Search Results: Authors starting with W from Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC

New York: Hawk's Well Press, 1962. First Edition / First Printing. Softcover. Fine.. First Edition / First Printing. Softcover. Warmly signed & inscribed by Wakoski on the half-title page with her business card ("Poet in Residence") laid in. Wakoski's first book of poetry. Small 8vo, French-folded wraps. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

London: Peter Davies, 1951. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Very good in like dust jacket. Cloth boards are noticeably discolored on front and back, and some light soiling to page edges. DJ has small chips at fold and one internal tape mend, but is otherwise sharp and presents well.. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. First book by the author of THE SOUND OF HIS HORN. A collection of stories of "the uncanny." 8vo cloth. The English edition is a lot scarcer than the American edition. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

London: Peter Davies, 1952. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Patchy fading to spine and rear panel which is the result of offsetting from the striped jacket design. There is also heavy foxing to the page edges. Overall, very good copy in a price-clipped but otherwise nearly fine dust jacket that is unusually bright and attractive for this title. Scarce in any condition.. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Early dystopian short novel, an alternate history in which the Nazis won the war, involving a private compound where prisoners are hunted for sport. 8vo cloth. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

Very good. The menu has soft creases and minor nicks and wear along the edges, but is overall, well-preserved.. Approximately 10" x 12.25" menu from the former Tic Toc Club in Boston, which was located at 245 Tremont Street, opposite the Metropolitan Theatre (now known as the Wang Theatre), in the heart of the theater district. The menu is SIGNED BY FATS WALLER and one other person (Irene Marconi?), likely a local musician. Fats Waller was a celebrated jazz pianist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer, and most active during the 1920s and 1930s until his untimely death in 1943. The menu is from the first of several Tic Toc Club locations in Boston, and featured big name band performances. It is not known how the menu came to be signed by Waller, but whether or not he actually performed at the Tic Toc or not, it is likely a club he would have visited if in Boston. Very unique autograph piece of this jazz icon. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we… Read More

New York: Random House, 1936. Signed Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Minor rubbing to boards and slight darkening of spine. Above average copy, with some age toning, but overall nearly fine original slipcase.. Signed Limited First Edition. Hardcover. One of 1250 copies numbered and signed by Ward, of which this is copy #750. 22 woodcuts. A story told entirely through wood engravings by one of the greats of twentieth century illustration. 8vo, 1/4 cream paper over gold foil boards; deckled fore edges. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

New York: Pantheon Books, 2022. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine unclipped dj (as new).. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED by Warrell on the title page. Author's debut novel. 8vo cloth & boards. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

Easthampton, MA: Warwick Press, 1990. Signed Limited First Edition. Softcover. Fine.. Signed Limited First Edition. Softcover. One of 125 copies designed and printed by Carol Brinn. SIGNED by both Brinn and Weil on the colophon page. 8vo. Printed on Fusuma Gray Japanese paper and sewn into Ochre Batik wrappers. Prospectus laid in. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

Athens, GA: Hill Street Press, 1999. Signed Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Spine sunned else fine in publisher's slipcase with touch of sunning along edge of opening.. Signed Limited First Edition. Hardcover. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by the editor and all 22 contributors, this being copy #79. Collection of essays by on the influence of Eudora Welty. Contributors include: Richard Bausch, Doris Betts, Fred Chappell, Ellen Douglas, Tony Early, Clyde Edgerton, George Garrett, Ellen Gilchrist, Anthony Grooms, Barry Hannah, Mary Hood, Greg Johnson, William Maxwell, Willie Morris, Alice Munro, Daniele Pitavy-Souques, Reynolds Price, Louis D. Rubin, Jr., Lee Smith, William Jay Smith, Elizabeth Spencer, and Richard Wilbur. 8vo, pale green cloth stamped in gilt. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

New York: Simon Pulse, 2005. First Edition / First Printing. Softcover. Nearly fine copy with a soft crease along spine, slight nick at top of spine, and very small crease on rear cover near corner. Scarce.. First Edition / First Printing. Softcover. Second installment in the exceptional UGLIES dystopian series for Young Adults. This is an actual first printing with number line to 1 on the copyright page. Both UGLIES and PRETTIES were published as paperback originals by Simon Pulse, and first printings are extremely hard to find. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

New York: James F. Carr & Robert A. Wilson, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in original glassine dust jacket as issued. There is only one short closed tear and a couple trivial nicks to the fragile glassine dj, which is amazingly well-preserved, and additionally protected by a clear archival cover. An exceptional copy of this very rare book.. First Edition. Hardcover. Deluxe limited issue of this early poetry collection. One of 75 copies numbered and signed by Wieners, of which this is copy #48. Also includes an original page of manuscript for the book bound-in. The page in this copy is #60 and is also signed by Wieners. 8vo imitation leather stamped in gilt, pages uncut. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

Santa Barbara, CA: Unicorn Press, 1970. Limited Signed First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine.. Limited Signed First Edition. Hardcover. Of a total edition of 500, this is one of 200 hardbound copies numbered & signed by Wieners. This is copy #98. The remaining 300 copies in the edition were tipped into paper wrappers. Single folded sheet folded pasted into brown paper covered boards with printed label on front. 8vo. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

Derry, NH/Ridgewood, NJ: Babcock & Koontz, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Very fine.. First Edition. Softcover. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Williams of a total edition of 240. Excerpt from a then-unpublished novel, which would eventually be published in 1999 as CLIFFORD'S BLUES. Some Blacks were in the Nazi prison at Dachau, as Williams discovered on a visit there in 1966. Further research led him to write a story about them, centered around a gay Black musician named Clifford. Illust. by Gaylord Schanilec. Original sewn wrappers, front-label. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1956. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. A few slight bumps to boards, else fine in fine unclipped dj with very slight toning along spine. Lovely copy.. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Author's seminal work on alienation, creativity, and the modern mind-set. Philosophy and existentialism. 8vo, cloth. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

Privately Printed, 1951. First Edition. Green wrappers. Very good+ with touch of fading near spine. The letters are folded but other wise near fine with the original envelopes.. First Edition. Green wrappers. This scarce privately printed chapbook, includes 13 pages of whimsical verse. Accompanying this copy are three letters containing bibliographical interest relating to this edition. The original owner wrote a letter to Wilson inquiring after the bibliographic details. Wilson responded with a handwritten note referring him to the printer, Thomas Todd. The subsequent response from Todd is also included here. A rare Wilson item with very interesting bonus material. 8vo, stiff wraps. . PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Near-fine in a vg+ unclipped dj. Highly unusual thus.. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition, first printing, with no mention of a later printing on the copyright page. A fascinating portrait of Mussolini's Fascist Italy through the focus on a fictional yet characteristic Italian adventurer named Dario Duvolti. This is journalist Winner's first work of fiction, and a highly revealing study of Italian society during fascism. An unusually fine copy of this scarce title. Small 8vo cloth. Near-fine in a very good+ unclipped dj. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

Derry, NH: Babcock & Koontz, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very fine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustration by Gaylord Schanilec. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Wolff of a total edition of 240. Beautifully printed at the Coffee House Press. 8vo cloth, front-label. Issued without dust jacket. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine, issued without dj.. First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary Poetry Series. 8vo, yellow cloth, stamped in black. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

London: Jarrolds Publishers, 1932. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Very good, clean copy, with slight spine lean and minor bumps, with a trace of paper residue on inside front endpaper from sticker or label removal.. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Collection of ten connected stories by S. (Sydney) Fowler Wright. Many of the stories are dystopian and attack trends that Wright disagreed with in his time. An impressive, early example of dystopian fiction. 8vo original black cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

New York: Longmans, Green, & Co, 1930. First U.S. Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Rear hinge starting a bit but binding is solid. Overall good+ copy in good dust jacket which has separated along front gutter, with remnants of tape repair on verso side, wear and several small chips--now preserved in mylar cover.. First U.S. Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Science fiction novel about a man who travels 500,000 years into the future and encounters a race of intelligent beings, the Amphibians. 8vo grey cloth stamped in black. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1959. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in an unclipped jacket that has darkening to the spine but is otherwise near-fine.. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Second collection by the author of THE GREEN WALL. 8vo gray cloth. A scarce book. An unusually nice copy. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.