Search Results: Authors starting with W from THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY

AN OLD KIRK CHRONICLE, Blackwood, 1893, first edition, spine somewhat faded, else a tight vg+ copy. Illustrated. 1/200 copies. A history of Auldhame, Tyninghame & Whitekirk in East Lothian, Scotland from session records, 1615-1850. d

Halcyon, or Rod Fishing With Fly Minnow And Worm To Which Is Added A Short And Easy Method Of Dressing Flies With A Description Of Materials Used, Bell and Daldy, 1861, first edition, some light wear to the base of the spine, fingernail size chip missing from the head of the spine taking out the letters in whole or part "YON" of the word Halcyon, wear to the upper fore edge corner tips, else a near vg copy in the publishers original cloth binding with vg+ or better contents. Illustrated with 8 color plates and 4 black & white ones.

JOSEPH WADSWORTH, Privately printed as a souvenir of the dinner tendered by his friends on his eightieth birthday, 1929, first edition, handsomely bound in half-leather, with pasted in photos. A near fine copy detailing Wadsworth's biography and the history of his silk manufacturing company, Doherty & Wadsworth, which began in Paterson, N.J. in 1879.

DESIGNATED HITTER, Arbor House, 1982, first edition, fine in wraps and proof dust-wrapper. Uncorrected proof. By the author of TELEFON.

PRIZE POEMS 1913 -1929, Boni, 1930, first edition, vg in pictorial Rockwell Kent wraps. Contributions by Eliot, Robinson, Sandburg, Benet, Frost, Moore, Williams (first appearance of PATTERSON in book format), Hughes, Cummings, Stevens, et.al.

PRIZE POEMS 1913 -1929, Boni, 1930, first edition, light scattered foxing to the covers, else a tight vg+ or better copy in the pictorial Rockwell Kent cloth binding. Contributions by Eliot, Robinson, Sandburg, Benet, Frost, Moore, Williams (first appearance of PATTERSON in book format), Hughes, Cummings, Stevens, et.al.

PARADE OF PLEASURE, Library Publishers, 1955, first American edition (although apparently bound up from the British sheets), just about fine in vg full color pictorial dust-wrapper. The companion book to Wertham's now classic SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT yet infinitely scarcer. In fact this, the American issue, is a downright rarity! Illustrated. 

THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, H & R, 1986, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper. This multi-award winning play in book form replete with photos of Ms. Tomlin quickly went into many printings.

MYSTIC, MYSTIC, Five Mile Publications, 1976, first edition, fine in photographic wraps and vg+ folded slip case. Excerpts from Captain Joshua Slocum's book "Sailing Alone Around The World" with poetry of Robert N. Slocomb, Jr. and photography by Joseph Wagner.

THE RHINEGOLD & THE VALKYRIE, Heinemann, 1918, light scattered foxing to the page edges and prelims, slight wear to the spine extremities, else vg in gold-gilt lettered and pictorial stamped cloth with 34 full color plates by Arthur Rackham tipped in. Translated by Margaret Armour.

SIEGFRIED & THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS, Heinemann, 1911, first edition thus with these illustrations, short 1/4 inch closed tear to the head of the spine, else a vg copy in the publishers original pictorial binding. Profusely illustrated with 30 full color, full page tipped-in plates Arthur Rackham. THE RING OF THE NIBLUNG #2. Translated by Margaret Armour. From the collection of prominent Canadian fan Michael Glicksohn.

THE RING OF THE NIBLUNG, Heinemann, 1939, first edition thus with these illustrations, some foxing to the page edges, else a bright vg+ or better copy in the publishers original pictorial binding in a vg full color pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and chipping. Profusely illustrated with 48 full color, full page plates Arthur Rackham. Collects THE RHINEGOLD & THE VALKYRIE as well as SIEGFRIED & THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS Translated by Margaret Armour.

A NECESSARY ACTION, Pantheon, 1968, first American edition, some faint scribbling to the f.e.p., else near fine in like dust-wrapper. .

A TRAVELLING WOMAN, Macmillan & Company Limited, 1959, first edition, age toning to the top page edges, else vg+ in like color pictorial dust-wrapper.

FIVE BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF AUTHOR POET JOHN WAIN being THE STARRY HEAVENS by Ellison Hawks (first edition); DIALSTONE LANE by W.W. Jacobs; SELECTED LETTERS OF CHARLES LAMB edited by G. T. Clapton; ANGLO-SAXON POETRY edited by R. K. Gordon & VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE & FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN AND BOOKS by Robert Louis Stevenson. The last 4 volumes are all reprints in vg condition and all 5 volumes have JHohn Wain's ownership signature on the front end-paper.

A WORD CARVED ON A SILL, Routledge & Paul, 1956, first edition, spine a bit tanned, else a vg+ copy. INSCRIBED by the author. From the library of the former premier Walt Whitman collector, bibliophile and philanthropist, Charles Feinberg.

APPROACHES TO NEW YORK in Harpers Magazine for July, 1884, first edition, chipping to spine extremities, else vg in wraps. Also con- tains THE NILE by Trautvetter, et.al. Illustrated.

SACRED PROSTITUTION AND MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE, The Big Dollar Book Co., 1932, fine in a vg pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and chipping. While perhaps of intellectual and curious interest with chapter headings of the title as well as two others, MARRIAGE AMONG PRIMITIVE PEOPLES & ORIGIN OF SERPENT WORSHIP, what may make this volume most desirable is the absolutely stunning erotic art deco design of the front dust-wrapper panel.

COLONEL HUMPIT OF THE 4TH MUSKETEERS in Harpers Monthly for March, 1930, first edition, vg in wraps. Collected in IMAGINE A MAN IN A BOX in 1931. Also contains EMILY DICKINSON'S LITERARY DEBUT by Mabel Loomis Todd, a 10 page essay concerning the first book publication of her poems, et.al.

HEARKEN TO THE EVIDENCE, Doubleday, Doran, 1934, first American edition, a bright vg+ copy in a vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and a small chip missing from the base of the dust-wrapper spine. A murder mystery. Very scarce.