Search Results: Titles starting with W from Certain Books, ABAA

London, UK: J.M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1938. vii + 250 pages; with a useful index at back; illustrated with small black and white maps & with photographs taken by the author, of various explorations & surveys in Western Australia, especially the north, the Kimberleys & gold country, adversities & troubles fighting as well as with cooperating with indigenous peoples; also chapters devoted to journeys in Papua New Guinea and other locales; along with anecdotes and stories regarding Starlight the bushranger, the author's days with the geographical survey and more. Bookseller's stamp of the Radio City Book Store NYC on endpaper edges. Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/8" size; light blue cloth hardcover; no dustjacket; some edge, tips wear, spottiness to covers & endpapers; contents in very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Kyoto, Japan: The Society for Publication of Wall Paintings in the Kondo Horyuji Monastery, 1951. Contents include 36 large size tipped-on plates printed on heavy stock (the portfolio is large, 24" x 18 1/2" size) in color and collotype, showing views and details from this temple, in Hansetsu, Yotsugiri, Zenshi sizes; with a separate "An Introduction to the Wall Paintings the Main Hall..." by Ichimatsu Tanaka; Japanes & English text throughout; the Reverend Ryoken Saeki chief priest at Horyuji calligraphed the title, several prefaces by Japanese politicians of the time: Prime Minister Yoshida, Speaker of the House Shidehara, President of the House of Councillors Sato, Minister of Education Amano, Chairman of the Cultural Properties Protection Commission Takahashi; (From the Colophon): "...the complete set of the first, and now the last, original color reproductions taken directly from the original murals of the Main Hall, Horyuji Monastery, and that covering all of the… Read More

Brentwood, Long Island, N.Y.: Verne Dyson for the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association, 1959. 24 + (4) pages of text; illustrations in black and white. Newsletter with Walt Whitman-related literary history items, including Poet and Whitman by Donald Tanasoca; Letter to Walt Whitman, poem, by Paul C. Wermuth; The World of Whitman Music by Kenneth P. Neilson; recent Whitman items by Evie Allison Allen; Whitman-related book reviews, correspondence, books for sale list and more. Back pages with local advertisers who were in support of this publication. Approx. 6" x 9" size, printed stapled paper covers. Light wear & soiling to the binding, old crease line; tiny nick in cover at bottom edge; in very good condition and interesting Walt Whitman literary history.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London - Glasgow UK: Collins, 1948. 256 pages. One of the Wanderlust Brown series, this "...his second post-war escapade" regarding shenanigans in the pearl-fisheries, drug smuggling and enigmatic Chinese in the South Pacific. Front endpaper with the 2nd prize bookplate of Park Secondary School, Colne, dated Nov. 1949 and signed by the headmaster E.M. Hildreth, to Alan Baxter (with the recipients' name blacked out) Approx. 5" x 7 1/2" size; color illustrated dustjacket over orange cloth-covered boards. Dustjacket worn & rubbed, a few small chips, price clipped; the volume in very good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover with Dustjacket. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Drawings By Duncan.

London: Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace, 1818. 16 page pamphlet; printed by Bensley and Sons, sold by J. Hatchard, bookseller to the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace; Tract No. II of the Society; "This tract was written to a friend more than 20 years ago...it is now given by the writer to the Society...with a hope that the sentiments it contains, may shortly spread and communicate those blessings to mankind which the Bible encourages us to expect will visit the world in the latter days."; with a list of the committee of the society at front, headed by Robert Marsden, Chairman; slight edge, tips wear to paper self-wraps; bit of even toning, dustiness; good condition.. Third Edition. Good.

Boston: Henry Tolman, 1863. 5 pages; black and white title in a few type-faces with calligraphic flourishes; music & lyrics; inside title is "I Wait For Thee" or the War is Nearly Over; 'To be Sung in a Plaintive Style'; good Civil War era item, the war not being nearly over signals the weariness of the population with the long-drawn-out conflict; a little dustiness, couple of spots; old pencil name on top edge; overall, very good condition.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Tokyo, Japan: The Japan Times, Ltd., 1967. 30 pages, with black and white illustrations. Contents with Kabuki miscellanea, discussing the Hanamichi: a Second Stage and the various presentations, including Ayatsuri Sambaso, Yoshinogawa, the Kongen Kusozuri Biki and Fuji Musume dances, Nozaki Mura, Ehon Taiko Ki, Saigo to Butahime, Kohjo ceremony with participants being recognized for their great skills earned in the world of Kabuki performers; also the Honcho Nijushi Ko, Sannin Katawa. Advertisements on endpapers for the Hamaseiho and the Crescent restaurants and other ads within. Printed by Seiko-sha Co., Ltd. Approx. 7 1/4" x 10" size, stapled illustrated softcover wraps. A little edge, tips wear to covers; in very good condition.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Philadelphia: Samuel Augustus Mitchell - M. Bradley, 1887. Single-sided printed map; engraved; hand-colored; depicts Highest Mountains for Each Hemisphere,Comparative Lenghths of World's Rivers, Smaller Hemispheres for the Northern Southern Hemispheres, Masses of Land and Water; 15" x 24" approximate size; adequate margins; shrink-wrapped to archival foam core for protection and shipping; good condition. . Good.

Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1939. 142 pages; Schuyler Otis Bland of Virginia, Chairman of the Committee; contents with the states on behalf of the American Whaling Co., Metal Trades Dept. AFL, Walter D. Fisher representing the "seafaring interests of the Pacific coast", Edgar Finn Larsen, ex-member of the crew of the Ulysses and other ex-members of that ship's crew; representatives of the Western Operating Corporation, Fats & Oils Conference reports, more; evidently the U.S. was losing ground to the whaling efforts of Norway, Japan and other countries; with the stamp of the 'S.S. Excalilbur' on the front cover and a previous owner signature; the "Excalibur" was an American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines, New York vessel, lost due to enemy fire during World War II; original stapled printed paper covers; some edge, tips wear, archival tissue repair to closed tear to cover, unobtrusive; contents in very good condition, interesting American whaling… Read More

New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. (28) pages; illustrated in color throughout with artwork by the author. "...Martha, when you go off to school, do you think your cat Lionel sleeps all day? Well, boy, has Lionel got news for you! He reads the daily paper, called Cats Today, he pumps iron; he paints portraits of his neighbor...the secret life of cats..." (from the dustjacket information) "First American Edition" stated on copyright page. Approx. 9 1/2" x 12" size; color artwork dustjacket over illustrated glazed paper hardcover boards; slight wear; very clean and in near-new condition.. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Bruce Ingman.

Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1900. 157 pages; translated by William Archer; one of the series of the The Green Tree Library books by this publisher, designed by Henry McCarter, giving the list of additional titles as the frontispiece; small book, approximately 4 1/4" x 7"; printed by R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company at the Lakeside Press, Chicago, Ill.; list of characters at beginning, stage directions; title page and copyright page dates match; light green cloth binding, decorative embossed trees-in-forest motif; gilt titling for cover and spine, top edge gilt; some edge, tips wear, soiling, to binding; a few leaves roughly opened, no loss to text; good condition.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, 1993. 210 pages + (12) pages of publishers' announcements; useful index; map, black and white illustrations; "...Indispensable for the native or visitor, this handy, suggestion-packed guide will help you get the most out of Long Island. Museum lovers, beach goers, naturalists, hikers, history buffs - all will find complete up-to-date information..."; approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" size; illustrated paperback; slight wear to the binding; in very condition.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1931. viii + 194 pages; useful index. Endpapers with a Diagram of early Home Lots of Southold and with a black and white frontispiece portrait illustration of Rev. Whitaker and with a few other illustrations in the text. This is the updated & edited version by the Rev. Craven, author of the History Of Mattituck and is his version of Southold town history based on Whitaker's original. Whitaker was pastor the First Church of Southold for decades and was also Councilor to the Long Island Historical Society. With material on the founding of the town, the Rev. John Youngs, the town's heritage with Southwold in England, the connections with the original New Haven Connecticut settler's colony, wars and governmental changes, the Dutch, English settlers and governors, Indian wars, church, cultural and social history. Previous owner name of local historian & collector Helen W. Prince, noted as being gifted the book by a relation on front endpaper edge and her… Read More

Mebane, North Carolina: White Furniture Company, 1950. (32) pages; illustrated in colors & black and white; a catalog for this fine handmade furniture company. An advertising for the company's various room collections and settings, giving styles, descriptions, sizes, finishes, suggestions for placement and room groupings. Laid-in is the business card of Walter Van Blerkom of the Vanleigh Furniture Company NY. Catalog not dated and circa 1950. Approx. 9 3/8" x 12 1/2" size; softcover with the White armorial blindstamp crest on the front; old oval sunned portion on cover, top margin creased and reverse with old tissue repair, cover tips chipped away; contents clean and in good condition. . Catalog. Soft Cover. Good.

New York, NY: J.H. Sears & Company, 1929. 305 pages; small black & white illustration on title page; unknown artist. 'Second Printing, January, 1929' stated on copyright page. Vera Caspary (1899 - 1987) Chicago-born author, screenwriter, and playwright, "...Her first novel, The White Girl, was unusual in its time in having a black heroine, a woman who had left the South for Chicago, passing as white..." (Mary A. Gardner in the ANB) Made at the Kingsport Press, Tennessee; previous name of Mrs. P.D. Fisher on the front endpaper. Approx. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4" size; bound in charcoal black cloth; white cover and spine titles; including only the front panel blurb from the book's dustjacket neatly pasted-in on front endpaper; volume with light wear; in very good condition.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Nashville Tennessee: Hillsboro Publications, 1960. (28) pages; woodcut cover designs in black and white by Mel Leipzig; another 4 b & w drawings by Cornelia Schwarz within; edited by Micheal Lebeck, with a laid-in card inscribed and signed by him; with poem and prose contributions by Lebeck, Bianca Van Orden (pen name of Betty Baur - wife of Bernard Knox), Russell Thomas, Rick Williams, Stefan George; approx. 6 3/4 x 10 1/2" size; stapled illustrated paper covers; some foxing and discoloring around edge of covers; in good condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1917. 113 pages; black and white frontispiece and other illustrations by William A. Kirkpatrick;story apparently of fighing bulldogs and a romantic element; bound in original publisher's illustrated dark olive-green binding; one short closed tear on one leaf;good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by William A. Kirkpatrick.

Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin: W.D. Hoard & Sons, 1925. 261 pages; inscribed and signed on the front endpaper by the author, "To Alfred G. Arvold with the hope that he may derive a measure of profit and pleasure from the reading of the life of a truly great man, W.D. Hoard. Sincerely, Geo. W. Rankin Fort Atkinson Wisconsin Sept. 14, 1928"; with a black and white portrait frontispiece of William Dempster Hoard (1836-1918) 16th Governor of Wisconsin from 1889 to 1891 and of great influence on the dairy industry, via his weekly "Hoard's Dairyman."; with other illustrations & with biographical material regarding Hoard's early life, influences, Civil War record, agricultural & political career, more; bound in the publisher's original black patterned-finish cloth, gilt cover medallion portrait of Hoard, gilt title panels on cover and spine, marbled endpapers; some light wear to binding, some spottiness to first leaves, back endpaper with a tear-rub at hinge; in very… Read More

Roslyn, New York: Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, 1981. 61 pages; a catalog of this exhibition, illustrated in color, black and white throughout. With an extensive textual introduction by Holly Joan Pinto, curator; including notes and bibliography. Approx. 8 1/2" x 11" size; bound in illustrated stapled softcover; a little edge, tips wear; in very good condition.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. 286 pages; Updike novel which later became a first-run move of the same name; evidently, there are portions of this proof which were removed from the final first edition release; slight wear to red paper wrap covers; very good condition.. Uncorrected Proof. Soft Cover. Very Good.