Search Results: Authors starting with W from Mossback Books

Anchor Books. Fine. 2006. First Edition :. Softcover. Octovo in wraps, 1st Anchor book edition, thick and square spine/binding, clean unmarked pages, covers unworn, else FINE. Winner of Calif. Book award. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Chicago: Pedigree Publ. Co. Fine with no dust jacket. 1911. First Edition :. Hardcover. 12mo in navy buckram cloth, unworn, unread? , and very FINE. A survivor for a century without damage, a beautiful copy. Written for breeders and stockmen defining what 'breeding' is in plain terms. Illustrated throughout with half-tone photos. Nice little book. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Rand McNally. Very Good. 1924. Hardcover. 16mo hardcover, paste-on Ilustration: ant leaving home; book plate, tight binding clean pages, light shelfwear, book enclosed in heavy clear mylar wrap, else VG to VG+. Solid copy illustrated throughout at least a dozen ant stories. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Barnes & Noble. As New. 2007. Hardcover. Quarto hardcover in very bright yellow cloth, number line 1 thru 10, illustration-paste-on cover, tight bright unworn, unread and as NEW. Fresh unmarked and sprightly. Illustrated by Margaret Evans Price. The stories we love, e. G. , Seven wonderful cats; tom thumb; puss in boots; henny pennhy; how the sea became salt; gingerbread man, etc. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1890. Hardcover. 12mo hardcover in fine red cloth coverrs, bright gilt lettering on front as well as golden arrows on front and on back, light shelfwear, else VG++ or better, now in clear mylar wrap for protection. All 23 illustrations present (one bound in different location). A beautiful copy. Lake crossing by Indians (Hiawatha) documented by rock paintings at Agawa Rock. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 180pp pages .

New York: Abaris Books. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. Two matching royal octovo volumes in sky-blue cloth covers, unworn and FINE; both in bright DJs, light rubbing at edges, else VG+ the both. Now in clear mylar covers for jacket protection. Both volumes richly endowed with Arthur Rackham Illustrations, 64 in number, perhaps the finest he had produced. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Edwin Mellen Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1995. First Edition :. Hardcover. 0773490973 . Octovo hardcover, tight binding, fresh pages, none marked or torn, miniscule shelfwear, else NFINE. Solid copy. History of arrival, development in agriculture, maturing of the industry. ; 9.3 X 6.3 X 0.9 inches .

Johns Hopkins Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover, signed by U. Michigan Law Prof Stein, tight binding, fresh pages, unworn and FINE in clean DJ which has a short tear, now in clear mylar jacket preserver. The nuts and bolts of implementing, and control of arms agreements. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Donald E. Waldeman. Fine. 1992. First Edition : Signed. Softcover. Smaller octovo in wraps, tight binding, fresh unmarked pages, unworn covers, else like new. Signed/Inscribed by Waldemer on title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Crown. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket. 1972. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover, unworn unread and FINE in FINE DJ. A fresh copy. One of two classics by this author who tells memorable stories. A book to cherish. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Beyond Words. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. Quarto hardcover, unworn unread and as NEW in AS NEW DJ. FINE in FINE DJ. Beautifully illustrated throughout in color. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Ursus Imprints. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition : Signed. Hardcover. 0942681002 . Octovo hardcover, Signed by all 11 contributing authors, 194/575 signed copies, tight binding, fresh pages, unworn and FINE in FINE DJ, all in solid bright slipcase. Super nice; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Black Dog & Leventhal,. As New in Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition :. Hardcover. Oblong quarto hardcover, unworn unread and AS NEW in very FINE DJ. A fresh copy. Illustrated with photos and architectural designs. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Scribners. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Third edition. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover in maroon buckram cloth, covers unworn save for tiny corner nubs, owner name and church stamp, not exlibris, edges dusty, pages unmarked and fresh, a few pages underlined, else VG+ or slightly better in bright DJ, tiny tear but now in clear mylar wrap. Heavy and solid. "...a rare blend of unity, clarity and balance." -DJ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co. Very Good+. 1912. Hardcover. Tall octovo hardcover, tight binding, clean unmarked pages, unfoxed, faint shelfwear, top strip lightly faded, else VG to VG++. Illustrated throughout; a thorough presentation on this topic. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Harvard University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1999. First Edition :. Hardcover. 0674005481 . Octovo in trade paperback, square spine, pages white and crisp, covers knife-sharp, else AS NEW. A super Fine copy. "...a troubled dimension to one of the most enigmatic figures of American history, and to one of its most shameful legacies." -cover ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

University of Pittsburgh Press. Fine. 1985. Softcover. 0822953692 . Octovo in wraps, tight and very bright, moderate retail handling, line on bottom edge, else FINE, looks unread. Travels of this preacher from 1762 thru the west, Great Lakes, Kentucky, also tells of first great migration of whites into the west, stealing Indian land. ; 9.20 X 6.10 X 1.10 inches .

School of American Research. Very Good+. 1948. First Edition :. Softcover. 14 copies in wrap, all VG to VG+++ or better. They cover the history of the Southwest; many first hand reports and a good source of authentic facts. Read about the Rio Grande, Guatemala, 'New Mexico as a remote cause of the Civil War', Canon de Chelly, Indians, etc etc. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

William Morrow & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition :. Hardcover. 0688090877 . Octovo hardcover, unworn pages which are still fresh, covers unworn, top edge may be very faintly dusty, else FINE in FINE DJ. A solid copy. Actual sightings of ufos. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Le Roy Phillips. Very Good+. Early Printing. Hardcover. Octovo in river-green cloth covers, large gilt lettering on front and on spine, tight binding, clean unfoxed deckle-edge pages, light shelfwear, faint sunning, else VG++. Contains all 13 water color Illustrations by W. Lee Hankey. Set up according to days of fishing, i. E. , first day, second day, etc with chapters that include Angler, Falconer and Hunter extolling the virtues of his recreation, Discourse on the Otter and the Chub; How to Get Fish for, and to Dress, the Chavender or Chub; On the Nature and B reeding of the Trout, and How to Fish for Him, the trout, etc. One of the nicer Walton books with this title, illustrations superb. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 232pp pages .