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19800105299The Franklin Library 1980. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Published in Pennsylvania by the Franklin Library in 1980. Limited edition. SIGNED by the author on a special signature page. Leather-bound with decorative endpapers gold gilt cover designs and page edges and a satin ribbon page marker. Book fine with previous owner's embossed library stamp on two pages. No DJ as issued. The Franklin Library hardcover books
194531514New York: Random House 1945. First edition. Orange cloth endpaper stained from enclosure multiple pages have the upper margin marred with a paper clip otherwise a very good copy the dust jacket has some light wear and fading. There were three binding cloths used no priority is known. Williams's first book. Crandell A1.1.a. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
19500186NY: New Directions 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. 144pp. Bound in the first issue binding of original rose cloth stamped in black; a near fine bright copy in pink and white dust jacket depicting a rose; unclipped a tiny chip along top edge of rear panel. A lovely copy of one of America's leading 20th century playwrights. <br/><br/> New Directions hardcover books
198460413San Francisco / NY:: Sierra Club / Pantheon Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 039486574X . Terry Tempest Williams's first book. First printing of the trade edition not the more commonly found library binding. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Impression from a paper clip at the top of pages 14-15 else near fine in a near fine short closed edge tear and tiny chip at the crown of the spine dust jacket. ; 129 pages; Signed by Author . Sierra Club / Pantheon Books, hardcover books
1932WRCLIT61039Toulon: TO Publishers 1932. Printed wrappers. Wrappers tanned with narrow cracks and one 2cm chip from the spine otherwise a very good copy. First edition. One of ca. 500 copies printed. This copy is one of the smaller variants with the leaves trimmed measuring 21.5 x 13.5 cm. versus 23 x 14 cm. WALLACE A12. TO Publishers unknown books
1932WRCLIT27120Toulon: TO Publishers 1932. Printed wrappers. Except for the slight inevitable sunning/tanning to the wrappers a clean 1 3/4" tear in the fore-edge of the front wrapper and now thanks to a careless book fair browser from the trade a clean split at the crown of the spine and 4" down the upper joint a very good largely unopened copy of this fragile book which is often seen in pieces. First edition. One of ca. 500 copies printed. This copy is one of the larger variants with the leaves untrimmed measuring 23 x 14 cm. versus 21.5 x 13.5 cm. WALLACE A12. TO Publishers unknown books
89346WILLIAMS SAMUAL. NATURAL AND CIVIL HISTORY OF VERMONT. Walpole. NH: Isaiah Thomas and David Carlisle Jr. 1794. xvi 17 416 pp. Map. First edition. There is some foxing throughout. The map is repaired laid down complete but with a narrow strip missing outside the the right lower bottom margin with no loss of text. It is rebound in modern full leather labels. The first history of Vermont. Evans 28094 Howes W-478 aa. unknown books
1982011484The Limited Editions Club 1982. Book. Illus. by Al Hirschfeld. Fine. Cloth in Box. Signed by Illustrators. 1st Edition. Fine Copy Without Wear. Signed by the Illustrator Al Hirschfeld. Beautiful Copy. The Limited Editions Club Hardcover books
19697684NY NEW DIRECTIONS 1969 1969. SIGNED BY WILLIAMS; #78/350 FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD-FINE. Signed by Authors. F. NY, NEW DIRECTIONS, 1969 unknown books
1937WB16418Norfolk CT: New Directions 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Original cloth lacking dust jacket. Cloth edgeworn with corners bumped. Inscribed by Williams to his close friend Estelle Hagel: "Estelle Hagel for old times sake William Carlos Williams." 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/> New Directions hardcover books
15234Emma Williams "An Investigation of Stellar Motions." 1948. Astronomer Emma Williams Vyssotsky was born in 1894. After completing her astronomy PhD at Harvard she studied stellar motions and the kinematics of the Milky Way at UVA's McCormick Observatory. Emma Williams Vyssotsky's career as a researcher was cut short by a debilitating illness but not before she compiled with co-author and husband the astronomer Alexander Vyssotsky an exhaustive catalog of stellar motions. Only one known copy in the US as per OCLC. unknown books
199221389Cambridge MA London England and LA/ San Francisco: MIT Press and Tomash Publishers 1992. First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. First American Edition. 8 ix-xvii 1 blank 367 pp plus 25 pages of reproduced advertisements for calculating machines. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth. Number 16 in the Chales Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing. Spine slanted otherwise a bright clean copy. Cloth. The first American and first English language edition. Originally published in German as "Die Rechenmaschinen und ihre Entwicklungsgeschichte" in 1925 and extremely difficult for the translators to obtain this was one of the first works in the Charles Babbage Institute reprint series to be suggested but one of the last issued. The editors were fortunate to be able to access the collection of instruments at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian while undertaking an already difficult technical translation. <br/><br/>The work is quite useful for anyone seeking a detailed picture of the mechanical calculator industry in 1925 but it is important to realize that it focuses strongly on the German marketplace. Other references as noted in the Foreword are perhaps more useful for those collecting American calculators. Nonetheless a book we can recommend and one which holds a useful position on our reference shelf. MIT Press and Tomash Publishers unknown books
1960145755Rome: Publifoto-Keystone 1960. Vintage borderless photograph of Tennessee Williams and Anna Magnani in Rome 1960 with Italian mimeo snipe and rubber agency stamp on the verso.<br/><br/>Williams with Meade Roberts would write the screenplay for "The Fugitive Kind" 1960 directed by Sidney Lumet starring Marlon Brando and Magnani based on Williams' 1957 play "Orpheus Descending."<br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Publifoto-Keystone unknown books
10016Hollywood Actor Comedian. Document signed 2 page dated June 23 1983. Agreement between Williams and NBC for his appearance on "Late Night With David Letterman". Signed in black "Robin Williams". In excellent condition. unknown books
1924WRCLIT79948London: Printed for Private Circulation Only 1924. 231pp. Quarto. Printed boards. Frontis and facsimiles. Boards rather rubbed and edgeworn two small nicks to spine upper fore-corner of upper board shows a light stain small foil star sticker in corner of pastedown; externally somewhat dim but for a bit of light foxing internally very good. First edition. Copy #45 of 75 numbered copies on Abbey Mills antique paper from a total of 79 copies all signed by the compiler. Made up of facsimiles of manuscript bits and letters. Rare. WILLIAMS MADAN & GREEN 1962 296. Printed for Private Circulation Only hardcover books
197124189New York: Raindance / Ira Schneider and Michael Shamberg 1971. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine. Folio. Saddle-stapled wraps. Minor edgewear and and toning. Small closed tear to rear cover. <br/><br/>Issue of the early video technology journal founded in 1970 "to bring a fresh direction to communication via personal and portable video equipment and other cybernetic explorations" Phyllis Segura. Contents include Warren Brodey on the topology of klein form systems Tom Bender on "Electronic Kinder Garden: A Proposal for Exploration of the Implications and Possibilities of Electronic Experience for Mini-Kids" Harry Willmer on the possibilities of "TV Monologue PsychoTherapy" and more. Raindance / Ira Schneider and Michael Shamberg paperback books
194413498Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1944. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. Very good copy of this novel made into the film of the same name starring Jean Tierney Cornell Wilde and Vincent Price. First edition presumed with the following points noted: 1 Date of 1944 printed both on the title page and the copyright page 2 Red cloth stamped in black 3 No mention of it being a wartime edition. 4 No mention of later printings. Book measures approx. seven and three quarters by five and one quarter inches wide. This copy SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Quite scarce thus. This book has a prior owner name and date of 1944 written on the front endpaper. Lacking the rare dustwrapper. Some small scuffs to cloth covers. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1854WRCLIT64278Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1854. Original brown straight-grain cloth lettered in gilt ruled in blind. Bookplates of Jacob Chester Chamberlain and Frederic Sherman the former designed by J.W. Spenceley. Spine ends very slightly frayed spine gilding slightly patinated otherwise a very good copy. First edition second but first published issue of the author's first original collection preceded by his 1840 translation of the first ten cantos of Dante's INFERNO. BAL reports the first issue only in examples of unbound sheets. The edition consisted of one thousand copies including three issues. A presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endsheet: "to Henry W. Wales with the love and kindly remembrances of his sincere friend T.W. Parsons. September 1854." Parsons 1819-1892 a Boston-born dentist was the first American translator of Dante. He practiced dentistry in Boston and in the early 1850s in London and was commonly called "Dr. Parsons." Reserved sensitive and deeply religious Parsons was Longfellow's model for the poet in TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN. BAL 15521. Ticknor and Fields hardcover books
19556054401955. not signed on a 3/4 length choice seated portrait of Esther Williams attired in a brocade evening gown and wearing a elaborate jeweled necklace and earrings. Photograph is by Gabi Rona and is signed by Rona on the verso. Photograph is on heavy weight stock; 11" x 14" and is on photographer's stiff board mount soft creases to upper left corner. Very good. ca. 1955. Not signed by Williams. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1885WRCAM22672Mauritius: Typography of the Merchants and Planters Gazette 1885. 42pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine chipped old library stamp and label on front wrapper else very good. A curious pamphlet printing the text of a lecture given in the Town Hall at Port Louis Mauritius on the islands of the French Antilles with descriptions of topography plantations sugar production etc. With some interesting comments on the Jamaican sugar industry comparing the state of sugar production of the West Indies with that of Mauritius. Typography of the Merchants and Planters Gazette unknown books
1800018582Greenfield MA: Printed and sold by Thomas Dickman 1800. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Sixth edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 248 pages of text. Original full leather calf binding with maroon leather spine label; moderately rubbed at the extremities. Minor foxing and soiling scattered throughout the text with a small stain to the top corner of the final few pages. The Sixth Edition with the added Sketch of Deerfield. Howes W461: "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 others to Canada his wife and two children being tomahawked on the way. As a powerful picture of Indian cruelty ranks next to the Rowlandson captivity narrative." Field 1672; Ayer Suppl. 1 137. Previous owner's name neatly on front endpaper: R. Marilla Metcalf Mansfield. Printed and sold by Thomas Dickman Hardcover books
197613083Champaign: Finial Press 1976. First edition. Loose Sheets. Fine. Loose sheets laid into plain red paper folder. One of 103 hand-numbered copies. Although not called for this copy INSCRIBED by Williams on the title sheet. Quite scarce and beautiful. <br/><br/> Finial Press unknown books
19256031011925. "J.R. Williams" in black ink on small vintage page of a gap toothed smiling cowboy. 3" x 5"; 1 page. Very good. Signed and inscribed: "Best wishes to Arthur Howard From J.R. Williams and again J.R. Williams.". Signed by Authors. Soft cover. Very Good. paperback books
1907828341907. WILLIAMS S. Wells. THE MIDDLE KINGDOM. A Survey of the geography government literature social life arts and history of the Chinese Empire.two volumes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1907 later printing of the revised edition. Vol.1 xxv 836pp. Vol.2 xii 775pp. 8vo. blue cloth decorated in gilt. Best edition with illustrations and folding map in back pocket. A few small bumps but a pleasing becoming rather scarce. unknown books
7675New York House of Books 1964. First edition so stated. Small 8vo. Title page printed light violet and black. Yellow cloth spine stamped black upper cover stamped light violet and black. Glassine dust jacket. Very good-fine. No other signatures or bookplates. Fifteenth in the House of Books series of Crown Octavos. Number 54 of 300 copies printed at the Stinehour Press and signed by Williams on limitation page. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. New York, House of Books, 1964. hardcover books
