Search Results: Titles starting with W from AARDWOLF Fine Books

G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 2013; First Edition; 8vo, 486 pgs.; yellow boards, white cloth spine, silver titles. Signed on the title page by the author. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket. Clean, bright, sharp, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. Not price clipped.

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Los Angeles, 1994; First Edition; 8 1/2" x11", 133 pages. Fox studio film script for Terry McMillan’s "Waiting To Exhale," directed by Forest Whitaker and starring Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett. Original revised first-draft studio film script, issued to the film editors. In preparation for editing, the descriptive header for each scene change has been highlighted in yellow. Bound in original printed hot pink covers with the film’s title, Fox logo, and date of October 4, 1994 on the front. Boldly signed by Terry McMillan on the title page. Very Good Plus, clean, crisp, bright and sharp. Covers unfaded. A unique item.

Faber & Faber Limited, London, 1953; First Edition; tall 8vo, 99 pages; illustrated. Over sixty reproductions of wall paintings of spirit figures which play a part in the rites of the Buyeye secret society of Bantu snake charmers in Sukumaland, Tanganyika. Four of the figures are reproduced in color on tipped-in plates. Text by Hans Cory, notable Government Anthropologist for Tanganyika. Very Good, clean and crisp, titles bright, binding tight, sound, and square, corners sharp. Frontispiece creased along the right edge.

Harper & Row, Publishers, NY, 1963; First Edition, stated, November,1963; 8vo, 309 pages; blue boards, black spine, gilt titles, colored end papers. Cheever’s second novel and sequel to "The Wapshot Chronicle." Very Good Plus, in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket with mild spine tan. No chips, tears, or creases. A crisp, sharp, and attractive copy of a marvelous book.

Aperture Foundation, NY, 1997; First Edition; oblong quarto, 160 pages. David Hanson’s sobering photographic series of irreparably damaged regions of the American landscape, comprised of four connected series: Colstrip, Montana; Minuteman Missile Sites; Waste Land; and The Treasure State: Montana, 1889-1989. Foreword by Wendell Berry, afterword by Mark Dowie, with additional text by Susan Griffin, William Kittredge, Peter Montague, Maria B. Pellerano, and Terry Tempest Williams. Over ninety striking full-page color photographs bearing witness to the irreversible devastation engendered by corporate unscrupulousness. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket that has one small closed edge tear at upper left of the front panel. A clean, crisp, bright, and sparkling copy, with no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind.

Random House, New York, 1972; First Edition; 8vo, 365 pages. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket that has not been price-clipped. No chips, creases, tears, ownership signatures, or any other markings of any kind. A sound and attractive copy of Irving’s second book.

Simon and Schuster, New York, 1980; First American Edition, first printing; 8vo, 320 pages. The resumption of Graham Greene’s memoirs, nine years after completion of "A Sort Of Life" in 1971. Here are first person tales of exploits during his world travels, candid revelations about himself, and details of the genesis and circumstances leading to each of his major novels. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket that has a soft wrinkle at the upper extremity of the spine panel. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.

The MacMillan Company, New York, 1970; First Edition; 8vo, 227 pages. Near Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket. Crisp, clean, and bright. Previous owner surname in neat small hand on front pastedown.

A. L. Burt, New York, (circa 1899); 8vo, 634 pages; half leather; gilt titles; frontispiece illustration plate with guard tissue. Charles Kingsley’s absorbing adventure novel based upon the life of swashbuckling privateer Amyas Preston, who in 1595 joined forces with George Somers to capture Caracas, Venezuela during the Anglo-Spanish War. First published in 1855, the book was an instant success, and by 1897 had reportedly been reprinted thirty-eight times. An entry in the "Burt’s Library Of The World’s Best Books" select series, published between 1891 and 1904. No printed publication date, but circa 1899. Very Good, half calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, marbled boards, marbled end papers, top page edges gilt. Some leather surface rubbing, small chip in the blank bottom margin of four consecutive leaves, well clear of text on either side, gilding bright, binding tight, sound, and square, no signatures or any other markings of any kind. Front pastedown bookplate of Charles H.… Read More

Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1983; First Edition; oblong 4to, 233 pages; illustrated. A tribute to the beauty and intelligence of whales and dolphins, covering both natural and human history. Contributions by many of the world’s leading contemporary painters, novelists, poets, sculptors and composers, including John Fowles, Margaret Atwood, William Golding, Allen Ginsberg, Carl Sagan, Salvador Dali, Robert Rauschenberg, and Leonard Bernstein. Over 200 stories, essays, poems, and 11 musical scores, with 150 b&w illustrations and 75 full-color paintings. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket.

Spring Books, London, (1960); large 8vo, 78 pages; illustrated color boards; illustrated. Classic children’s tale by Susan Coolidge (Sarah Chauncey Woolsey) of twelve-year-old Katy Carr, headstrong tomboy who becomes paralyzed from the waist down after falling from a swing in the family’s front yard but soon becomes the neighborhood’s most popular and lovable resident despite her handicap. First of the "Katy Did" series of children’s books by Coolidge, originally published in 1872 by Roberts Brothers and republished here in 1960 by Spring Books of London as part of the Early Reader Series of classic stories retold in simpler language for younger readers. Very Good Plus in charmingly illustrated color boards and Very Good original dust jacket of identical design that has a single small chip in the blank area at the uppermost extremity of the spine panel, not affecting titles or graphics. Clean, crisp, and very bright, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind.

M.E. Paige, NY, 1930; First Edition; 12mo, 64 pages; pastel blue cloth; gilt titles; illustrated. An examination of the attacks leveled against Mary Baker Eddy in 1906, plus the full text of journalist Arthur Brisbane’s 1907 interview with her about the facts. Illustrated with photos of Mrs. Eddy and her homes in Lynn, MA, Chestnut Hill, MA, and Concorde, NH, plus exterior and interior photographic views of the first Church of Christ Scientist in Boston. Near Fine, no dust jacket. Clean, crisp, and bright. Titles brilliant.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1984; First Edition; 8vo, 82 pages; tan boards, brown cloth spine; gilt titles. Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Boll’s revealing autobiography of his school years in Cologne during the period of Nazi domination. Frontispiece photo portrait plate of the author as a young man. Translated from the original German by Leila Vennewitz. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket. Clean, crisp, and sharp.

Standard Rice Co., Houston, Texas, 1925; 12mo, 96 pages. Hundreds of delicious rice recipes from Standard Rice Company of Houston, Texas, makers of White House rice products such as white rice, brown rice, rice puffs, natural brown rice flakes, ricena, and rice flour. Near Fine, in beautiful color illustrated wraps with color photos of White House rice products in their original packaging on the back, and b&w photos of Standard’s rice fields and packing plants on the inside.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, NY, 1980; First Edition; 8vo, 286 pages. A continuation of the theme, first begun in "A Long Desire," of man’s infinite quest for knowledge. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965; First Edition; 8vo; 683 pages; black cloth; gilt spine titles. John Hersey’s enigmatic fantasy novel examining the peculiarities of racial identity. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket that has a miniscule chip (3/16") at upper right of the spine panel, and shallow clipping of the upper corner of the front flap, which does not affect the printed price. Clean, crisp, bright, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind.

International Committee Of The Young Men’s Christian Association, New York, NY, 1888; 12mo (3.25" x 4.75"); 48 pages. Booklet containing the entirety of the address delivered by Timothy Granville Darling, D.D. of Auburn Theological Seminary to the Association Of Young Men’s Christian Associations Of The State Of New York at its annual meeting in Rochester, February 12-15, 1880. An elegant argument of the need for and numerous benefits of the establishment of a Y.M.C.A. in American towns as a valuable aid in developing healthy young men of strong moral character.

Orion, London, 1992; Limited First Edition publisher’s numbered proof; #120 of a total of 500; 8vo 755 pages. Celebrated author Penny Vincenzi’s epic saga of love, sex, greed, and financial ruthlessness among the amoral generations of two wealthy aristocratic families, one English, one American. Her second novel. Fine, in illustrated heavy wraps.

Richfield Oil Company of Calif., Los Angeles, 1935; 16mo, 24 pages; illustrated. Charming 1935 pocket guide to the wild flower areas of Southern California: Antelope Valley, Arvin District, San Bernardino Mountains, Mt. Baldy Loop, Mojave Desert, and others. Descriptions of each wildflower, plus a centerfold map of the best highway routes to the blooming areas. Contains numerous advertisements for Richfield Oil products and service, and a full-page ad on the inside rear wrap for the Richfield Radio Show, "Richfield On The Air" featuring the "Richfield Reporter" news program, and the "Air Adventures Of Pilot Jimmy Allen." The show aired Monday thru Friday evenings on KNX, KFWB, & KFOX, in Los Angeles, and KFSD in San Diego. Text beautifully illustrated throughout in color. Picturesque color wraps. Fine.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1976; First Edition, first printing; 8vo, 249 pages; blue cloth spine; orange titles; blue topstain; orange end papers. Twenty-two quirky short stories by tormented soul Raymond Carver, his first published prose work, which made the short list for the National Book Award that year. Very Good Plus, clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, binding tight, sound and square, in a VG- dust jacket that has a number of small edge and corner chips and a 3/4" closed edge tear at the bottom of the back panel. Flap corners shallowly trimmed, printed price not affected.