all edges; interior gutters are cracked; text block has moderate toning and foxing. From Howes: Editor Daniel Haskel took some liberties with the narrative and the moral and religious undertones woven into it are hardly consistent with life on the Indian frontier. An important book in spite of Mr. Haskel. Howes H-205. Wagner-Camp 17. Sabin 30404. . hardcover books
1883RWILDEM00TWby the author 1883. Very Good. Williams Allen S. Demon of the Orient and His Satellite Fiends of the Joints : Our Opium Smokers as They Are in Tartar Hells and American Paradises. New York: by the author 1883. 140pp. 12mo. Book condition: Very good with lightly bumped edges and slight soiling to edges of text block. Pages gently yellowed. A great looking copy of a rare work. by the author unknown books
1859019659Albany NY: J. Munsell 1859. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 91 pages of text. Original pebbled cloth spine with minor darkening to spine and minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. There is a tiny stain to the top corner of the first two pages and the title page has a tiny spot of foxing. Number 154 of 200 copies printed. The text is clean and unmarked. Howes W451 "Biography of the son of Eunice Williams - the Deerfield Captive of 1704 - prominent in New York's border wars and the unquestionable father of the biographer the unscrupulous 'Lost Dauphin' pretender." First edition. J. Munsell Hardcover books
1982290054New York: Limited Editions Club 1982. Limited. hardcover. fine. Al Hirschfeld. Illustrated throughout by Al Hirschfeld including the frontispiece which is an original color lithograph. Narrow 4to leather-backed floral patterned silk cloth. New York: Limited Editions Club 1982. A fine copy in a near fine slipcase.<br/><br/> Limited edition - one of 2000 copies signed by the artist.<br/><br/> Limited Editions Club unknown books
1980161621Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1980. Signed Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. A clean tight unread copy. Pristine but for light fading to end papers at edges common in these editions. Signed by West on a front free end paper. Saddle brown leather with gilt decoration all around. Four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers with satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket as issued. 565 pp. with illustrations by Herbert Tauss. With a message to subscribers written by Williams especially for this edition. The plays variously include editor's notes production notes a foreword etc. Also included is a copyright warning for both amateurs and professionals. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1948161124004Aurora NY & Cummington MA: Published jointly by The Wells College Press and The Cummington Press 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 64 pp. First edition. Copy 252 of a limited 310 numbered copies. Very Good with light insecting to the cloth small stain to rear cover; "R. W. Flint Pigeon Cover 1950 Review Copy" inked on front free end paper and several small check marks inked next to several poem titles of index. Published jointly by The Wells College Press and The Cummington Press hardcover books
19239049Paris: Three Mountains Press 1923. First edition one of a series of books edited by Ezra Pound. One of 300 copies. Wallace A6a. Some offsetting to endpapers spine label partially rubbed off otherwise a fine copy. Tall 8vo cloth-backed boards printed spine label. One of 300 copies. Wallace A6a. Some offsetting to endpapers spine label partially rubbed off otherwise a fine copy. Three Mountains Press unknown books
1852WUK1New York: D.Appleton 1852. Original slateblue cloth spine faded with some chewing at headcorners bumped and boards rubbed. Free end papers affected by glue under pastedowns. Brown splash at foot of pages running from title page to page 15 not affecting text. All 16 plates present with original tissues lithographed by Sarony & Major New York. Overall a nice tight and attractive copy. Sabin 3480. First Edition. Original Cloth. Good. Illus. by Muller J. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. D.Appleton Hardcover books
180250731New Haven: Printed by William W. Morse 1802. 12mo. vi 188 pp. Small chip with no loss to the first leaf of text; p. 179 printed to the lower margin with slight loss; chip to the margin of the last leaf with slight loss of text. Newly bound in full calf with spine label titled in gilt. Very good. Howes W-461. Later printing of the captivity from 1707. "One of the most famous and most popular captivity narratives. Williams a Harvard graduate in charge of the church at Greenfield when it was attacked by Indians in 1703 was taken with other to Canada his wife and two of his children being tomahawked on the way. As a powerful picture of Indian cruelty ranks next to the Rowlandson captivity narrative published in 1682". Ayer Collection # 311. <br/><br/> Printed by William W. Morse unknown books
36798Boston. 3-1/2" x 6." Printed on white card stock with red and green lettering and illustration of the Glidden & Williams white and gold pennant with red star in the middle. Very Good.<br/><br/> Built in 1854 the Grace Darling "was always a favorite with shippers and was singularly free from the accidents so common with clipper ships of her day. A female attired in white garments was her figurehead" Knoblock AMERICAN CLIPPER SHIPS page 251.<br/> Clipper Ship Cards "are historically significant as the earliest form of multicolor business advertising in America. In maritime history they represent the golden age of wooden sailing ship technology. Since each card refers to a particular vessel each is also a document of specific history pertaining to that vessel listing such information as sailing time port of origin and captain. It has been estimated that only about 3000 clipper ship cards survive today and most of these are in institutional collections." Greg Gibson proprietor of Ten Pound Island Books a leading authority on the Clipper Ship online column September 22 2012. unknown books
186036765Boston: Watson's Press 45 Water St. 1860. 3-1/2" x 6." Printed on white card stock with red lettering and illustration of the Glidden & Williams pennant with red star in the middle. Pencil notations on blank verso. Very Good.<br/><br/> The clipper ship's name honored Robert B. Forbes renowned sea captain who assisted the effort to ameliorate the Irish famine with deliveries of food. The ship evidently first launched in 1851. "For Freight or Passage apply at California Packet Office No. 114 State Street." <br/> Clipper Ship Cards "are historically significant as the earliest form of multicolor business advertising in America. In maritime history they represent the golden age of wooden sailing ship technology. Since each card refers to a particular vessel each is also a document of specific history pertaining to that vessel listing such information as sailing time port of origin and captain. It has been estimated that only about 3000 clipper ship cards survive today and most of these are in institutional collections." Greg Gibson proprietor of Ten Pound Island Books a leading authority on the Clipper Ship online column September 22 2012. Watson's Press, 45 Water St. unknown books
186036916Boston: Watson's Press 1860. 4-1/4" X 6-3/4." Printed on white card stock in several type styles with green and red lettering text surrounded by green decorative border. Blank upper corner clipped blank verso with remnants of adhering material. Else Very Good. <br/><br/> The 'Thacher Magoun' was launched in 1855. Its name honored Thacher Magoun the respected Medford ship builder See Wikipedia. Clipper Ship Cards "are historically significant as the earliest form of multicolor business advertising in America. In maritime history they represent the golden age of wooden sailing ship technology. Since each card refers to a particular vessel each is also a document of specific history pertaining to that vessel listing such information as sailing time port of origin and captain. It has been estimated that only about 3000 clipper ship cards survive today and most of these are in institutional collections." Greg Gibson proprietor of Ten Pound Island Books a leading authority on the Clipper Ship online column September 22 2012. Watson's Press unknown books
186036776Boston: Watson's Press 1860. 3-1/2" x 6." Printed on white card stock with gilt and red lettering and illustration of the Glidden & Williams pennant with red star in the middle. Slight discoloration in the right margin. Else Very Good.<br/><br/> "For Freight or Passage apply at California Packet Office No. 114 State Street." <br/> Clipper Ship Cards "are historically significant as the earliest form of multicolor business advertising in America. In maritime history they represent the golden age of wooden sailing ship technology. Since each card refers to a particular vessel each is also a document of specific history pertaining to that vessel listing such information as sailing time port of origin and captain. It has been estimated that only about 3000 clipper ship cards survive today and most of these are in institutional collections." Greg Gibson proprietor of Ten Pound Island Books a leading authority on the Clipper Ship online column September 22 2012. Watson's Press unknown books
186336686Boston: Watson's Press 1863. 3-1/2" x 6." Printed on white card stock with red and gilt lettering and illustration of the Glidden & Williams white and gold pennant with red star in the middle. Some mounting remnants to blank verso. Very Good.<br/><br/> The Boston Post advertised the sailing of this Clipper Ship in its issues of October 22 and November 2 1863. The firm launched its clipper ships from Lewis Wharf in Boston to San Francisco beginning in 1852. "For Freight or Passage apply at California Packet Office 114 State Street."<br/> Clipper Ship Cards "are historically significant as the earliest form of multicolor business advertising in America. In maritime history they represent the golden age of wooden sailing ship technology. Since each card refers to a particular vessel each is also a document of specific history pertaining to that vessel listing such information as sailing time port of origin and captain. It has been estimated that only about 3000 clipper ship cards survive today and most of these are in institutional collections." Greg Gibson proprietor of Ten Pound Island Books a leading authority on the Clipper Ship online column September 22 2012. Watson's Press unknown books
1970143799N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft manuscript for an unpublished collection of early work. <br/><br/>Most of the pieces which include plays short stories and poems were written in the 1940s and have been published in various editions or collections subsequent to this manuscript. Presumably unpublished material includes occasional brief notes or reflections on the pieces by Williams alternate versions a short nonfiction piece about actors Alla Nazimova and Laurette Taylor and a prose poem titled "Rosseau: Bord de L'Oise." No copies in OCLC but one resides among the Tennessee Williams collection at the Harry Ransom Center. <br/><br/>For contents please inquire. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with credits for Tennessee Williams. 101 leaves. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1846709871846. Taunton Mass. 1846. Verdict Not Guilty. Taunton Mass. 1846. Verdict Not Guilty. "A House of Human Slaughter" Trial. Williams Benjamin W. Principal Defendant. Report of the Trial of B.W. Williams and Others Editors and Printers of the Dew Drop A Temperance Paper Published at Taunton Mass. For an Alleged Libel Upon William Wilbar A Rumseller of Taunton Before the Supreme Judicial Court at New Bedford At the November Term 1845 His Honor Judge Hubbard on the Bench. Taunton Mass.: Hack & King Printers Dew Drop Office 1846. 60 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Disbound stab stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning light soiling to exterior some rubbing to extremities. Light browning to text faint tick marks in light pencil to margins in a few places light foxing to a few leaves. $450. First edition. In January 1845 the defendant published an article in his temperance paper The Dew Drop that referred to Mr. Wilbar as "the incarnate Devil" with a mouth that emitted "flames of fire" that "withered and scorched all the deluded wretches" who entered his shop "a house of human slaughter." The defendants were acquitted after 45 minutes of deliberation. Although there are many reprint editions available the original 1846 printing is scarce in the marketplace. OCLC locates 7 copies in North American law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Social Law University of Minnesota University of Missouri University of Pennsylvania York University. Not in McCoy Freedom of the Press. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 12078. unknown books
188028120Clinton Ont.: New Era Print 1880. 8pp bound in original printed title wrappers. Light to moderate wear Good. <br/><br/> A rare evidently unrecorded guide on "Trimming and Preparing Pelts" "cleansing and bleaching" and all sorts of other tanning methods.<br/>Not located on OCLC as of January 2017. New Era Print unknown books
200620459Haverford PA: Green Shade 2006. First edition deluxe issue of this collection of recent poems preceding their appearance in Williams' Collected Poems. One of 26 lettered copies printed on Twinrocker handmade paper at The Grenfell Press specially bound and signed by the poet. As new at publication price. Small 4to original quarter black morocco & hand-made paste-paper over boards paper slipcase by Claudia Cohen. As new at publication price. Green Shade unknown books
1817227828London: John Murray 1817. First edition. Frontispiece hand colored and three hand-colored plates. 388 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary blue boards uncut. Neatly rebacked; a nice clean copy. First edition. Frontispiece hand colored and three hand-colored plates. 388 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. John Murray unknown books
196967137Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1969. Uncorrected proof. 62 pp. Very near fine in comb-bound wrappers. Promotional flyer taped inside the front cover. Williams’ second book. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, unknown books
