Search Results: Authors starting with W from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: Stein and Day, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter green cloth, tan paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, blind device on front board, [ii], 184 pp. Spine ends rubbed a bit, browning about the edges. DJ edges browned, extremities rubbed, a 2 cm tear at top front fore-edge; in Brodart archival cover. This is the fourth Otley novel, "yet another hilarious chronicle of the tribulations of Britain's Strictly Unclassifiable Amateur, part-time, semi-skilled, unlicensed secret agent. This time, Gerald Otley emerges from jail where he's been locked up for drunkenly assaulting a policeman, to find himself involved in the rehabilitation of an elephant and in difficulty with the Inland Revenue. ... He finds himself defending Windsor Castle in darkest France...." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . VG/VG. 22 X 15 cm.

Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1989 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pumpkin-colored cloth, black titles on spine, xii, 468 pp, 2 maps, 3 ff b & w photo plates, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. DJ has a 1 cm tear at head of front joint, slight edge wear; in Brodart archival cover. While concentrating on one province, the authors examine issues and events that were typical of Russia as a whole. Contributors in addition to the editors are James G. Hart, Alan Kimball, Pamela Sears McKinsey, Michael Melancon, James W. Long, Thomas Fallows, Timothy R. Mixter, Grigorii Alekseevich Gerasimenko, Donald J. Raleigh, & Allan K. Wildman. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 15½ cm.

Boston: Oliver Ditson Company WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date, copyright 1889, but this copy not before 1906 (see ad. inside back cover). Side-stapled in printed paper wraps, 81 pp. Two-inch tear to tail of spine, covers & a few leaves creased, else VG. Libretto contains German & English in parallel columns and melodies of the "principal airs." Shipping weight 1 lb.. Wraps. G-/No dj. 24 X 17½ cm.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Orange boards, yellow cloth spine with red & black titles, xiii, 272, [1] pp. Top corners bumped, else fine. DJ slightly rumpled along edges; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York & Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1946 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Orange cloth with black diagonal lines on front board, [v], 307 pp. Cloth faded on & near spine, owner's names on top edge and verso of rfep, moderate soil, wear and bumping. Has Rinehart "R in a circle" on copyright page, but also the book club deboss on rear board. Novel about the advertising business; no. 5 on the 1946 best-seller list. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). BCE. . Good/No dj. 21 X 14½ cm.

New York: Berkley Prime Crime (Penguin Putnam Inc.), 2000 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Cream boards, mauve spine with gilt titles, [vii], 205 pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Does rejection of a movie mogul's daughter by an exclusive Hollywood preschool lead to the murder of the school's principal? Former public defender and stay-at-home mom Juliet Applebaum investigates in this "Mommy-Track Mystery." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 21½ X 14 cm.

Forest Lake, MN: Bright Works, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Stapled through fold, stiff shiny white paper wraps with black titles & b & w photos, [v], 42, [1] pp, 52 b & w photo figures. Shipping weight 8 oz. in envelope.. Wraps. Fine/No dj. 27½ X 21 cm.

New York, Berlin & Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red boards, black & white titles, xii, 387 pp. Text looks at the process of design and at computer-aided design systems. Most of the examples are from mechanical engineering, but this is not a mechanical engineering book. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). 2nd ptg. . Fine/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter brown cloth, blue paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, xvi, 301 pp, photos, index. Top corners bumped, spine ends rubbed, else fine. DJ extremities rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. Contains over 500 knitting patterns of varying complexity, each illustrated with a photo. Contents: simple knit-purl combinations; ribbings; color-change patterns; slip-stitch patterns; twist stitch patterns; fancy texture patterns; patterns made with yarn-over stitches; eyelet patterns; lace; cables; cable-stitch patterns. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 4th ptg. . VG/VG. 26½ X 20 cm.

New York & Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1937 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full orange cloth, black titles on front board & spine, xix, 278 pp, 13 ff b & w photo plates inc. frontis., bibliography. Heavily rubbed, spine sunned, chipped & partially detached, lacks ffep, internally good. Classic account of the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters' strike from the labor point of view. From the introduction: "This is the 'biography' of one American city which in less than seventy-five years sprang from the frontier, moved into a 'Golden Age' of economic maturity, and entered its decline. The book stresses the adventures and personal lives of ordinary citizens rather than of their economic or political rulers." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fair/No dj. 21 X 14½ cm.

Chicago: Frank R. Walker Company, 1947 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black pebble-grained cloth over flexible boards, foil titles on front board, black endpapers, all edges dyed blue, [iv], 220 pp, index. A few leaves have small tears (a few millimeters) to edges, else very good. This book contains an incredible amount of information given the size of the package. For all types of building construction, it gives formulas and rules of thumb for figuring quantities and prices of materials and labor. (Prices are those prevailing in 1947, but a note cautions users that prices are rising rapidly and will probably need to be adjusted.) Shipping weight 1 lb. (International 8 oz.). 10th Ed. . G+/No dj. 13 X 7½ cm.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1940 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, gilt titles on spine, top edge dyed red, [v], 441 pp. Moderate soil to boards, spine sunned. extremities rubbed. Somewhat scarce novel set in and about a brewery from 1882 until about 1918, just after the beginning of Prohibition, in which a brewer's widow operates the family brewery after her husband's accidental death. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 3rd ptg. . VG-/No dj. 21 X 14 cm.

Washington, D. C: American Remount Association, 1945 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon flexible cloth, gold ink titles on front board & spine, x, 327 pp, many b & w photos, drawings, maps, index. Cloth fraying at edges, joints, spine ends, owner's bookplate on fpd. Contents: brief history of the horse; light breeds; the heavy or draft horse; horse situation in the United States; principles of mating; acquisition of a horse farm; buildings; forage, pastures, & paddocks; stallions, broodmares, foals - selection, care & handling; abortion, sterility, breeding hygiene; parasites; routine management, farm records. Appendices: pedigree; nomenclature; age; terms & definitions; care of the feet; veterinary service; care of horses at work--notes on breaking, training, & care; judging; cleaning leather; registration, insurance; shipping by water, rail, & van; horse-breeder's calendar. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 4th ed. .… Read More

Stony Brook, NY: Suffolk Museum, 1954 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in pictorial wraps, black titles on white spine, 94 pp, bibliography. Wraps rubbed at extremities. 155 carriages of various types are illustrated, mostly by photos, with notes by Ms. Wall. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Wraps. VG/No dj. 23½ X 15 cm.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth-textured boards, white titles on spine, [vii], 397 pp, index. Paper browning slightly. DJ in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, "Trollope felt that a novelist should live with his characters 'in the full reality of established intimacy,' and Stephen Wall's book clearly demonstrates what that meant in practice." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . Fine/Fine. 22½ X 14½ cm.

Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1887 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full green cloth, gilt & black titles & decorations, brown endpapers, sewn on sunk cords, xiv, 586 pp. Looking rather badly worn but still hanging together. By the author of Ben-Hur. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 31st Ed. . G/No dj. 20 X 13½ cm.

London: New English Library, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Boards covered with brown paper textured and printed to simulate a 2-color cloth binding, buff endpapers, perfect-bound, 250, [1] pp. Spine ends slightly worn, paper browning. DJ rubbed & creased at extremities; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "...shows how the basic idea of a novel about the Nobel Prize awards took form over sixteen years; tells of the false starts, the persistent detective work to hunt down facts for use in fiction, the many drafts, the elation, the despair, the work inseparable from the writer's life and craft." In addition to the narrative, the book reproduces representative notes on the characters & plot, and facsimiles of notes, two manuscript pages, and a work chart showing days and pages produced. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). First UK Edition. . Near Fine/VG+. 21½ X 14 cm.

Cambridge, MA: Robert Bentley, Inc., 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards, gilt titles on spine,168 pp, 94 figures, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Guide to restoration techniques, warnings about where trouble may be lurking, and occasionally when to take your car to a pro, although the emphasis is on doing it yourself. Despite the Cadillac on the dust jacket, all the examples shown are British. This edition is printed in Britain, but has appended a list of American suppliers and publications. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). . Fine/Fine. 25½ X 19 cm.

New York: Shilo Publishing House, Inc., 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Hebrew Grammar (Wallenrod & Aaroni) : blue, white & black covers, [ix], 261 pp; covers somewhat soiled, clean inside. Dictionary (Sivan & Levenston): sixth Israeli edition, Bnei-Brak: Steimatzky, 1988-9, ISBN 0-553-14420-0, English to Hebrew - xxii, 399, Hebrew to English - xviii, 294 pp (733 pp in all); covers worn, spine creased, one annotation on preliminary page. Two books for the English-speaking student of the Hebrew language offered as a set. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Soft Cover. Good/No dj. 23 X 15 cm.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1904 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Tan dec. cloth, gilt titles on spine, frontis. by C. C. Emerson, [vii], 311, [4] pp. Spine ends & corners beginning to fray, otherwise VG. Novel set in Vermont in the 1890s. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . G+/No dj. 20 X 14 cm.