Search Results: Authors starting with W from Certain Books, ABAA

N.Y.: The Osborne Co., 1903. Advertising blotter; 3" x 6" approximate size; for this Long Island electrical contractor; "Electrical Installations and Repairs of Every Description Promptly Attended to. Hardware, Devoe Paints Oils and Glass. Electrical Supplies.."; with the color image of a painting of a woman in nautical garb by John De Yongh (1856-1917), American portrait painter from New Rochelle (WWW 1999); number '23' next to painter's name; light wear, some dustiness; good condition.. Soft Cover. Good.

An enigmatic piece, with eye, fan, tarot card, shapes and colored designs juxtaposed; small square etching, approx. 2 3/4", on a much larger paper; signed at bottom of piece "E/A Anneliese Walliser '82" in pencil; surronding paper with light wear to surface, a little edgewear, little bit of spottines outside of the art; very good condition, interesting artwork.. Signed by Illustrator. Very Good.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. x + 356 pages; (from the dustjacket): "...exquisitely wrought novel...a story rich with overtones...rank with the best of Mr. Walpole's novels."; Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884-1941) English novelist; "First Edition" stated on copyright page; illustrated endpapers; small bookseller's ticket on endpaper; some edge, tips wear to jacket; volume in very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Geo. Kirchner & Co. Photograph of portrait of author Scott; Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) Scottish novelist and poet of the Romantic period; part of Bruckmann's Collection; no date, circa 19th c. albumen; some edge, tips wear to edges, tips, couple of chips, dustiness; good condition.. Good.

Norby Walters Small folding tent-style Snack Menu After 10 P.M. for Norby Walters restaurant; approx. 3 1/4" x 5 1/2" size; with cartoon drawing portrait of Walters; no date but circa 1960s;, jumbo shrimp cocktail advertised at $ 1.35; a little wear and soiling; very good condition.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Times & Rand, McNally & Co., 1899. Color map, showing British territory, Orange Free State, South African Republic and inset map of the entire Cape geography landmass & political designations. Printed one side only; approx. 14" x 21" overall size, old fold lines, closed tears, edge-crinkling; in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: Shipped rolled for safety.. Map. Good.

Printed type Stereoviews of these WW I scenes; no photographic studio or date; appears to be of American troops; some edge, tips wear, soiling; good condition.. Good.

Black & white; postally unused; light wear; no date but circa 1940s; 2 pinholes at top and bottom of card, unobtrusive; very good condition.. Very Good.

Black & white; postally unused; light wear; no date but circa 1940s; 2 pinholes at top and bottom of card, unobtrusive; very good condition.. Very Good.

Meadville Pennsyvlania: Keystone View Company Stereoview of this WW I scene, Keystone # 18098; slight wear; very good condition.. Very Good.

Black & white; postally unused; light wear; no date but circa 1940s; 2 pinholes at top and bottom of card, unobtrusive; very good condition.. Very Good.

Rochester, New York: The Lawyers Co-Operative Publishing Company, 1955. Covering the statutes 1-621 & 622 - 913, totalling 1,136 pages; with useful index at back; affectionately inscribed and signed in the year of publication by the author to his son; J. Louis Warm (d. 2002) an attorney in Cincinnati for 70 years; bound in the original red cloth with gilt cover and spine titles, top edge gilt; some edge, tips wear to boards; in very good condition.. Presentation By Author. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Boston: Wright & Potter, State Printer, 1867. "The Ideas and Feelings necessary to national Greatness"; Sermon delivered Wednesday, Jan. 2, 1867; 50 pages; original light gray paper wraps; some spine ends, edge, tips wear to binding; a very good copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press , 1991. xiii + 351 pages; useful index, map endpapers. Color, black and white illustrations; preface by William H. Grover. Various essays: on Darwin & marine biology; classical genetics, Mendel; quantitative biology, microbial genetics, molecular biology, tumor virology, recombinant DNA, human genome, all concerning the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's works. Approx. 11" square; some light edge, tips wear to dustjacket, price clipped; volume in very good condition and a good reference to the laboratory, its scientific work and its historic buildings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Bahamas: Muira Enterprises Limited, 1969. 59 pages; illustrated in colors by Lyall Watson. Limited edition # 82 of 500, signed by the author and the illustrator. Additionally inscribed and signed by the publisher on the limitation page, "To Rose, with love from the publisher Jeremy". Printed and Designed By the Compton Press, Compton Chamberlayne, Salisbury (England). Approx.5 1/2" x 8 1/2" size; black cloth binding, gilt illustrated and spine titles. Some edge & tips wear to the boards; in very good condition.. Signed by Author. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Lyall Watson.

London: MacMillan and Co., 1920. xv + 36 pages + 2 (unopened) pages publisher's announcements at back; contains in addition to the Sapphic pieces & fragments the author's rendition of Pervigilium Veneris.The Vigil of Venus made from the text adopted by Dr. Mackail; Barnicott and Pearce Printers; with bookplate of noted Browning collector Ella B. Hallock on front endpaper; original blue cloth binding, gilt spine & cover titles; some edge, tips and spine ends wear, titles dulled a bit; very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: Geo. Kirchner & Co. Photograph of portrait of Weber; probably Karl Maria Von Weber (1786-1826) German composer best known for his romantic operas; part of Bruckmann's Collection; no date, circa 19th c. albumen; some wear to tips & edges, dustiness, a few chips to top of card; good condition.. Good.

Waterville, Maine: Colby College Press, 1949. xi + 105 pages, index; list of Colby College Monographs at back; this being No. 18 of the series; limited edition of 300 copies printed at The Anthoensen Press Portland Maine; Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) American author, gave permanence in her writings to a disappearing order of New England, the remote provincial life which had lingered a few years after the dissolution of the West Indian trade before being engulfed by the new civilization of smoke and steam. The artistic discipline displayed in her sketches of villages and villagers is possibly the most impressive quality in her achievement.(DAB); bound in sturdy green & white buckram cloth covered boards, gilt spine titles; light wear and in very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York, N.Y.: Press of the Historical Society, 1852. 57 pages. One of the last speeches of Daniel Webster (1782 - 1852) American lawyer & statesman. "...Websters remarkable political, diplomatic, and legal careers were aided by his intellectual brilliance and personal magnetism. He contributed significantly to the concept of American nationality, to the idea of a perpetual Union, to perspectives on economic growth, to a modern legal system, and to the rising importance of the United States in foreign relations..." (Maurice G. Baxter in the ANB) Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" size; no covers; most probably taken from a larger bound volume. Foxing and spotting on beginning and ending leaves; still solidly sewn; in good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good.

Liepzig: Insel Verlag, 1922. 493 pages; black and white frontispiece illustration and other portraits throughout the text; German language; Wilhelm (Schnarrenberger) Weigand (1862-1949) German Neoromanticism and Realism period poet and writer; bound in marbled paper covered boards, leather spine and corners, gilt decorated spine covering, remains of old silk page-marker, all edges tinted yellow; some edge, tips wear to the binding; contents in very good condition.. Zweite Auflage. Leather Binding. Very Good.