Search Results: Authors starting with W from Old Bookshelf

New York: Brentano"s, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Willy Pogany. Unpaginated, no date c1910. Black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration tocover and spine, 12 mounted color plates, numerous black and white illustrations, translated by T.W. Rolleston. Covers are clean, very slight rubbing to spine ends, age-toning mainly to endpapers, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Book is in well-preserved condition.

London, New York: William Heinemann Ltd./Doubleday Page & Co., 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Arthur Rackham. 160pp, 34 plates with captioned tisue-guards. Grey cloth, black lettering. Corners lightly rubbed, spine faded and mottled and very readable, contents age-toned, all Rackham plates are very sound, former owner's bookplate on front free endpaper.

Concord, NH: Edson C. Eastman and Company, 1871. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 220pp + ads. Green cloth, gilt lettering, 2 folding maps. Light exterior wear, small chip to head of spine, binding is tight and the text is clean, large folding map has torn away from title page and has removed a small strip along the gutter of the title page, but is present and both maps are in very good condition, former owner's name on front free endpaper.

New York: W.H. Kelley & Brother, 1864. Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 126pp. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Chipping and fading to boards and spine, lettering faded. Contents yellowed, a small stain and chip to lower fore edges of first 50 pages, not affecting text, some internal separation. Church history in Westchester County.

London: Thomas Hurst, 1837. Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. xxxvi, 306pp. Maroon cloth, gilt decoration and gilt lettering and decoration to spine, all edges gilt, 36 plates. Front board very loose, binding is tight, chipping to head and tail of spine, light foxing to preliminary pages, very occasional foxing to text. small amount of dampstaining to several uppe rmargins. Thirty-six plates of in period dress exercising.

Irvington, New York: John Brisben Walker, 1895. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 125pp + 68pp ads. Light soiling to cover, otherwid a bright, clean copy. one ad excised. Contributors include W. D. Howells, Edward Bok, Laura Porter, W. Clark Russell. Articles on art, architecture, history, theater, science.

New York: The Publishing Company, 1892. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 124pp + ads. Darkening and light edgewear to cover, contents are toned but clean. A miscellany of articles including one on the American railways,liberal tendencies in Europe, the human eye.

New York: Collins and Hannay, 1831. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 609, 103pp. Full calf, black leather label. Covers worn and powdering, contents tanned and foxed, one rear free endpaper half torn away , pencil notations on endpapers, dampstaining to corners of a few pages, front board barely attached.

Irvington, New York: John Brisben Walker, 1898. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Approx 110pp + ads. Printed wraps. Moderate cover soil, light wear, contents are toned and occasional dampstain in some margins, owner's name on front cover. Contributions by Rupert Hughes, Brander Mathews, Arthur Brisbane, Oscar Hammerstein and others.

Atheneum, 1983. Fifth American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 317pp. Bright orange cloth, gilt spine lettering. Book and dust jacket are in near condition.

Los Angeles, CA: Califronia Stamp Company, 1934. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 160pp. Blue cloth. Clean and sound condition, spine sunned, contents clean, former owner's name on front free endpaper.

New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1952. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 312pp. Grey boards, black spine lettering. Spine ends lightly rubbed, boards sound, former owner's name on front free endpaper, bookseller's label on front pastedown, contents mildly age-toned. Unclipped dust jacket is worn and chipped along edges. The selection of the baseball dream team, and how it was chosen.

Washington: Library War Service of the American Library Association, 1919. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Unpaginated. Blue cloth, gilt lettering. Corners worn, small white spots on covers, inscription on front free endpaper, contents are otherwise clean and unmarked. Job assistance for returning veterans f World War I. Copiously illustrated. An original publication, not a recent reprint.

London: For the Author By R. Ackermann, 1816. Fourth Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 215pp. Publisher's original paper backed boads, paper spine label, frontispiece portrait, folding map and one additional plate. Boards and spine darkened and lightly soiled, spine chipped at bottom, contents age-toned and faint foxing to first and last few leaves, binding is solid, small bookseller's label on front pastedown.

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 262pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, top edge gilt. Inscribed, SIGNED, and dated on the front free endpaper by author. Light rubber to corners, contents mildly toned, bookseller's label on rear pastedown, owners' names on front endpapers. The Riverside Aldine Series.

Philade;phia: Carey and Hart, 1840. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 199, 258pp. Paper over boards, cloth backed, paper label to Vol. III only, moderate and occasionally dampstaining, Vol. I foxed throughout, Vol III lightly foxed, Vol. I long ago tape-repair to endpapers, former owners' names on title page and endpapers.

New York and Philadelphia: Schermerhorn, Bancroft & Co., 1864. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 144pp +4pp ads. FIRST EDITION. Brown stamped cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed, text is moderately foxed, binding is tight. Exercises for all parts of the body, including voice. Illustrations for each exercise, and samples of music to accompany the esercises.

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, Inc., 1925. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 303pp. FIRST EDITION. Green cloth over boards, orange outline around black title. Binding has very slight wear to corners and a tiny fray at head of hinge of back cover. Front cover has some minor smudging. Small bookseller's label on rear pastedown. Contents are clean.

Philade;phia: David McKay Company, 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Atlas Folio - over 23 - 25" tall. Vera Neville. Unpaginated 32pp. Pictorial boards, brown backing. Wear to corners and edges, several spots mainly to rear cover and foredge, text is mildly toned. INSRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper. Illustrated by Vera Neville.

Albany: Websters and Skinner, 1810. Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 168p . First Revised Impression, 1810. Paper covered boards, leather backing. Cover worn and chipped, scattered staining and light foxing to contents, pages 15-24 missing, several first few pages have been gnawed at lower gutter and chipped along edges with some loss of text, title page and remainder of text quite sound and complete, former owner's name and date (December 2, 1811) on front and rear endpapers.