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Paris: Hachette, 1881. Nouvelle edition. First published in 1873. Complete in two volumes in attractive fine bindings. A study of the Reign of Terror after the French Revolution. A classic work by [Henri Alexandre] Wallon, a French historian and statesman who played an important role in creation of the Third Republic (1870-1940.) All text is in French. Two 12mo volumes: iv, 349 pp., + 358 pp. Bound in red leather and marbled paper boards. Marbled endpapers. Raised spine bands, gilt lettering and decoration. Top edges stained red. Green ribbon page markers. VG with wear at the corners, minor scuffs to the leather. Some foxing of the outer page edges, but text clean and unmarked. Both volumes sound and tight. Original yellow paper front wraps bound in. A very nice set, as shown. Provenance: Ink stamp on the front blank endpaper in each volume of Ben Morreale / Plainfield, Vt. [Baldassre De Marco "Ben" Morreale, 1924-2008, was an Italian-American educator and author whose books include Sicilian novels…
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La Terreur / Etudes Critiques sur l'Histoire de la Revolution Française [Reign of Terror, French Revolution]
by Wallon, H. [Henri Alexandre]
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Selected Poems, 1923-1943 [SIGNED]
by Warren, Robert Penn
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NY: Harcourt, Brace, (1944.) 1st edition. Signed as "Red Warren" – Red being his college nickname and generally used only with family and close acquaintances. Inscribed to his friend, Emily (Sweetser) Alford, and dated 1944. 102 pp. 8vo clothbound hardcover. VG with wear at the spine ends, moderate age toning of the text. Pages 50-51 are browned, apparently from an old newspaper clipping that has since been removed. Two recent items related to Emily are laid in: A copy of her brief death notice from the NY Times and a print-out of a photo from her college days. Lacking the paper dust jacket but protected by a new, clear archival jacket. A solid copy overall with the uncommon "Red Warren" signature.
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Sloth: The Seven Deadly Sins
by Wasserstein, Wendy
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NY: Oxford University Press, 2005. 2nd printing. Signed in ink on the half-title by Wendy Wasserstein, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of The Heidi Chronicles, etc. Signed "For Jane" with an inscription: "Embrace your / inner sloth." A humorous celebration of the right to be lazy. 114 pp., with appendix. 12mo hardcover. VG in VG dust jacket with light rubbing. Small smudge to the corner of the signed page. Clean and unmarked otherwise. DJ protected by a clear archival cover.
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Collected Writings of the Late Ralph Phillip Weinberg
by Weinberg, Ralph
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NY: Privately Printed, 1898, in a small edition. Essays and poetry by Ralph Weinberg (1877-1898.) Published as a memorial volume after his untimely death from tuberculosis the year after he graduated from the College of the City of New York. Weinberg was a prize-winning writer, and subjects in this volume include the Holy Grail, William Seward, Cuba, the American Revolution, and Reconstruction. Small selection of poems, two in facsimile of the original handwritten manuscripts. Unsigned, 15-page introductory memoir of Weinberg's life. vi, 158 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Weinberg and one plate of two academic medals he was awarded. Printed on Ruisdael laid paper with wide margins. Sturdy 8vo in full black leather with silver lettering. 8.5 by 6.25 inches. Good overall with light external wear. Light to moderate foxing of the text pages throughout. Tear at the bottom of the portrait plate, not affecting the image. A sound copy of an uncommon book.
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Herb West's Farewell Address. May 28, 1964 - Dartmouth Hall (Signed)
by West, Herb (Herbert Faulkner West, 1898-1974)
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[Hanover, NH]: Westholm Publications, 1965. 1st edition. Limited to 200 copies; this is number 19. Signed on the colophon by Herb West and the illustrator James W. Hamilton. Also inscribed by Hamilton on the colored front endpaper and signed again by him on a laid-in slip from the Quixote Collection at Dartmouth. The full text of West's farewell address at Dartmouth after teaching comparative literature from 1925-1964. Dartmouth censored portions of the address when it was broadcast later on the campus radio station. West responded by using his own publishing house to produce this book, with the omitted passages printed in red. 8vo hardcover. Vignette drawings in the text. 44 pages + colophon. Printed on cream wove paper at The Prairie Press in Iowa City. Fine in a Near Fine jacket with clear archival cover. An uncommon book by West, a popular professor at Dartmouth who was also an author, publisher, bookseller and collector. His other books include Modern Book Collecting for the Impecunious Amateur.
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Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
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Cincinnati: The Stratford Press, 1944. Limited edition of 140 copies. Printed by Elmer Gleason at his private press. A long narrative poem of a memorable snow storm from Whittier's rural boyhood in New England. First published in 1866. xi, 32 pages. 8vo hardcover in dust jacket with illustration by noted artist Matthias Noheimer. A few short edge tears to the jacket, but VG overall. Sound, tight binding. Text clean and unmarked. DJ protected by a clear archival cover.
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Musarion, oder Die Philosophie der Grazien / Ein Gedicht, in drey Büchern
by [Wieland, Christoph Martin]
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Leipzig: Weidmann's Erben und Reich, 1768. The scarce 1st edition of Wieland's verse romance, The Philosophy of the Graces. A narrative poem that advocates rational unity between the sensual and the spiritual. A classic of Enlightenment literature by Wieland (1733-1813), a key figure in Weimar Classicism along with Goethe, Herder, and Schiller. 96 pp. German text in fraktur. 12mo hardcover. Rebound in modern paper boards in an appropriate period style. New endpapers. Engraved title page vignette of two wrestlers. Binding is Near Fine. Good internally. Slight trimming at the lower margin of the title. Large, old paper repair to tears in the last leaf. In all, a sturdy and attractive copy.
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Herbstfrühling: Verse von Anton Wildgans
by Wildgans, Anton
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Leipzig: L. Staackmann, 1922. 27.-31 Auflage. Verse by Anton Wildgans (1881-1932), Austrian poet and playwright. 93, (2) pages. 12mo. Cloth-backed paper boards. Good condition. Some wear and rubbing; 1941 inscription to front free endpaper; old bookseller ticket (Hermann Roth / Breslau) to front pastedown. Sound binding. Text bright and unmarked.
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One Mountain Thousand Summits: The Untold Story of Tragedy and True Heroism on K2 [SIGNED]
by Wilkinson, Freddie
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NY: New American Library, (2010.) 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by the author, a veteran alpine climber and guide. A well-researched account of one of the deadliest events in Himalayan mountaineering, the deaths of 11 people on K2 in 2008. Based on in-depth interviews with survivors, most notably the Sherpa guides. Inscribed "To Jonah! All the Best." 342 pp., b&w photos. VG in VG dust jacket. Some darkening and faint spotting to the top edge of the text block. Sound, tight binding. Jacket is unclipped ($24.95) and protected by a clear archival cover.
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Moon River and Me: A Memoir (SIGNED)
by Williams, Andy (1927-2012)
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NY: Viking, (2009.) 1st edition. Signed by Andy Williams. An autobiography of his life and long career as a singer and television personality. Hand-signed on the title page in black marker and separately inscribed "For Bucky" with a pen. (Unknown if this was personalized by Williams at a signing event, or if it's in another hand.) 308 pp. 8vo hardcover in dust jacket. Near Fine. Clean and securely bound. Jacket is protected by a clear archival cover.
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Herbert’s Space Trip (Signed)
by Wilson, Hazel
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NY: Knopf, (1965.) Unstated but presumed 1st edition. SIGNED by Wilson. The fifth book in the Herbert Yadon series. A humorous tale of interplanetary canine hijinks, in which resourceful Herbert foils a plot and saves the day after landing on the "dog-gonedest planet this side of Mars." Signed by the author in ink on the orange, front free endpaper. With a brief inscription: "For the / Haases / Best wishes, / Herbert's mother, Hazel Wilson." 160 pages. Hardcover, 5.5 by 8.5 inches. Pictorial library binding, but not an ex-library book. Good condition, but some kind of critter has chewed at the upper corners and front fore-edge. No owner signatures, markings or other problems. Sound, tight binding. Scarce with Hazel Wilson's signature, but priced accordingly to reflect condition.
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Dance a Little Longer (Signed)
by Wood, Jane Roberts
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(NY): Delacorte Press, (1993.) 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page in 1993. A novel set in Depression-era West Texas. The final book in the Lucy Richards trilogy. 233 pp. 8vo hardcover. VG/VG in dust jacket with clear archival cover.
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A Day at Castrogiovanni
by Woodberry, George Edward
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Boston: Printed for the Woodberry Society by the Merrymount Press, 1912. 1st edition. One of 75 copies signed by Woodberry out of a total edition of 300. This is number 73. Three poems in memory of a visit in 1908 to Castrogiovanni, Sicily. The poems are Etna, Proserpine; by Lake Pergusa, and Demeter. (Previously published in magazines in 1909-1910.) Slender 8vo hardcover in cloth-backed boards with paper spine label. 9.75 x 7.75 inches. (8), 29 pp., with a brief preface. VG with modest wear. Unread, with unopened pages still joined at the top edge. (As shown by our images of the title and limitation pages.) George Edward Woodberry (1855-1930) was an American literary critic and poet whose work included scholarly biographies of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. He traveled to Castrogiovanni before it reverted to its ancient name of Enna in 1927 at the direction of Mussolini. It sits at an elevation of 3,000+ feet in the center of Sicily and is an important archaeological center. It figures in…
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