Search Results: Titles starting with W from Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1972. cloth. Auden, W.H.. tall 8vo. cloth. xvi, 420 pages. Second edition. Describes books, pamphlets, works edited, translated or with contributions, record sleeves, etc, recordings, anthologies, criticism and with a section on the Frederic Prokosch pamphlets. Booklabel of Deckerd Turner. Spine and portion of cover faded. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.

New Castle, Delaware and Winchester: Oak Knoll Books and St Paul's Bibliographies, 1993. cloth. Davies, W.H.. 8vo. cloth. xii, 259 pages. First edition. The third volume in the Winchester Bibliographies of Twentieth Century Writers series. W.H. Davies is best remembered as the author of THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP first published in 1908, and still in print, but his reputation is based on his poetry which was published in over fifty books and has appeared continuously in anthologies ever since. This bibliography provides the opportunity for a comprehensive study of this important twentieth-century writer, and it will also be a vital guide to collectors of his work. The sections cover Books, Anthologies edited by Davies and those containing his work, Articles, Broadcasts by and about Davies, and Articles and Books about him. The book also contains a Chronology and Index. Illustrated.

London: Dawson - Archon Books, 1977. cloth. Hudson, W.H.. 8vo. cloth. xv, 248 pages. Foreword by Alfred A. Knopf. First edition. W.H. Hudson's writing career began with contributions to the periodical press. Much of this writing was later revised and expanded and makes up the contents of his books. He never became a popular author and did not have a bestseller until John Galsworthy introduced him to the American public in Alfred A. Knopf's edition of Green Mansionsin 1916. This bibliography records all of Hudson's writings: books and pamphlets, contributions to books, contributions to periodicals and translations. It also lists the most important books about Hudson and contains a foreword by Alfred A. Knopf.

(Oxford): Oxford University Press, 1951. stiff paper wrappers. Bookbinding. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 200-211. An article in "The Library", Fifth Series, Vol. VI, Nos. 3/4, December 1951. Laid-in is a note from the Bibliographical society, as well as a note about an charity auction. Weale was a binding authority. Minor wear, head of spine separating.

(London, England: Chris Beetles, 1987. stiff paper wrappers. Robinson, W. Heath. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 168 pages. First edition. Essays on Robinson's work as illustrator. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Price list laid in. Pencil notations in catalogue section.

N.P.: University of Kentucky Press, 1982. stiff paper wrappers. Peal, W. Hugh. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 237 pages. Being the entire issue of The Kentucky Review, Volume IV, Number 1, 1982. Introduction by Paul A. Willis, reminiscences by Lawrence S. Thompson, an overview of the collection by John Clubbe and a catalogue of the exhibition by John Spalding Gatton.

Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1963. cloth. Gilbert, W.S.. 8vo. cloth. (viii), 82 pages. First edition. Some soiling to spine and top edge, else very good.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.

Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1970. green cloth with tipped paper illustration on cover, slipcase. Robinson, William Wilcox. 8vo. green cloth with tipped paper illustration on cover, slipcase. xii, 83+(1). First Edition. Hicks provides a biographical essay on the prolific California historian W.W. Robinson, as well as a comprehensive bibliography. Seven pages of black-and-white illustrations. Slipcase cracked along edge.

N.P., 1702 (but Gars am Inn: Bibliothek d. Redemptoristen, 1986. paper-covered boards. 8vo. paper-covered boards. 48 pages. Facsimile of edition published in 1702. This book is a funeral sermon given by Ertl, a famous Baroque preacher, on the occasion of Athanasio's death in 1698. In German. With an afterword by Franz Wenhardt and some illustration.

Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, n.d.. Dwiggins, W.A.. broadside (12 x 9.5 inches) folded once and printed on both sides. Describes and displays type faces designed by W.A. Dwiggins (1880-1956). A fine copy. With samples of Caledonia, Electra, Metro Series, Eldorado and a few unissued faces. Also includes ornamental caravan decoration designs.

Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1940. paper-covered boards, paper cover label, slipcase with paper cover label. 4to. paper-covered boards, paper cover label, slipcase with paper cover label. (14) pages. First edition. Outer wrapper torn along front hinge. Slipcase toned along edges, with some wear. This letter was written by Dwiggins to Ruzicka in 1937 and describes how Dwiggins went about designing type. The text was "slightly expanded" for this book. The text is calligraphic. With two color stencil work on the title page and the colophon.

New York, NY: Grafton Press, The, 1903. white vellum covered boards, gilt on covers and spine, gilt top fore-edge. 8vo. white vellum covered boards, gilt on covers and spine, gilt top fore-edge. 300 pages. Yuletide Edition, one of 500 numbered copies. A collection of toasts crisp and well buttered. A book of poetry. Front hinge starting, else very good. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.

Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, 1992. stiff paper wrappers. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, (ii), 54 pages. First edition, wrappered. Presentation by the author on the dedication page: "18 May 1992 / For Gene Lovecky-- / From her favorite [underlined] (ha ha) Fulbrighter. With affection and gratitude / Michael". Author's brief A.L.s. of the same date to "Dear Georgene" laid in. Fine in printed wrappers.

Konstanz: Universitätsverlag, 1980. paper wrappers. Wagnersche Druckerei. 12mo. paper wrappers. 77, (3) pages. Speeches and reports on the 300th anniversary of this German printer. Small spot on front wrapper.

Stuttgart: C.E. Poeschel Verlag, 1965. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 281, (7) pages. Third German edition, based on the seventh English edition. Translation of The Truth About Publishing. Tear in jacket with small piece missing.

Stuttgart: C.E. Poeschel Verlag, 1927. cloth, all edges stained yellow. 8vo. cloth, all edges stained yellow. xii, 352, (4) pages. First German edition. Translation of The Truth About Publishing. Wear to spine ends.

Boston, New York: Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1890. cloth, slip case. small 8vo. cloth, slip case. 231 pages. A later edition. Minor wear to spine ends, else a very good copy.

[Oxford]: Carcanet Press, 1970. stiff paper wrappers. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 23 pages. First edition. One of 600 copies. Author's first collection. Fine.

Philadelphia: Tamarisk Press, 1982. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. Not paginated. First edition. Unpaginated. Published as Tamarisk, vol. 5, no. 2, Winter 1983. Fine.

Berlin: Berthold, n.d.. stiff paper wrappers. Type Specimens. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (4) pages. Specimen No. 536 A. With printing in black and red. A fine copy.