Search Results: Titles starting with W from Mainly Books

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. Reprint. Hardcover. 0813511526 . Hardcover with dustjacket, a reprint of the original 1939 edition, "aided by over 100 illustrations - documents the life and land in New Jersey at the end of the Great Depression," a gift inscription is present on the inside of the front cover and there is a small amount of rather faint tan spotting on the top edge, the orange cloth binding is clean, bright and tight and the contents are fine, the illustrated jacket has a few short edge-tears but remains clean and attractive and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included; ; 735 pages .

Weathervane Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. Reprint. Hardcover. 0517632292 . Large format hardcover with dustjacket, this good quality reprint is in excellent condition, there are no remarkable flaws to the book or jacket and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, illustrated with large color plates, drawings and maps, a fine gift copy; 252 pages .

University of Hawaii Press. Near Fine. 2006. 1st Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. 0824830962 . Large paperback in excellent condition, ink notes on the last blank page is the only remarkable flaws to this clean, attractive copy, "A superb study that reveals much about animal interactions and relationships among humans," includes a bibliography .

Walsworth. Near Fine. 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. Hardcover, issued without a jacket, has a few small tan spots on the fore-edge and looks new otherwise, the binding is tight and the contents are fine, illustrated, including two fold-outs, reprint of the 1900 edition, "Being a history of the descendants of Samuel Wakeman, of Hartford, Conn. And of John Wakeman, treasurer of New Haven Colony, with a few collaterals included" ; 437 pages .

Hatfield, PA: Self-Published. Near Fine. 1994. Trade Paperback. Large paperback, no significant flaws to this clean, attractive copy, 160 pages, illustrated throughout with photos, diagrams and a map and signed by compiler Mildred L. Lewis; Signed by Author .

Fort Washington, PA: Bicentennial Press. Near Fine. 1973. Trade Paperback. Large paperback in excellent condition, 112 pages, illustrations, photos, maps, "How the sons of William Penn tricked the Delaware Indians out of 1200 square miles of prime hunting lands in eastern Pennsylvania," one remarkable (and minor flaw) : a closed short tear on the spine, binding is tight and square, contents are fine .

England: Sigma Press. Fine. 2004. Trade Paperback. 1850587639 . Large paperback in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws to this clean, attractive copy, "With this unique book, you can now follow the trackways that link these ancient cites in England, illustrated with drawings and sketch maps ; 126 pages .

Doylestown, PA: Diamond Press. Near Fine. 1992. Trade Paperback. 0961584335 . Large paperback in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws to this clean, attractive copy, "Being Studies in America and other Lands of Aspects in the Life of the Fathers and the Country Life of today - This book is merely a key of the subjects" This copy also includes several related inserts laid-in, the most useful being a 4-page Index to the illustrations in this book; 175 pages .

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "This limited edition of The Wapshot Chronicle by John Cheever has been privately printed and individually signed by the author," this beautiful copy is in AS NEW condition, the binding is tight as if unread and the publisher's original tissue-guard is laid-in to protect the author's signature, genuine brown leather with gold-stamped title and decoration, three raised spine-bands, all edges gilt, silk moire end-papers, ribbon bookmark, a fine gift copy; Signed by Author .

Boston: James R. Osgood & Company. Good+. 1882. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket, author was "Colonel Second Massachusetts Infantry, Brigadier-General and Brevet Major-General U. S. Volunteers in the War," from the Preface by the author: "Conforming to my original plan, to record only those battles and events of the War of the Great Rebellion in which I was engaged, or with which I was immediately connected, I have, in these pages from my Diary, continued the narrative from its previous ending in the Army of Virginia with Pope's campaign in 1862 (only omitting the Battle of Antietam, the history of which is yet to be written) , to the close, in 1865." The illustrations include three maps, the brown cloth cover has moderate edge-wear at the spine-ends and corners, the binding is clean, the front hinge is cracked and has been reinforced with professional binding adhesive so despite the flaw, the binding remains tight, approximately ten of the pages were corner-creased, the… Read More

Westport, CT: Praeger. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 0275987612 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first American printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, book and jacket are in excellent condition, there are no remarkable flaws and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "Generals throughout recorded history have used elephants as tanks, bulldozers, and cargo trucks long before such vehicles existed," illustrated throughout, a fine gift copy of yet another example of mankind's utter cruelty ; ; 333 pages .

Albany, Texas: Bright Sky Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1931721211 . Hardcover with dustjacket, a fine gift/collector's copy, book and jacket are in excellent condition, there are no remarkable flaws, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "The U. S. Army Remount is so little understood by the American public that its proud history would fade from recognition were it not for the respect and exhaustive research represented in this volume," illustrated throughout ; ; 352 pages .

Plenum Press. Fine. 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0306308762 . Hardcover, no dustjacket, brown cloth binding, excellent condition, no remarkable flaws to this clean, attractive copy, 129 pages, illustrated, includes Bibliographies, "So-called conflict theorists and the many scholars who have asked about the causes of war have seldom looked at war as a process" .

England: Mid Northumberland Arts Group. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1983. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0904790207 . Hardcover with dustjacket, book is in excellent condition overall with two minor flaws: very mild page-tanning and a discreet blind ownership stamp on the title page, the jacket is in excellent condition with no remarkable flaws, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "this selection of War letters will help to increse our understanding of this complex and tragic man and the period in which he lived" .

Penguin Group. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2009. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0670021121 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, book and jacket are clean and attractive, there are two minor flaws only: book has a small remainder mark on the bottom edge, jacket has some light rubbing to the glossy surface, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "an invaliable study of the Iliad" and "insightful analysis of command resposibility in war"; 296 pages .

New York: Modern Library. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, "Complete and Unabridged in One Volume," book is in excellent condition with just a bit of play in the front hinge and no other remarkable flaws, the binding is tight and the contents are fine, the jacket has mild to moderate edge-wear at the spine-ends and corners and moderate scuffing to the glossy gold portion on the front panel, also, tanning to the reverse side which features a list of other titles by this publisher, the jacket is clean and quite presentable, the original price (3.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, no publishing date present on this printing but the G6 Toledano binding indicates a 1963-1967 publishing date; 1136 pages .

Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2021. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 152473232X . Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as stated on copyright page, book and jacket are in excellent condition, there are no remarkable flaws, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, a fine gift/collector's copy .

Harper. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2018. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0062563173 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first American printing as stated and as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, book has one remarkable flaw only: moderate softening to the spine-ends, the jacket has mild surface-rubbing on the rear panel and is in excellent condition otherwise, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included ; ; 333 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Fair dust jacket. 1927. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, "The author warns that if the Fundamentalists gain control of the state and national governments as they are trying to do, we shall be headed for a new Dark Age," these words, written in 1937, ring with truth in the 21st century, history has shown time and time again that all we need to do to lose our freedom is to abandon the honest search for truth that science seeks and put our trust in the hatred, intolerance and deceit that masquerades as a belief in a loving god among fanatical evangelicals of any faith, the book is in excellent condition, the colored top outer page-edge has several lightened areas to the surface and is the only remarkable book flaw, the binding is tight and clean and the contents are fine, the jacket has heavy wear caused by the voracious book-loving insect known as the siverfish, they are gone but the damage remains: edge and surface-wear is present and the spine is detached… Read More

New York: Virtue & Yorston. Very Good-. 1862. Hardcover. Large format hardcover, no dustjacket, original binding of brown cloth, leather spine and corners, Please Note that this is Volume 1 only, the contents are in great shape, the leather is worn along the edge of the spine, the covers are holding but the hinges are tender, some edge-wear to the leather corners also and a couple of ownership stamps, no other significant flaws to this clean copy, nice illustrations .