Search Results: Authors starting with W from Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC

London, England: W. Kent & Co. (Late D. Bogue), 1858. Second British Edition. Hardcover. Good. Duodecimo, 7" tall, 227 pages + 40 ads; green embossed cloth with gilt titles on spine. Includes a 40-page publisher's annual catalog dated January 1858. BAL 12121. An early printing. A good plus, clean solid original copy with exterior green cloth discolored to a brown tone along the back strip and top margins, gilt only lightly dimmed, top inch of back strip separating and chipping, internally very good, binding sturdy, paper lightly yellowed with previous owner's name (the Chalmers family of Longcroft in Scotland) on reverse of front free endpaper.

Bobbs-Merrill : Indianapolis, 1903. First thus. Hardcover. Very Good minus/Without dust jacket. Sold as a good reading copy only. Quarto, 9 7/8" tall, 153 pages with intertextual illustration throughout, gilt titles on a decorated grey cloth cover. A good copy overall, with moderate shelf wear, light exterior soiling, cover rubbed at all corners, binding solid but shaken, paper lightly yellowed with occasional finger marks. Without dust jacket.

Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 357 pages, blue cloth. A very good+, clean, hardcover first edition, first printing, with light bumping to the fore corners, hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good dust jacket with minor wear at the folds and at the ends of the backstrip, and with original price present

Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Without dust jacket, if issued. Signed and inscribed by the author on the endpaper. Folio, 15" tall, 26 pages + 25 double page color maps printed one side only, green printed boards. A good, generally clean, neat sturdy hard cover with significant shelf wear, moderate exterior soiling, several pieces of scotch tape applied to spine due to chipping at some ancient time, edges of boards rubbed through; but interior very good minus, binding solid, maps still bright, though paper light to moderately yellowed, only light foxing scattered throughout. Please note: this is a larger and heavier volume and will require some additional postage.

Little Rock, Arkansas: August House Publishers, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by author on front free end paper and with inscription to a previous owner. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 178 pages. A near fine, clean, hardcover first edition with light shelf wear, light foxing to the top fore-edge, hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a very good, clean, lightly edge worn dust jacket, with original price.

Plaidswede Pub, 2004-10-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by the author on the title page and inscribed to a previous owner. Complete unto itself, this is the first of a two part biography. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, xiv + 321 pages, gray cloth. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with little shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, paper cream white. In a fine, lightly worn dust jacket.

Scribner; NY, 2009-10-06. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 272 pages, red and black boards. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover with little shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, paper white. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket with light shelf wear and the original price clipped.

New York, New York: Bruce Elliott, 1943-62. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 100 original issues as published--an incomplete run (with one or two aditional). Octavo, 11" tall, single fold, continuous pagination, 4 pages per issue, self wraps. Very good, clean, neat copies overall with minor shelf wear, some slight occasional exterior soiling, and minor yellowing. A mostly bi-weekly magazine for magicians, amateur and professional. Articles on magic tricks by Elliott and 100 other magicians

Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1963. First thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Without dust jacket as issued. 12mo 6 7/8" tall, lxii + 253 pages, gilt top fore-edge, gilt titles on decorated blue cloth. A near fine, clean, neat, hardcover with little shelf wear, very slight foxing to the cover cloth, binding tight, paper cream white. Issued without dust jacket.

London, England: George P. Putnam, 1850. First thus. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 7 1/4" tall, vii + 386 pages; three-quarter calf over marbled boards. A good copy only, as is, exterior worn, front cover loose, spine leather chipping at edges, fore-corner tips through to boards, internally very good, binding solid, paper clean and lightly yellowed. Useful as is but his binding could be restored and is priced accordingly

New York, New York: Harcourt, Brace: NY, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover--cloth. Very Good/Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 186 pages, black cloth. A very good minus, generally clean, sturdy hard cover first with minor shelf wear and rubbing at the corners; hinges and binding tight, paper lightly yellowed with some light foxing to the endpapers and fore-edges, and a publisher's review slip affixed to the front endpaper. In a good, moderately edge worn dust jacket with chipping the the folds, light soiling, and with the original price present.

New York, New York: Random House; NY, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 274 pages, green cloth, gilt titles on spine. A near fine, clean hardcover first edition, first printing with minor shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good, moderately edge worn dust jacket, with small chips at the folds, 1/2 chip at top back panel, with original price. "A dramatic and suspenseful novel set in a small coastal town in Maine.

Yale University Art Gallery, 1988-09-10. First Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Quarto, 10 1/4" tall, xv + 483 pages with color illustration throughout, red-brown cloth. A fine, clean, neat hard cover with light shelf wear, binding tight, paper white. In a fine, lightly worn dust jacket. Because of size and weight, this volume will require some additional postage,

New York, New York: Henry Holt; NY, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 301 pages, gray boards. A near fine, clean, lightly worn hard cover first edition ; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, lightly edge worn dust jacket, with a slight nick to the back strip, and with the original price.

W. W. Norton & Company; NY, 1947. Early printing. Hardcover. Very Good minus/Very Good minus. Octavo, 8 1/4 " tall, 383 pages, gray cloth with blue lettering and decoration on spine. A very good, sturdy and clean early printing, with minor shelf wear; hinges and binding solid, BUT paper light to moderately yellowed with a previous owner's name penned on the front endpaper. In a very good minus, lightly edge worn dust jacket with slight chipping at the fold edges, some darkening to the back strip, with the original price present.

New York, New York: George P. Putnam, 1850. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good. This is an ex-library volume with markings to the spine, bottom fore-edge and endpapers. Duodecimo, 7 3/4" tall, xii + 467 pages, gilt spine titles on blind stamped brown cloth. A good copy overall with significant exterior wear, fore-corner tips through to boards, spine cloth frayed at top and bottom edges, foxing to endpapers and hinges broken and reglued (not correctly), but interior is very good, binding is solid, paper clean, lightly yellowed and still supple. This volume could be rebound and priced accordingly. Still an excellent reading copy as is.

Riverhead Books, 2014-09-16. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 566 pages, gray boards. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover with light shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, with slight soiling to the fore-edges. In a fine, lightly worn dust jacket with light shelf wear and the original price present

London, England: T. Davison and T. Gillet for R. Phillips, 1800. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. An Universal Biographical and Historical Dictionary; containing a faithful account of the lives, actions, and characters of the most eminent persons of all ages and all countries; also the revolutions of the states and the successions of sovereign princes, ancient and modern, collected from the best authorities by John Watkins. This scarce volume is in difficult condition and priced accordingly. Octavo, 8 2/3" tall, unpaginated (approx 700 pages), three-quarter leather over boards. A fair copy overall, covers loose, back strip missing, binding broken into two halves, signatures divided about mid-book. BUT internally fairly clean and paper light to moderately yellowed and not fragile, leaving the possibility of rebounding.

Houghton Mifflin; Boston, 1896. First thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Without dust jacket (if issue. This is, in our estimation, the most beautiful edition of Cape Cod, with a gilt and blind stamped art-nouveau cover design and the delicate and completely appropriate color vignettes by Watson scattered throughout. This example is in very good condition only with its flaws. 2 volumes, octavo, 7 1/2" tall, vol. 1: color frontispiece + vii + 173 pages; vol. 2: color frontispiece + 208 pages with index, gilt top fore-edges, titles and decorations on olive-green cloth. A very good, generally clean, neat original hardcover edition with minor shelf wear but cloth color faded at the spines; binding tight, paper lightly yellowed. Without dust jacket

Toronto, Canada: The Coach House Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good minus/Good. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 62 pages, black cloth. very good, clean, sturdy, hard cover copy over all with minor shelf wear, but slight dampstaining to the bottom cover edges (not interior); hinges and binding tight, paper cream white with some foxing to the top fore-edge. In a good, moderately worn dust jacket, rubbed at the corners.