Search Results: Authors starting with W from TBCL The Book Collection Library

Oakville: Mosaic Press, 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Miriam Waddington on the title-page. A fine copy of this collection of short stories, in the publisher's pictorial stiff card wrappers, as issued. 8vo. 86 pp.

Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1981. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Miriam Waddington to the half-title page. A fine copy in the publisher's pictorial stiff card wrappers, as issued. 8vo. 80 pp.

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition of Miriam Waddington's third book, Inscribed by her to Canadian writer John Glassco's wife Marion McCormick on the front free endpaper. "To Marion McCormick, From one person who admires integrity of language to another, Miriam." 8vo. 56 pp. A near fine copy in illustrated yellow paper covered boards, black titles to the spine in a near fine illustrated yellow dustwrapper.

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of the author's second book of poetry. A near fine copy in cream paper covered boards, red titles to the spine in a bright, fresh near fine dustwrapper. 8vo. 57 pp.

Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1976. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Miriam Waddington on the title-page. Short als. written on a slip of paper by the poet to the dedicatee laid-in. "Here are my two last- if you like Price Of Gold try to get Double Hook to order a copy you may give to someone else - but I send these with love, Miriam". A near fine copy in the publisher's pictorial stiff card wrappers, as issued with a crease on the back panel. 8vo. 112 pp.

London: Anvil Press Poetry associated with Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Canadian poet Miriam Waddington on the title-page. A fine copy in the publisher's pictorial stiff card wrappers, as issued. Slim 8vo. 24 pp.

Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by author Miriam Waddington to noted Canadian artist Philip Surrey on the title-page. "for my dear friend Philip Surrey of The beautiful cityscapes - from Miriam, November, 1978, Toronto." A near fine copy in illustrated stiff card wrappers and dustwrapper. Small 8vo. 36 pp. 1 of 750 copies.

Toronto, N.D.: John Reeves. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Waddington, Miriam 8 1/2" x 11 3/4" matted to a size of 16" x 19 1/2" original silverprint by John Reeves. In fine condition. $485.00.

New York: Payson & Clarke, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of the author's first book and one of the earliest courtroom dramas in the genre. A just about fine copy in green cloth, navy titles to the spine and front board, in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper with some minimal use (the design quite similar to the British first). 8vo. 307 pp. Barnes, Murder In Print. Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue Of Crime. A very nice copy in the uncommon original dustwrapper.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Tall 8vo., pp. 31. Decorated paper covered boards, paper spine label, clear acetate protective publisher's jacket. One of 150 copies, Numbered & Signed by Wakoski. Fine.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Tall 8vo., pp. 55. Decorated paper covered boards, paper spine label, clear acetate protective publisher's jacket. One of 300 copies, Numbered & Signed by Wakoski. Fine.

Michigan: Wakoski, 1978. Original Autographed Letters. Original Autographed Letters. Signed by Author. Typed Manuscript Poem with holograph corrections by Wakoski. Octavo typed on rectos only. 2 pp. + dated 1 octavo page typed letter on her printed letterhead, East Lansing, Michigan, Signed, 28 July 1978, with the original typed mailing envelope - addressed to the publisher James Campbell of Atropos. Usual folds for mailing. A superb two page poem titled: "What I Learned About The World From Barry Lopez - to a famous American poet" ". . . As I fell asleep in the room next door to yours, falling asleep with the words of the story teller's knowledge clarifying my night, I saw you walking up the stairs into your room, still a pair of legs, a shirt, and a tower of white clouds above. I said to myself. " forget everything else. The man with clouds for a head is your enemy. Honor him. Battle him. He will make you a hero." In fine condition.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1971, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Tall 8vo., pp. 51. Decorated paper covered boards, paper spine label, clear acetate protective publisher's jacket. One of 226 copies, Numbered and Signed by Wakoski. Fine.

London: Hutchinson, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo, pp. 224. A fine copy [minor bump to the upper corners] in a near fine dustwrapper designed by Arthur Boyd- a bit dusty on the back panel. Australian fiction set in the northern Territory.

San Francisco: A Yolla Bolly Press Book/Sierra Club, (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A fine copy in beige decorated cloth, black titles to the spine in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper showing the slightest of use. 8vo. 183 pp. A richly engaging study of a sandstone ridge in East - Central Ohio by this recipient of the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing and two time winner of the Commonwealth Club Of California's Silver Medal For Literature. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, (1996, Book Date), 1996. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. Clamshell As New/No Jacket. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Wallace, David Foster. INFINITE JEST. New York: Little, Brown and Company, (1996, Book Date). Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is gilt-stamped at the spine, & features a blind embossed [sculpted] SkyScape design raised on the upper cover inspired by the first edition DJ's illustration & is covered in elegant Medium Blue & Black Nuba®, a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather & finished inside in soft black velour. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for over a hundred cornerstone generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available. Book definitely NOT included.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1932. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First Edition. A fine copy in the original cream paper wrappers, printed in purple and black. Cover illustration by John Banting. 12mo. 29 pp. The Hogarth Letters No. 9 in which author Hugh Walpole addresses the state of the modern novel. Woolmer 312.

Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1906. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A. B. Ward. THE SAGE BRUSH PARSON: Alice Brown (1857-1948). Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1906. First Edition. 8vo., 390pp.[very neat name on ffe. Dated 1906]. Publishers decorated pictorial green cloth blocked in green & yellow, stamped gilt lettering to spine. A solid very good example.

Montreal: Bunchberry Books, 1979. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition Signed by the author. A near fine copy, (the slightest of creasing), in illustrated stiff card wrappers, as issued. 8vo. 20 pp. With illustrations by Mary-Sue Haliburton. A wonderful adaptation of this Japanese poetry form to Canadian scenes and seasons.

London: Boriswood, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Warner, Rex. THE WILD GOOSE CHASE. A Novel. London; Boriswood, 1937. First Edition. 9vo., 442pp. Light blue cloth stamped yellow on the upper cover & spine. A near fine or better copy in like dustwrapper showing light use. An extremely good example of the author's first adult book; considered one of the first books to demonstrate the influence of Kafka on the english novel; a radical dystopian fantasy in which a tyrannical government is overthrown in a heroic revolution. Three brothers set off to find freedom & discover a strange country "where space and time follow a mad logic of their own." Blieler p. 279. [see Burgess 99 Novels for Warner's The Aerodrome, 1941].