Search Results: Authors starting with W from Willow Patch Books

Harvard University, Belknap Press. Cambridge. 1955. 229 pages. First Edition, date on title page. The binding is firm. The black boards are in very good condition with only very slight bumping at corners and top/bottom of spine, visible wear along bottom edges, the title and author in bright gold on spine. The dust jacket is good at best: it is moderately toned over much of it and has been repaired by tape. There are small tears and about a 1-inch piece missing from the front top right corner and it is price-clipped. It is in a clear Mylar protective cover. The interior pages are in very good condition. They are clean and bright. There is no writing or foxing with the exception of a small spot on the inside of the back cover. The book contains several illustrations which are reproductions of figures produced by other artists such as Catesby and Audubon.

State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, Connecticut. 1996. Second Edition. 240 pp. The covers of this book are in excellent condition with art by Duncan Somerville on the front cover. The interior is clean with no writing or markings. It appears to be an unread copy. It includes 189 black and white drawings of fishes.

Houghton Mifflin Co., Riverside Press. Boston, New York. 1995. First Edition, date on title page. 2 volumes; Vol. I: xiii 544 pages; Vol. II: 570 pp. The red covers are in very good plus condition. There is no noticeable bumping on the edges. There is a faint line on the front of Volume I and three small spots with very mild color loss on Vol. II. The author and title are in bright gilt on the spine of both volumes. The bindings are solid. The tan dust jackets of both volumes are frayed along the edges with a couple of small chips in them. They are sunned/faded in spots, most noticeably on the spines. The jacket of volume II also has a couple of small spots on the front. The interior of both volumes is in very good plus to near fine condition. All pages are clean and bright with no writing. The only blemish detected on the interior is a couple of small spots on the inside of the front cover of Vol II. The books appear to be unread, the page fore-edges are untrimmed, some are unopened.… Read More

International Textbook Company. Scranton, PA. 1905-1936 (the 4 volumes consist of 12 parts with various copyright dates). Vol. I: iv, 41 pp.; Vol II: v, 44 pp.; Vol. III: v, 51 pp.; Vol. IV: vii, 48 pp. Hardcover. The dark blue covers are in very good plus condition, there is one scuff mark on the back of Vol. I and also one on the front of Vol.II. On each volume, the title and publisher are embossed on the front cover and the title is in gold on the spine. The bindings are solid. Each volume contains marbled endpapers and all page-edges are dark blue as published. The interior of each book is in near fine condition. The pages are clean and bright and there is no writing or markings detected. Each book includes numerous black/white illustrations that are drawings of technique and apparatus of the period along with several data tables. Volume I includes a 4-page fold-out of the periodic table of the elements; it looks quite different from the periodic table in use today. These books… Read More

Hitchcock and Walden; Nelson and Philips. Cincinnati; New York. 1876. 295 pages. Hardcover. The decorative dark maroon covers are in good condition, with moderate bumping and fraying to the top and bottom of spine; corners rubbed. The front hinge is loose with some fraying, but intact. The title is stamped in gold on cover and spine, although faded on the spine but still readable. The back cover is moderately scuffed. The binding is solid. The interior of this book is in good plus condition. There is no writing detected in the book; the pages are generally clean, there are small spots on a few pages and a few are foxed (in particular the end papers, frontis and tissue guard covering the frontis). There is an old Bible class library sticker on the inside of the front cover. The book contains 4 illustrations, including the frontis and one of Edgar Allan Poe. The book includes essays about several important figures including Poe, Aaron Burr, Benedict Arnold, Percy Shelley and Charles Dickens.

Wm. Collins Sons & Co., Ontario. 1959. First Edition stated. 303 pages. The signed names of both the author and illustrator (Gordon Fairbairn) appear on the title page under their printed names. The green covers are in good condition, with mild bumping and color loss around the edges. Title and author in gold on spine. The dust jacket is quite worn and frayed, with noticeable loss especially along the top and bottom of the front and spine. The front end paper has 4-5 lines of writing crossed out with black marker along the top portion of the page. Otherwise, the interior pages are generally clean and bright with no writing. The 4 full-page color illustrations of fish by Fairbairn are in excellent condition (arctic grayling, brook trout, smallmouth bass, northern pike). The book also contains numerous black and white illustrations of many fish species.