Search Results: Titles starting with W from Bloomsbury Books

New York: Fairchild Publications, Inc.. A high-quality, glossy magazine measuring 10" by 13" and containing 122 pages. Well-illustrated with photographs, contents include: Catch Her If You Can: Actress Ellen Pompeo looks comfortingly familiar, but she's feistier by far than the other girls next door; Love Among the Literati: British novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard details her life with some of the 20th century's literary lights; The Rockwell Files: In "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," indie king Sam Rockwell becomes a bona fide leading man; Natori: The Inside Story - Lingerie queen - and classical pianist - Josie Natori celebrates her firm's 25th anniversary; fashion photospread Swept Away - Why not be a hopeless romantic on your wedding day? Slip into a ravishing bridal gown (with photos by Camilla Slertman); photospread Body Language: Lights, camera, motion! Short and spicy clothes come alive for spring, crackling with color and pattern (photographed by David Sims);… Read More

New York, NY: National Chile Center, 1976. Book. Fine. No Binding. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Offered is an original brochure headlined "WE WHO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF CHILE - CALL UPON CONGRESS TO ACT NOW! - National Legislative Conference on Chile - May 16-17, 1976 - Washington D.C." published in 1976 by the National Chile Center out of New York City. A left-folded brochure containing eight panels, with each panel measuring 3-1/2" by 8-1/2". Contents include: Why We Must Be Heard; We Call on Congress; Come to Washington!; Conference Information (with time, place, and agenda); lengthy list of Sponsors..

Ixcan, El Quiche, Guatemala: Comite de Parcelarios del Ixcan. Offered is "WHO WE ARE AND WHY WE ARE IN RESISTANCE: THE REALITY OF THE COMMUNITIES OF THE POPULATION IN RESISTANCE (CPR) IN THE NORTH OF GUATEMALA" issued in March 1989 by the Comite de Parcelarios del Ixcan out of Ixcan, El Quiche, Guatemala. A left-folded mimeographed publication, as issued, measuring 7" by 8-1/2" and containing eight pages including front and rear covers. Text is in English. With a map of Guatemala to the first inside page, and map of the Ixcan Zone to the rear cover, the text begins, "The Communities of the Population in Resistance - CPR - we are thousands of Guatemalans, indians and poor ladinos, men, women and children who had to flee to the jungle and the mountains of Guatemala beginning in 1982 as a result of the Guatemalan army's brutal repression against our communities and cooperatives in the Departments of Huehuetenango and El Quiche. In the jungles of the Ixcan, we the members of the CPR, are defenders of the… Read More

Oradell, NJ: American Tract Society. Offered is a lot of 35 Christian tracts written by the Rev. Ernest Ruark entitled "WHY?" ["Did This Happen to Me?"] published by the American Tract Society out of Oradell, New Jersey. No date, although 1960s or 1970s (the tracts show a five-digit zip code). Each measures 3-7/16" by 5-3/4" and contains six pages including front and rear covers. Rev. Ruark addresses the following topics: Why did this happen to me?; Is this sickness a punishment from God?; If God loves me, why do I suffer so?; What is the most important thing for me to remember after I recover?; How can I have peace of mind?; How can I be ready to meet God? . Fine. Wraps. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1970.

Brussels, Belgium: WISE (World Information Service on Energy). Offered is Issue No. 2 (July 1978) of "WISE: World Information Service on Energy," a newsprint magazine with two laid-in flyers, as issued, published by WISE out of Brussels, Belgium. A left-folded newsprint publication measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 16 pages including front and rear covers. A clearinghouse for news on nuclear energy, the inside page begins with WISE's Declaration of Intent: Reasons for an information service ("set up at a meeting in Amsterdam of over 150 people from all parts of the anti-nuclear and soft energy movement"). News items include, in short part and under various headings, Energy in Politics (including Referendum in Austria; Will Denmark go nuclear?); Repression (including Australia towards the atomic state; Gorleben: the atomic state has begun); Soft energy (including Sweden: victory for wind and bio-mass; Wind power on the Larzac); Uranium Mining (including Keep it in… Read More

New York, NY: War Resisters League. Offered is Issue No. 153 (May-June 1969) of "WRL News" edited by Jim Peck and published by the War Resisters League out of New York City. A left-folded newsletter printed on semi-glossy paper, measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 4 pages including front and rear covers. Special Emergency Issue. Contents include: WRL [Office] WRECKED (with two photos); What Happened on May 9 by David McReynolds (on the raid of the WRL Office: "But most damaging of all, the entire membership file and all mailing stencils had been stolen"); First International Pacifist Confab in U.S.; Navy Man [Roger L. Priest] Will Insurance to WRL; April Action in New York (with two photos). Previously folded twice for mailing purposes. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1969.

New York, NY: War Resisters League. Offered is the "WRL News Supplement" dated March-April 1971 published by the War Resisters League out of New York City. A left-folded newsletter measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing four pages including front and rear covers. With excellent information on the upcoming Spring Offensive. The contents are: Spring Offensive Begins; Calendar for Spring Offensive (with several specific actions listed from April 1, 1971 through May 16); April 2-4 Action for Social Justice; Draft Resistance Part of Spring Offensive; People's Peace Treaty (with text); The Peace Treaty and How to Use It; Actions Within the Military Planned for April 19-23 and May 16; An Urgent Reminder on Funds. Previously folded twice for mailing purposes. . Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1971.

New York, NY: War Resisters League. Offered is Issue No. 161 (September-October 1970) of "WRL News" edited by Jim Peck and published by the War Resisters League out of New York City. A left-folded newsletter printed on semi-glossy paper, measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 6 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: Hiroshima Day - 25th Anniversary: A Tree is Planted at Bomb's Birthplace (with two photos); Organizing Notes by Jerry Coffin; The National Conference by Wendy Schwartz; Long Labor But Birth Begins by Jerry Coffin (on the Strategy Action Conference); Atlanta Workshop - Nonviolent Picketing by Maxine Rock (reprinted from the Atlanta Journal). Previously folded twice for mailing purposes. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1970.

New York, NY: War Resisters League. Offered is Issue No. 215 (November-December 1979) of "WRL News" edited by Jim Peck and published by the War Resisters League out of New York City. A left-folded newsletter measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 8 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: cover headline Anti-Nuke Movement on the Offensive with large front cover photograph ("Looking down Broad Street in front of the New York Stock Exchange on October 29") with related stories 1045 Arrests at Wall Street by Nora Lumley (with four photos) and Mobilization [for Survival] Shuts Down DoE [Department of Energy] by John M. Miller (with two photos); Direct Action Against Nuclear War: A Case for Tax Resistance by Ed Hedemann; Opposition to the Draft and Recruiting Growing by Helen Michalowski; Resisting the Draft in South Africa by Paul Van Wyk. Previously folded twice for mailing purposes; front and rear covers lightly sunned. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1979.

New York, NY: War Resisters League. Offered is Issue No. 164 (March-April 1971) of "WRL News" edited by Jim Peck and published by the War Resisters League out of New York City. A left-folded newsletter printed on semi-glossy paper, measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 2 pages (front and back). Contents include: Demonstrate [Demonstration] Against Invasion of Laos (with photo); obituary of Sam Coleman, WRL Vice-Chairman (with his photo); short Sailor Who Willed Insurance to WRL Acquittal (Roger L. Priest); WRL Award Winner Gets West Point Discharge (Cornelius Cooper, Jr.). Previously folded twice for mailing purposes; periodic edge wear along blank margins. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1971.

New York, NY: War Resisters League. Offered is Issue No. 156 (November-December 1969) of "WRL News" edited by Jim Peck and published by the War Resisters League out of New York City. A left-folded newsletter printed on semi-glossy paper, measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 6 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: WRL Goes to D.C. by Jerry Coffin; The Peace Upsurge - And the WRL by Jim Peck (with photo); A Letter From Stan Kohls; two-page Prisoners for Peace - 1969 (names of conscientious objectors currently in prison in the United States and throughout the world); The Draft Board Raids Debate - Con (by Igal Roodenko) and Pro (by Jerry Elmer). Previously folded twice for mailing purposes. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1969.

New York, NY: War Resisters League. Offered is Issue No. 155 (September-October 1969) of "WRL News" edited by Jim Peck and published by the War Resisters League out of New York City. A left-folded newsletter printed on semi-glossy paper, measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 6 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: Hiroshima Day INSIDE the Pentagon (with two photos); No Amnesty in 1947 by Alfred Kuenzli; article on some of the people who attended the WRL Council Meeting by Randy Kehler; article on the WRL Triennial Conference by David McReynolds (with six photos). Previously folded twice for mailing purposes. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1969.

New York: Joy Music, Inc.. Four pages including front and rear covers with three pages containing the complete music and lyrics. Former owner's name written in pen to front cover (above photograph of Mindy Carson); light corner crease. . Very Good. Sheet Music. First Edition. 1955.

Published by Author, 1979. Book. Good. No Binding. 4th Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Offered is the fourth draft of the film screenplay entitled "Walking Small" by screenwriters Jaron Summers and Ben Tarver. A draft script dated June 10, 1979, 4th Draft (the scenes are not numbered), the film, to my knowledge, was never made. The screenplay contains 114 machine-copied loose leaf pages (including title page) measuring 8-1/2" by 11" three-hole punched bound with three brass brads. Jaron Summers was the screenwriter for the television series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987-1994) as well as the 1989 motion picture "The Kill Reflex." Front cover detached but present; rear cover nearly detached; light coffee stains to front and rear covers, as well as upper right corners of several inside pages (none of this affecting the scene descriptions or dialogue)..

Death Valley, CA: Death Valley National History Association, 1975. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stapled pamphlet containing 20 internal pages. Text is accompanied with maps, illustrations, and photographs. Covers lightly soiled; light cover wear; upper right corners of several interior pages crimped. A good reading copy..

Chicago, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Company, 1896. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. A stapled booklet printed on glossy paper measuring 4-1/8" by 5-1/8" and containing 16 pages including front and rear covers. With seven small illustrations, including those shown on the front cover, as well as one-page music "Walking With God" with notes and three verses, this booklet is listed as No. 27 in a series of titles in the catalog entitled "Helpful Letters." These booklets were available to members of the I.A.H. ["I Am His"] Circle from David C. Cook (1850-1927), a leader in the American Sunday school movement who founded his publishing company in Chicago, Illinois, in 1875 to provide affordable educational materials for children left homeless in the Great Chicago Fire (which occurred from October 8-10, 1871)..

Seattle, WA: Eros Comix, 1991. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contains Mature Audience Content: by ordering you attest to being of legal adult age in your state or country of residence..

New York: Dell Publishing Company, 1957. Book. Fair. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Covers detached but present; in worn covers showing periodic closed edge tears and small edge and corner chips; a good reading copy only..

Poughkeepsie, NY: Western Publishing Company, 1978. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Several light spots to rear cover; in light to moderately worn covers..

Poughkeepsie, NY: Western Publishing Company, 1979. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. In light to moderately worn covers showing light corner creases..