Search Results: Authors starting with W from R. Siedlecki Vintage Books

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1993. [1993] FIRST EDITION hardcover and dustjacket. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS ON THE TITLE PAGE. True First Edition with line missing on P. 127 (noted with publisher's errata slip laid in). Condition of hardcover: Light bump to one corner; light waving to corners of pages (received from the publisher that way, may have happened at the bindery); else overall Near Fine. Never read. Binding tight, no cracks or tears. Free of writing and notations in text, stickers, bookplates, and page tears. Not a book club or former library book. Text clear, photos vivid. Dustjacket: Faint shelf wear; else Near Fine. Price not clipped from flap. Protected in Mylar cover. Book kept in temperature controlled environment (not smelly or speckled with humidity stains). And no smoker's smell. A nice collectible first edition, signed by both authors, one was awarded the 1983 Pulitzer Prize. The authors open a painful door, bringing the reader's attention to female genital… Read More

Cleveland, Ohio: William Taylor Son & Co, 1920. 1920. First hardcover edition. THIS IS NOT A FACSIMILE, MORE RECENT REPRINT, OR A BOOK-ON-DEMAND. THIS IS THE ACTUAL 1920 HARDCOVER EDITION. Untrimmed bottom edge (deckled, to give a quality look), frontispiece with tissue guard; illustrated head-pieces; 109 numbered pages. Condition: Some expected age wear/toning, shelf wear/minor chips, scattered light rubbing to binding, Internally: Lightly age toned. Else overall Very Good. Text is clear and readable. The frontispiece with tissue guard is intact. Book shelved in temperature-control room. This small, historical book offers a wonderful overview of Cleveland, Ohio - from its beginnings to its early industries to its transportation and more. It covers Old Euclid Ave. and its exclusivity; early residents; and early commercial businesses, such as William Taylor Son, Nathan Perry's dry goods, George Worthington and his hardware/tool business, John Vincent's cabinet shop, and more. A nice… Read More

Washington: War Department Commission, 1918. Washington DC: War Department Commission, 1918. First Edition booklet, about 5¼-inches wide x 3¾-inches tall, 92 pages. THIS IS NOT A FACSIMILE, THIS IS THE ACTUAL 1918 EDITION. Illustrated in black and white. Includes Index. Condition: Former owner's name and hometown (Ashland, Georgia) penciled on binding covers along with the names of other men. The names suggest joyous soldiers at the end of World War I who signed the book. Creases, light soiling, old damp stains/foxing. Short tear to spine. Several pages reflect early moisture or dampness, causing light waving of the paper. Overall, Good Plus. This vest-pocket booklet was published at the end of World War I and was distributed to all U.S. officers and non-officers in the U.S. Army. It features some of America's (and Europe's) favorite songs along with notes for piano. Songs include The Star-Spangled Banner, America, America the Beautiful, Swanee River, Old Black Joe, Dixie,… Read More

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1996. [1999] FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER AND DUSTJACKET. Black and yellowish-orange ¼-binding with gilt lettering, maps on endpapers, vintage photos/illustrations, 703 pages. Condition of hardcover: Fine, pristine condition; dustjacket has some creases to top extremities from shelf wear, else overall Fine. Free of the smell of smoke from a cigarette, cigar smoker, or fireplace. Book kept in temperature-controlled room. In gift-giving condition. (Some competing offers advertise the same book in new condition, but the books have been read. Our book was never read, purchased as a collectible by a collector.) This is the first full-scale history of one of the central dramas of imperialism in the mind like a great 19-central novel. "Our Bones are Scattered" recounts the bloodiest acts of one of the bloodiest rebellions in history - the siege and massacre of the European garrison of Cawnpore, India, and the terrible retribution that followed. Set in the doomed… Read More

Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 1973. [1973] Redish orange hardcover with gilt lettering on spine, 184 pages. Condition of hardcover: Overall, Near Fine. Pages are clean, clear. Dustjacket: Short tears/chips/creases to extremities, light age wear, overall Fair. Price is intact on flap. According to Publisher's Weekly, this book "shows us the life of the hill people of Georgia from the inside." The authors lived this life. They are "reliving the life of their own community and people from forty to eighty years ago, reexperiencing it and letting their readers experience it with them." You'll read about the hill people and "their backbreaking field work, their song and play, their courtships, their neighborly exchange of help with the chores, their homemade remedies for illness and homemade practically everything else, their humor and the individuality." Here is truly an informative, insightful, fascinating work that is sure to please readers. Vintage.… Read More

Norwalk, Conn: Easton Press, 2000. [2000] FULL GENUINE LEATHER FINE BINDING HARDCOVER published in 2000 by the high-quality publisher Easton Press -- NOT THE REGULAR TRADE CLOTH BINDING, CHEAPER COMPOSITE LEATHER, SIMULATED LEATHER, FACSIMILE, OR BOOK PRINTED ON-DEMAND. Deep red binding, beautiful gilt designs, 351 pages. Illustrated by A. Christopher Simon. Three ridges on spine. Lettering, designs stamped with gorgeous accents of 22kt. gold - a hallmark of fine bookmaking. The leather was hand selected from individually tanned hides. Textured and shaded, acid-neutral paper won't turn yellow over time. Pages Smyth-sewn into binding for permanence (not glued like ordinary books). Edges gilded three sides to enhance elegance of the book. Endpapers are beautiful satin moiré, specially dyed for the publisher. Satin ribbon page marker bound in. Condition: Fine, pristine. [While other books online by other dealers have been read but still classified as fine or new, this book was never read.… Read More

Cambridge University Press, 2010. [2010] This is the full-size publisher's first paperback, 11th printing, 327 pages. Condition: Two light bumps to top corner of pages (leaving a small, light corner crease on each page), else overall Near Fine. [According to book collector, this book was shipped with other books to him, so the bumps could have occurred in packing items too tight by publisher and then shipping. He kept the book, but never read it. So, the book is in new condition, no creases on spine.] Free of the smell of smoke from a cigarette, cigar smoker, or fireplace. Book kept in temperature-controlled room. The franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 violently changed the course of European History. Alarmed by Bismarck's territorial ambitions and the Prussian army's crushing defeats of Denmark in 1864 and Austria in 1866, French Emperor Napoleon III vowed to bring Prussia to heel. Historical. Educational. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. [1995] Hardcover and Dustjacket, First Published in U.S. in 1995. Black binding, gilt lettering, fully illustrated, and illustrated endpapers, Index, 172 pages. Condition of hardcover: Fine (never read). Free of smelly humidity stains and the smell of a cigarette or cigar smoker. Dustjacket: Light rubbing marks due to handling and shelving; else overall Near Fine. This is the well-researched story of James Graham, the 1st Marquess of Montrose. He was involved in a trial in Edinburgh in May 1650 after years of fearless struggle against the anti-royalist forces of Civil War Scotland. For pure heroism and nobility, it would be difficult to match the 'Great Marquess' described by Thomas Carlyle as the noblest of the Cavaliers. This book is a classic study --- it catches the fire of the legend in recounting Montrose's story --- a remarkable story of a true hero. Historical, engaging writing, fascinating. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected,… Read More

Naples, Florida : Bill Werber [no date in book, circa 1970s??] First Edition hardcover and dustjacket, 214 pages. INSCRIBED, SIGNED, AND DATED to friends Flo and Mike by the author. This is a self-published autobiography of William "Bill" Murray Werber (June 20, 1908 - January 22, 2009), who played third base with Major League Baseball teams New York Yankees, Boston Red Socks, Philadelphia Athletics, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Giants. He was a leading third baseman, a strong base runner, and an all-around top player. He details his boyhood in Maryland, his experience at college (Duke University), the MLB teams he played for (and the personalities, characteristics, and habits of his teammates), his defense of the Reserve Clause, and much more. This is wonderful book for anyone who enjoys big league baseball and wants to know more about a man who loved playing the game. Vintage. Condition of hardcover: Faint toning, mostly at edges with some edge wear, else Near Fine. Text clear and… Read More

Atlanta: Banner Press, 1952. [1952] FIRST EDITION hardcover and dustjacket. Green hardcover featuring unique pattern design, gold lettering, 61 pages. Endpapers and pages printed on fine, high quality paper stock. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED TO A FAN AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR [April 1952] on the first free endpaper. Condition of hardcover: Small faint soiling to extremity of page 26, light age toning, mostly to edges (top edge has age toning/dust); else overall Very Good Plus. Dustjacket: Shelf wear/chips (pieces missing from top/foot of spine panel), spine panel sunned, light age toning, overall Good. Protected in Mylar cover. A delightful book of poems by Mrs. West, a North Carolinian by birth, but has lived in Atlanta for years. According to the editor, the author's work are the qualities which characterize true poetic insight and expression. At times these rise to the level of an imaginative grasp of life's finer factors, and at other times embody the simple experiences and emotions shared by all.… Read More

Birmingham, Alabama: The Notable Trials Library, 1989. [1989] First Special Edition Black Hardcover, Quarter-Bound in Genuine Leather (spine stamped in 22-karat gold) by The Notable Trials Library. This is a Fine Binding with gilt designs and lettering, gilt on all edges, five raised ridges on spine, marbled endpapers, special premium text paper, satin bookmark, 565 pages. Includes several vintage illustrations. For this edition, the famous Alan M. Dershowitz wrote the Introduction. Condition: Minor rubbing to the gilt on the fore-edge; a tiny stain at the foot of two pages of preliminaries; a bookplate on the first pastedown endpaper with the name of the former owner. Else, this Special Edition book is in Like New condition. Never read. Collector purchased book new and kept in a temperature-controlled room; there are no smoke smells from cigarettes or cigars. This is an excellent overview of Bruno Richard Hauptmann who was convicted in 1935 of the kidnap-murder of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. - the… Read More

San Marino, California: The Huntington Library, 1965. 1965. FIRST EDITION hardcover and dustjacket. Condition of hardcover: Binding and edges lightly age toned, shelf wear. Bookplate of former owner (a doctor); else overall Very Good. Dustjacket: Age toning/sunning to extremities, folds, and spine panel; shelf wear; several minor short open tears, chips, narrow piece of paper missing at fold; light soiling/abrasion; else overall Good. Price intact on flap. Protected in Mylar cover. Book has been kept in temperature-controlled bookcase. This is a highly informative book. The author does a magnificent job in interpreting Shakespeare's tragedies in traditional Christian terms. He shows how the dramatist squared his plays with his moral and philosophic assumption, relating particular action to universal principles of human conduct, and depicting man's relation to the orders of nature and grace. Of central importance in Shakespeare's tragic technique is the crisis of moral choice. Also,… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1954. [1954] FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER AND DUSTJACKET. THIS IS ONE OF FIVE HUNDRED COPIES OF THE FIRST EDITION, SPECIALLY SIGNED "ERW" FOR PRESENTATION TO FRIENDS IN THE BOOK TRADE, OF THE AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER. Scarce. Three-quarter binding, yellow lettering, deckled fore-edge (to give book a quality look), 253 pages. Condition of binding: Light age wear. Endpapers: Foxing, age toning. Else, overall Very Good. Text is clean, clear, very readable. Dustjacket: Lightly age darken, light soiling. Chips, short tears to extremities. Else, overall, Good. Price intact on flap. According to the publisher, this is E.B. White's collection of stories, poems, sketches, parodies, essays, and comments, covering the past, the present, the future, the city and the country. Here are favorites such as "The Song of the Queen Bee," "The Morning of the Day They Did It," and "Death of a Pig." All the material in the collection appears for… Read More

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1901. [1901] BOOKLET, 37 PAGES, INCLUDING VINTAGE PHOTOS. Vol. XXXI, No. 5. Reprinted from the Botanical Gazette, May 1901. [This is NOT a facsimile, print-on-demand, or photocopy. This is the 1901 edition.] Contributions from the Hull Botanical Laboratory, XXVII. Condition: Soiling/stain to top cover, short tears, creases, lightly age toned. Top cover has written note from the author: "With the writer's regards." Overall: Good condition. Binding tight. Text is clean, readable. Vintage photos clear, vivid. This work covers the results of a study (1898-1900) by the author in physiographic ecology at several points in Northern Michigan - the genetic development of forests. Here is an early study on the development of forests, environment, and ecology. Historical, collectible, scarce booklet. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so… Read More

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. 1872. First Edition, First Printing. Brown hardcover binding, beveled extremities, gilt lettering/design on top cover, rear cover has design in blind. This is the true first edition with the monogram of James R. Osgood & Co. on the spine. Frontispiece with tissue, 129 pages. Condition: Gilt design on top cover bright, not rubbed. Partial tear along joint of top cover and cracked first hinge (top cover almost detached); short tear to rear hinge; small piece missing from top of spine, foot of spine worn; lightly sunned spine; light shelf wear and wear to corners. Top edge age darken a tad. Tiny chips to chocolate-colored endpapers; lightly age toned internally. On first blank: A wonderful, handwritten gift inscription to a teacher from her students, October 13, 1876. Frontispiece and tissue overlay Very Good. Text: Light offsetting; several pages lightly waving; occasional tiny scattered marks to pages, else overall Good Plus. Text is readable. This… Read More

New Concord, Ohio: Muskingum College, Department of English, 1937. March 18, 1937. First Edition, paper covered (ends beveled) hardcover, untrimmed fore-edge (to give the book a first-class look), frontispiece, 97 pages. Overall: Good condition. Beveled paper on binding is worn with short tears, chips; binding age darken; slightly cocked (from filing on book shelf). Former owner's name on first pastedown endpaper; scattered old humidity spots; two pages dog-eared; lightly age toned internally. Pages are clear and clean, very readable). Very collectible. This charming book features poems/verse collected and published under the auspices of The Department of English at Muskingum College. Some of the verse may not be classified as authentic poetry, but some verse touch the depths of genuine experience. Even the simplest reveals a feeling after the beautiful, which goes so far to add dignity and worth to the experiences of life. Vintage and collectible. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected,… Read More

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2004. [2004] FULL GENUINE LEATHER FINE BINDING by Easton Press -- NOT THE REGULAR TRADE CLOTH BINDING OR THE CHEAPER COMPOSITE LEATHER. Deep red leather binding features beautiful gilt designs/gilt lettering, 287 pages. Illustrations by Lucille Corcos. Sophisticated binding: Five raised ridges on spine; lettering, designs stamped with gorgeous accents of 22kt. gold -- a hallmark of fine bookmaking. This beautifully bound book was hand selected from individually tanned hides. Endpapers are beautiful satin moiré. Textured and shaded, acid-neutral paper won't turn yellow over time. Pages are Smyth-sewn into binding for permanence (not glued like ordinary books). Edges gilded on three sides to enhance elegance of the book. Satin ribbon page markers bound in. Condition: Fine, never read, right from the publisher. Free of smelly old humidity stains and the smoke smell of a cigarette or cigar smoker. Stored in temperature-controlled bookcase. Book in… Read More

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1919. [1919] Hardcover, First Collected Edition. Green binding, gilt lettering and design, deckled fore-edge and bottom edge (to give the book a sophisticated look), 218 pages. Condition: Light age toning of endpapers and preliminaries, edges, else overall Near Fine. Free of smelly old humidity stains and the smoke smell of a cigarette or cigar smoker. Stored in temperature-controlled bookcase. This is the first edition of Oscar Wilde's literary criticism, in original publisher's binding. There are 41 extracts from reviews and miscellaneous from this Irish wit, poet, and dramatist. He also was behind the late 19th-century movement in England that advocated art for art's sake. A wonderful collection by the master from Dublin. Very collectible book. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1977. [1977] FIRST TRADE EDITION. Quarter-bound binding (two tones of blue), 129 pages. Dustjacket: Photo of Thornton Wilder on back panel. Condition of hardcover: Very light, almost not noticeable bump on extremity of rear cover, else Fine. Text is clear, very readable. Free of the smell of a cigarette or cigar smoker. Book kept in temperature -controlled room. Dustjacket: Price intact on flap. Two short vertical tears at extremity; shelf wear; faded spine panel; else overall Very Good. In the Alcestiad, Wilder retells the story of the ancient legend of Alcestis, Queen of Thessaly, who gave her life for her husband Admetus, beloved of the Sun Apollo, and was brought back from Hell by Hercules. It is followed, according to Greek tradition, by a comic satyr play: A one-act diversion in which Apollo, disguised as a kitchen-boy, confounds The Drunken Sisters - the Fates - to save the life of Admetus. Truly classic, sophisticated writing by Thornton Wilder. A very… Read More

New York: William Morrow, 2002. [2002] First Edition, hardcover and dustjacket, 340 pages. Vintage black and white plates, illustrated maps. Includes Appendix (company letters, names, and counties; officers at the first battle of Manassas, chain of command, etc.), Notes (to text), and comprehensive Index. Condition: Book is fine. Dustjacket has minor wrinkles and a mark from handling, else Near Fine. Kept in a temperature-controlled room. Free of smoker's smell. According to Albert Castel, Lincoln Prize-winning author, "This is one of the best, possibly the very best, Civil War regimental histories ever written. By reading it one can discover what it was like to march and fight, live and die, as a Confederate soldier." A riveting account of the operations of a Georgia regiment that fought in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so… Read More