Search Results: Titles starting with W from Singularity Rare & Fine

1940. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 7.5" x 5.5. Original ink drawing of Porte Des Dunes, Boulogne by W.S. Gover. Signed, but undated; circa 1940's. On parchment, mounted on board. 7.5" x 5.5". Near Fine; see scan. A nicely detailed original ink drawing of Porte Des Dunes (Door of the Dunes), Boulogne. Lsmeph

New York: Ballantine Books, 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. New York: Ballantine Books, 1976. First Edition thus (illustrated paperback) and first printing. See scan of copyright page. 12mo, illustrated wraps, 282 pp. Very Good plus; faint soiling, corners micro-touched, pages toned. Very sharp copy of this first paperback printing. See scan. Fully and amazingly illustrated. In fact, Jones' review and contemplation of war art - by soldiers and professionals, much of it herein - is what inspired this trenchant memoir. L-33n

New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., 1934. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. . New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., 1934. "Wagon Wheels" original sheet music, music by Peter De Rose, lyric by Billy Hill. As featured with Everett Marshall in the Ziegfeld Follies. Large quarto, illustrated folded wraps, 6 pp. including covers, as numbered. Very Good; some rubbing and soil, early owner's signature bottom right, removable old price sticker top right. See scan. Vintage music ephemera and collectible, by a famous pair. L-eph1.

New York: Dramatist's Play Service, Inc., 2002. Soft cover. New. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. New. and pristine. See scans and description. New York: Dramatist's Play Service, Inc., 2002. 'Wake Up and Smell the Coffee', by Eric Bogosian. Acting Edition. 12mo, printed stapled wraps, 57 pp. plus 4 pp. catalog (New Play listings). New, and flawless. See all scans. A perfect example of the Acting Edition for this often self-performed series of vignettes by actor Eric Bogosian. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. L71

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998. First Edition and First Printing. Tall octavo, illustrated jacket, navy boards with silver imprinting, 223 pp. Fine book in a Fine, unclipped jacket. L-31n

New York : Metro Books, 2013. Soft cover. New. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. New, and pristine in publisher's original shrinkwrap. New York: Metro Books, 2013. The Walking Dead - The Poster Collection. 40 Removable Posters. In flexible portfolio. Elephant Folio, at 16" x 12". New, flawless, never opened. In sealed storage, on premises. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LLNG3

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1982. Signed by Hersey on the third free endpaper (second flyleaf). As New; pristine. Never read - nor handled, except to scan and store. Ribbon bookmark is, in fact, still in its original position. Large octavo, 579 pp.; Franklin's lavish leather binding of Hersey's classic 1950 tale of the Warsaw Ghetto. See scans. Full rich deep green leather, gilt decorated and imprinted, spine panels rib divided, All Edges Gilt, green silk moire endpapers with matching page-marker ribbon. The Franklin Library, doing what they did best. Immaculately preserved. With the author's "A Special Message to Subscribers from John Hersey" (prefacing the novel) and the separate original 22-page "Notes From the Editors". Please review scans. L-franklin1

New York: News Corp (via Dow Jones & Company), 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. New. See scans and description. New York: News Corp (via Dow Jones & Company), 2017. The Tuesday, March 21, 2017 edition of The Wall Street Journal, front page featuring FBI James Comey pursuant to his announcement that the Bureau is, in fact, probing possible Russian ties within the Trump administration. Newsprint; elephant folio size (standard contemporary newspaper size) at 22 1/2" x 12". Standard mid-fold, as issued, but no flaws whatsoever. See scan. Now stored archivally. Note that newsprint paper can always incur some age-toning over time, though of course that is not the case with this piece as of this listing date. Complete with all sections, neat and unblemished in any way. Some of the front-page noted topics are: James Comey Confirms Probes of Russia Ties. Shell Bets on Offshore Oil; SoftBank Drops $100 Million in iPhone Rival; Hackers… Read More

New York : Dow Jones & Company, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Very Good; see scans and description. Vintage historical Wall Street Journal issue for September 12, 2001, front section, 'Terrorists Destroy World Trade Center", the day after the infamous attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon. This is Section A only, pages A1 through A20. Elephant folio height (23"), standard newspaper dimension. Very Good; in fact, As New but for the removal, at upper left, of the subscriber's address (see scan). Only very minimal age-toning to the newsprint paper. Original; not a reprint. Replete with coverage throughout the Section of the tragic 9/11 events. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box, of course - not a bag. Lph2

Longwood, FL: Fine Print Publishing Company, 2012. Soft cover. New. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. New; immaculate. First Edition, First Printing. See scans and description. Longwood, FL: Fine Print Publishing Company, 2012. Mickey & Cheryl Gill's "Walls Do Talk Poster Book - First Printing". Folio (12 1/4" tall), illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 82 pp. New, pristine first edition and first printing, with all posters intact and of course pristine as well. See all scans. Most of the 82 (unpaginated) pages are full-page (12 1/4" x 9 3/8") posters; a few at the end are perforated to make two smaller posters or to be left as one. Inside covers are two additional posters, with the front one being horizontally oversized because of the fold-out nature of the front cover. A genre collectible first printing in superior condition, which probably should be left in its intact condition - but ya ain't gotta, once it's yours. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not… Read More

New York: McClue Phillips & Co., 1903. 1st Edition . Pictorial Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" x 6.25. Moseley, Karl. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co. 1903. First Edition, First State, with 8 pages of ads in back. Illustrations by Karl Moseley. 8.5" x 6.25", 294 pp + ads. Original pictorial tan cloth. Light soiling and edgewear, tips bumped, a few stain spots on front panel. See scans. Tasteful previous owner's inscription at Christmas, 1904 on ffep. Very Good. Solidly bound and bright. True first edition/first state of another work of Old South children's fiction by the beloved creator of Uncle Remus. The collection of children's stories in Wally Wanderoon and his Story Telling Machine - executed as the entertainment of four children in the Reconstruction South by a mysterious little old man and his storytelling machine - are in most cases told in either black or southern dialect, a Harris forte. With magical illustrations by Karl Moseley, a fascinating trip for adults… Read More

Burbank, CA: The Walt Disney Company, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New; pristine. See scans and description. Burbank, CA: The Walt Disney Company, 2016. The Walt Disney Company - Notice of 2016 Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement. Quarto, perfect-bound wraps, 4 + 70 + 2 pp. New, pristine and immaculate. Messages from Robert A. Iger (Chairman and Chief Executive Offier) and Alan N. Braverman (Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary), followed by a wealth of information - tables, charts, graphs, recaps, as well as brief bios of the Board of Directors with color photo head shots. See scan of contents for categories covered. LPR22

Poughkeepsie, NY: Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Very Near Fine; see all scans, and description. Poughkeepsie, NY: Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1968. Walt Disney Comics Digest, Issue Number 3, August, 1968.16mo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 192 pp. A very handsome Near Fine; demure, small crease at top right, front cover, another even more demure at top left, rear cover, and...that's about it. Otherwise flawless. Spine is perfect, which is unusual in the genre. Interior page age-toning is less than usual, barely present. See all scans. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box, of course - not a bag. LT24

New York: Disney Editions / Roundtable Press, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New; pristine. First Edition and First Printing. New York: Disney Editions / Roundtable Press, 1999. 'Walt Disney World Resort - A Souvenir for the Millennium', edited by Wendy Lefkon. Quarto, illustrated glossy boards, blue endpapers, 192 pp. New, and without flaw of any kind. See all scans. In protective storage, on premises, ready to ship. A turn-of-the-century look at the Walt Disney World Resort, full, of course, of lavish photographs of that time.That was 1999; now, this is a Disney collectible, scarce in this condition. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. L39

Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions / Western Publishing Co. / Disneyland Vista Records, 1954. Soft cover. Very Good. Very Good. See scans and description. Burbank, CA: Disney Productions / Western Publishing Co. / Disneyland Vista Records, 1965 (copyright 1953; see scans). An early example, with the two-sided 33 1/3 RPM record, of 'Walt Disney's Story of Lady and the Tramp' ("See the Pictures, Hear the Record, Read the Book". 12mo - in this case meaning 7 1/4" x 7 1/4" - illustrated staple-bound wraps, 24 pp. + rear pocket holding the record. Includes original clear plastic sleeve. Very Good; covers have seen some soiling, and rear cover has two notable abrasion (see scans); contents complete and Near Fine. Record, though it appears to have been played, looks Near Fine itself and presumably plays quite well (we have no turntable for testing). One of several early "Lady and the Tramp" Disney offerings. Side A of the record features Robie Lester reading the… Read More

New York & Avenel, NJ: Gramercy Books (Random House / Avenel), 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Near Fine book in a very Near Fine jacket - both very much so. See all scans and description. New York & Avenel, NJ: Gramercy Books (Random House / Avenel), 1992. Sixth Printing. 'Walt Whitman - Selected Poems', with introduction by Christopher Moore. Octavo, illustrated jacket, white fine buckram boards with gilt imprinting on spine, 224 pp. A bright, handsome Near Fine book with four thin lines of underscore at pages 11 and 12 of the preface, and which is immaculately as new otherwise in a very, very Near Fine jacket which does show a faint bar of sunning toward the top of the front panel. See all scans. Almost a kind of eye-candy on the shelf or cocktail table, but this is a serious selection from Whitman, of course. Ships in a new, study, protective box - not a bag. L202

1919. Soft cover. Near Fine. Undated black and white photograph, 5" x 7", of the NC-4, the Curtiss NC flying boat which Hinton piloted in the first crossing of the Atlantic by an aircraft, in May of 1919. Hinton was one of two pilots in the six-man crew. Hinton is not shown in the photo; it is a shot of the NC-4, probably from the 40s or 50s. The Washington Monument can be seen in the background, and the craft is on blocks within a fence, probably at the Smithsonian. The ambitious Hinton also made the first North America-to-South America flight, explored the arctic in a balloon, and explored the Amazon in a hydroplane. He passed away in 1981. Not a common aviation signature. Lmilit

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Hardcover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Chet Jezierski. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Signed, limited edition. Signed by Cheever in green pencil on the third free endpaper. Accompanied by the quite scarce accompanying twenty-two page "Notes From the Editors" commentary, laid in. Illustrations by Chet Jezierski. Octavo, 387 pp. As New; immaculate and pristine. See scans. Franklin's lavish leather binding of the Signed, Limited Edition of Cheever's 1957 tale of a Massachusetts coast family, which won the National Book Award in 1958 and in 1998 was named 63rd among the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century on the Modern Library list. Artist Chet Jezierski echoes the mood in nice detail. Rich brown topgrain cowhide binding, gilt decorated and imprinted, spine panels rib divided, All Edges Gilt, chocolate moire endpapers, and a matching satin page-marker ribbon. The gilt is 22… Read More

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. First Edition (stated), and First Printing, with full number line. "0484" on front jacket flap. Octavo, illustrated jacket, red boards, white spine with metallic red imprinting, 374 pp. Fine Book in a Fine jacket. Collector copy. L-23

Köln: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbh, 1999. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. As New/New. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. New. 'War and Peace', by Leo Tolstoy, in the 1999 Könemann ClassicsFour Volume Set by Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbh. Köln Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbh, 1999. English language edition. First Edition Thus, First Printing. 12mo, four volumes, illustrated jacket, blue boards with white spine imprinting, 1,932 pp for the four. New and pristine in every way for all volumes; slipcase in nearly pristine, but has several small white abrasion marks on its bottom panel (see scan). Rather elegant form on Tolstoy's iconic classic - and, though the rumor that no one has ever actually read the whole thing is patently false, you will probably prefer display this set, and read it in paperback instead. Ships in stout protection, of course. See all scans. LT9