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Vermont's Stone Chambers: An Inquiry into Their Past by: Neudorfer, Giovanna
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Vermont's Stone Chambers: An Inquiry into Their Past
by: Neudorfer, Giovanna

Softcover. Montpelier, Vermont Historical Society, 1st, 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 102 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Foxing and stains on covers. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 613325

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

View of the Principal Deistical Writers, 1755-1757, A - 3 volume set by: Leland, John
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View of the Principal Deistical Writers, 1755-1757, A - 3 volume set
by: Leland, John

Hardcover. New York, Facsimiles-Garland Press, reprint, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 3 volume hardcover set. 428+433+368 pages. Previous owner's signature on front end paper of all volumes. Faint pencil markings to a handful pages of each volume. Overall, a tight clean set.

Record # 458638

Price: $200.00
Price: $200.00 

Wellsprings of a Nation: America before 1801. A Bicentennial Exhibition from the Collections of the American Antiquarian Society at the Worcester Art Museum April 19 June 5 1977. by:
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Wellsprings of a Nation: America before 1801. A Bicentennial Exhibition from the Collections of the American Antiquarian Society at the Worcester Art Museum April 19 June 5 1977.
by:

Softcover. Worcester MA, American Antiquarian Society, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Exhibition catalog. 141 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Tan stiff wrappers. Covers and spine slightly sunned, small stain to for-edge, dog-ears to upper page-corners. A nice, tight copy.

Record # 396797

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Whitman Juvenile Books: Reference and Value Guide by: Brown, David
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Whitman Juvenile Books: Reference and Value Guide
by: Brown, David

Softcover. Paducah, Ky., Collector Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 143 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 460491

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Who's Who and What's What in the Books of Dr. Seuss by: Lathem, Edward Connery
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Who's Who and What's What in the Books of Dr. Seuss
by: Lathem, Edward Connery

Softcover. Hanover NH, Dartmouth College, First Thus, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 149 pages. Softcover published to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the graduation from Dartmouth College of Theodor Seuss Geisel. Grey cloth covers with silver titles to cover. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 750524

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Whodunit? : A Guide to Crime, Suspense, and Spy Fiction by: Keating, H. R. F. (Editor)
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Whodunit? : A Guide to Crime, Suspense, and Spy Fiction
by: Keating, H. R. F. (Editor)

Hardcover. New York, Van Nostrand, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 320 pages, illustrated throughout with numerous charts, illustrations and photos in b&w. Cream cloth, pictorial dust jacket. A very nice, tight copy.

Record # 450477

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Wild Geese by: Ogilvie, M. A.
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Wild Geese
by: Ogilvie, M. A.

Hardcover. Vermillion SD, Buteo Books, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 350 pages. Hardcover. Full color and black & white illustrations. Dust jacket with light wear. Book is clean, unmarked. A comprehensive record detailing the classification, migration, distribution, ecology, breeding, ecology and conservation of wild geese. The 16 full color identification plates help support the excellent chapter concerned with adult and first winter birds as well the plumage of all ages and species of birds and their variants. Good reference copy.

Record # 386420

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Will H. Bradley: His Work by: Bambace, Anthony
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Will H. Bradley: His Work
by: Bambace, Anthony

Hardcover. Oak Knoll Press, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 216 pages, no dj issued. Will H. Bradley (1868-1962) is widely regarded as one of the masters of book, magazine, and graphic design during the Art Nouveau period. This extensive work also contains a biography of Bradley, a bibliography, and author, title, and publisher indices.

Record # 351441

Price: $60.00
Price: $60.00 

William Faulkner and the Tangible Past - The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha by: Hines, Thomas S.
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William Faulkner and the Tangible Past - The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha
by: Hines, Thomas S.

Hardcover. Berkeley, California University Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 164 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Dust jacket with light wear. Clean tight copy.

Record # 611730

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

William Faulkner's Gifts of Friendship: Presentation and Insribed Copies from the Faulkner Collection of Louis Daniel Brodsky by: Brodsky, Louis Daniel/Thomas Verich
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William Faulkner's Gifts of Friendship: Presentation and Insribed Copies from the Faulkner Collection of Louis Daniel Brodsky
by: Brodsky, Louis Daniel/Thomas Verich

Softcover. Mississippi, University of Mississippi, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Non-Paginated. Black & white illustrations by William Faulkner. Cover shows some sunfading with a light crescent shaped stain near center. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608263

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Wizard of Oz - Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History, The by: Fricke, John/Jay Scarfone/William Stillman
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Wizard of Oz - Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History, The
by: Fricke, John/Jay Scarfone/William Stillman

Hardcover. New York, Warner Books, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 245 pages. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy. A commemorative volume offers the definitive pictorial history of one of the most popular movies of all time.

Record # 608375

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Wooden Boatbuilding: The Sydney Wooden Boat School Manuals by: Ian Hugh Smith
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Wooden Boatbuilding: The Sydney Wooden Boat School Manuals
by: Ian Hugh Smith

Softcover. Sydney AU, Sydney Wooden Boat School, 1st pbk., 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 218 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. In an extensive career Ian Hugh Smith has built over 80 boats and taught hundreds of first-timers the skills they need to build their own boats through the Sydney Wooden Boat School. A series of manuals on different methods of construction grew out of the different courses in the School, and now in retirement Ian has combined these manuals into one edition as well as adding some new work. The manuals cover Building a Traditional Clinker Dinghy, Epoxy Strip Planking, Plywood Clinker Construction and Building the Whiting Skiff. There is an extensive new section on Carvel Planking, and an article on choosing a putt-putt launch to restore. There is also a guide to the different methods of construction available and how you should choose which method to use, as well as choosing the design to build. All of the information embodies Ian's extensive experience in the field and distils the information you need to build your own wooden boat. Clean copy.

Record # 472313

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Works of John Locke - A Comprehensive Bibliography from the Seventeenth Century to the Present, The by: Attig, John C.
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Works of John Locke - A Comprehensive Bibliography from the Seventeenth Century to the Present, The
by: Attig, John C.

Hardcover. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 185 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth. No dust jacket as issued. Previous owner's signature on front end paper, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 458403

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 

Works of Maurice Sendak 1947-1994 by: Hanrahan, Joyce Y.
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Works of Maurice Sendak 1947-1994
by: Hanrahan, Joyce Y.

Hardcover. Portsmouth, NH, Peter E. Randall Publisher, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 93 pages, with illustrations. Spotless and tight copy, with dust jacket. "A Collection with Comments" A bibliography based on the collection of Joyce Hanrahan for over 30 years, and additions she has seen. Listings include points for first editions, and price ranges. Sections on ephemera, periodicals, visuals and posters.

Record # 854005

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

Writers at Work - The Paris Review Interviews - Third Series by: Paris Review/ George Plimpton (Ed.)
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Writers at Work - The Paris Review Interviews - Third Series
by: Paris Review/ George Plimpton (Ed.)

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 368 pages. Hardcover. Features: Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Norman Mailer, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jean Cocteau, Harold Pinter, and more. Price clipped dust jacket with short closed tears along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611579

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Writing About Eakins: The Manuscripts in Charles Bregler's Thomas Eakins Collection by: Foster, Kathleen A. and Cheryl Leibold
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Writing About Eakins: The Manuscripts in Charles Bregler's Thomas Eakins Collection
by: Foster, Kathleen A. and Cheryl Leibold

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Universityof Pennsylvania Press , 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 411 pages, b&w illustrations. A guide to over 1,000 documents relating to the artist and his family. Like new in a dust jacket protected by a mylar cover.

Record # 512715

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

Writing for Children by: Berry, Erick and Herbert Best [illujstrated by Erick Berry]
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Writing for Children
by: Berry, Erick and Herbert Best [illujstrated by Erick Berry]

Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. First edition. Beige/light brown cloth with reddish lettering/decoration, top edge stained red as issued, 202 pages, illustrated with drawings. Clean, tight copy. No dust jacket.

Record # 378498

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Yale University Portrait Index 1701-1951 by: Phillips, John Marshall, intro.
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Yale University Portrait Index 1701-1951
by: Phillips, John Marshall, intro.

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in near fine condition with dust jacket in good condition--tears to upper and bottom spine of book, as well as nicks to upper, front edges. ix+ 185 pp. + color frontpiece; 148 b/w illustrations. Catalogue of 1108 works by 412 known artists (127 works by unidentified artists) in all media except prints. Preface by John Marshall Phillips; portraits arranged alphabetically by subject, with biographies of each; index of artists, with list of portraits by each.

Record # 804881

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Yankee Doodle's Literary Sampler of Prose, Poetry, and Pictures: Being an anthology of diverse works published for the edification and/or entertainment of young readers in America before 1900 by:
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Yankee Doodle's Literary Sampler of Prose, Poetry, and Pictures: Being an anthology of diverse works published for the edification and/or entertainment of young readers in America before 1900
by:

Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y Crowell , 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, red cloth covers in a lightly worn dust jacket, 466 pages. Profusely illustrated with b&w plates, 24 pages of color plates. Selected from the Rare Book Collections of the Library of Congress and Introduced by Virginia Haviland & Margaret N. Coughlan. Clean copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 396710

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

Yesterday's Authors of Books for Children: Facts and Pictures About Authors and Illustrators of Books for Young People From Early Times to 1960 (2 Vols.) by: Anne Comm
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Yesterday's Authors of Books for Children: Facts and Pictures About Authors and Illustrators of Books for Young People From Early Times to 1960 (2 Vols.)
by: Anne Comm

Hardcover. Detroit MI, Gale Research Co., 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes with orange cloth covers. 275, 335 pages. Biographical data are interspersed with autobiographical and critical excerpts from the writings of nineteenth and twentieth-century authors and illustrators. B&w illustrations throughout. Name on front fly leafs, otherwise clean. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 386076

Price: $135.00
Price: $135.00 

Yourself and Your Body (SIGNED COPY) by: Grenfell, Wilfred T.
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Yourself and Your Body (SIGNED COPY)
by: Grenfell, Wilfred T.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1924, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 324 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED WITH SKETCH ON FRONT ENDPAPER BY GRENFELL. Illustrated with black & white drawings by Grenfell. Narrow 1" long (gnawed?) abrasion on bottom edge of front cover. Slight fade to spine cloth, light wear. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 612255

Price: $70.00
Price: $70.00