Search Results: PWK Nonfiction from PWK Books

A story of rescue in the snow, copyright date 1909. Green cloth covers with black stamped on front, spine, and back. Both B&W photographic plates are intact.FON on FFEP, dated 1916.Cover is stained, bumped, and worn, especially on edges and top and heel of spine. Pages are age tanned with multiple bent corners.

1963 yearbook for Harvard Medical School & Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Illustrated with B&W photos.Previous owner inscribed title page; Fine condition otherwise.

A beautiful and unusual little book containing more than a dozen illustrations of village life. Black moire cover with elaborate gilt designs front and back. Spinestrip is a shiny black leather. All illustrations are full-color and intact. No text and no publisher's information.FON on FFEP.Cover is worn, with fraying on edges and spinestrip. Pages are age tanned with stains.

1955 Yearbook of John Marshall High School in Los Angeles, CA. Illustrated with B&W photographs.Some wear on front cover. Previous owner's name is embossed on cover as well. COPIOUS inscriptions by ALL of the previous owner's high-school friends! A charming piece of 1950s memorabilia!

Beautiful 19th century edition of The Book of Common Prayer. Black pebbled leather partial yapp binding. Blind stamping on front, spine & back, with gilt on front. Text block gilt all edges. Printed in black, white & orange. Sewn-in blue ribbon bookmark.Inscription by former owner on front pages dated 1877.Cover has wear on edges and top & heel of spine. Small writing on front page. Pages are age tanned.

1991 edition of Fresno State's yearbook. Red cover with black stamped on front and blind stamp on back. Copious B&W illustrations.Cover has wear on front.

Early 20th-century pseudo-science at its finest! Determine a person's character from the shape of their nose or the color of their hair! Rely on lazy and offensive stereotypes! "An Exact Science"!Blue cloth cover with gilt letters; gilt at top of text block. Gift inscription dated 1923. Multiple B&W line drawings and 74 B&W photographic plates.Cover is worn and stained, with bumping at right top corner of front cover. Binding is broken with significant cracking at both endpapers. Pages are age tanned with stains and some bent corners. Text has been underlined and in some cases X'd out (when it proved less than exact, perhaps?), although it is still legible.

1957 edition of the Westover girl's school yearbook. Green cloth cover with silver stamped on front. Decorative endpapers featuring the girls' signatures. Copious B&W illustrations, with vintage advertisements in the back.Cover has stains, with a narrow tear on the front. Spine is sunned.

A 19th-century title about women's lives in the North American colonies. Tan leather over boards with gilt stamping on the front and spine, six raised ribs across spine. Text block is gilt on top with deckled edges. Tan marbled decorative endpapers. Protective tissue over B&W frontispiece is intact. Title page has blue & black print. Charming B&W chapter decorations.Front cover is completely separated from book. Cover is worn, especially on edges, corners, and top & heel of spine. Spine is separating from binding. Papers are age tanned with some stains.

Green paper dust jacket over matching green cloth cover with black lettering and design.FON on front endpaper dated 1923.Dust jacket has wear, small tears, and chipping, especially along spine hinges, edges, and corners. Cloth cover has wear on corners, top edge, and top of spine. Pages are age tanned.

Dark blue cloth with gilt on spine. Deckled edges. Attractive chapter decorations.Cover is stained and bumped, with fraying on corners and top & heel of spine. Spine is cocked. Pages are age tanned with some stains.

A lovely book by a founder of modern environmentalism. Beautifully illustrated from the colorful dust jacket to seaweed-patterned endpapers to the many B&W drawings within.Book itself has a small white stain on the front cover and a small bit of writing on the half-title. Pages are age tanned. Dust jacket has numerous tears, wear, and stains.

An early American edition of this popular 19th-century British history of Christianity. Brown cloth cover with blind-stamping on front and gilt lettering on spine.FON on FFEP, dated 1890.The cover shows rubbing on front and back, with fraying on corners and edges. Spine is worn and frayed on top and heel. Pages are age tanned

Third edition of Salvato's classic textbook on environmental science. Full color dust jacket with chipping and tears. Black cloth cover with gold stamping on front, back, and spine. Interior features multiple B&W illustrations and a fold-out diagram.Former owner's name on frontpaper. Text block is stained with some bumping and chipping.

Rare privately-published family genealogy. Illustrated with B&W photographs.

History of Framingham, Massachusetts. Dust jacket is brown & beige, cover is burgundy cloth with gold stamping on front and sides. Multiple B&W illustrations. Binding tight. Small stains and writing on pages.

The 1854 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of Madame Roland, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All eight B&W engravings are intact, including frontispiece. (Plate on page 97 has a deckled bottom edge.)Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with slight wear on heel and top. Pages are age tanned and have small stains. Two of the pages are uncut.All four endpapers are significantly discolored with a black waxy substance (see photos), something like crayon.

The 1854 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of Xerxes, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All seven B&W engravings are intact, including frontispiece.Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with significant wear on top. Stains on cover and small tear on front top hinge. Pages are age tanned and have small stains.

The 1852 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of Romulus, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All eighteen B&W engravings are intact (five of them plates), including frontispiece.Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with significant wear on top. Cracking on both top hinges and fraying near bottom hinge. Bumping and fraying on corners. Pages are age tanned and have small stains. Endpapers are stained and have small writing. Cracking at 98-99.

The 1857 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of King Richard the First of England, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All eighteen B&W engravings (nine plates) are intact.Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with obvious water damage that shows through the endpapers. Fraying on top spine and front jacket. Small writing on front endpaper. Pages are age tanned and have small stains.