Search Results: Authors starting with W from Boyd Used & Rare Books

Japan: Hokuseido Press, 1966. Soft cover. Very Good. Saddle stitched booklet has wear to spine edge. Head and tail of spine are worn. Light edge wear and rubbing to wraps. Upper front fore edge corner has a tiny bump. A single horizontal crease across spine. Pages are clean and binding is tight. First edition, 1966. 68 pages.

New York: John S. Taylor, Bookseller and Publisher, 1836. Hardcover. Good. Second edition, 1836. Olive green cloth with gilt lettered spine and decoratively blind stamped boards. Previous owners' bookplates. Colored pencil underlining and marginalia to the first five pages of the introduction and epithet left under the frontispiece portrait illustration of the author. 216 pages. Placed in an archival mylar sleeve. A polemic against the Roman Catholic Church and its threat to both religious liberty and political freedom. Originally published in 1835. William Craig Brownlee (1784-1860) was a reformed minister and an outspoken critic of the Catholic Church. A native Lanarkshire, Scotland, he earned his masters degree at the University of Glasgow, and after coming to the United States held pastorates in Presbyterian churches in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In 1826 he was installed as a minister at the Collegiate Reformed Dutch church in New York City and served several Dutch Reformed Churches in… Read More

[Salem, Oregon]: [Capital Journal], 1929. Hardcover. Fine. Papered boards with pictorial on front cover. Burgundy taped spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. 31 leaves printed on rectos only. [31] printed pages. Oblong format. 17 x 26 cm. One institutional copy located on OCLC (Oregon Historical Society). Rare. Album of caricatures, showing 92 person, both members of the 1929 Oregon Legislature and other individuals at the capital, drawn by Murray Wade (1876-1961), a prominent west coast editorial cartoonist and publisher.

[Salem, Oregon]: [Capital Journal], 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. Papered boards with pictorial on front cover. Burgundy taped spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. [30] pages. Oblong format. 17 x 26 cm. One institutional copy located on OCLC (Oregon Historical Society). Rare. Album of caricatures, showing 91 persons, both members of the 1923 Oregon Legislature and other individuals at the capital, drawn by Murray Wade (1876-1961), a prominent west coast editorial cartoonist and publisher. Note: the cover mistakenly identifies the 1923 legislative session as the Thirty-First assembly when, in fact, it was the Thirty-Second assembly.

[Salem, Oregon]: [Capital Journal], 1921. Hardcover. Poor. Poor. An incomplete copy with three leaves (six pages) torn out. Papered boards with pictorial on front cover. Burgundy spine shows some wear at its foot. Interior is clean and unmarked. Three leaves have been torn out. 20 pages still intact. Oblong format. 17 x 26 cm. Five institutional copies located on OCLC. Album of caricatures, showing 60 persons, both members of the 1921 Oregon Legislature and other individuals at the capital, drawn by Murray Wade (1876-1961), a prominent west coast editorial cartoonist and publisher.

Salem, Oregon: privately printed, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Blue-gray cloth boards with gilt and silver lettering. Light rubbing at extremities; minor splitting to cloth near top of front hinge. There are a few penciled additions to the text, otherwise the interior is clean and unmarked. 263 pages. Detailed genealogies, including charts, narratives, reproductions of photographs, newspaper clippings, documents, etc., of the: a) Whitney family, with the modern branch descending from John Whitney (1589-1673) and his wife Elinor of Watertown, Massachusetts Colony, of whom many resided in Maine). b) Lignitz family: Wilhelm Von Lignitz (d. 1879) of Torgelow, Germany, and his wife Christliebe Moschall, their children including Wilhelm/William, and descendants in the region of Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. c) Groathouse/Grothouse family: John Groathouse (1815-1892) of Germany and Nebraska, his wife Ellen/Ella Almith, and their descendants in Nebraska and Haddam, Kansas. This volume,… Read More

Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1849. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition, first state of the first printing with all points (BAL 12096). Brown cloth, sides stamped in blind. Lacking top quarter and bottom inch of backstrip. Inserted catalog at front, dated May 1, 1849. Book plate for the King Library, Andalusia (Bensalem), Pa. on front pastedown (vol. no. 368) and library rubber stamp on p. 151. Pages show foxing and edges are darkened. The last few leaves have a grubby appearance, heavier in the top and bottom margins. The word ''END'' is not present on the final page. 188 p. The first printing (5100 copies) was completed by May 12, 1849, on which date it was put on sale.

M. Wagner, 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Book has just a tiny bit of shelf wear along spine edges. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Colophon with printer's specs laid in.

Boston: Atlantic - Little, Brown and Company, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. First edition stated. Book is very lightly bumped at head of spine and lower front fore-edge corner. Internally clean. Binding tight. Dust jacket has tiny chips at the upper fore edge corners as well as head of spine; faint age toning; price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. 5 x 7.5 inches. 117 Pages.

Washington, DC: United States Infantry Association, 1923. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Book has bumping and a little wear to head and tail of spine as well as fore edge corners. Light wear to spine edges. Light general surface soiling to boards. About 60 pages (pp 60 - 126) have a tiny bit of bumping to upper fore edge corner. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Second edition, 1923. 380 pages.

Warsaw, Poland: Instytut Wydawiniczy Pax, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Book has small indent at upper edge of front board. A little spotting to boards. Fore edge corners are minimally bumped. Pages are free of marks. Binding is sound. 6.5 x 8.5 inches. 284 Pages. Polish Language.

San Diego, CA: Copley Book/Union-Tribune Publishing, 1972. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed by Author(s). Special edition signed by James Copley and Richard Pourade, who commissioned and edited this edition, respectively. Special edition copy #175. Book has a little wear to the gold lettering on the spine. Pages are very clean and binding is tight. A wonderful blend of history and recipes, along with black & white etchings, illustrations and a few color plates. 8.75 x 11 inches. 142 pages.

London: Cassell, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. First UK Edition. Black cloth boards with gilt stamped spine. Top fore-corners lightly bumped. Faint number visible at top of ffep, otherwise interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows a small spot of edge wear on the top edge of the rear panel (near the spine corner); not price clipped (3.95 net). DJ in archival sleeve. 83 pp. 21.5 x 12.5 cm. Irving's political thriller about an attempt by an FBI director to destroy the Bill of Rights and undermine the United States.

Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton House, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good-. Privately printed, stated first printing, limited edition of 500 (131/500). Very slight wear to board edges. Small, very light blemishes on a few pages. Dust jacket has some scuffing on spine; short closed tear on top edge of front panel; some minor edge-wear; spot of surface loss on rear panel where sticker has been removed; not price clipped ($2.50). DJ in clear archival sleeve. 71 pp. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Robert Wallace Smith (1908-2002) was a longtime resident of Napa, California, and was the author of several volumes of poetry.

Cleveland, O.: World Syndicate Publishing, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Textured red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Red topstain. Very faint wear to tail of spine. Previous owner's name in pencil on ffep. Pages are crisp and clean. Dust jacket shows light wear at head and foot of spine and corners; minor general edgewear; short closed tear to bottom edge of rear panel. DJ in clear archival sleeve. Approx. 255 unnumbered pages. 7.5 x 5.25 inches.

Silver Spring, MD: Charles E. Holden, 1973. Soft cover. Very Good+. Two 14 page chapbooks published by Hari Walner (who is now known for her quilting), November 1973 and April-May 1974. Each book features about 9 illustrations each as well as Walner's reflections on art and the artistic process. Very good plus to near fine condition. Crisp. Previous owners address label in upper right corner of title pages. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. Rare.

Silver Spring, MD: Charles E. Holden, 1974. Soft cover. Near Fine. Chapbook by Hari Walner (who is now known for her quilting) from November 1974. Features 7 etchings, commentary, and a couple pages describing the etching process. Clean and crisp. Previous owners address label in upper right corner of title page. 12 pages. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. Rare.

Pretoria: J. L. Van Schaik Ltd., 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. James Walton. First edition. Brown cloth boards with stamped pictorial on front cover in dark orange, white, and dark brown. Foot of spine lightly bumped. Illustrated endpapers. Interior is clean and unmarked. Illustrated by James Walton on six double-sided plates with many in-text illustrations. 63 pages. 10 x 8 inches. Dust jacket chipped at spine ends and along top edge of front panel; in an archival mylar sleeve. A study of the Mountain Bushmen of Basutoland and their tradition of rock painting. The author, Marion Walsham How (1890-1964), was born in Basutoland, and her work here derives from her personal contact with Basotho artists, and from the academic work of her father, James Comyn Macgregor, and her grandfather, David-Frederic Ellenberger (who arrived in Basutoland in 1861 and collected Basotho history from Chiefs and tribal historians while tradition was still a living thing). James Walton, who… Read More

Fulton, MO: El Grito del Lobo Press, 2015. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good+. Signed by Author(s). First Edition of 200 copies. Signed by both authors on the title page and inscribed by Bargen on the half-title page. Walter Bargen is Missouri's first poet laureat (2008-2010). Tail of spine has a hint of bumping; a few faint blemishes on the rear cover. 16 pages. 9 x 6 inches.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. Alice Harvey. Stated First Edition. Orange cloth spine stamped in dark green; gray/green paper boards with geometric pattern. Spot of sunning at head of spine; light rub wear to corners. Interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket chipped at spine ends and corners; tear to bottom edge of front panel; not price clipped ($3.50); in an archival sleeve. 261 pp. 8.25 x 5.5 inches. The author's adventures and daily experiences, as an octagenarian, living in a cabin on a mining claim by Clear Creek (a tributary of the Klamath River) in the Siskiyou Mountains of Northern California. Around 1946, at the age of eighty, she decided to go live in a cabin by herself--not too far from the community of Happy Camp in Siskiyou County. She recounts many aspects of her days and nights in the mountains: the weather, animals and wildlife, neighbors, the beauty of the land, and many aspects of the region's livelihood, all… Read More