Search Results: Authors starting with W from Dark and Stormy Night Books

London: Printed For Private Distribution, 1873 Hard cover, 8vo ( measuring 5 1/2 x 8 3/5 inches), in quarter tan cloth over blue paper-covered boards, re-inforced at the joints, possibly, with a vellum strip, the spine with a printed paper title label, plain cream endpapers. [Alternative title spelling given in page headers.] Collation: [6] 1-61, [3]pp. First edition in English.**CONDITION: Very Good. Exterior of boards show moderate soiling and edge wear. Hinges in order. End papers browned. Very light foxing to prelims at margins, and along all outer edges of text block. Pages are moderately age toned, generally clean. Presentation inscription: " William Morris, Esq. /from H. Buxton Forman" (undated) in old ink to prelim. page.**Morris wrote to Forman thanking him for the book (Collected Letters of William Morris, Vol 1, No. 216). Kelvin records his actual thank you letter for the book in 1873 (as No. 216 in Collected Letters of William Morris, Vol. I) which reads in part: "nor am I much… Read More

Heidelberg: Lothar Stiehm Verlag, 1974 Hard cover, quarto, 312pp. Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929) was an Austrian poet, playwright and librettist. He wrote the libretto for Richard Strauss's opera Der Rosenkavalier. Signed by the author: "For Prof. Emery E. George with cordial greetings - James E. Walsh". Condition: Very Good in a Good dust jacket with wear at the edges.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

London: Williams & Norgate, Limited, 1929 Hard cover, 8vo., in publisher's blue trade cloth, with title in black to spine, 207 pp. Condition: Good. Spine sunned, with some paint spatter and wear to head and foot. Binding is firm, however, and pages moderately age-toned. ** The Reverend Doctor Walsh (1857 -1931) was a Scottish religious reformer, and the founder of the Free Religious Movement towards World-Religion and World-Brotherhood. He was a pacifist, deeply affected by the Great War of 1914, and sermonized at international peace conferences in Europe and America. He was also a notably well-bearded promoter of vegetarianism. Ownership inscription in old ink to ffep. "John Hayes Holmes, 1929." Holmes (1879-1964) was a prominent Unitarian minister, pacifist and co-founder of the NAACP in 1909 . He also was involved in the founding of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in 1920, serving as chairman between 1940 and 1950. A noted anti-war activist, and recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award.… Read More

Köln: Taschen GmbH, 2018 Hard cover, tall 8vo, in tan cloth with titles blocked in blue and black to front and spine, wrapped in a shaped color illustrated dust jacket featuring "Adam and Eve in Paradise," (circa 1455.) Silk ribbon marker. In English. 504 pp.** A collection of 167 beautiful Medieval and Renaissance illuminated miniatures and incunabula manuscripts featuring brilliant color, sometimes decorated with jewels, or illuminated with precious metals. Each item is accompanied by extensive notes, biographies of the makers, bibliography, index and glossary. A meaningful introduction to some of the most beautiful European book arts before the eighteenth century, in a well-designed colorful book that invites browsing. CONDITION: Like New. FINE in a Fine dust jacket. Fresh, bright and clean. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Portland, Connecticut: self-published, 1977 Hard Cover, quarto, 257pp. In publisher's navy cloth boards with gold lettering. Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket, which has shelf wear to edges and some dust-soiling overall. ** Illustrated history of the postal service in Connecticut. The author, Arthur J. Warmsley (1913-1998) was an enthusiastic philatelist, and tells anecdotes of the history of the postal service from the post riders of early America through the establishment of the US Post Office and the transport of mail via the New Haven Steamboat Company and the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad. Illustrated throughout with photographs and 18 full-page plates of the postmarks (cancels) of individual Connecticut towns. OCLC 4103893.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Edinburgh: T.N.Foulis, 1912 292pp + ads. An illustrated book of some of the many characters said to have haunted Edinburgh's streets over the centuries. Condition: Covers dust soiled and spine darkened. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: Rhinehart & Company, Inc., 1959 246pp. Ex-Library copy. Hardback, with a dust jacket in mylar. The seventh in this series of California noir suspense stories, in which the duo must catch a cop-killer. Condition: Good, with a Good dust jacket. Textblock edges and interior pages are evenly tanned. Neat library stamp and envelope. Dust jacket is not price clipped, and shows slight scuffing to front and rear, wear to edges and corners, as well as several small chips to head and foot of spine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

New York: Rhinehart & Company, 1954 Hardback, with pictorial dust jacket protected by a Brodart cover, 246 pp. Advance Publication Notice laid in. The death on a picket line of Rabbi Sakker raises difficult questions in this Southern Californian whodunit. Condition: Fine, with a Very Good dust jacket. Grey paper-covered boards with white and yellow titles. No bumps or other wear. Uniform age-toning to text. Endpapers clean, binding tight. Dust jacket, with art of Ben Feder, has one inch-long tear on front, some slight foxing to rear, and wear to corners, head and tail of spine.. First edition, Advance Reader's Copy. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

New York: Rinehart & Company, 1956 245pp. Scarce hardcover, with light blue cloth-covered boards, yellow and white titling, and dust jacket cover art by Pat Feder. JOHN ALFRED "JACK" WEBB (1916-2008) wrote a number of noir murder mysteries set in Los Angeles, California of the 1950's and 60's, this volume being the fifth featuring the dynamic detecting duo of Father Joseph Shanley and LAPD's Sammy Golden of the Homicide Squad. "A wanton blonde's clandestine romance sets police detective Sammy Golden and his crime-busting partner Father Joseph Shanley on the trail of a ruthless mobster who deals in dope and death. This is a fast, taut thriller. Condition: Very Good+ in a like dust jacket. Slight edgewear to corners and tail of spine of book, as well as the age- toning to be expected. Otherwise, tight and clean. Dustjacket is just about immaculate for its age, showing only remnants of small corner folds on two turn-ins, and the merest edge abrasion. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+.

Market Drayton, Shropshire: Tern Press, 1989 Hard cover, oblong 8vo., (8 1/2 x 10 6/8 inches ) in half stone-colored paper over tan lino-printed decorative paper with deeper tan repeating floral motif, an applied hand-printed decorative label with title to top board, and a printed paper label applied to the spine. Grayish-brown paste downs. Title page printed in purple, gold and black. Printed in Caslon, on cream colored Zerkall paper. Wood engraved illustrations in deeper tan. Housed in the original tan cloth-covered slipcase. 30 unnumbered pages. First Edition Thus. Limited to 100 copies per colophon: this is hand-numbered No. 21, and signed by Nicholas Parry.**Condition Near Fine, in a Near Fine slipcase. Spine label minimally glue-smudged, probably when made. A small smudge of black to shelf side of s/c.)** The story was written around 1926, and this volume was stylishly re-envisioned from Bertrand Rota's 1937 edition. Re-designed, and hand bound featuring new original original wood engravings… Read More

London: Bertram Rota, 1937 Hard cover, 12mo in half Venetian red book cloth over batiked silk-covered boards of indigo, orange and cream, with an applied cloth label in Chinese characters as title to the front board , and additionally in English in gilt to the spine,13pp., First Edition. Numbered 181 of a limited edition of 350 copies on printer's colophon. (Shown here in the slipcase with a new mylar replacement of the original torn, discolored glassine.) In the original sage green slipcase, both sides of which are block-printed in Venetian red with the image of a Chinese lion. Condition : Fine. The printer states this was a short story written about 1926 and published first here, although copyright belonged to others, used with permission. English Author Mary Gladys Meredith Webb (1881-1927) gives us a powerful short story based on the physical separation of a young woman and her beau, off to do some top secret intelligence work for six months in a Far Eastern locale. This bookseller has, for… Read More

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1930 Hard cover, 8vo. in oxblood cloth with tan titles, 341pp. A discussion on philosophy, written between the wars. Index includes unlikely topics such as: "telepathy," "automobilism, as a cult of mammon of unrighteousness," "machinery, it's mental influence." Condition: Very Good. Slight sunning to spine and boards and minimal shelf wear to head of spine and corners. Moderate foxing to endpapers. Otherwise, tight and clean within. The author also wrote a sequel, "The Light" in 1932.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Saranac, NY: Adirondack Yesteryears, Inc., 1973 Hard cover, 4to, in green cloth blocked with gold titles, in an olive green pictorial dust jacket, illustrated end papers, 224 pp, First Edition. Condition: Fine. In a Very Good dust jacket, with some fading to the spine, now in a mylar protector.** These are the edited reminiscences of Charles E. Merrill (d. 1935) about the early settlement of the Northern Adirondack Chateaugay Lakes region of New York, to the west of Lake Champlain. The Merrill family were first settlers in the years of westward expansion of the late eighteenth century, and gave their name to the area's first town. Merrill tells of land clearances , house and barn raisings, maple sugaring, and a whole variety of the pioneer existence in a series of very readable essays that read like short stories. Employed as a guide for hunters and other visitors, he also became an early voice for conservation. . First Edition . Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good . Illus. by Tom Welch.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998 238pp. The author was a two-term Massachusetts Governor, federal prosecutor, and a current Presidential candidate. This foray into the fiction of politics brings us a fast-paced and entertaining romp of our protagonist Terry Mullally from life as a cop in Brooklyn, NY to a potential seat in the United States Senate. Condition: Very Good in a Near Fine dustjacket. Edges of text block and endpapers very lightly foxed. Two pages with dog-ear creases.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine.

London / New York: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd./ M. Renner, 1904 Reprint of the 1901 first edition. Soft cover in the original tan paper wraps, 12 mo (5 x 7 1/2 inches), with titles in black ink to front and spine, ex-library Bowdoin College, with large withdrawal sticker to verso front wrap, call letters to spine on a vintage paper label. Blind stamp to title page. Condition: Very Good Minus: edges dusty, spine shows one crack, missing quarter -inch of wraps at head of spine. Light soiling to exterior. However, the inside pages are clean and unmarked (looks unread.)**Described by its author in the Preface as a novel "with a social and political purpose," it appears to be highly autobiographical in nature. The saga follows a New York doctor's family removal to England, There are robust allusions to various reform questions, many based on religious interpretation, including a discussion of polygamous versus monogamous marriage, and broad hints of spiritualism. Genealogical… Read More

Konigstein: Verlag Robert Langewiesche, 1980 Hard cover, quarto, 224pp. Condition: Fine in like dust jacket. ** Illustrated book of German woodcuts until the end of the 17th century. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Boston, Mass.: The Boston Athenaeum, 1995 Soft cover, quarto, 60pp. Illustrated catalogue with color and monochrome plates. Condition: Near Fine with very light shelf wear.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1882 pp x + 505; vii + 504 + ads. Inscribed by Weppner to front free endpaper: "To Mr & Mrs Henry Bush, with the kindly wishes from Margaretha Weppner. Port Townsend, December 5th, 1884". Weppner was a German language teacher who sailed from France to the US in 1869, thence to Japan, China, Saigon, Singapore, Java and Batavia, then back to Singapore, Calcutta, Delhi, Bombay, Suez, Cairo, Alexandria and finally back to Munich, Germany. Henry Bush, to whom the book is inscribed, was the United States Shipping Commissioner at Port Townsend. Condition: almost Fine, with light shelfwear to the covers, and light rubbing to the spine gilt.. Signed by author. American edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

New York: self published, 1893 Hard cover, oblong quarto, in publisher's brown pebbled cloth, titles to topboard blocked in blind and gold. Unpaginated, prelims + 53pp of color lithographed plates. Condition: Good. Covers worn at corners and head/tail of spine, Gold faded. with the front hinge cracked. Internally the pages are about Very Good. ** A commercial catalogue from the company that still specializes in piano action parts. With full-page color plates showing the internal mechanics of a piano. OCLC 12405253.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Lithographers Lidner, Eddy & Claus, NY.

London: Chapman & Dodd, Ltd., llll Hard cover 8vo, in green-tan cloth decorated with pictorial border and titles in blue to front and upon spine, color frontispiece plus additional color plate in addition to many line illustrations, x, 127 pp. Inscription in fountain pen dated 1925 to ffep. Original dust jacket, unclipped. Printed by Cahill and Co., London, Dublin and Drogheda. **Condition: Very Good, with very light foxing along edge of text block and upon interior pages. Otherwise, tight, clean and hinges in order. Dust jacket is Very Good, still bright with the spine unsunned, with some small chips along top and bottom edges. **This was the first part of a five-book set with the additional titles on British birds, reptiles, butterflies and moths, and insects. . Hard Cover. Very Good /Very Good. Illus. by Doris Meyer.