Search Results: Authors starting with W from De Coux and Associates Books

OXFORD: BASIL BLACKWELL, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 186 Pp. REPRINT 1967. BOOK DESCRIPTION: GREEN CLOTH HARDBOUND, GILT STAMPED TITLE ON SPINE COVER, AND BLUE DUST JACKE WITH BLUE PRINT. DIMENSIONS: 8 3/4" x 5 3/4" x 5/8." BOOK CONDITION: VERY GOOD; GENTLY BUMPED CORNERS, SLIGHT AGE TONED ENDPAPERS, BRIGHT TIGHT AND CLEAN TEXT. DUST JACKET CONDITION: VERY GOOD +; SUBLTE SUNNED SPINE COVER AND EDGES. A NICE COPY.

BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY, 1917. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. HARRISON CADY. 8 Volume Set 1917-1924,TRADE Quaddies MARK,Printed in U.S.A. SUBJECT: Classic Children's Stories. Fairytales and Fantasy. Description: Hardcover binding embossed with caricature of story on face of book/title and edition name, title, publisher on spine cover, wonderful illustration leading, as well as, throughout text, inner lead page with other stories to collect. Dimensions: 7" x 4 3/4" x 3/4" each book. Condition: The Adventures of Peter Cottontail-1919-Good; 2 loose illustration pages, Paddy the Beaver-1918-Very Good, Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack-1917-Very Good; pg 5 tiny tear, border spot below text pg 4-5, The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel-1924-Good; first blank inner page - lg flea bites on corners, The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat-1917-Good; pencil marked inner board page small earmarked title page at top, The… Read More

LONDON: THE NEW SYDENHAM SOCIETY, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 874 TOTAL Pp. (2) VOLUME COMPLETE SET (VOL. I- 464 p., VOL. II- 410 p.). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 1872. BOOK DESCRIPTION: BROWN CLOTH HARDBOUND, BLIND/GILT TITLE/DESIGN, MARBLE BOARDS, BLACK/WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT TEXT WITH COLOR PLATES AT REAR, FULL RED TINTED LEAF EDGE. DIMENSIONS: 8 5/8" x 6" x 1 5/8." BOOK CONDITION: VERY GOOD; GENTLY BUMPED SPINE CROWN/HEEL, GENTLY SUNNED UPPER LEAF EDGE, SQUARE AND TIGHT SPINES, STRONG HINGES, LIGHT FOXING OF END PAPERS, CLEAN AND SLIGHTLY AGE TONED TEXT PAGES, OWNERSHIP INSCRIPTION STAMP ATOP TITLE PAGE. EX-LIBRARY (MARKING AT SPINE HEEL).

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Candlewick Pr, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Unpaginated. Copright 2001. First US Edition. Book description: Matte color illustrated paper covered hardbound, profusely illustrated text. Dimensions: 11 1/4" x 8 1/4" x 1/2". Book condition: Very good +; minor tear at rear spine top gutter (glue reinforced superficial damage; repaired), front board lower corner rubbed at tip) . otherwise a fine copy; strong square spine, clean/bright text pages, nice exterior boards. A very nice copy.

New York: Popular Science Publishing Company, 1943. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 256 p. This edition printed January 1943. Book description: Color publishers illustrated paperback, profusely illustrated text. Dimensions: 9 3/8" x 6" x 5/8". Book condition: Near fine; minor sporadic edge wear, lower tip of front cover, minor rub of rear cover. An attractive copy.

WAILUKU: MAUI PUBLISHING CO., LTD., 1923. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 60Pp. AUTHOR SIGNED/INCRIBED COPY. BOOK INSCRIPTION: SOFTBOUND ILLUSTRATED ISLAND PICTORAL/TITLE IN SHADES OF GREEN ON WHITE BOARDS. DIMENSIONS: 6 3/4" x 6" x 1/4." BOOK CONDITION: VERY GOOD -: 1" TEAR IN FRONT BOARD AND FIRST BOARD PAGE 2" DOWN FROM TOP, GENTLY BUMPED CORNERS, SUNNED COVERS, SOME PAGES LIGHTLY FOXED AT RIGHT LEAF EDGE BORDER, STRONG SPINE AND HINGES. A NICE COPY.

Oxford: At the Theatre, 1687. Hardcover. Poor. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 319 p. Unknown edition. Circa 1687. BOOK DESCRIPTION: Full period brown calf hardbound. DIMENSIONS: 6 1/4" x 3 7/8" x 3/4." CONDITION: Poor; boards loose, missing front end papers, partial title page (25%) loose, ex-libris (label & markings on insider front board.

NEW YORK, N.Y., U.S.A.: A. L. BURT COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, 1926. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 318 p. COPYRIGHT 1926. BOOK DESCRIPTION: RED PUBLISHERS CLOTH HARDBOUND, GILT STAMPED/EMBOSSED TITLE ON SPINE COVER/FRONT BOARD. DIMENSIONS: 7 1/2" x 5 1/8" x 1 1/4". BOOK CONDITION: FAIR; MODERATELY SUNNED SPINE COVER, CHIPPED SPINE CROWN/HEEL TO LEAF EDGE, RUBBED BOARD EDGES (EXPOSED INNER BOARD AT CORNER TIPS AND A COUPLE OF BOARD EDGES), DISCOLORED/SUNNED GILT, STRONG SQUARE SPINE/BINDING, OWNERSHIP INSCRIPTION IN CRAYON ON FRONT FREE END PAPER, PENCILED PRICING NOTES ON FRONT FREE END PAPER, CLEAN AGE TONED PAGES. A NICE COPY.

This book is General Lew Wallace's first novel, though he is best known for his 1880 novel Ben-Hur, especially the line "Hate keeps a man alive" that does not actually appear in the original. His popularity with Victorians was encouraged by their pastors, who generally swore off novels because of their immoral influence. The book made Lew Wallace a celebrity, sought out for speaking engagements, political endorsements, and newspaper interviews. Wallace told a New York Times reporter in 1893, "That person lacks the true American spirit who has not tried to paint a picture, write a book, or get out a patent on something." Or, he added, "tried to play some musical instrument. There you have the genius of the true American in those four - art, literature, invention, music." Not coincidentally, Lew Wallace himself excelled at all four. Besides being a Civil War hero, the governor of New Mexico, and later the ambassador to Turkey, the Indiana native made and played his own violins, sketched and painted with… Read More

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Grand Central Pub, 1995. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 248 p. Copyright 1995. First edition. Second printing. Book description: 1/3 green publishers paper covered hardbound, gilt title stamped/embossed on spine cover, off white boards, semi-gloss color illustrated dust jacket. Dimensions: 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 7/8". Book and dust jacket condition: As new.

NEW YORK: WARNER BOOKS, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 248 Pp. FIRST EDITION. FIRST PRINTING. A NOVEL ABOUT MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SEEN LIFE, MADE HARD CHOICES, AND YET ARE STILL LOOKING FOR SOMETHING MORE. AND IN THIS MULTILAYERED, POWERFUL STORY HE LETS US KNOW WITHOUT QUALIFICATION THAT THE DREAMS WE CHERISH ARE UNDERSTOOD AND VALUED.AND THAT THE CHANCE WE CAN FULFILL THEM IS REAL. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 1/3 DARK GREEN HARDBOUND, SILVER GILT TITLE ON SPINE COVER, MINT GREEN BOARDS, MINT GREEN GLOSSY DUST JACKET WITH DARK GREEN/EGGPLANT TITLE, SMALL PHOTOGRAPH ON FRONT JACKET COVER. DIMENSIONS: 9 1/4" x 6 5/16" x 15/16." BOOK & DUST JACKET CONDITION: AS NEW.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 503 p. Copyright 1949. First edition (Second state; no edition/printing stated). A historical novel adapted to a Hollywood film in 1954. It is the first and most successful novel of Waltari's historical novels. It chronicles the life of fictional character Sinuhe, the royal physician, ...charts his travels in then -Egyptian dominated Syria, Mitanni, Babylon, Minoan Crete, and among the Hittites. The original story dates to a time long before that of Akhenaten; texts are known from as early as the 12th century. Book description: Beige publishers cloth hardbound, blue/rust stamped title/design on spine cover, map illustrated end papers. Dimensions: 8 5/8" x 5 3/4" x 1 3/8". Book description: Very good +; gently bumped spine crown/heel, soft vertical crease effects spine cloth, numeric marking in upper right hand inside corner of front board, personal ex-libris… Read More

About this item: Composition - On hearing the news of the Allied victory at Waterloo (June 18, 1815), Scott longed to visit the battlefield and to see newly conquered Paris. Continental Europe had been closed to British visitors during the Napoleonic Wars, and Scott had never before travelled abroad. In August, he set sail for Belgium, hoping to recuperate his expenses by writing a series of imaginary letters recording his impressions. Collected as Paul's Letters to His Kinsfolk (1816), these not only document Scott's personal reaction to the scenes he passed through, but provide a detailed history of Napoleon's last campaign based on interviews with participants and (not always reputable) eyewitnesses. Here, Scott is notably equitable in his treatment of the Emperor, acknowledging his military genius and regretting only that he chose not to lay down his own life along with his Guard. A similarly non-partisan approach would later be adopted in Scott's Life of Napoleon Buonaparte (1827). Synopsis -… Read More

BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, 1934. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 290 p. THE METEORIC CAREER OF BERNARDO DE GALVEZ, BRILLIANT FIGURE IN THE CONONIAL RIVALRIES THAT SHAPED THE DESTINIES OF THE AMERICAN NATION, IS HERE VIVIDLY PRESENTED, THE HISTORICAL DRAMA OF LOUISIANA SUPPLYING THE BACKGROUND. THE ACCOUNT CENTERS AROUND SIX YEARS IN THE EARLY MANHOOD OF GALVEZ' SHORT LIFE, AND EXHIBITS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE YOUNG MAN AS MILITARY STRATEGIST, ABLE AND HUMANE ADMINISTRATOR, WISE AND LOYAL COUNSELOR TO HIS KING, AND CONTRIBUTOR TO THE SUCCESS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. FIRST EDITION. ISSUED AUGUST 1934. COPYRIGHT 1934. DESCRIPTION: BLUE RIBBED PUBLISHERS CLOTH HARDBOUND, GILT TITLE STAMP ON SPINE COVER, FRONTIS ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OPPOSITE TITLE PAGE, MANILA DUST JACKET WITH BLUE INK STAMPED TITLE/DESIGN. DIMENSIONS: 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 1." BOOK CONDITION: NEAR FINE; GENTLY BUMPED… Read More

NEW YORK: WARNER BROTHERS, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. Copyright 1964. Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, Chapelle and Co. Profusely illustrated with still shots from the film. Description: Illustrated pink pictoral hardbound, illustrated end papers, alternating black/white and color photographs. Dimensions: 11" x 8 3/4" x 1/4." Book Condition: Very Good +.

GARDEN CITY, NY: DOUBLEDAY, PAGE AND COMPANY, 1925. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 330 p. COPYRIGHT 1896. BOOK DESCRIPTION: RED LEATHER SOFTBOUND, GILT TITLE/DESIGN ON SPINE/FRONT BOARD. DIMENSIONS: 7 1/4" x 4 3/4" x 7/8". CONDITION: GOOD; SLIGHTLY SHAKEN AND COCKED SPINE, 1/4" CHIPPED SPINE CROWN/HEEL, 2" TEAR AT REAR CROWN HINGE, 1 1/4" AND 1" TEARS AT SPINE HEEL, RUBBED EDGES OF SPINE COVER, GENERAL RUBBED/PEALED LEATHER EFFECTS BOARD EXTREMITIES (EXPOSED INNER BOARD), HINGES INTACT, END PAPERS CLEAN/INTACT, CLEAN BRIGHT TEXT PAGES.

LONDON: FISHER, SON, & JACKSON, NEWGATE STREET, 1831. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 780 Pp. FIRST EDITION. DESCRIPTION: GREEN LEATHER HARDBOUND, GILT/BLIND TOOLED TITLE/DESIGN ON SPINE COVER/BOARDS, TWELVE ENGRAVED PORTRAITS AND VIEWS PLUS ENGRAVED TITLE PAGE AND FRONTISPIECE, MARBLE END PAPERS, MARBLE LEAF EDGE. DIMENSIONS: 8 9/16" x 5 1/2" x 1 7/8." CONDITION: VERY GOOD; RUBBED CROWN SPINE EDGE, LIGHTLY CHIPPED SPINE HEEL, RUBBED BOARD EDGE EXTREMITIES, STRONG SPINE, BRIGHT AND CLEAN TEXT, PENCIL PRICING/DETAIL NOTES ON FRONT END PAPER.

Chicago: edition q, inc, 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 356 Pp. COPYRIGHT 1993. BOOK DESCRIPTION: GREEN PAPER HARDBOUND, BLACK TITLE ON SPINE COVER/FRONT BOARD, COLOR ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET. DIMENSIONS: 9 1/2" x 6 1/4" x 1 1/4." BOOK CONDITION: EXTRA FINE; OWNERSHIP INSCRIPTION ON FRONT END PAPER. DUST JACKET CONDITION: VERY GOOD; 1/4" TEAR IN AT UPPER FRONT BOARD EDGE.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Warner Books Inc, 1997. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 327 Pp. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. COPYRIGHT1997. FIRST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING MARCH 1997. DESCRIPTION: BLACK PUBLISHERS CLOTH HARDBOUND, GILT STAMPED TITLE ON SPINE, COLOR ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET, MYLAR PROTECTIVE COVER. DIMENSIONS: 9 1/4" x 6 1/2" x 1 1/4." BOOK AND DUST JACKET CONDITION: FINE. A NICE CLEAN CRISP COPY.

London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1896. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 152 p. First J. M. Dent Edition. Edited with a Preface, Notes and Glossary by C. Vaughan, M. A. Book description: Green cloth softbound, gilt stamped/embossed title on spine cover, blind stamped design on front board, gilt top leaf edge, frontispiece engraving opposite black/red ornate bordered title page after Turner separated by fine rice paper. Dimensions: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" x 1/2". Condition: Very good; rubbed/gently bumped spine crown/heel, board edges/corner tips rubbed, foxed end papers, minor age toned clean text pages, square/strong spines.