Search Results: Authors starting with W from Alkahest Books

New York: Appleton-Century, (1965). first U.S. edition. hardcover. near fine. Octavo, black cloth spine over brown boards. xiii [1] 305 pages. Includes black and white photo reproductions, index. No dust jacket. 092108D

Reading, Pennsylvania: Pilger Book Store, 1883. second edition.. hardcover. Very good. Offered to the Lutheran Church in America. Translated from the German by Professor C. W. Schaeffer. Octavo, (approx. 5 5/8" wide by 7 3/4" tall) blind-stamped brown cloth covers. With 45 illustrations. 336 pages. Spine dulled and some wear at top edge. Former owner name in pencil on front free endpaper. 092717C

New York: Simon and Schuster, (2000). first printing. hardcover. Fine/Fine. Cook, Howard. Illustrated by Howard Cook. Oblong quarto, 138 pages. Publicity sheet laid in. 101206A

New York: Scholastic Books, (2000). first edition, first printing, as stated. hardcover. Very Good. Doucet, Bob. Quarto, pictorial covers. unpaginated. Full-color illustrations by Bob Doucet. Jointly published by The Field Museum, Stone House, and Cartwheel Books of Scholastic Inc. No dust jacket. Children's picture book. 012204A

New York: Philosophical Library, (1949). hardcover. Very good. Translated from the French by Forrst Williams and Stanley Maron. Octavo, yellow covers with black titles, 58 pages, Includes index. Former owner bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. No dust jacket 092715B

NY, Hastings House, (c. 1966),, 1966. Hardcover. NY, Hastings House, (c. 1966),, 1966. Hardcover. Pages 318 pp.,8vo, hardcover, Author was V.P. and Assoc. Creative Director of Tatham-Laird & Kudner Inc., Chicago. 110999A Book is near fine; dust jacket is sl. soiled, still very good. 110999A

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966. second printing. hardcover. Very good/Good. Octavo, orange cloth covers, [xii] 1-176 pages. Black and white photographic illustrations. Dust jacket price-clipped, yellowing at top edge, rubbed at extremities. Walla Pyramid, Sugar Loaf Waka, Lima. Peru 061508B

New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1944,, 1944. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. xiv [4], 3-332 pages, octavo, red cloth covers. Faint dampstaining along one edge of cover, else Very Good. Dust jacket is chipped at edges, Fair. 092108A

New York, Barnes and Noble Books, 1973,, 1973. Hardcover. Very good. Cctavo. With a new introduction by Peter Burroughs. xxxviii (new introduction) + xvi +352 . Facsimile reprint of : The Founders of Canterbury: volume 1, Being Letters From the Late Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the Late John Robert Godley, and To Other Well-known Helpers in the Foundation of the Settlement of Canterbury in New Zealand." Originally published in 1868. Terra-cotta-colored cloth. Light wear at cover edges and a sliver of glassine has stuck to the top cover, else Very Good. Chipped glassine wrapper present. 010608A ISBN: 064973204

Aberdeen, South Dakota: North Plains Press, (1973). first edition, as stated. hardcover. Very good/Good +. Schwiering, Conrad. Quarto,(approx. 9 1/4" wide and 12 1/4") blue cloth covers with silver titles. xvii [1] 1-207 [2] colophon. Includes many black and white and full color illustrations. Artist Conrad Schwiering lived and painted in the secluded mountains of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Book is in fine condition. Dust jacket is rubbed with light wear at edges. 122615B

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1918. first edition. hardcover. Fair. Includes three black and white photo reproductions. Small octavo (approx. 6 1/2" wide by 7 3/4" tall) light blue cloth covers, v [1] 93 pages. Some rough page openings. Light red stain along top and bottom edges of top cover. Interior clean and tight. Aviation, World War I, The Great War. 092508B

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1940. First edition. Hardcover. near Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1940. First edition. Hardcover. near Very Good. Octavo, red cloth covers, xi [5] 534 pages.Small tear on front free endpaper, light wear to covers. Includes 7 black and white stills from the films. Condensations of the screeplays of "Bachelor Mother," "Goodbye Mr. Chips," Ninotchka," "Rebecca," "Mr Smith Goes to Washington," "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet," "Destry Rises Again." Also includes: The Production Season, Synopses of Major Pictures Released, Academy Awards, New York film Critics' Circle Awards, "Film Daily" Ten Best Pictures of the Year, and an index. 120506A

New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1931. first edition. hardcover. Very good. Thorne, Diane. Large octavo, blue cloth covers with a picture of Igloo on top cover. With a foreword by Richard E. Byrd. Drawings by Diane Thorne. 211 pages. Signed by the author on the half-title page (signature only). Former owner name and date on the front free endpaper. No dust jacket. The story of Byrd and his fox terrier, Igloo, as they go polar exploring. Polar Exploration. Dogs. 021210B

Columbus, Ohio: The National Stereoscopic Association, 1979. softcover. Very good. Periodical, Stapled magazine with glossy covers, 40 pages. Articles include: "James Cremer, Philadelphia's Photographer" by William Brey. "The Launching of the Chattanooga" by Richard C. Ryder. "Personalities in Perspective -- King Edward VII" by Richard C. Ryder. "Holmes Library Report" plus many regular columns, classifieds and ads. Some browning at page edges. Approximately 8 1/2" wide by 11" tall. 122615C

London: Ernest Benn, Limited., 1923. first edition. hardcover. Very good. Brown cloth covers with gilt titles, very light wear, small spot on front cover, but still Very Good. Quarto, xii [2] 3-262 pages followed by section of plates. Color frontispiece: The Ch'Ang-Lo Palace, after Li Ssu-hsun in the British Museum. Six color plates (including frontis.) and 43 plates in half-tone, all with tissue guards. No foxing. A very nice copy. This heavy book will cost more than the standard rate to ship outside of the U.S.

New York: The Ronald Press, (c. 1971). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Includes many line drawings and diagrams; some black and white photo reproductions in the Goal tending section. Glossary and index. Octavo, viii +269 pages. No dust jacket. 092108A

NY, Franklin Watts, Inc., (1956),, 1956. F. Hardcover. NY, Franklin Watts, Inc., (1956),, 1956. F. Hardcover. first printing. Pages 188,octavo, hardcover. first printing. Book and dust jacket in Very Good condition. "These things couldn't possibly happen -- but they did, to -- Guthrie McClintic, Burl Ives, Mae West, Stuart Cloete, William Sloane, Russell Patterson, Mrs, Raymond Massey, Carleton Alsop, Beatrice Lillie.

San Diego, NY, London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (c. 1991). first edition, as stated.. hardcover. near fine/fine. Deeter, Catherine. Quarto (approx. 9 1/8" wide by 11 1/4" tall), unpaginated. Paintings by Catherine Deeter. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition.Former owner's name on front paste-down endpaper, else fine. Chilren's Picture Book, African-American .Studio.

New York: Stein and Day, (1977). first edition. hardcover. Fine/fine. Large octavo (approx. 6 1/2" by 9 1/2") red cloth over orange boards, x [2] 343 pages. Extensive index. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. 020922B"Over 150 entries deal with the anatomy and physiology of the human body, the mystical and magic beliefs associated with respiratory and sexual techniques, metaphysiology, and astral and ethereal physiology. Each entry concludes with an extensive bibliography." --from thedust jacket

NY, TOR, Tom Doherty Assoc., , (1991). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good +. 312 pages, octavo. Foreword by Elmer Kelton. Inscribd by one of the story authors, Loren D. Estleman. Covers have a bit of sunning at top edge. 092703A