Search Results: Titles starting with W from Craftsbury Antiquarian Books

Columbus, Ohio: Lutheran Book Concern, 1917. Book. Illus. by 18 full page illustrations, some photos, plus about 18 smaller illustrations. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Original light green cloth with a bright gilt title on the front, and also on the unfaded spine. Very slight edgewear. Clean and tight inside with no prior owner marks, no foxing, no browning. From the dedication it appears the author is a second generation American, returning to see the native Norway of his parents. Protected in a clear, mylar sleeve. .

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1938. Book. Near Fine. 3/4 Leather. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A fine Bayntum of Bath 3/4 leather binding in bright red calf, with red cloth boards. raised bands and bright gilt flower emblems and title on the unfaded spine. Top edges gilt. Corners worn at the very tip. Stated first edition of this edition. Slight age toning to the pages, but very clean and tight. .Bottom inch of the front hinge is beginning to split. .

Gloucestershire: Hawthorn Press, 1998. Book. Illus. by A Few Cartoons, Charts and Photos. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Based on field research in Serbia, Croatia, Eastern Slovenia and Bosnia 1992 to 1996. A very interesting account of peace building. Pages 178. .

London: A & C Black, 1906. Book. Illus. by 75 Fred Whitehead Watercolors, Sketch Map at the rear. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A nice copy with gilt title front and on spine, a decorative blue cloth with white flowers and green leaves, protected in a clear, mylar dust jacket. Unfaded spine with bright gilt titles on ths front and spine. Top edge gilt. A bit of edgewear at corners and spine ends. Endpapers browned, as usual. Light foxing, not affecting the plates. One of nine fine county books by Black, this one includes the area around Stratford-o-Avon and its association with Shakespeare. Inman 87..

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1929. Book. Illus. by decorations by Frank C. Pape. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Progoma; b;acl s[ome wotj gilt decorated boards. No edge wear. The title on the spine is barely visible. Inside,like new. This is an unread copy, as some pages are uncut at the bottom or outed edges. Stated first impression. Protected in the original publisher slipcasewith the gilt paper description of the book on one side intact, with slight wear at the edges. .

Portland, Oregon: Breitenbush Books, 1987. Book. Fine. Original Wraps. 4th Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Long considered to be one of the most important literary works in the Chinese language. Translated and afterword by Sam Hamill, it discusses the joys and problems that face both writer and reader. Very clean and tight inside and out..

Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press , 2004. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A brilliant Muslim in Europe examine possible reforms of Islam. Fine copy in an unclipped dust jacket with no blemishes. th.

Ames, Iowa: Iowa State Univ, 2006. Book. Illus. by Profuse in b/w and Color. Fine. Full-Leather. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A fine celebration of the murals and sculptures of two artists at Iowa State University in the 1930s. This copy is a unique, artistic binding in yellow morocco leather, with a hill in lime morocco on the front and sweeping fields across both boards and the spine in browns, greens and terra cotta until they meet a blue sky on the far horizon at the edge of the back board. Inside, as new. Pages xlii, 398. Signed by the binder, as well as the author. Protected in a brown cloth box, as new, with leather title label that extends onto the front of the box with fields that hint of the book within the box. A very special artistic creation..

New York: Penguin Press, 2015. Book. Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The brilliant thinker, sadly now deceased, has consistently given us passionate and lucid history and current affairs of Europe and the U.S. An unblemished copy, no prior owner marks and dust jacket is NOT price clipped. .

Washington DC: Middle East Institute, 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8 Vo. very good/no dj. bibliography. Illustrated by 16 pp photos, 2 endpaper maps. 1st edition. Still a good read, and a bargain because it is lacking the dust jacket..

Washington, DC: Middle East Institute, 1963. Book. Illus. by 16 Pages of Photographs. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two endpaper maps. Sanger was a career diplomat in the 1940s and 50s in this region. It is a sound and readable review of Jordan and its neighbors , including a chapter on the charms of Petra. A good read despite being 60 years old. Clean and tight insides, with no browning, no foxing, and no prior owner marks. No edge wear to the red cloth binding..

Newfoundland, Canada: Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. a SCARCE BOOK, fine studies on the Inuit. Original ble cloth with no edge wear, silver titles on the front and spine. Very clean and tight inside. No prior owner marks. .

London: HarperCollins, 2002. Book. Illus. by 24 Pages of Plates, 16 in Color, Unlike the U.S. Edition. Fine. Cloth. 2nd PRINTING. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled, "Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth Century India". Pages xlviii, 459. The superlative British travel writer, Wm Dalrymple turns his talents to the Raj in India, under the East India Co. Thoroughly researched and beautifully written. This copy is fine, and is not a book club copy, as some on the internet are. The color illustrations are unique to the British edition. Prior owner gift inscription inside the endpaper, protected in a clear, mylar sleeve over the fine dustjacket..

New York and London: G.F. Putnam's Sons, 1906. Book. Illus. by 60 halftone photos. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original brown cloth with bright gilt titles on the front and unfaded spine, and a gilt winged auto on the front cover. The 24 horsepower auto must have looked much like this gilt version, and quite an adventure to wander several thousand miles around France on rudimentary (at best) roads. Top edge gilt, with a bit of edgewear. Inside very clean and hinges tight, with no browning or stains or foxing. Now protected in a clear, mylar dust jacket..

Springfield, Mass: Art in America, 1947. Book. Illus. by Photos of Winthrop Chandler Painting. Very Good. Printer Wrapper. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The entire issue of this April 1947 illustrated art magazine is devoted to Connecticut painter, with a folding geneaological chart, and critical review of the portraits and landscapes, most reproduced here in photos, attributed to Chandler. His sister was married to Col. Ebenezer Crafts, the founder of Craftsbury, Vermont. A portrait of her with her two daughters, and a second of the Colonel and his son, is included herein. A very scarce publication, and still the definitive study of Chandler..

New York: Putnam, 1939. Book. Illus. by head and tail piece small illustrations by the author. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The second book in White's Camelot troika that was adapted in the 1950s into the musical CAMELOT. This is the true first edition published a year before the UK first. Original blue cloth with a gilt fort on the front and a bright gilt title on the unfaded spine. Rare in its dust jacket that has edge wear , but is NOT price clipped. Now protected in a mylar sleeve. Inside , very clean and tight , with no prior owner marks, no stains and no browning. s.

Shanghai, China: Shanghai Mercury, 1910. Book. Illus. by 5 maps plus drawings, including of yachts and houseboats . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. This is the preferred second edition, much enlarged from the first. Rebound in 3/4 dark green buckram and a brown title label and bright gilt letters on the spine. Inside, very clean and tight with no stains or foxing or browning. Intended for the expatriate community of Shanghai, a cultural and hunting guide to the Yangtze Valley. It includes chapters from "valued contributors on houseboats, Chinese methods of trapping and hunting, topography, houseboats and yachting. After page 108 a revised list of yachts at the Shanghai Club is tipped in. An handsome copy. A table of distances at the end has Chinese as well as English place names..

New Delhi: Tourist Traffic Branch, Ministry of Transport, 1956. Book. Illus. by photo on front cover, profuse blaack/white photos inside, map of forest areas . Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original paperback with the paper spine about one third gone, but not affecting the solidity of the binding. Easily repairable. Slight edgewear, and a nice tiger on the front. A nice introduction to the birds, game and fishing of India, intended to help the sportsman to decide where to go. Very clean and tight inside. 21 pages at the end of advertising for outfitters and shikar organizers and guns. .

Stanford, Cal: Stanford University Press, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A near fine, unread copy with slighto edge wear and no prior owner marks. This is a 1981 printing of the 1981 first edition. Foreign female scholars in 14 essays describe change in the roles of women in Japan. .

London: David Nutt, 1890. Book. Illus. by Folding Map in Color. Good. 3/4 Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Detail on the culture and sociology of various women in the Ottoman Empire at the end of the 19th Century. Volume one, the Christian women - Greek, Armenian, Bulgarian and Frank. Volume two, Jewish (Judaic, Dunmeh) and Moslem women (Kurdish, Circassian, Yuruk, Albanian,Tatar, Gipsy, & Osmanli, Three chapters at the end on the Origins of Matriarchy by editor John S. Stuart-Glennie. Pages lxxviii, 382 and xvi, 616. Three quarter red leather with marbled boards. The leather is dry and worn, all hinges split but held solidly by the cords. A scarce set. Bindings are protected by clear, mylar dustjackets. Inside, impeccably clean and tight, NOT ex-library and no prior owner marks..