Search Results: Authors starting with W from Hardy Books

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1966. First Edition. Illustrated boards. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. 129 (1) pages. Illustrated primarily from vintage photographs. Quarto. Illustrated boards. Paper spine label. Designed by Jack Stauffacher of The Greenwood Press. Prospectus laid in. Set in Janson-Antiqua and Linotype Janson types. Printed by Graham Mackintosh. The definitive history of early Carmel-by-the-Sea, including material on George Sterling, Jack London, Jimmy Hopper, Mary Austin and Nora French among others. A very handsome production. BCC 122. A very Fine Copy, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934. First Edition, Stated. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. (xxviii) 168 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Cloth with paper spine label. A posthumous collection of works by Ernest Walsh. With a biographical memoir by Scottish poet and artist Edith Moorhead, who became Walsh's patron. An American born in Detroit, Walsh joined the American Air Service at the outbreak of World War I, but was seriously injured when his plane crashed while Walsh was in training. After four years in a military hospital, Walsh travelled to Paris. He wrote poetry and co-founded This Quarter, a literary magazine which published Ernest Hemingway, Kay Boyle, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein and Walsh. among others. He died prematurly in 1926, never having regained good health since his crash. In 1927, Kay Boyle gave birth to a daughter fathered by Ernest Walsh. A Near Fine copy (slight soiling) in a Very Good dust jacket (Some soiling and edgewear, especially at the spine), now in a… Read More

Hollywood, 1955. Fine/4-mil clear mylar envelope. This is an ORIGINAL candid photograph of movie giants Jack L. Warner and Darryl F. Zanuck relaxing on a couch. Circa 1955. A deluxe photgraph printed on double weight paper stock. Matte finish. 4 3/4" x 6 3/4". Jack L. Warner was one of the founders of Warner Brothers. Darryl F. Zanuck started as a screenwriter and became a legendary producer for 20th Century Fox. One can only speculate what brought these two legendary film characters together, relaxing on couch, but here they are. A Fine copy, now in a clear 4mil mylar protective envelope. FREE SHIPPING to any United States address.

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1987. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. (xvi) 208 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Edited and with an Introduction by Samuel Abt. Red cloth; gilt spine titling. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". Waverly Root (1906-1982) was a newspaperman with The Chicago Tribune Paris Edition in its glory years. From the jacket flap: "In The Paris Edition, edited by fellow newspaperman Samuel Abt from Root's unpublished memoirs, he writes of Charles Lindbergh's landing in Paris, of the Montparnasse Amerian community and such figures as Ernest Hermingway, Henry Miller, Gertrude Stein, Elliot Paul, and Harold Stearns, of the events and places of the day". A Fine Copy in a Fine dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

Tokyo: Republic Pictures, 1960. 1st Japanese Edition. Near Fine, Linen Backed. This is an ORIGINAL LINEN BACKED Japanese Movie poster for "THE SANDS OF IWO JIMA", the 1949 United States Marine Corps Republic Pictures film starring John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker and Richard Jaekel, Directed by Alan Dwan. This is the poster from the Japanese release of this film, circa 1960. It is in the Japanese B2 size, 20 1/4" X 28 5/8", with a 2" linen border. John Wayne was nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award for this movie. Given the subject matter, the Japanese release of this film was unique. A very scarce poster. A Near Fine linen-backed copy. FREE SHIPPING to any United States address.

Hollywood: Warner Brothers, 1957. First Edition. Very Good/4-mil clear mylar envelope. This is a lot of ELEVEN (11) ORIGINAL still photographs from the 1957 Warner Brothers movie, "THE D. I.", starring JackWebb (who also directed), Don Dubbins, Jackie Loughery (Later, Mrs. Jack Webb), and Monica Lewis. Screenplay by former Marine James Lee Barrett, based on his teleplay, "The Murder of a Sand Flea". Filmed with the cooperation of the United States Marine Corps, largely at Camp Pendleton, using active duty Marines, some in speaking parts. 8" x 10". Black and White, glossy finish. A Very Good lot overall (some with pinholes at corners; edgewear), now in a clear 4mil protective envelope. Free Shipping to any United States address.

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1970. First Edition. Boards. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. 44 (1) pages. SIGNED in ink by author Rev. Francis J. Weber on the colophon. #153 of a limited edition of 300 copies of which 250 were offered for sale. Tan paper over boards. 5" x 7 ". Foreword by W. W. Robinson. The title is self-explanatory. Includes some critical material. A Fine copy, now in a custom cliat mylar protecxtive jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes via media mail to any United states address.

New York: Pantheon Books, 2015. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Fine. (xi) 640 (1) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Author William Wellman Jr. in ink on the half title: "To Lois & David, Enjoy the journey. William Wellman Jr. 5/1/2015". Illustrated dust jacket. In text illustrations throughout, primarily from period photographs. Extensive and detailed filmography. Notes. Index. Cloth-backed white boards. Gilt spine titling. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". The biography of movie director William Wellman (1896-1975) by his son. Wellman flew WWI combat missions with the Lafayette Escadrille. Starting in silent films, Wellman directed such gems as Wings (winner of the first Academy Award for Best Picture), The Public Eneny, Nothing Sacred, A Star Is Born, The Call of the Wild, The Ox-Bow Incident, Battleground and The High And Mightly. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHI[PPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1966. St Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1966 Cloth. Near Fine in Brodart. First Edition. Large Octavo. viii. (4) 289 pages. Illustrated primarily from vintage photographs. Maps, including endpaper maps. The overland crossing of the Northern plains from Minnesota to what would become Montana during the 1860's gold rush. Includes some previously unpublished material. A FINE copy in an un-priceclipped slightly rubbed NEAR FINE dustjacket, protected and collected in a Brodart sleeve. Always FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address.

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1901. First Edition, Third Impression. Illustrated Cloth. Good Plus/Custom Clear Mylar. 344 pp. A SIGNED/INSCRIBED association copy, to noted American artist Thomas Mitchell Peirce (1864-1929). All in ink, in Author White's hand: (1) On the front pastedown there is a statement of edition limitation "To Thomas Mitchell Peirce / Jan 10, 1902"; (2) On the front free endpaper, is the following: "My dear Tom: This, with the author's best wishes, is a single little dainty turnip from the ten acre lot which in our early companionship produced nothing but bull-frogs, doodle bugs and malaria, but now at last, yielding to the plow of industry and good healthy nerve, has begun to produce this sort of garden sass. Sincerely your's, Stewart Edward White". Illustrated cloth. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4". A dark novel of vengeance, set in the Black Hills of the latter nineteenth century.Uncommon signed. A Good Plus copy (Spine leaning and toned; soiled, pages warped and dampsoiled), now in a… Read More

New York: Paul Elder & Company, 1907. First Edition. Illustrated boards. Very Good/Custom Clear Mylar. 79 pages. Illustrated including a frontispiece and several plates in color by Merle Johnson. The Tomoye Press. 5" x 7 7/8". Paper-backed illustrated boards. A series of "yarns" or very short stories, including firefighting and baseball. Published by San Francisco bookseller and publisher Paul Elder, who had recently partnered with the Twentieth Century Press to form The Tomoye Press (which included John Henry Nash), and moved to New York after the 1906 San Francisco eathquake and fire had destroyed Elder's bookshop and press there. Alas, the experience proved costly, requiring Elder to move back to San Francisco and retire from publishing in 1917. Elder's bookshop, however, remained a San Francisco institution for many years thereafter. Some edgewear and soiling, and evidence of a sticker removal on the back cover; still a Very Good or better copy, now in a custom, clear mylar protective jacket.… Read More

Hollywood. Fine/4-mil clear mylar envelope. This is a photograph of Esther Williams in a stylish swimming suit, SIGNED in ink by Esther Williams. Black and White, glossy finish. Esther Williams was a MGM star from the 1940's through the 1960's, predominantly in "aquamusicals". The plots were pleasant, but secondary to aquacade-type production numbers, featuring Ms. Williams in a bathing suit. When she married co-star Fernando Lamas, she retired from films, enjoying a healthy life in Southern California, where she left us at age 91. A Fine photograph, now in a clear 4 mil mylar protective envelope. FREE SHIPPING to any United States address.

New York: North Point Press, 1998. First edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Fine/Fine. xix, 376 pages. First Edition. SIGNED by the late Charis Wilson in ink on the half-title. Illustrated, primarily from vintage photographs, including some by Weston, and other well-known photographers. Frontis portrait of Weston and Wilson from black and white photograph. Index. Small quarto. Cloth-backed gray boards, with silver spine-titling. Charis Wilson was the daughter of novelist Harry Leon Wilson (Merton of the Movies). Starting as Edward Weston's secretary and model, she married him in 1939, divorcing in 1946. From the jacket, "A memoir long awaited in the arts community, Through Another Lens tells the story of the life Edward and Charis led on the California coast from 1934 to 1945, a period 'in which more was done than some accomplish in a lifetime,' as Weston once described it in a letter." Includes material on Robinson Jeffers, Ansel Adams and more. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, now in a clear mylar… Read More

Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1902. First Edition ("10th Thousand"). Cloth. Very Good/Custom Clear Mylar. (viii) (1) 512 pp. Illustrated from drawings by "O'Neill Latham" (Rose O'Neill). Original illustrated red cloth. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4". POS in pencil, dated 1902. Author Harry Leon Wilson ("Ruggles of Red Gap"; "Merton of the Movies") was an early resident of Carmel-By-The-Sea, California, when that village was populated by Bohemian artists and writers, including Mary Austin, George Sterling and Xavier Martinez. Illustrator/Cartoonist Rose O'Neill was married to Wilson (1902-1907) and illustrated four of his books, including this one. O'Neill went on to create the"Kewpie" for the Ladies Home Journal in 1909. "Kewpie Dolls" were very popular bisque dolls modeled after O'Neill's creation. Wilson was the father of Charis Wilson, who was married to Carmel photographer Edward Weston and was his model in countless photographs. The Spenders was made into a silent film in 1921. A Very Good copy (rubbed;… Read More

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 244 pp. SIGNED in ink by author Neill C. Wilson on the half-title. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from photographs, including a two page illustration and dust jacket photograph by Ansel Adams. Two maps. Cloth. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2". From the flap: "For most of the world it (Golden Gate) is synonymous wiith mystery, glamour, adventure, zest for life--and these are the qualities which Neill Wilson exemplifies perfectly in this robust, authoritative book". A Near Fine copy (slightly rubbed) in a Near Fine dustjacket (rubbed, mostly at spine; price-clipped) now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

New York: Scribner, 2006. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Fine/Fine. (13) 302 (1) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author in ink on the title page: "Robert S. Wilson / For Matt, longtime friend, and biographer of my father. Bob / March 1, 2006". Illustrated, from period photographs and 2 maps. Illustrated unclipped dust jacket. Bibliography, Notes and Index. Cloth-backed boards. 6" xz 9 1/4". From the flap: "In this, one of the year's most compelling biographies, Robert Wilson paints a brilliant portrait of Clarence King--a scientist-explorer ;whose mountain-scaling, desert-crossing, river-fording, blizzard-surviving adventures helped create the new West of the nineteenth ceentury....The Yale-educated King went west in 1863 at age twenty-one as geologist-explorer. During the next decade he scaled the highest pjeaks of the Sierra Nevada, published a popular bo ok now considered a classic of advernture literatiure, initiated a ground-breaking land survyu of the American West, and ultimately uncovered one… Read More

San Francisco: Charles Boden, 1935. First Edition. Original wraps. Fine/4-mil clear mylar envelope. Un-numbered (9). SIGNED in ink by author Henry Woods, S.J.. Edition limited to 200 un-numbered copies printed by The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, for Charles Boden. Foreword by author. Blue wrappers. 9 1/2" x 6 1/4". Handset Franciscan types. Presentation card laid in. ("Mar. 19 1935 To Mr. Sidney M. Ehrman with the compliments and good wishes of Charles R. Boden". Sidney M. Ehrman (1873-1975) was a prominent San Francisco attorney in the Heller Ehrman firm.). Heller/Magee #223. A poem by Father Woods of the University of Santa Clara. A Fine copy, now in a clear 4 mil mylar protective envelope. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 1976. NF First Edition (Stated). Octavo. xx,179 pages. Index. Printed on S.D. Warren Company paper with an effective life of at least 300 years. Gray cloth with silver lettering. Book is FINE; dustjacket has some edgewear, but is NEAR FINE and encased in a Brodart protective jacket. Dr. Wright has written an entertaining book which also describes the evolution of the Huntington and Folger libraries from "..ducal collections of wealthy men into active research institutions". Always FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address.

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1934. First Edition. Near Fine/4-mil clear mylar envelope. This is a lot of six (6) ORIGINAL still photographs from the 1934 Paramount Pictures movie, "COME ON MARINES!", starring Richard Arlen, Ida Lupino, Roscoe Karnes and Ann Sheridan (in her third film, credited as "Clara Lou Sheridan"). 8" x 10", black and white, with movie text in the lower margin. United States Marines, in campaign covers, battle outlaws in the Philippine jungle. Prior owner stamp on verso of two photographs. Near Fine and now in a 4mil clear mylar protective envelope. FREE SHIPPING to any United States address.