Search Results: Authors starting with W from Whiting Books

Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1886. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Eighth Edition. Bumping to the spine ends and corners. Light soil to covers and top edge. Only one occurrence of penciled marginalia found. Additionally, contemporary ownership name in pencil on the blank page following the front endpapers (Amasa Howard, Chelmsford, Mass.) and also on the title page (name with date, 1889). Dr. Amasa Howard was a Dartmouth Medical School graduate and lived in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. [xxiv] 268 pages with Introduction and Prefaces to the Eighth and Sixth Editions. Illustrated with many examples of game situations. Period newspaper clipping about Whist laid in..

Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1887. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Houghton Mifflin & Co. appears on the spine as publisher. Their imprint, Ticknor and Company, appears on the title page as publisher. No additional printings indicated. Minor wear and bumping to the spine ends and corners. Light spotting to bottom edge. Top edge gilt. Contemporary ownership name in pencil on the blank page following the front endpapers (Amasa Howard 1889) and also on the title page (name without date). Dr. Amasa Howard was a Dartmouth Medical School graduate and lived in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. 258 pages with Appendix. The Preface states the intent of the book: "It is the purpose of this work to present opinions of European and American authorities upon the conduct of the Game of Whist; to give the history of French, English, and American leads and inventions; to show in what respect the practice in play of former time has been superseded by that of the present; and to apply the instructions of… Read More

Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Ex-Library copy with stamps, marks, and a card pocket indicating such. About fine condition except for the library markings. 276 pages with Notes, Works Cited, and Index. From the dust jacket: "Russians have frequently seemed transfixed by the idea of the singularity of their own history and by the relationship of that history to the history of the outside world. In particular, three notions stand out, related to each other to be sure, but by no means unproblematically so. First of all, there is the conviction of absolute difference; Russians insist, even in the face of evidence to the contrary - that their nation's past is unlike that of any other country. Second is the belief that Russia will somehow be able to overcome history, to jump out of time as it were, and thereby escape the strong allure of her history. And third is the frequent assertion that although all may not be well with her in… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Signed by "Daddy-O," Keith Zimmerman, and Kent Zimmerman on the title page. The life and genius of Texas artist Bob "Daddy-O" Wade. 212 pages, black & white and color illustrations. Foreword by Linda Ellerbee, Afterword by Kinky Friedman..

Houston, Texas: Colophon House, 1993. Book. Illus. by Pat Finney. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Biography for a juvenile audience. "A biography of the patient, cultured empresario who founded Texas. Because he accepted the responsibility of fulfilling his father's dream to establish an American colony in Spanish land, he became the Father of Texas." 64 pages with Author's Note, Sources, and Index. Illustrated. Fine hardcover copy with no dust jacket (likely as issued..

Indianapolis, Indiana: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943. Book. Illus. by Sandra James. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. About fine with bumping to the foot of the spine. The dust jacket is price-clipped and has mild wear at the extremities. Protected now in an archival Mylar sleeve. 185 pages with silhouette illustrations by Sandra James. Edition not stated, but copyright date is 1943 and no other printings are indicated. Forty-nine titles in the series listed by author on the page facing the title page..

New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1955. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Light shelf wear and some browning to the endpapers, otherwise a clean copy with no writing except for the author inscription. The dust jacket is faded along the spine and has edge wear and chipping. Small amounts of paper loss at the corners, a larger amount at the head of the spine without affecting the title. Jacket and frontispiece/title page illustrations by Rus Anderson. The author has inscribed the book in a unique manner-writing it backwards (right to left), which you have to hold in front of a mirror to read: "To Foster, without whose help this book would never have been written." She has signed it in a normal fashion for English script (left to right): "Love to you both, Love Jean." The story: Two teenage boys are thwarted in their efforts to help with the demolition of an old Western pioneer hotel and get caught up in solving an 85-year-old mystery. 189 pages..

The american Federation of Arts, 1969. Book. Good. Soft cover. Light foxing to covers, corner crease to the front cover. 159 pages with representations of naive paintings in both color (55) and black and white (56). The paintings by known and unknown artisans, sign and house painters, farmers, frontiersmen, and itinerant portraitists range from the 1700s to the last quarter of the 19th century..

Novato, California: Presidio Press, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. A bit of lean to the spine else fine. Story of armored cavalry forces, tanks in the jungle, throughout Vietnam. The authro was assigned to the 4th Cavalry of the 1st Infantry Division, the famed "Big Red 1." 230 pages with Glossary and photos..

New York: Holiday House, 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Light foxing on the top edge of the page block. The dust jacket is price-clipped and has a closed tear at the bottom edge of the front panel. Protected now in a Mylar sleeve. Inscription/siganture from the author to the previous owner (Blake). 185 pages. Jacket art by Tim Tanner. From the publisher: "Having discovered the true nature of the old woman known as the Witch of Blackwater Swamp, fifth grader Ted must decide whether to come to her aid when she is accused of the thefts plaguing his small Louisiana town.".

New York: Doubleday, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Printing. Signed by the author on the title page..

New York: Holiday House, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Inscribed by the author to the previous owner of the book, whose name also is written on the rear endpaper and is mostly obscured by the jacket flap. A young boy, recently moved to Oklahoma from Chicago, wishes for a dog, but his parents put him off. He befriends and begins to raise and train a coyote pup in secret. Will he be successful? Can a wild animal, such as a coyote, ever be a pet? For ages 8-12. 201 pages. Jacket art by Michael Dooling..

Stafford, Texas: Fort Bend Publishing Group, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 200 pages with Bibliography and Index. Includes a section on historical markers and cemeteries in this Texas county..

Salinas, CA, U.S.A.: Coyote Press, 1981. Book. Illus. by Art Salvagno. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 32 pages, stapled pictorial covers. 5.5 X 8.5 inches. A trace of edge soiling, otherwise clean and fine. Signed by both the author and the artist. Story of an Esselen Indian boy who battles a bear to save a small child and earns the respect of his tribe. Winner of the 1980 Salinas Californian's John Steinbeck Award..

London: Macdonald, 1984. Book. Near Fine+. Hardcover. First U.K. Edition.

New York: Military Publishing, 1917. Book. Good. Hardcover. Shelf wear and rubbing wear along the extremities. The rear endpaper is separated from the binding, but still adhered to the rear board. Interior clean and free of writing or marks, except for a previous owner name to front endpapers: "J.C. Benko, 631. Aero Sqdn." The 631st was an Aero Supply Squadron.. H.P. McCain, the Adjutant General who approved these regulations was Henry Pinckney McCain, a distant uncle of U. S. Senator John McCain. H.P. McCain set up the World War I draft and became known as the father of Selective Service. 462 pages, illustrated with drawings and diagrams, some fold-out..

Essex, United Kingdom: Icon Books, Limited, 2002. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Ten essays on psychoanalysis topics. 342 pages with Index..

Wilmington, Delaware: The Modern Press, Inc., 1977. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Oblong. Light reading wear and a small spot or stain on the fore-edge. Signed by the editor, Mary Sam Ward, on the titel page: "Best wishes to ___, Mary Sam Ward, August 1977." 182 with Index. Numerous photos..

Tulsa, Oklahoma: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Minor amount of spotting to top-edge of page block. Interior clean, no marks or writing. Based on a symposium sponsored by SEPM-AAPG, held at The Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, 1979. Special Publication No. 32 of the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists. [vi] 564 pages with Appendix..

Houston, Texas: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1968. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. Stiff, pictorial covers, hole-punched in the upper-left corner. The paper at the tail of the spine is peeled back about half an inch. Some creasing near the fore-edge in the same area of the covers and a number of pages, indicating a pressure point for page turning. Pages not numbered, but about 100. Numerous black and white photos illustrate the catalog. David B. Warren writes in the Introduction: The exhibition is intended to present for the first time a comprehensive showing of silver made in the south prior to 1860. We have chosen to exhibit hollowware examples when possible. We have attempted to include representative examples from each major area of production and its known craftsmen, with the hope that some sort of pattern of geographic distribution would become apparent..