Search Results: Authors starting with W from Resource Books, LLC

Columbia, South Carolina: The University of South Carolina Press, 1945. First edition, 1945. University of SC Social Sciences Publications Series 1, Vol. 1. Light rust colored cloth with dustjacket. Light musty odor from storage. Minimale wear, good hinges, sound text block slightly age-yellowed but clean pages with a handwritten name and notation on the front free endpaper, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and has some minor shelfwear, light age-related shelf soil, no chips or tears. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, MA: Skullduggery Magazine, 1981. Spring 1981 issue of a magazine devoted to unusual mystery fiction illustrated in black and white. Softcover, 68 pages including the covers. Near fine with firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Battle Creek, Michigan: J. E. White, 1883. First edition, 1883. Externally a little worn but internally very good. Victorian era guide to handwriting, fancy calligraphy, letter writing etiquette, cards and invitations, illustrated throughout in black and white. Pictorial hardcover with brown cloth spine, 9.5" tall, 130 pages plus two pages of advertisements. Covers rubbed, especially around the edges, with some surface soil, good hinges, sound text block, very slightly age-toned but very clean pages with no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: D. Fanshaw, 1819. Second edition, title page dated 1819. Full marbled calf with red spine label, spine ruled in gilt, 180 pages. Good conditioni with modest wear to corners and spine ends, surface split to rear joint (cover well attached), good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with consistent light to moderate foxing, a name written on the front free endpaper and a different name on the rear free endpaper. . Hard Cover. Good. 24mo - 5" - 5¾" Tall.

Kathmandu, Nepal: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1978. 1976 reprint. Bibliotheca Himalayica series. Illustrated with black and white plates, folding map. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, decorative endpapers, with dustjacket. Very good condition with good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, decorative name stamp on title page, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is very good with some light shelf soil, some very minor edge chips, very little paper loss.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: W. A. Wilde Company, 1909. First edition [1909]. Lightly worn copy illustrated in black and white, from photographs. Juvenile non-fiction describing children from: Iceland, Greenland, Alaska, Canada, Labrador, Newfoundland, the US, Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. Light blue cloth printed in white with small ilustrations of various children in dark blue. Covers unevenly age-toned and lightly soiled, spine lettering very lightly chipped but readily legible, tiny dent to rear cover, good hinges, sound text block, gift notation on front free endpaper, pages otherwise unmarked and clean with just a few minor instances of finger soil to the margins.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Barnes & Noble, 2002. First American edition of this comprehensive history of rail travel, including a world encyclopedia of locomotives and well-illustrated sections on the great railway journeys of the world. Illustrated throughout, mainly in full color. Softcover, 512 pages. Looks and feels new and unread, with very clean pages, no names or other markings.. First US Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hartford, Connecticut: Wadsworth Atheneum, 1967. Externally worn, internally very good. Catalogue issued in conjunction with an exhibition of Connecticut furniture held by the Wadsworth Atheneum on its 125th anniversary. Includes a wealth of material on Connecticut furniture and furniture makers, and is generously illustrated with photographs in black and white. Printed softcover, 156 pages. Covers have foxing and rubbing along the spine as well as along the top edge of the text block, sound binding, clean pages, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hartford, CT: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1894. First edition, 1894. Includes Notes by the Fourteenth Pastor. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt. Some light scuffing to the covers and wear to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Orchard Books, 1990. First edition, first printing [19900, with personalized inscription signed by the author on the title page. Green hardcover with dustjacket. The book is near fine with firm binding, additional gift notation on title page, pages clean and unmarked. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [14.95] and is also near fine, with no chips or tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Squared 8vo.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002. First edition, 2002. Color illustrated throughout. Large book, 13.5 inches tall, green over tan linen-like cloth, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with a slight bump at the top edge of the front cover that is not visible on the dustjacket, otherwise fine condition with tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has some shelf soil to the rear cover, otherwise fine with no chips or tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - 12" - 15" Tall.

New York: McClure, Phillips Co., 1906. First American edition [1906]. In English, translated from the French. Brown cloth with gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Covers rubbed at the extremities, small spot to spine and front joint, good hinges, sound text block, private school stamp on front pastedown, pages clean and otherwise unmarked.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: McClure Phillips and Company, 1905. First American edition, September 1905. Brown cloth printed in gilt, top edge gilt, 227 pages, no dustjacket, possibly as issued. Some rubbign to the extremities, good hinges, sound text block, very neat underlines in colored pencil intermittently throughout along with a few scholarly pencil notes lightly written in the margins, no names. . First US Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Columbus, Ohio: Long's College Book Company, 1953. Third edition [1953]. Worn but sound copy in gray cloth, 601 pages plus black and white plates. Covers heavily rubbed with considerable wear and tearing to the spine covering, hinges cracked but covers secure, text block sound, pages clean, no names or other markings.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Stuttgart, Germany: K. Thienemann, 1895. In German. Undated, ca. 1895. Natural history book illustrated with beautiful color plates and additional small engravings. Red cltoh with color illustration mounted on the front cover, all edges marbled, 354 pages. Very good conditon with only light edgewear, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.: North Light Books, 1995. First edition, with personalized inscription signed by the author on the half-title. Dark blue hardcover with color illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with rubbing to the extremities, light bump to spine foot, firm binding, name and address at top of half-title, very clean pages with no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has some light shelf soil, no chips or tears.. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Leipzig, Germany: Insel-Verlag, 1963. First thus, 1963. Facimile of Wagner's handwritten manuscript beautifully reproduced in sepia tones, with a companion volume of text in German by Carl Wehmer. Two oblong volumes blue hardcover with vellum spines, 12.75" x 9", housed in a worn tan slipcase. Lower corners of both books bumped, otherwise about fine condition, very clean, with firm bindings, pristine pages, no names or other markings. The slipcase is age-darkened and worn with some short breaks near corners, but structurally sound.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slipcase. Oblong Folio.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1912. Third printing, 1912. Worn copy. Beautifully illustrated with 33 (of 34) tipped-on tissue-protected color plates by Rackham. Blue cloth printed in gilt, 159 pages plus plates. Covers worn with spine chipped and separating from text block, hinges internally cracked but secure, text block sound but no longer firm, pages and background of plates age-toned, otherwise clean with no names or other markings. The plate opposite page 72 is absent, and the plate opposite page 112 has been removed with the background page cut down to a smaller size and loosely laid in in the correct place. The frontis tissue is detached but present, one other tissue chipped. All other plates present and in very good condition. . Hard Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Sacramento, CA: Spectrum Publications, 1987. First edition, 1987, signed by the author on the title page with additional crossed out name above. Softcover, 134 pages. Light shelf rubbing, binding firm, pages clean.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Stuttgart, Germany: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1959. In English. First edition, 1959. Softcover, stiff covers with attached dustjacket. Light external rubbing, firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.