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[Beverly Hills], 1927. One-page leaflet/broadside, 5” x 9” folded for mailing. With original mailing envelope from “The Fairplay Institute,” Los Angeles. Postmarked Jan. 4, 1927. Addressed to Harry C. Frank, Delaware, Ohio. Apparently issued to accompany the Beverly Hills “float” that won First Prize in the Rose Parade of 1927. Wagner humorously describes “shaded drives and beautiful homes wherein shine all the brightest stars of Movieland,” with “two swimming pools to every bible,” minus the “glue factories, lovely sewers, ridiculous building permits and other ‘advantages’” of the surrounding “Loss Angylees.” Wagner (1872-1942) was a left-leaning former newspaper artist who, upon moving to Los Angeles, began to write about the burgeoning film industry for the Saturday Evening Post. He wrote and directed films in Hollywood, became friends with Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Will Rogers, Upton Sinclair, and Charlie Chaplin (he was also his publicist). In 1929, Wagner founded his…
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“We Are Sitting on the Top of the World.”
by Wagner, Rob
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Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia
by Wallace, Tom
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Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing LLC, 2001. Limited Edition, 42 of 250 as labeled on ffep. 382 pp. Near Fine. With "Certificate of Authenticity" label affixed to front pastedown: "It is hereby certified that Leatherbound Edition of The Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia which accompanies this certificate is authentic and has been autographed by Cotton Nash . Bill Lickert . Ralph Beard . Wallace Jones . Cameron Mills . Sam Bowie . Derek Anderson . Mark Pope . The autograph is unconditionally guaranteed as to its authenticity Peter Bannon, President, Sports Publishing LLC."SIGNED by all 8 men noted above on sewn-in pages preceding title page. A definitive history of the University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball program in the 20th century. No copies in OCLC or in the trade.
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The History of Churches in Montgomery County Indiana 1821 to 1975
by Walters, Pauline Randel
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[n.p.]: [n.p.], 1975. 190 pp plus Index. Softcover, stapled binding. VG+ (wear at staples, sunning to covers. An uncommon local history.
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John Filson of Kentucke
by Walton, John
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Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1956. First Edition. 130 pp. INSCRIBED on ffep: "For _ From John Walton July 3, 1956." An account by this Johns Hopkins professor of Filson, the eighteenth century cartographer and historian who helped to found present-day Cincinatti. A replica of Filson's map of Kentucky is present in rear pocket. VG (offsetting to endpapers, soiling, front board slightly bowed) in a VG dustjacket (chipping, soiling, 1" tear near spine).
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The Eye and the Finger
by Wandrei, Donald
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Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1944. First Edition. Jacket design by Howard Wandrei. i-xii, 344 pp. [2]. VG (corners to approximately 30 pp. lightly bent, light edgewear, a touch of fraying at crown of spine) in an attractive, VG or better unclipped dustjacket (typical fading to spine, moderate loss at spine ends and edgewear). Twenty-one tales, “a strange book of terrifying shock and heart-stopping shudder” (from dj flap), from the co-founder (with August Derleth) of Arkham House. This is the fifth book published by Arkham House, with a total of 1,617 copies printed.
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How To Make Faces
by Webb, Frank
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New York: B.A. Kroll, 1940. VG illustrated side-stapled softcover. Cartoon drawing exercises with opposite page "Practice Pages"--about 3/4 of those pages contain drawings or attempts from previous owner (in graphite and occasional crayon).
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How Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek Won the Eight-Year Sino-Japanese War 1937-1945
by Wei-Kuo, General Chiang
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[n.p.]: [n.p.], [1979]. VG or better softcover wraps (rubbing and toning). Dual language edition (Japanese and English). 215 pp, with 8 maps at rear. Contents include "Victory over Japan Already Decided Before the Outbreak of War" and "Review of Key Battles, Sino-Japanese War."
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How Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek Won the Eight-Year Sino-Japanese War 1937-1945
by Wei-Kuo, Gen. Chiang
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VG+ softcover. Dual language edition (Japanese and English). 128 pp, with 8 maps (3 in center, 5 at rear). Contents include "Victory over Japan Already Decided Before the Outbreak of War" and "Review of Key Battles, Sino-Japanese War."
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The Great American WritersÂ’ Cookbook
by Wells, Dean Faulkner
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Oxford, Mississippi: Yoknapatawpha Press, 1981. First Edition. Introduction by Craig Claiborne. Illustrated wraps, spiral bound. VG+. 175 writers, 200 recipes.
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Three Papers on Fiction
by Welty, Eudora
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Northampton, MA: Smith College, 1962. Welty was the William Allan Neilson Professor at Smith, 1962. 46 pp. Near Fine in blue stapled wrappers. Includes "Place in Fiction," "Words Into Fiction," and "The Short Story." One of Smith College Pamphlets, which were issued at irregular intervals without numbering, to include lectures by faculty or visiting lecturers.
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Women!! Make Turban in Own Home!
by Welty, Eudora
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[n.p.]: Palaemon Press Limited, 1979. First Edition, limited to 235 copies, numbered 1-200, this being #180. SIGNED by Welty on the limitation page. 13[1] pp. Near Fine in striking green boards. First appeared in a slightly different form in the "Junior League Magazine" November, 1941.
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Ida MÂ’Toy
by Welty, Eudora
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Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1979. An early story (1942). Quarto in red cloth with stamped device in gilt. Olympus types on Mohawk Superfine paper. First Edition, one of 350 copies, this being # 81 and SIGNED by Welty on May 19, 1979. VG+ or better, a touch of soiling with a modest small stain to front cover.
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Losing Battles
by Welty, Eudora
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New York: Random House, 1970. First Edition, third printing of the trade edition (April 1970, with the $7.95 price on dj flap per Polk A.16). SIGNED by Welty on the ffep (previous owner’s name also on ffep). Fine in Near Fine unclipped dustjacket (one small closed tear to top edge). Welty’s second to last novel—three years after its publication she won the Pulitzer Prize for The Optimist’s Daughter.
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Fairy Tale of the Natchez Trace
by Welty, Eudora
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Jackson, MS: The Mississippi Historical Society, 1975. First Edition, limited to 1000 copies. Near Fine octavo in off-green paper covered boards, modest fading to spine, lacking the original mailing envelope. 27, [3], pp. This copy is INSCRIBED by Welty on the half-title page: “For Diana Best Wishes, Eudora Welty.” A paper read at the annual dinner meeting at the Mississippi Historical Society, Jackson, MS, March 7, 1975.
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Acrobats in a Park
by Welty, Eudora
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Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1980. Limited to 300 numbered and SIGNED copies by Welty, this being #7. Printed on Frankfurt paper and designed by Pat Reagh. Near Fine in marbled boards. In her Introduction to this volume, Welty recalls that she wrote this story, one of her first, around 1935, although it wasnÂ’t published until 1977. Near Fine.
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Sexual Liberation or Sexual License: The American Revolt Against Victorianism
by White, Kevin
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Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2000. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Near Fine in wraps, spine sunned. 219 [11] pp. Includes promotional sheet for the book, discussing the history of American sexuality from the Victorians to Bill Clinton. Published in the wake of ClintonÂ’s impeachment.
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Silencer
by Wicker, Marcus
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Boston: Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin, 2017. First Edition. Near Fine illustrated softcover. Four-page stapled promotional materials from publisher laid in. A collection of poems from this finalist for an NAACP Image Award.
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The In-Your-Face Basketball Book
by Wielgus, Fr., Chuck and Alexander Wolff
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New York: Everest House Publishers, 1980. VG+ softcover. 192 pp. Introduction by Al McGuire. Illustrated by N.E. Wolff. "Written with an authenticity made possible only by first-hand participation, The In-You-Face Basketball Book is a compendium of things your coach never taught you: language, scoring, violations, getting into a game, ethnic playing characteristics, gear, and games for one to five players. There is also one dazzling section on 'forbidden fundamentals' which could just revolutionaze the game, a glossary of ball terminology, and a rating of courts throughout the country."
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Musings of a Hermit at Three Score and Ten
by Willcox, Clarke Allen
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Raleigh, NC: Nationwide Press, 1966. First Edition. INSCRIBED on title page by the author: “This copy for Ms. R.L. Allen 9-19-66 Clarke A. Willcox at the Hermitage.” VG+ in stapled illustrated wraps (approximately 7.5” x 10”) with some toning to covers. 95 pp. Letters, poetry, and musings from Willcox, described as of “the old school of true Southern gentlemen,” written at the author’s home, The Hermitage, in Muriell’s Inlet, SC.Only four holdings according to OCLC (Brown, South Carolina, Clemson, Coastal Carolina) and none in the trade.
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Lies: Poems
by Williams, C.K.
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. First Printing. 62 pp. Near Fine in a VG+ unclipped dustjacket, a bit of off toning to flaps and wrinkle at crown. The authorÂ’s first published collection; Williams would go on to win the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He died in 2015.
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