Search Results: Authors starting with W from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

Hawthorne, Calif.: Christian Book Club. Hardcover. Fair/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 223 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a yellow dust jacket. The jacket shows wear and has some soiling, especially along the spine. The book is sound with secure inner hinges. Text is a bit musty but is unmarked. No copyright date. Prior owner's inscription on the front pastedown is dated 1991.

Durham, NC: The Seeman Printery Incorporated, 1916. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 91 pages. Hardcover bound in brown cloth. Covers are rubbed. Spine is sunned. Text is toned but sound.

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1950. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 100 pages, indexed. Hardcover with blue and white dust jacket. The jacket shows light to moderate rubbing and wear. A sound copy with clean text.

New York: Greeley & McElrath, Tribune Buildings, 1844. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fair. 8vo. 45, (3) pages. Disbound pamphlet. Title page detached. Text is toned. Wainwright was with the Protestant Episcopal Church, and Potts was with the Presbyterian Church.

New York: Bonanza Books, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4vo. 70 pages. Hardback in illustrated off-white dust jacket. Moderate wear and rubbing to the dust jacket, including several small tears along the top edge. Extensively illustrated in black and white with drawings, plans, tables, and photographs. Text is clean and sound.

New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1953. First Edition First Printing . Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo. 31 pages. Soft cover bound in tan wrappers. Light rubbing and wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within. INSCRIBED by the author on the last leaf.

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2008. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo. 333 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a tan dust jacket. Minimal wear to the jacket. Prior owner's name on the front flyleaf; the text has occasional pencil notations in the margins.

Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. 364 pages, indexed. Soft cover bound in brown pictorial wrappers. Minimal wear to the binding. A few pages in the text are a little bumped at the bottom corner. Otherwise the book looks unread.

Trenton, New Jersey: Trenton Historical Society, 1928. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 8vo. 21 pages. Soft cover bound in brown wrappers. Light wear to the binding. There is a little bump or crease at the bottom corner. A sound copy and clean within. Text is a little toned.

Roanoke, Virginia: A & W Enterprise, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Patsy Arrington Dorset. 8vo. 178, 221 pages. Two volume set. Hardcovers in red, white, and blue illustrated dust jackets. DJs have speckled dust on front covers. There is rubbing and scuffing. Author has signed the front flyleaf of both volumes, which also have a number in the upper left corner of same. Text is clean.

Philadelphia, PA: The Author, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 57 pages. Hardcover in grey paper covered boards. Toning at top of boards and on spine. Prior owner's name on front flyleaf. Occasional check marks on some poems.

Roanoke, Virginia: A & W Enterprises, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Russell Chu. 8vo. 250 pages. Hardcover in red, white, and blue illustrated dust jackets. DJ has light wear. Light rubbing and wear to the jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front flyleaf. Th8is appears to be #127 of an unspecified limited edition. Text is clean.

Roanoke, VA: A & W Enterprise, 1985. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 182 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in gray cloth with the Virginia State seal on the front cover. Minimal wear to the binding. A white label with the title and author and date 6-22-88 is on the front flyleaf. Text is a bit toned but is unmarked. Possible smoker's copy. Illustrated with maps and photos.

Maitland, Florida: Xulon Press, 2019. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 194 pages. Paperback in white wrappers with a red spine. There is light wear to the binding. The corners are slightly bent. The text is clean and sound. Inscribed by the author on the title page.

Thomasville, North Carolina: Heritage House Publishing / The Thomasville Times, 2002. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oblong Quarto. 128 pages. Blue hardcover. Light to moderate rubbing and wear to the binding (heavier rubbing on the rear cover). Previous owner's blind stamp on the title page. A sound copy and clean within. Illustrated with many photos.

New York: Comet Press Books, 1955. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo. 114 pages. Hardcover in black and white dust jacket. DJ is foxed. Small split starting at headcap. Rear cover has some chips missing from upper edge of dust jacket. Author has signed inside front cover. Prior owner has written notation on front flyleaf above name sticker. Text is clean and sound.

University of Victoria, 1977, 1977. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. 73 pages. Trade paperback bound in tan printed wrappers. Moderate wear to the binding. Prior owner's name written at the top of the front cover. Sound text block; clean inside. Unmarked.

New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, Publishers. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 244 pages. Hardcover with a purple pictorial dust jacket. The jacket shows wear and heavy rubbing. Spine is a bit faded. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Text is toned. Black and white illustration. No date, but the book appears to have been published in the 1950s.

High Point: Hall Printing Company, 1979. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Tall octavo. 157 pages. INSCRIBED by author on front endpaper. Beige pictorial hardcover with lettering in dark brown. A nice, clean copy. The poet appears to be from the Greensboro - High Point area of North Carolina.

Mocksville, NC: Davie County Historical Publishing Association, 1969. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 406 pages, indexed. SIGNED by James Wall on the title page. Hardcover bound in red cloth. The binding shows moderate rubbing and wear. The gilt on the binding is a little dulled. Secure inner hinges. Prior owners' names on the front flyleaf; otherwise sound and clean within. Laid in loosely is a two-page typed sheet entitled "Morgan Bryan and Squire Boone in the Forks of the Yadkin" by Flossie Martin.