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1987UWATWOM01jknSwallow Press/Ohio University Press 1987. Very Good. Waters Frank. The Woman at Otowi Crossing. Athens Ohio: Swallow Press/Ohio University Press 1987. Revised edition. 314pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Slight shelf wear. Swallow Press/Ohio University Press paperback books
193523762New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation. Good. c.1935. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket solid but shelfworn reading copy bumping to most corners and spine ends cloth slightly frayed at several corners and at top of spine spine cloth a bit faded light dampstaing to front cover. The author's second novel a family saga set during the Colorado mining boom which began in the 1870s and extending into the early years of the 20th century. The reviewer for the New York Times claimed it was "the first modern realistic novel . to deal with one of the fantastic true stories of American expansion one which is a legend in his family." Eventually the saga was continued in two more books the three now collectively known as the "Pikes Peak Trilogy." . Liveright Publishing Corporation hardcover books
193529136New York: Liveright Publishing Company 1935. First Edition. Some evidence of removed bookplate on front flyleaf. Very good in dust jacket which has several short edgetears at spine including a V-shaped tear at center of spine and is missing one small chip. Author's scarce first book. <br/><br/> Liveright Publishing Company unknown books
1993UGIFWHO00CCWRandom House 1993. Very Good. Gifford Frank. The Whole Ten Yards. Waters Harry. New York: Random House 1993. 285pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 1/4 Cloth. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with bumped corners. The backstrip is lightly sunned. Random House hardcover books
19779022498Minneapolis: University of Minnesota 1977. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Bound in the publisher's original green cloth covered boards spine stamped in gilt. Rubbed at the edges and extremities of dust jacket. Signed presentation by the author on the ffep. <br/><br/> University of Minnesota hardcover books
1983157842Birmingham AL: Thunder City Press 1983. First edition. Softcover. Number 59 from 100 hand sewn copies from a total edition of 300. A slim collection of 6 poems. A near fine copy in string tied wrappers with some slight tanning to the spine. Signed by Waters on the limitation page and additionally signed and inscribed by Waters on the title page to poet Ralph Mills Jr. in the year of publication. A nice association copy. Thunder City Press unknown books
19052264884The Ipswich Historical Society / The Salem Press Co 1905. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Fourth edition with some amendments. Presentation copy given by the Ipswich Historical Society with ink note on title page 'To Jesse Fewkes From the Historical Society of Ipswich'. Fewkes born in Newton Massachusetts was an anthropologist archaeologist and graduate of Harvard University. Spine faded. 1905 Hard Cover. xii 132 8 pp. Cloth spine and corners decorated paper over boards matching decorated endpapers. 1905 reissue of the 1647 fourth edition with facsimiles of title page preface and head-lines and the exact text and an essay Nathaniel Ward and The Simple Cobler by Thomas Franklin Waters. Ward is most well-known as a Puritan clergyman and pamphleteer and the author of the first set of laws adopted in New England The Body of Liberties 1641 which many credit as an influence on the United States Constitution. This his second book is "in spite of its bitterness and its lack of toleration. full of quaint originality grim humor and power. probably the most interesting literary performance" in the colonies during the first half of the 17th century Colonial Prose and Poetry: The Transplanting of Culture 1607 The Ipswich Historical Society / The Salem Press Co hardcover books
18597159New York: Horace Waters 1859. Oblong 12mo. 2 141 3 pp. <br><br>151 hymns compiled by Horace Waters. Index in the back. Original printed paper-covered boards respined with cloth tape; front cover illustrated with a bell inscribed Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Binding in fair condition. Covers rubbed with most of the paper loss at corners and front cover cracked lengthwise from bending. One corner of title-page torn away with some loss of printing mostly to text on verso and with gist remaining quite clear. Pencil and ink writing to pastedowns. Browning and spotting. Some page corners creased. Horace Waters hardcover books
19679010536New Haven: Yale University Press 1967. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The dust jacket is price clipped and has minor chips and closed tears to the extremities. <br/><br/> Yale University Press hardcover books
1967BL2333New Haven and London:: Yale University Press 1967. 1967. FIRST EDITION. Large 4to. xv 478 pp. Frontis. 14 illustrations including fold-outs 3 tables glossary index. Dark blue cloth blind stamped cover illustration gilt-stamped blue spine label dust-jacket; jacket worn. Burndy bookplate. Very good. Yale University Press, 1967. hardcover books
197056309NY: Pathfinder Press 1970. First printing. Tall 12mo pp. 23. Paper wraps. A nice copy. Waters was a member of the Socialist Workers Party. Pathfinder Press unknown books
197087203New York: Pathfinder Press 1970. 23p. wraps first printing 3.5x8.5 inches. A Merit pamphlet. Pathfinder Press unknown books
185229015001Cincinnati OH 1852. General wear. Inscription on front cover. Damage to back strip. A textbook only sold by subscription that seeks to teach the reader arithmetic and world geography by using verse often rhyming verse to help the reader memorize the important terms and formulas. For example in describing the divisions of land the following poem is used: "Of land and its divisions read the stories; Peninsulas Continents Islands Promontories And Isthmuses and Capes and Mountains high Volcanoes Shores and Deserts wet and dry." The book covers both the technically terms in geography meridians tropics latitude longitude etc. and all continents and countries of the world. Additionally they provided some historical and cultural information on the countries as well such as information on the construction of the Great Wall in China and that Holland is one of the most populous districts on the globe. Numerous black and white illustration accompany the text both in the form of maps and illustrations on the geographical and architectural wonders of each locality described. At the end of the book there are six pages of the "Rules of Arithmetic In Verse." Discussed in this section is everything from subtraction to multiplication and decimal fractions to compound interest. Front cover title: "The Poetical Geography with the Rules of Arithmetic in Verse." Inscribed on front cover and inside cover with "Henry Alcott Anthony Rd." 80 pages. Yellow illustrated covers. Measures 9" x 6 1/4". To view this item please click on the following link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/apfB1nLUVFtsZgDg6 <br/><br/> unknown books
1851WRCAM24844Cincinnati 1851. 80pp. Illustrations and map. Original pictorial wrappers. Large chip from front wrap rear wrapper lacking. A couple of internal closed tears some foxing couple of illustrations with light amateur coloring. A fair copy. A rhyming guide to world geography remarkable for its coverage of California. Page 4 has two views of San Francisco and pages 73 to 74 are devoted to California as well. On page 74 is a woodcut map of the gold regions entitled "Valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin. Engraved for the Poetical Geography. Wightman Buffalo N.Y." The map shows the area from San Francisco Bay east to the Sierra and from San Jose to the Feather River with the subsidiary streams well delineated. While not the most detailed of maps it is considerably more so than many listed in Wheat. Not in any of the relevant bibliographies. unknown books
185259442Cincinnati: George Van Waters. Very Good. 1852. Paperback. Pamphlet. 80 pages printed wrappers are stained and chipped. Contents show some light foxing but are otherwise bright and complete. Good . George Van Waters paperback books
1951120396San Francisco: Curran Theatre Management 1951. unpaginated 5.75x8.75 inches who's who illustrated ads photo of Waters and Betty Lou Holland very good in stapled pictorial wraps featuring cover photo of Ethel Waters from the production marred by 1951 in ink above the title. Production directed by Harold Clurman. Curran Theatre Management unknown books
193657997New York: The New York Theatre Program Corporation 1936. Unpaginated 9.25 x 6.75 inch wraps unpaginated ads and filler a little rubbed staples just faintly begun to rust. Laid in a sepia supplement-mag photoclip of Lillie. No pix of Waters. The New York Theatre Program Corporation unknown books
1968155455San Francisco CA: Mount Vernon Press 1968. First edition. Softcover. 45 pages. A collection of poems printed in an edition of 500 copies. A very good copy in stapled wrappers with some foxing in a good only dust jacket with some foxing and some edge tears as well. Signed by Waters. Mount Vernon Press unknown books
189767671London: Lawrence and Bullen Ltd. Good. 1897. Hardcover. #247 of 600 copies. 312 pages some untrimmed unopened. 11 1/2" x 7 3/4" red cloth covers with gilt stamping. The spine is sunned and toned. the covers show some discoloration and rubbing and fraying at the spine ends and cover corners. The front hinge is cracked and the contents show some light toning- otherwise this is a complete bright copy. Good. . Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd. hardcover books
18982272693Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles 1898. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Hughes E.R. First English translation. Limited edition #293 of 1000 sets. Spines toned. 1898 Hard Cover. Complete in three hardcover volumes. Grey cloth gilt titles and decorations top edges gilt. Translated into English from the original Italian by W.G. Waters. Illustrations by E.R. Hughes. A collection of fifty stories written by Ser Giovanni Fiorentino the original title of which Il Pecorone translated as The Simpleton. Fiorentino wrote the stories in the 14th century though they would not be published until the mid-16th century and they later became a source for William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and The Merry Wives of Windsor specifically the former's plot element relating to 'a pound of flesh.' source: British Library catalog listing for 1558 edition Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles hardcover books
1898015469London: Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles 1898. Limited Edition. Octavo. In three volumes limited to only 100 copies this is copy #3 and is the first translation into English illustrated with 12 hand-colored plates by E.R. Hughes printed on Japanese vellum bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers spine stamped in gilt all edges gilt spine ends chipped short split to leather on upper joint of vol. I but not cracked through binding. The color plates are quite striking. A collection of Shakespearian romance novels. Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles unknown books
20149021879New York: Penguin 2014. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth and paper over boards spine stamped in gilt. <br/><br/> Penguin hardcover books
190740983Salem: Salem Press 1907. 62 pp. b/w plates and map <br /><br />Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society XV: Fine condition in original printed wrappers. Uncut and unopened. Salem Press books
1895264510London: Lawrence & Bullen 1895. hardcover. Translated into English by W. G. Waters and illustrated by E.R. Hughes. 2 vols. large 4to mauve silk binding a little dusty. London: Lawrence & Bullen 1895. Very good .<br/><br/> One of 1000 numbered copies for England and America.<br/><br/> Lawrence & Bullen unknown books
1894W122903London: Lawrence and Bullen 1894. Number 111 of 210 copies printed on Japanese Vellum. Some paste action and offsetting on endpapers. Edges worn and paper boards marked and worn. Lower cover of Vol. 2 stained on first 1/2" of foreedge. Some pages uncut. Each signature is short paged on every fourth page. 20 illustrations 10 in each volume including frontispieces. Limited/Numbered. Cloth Backed Boards. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Hughes E.R. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. Lawrence and Bullen Hardcover books
