Search Results: Titles starting with W from Last Exit Books

E-024: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr. Very Good. 1862. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. : University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA. 1998. 304 pgs> Illustrated. Maps. Bound in cloth with titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (corners and extremities bumped and rubbed) No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In 1896 W. E. B. Du Bois began research that resulted three years later in the publication of his great classic of urban sociology and history, The Philadelphia Negro. Today, a group of the nation's leading historians and sociologists celebrate the centenary of his project through a reappraisal of his book. Motivated by Du Bois's deeply humane vision of racial equality, the contributors draw on ethnography, intellectual and social history, and statistical analysis to situate Du Bois and his pioneering study in the intellectual milieu of the late nineteenth century, consider his… Read More

E-345: Harry N. Abrams. Very Good. 1998. Hardcover. Hardcover. Large 4to. Published by Harry N. Abrams, New York. 1998. 352 pgs. Illustrated. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. True myth, Eugene Smith knew how to play with the shadow: the one with which he covers his photographs, deliberately dramatic vision, darkness "without which you would not see the world". ...a balanced assessment of this talented and troubled figure. The 350 photographs are richly reproduced and reflect the scope of Smith's work... EB; 9.75 X 1 X 12.5 inches; 352 pages .

E-329. Good+. Hardcover. Portfolio. 4to. Portfolio repurposed from The United States and its Neighbors Teacher Resource Package. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Approximately 50+ pages of Polaroids of reunions held from the 1980s to the early 90s. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-095: Charles University. Very Good. 1980. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia. 1984. 316 pgs. Pprofusely illustrated with 55 tables, 160 figures, 3 maps and 88 photographic plates. DJ has heavy shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped and worn to the extremities). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Wadi Qitna is located in Egyptian Nubia, 65 kilometers south of Aswan, on the west bank of the Nile. The cemetery here occupies the slopes and adjacent high ground along the edges of the valleys, with the highest concentrations of graves situated along rock outcrops where stone was readily available. This book describes excavations at the Roman and Byzantine tumulus graves and the finds unearthed, particularly the pottery which forms the basis of the Eastern Desert… Read More

E-276: Princeton University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 1994. 368 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In The Wager of Lucien Goldmann, Mitchell Cohen provides the first full-length study of this major figure of postwar French intellectual life and champion of socialist humanism. While many Parisian leftists staunchly upheld Marxism's "scientificity" in the 1950s and 1960s, Lucien Goldmann insisted that Marxism was by then in severe crisis and had to reinvent itself radically if it were to survive. He rejected the traditional Marxist view of the proletariat and contested the structuralist and… Read More

E-192: Hastings House. Very Good. 1961. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Hastings House, New York. , 1961. 184 pgs. Numerous illustrations by the author. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth with titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. An excellent account of how America moved, before the automobile. A fairly thorough history of the accoutrements of overland wagon travel. Text and numerous illustrations showing the wagons they used: Conestoga, Concord, Buckboards, Surreys, Borax wagons, Escort wagons, Army wagons, Ox Carts, etc. , and the horses, mules, and oxen used, what wagons hauled, how the horses and mules were packed, saddles and bridles used, etc. E-192; 9.2 X 7.0 X 3.6 inches; 184 pages .

E-194: Faber & Faber. Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1956. Second Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Faber and Faber Limited. 1956. 94 pgs. First Edition/Second Printing (printed the same month as the first). DJ has shelf-wear present (chip present to the crown & heel of the DJ spine). Bound in cloth boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name stamp to the FFEP. Damp stain present to edge of text. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. E-194; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 94 pages .

E-320. Very Good. Paperback. Trade PB. 12mo. Published by Penguin Books, New York. 1982. Viii, 156 pgs. Advanced Reading Copy. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This was the first "original" work of fiction to be initiated by Penguin in the United States. Orange paper wrappers with black lettering. First published in 1980, it was chosen by Penguin for its series Great Books of the 20th Century and won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for fiction. This book is the work of an Old Testament prophet who sees no escape from the rain of fire even for those who warn of its coming, and who knows that it is both important and futile 'that in the farthest outpost of this Empire of light there existed one man who in his heart was not a barbarian'. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-308. Very Good. First, thus. Hardcover. Hardcover. 12mo. Published by Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston, MA. 1897. 259, 261 pgs. Illustrated. First, thus. Art Nouveau book cover design by Sarah Wyman Whitman, among the most important women book designers in America. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to upper panel and spine; lower panel blind-stamped with upper panel design. Top edge gilt. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (spines are faded). Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The autobiographical and, at the same time, literary account of Thoreau’s two-year life in a self-built log cabin at a forest lake in the wilderness of Massachusetts has become a classic of alternative life drafts. It is not a novel in the proper sense, but a literary work of his diary entries and notes. Thoreau, in his contemplations, devotes himself to various aspects of human existence; he reflects… Read More

E-325: Harper & Row. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Published by Harper & Row, New York. 1982. 239 pages. Illustrated. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the reverse of the front board. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Through the evidence of trial and error in successive images and through his own word's, this book shows how Hunter Evans worked. The 747 photographs document chronologically his choice of subject and his lifelong technical experimentation. EB; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 239 pages .

E-246. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York. 1930. 313 pgs. Illustrated with 35 plates and one folding plate facsimile of the Evening Sun newspaper. Third Printing. Bound in purple cloth boards with titles present to the spine and the front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are rubbed and worn). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Richard Wyckoff is one of the legends of Wall Street. At the turn of the twentieth century, he was tireless in promoting, publishing, and writing about stocks, and the stock market. He published The Ticker magazine, which subsequently became The Magazine Of Wall Street, and he promoted many other authors, like Selden, Babson, Crowell, etc through Ticker publishing. His autobiography, Wall Street Ventures and Adventures Through Forty Years reminisces about 'The Street' and the great traders: Livermore, Keene, Bet-A-Million Gates,… Read More

E-048: Avalon. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Avalon Books. 1960. 223 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (light scuffing present to the spine ends). Previous owner's bookplate present to the reverse of the front board. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards lightly rubbed and worn. The Mathematics of Magic was probably the greatest discovery of the ages - at least Professor Harold Shea thought so. With the proper equations, he could instantly transport himself back in time to all the wondrous lands of ancient legend. But slips in time were a hazard, and Shea's magic did not always work - at least, not quite as he expected . . . The Wall of Serpents is the third in L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt's much-loved Compleat Enchanter series. E-048; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-125: Pentrex. Very Good. 1997. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Pentrex, Pasadena, California. 1997. 431 pgs. Profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Signed by Michael Broggie on the title page. Number 609 of a limited edition of 1000 copies with a matching railroad pass and laid in letter from the author. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in a black padded slipcase with gilt titles present to the spine and the front board of the slipcase. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. Thousands of books and articles have been written about Walt Disney and his organization, yet few people realize the significance railroading played in the evolution of the Disney empire. Encouraged by Walt's family and railfans inside and outside the Disney organization, Michael Broggie has chronicled the tale of Walt Disney's personal involvement in railroading. This… Read More

EB. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Fantagraphics, Seattle, WA. 5 Volumes. 2013. 240 pgs, 240 pgs, 216 pgs, 216 pgs. 216 pgs. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Fantagraphics Books and Disney Publishing Worldwide proudly present The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library — these beautifully produced deluxe hardcover editions collect the complete Duck comics by Carl Barks, one of the medium's greatest artists and a Disney Hall of Fame Legend. Featuring Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge, Huey, Dewey and Louie and more, these classic adventure comics are meticulously restored and newly recolored with insightful story notes by an international panel of Barks experts! EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-225: Hyperion Books. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Hyperion, New York. 1994. 192 pgs. Illustrated throughout. Signed by 8 Disney writers and animators who worked on the film on the title page, Signatures are as follows (counterclockwise) : Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Ward Kimball, Joe Grant, Ken O'Conner, Bill Justice, Maurice Noble & Marc Davis. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped and worn with several closed tears present to the edges of the DJ). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities, offsetting present to the front hinge. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. To coincide with Snow White's home-video debut, Disney's book division has published this lavish celebration of the 1937 groundbreaker that… Read More

E-003: New York Public Library. Very Good. 0. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The New York Public Library; Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, New York, 1968. Two Volumes. 456 pgs. And 428 pgs. Issued in a illustrated paper covered slipcase. Slipcase lightly rubbed and worn. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Facsimile of the unique copy of the 1860-61 Leaves of Grass, containing Whitman's manuscript additions and revisions, in the Oscar Lion Collection of The New York Public Library, together with Textual Analysis by Arthur Golden. EB .

E-165: Oxford University Press. Very Good. 2003. Paperback. Trade PB. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. 2000. Xli, 699 pgs. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Contains over 400 entries by Sickert, dating from 1882 to 1932. Includes bibliographical references. Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) was a major European artist and critic of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, whose statements on art from the 1880s to the 1930s have been used by artists and writers for more than half a century. Containing over 400 entries, this collection offers new insight into Sickert as an artist and provides valuable information about other British artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) is one of the great figures of British painting. He is perhaps most famous for his depictions of the music hall, its… Read More

E-281: Copple House Books. Very Good. 1979. Paperback. Trade PB. 8vo. Published by Copple House Books, Lakemont, Georgia. 1979. 191 pgs. Wrappers lightly worn with some shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A conglomeration of short stories collected by one person about various wars, legends, and historical happenings in the Western North Carolina area. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 191 pages .

E-372. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Harper and Brothers, New York. 1962. 301 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This novel of life and changing times in Georgia is full of local scenery, characters; dialect and jokes, but the main story jumps around so in time- and in point of view- that it is difficult to follow. Roughly, there is Wash Mullis, once a shrewd youngster working in the sawmills who came to own the town and the land, and begot many children, legitimate and otherwise. Now Wash is old, and has but three sons and a Negro woman left. The woman gives birth to a child who may be the son of Wash's rival, Edward Blalock, the local veterinary. Doc Blalock, who wants to take over the… Read More

E-235. Very Good. Hardcover. Trade PB. 4to. Published by Galerie Urs Meile Beijing - Lucerne, Lucerne & Beijing, 2007. 18 page stapled booklet with texts in English and Chinese and 15 loose plates. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Wang Xingwei is regarded as one of China's most mature and wide-ranging contemporary painters. In keeping with the artist's famously quirky sensibility, the exhibition will be organized neither chronologically nor by subject matter, but by the relationship of the subject to the canvas, with four main sections devoted to works in frontal, rear, profile, and partial profile. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .