Search Results: Titles starting with W from Quadrant Book Mart

Upper Fairhill, Galway: Salmon Poetry, 1995. Paperback. Very Good/None. Illustrated wraps with light edge wear. 12 mo. Interior clean and unmarked. 3/4 inch price sticker on front cover. English poetry, Dewey: 821.914

Burlington, NJ: Board of chosen freeholders of Warren county, 1931. Paperback. Very Good/None. Our photos depict the actual book offered. Oblong textured brown paper softcover, two-hole punch laced with a leather tie; edgeworn and creased, with a 3-cm. closed tear along the bottom front edge and chipping at spine head. Spine is uncreased. Binding is sound. Owner's name inked on FFEP. Interior is unmarked. Upper page edges toned. Quarto. Ships from US. BOOK INFO: Illustrated in B&W photography and maps. 'This brief but complete sketch of Warren County is an accurate presentation of facts.' (-from the Editor's acknowledgment). 60 p. : illus. ( incl. ports., maps) diagr. ; 24 x 31 cm.

Bendix Avionics Division, 1968. Paperback. Good/None. 7-hole punched, white with blue pictorial staplebound softcover, lightly soiled at edges with soft corners. Binding firm and interior unmarked. Bottom corner of last 3 pages bent. Small 8vo. BOOK INFO: Profusely illustrated in black and blue with diagrams and charts. Contents include: General Description; System Components; Operation: Adjustment Procedure, Operating Techniques, Operational Use, Terrain Mapping, Detailed Operation Data, Stabilization; System Malfunction; Test Procedure. Terrain Mapping, Detailed Operation Data, Stabilization; System Malfunction; Test Procedure; airplane

Bethlehem Steel Co. Paperback. Good/None. The trifold pamphlet Weathering Steel; with two copies laid in of the double-sided one-sheet Bethlehem High-Strength Weath-R Bolts; and a single double-sided one-sheet Specifications for Exposed Unpainted Mayari R Weathering Steel. With color photos depicting the coloring changes of the products over time, technical drawings and tables. Weathering Steel has photos of buildings constructed with weathering steel and an artist's renderings of the Chicago Civic Center building with detail of a window and of girder spans for a bridge in MI. The one sheets are stamped by an engineer, dated 1967. Pamphlet creased vertically, a light pencil drawing on verso of front cover, 1/4-in. tear to upper fold and with a half-inch tear in upper front corner. Undated, ca. 1960. Quarto, (8 1/2 x 11 ins.)

Sanderson Times Mirror. Paperback. Good/None. 3-hole punched white staplebound softcover with light shelfwear and rubbing, soil on page edges. Interior clean. Binding firm. Tall 12mo. BOOK INFO: Weight and balance in control of an aircraft: How an aircraft reacts to various loading conditions. Illustrated in B&W by numerous diagrams and tables aircraft loading; airplane balance; pilot safety

Filipstad, Norway: Tryckt Hos J. V. Floren. Paperback. Good-/None. 30 slender softbound volumes. Each edgeworn and with sun fading to edges; a few have chipping. All remain firmly bound except the 1896 edition and the Kungl, Maj:ts book, which is split at two places though all pages appear intact and readable. 50-75pp. each, except the 1909 and 1910 editions, 217 & 280 pp. Interiors unmarked. BOOK INFO: This set comprises the following editions: 1854 & 1855; 1860; 1861; Forhandlingar of Feb. 1861 & 1862; 1862 & 1863; 1864; Dec. 1865 & 1866; 1866 Forsta haftet [first booklet]; 1866 Andra haftet [second booklet]; 1867; 1868; 1869; 1870; 1871; 1872; 1873; 1874; 1875; 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879; 1887; 1888 (I.); 1889 (II.); 1893; 1896; 1909; 1910; and Kungl, Maj:ts Fornyade Nadiga Grufvestadga (1916?). Each with tables and fold out maps. The fold-out in the 1875 book is an interesting illustration of a gas generator/condensor. electrophoresis; Norway; mining and geological historical records

Printed Matter, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. Gray cloth boards with a glossy artwork reproduction on front and black titling on the spine; a single bump to rear long edge, and boards are a bit bowed, not fatally so. Binding is sound. Interior is unmarked. No dustjacket. Quarto 9.25 x 12.25 ins. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and ship from our family-owned bookshop in the US. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. Illustrated in 48 color reproductions (plus the cover illustration) with a corresponding list of plates. Includes two essays: Coming into Being by Hipolito Rafael Chacon; and Walking by the Sea by Ann Wilson Lloyd. 'The essence of the drawings is not the specific forms, or markings, or even the particularly physically absorbing materials of graphite, white pigment, neutral-toned paper and sometimes ink; but the mapping, the seismic evidence, the graphic record of a sustained state. The drawings are both the inducement and… Read More

Albuquerque, NM: Richard Levy Gallery, 2000. Limited Edition. Paperback. Very Good/None. Plain white softcover with charcoal titling, numbered on front in pencil, 200/500 limited printing, and with soft vertical crease on front. (No DJ). Bottom corner bumped. Glossy interior pages are clean and unmarked. Quarto, 9x12 ins. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and ship from our family-owned bookshop in the US. BOOK INFO: Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 28-July 2, 2004. Limited Edition #200 of 500 as indicated in pencil mark on front cover. See photos for List of Plates. Illustrated with 12 color plates. 'Mills is not satisfied with drawing beautiful pictures.... He needs his work to say something important. Even if the telling part of the work is subtle, for this artist it must bring us a little closer to the possiblity of truth, or nudge us along the near-blind road to the aesthetick paradigm.' ~from the terminal essay by Mickey Cartin.

Joseph Helman Gallery, 2000. Paperback. Very Good/None. Textured grey softcover with light grey titling, 8 x 8 ins. (No DJ). Slightly softened bottom corner. Interior is clean and unmarked. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and ship from our family-owned bookshop in the US. BOOK INFO: Exhibition catalog for a show that ran January 26 through February 26, 2000. Illustrated in 8 color plates: Orient; A form divided by its own color; Duchamp; Envelop; From the ingredients of a cow; A common history; Three bridges; Memory line. 'The forms here hold no secret coding, which if unlocked will reveal the hidden secrets of the universe--an implication of much earlier abstraction. There is only the tenuous sense that the human quest for truth must contain within it the uncertainty and doubt necessary for an admission of human fallibility.' ~from the introductory essay by Fred Camper. Includes bibliography and index.

White Plains, NY: Bernard C. Harris Publishing Co., 1992. Paperback. Good+/None. Black softcover with gold titling on front and cover, top front corner creased but lays flat. Light shelfwear. Spine uncreased. Interior unmarked. 8vo. Book Info: Contents include Wesleyan Today; Wesleyan Catches an Upward Spiral; Alumni Award Recipients; Erickson Alumni Center; Guide to the Directory; Alumni Listings, (alphabetical, by class year, and geographical).

Boston: Houghton Mifflin company, New York, Pilgrim press, 1927. Hardcover. Good/Poor+. Signed. Blue cloth boards with gilt titling on front and spine. SIGNED on FFEP. Toned page edges; Pages lightly toned and unmarked. Binding is sound. Spine and upper edges of boards are toned. Dustjacket is chipped and toned with age. Interior text is unmarked. 12 mo. 4 5/8 x 7 3/8 ins. BOOK INFO: An autobiography of the religious life of Dr. Grenfell. It is written with the broad and sane outlook which characterizes his life and work. He says: 'Faith came to me with the vision of Christ still in this world today. I owe it to Him. He meant to me a determination, God helping me, to follow Him.... I have tried to subordinate my will to His, and to play across the board as if He were directing my share in the game.' Where this faith has led him is outlined in this remarkable little volume. This statement will help smooth out religious perplexities in many minds. -from the endflap

US: Gallery Books, 1987. Hardcover. Good/None. Glossy white paperback in gray illustrated, textured wraps, toned at edges, with quarter inch closed tear at head of spine, 8 vo. Light edgewear along upper edge, else overall very good. Spine uncreased and interior unmarked. Poetry in English 1945- Texts, Dewey: 821/.914

Boston: D Lothrop Co, 1860. Hardcover. Fair/None. Brown cloth boards, illustrated with stamped country scene of a fence with flowers and gilt figures; also gilt band and flowers on spine. Shelfwear especially to bottom edge. Corners are bumped. Spine slightly cocked. Undated, however, brief research finds 1860 as pub date. Unpaginated, 142 is a rough manual count. Pages are toned and some are chipped. Title page is extant but separated from binding. Publisher's book reviews at the end. Illustrated with B&W engravings. 16mo. AUTHOR INFO: Matilda Anne Mackarness (née Planché; 23 November 1825 ? 6 May 1881) was an English novelist of the 19th century, primarily writing children's literature. From an early age, she wrote novels and moral tales for children. As a novelist she took Dickens for her model and in 1845 she published Old Joliffe which was thought to be a satire of Dickens' 1844 Christmas story The Chimes. The following year she published A Sequel to Old Joliffe.… Read More

Cambridge, Mass.: Riverside Press/Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. Olive green cloth boards with tan cloth spine, titled in gilt; Brown titling and bird decoration on front. Lightly rubbed at corners; ends of spine are worn, and head is faded. Binding is sound. Rear board is splitting end paper 1 inch down from top. Interior is unmarked. Upper page edges toned. Lacking dustjacket, as issued. 18mo, 4.5 x 6 inches. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. 'Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 ? June 24, 1909) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet, best known for her local color works set along or near the coast of Maine. Jewett is recognized as an important practitioner of American literary regionalism. A White Hero [is] a collection of short stories that are among her finest… Read More

Detroit, MI: Broadside Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First printing in blue cloth boards, corners and ends of spine dulled but sharp, 8 vo. Business card of Chauncey E. Spencer in Lynchburg, VA, taped to ffep. Dust jacket in remarkably good shape, rubbed at corners, lightly sunned at spine, with half inch tear and a piece missing on bottom front. Interior clean and unmarked, except for former owner's name in black ink on front pastedown. NOT ex-library. Spencer learned to fly during the 1930s and became a stunt man with the National Airmen's Association; He was instrumental in the inclusion of blacks into the Army Air Corps. (from the back cover) American literature--African American authors--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries, African American authors--Biography--Dictionaries, African American artists--Biography--Dictionaries, African Americans--Biography--Dictionaries

Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1893. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. Black cloth boards with gilt titling and bands on spine, rubbed and a little faded at edges. Dewey number on a white sticker and spine heel. The only other ex-library indications are blue and purple stamps on ffep of the Interstate Commerce Commission Library and the Library of Congress, and pencilled notations on title page and verso. The interior is otherwise unmarked, except for two noted errant pencil marks. A couple pages are dogeared through use. Very nice and clean. Contents page has a 3/4-in. closed tear at the bottom edge. Marbled end papers and page edges. Additional shipping charges will apply for weight. BOOK INFO: This volume embodies in a condensed form everything contained in Volumes 2, 3, and 4. Report 1394, Part 1, for the Second Session of the Fifty Second Congress 1892-93. Members of the Finance Committee of the U.S. Senate, 52nd Congress: Justin S. Morrill, Vermont; John Sherman,… Read More

Windston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest University Press, 1981. Paperback. Near Fine/None. Glossy plain white softcover in light beige illustrated wraps, 12 mo. Perhaps some light rubbing, but overall very nice. Spine uncreased. Interior unmarked. Ships from U.S.

Dublin, Ireland: Gallery Books, 1983. Paperback. Very Good/None. White glossy softcover in gray wraps illustrated and with black titling with light edgewear, 8 vo. Price sticker to front end flap. Small coffee like stains to blank prelim page. Interior unmarked. Spine uncreased. Lovely representation of this scarce book.

Koln: Werner, Michael. Paperback. Very Good/None. Pictorial (front and back) softcover featuring reproduction of the sculpture Mutter und Kind / Mother and Child on the front; spine is uncreased and edges are a little worn, especially at the corners. (No DJ). Interior is clean and unmarked. Tall quarto 9.5 x 12.5 ins. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and ship from our family-owned bookshop in the US. BOOK INFO: Published on the occasion of the exhibition Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Sculptures and Etchings, 19 January through 3 March 2012. Gallery slip, 'with the compliments of Gordon VeneKlasen' is tipped in. See photos for Table of Contents. Illustrated in 35 color reproductions. 'Lehmbruck's search for meaningful form extends beyond the big sculptures. It is a long-term affair, constantly returning to the same subjects and earlier works.... For an understanding of Lehmbruck's migration of forms, his creations need to be looked at globally, without… Read More

Manchester, UK: Manchester University, 1975. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. Green cloth boards with gilt titling on spine with light edgewear. Bottom corners of boards are lightly bumped. Page edges darkened at bottom corner. Scar to front pastedown and library stamp are covered with white label. Rear pastedown bears black ink date stamp and long scar where bookplate was removed. Contents page has white sticker near gutter, probably covering some library markings. Text is unmarked. Binding is sound. 8vo. BOOK INFO: 'At a time when the study of Ockham's thought in its different facets is becoming more intensive, an attempt to present his outlook as a whole may not be inappropriate. Over a thinker as distinctive as Ockham there are bound to be varying, if not conflicting, judgements. But I hope I have at least presented the issues which engaged his thought and the manner in which he responded to them.' (-from the preface by the author) William of Ockham (c. 1287 ? 1347) was an… Read More