Search Results: Authors starting with W from Americana Books ABAA

Rochester, New York: George P. Humphrey, 1897. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. [2], 20 pages. Black cloth hardcover with white paper title label on the spine. Front and rear end sheets toned. Some browning to the gutters in front and back. Light shelf wear to the cloth binding. Previous owner name on the front paste down. Originally published in London, 1740.

[Atlanta]: Atlanta Peace Jubilee, 1898. First Edition. Broadside. Very good. Broadside. Approx. 8" x 6". Vertical fold to the paper. This broadside provides the schedule for Wednesday, December 14th and Thursday, December 15th. President William McKinley and his party attended this celebration having lunch before attending a public reception at the State Capitol on Wednesday. Later that day there was a floral parade and an evening reception at the Capital City Club. Thursday they had breakfast at the Kimball House followed by a Grand Parade and a Grand Banquet at 7:00 p.m. At 8:00 p.m. a theater party at the Grand tendered by the ladies of Jubilee Committee to Mrs. McKinley and the ladies of the Presidential Party: Sol Smith Russell being the attraction. Either the President kept late hours or the programme was inaccurate: following the theater performance the next agenda item was 11 p.m. lunch at Capitol City Club with the President and his party departing at 1:00 a.m. From Franklin Garrett's… Read More

London: W. Kent & Co, 1860. First Edition. Leather bound. Fair. Octavo. Fair. xiv, [1], 167 pages. Illustrated. Dark red moroccan leather binding with embossed border designs on boards. 5 raised bands and gilt stamped title on spine. Gilt stamped tooled designs on all edges. Bright reddish marbled end sheets. Front board is detached. Rubs to the leather board edges. Small chip and split to the upper spine. Light to moderate scattered foxing to contents. Last page (167) is chipped bottom corner.

Savannah: n/a, 1858. Paper. Very good. Paper measures approximately 8" x 7". Printed and hand written receipt from W. H. May of Savannah, Georgia. Receipt was made out for W. H. Gibbons. Light folds to the paper. Signed on the back by W. H. May.

Charleston: G. Clark & Co. Thomas Badger, Jr. Printer, 1820. Third Edition (from the second New York Edition). Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. xi, 12-180 pages. Brown paper covered boards. Dark leather spine with gilt lines and title. Light shelf and edge wear to boards. Light toning to pages. Old ink gift inscription on the verso of the right front flyleaf - "Mary Crossman A Christmas Present From A Friend 1825.

Charleston: G. Clark & Co. Thomas Badger, Jr. Printer, 1820. Third Edition (from the second New York Edition). Hardcover. Good. 12mo. x, 11-180 pages. Brown leather binding with black leather title label on the spine. Leather is dry, cracked and rubbed. Boards slightly bowed. Light to moderate toning to the contents. Gift inscription written on the front paste down.

Atlanta: Dodson & Scott, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. [4], 434 pages. Frontispiece engraved portrait. Brown cloth hardcover with black imprinted designs and borders on the front cover and spine. Gilt stamped title on spine. Light shelf and edge wear to cloth. Light toning to front end sheet. Pencil "No. 23" written on front end sheets. Small label on the rear paste down. Interior contents clean.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. [4], 333 pages. Illustrated. Brown color illustrated cloth and gilt stamped title on front cover. Gilt stamped title on spine. Front hinge cracked and cover starting to pull. Interior contents clean.

Jasper, Georgia: Peggy Wade Dorsey, n.d.. Eighth edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo. [8], 151 pages. Illustrated. Red binding with gilt stamped title and Eagle on front cover. Gilt stamped title on the spine. White dust jacket with red title and illustration. Originally published in 1969 this is an undated edition and published after the death of the author in 1974. The author's research centered on an area in Forsyth County, Georgia.

United Kingdom, 1918. Full leather. Very good. Oblong soft black leather journal (8" x 5") with gilt lettered title "Hunting Journal" stamped on the front cover. Reddish marbled end papers and edges. Gilt lined borders on covers. Flexible covers. Front cover has a light creased area. Dates for the entries commence "Oct. 1st, 1917" and the last entry is dated 13.1.20 (January 13th, 1920). Journal consists of 30 pages of hand written entries sectioned in printed columns. Printed column headings include - "Date", "Hounds", "Meet: Distance to it.", "Horses", "Wind & Weather", "Scent", "Coverts Drawn", "Killed", "To Ground and Remarks". Remainder of journal after January 13, 1920 unused. No removed pages. On the verso of the right front flyleaf is this inscription - "The sport of Kings & the limage of war with none of its guilt & only twenty five per cent of the danger. From Handley Cross By R. S. Surtees (sp.?)." Interesting journal with hunts occurring before the end of World War I which ended November… Read More

Philadelphia: Press of Allen, Lane & Scott, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Small quarto. 178 pages. Frontispiece photograph of the Pastor. Illustrated. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title on front cover and spine. Gilt top edge. Untrimmed foredge. Light shelf wear to cloth. Light foxing to front end sheets. This copy was inscribed to "Mrs. C. P. Crawford President Woman's Presbyterian Foreign Missionary Union. With the Compliments of the Editorial Committee (name not legible) Nineteen Hundred & Five." This book was limited to 600 copies. This is copy number 317 and signed by the Pastor.

Philadelphia: Press of Allen, Lane & Scott, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Small quarto. 178 pages. Frontispiece photograph of the Pastor. Illustrated. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and spine. Gilt top edge. Untrimmed foredge. Light shelf wear to the cloth binding. Small dent bottom right corner. This copy includes 16 additional tipped in pages in back of book. The extra pages are issues of "The Presbyterian" from 1924. Name stamp of Mrs. M. L. Reese 519 6th St. Augusta, Ga." stamped on the issues. Ms. Reese's signed bookplate on front paste down. Presentation label pasted down on the Limited Edition page, "Presented by J. Miller Walker, 1st Presbyterian Church, Augusta, Georgia. Jan. 27, 1924. "Morton Lamar Reese" (signature) Augusta, Richmond County, Ga." This book was limited to 600 copies but was not signed until 1924. Not numbered.

Philadelphia: Press of Allen, Lane & Scott, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. Small quarto. 178 pages. Frontispiece photograph of the Pastor Rev. J. T. Plunkett and 4 more illustrations. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title on front cover and spine. Gilt top edge. Untrimmed foredge. Light shelf wear to cloth. Light edge wear to the boards. Light browning to the end sheets from ephemera placed inside. Browning to pages 60, 61 where paper was laid inside. Also, the name Mrs. Moses Wadley is underlined in pink on page 61. No other markings in text. Inscribed by the editor on the front paste down - "Mary Jane Clark Clark. Sand Hills - Augusta, Georgia from Grandma Mary Jane, Mary Clark Wadley". This book was limited to 600 copies. This is copy number 571 and signed by the Pastor. Related ephemera includes a cut out picture from a periodical of Rev. Joseph R. Wilson; a 5.5" x 3" pocket brochure of the First Presbyterian Church - "A Week of Renewed Church Life September 24th to October 1st 1933; two… Read More

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo. Hardcover with dust jacket. xii, 398 pages. Folding chart. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Light fade to the non price clipped jacket. Light edge wear the bottom covers. A light stain top foredge. Previous owner inscription on the right front flyleaf. Interior contents clean.

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. [12] pages, 300 pages. Illustrated with facsimiles. Light brown-orange color cloth hardcover with title label upper spine. Limited edition of 600 copies July 1937. Bookseller ticket of Paul Elder San Francisco on rear paste down.

San Francisco: John Howell, 1921. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. [4], 193 pages. Gray paper covered boards with cloth spine. Paper title label upper spine. Light soil and edge wear to the covers.

Columbus, Ohio: Long's College Book Company, 1953. Third edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. [4], 601 pages, [1] page blank, [1], [32] pages of reproduced title covers of rare publications Gray cloth hardcover with title label on the spine, The cloth is worn on spine with a small split upper edge. A good reference copy.

Bedminster, New Jersey: RCWagner Publisher, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto. viii, [1], 106 pages. Illustrated. Glossy color pictorial covers. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page.

London: Carl Rosa Opera Company, 1876. Soft cover. Good. 12mo. xxii, 48 pages, [6] pages of advertisements. Illustrated with a frontispiece sketch (tissue covering is loose). Green cloth flexible covers with gilt title and design on the front. Some shelf wear to the front cover and a small white spot on the back cover. Cloth is lightly rubbed on the joints and lightly worn on the edges. Front hinge is tender. Light toning to the paper. Inscription written on the right front flyleaf reads "Col James M. Wilson with compliments of the author J. P. J. Nuremberg ? Jan 1877." Scarce. One microfilm copy held in OCLC (University of Virginia). No 1876 physical copies showing in OCLC as of 2/2021. Published during Wagner's lifetime this unique opera was composed in the early 1840's. From wikipedia: At the beginning of 1839, the 26-year-old Richard Wagner was employed as a conductor at the Court Theatre in Riga. His extravagant lifestyle plus the retirement from the stage of his actress wife, Minna Planer,… Read More

Richmond: Everett Waddey Co, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 318 pages, [1]. Gray cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and spine. Illustrated with frontispiece portraits of the author, editors, and others. Some dulling and wear to the cloth binding. Toning to the end papers. Light damp stain on the foredge. Tall Cotton 185; Nevins II Page 205 - "Good accounts of conditions both before and after the occupation of the Gulf port.