Search Results: Titles starting with W from Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB

New York: World Publishing, 1971. First edition. Cloth. Near fine in very good+ dj.. 8vo. "A novel of black survival in today's America".

Mount Jackson: Axios. First edition. Stiff paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. 53 pp. Illus. with 36 color photos. Sq. 4to. Introduction in French and English. Printed by Stinehour Press.

London: Country Life" / George Newnes, n.d.. First edition. Cloth. Rubbed boards, especially lower front, wear to tail of spine, soiled and light foxing to edges, thus overall a good or better sound copy protected in a clear archival jacket.. xiv, 177 pp. 132 illus. Tall 8vo.

London: Goupil & Co., 1904. First edition. Cloth. A few words lacking from last leaf due to tear else a solid copy.. 302 pp. Illus. with b/w plates and reproductions. 4to.

[Austin, TX]: [Privately Printed / The Journal?], 1966. First edition thus. Tan cloth. A fine copy.. 45, [1], [24] pp. Illus. with 8 tipped-in color plates with facing captions. 8vo. The excerpts from The Graduate Journal combined here are tributes to the late historian Walter Prescott Webb (Volume VI, No. 1), and a portfolio of paintings by Tom Lea (Volume VII, No. 2) entitled "The land of the mustang." All but a handful are in Texas Libraries.

Cambridge: Thomas Lewis, Landscape Photographer, 1879. First edition. Brown cloth with beveled edges, with gilt title. Head and foot of spine expertly repaired else a near fine copy with a faintly sunned spine and some rubbing.. 152 pp. Illustrated with 55 albumen photographs on 31 pages of photographic paper. Sm. 8vo. One of 900 copies. Thomas R. Lewis (1845-1901) was a regional landscape photographer, documenting many architectural landmarks in and around the Boston region including Concord, Lexington, Wellesley. Narragansett and Providence, Rhode Island, and more. A large collection of his work is in the NYPL. The images range from 2 ½ x 3 ½ to 4 x 6 inches with views of the city, important buildings, portraits of prominent men, and industrial plants including the White Swan Riverboat, the Boston Manufacturing Company's Cotton Mill, and of special interest, exterior and interior photographs of various watch factories which made the town of Waltham a household name. Only two at auction in the… Read More

Caldwell: Caxton, 1941. Cloth. A very good copy in a good dust jacket with chips and edgewear.. 322 pp., Illus. with b/w photos and maps. 8vo. The author, a well known and popular history professor, takes the reader on a leisurely cultural tour of France just before World War II.

London: Spottiswoode & Co., printers, 1866. First edition. Green cloth ruled and stamped in blind, gilt spine title. A very good copy with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown, faint shadow of sticker on foot of backstrip, their stamp on title, donation letter tipped in on free front endpaper, small tear at top edge of p. 114 due to rough opening.. ix, 261 pp. 12mo. The first half are the "War Poems", nearly all with an author listed, the second half with a separate half title at p. 135 page for "Songs of the South and Other Poems" by 'Kentucky'. Prefatory address notes: "A 'faithful few among the 'honorable women, not a few, in the northern and border states of the late Southern confederacy, have thrown hastily together this 'Book of poems." Tipped in donation letter from A. [Alonzo] N. Reece on Henry W. King Co, stationary, dated Sept. 18, 1894. A hard to find title.

New York: International Pamphlets, 1932. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good- copy with small chips to lightly soiled wrappers.. 31 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w map. 12mo. International Pamphlets, No. 19.

New York: Fawbush Editions and Solo Press, 1985. First edition. Loose folded sheets as issued with tissue-guards in stiff paper wrappers in blue linen clamshell box. Contents fine, very good clamshell box with minor edge wear, some rubbing and soiling, including two small stains on front cover of the case.. Illus. with 2 tipped-in color photographs and 9 lithographs, most hand-colored. Folio. Number XV of twenty roman numeral copies (from a total edition of 120 copies, the rest numbered 1-100). Some with hand coloring by Cinda Sparling; letterpress by Carol Bundy. Signed by the artist and author.

Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1978. First edition. Linen covered boards. Panels from original dust jacket attached to front pastedown else a crisp, near fine copy now in an clear archival wrapper.. 360 pp. Illus. with 27 color and 208 b/w photos, 2 b/w maps, and b/w drawings. 4to. A classic study of Japanese papermaking.

Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1911. Later printing. Cloth. Boards soiled else a very good copy with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown, shelf sticker on foot of backstrip.. 217 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w photo and 5 maps (1 folding). 8vo.

[Washington, D.C.:]: Gales & Seaton, print., 1834. First edition. Removed. A very good copy with light foxing on first leaf, removed from a larger volume.. 4 pp. 8vo. 23d Congress, 1st Session. Ho. of Reps. Rep. No. 381. Archer wrote: "From evidence annexed it appears that the papers in question comprise an immense mass of information intimately connected with the history of our country, from the year of 1752 to 1799. They embrace papers in relation to the French war, Braddock's defeat, and other interesting events prior to the Revolution. The papers immediately in connection with the Revolution are of great interest and vast moment. These comprise the correspondence of George Washington with Congress, the Governors of the States, the Officers of the army, both American and foreign, and, in a word, everything connected with his long and arduous duties as Commander-in-chief. The next epoch which they include is that in relation to the formation of the Government, and the adoption of the Constitution,… Read More

New York: Weatherhill, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.. 207 pp. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to.

1890. A near fine copy, a bit of soiling.. 1 sheet. 6 3/4 x 10 inches. William Gurry was a Boston area artist, a student at the School of Drawing and Painting of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (see the Boston Art Guide and Artist's Directory. Boston: Wheat Pub.,1893; p 47). Several of his oils have been sold at auction, including 'Twilight on the Charles River' (Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2014 and a watercolor, Leaping Brook Trout (13 inches x 10 inches) at White's, 2022.

Boston: Moses A. Dow, 1881. First edition. Self wrappers. Good, with small tears along fold and at edges, two inch tear through all leaves at the fold, and a few scattered stains.. 16 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. Folio. "The Waverly Magazine and Literary Repository, was a weekly magazine for ladies containing music, novels, poetry, book reviews, etc. and ran from 1850 until 1909. Contents: Literary Repository; "Landingsford Grange" or "Whom Will He Marry?" by Porte Wilson; Waverly Originals: "Exportation of Canned Goods"; "Animal Mind" Do animals commit suicide?; "Ambition" I do not hesitate to ascribe to our modern education the restless, ambitious, spiteful, and intolerant spirit of our people; "Beauty and Worth" poem W.J. Bailey; "Jean's Situation" by Caroline Wormwell; Editorial Chit Chat & Cleanings from the Press:; Gossip Topics; Children's Love Affairs; Sulky People; Fencing Women; Progress in China; Children's Questions; purity in Language; Self-Winding Clocks; A Nobleman's Privileges;… Read More

Boston: Moses A. Dow, 1881. First edition. Self wrappers. About very good, with small marginal tears along the edges and few scattered brown spots.. 16 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. Folio. "The Waverly Magazine and Literary Repository, was a weekly magazine for ladies containing music, novels, poetry, book reviews, etc. and ran from 1850 until 1909. Contents: Literary Repository: "Mattie" or "Tenants of Mulberry Cottage" by A.B. on front; Waverly Originals:; "Doubting Heart" poem by Mary Wood; "Alone in a City Full"; The Answer poem by I. Edgar Jones; "The Burial" poem by T.; "Hearts and Faces"; "Queer Industries in New York"; "Our Children"; "Some Cuban Customs"; "Thoughts"; "Repentant" poem by C.S.C.; "Why Tarry so Long" poem Anna J. Grannis; "Eunice" by Christina; "Not like the Best" L.A. Fuller; Editorial Chit Chat & Cleanings from the Press; Discovery of a cliff town in New Mexico; English Rules for Roller-Skating; Facetious Idle-Talk; chit chat topics include gull's eggs, slovenly breakfast… Read More

New York / Boston: Leavitt, Lord & Co. / Crocker & Brewster, 1836. Seventh edition. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards. A good copy, boards scuffed, remnant of sticker on front board, worn at extremities, foxing.. v, 266 pp. + adv. [10 pp.]. 12mo. Tipped in contemporary manuscript concerning the charges of heresy brought by George Junkin against Barnes. Junkin's charges of March 10, 1835 are copied out and referenced with page numbers; the covering note explains that he is to be tried shortly, which would place the manuscript sometime before Barnes' first trial in 1835. Albert Barnes (1798-1870) was pastor of the Presbyterian church in Morristown, NJ, in 1825 and pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 1830-67." In 1835 he was brought to trial for heresy by the Second Presbytery of Philadelphia, and was acquitted, but his accusers succeeded in having him suspended from the ministry, but he was again acquitted of heresy in 1836. The charges of heresy primarily related to his… Read More

New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1928. First edition. Paper covered boards. A good+ copy with a small tear along head of spine, some soiling on the boards. No dust jacket.. 145 pp. Illus. with 3 b/w drawings, 1 photo and 1 music sheet. 8vo. William Elliot Griffis, intro.

Detroit: Broadside Press, 1970. First printing. Cloth. A near fine copy in a very good lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Scarce in cloth.. 70 pp. 8vo.