Search Results: Authors starting with W from Lindas Rare Books

Thomas Payne and Benjamin and John White, 1795 Small 8vo. Rubbing to boards and spine. Some foxing to interior. Otherwise a very nicely preserved copy. List of errata in back. Small bookplate on pastedown.

Avon, 1947 Pages are browning with age, some wear but tight binding and clean of any marks. Nice copy of this rare pulp fiction First Edition paperback. Great cover picture.

David McKay Green boards with gilt title. Spine is darkened, Front board has white dot. Book has general edgewear and bumped corners. Interior is clean and tight."The Publishers acknowledge the courtesy of Messrs John Lane the Bodley Head, Limited, in permitting the use of their edition edited by Richard Le Gallienne, first published in 1897. The text is from the fifth edition of 1676, the last to be revised by the author, but the spelling is modernized."

Frederick Warne, 1976 Red boards have some minor fading and bumping to edges. DJ has some soiling. Price intact. Protected in mylar. Very entertaining story of a small boy moving to a new neighborhood.

Golden Press, 1963 A Little Golden Book. #508 and 29 cents cover price on front, 1st printing with "A" on last page.. Book has rubbing (white spots) and some chipping on back, sticker remnant on front and some edgewear. Pages have no writing and binding is tight.

Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1973 Stated fifth impression. Front book board has some soiling.. Interior is clean and tight. DJ has chipping, mostly to spine, some soiling. First in the series. Great illustrations and cute story.

Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1975 Appears to be a first printing. Book has light soiling to front endpaper, some bumping to extremities. Interior is clean and tight. DJ has chipping, some rubbing and toning. Great illustrations and cute story of this series.

Viking Press, 1937 Book has some toning to endpapers and light soiling to edge of boards by in spine indent. DJ has soiling/toning to back, some chipping to extremities and spine tips and a bit of rubbing along spine and book edge. Still bright and protected in mylar.

Macmillan, 1917 Reprinted September, 1917 (same year as first printing). Bright red cloth covers with gilt lettering. Slight soiling and rubbing to boards. Interior is clean with uncut paper. Ads in back.

George G. Harrap Decorative beige boards have light bumping to corners and spine tips. Front title page has toning. Two dots on decorative title page. Pages uncut . Profusely illustrated with some tipped in plates. Interior is clean and binding is tight. Musical scores. Music by Alfred Mereer. No date indicated. Possible first.

Sherman, French & Company, 1911 Dark green boards. Paper label on spine is rubbed. Pages uncut. Top gilt. Owner's name light in pencil on front endpaper. Pages clean and binding tight. Original description and order form laid in.

Albert and Charles Bon, 1930 Top stained. Book has minor rubbing to spine and light discoloration to back board. Interior is bright, clean and tight. DJ has chipping to edges, tear to front flap, darkening of spine, some rubbing. Price intact. Protected in mylar.

Whitman Books, 1956 Tell A Tale Books. Covers have rubbing to spine and a bit of edgewear. Interior is clean and tight. Nice copy of this adorable rare book about a pancake that got away.

Doubleday & Co., 1975 Stated first. Book has a lean. Toning to endpapers. Some bumping to spine tips. DJ has some chipping mostly to edges. Interior is clean and tight. Signed boldly on front free endpaper. DJ is protected in mylar.

New Directions Pub. Corp, 1985 Introduction by Gore Vidal. Large heavy 8vo. Some creasing and toning to DJ. Price intact. Blue book boards have some fading. Book has a long inscription from author Erica Jong. It covers three pages and is signed by her. Rest of the book is clean and tight.

New York: Random House, 1945 Stated First Printing. Red brick colored cloth boards, top stained. Photo frontispiece. Blue Cloth, gilt lettering on the spine. Light toning to the pages, otherwise clean internally. DJ has some edgewea, mostly to top and is price clipped. The original cast list is present..

New Directions, 1956 Bright yellow boards with gilt on spine. There is a dent on the front board. Interior is clean and tight with slight soiling on bottom text block and owner's signature on front pastedown. DJ has minor chipping/creasing head and foot of spine and slightly chipped on corners, some soiling on rear panel. Protected in mylar.

New Directions, 1966 DJ has some soiling to back and spine. Price intact. Protected in mylar. Book is clean and tight with minimal rubbing to extremities.

Cherokee Press Publication, 1945 DJ has chipping to corner, rubbing, chipping and soiling. Protected in mylar. Book has rubbing to edges, a bit of soiling to some pages and owner inscription on title page. Adorable illustrations.

Simon & Schuster First with "A" on last page. Book has some rubbing to edges. Light soiling to back. Interior is unmarked, clean and tight. Very nice well preserved copy.