Search Results: Authors starting with W from Widdershin's Books

SIGNED/Inscribed. Argonaut Rose (The Archaeology of Movies and Books, Vol. IV). Diane Wakoski. First Paperback Edition/Printing. Black Sparrow (1998). Fine, as new, unread trade paperback. Signed and inscribed to a reviewer by Wakoski on title page. A fresh, sharp copy. NOT a remainder. Safe shipping. 9781574230468. 14-b

New, fine, unread trade paperback. Swift, safe shipping. 6onb

Fine, new, unread trade paperback. NOT a remainder. Safe, swift shipping. 6-onb

SIGNED. First Edition. First Printing. Simon & Schuster (1994). Very near fine hardcover with fine, as new jacket. Book has light tap to board edge and jacket has faint crease on rear inside flap, else quite fine. Signed, with a greeting (not personalized) by Wangerin on title page. Boxed for safe shipping. 3-2-b

First Edition. First Printing. Harper (2003). Fine as new hardcover with fine as new jacket. A sharp copy. NOT a remainder. Swift, safe shipping. 6-onb

TWO VOLUME SET: Jazz: A History of America's Music Knopf (2000) and Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music Box Set, Remastered Edition. Sony (2000). Fine, as new, enormous illustrated hardcover with fine, as new jacket AND as new, clam shell cased audio companion to Burns' PBS series. Cased audio volume includes booklet of musicians' bios, photographs, and 94 full tracks on 5, as new, unplayed CDs. Both volumes are rich resource companions to Burns' documentary. Due to size/weight, can only ship inside the U.S. Standard shipping only. Boxed securely. 3-b.

Betty Wales, Senior (The Betty Wales books). Margaret Warde. First Grosset & Dunlap edition. Stated CP of 1907- but obviously issued in 1940s in the Grosset "Books For Girls" series. Quality reprint of Penn 1907 edition. Very Good turquoise full cloth hardcover in Very Good pictorial jacket. Blue tint to top of text block is still bright. Full color illustration of Betty leaning against tree with school house in the background. Spine mildly pushed at top and bottom edges. Bright, clean jacket has one inch completely closed tear at rear/bottom edge, and closed micro tear at top edge of spine. Firmly bound. NOT ex-library. A pleasant copy. Ships in box. 3-b

First Edition. First Printing. Balai Pustaka (2003). Illustrated. The Turmoil At Talangsari by W. Wasis. Fine, as new trade paperback. Color photos and substantial text. A powerful narrative about a little known fundamentalist group in Indonesia during 1989. Reference book includes interviews, military reports, and historical context. Contemporary Indonesian history, Islam in modern Southeast Asia. NOT a remainder. Safe, swift shipping. 11-b

Forensic Fictions: The Lawyer Figure in Faulkner. Jay Watson. First Edition. First Printing. University of Georgia Press (1993). Fine full cloth hardcover with very good jacket in removable mylar sleeve. Jacket has closed nick at top rear corner. NOT a remainder. Boxed for safe shipping. 3-b 9780820315164

First Edition. First Printing. Fine hardcover in fine, as new jacket. Photographs. An American religious community that held radical notions of equality, sex, and religion―only to transform itself, at the beginning of the twentieth century, into a successful silverware company. A sharp copy. NOT a remainder. Boxed shipping. 12

Irving Weber's Iowa City (Volume Two). Inscribed/Signed. First printing. Lions Club 1979. Vol. 2. Very Good trade paperback with moderate wear/rub to extremities. Signed/inscribed by author on title page. No other writing or marks to text. Swift shipping. 15-b

SIGNED. First Edition. Stated First Printing. Downing (1951). Illustrated. Very Good, bright red full cloth hardcover with silver lettering and design. Small scuff to lower edge of front board, and toning to page edges. Charming memories and sketches of American trains. Signed, without inscription, by author/artist Kenneth Downing on first pastedown. Small, neat owner name on first pastedown. Pages free of marks and writing. A handsome copy. With a Cinder in My Eye. Boxed for safe shipping.12-b

Genet: A Biography. Edmund White. First American Edition. First Printing. Knopf (1993). Fine, as new hardcover with fine, as new jacket. A fresh, sharp copy. NOT a remainder. Boxed for swift, safe shipping. 11-b

SIGNED. First Edition. First Printing. Grubbing Hoes, Bibles, and Gavels: Life-Lessons from Southern Illinois Pioneer Braxton Parish by George White. Wasteland Press (2015). Fine, new, unread trade paperback original. Autographed and dated 11/22/2015 by author on title page. 17-b

First edition. First printing. Landmarks in Western Science: From Prehistory to the Atomic Age. Peter Whitfield. Routledge (1999). Full color plates/illustrations. Fine, full cloth, large hardcover with fine jacket in new, removable mylar sleeve. NOT a remainder. A lovely copy. Boxed shipping. 9780415925334. 12-b

The Town Crier by George W. Wickstrom. Bicentennial Edition. J. W. Potter (1975). Fine, as new, red full cloth hardcover with gold lettering and design. Clear, white pages. Does not appear to have been read. A fresh, sharp copy. Boxed shipping. 3-b

First Edition. First Printing. Dial (1987). Fine, as new, illustrated hardcover. Very near fine jacket with tiny dent at jacket flap fold, not affecting book. A bright, sharp copy. Safe boxed shipping. 11

SIGNED. First Hardcover Edition. First Printing. Gregg Press (May, 1980). Fine, green full cloth hardcover with distinctive Gregg Press red/gold lettering and design. Signed (signature only) by Kate Wilhelm on half title page. Wilhelm's first SF novel. A superb copy of this SF classic. Publisher did not issue a jacket. Boxed for safe shipping. 12-b

New Book. The Third Crusade: Richard the Lionhearted Vs. Saladin (Great Battles Through the Ages). Samuel Willard Crompton. Chelsea House. 2003

The Sonnets. William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. Preface by Gail Harvey. Leopard. London (1995). First Leopard Printing. Full color plates and designs by Charles Robinson. Fine, as new, unread pictorial hardcover with color Robinson illustration on front board and gilt lettering. A fresh, sharp copy. Swift, safe shipping. 3-b