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179426870Walpole NH: Isaiah Thomas and David Carlisle 1794. 1st ed. 8vo. 476pp. Large folding map subscribers' list. 19th-century book label of Virginia Governor Littleton W. Tazewell 1774-1860. Contemporary calf rubbed. Recently rebacked new leather spine label. Foxed but a solid copy. HOWES W478. <br/><br/> Isaiah Thomas and David Carlisle hardcover books
1956171017003New York: New Directions 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. One of a limited 100 copies signed by Tennesse Williams. Publisher's white vellum boards with gilt titles on spine in original matching numbered slipcase. Very Good with light toning to spine and light soiling to vellum. Slipcase is toned and lightly soiled with a split along the top rear joint. New Directions hardcover books
197622915Verona: Sandy Campbell 1976. First edition. Wrappers boxed as new. One of 26 lettered copies printed on blue Fabriano paper by Martino Mardersteig signed by Williams and Windham from a total edition of 526. Only these deluxe copies were issued signed. <br/><br/> Sandy Campbell unknown books
19480136New York: New Directions 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Tall Octavo. SIGNED BY TENNESSE WILLIAM ON COLOPHON PAGE without personalization. Number 45 of 50 copies printed on Virgil paper 2101pp. bound in 1/4 white vellum paper over patterned paper covered boards spine lettered and decorated in gilt. A fine crisp copy in fine paper covered slipcase. <br/><br/> New Directions hardcover books
197668492Verona: Sandy Campbell 1976. First edition lettered & signed issue. 333 pp w/appendix & index. Fine in wrappers and fine illustrated dust jacket and and unprinted clear acetate dust jacket. Fine publisher’s slipcase. Edited and with comments by Donald Windham. One of 26 lettered copies on blue Fabriano paper SIGNED by Williams and Windham. Verona: Sandy Campbell, unknown books
1828WRCAM29282AUtica: Published by William Williams 1828. Folding pocket map 19 3/4 x 20 1/4 inches with period outline color on a 19 3/4 x 28 1/4-inch sheet with nine columns of text entitled "Stage Canal and Steam-Boat Register" at right plus three columns of descriptive text entitled "Erie Canal." "Engraved by V. Balch & Stiles." Bound into contemporary 16mo. tan morocco wrappers stamped in gilt. Fine condition. Second edition with changes to the text from the first edition of 1827. With two insets: "Profile of the Grand Erie Canal" and "Profile of the Champlain Canal." PHILLIPS p.510. RUMSEY 4970. Published by William Williams unknown books
1828WRCAM29282Utica: Published by William Williams 1828. Folding pocket map 19 3/4 x 20 1/2 inches with period outline color on a 19 3/4 x 28 1/4-inch sheet with nine columns of text entitled "Stage Canal and Steam-Boat Register" at right and three columns of descriptive text entitled "Erie Canal" at bottom. Bound into 16mo. gilt-stamped brown leather boards. Very good. "Engraved by V. Balch & Stiles." Second edition with changes to the text from the first edition of 1827. With two insets: "Profile of the Grand Erie Canal" and "Profile of the Champlain Canal." PHILLIPS MAPS p.510. RUMSEY 4970. Published by William Williams hardcover books
18283266Utica: William Williams 1828. Engraved by V. Balch & Stiles." Period outline color 19 3/4 x 20 1/2 inches on a 19 3/4 x 28 1/4-inch sheet with nine columns of text entitled "Stage Canal and Steam-Boat Register" at right. Folding into gilt-stamped brown leather covers. Three columns of descriptive text entitled "Erie Canal." Fine condition. Second edition with changes to the text from the first edition of 1827. With two insets: "Profile of the Grand Erie Canal" and "Profile of the Champlain Canal."<br/> <br/>Phillips p.510. Rumsey 4970. William Williams unknown books
1954WRCLIT45034New York: Random House 1954. Cloth and boards paper spine label. A fine virtually untouched copy in glassine wrapper and slipcase. First edition limited issue. One of one hundred numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author of 111. An important collection printing under the guise of the title "Work in Progress" the first form of Williams's immortal "Asphodel." WALLACE A38b. Random House hardcover books
192322826Paris: Three Mountains Press 1923. First edition one of a series of books edited by Ezra Pound. One of 300 copies. Wallace A6a. A fine copy. Tall 8vo original cloth-backed boards printed spine label. A fine copy. Three Mountains Press unknown books
1956H30012Rutherford NJ 1956. Very good. 3 pp. but the third page has just a couple lines and WCW's address on 8.5 x 11 sheets tanning and with folds for mailing. "René Char" as the title is crossed out and "Foreword by William Carlos Williams" written in ink -- probably not in Williams' hand. No evidence this was ever published. Williams contributed two translations to "Hypnos Waking" which was mainly edited and translated by Jackson Matthews with contributions from Wilbur Merwin Wright Barbara Howes and William Jay Smith. The book actually has no preface or introduction and simply begins with Char's work. Our guess is that Matthews asked WCW to write this but it was rejected for whatever reason and so the book was issued without any foreword -- and it feels accordingly a little awkward. Williams did write a review in the New Republic of this work but it is completely different from this foreword and there is little if any overlap that review can be found in the collection of Williams reviews and comments "Something To Say" published by New Directions in 1985. There is also a small postcard-sized notice from Gotham Bookmart asking people to use their "district number" in addressing items to them. Provenance: from an established Florida antiquarian bookseller with a 1986 letter from him stating that this came from the collection of Jackson Mathews he also declares that it is signed by Williams but as noted we have reservations about that. unknown
185115888Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo & Co 1851. First printing. Original outline color engraved map of the eastern half of the United States and part of Canada. Published during the California gold rush era and prior to the Civil War the main map extends as far west as Nebraska "Indian Territory" and Texas; one of the insets shows the far western states divided according to the boundaries of the Compromise of 1850. Also shown are routes to the west railroads cities & towns roads & canals. With four insets including: <br /> Map of California Oregon New Mexico Utah etc. This insert completes the larger map with Mexico in the south & the British Possessions in the north. The eastern border runs through Minnesota part of the North West Terretory Nebraska and Texas; Map of the island of Cuba; and City & Harbor of Havana; and Map of the Niagara River and Falls. <br /> Some light browning along the original folds and there is some brown markings around the title.<br /> <br /> Image size: 29 1/2 x 24 1/4". Paper size: 30 1/4 x 25 1/2". Original hand color map Reference: LC Railroad maps 21. Wheat C. I. TM 769 & 818. Lippincott, Grambo & Co unknown
195616615JNew York: New Directions 1956. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by Karl Malden and Carroll Baker the stars of this now classic film. Inscribed: “To Nathaniel I loved making this film. My best to you! Karl Malden†beneath which Baker has written: “Me Too! Carroll Bakerâ€. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Enclosed in a handsome morocco and cloth clamshell box. The resulting powerful film directed by Elia Kazan starring Carroll Baker Karl Malden. Baby Doll was released in December 1956. It provoked significant controversy largely due to its implied sexual themes. An effort to ban the film was carried out by the Roman Catholic advocacy group National Legion of Decency and Cardinal Francis Spellman condemned it from his pulpit. Despite moral objections to the film it was well received by critics and earned numerous accolades; Kazan won the Golden Globe for Best Director and the film was nominated for four other Golden Globe awards as well as four Academy Awards including Best Actress Carroll Baker Best Supporting Actress Mildred Dunnock Best Adapted Screenplay Tennessee Williams Best Black & White Cinematography Boris KaufmanCulturally the film has been credited with originating the name and popularity of the babydoll nightgown which derives from the costume worn by Baker's character. Additionally it has been named by film scholars as one of the most notorious films of the 1950s. New Directions hardcover
19358497New York:: The Alcestis Press 1935. First edition; marked "Publisher's Presentation" in ink below colophon. It is difficult to determine which of the limitations this copy came from but the entire edition was only 165 copies. Publisher's stiff paper wrappers in glassine. Just about fine in the original glassine which has yellowed as usual. An outstanding example of a very scarce book. Tall 8vo. Signed by Williams on the colophon page. The Alcestis Press, unknown
185269999Mejico:: Imprenta de Vicente Garcia Torres 1852. old quarter leather and marbled boards. A little rubbing at extremities; tight and sound. 8vo. Folding map at rear. Former U.S. Consul General Julius A. Skilton's copy with his ownership name on the title page. Imprenta de Vicente Garcia Torres, hardcover
1956171017003New York: New Directions 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. One of a limited 100 copies signed by Tennesse Williams. Publisher's white vellum boards with gilt titles on spine in original matching numbered slipcase. Very Good with light toning to spine and light soiling to vellum. Slipcase is toned and lightly soiled with a split along the top rear joint. New Directions hardcover
1944140947085Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1944. First Edition. First edition first printing. All points in Johnson The Dark Page I: correct cloth design title page dated 1944 correct size 429 numbered pages of text jacket priced at $2.50. vi 429 pp. Bound in publisher's orange red cloth stamped in black lettering. Very Good with lean to binding crimped spine ends ding to top edge of upper board and light soiling to cloth. Contents lightly toned with bookseller's ticket at rear pastedown. In an About Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning and chipping to spine moderate edge wear with rubbing to rear panel; verso shows some unusual blue offsetting. A nice copy of Williams' melodramatic suspense novel that inspired the 1945 Oscar-winning film noir starring Gene Tierney and Vincent Price. Houghton Mifflin Company unknown
122674Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press 1990. First edition of the re-issue of John Williams' first book. Octavo original wrappers. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page in the month of publication "For Bob and Margaret with much love for many years- John Williams Jan. 22 1990." In near fine condition. Cover art by Donald Furst. Best known for his later novels Butcher's Crossing Stoner and Augustus American author and professor John Williams wrote the first draft of his first book Nothing But The Night while enlisted as a sergeant in the United States Air Force in India and Burma. The story of a tense and listless man in perpetual reaction to a childhood trauma Nothing But the Night introduced Williams' unusual and interesting voice to the literary world prior to his tenure as an English professor and presentation of the National Book Award in 1973. The University of Arkansas Press unknown
19480136New York: New Directions 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Tall Octavo. SIGNED BY TENNESSE WILLIAM ON COLOPHON PAGE without personalization. Number 45 of 50 copies printed on Virgil paper 2101pp. bound in 1/4 white vellum paper over patterned paper covered boards spine lettered and decorated in gilt. A fine crisp copy in fine paper covered slipcase. <br/><br/> New Directions hardcover
19468001711NY: New Directions 1946. First editions of all five volumes. Volumes 12 and 5 have dust jackets. Volumes three and four do not have dust jackets. Matching volumes - all are bound in matching tan cloth with limitation pages limited to 1000 copies - save for volume five which was printed in an edition of 3000 copies. The books are all in well above average condition. The jacket on volume one shows wear to the spine. This is considered to by many to be Williams' masterpiece. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good /Very Good . New Directions Hardcover
195161723New York:: New Directions 1951. First edition; a review copy with publisher's slip laid down on half-title. unbound folded sheets laid into dust jacket. Rectangular tanned area to endsheets from something formerly laid in; jacket chipped at extremities of spine and lightly tanned. 8vo. A New Directions Book. New Directions, unknown
197622915Verona: Sandy Campbell 1976. First edition. Wrappers boxed as new. One of 26 lettered copies printed on blue Fabriano paper by Martino Mardersteig signed by Williams and Windham from a total edition of 526. Only these deluxe copies were issued signed. Sandy Campbell unknown
1951136387New York: Random House 1951. First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo original blue cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title page "Robert H. Fuller wishing him luck William Carlos Williams 10/19/51." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. The Autobiography is an unpretentious book; it reads much as Williams talked―spontaneously and often with a special kind of salty humor. But it is a very human story glowing with warmth and sensitivity. It brings us close to a rare man and lets us share his affectionate concern for the people to whom he ministered body and soul through a long rich life as physician and writer. Random House hardcover
1941002199New York: New Directions 1941 First printing of the first edition first state approx. 100 of the total 2000 copies printed Wallace A22 iii. Signed by Williams on the front end-paper: post stroke signature. Eleven poems including the 15-part "For the Poem Patterson" issued as the first volume of the Poet of the Month series. Plain wrappers with sewn binding 32pp. unpaginated in first issue yellow dust jacket printed in black on the front panel. Light age-toning to page margins else plain stitched wrappers in fine condition; dust jacket with mild rubbing to spine ends and corners soiling spine fold separating age-toning to spine folds and cover margins else in fine condition. New Directions paperback
1948005501848The Wells College Press and The Cummington Press 1948. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. From the library of noted American poet Denise Levertov. This is one of the three hundred ten numbered copies this being #70. Printed by Harry Duncan and Wightman Williams with the assistance of Victor Hammer. 64pp. Gray cloth with mounted paper title label on the spine; a Near Fine copy showing just a touch of wear to the edges. This copy with a brief but warm presentation inscription from Florence Williams the wife of William Carlos Williams to Denise Levertov on the colophon: In memory of a beautiful friendship signed Floss also with a nice ANs from ‘Floss’ Williams to Levertov laid in. The Wells College Press and The Cummington Press hardcover