Search Results: Titles starting with W from Elk River Books

Wailuku, Maui: Hawaii: David Sandell, 1988 & 1989. Spiral bound. Two black and white spiral-bound calendars by Maui artist David Sandell. Each measures 48 x 28 cm, with illustrated covers, each month illustrated by Sandell's distinctive work. Both with moderate edgewear, 1988 with staining throughout.Months and days of the week are given in both Hawaiian and English; holidays and local personalities' birthdays are noted. A native of southern California, Sandell got his start drawing what he called "atrocious cartoons" for the Lahaina Sun in the early 1970s, eventually branching into more structured drawing, painting and t-shirt production. Maui Magazine describes Sandell's work during this period as "vivid reminders of a time when island life as free and loose and unpredictable as hippies on mushrooms. ... As Henri Toulouse-Lautrec was to Partisian cafe society in the 1880s, so David Sandell was to Maui a century later - the intrepid chronicler of a beau monde fueled by passionate creativity,… Read More

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (24.5cm), pp. 223. Black boards with silver text on spine. Full color photographs throughout. Some minor scratching on dust jacket.

Salt Lake City: Dream Garden Press, 2005. Hardcover. Fine. R. Crumb. Octavo (22 cm), pp. 200. Limited edition (500 copies). Signed by author on limitation page. Brown cloth boards with R. Crumb's drawing of George Washington Hayduke blindstamped on front board, silver spine text. Limited/numbered print of the same drawing, signed by Peacock, laid-in. Hayduke, the hero of Edward Abbey's eco-sabotage classics The Monkey Wrench Gang and Hayduke Lives!, was based on Peacock; and this memoir, in part, chronicles Peacock and Abbey's friendship.

Eastern Washington University Press, 2005. Second Printing. Paperback. New. Signed by author. Octavo (22 cm), pp. 196. Illustrated wraps. Brand new. Peacock's eagerly awaited tale brings us epic personalities, traumatizing war, grizzly bears, and wildass adventure. "Peacock's life makes nearly all of the environmental movement look like an upper class bridge tournament." --Jim Harrison

Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. Paperback. Fine. Octavo (21.5 cm), pp. 313. Uncorrected page proofs in blue wrappers with black lettering. Immaculate condition. Volume 8 in the Literature of the West Series, edited by William Kittredge, Wamba was Crawford's 12th novel. Jim Harrison called it, "a startling and beautiful novel written with a lucid density of character and style rarely seen nowadays."

Sussex, England: Harvester Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Octavo (22.5 cm), pp. Orange cloth with gilt spine titling. Orange, white and black jacket. Slight bumping and edge wear, else fine. "This impressive book is the first detailed study of the Amicable Grant of 1525--a key event in Tudor history. ... a study of the Tudor government at its most ambitious and its least effective."

Ventura, CA: Patagonia Books, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. New. Octavo (22 cm), pp. 304. From Publisher's Weekly: "Naturalist and explorer Peacock presents a captivating retrospective on his life in the wild. Using vivid imagery, he reflects on humanity's relationship with the natural world, his tour of duty in Vietnam, living among Grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park, and, appropriately, mortality. Each memory encapsulates Peacock's profound compassion for humans and animals alike, and his deep sense of responsibility." No jacket as issued.

Toronto: Stoddart, 1989. First Canadian Edition. Paperback. Near fine. Signed by author on half-title page. Octavo (22.4 cm), pp. 311. Illustrated wraps, blue endpapers. Map frontispiece. Vignette illustrations throughout by Marypat Zitzer. Slight spine creasing, else fine. The account of Kellselheim and Zitzer's 416-day canoe journey through Canada's northern wilderness.

Bethesda, MD: The Wildlife Society, 1982. Paperback. Very good. Dean Rocky Barrick. Quarto (25.5 cm), pp. 1,328. Unknown edition. Pictorial wraps. Covers have light edge wear, former owner's name on half title page and on text block. Sticker on spine.

Columbia, MO: Gaylord Memorial Laboratory -- University of Missouri, 2004. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine. Quarto (27.5 cm), pp. [ii], iii - xxii, [1], 2 - 180. Stiff white wraps with black text and illustration of Canada Geese. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos, maps and charts. Extensive works cited list. Raveling served as Professor of Wildlife and Fisheries Biology at the University of California, Davis from 1971-1991. His papers are held at the Special Collections Library at UC Davis. OCLC only lists 5 library copies worldwide, currently no other copies are listed for sale online. Light smudging to wraps, else fine.

Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1893-94. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo (23 cm). Twenty volumes of 48. Edition de Luxe limited to 1000 copies of which this partial set is number 290. Beautifully bound in blue half leather with gilt and red floral decorations, gilt spine titling and floral decorations, five raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Frontispieces and several plates of etchings in each volume, with captioned tissue guards. "This copy has been printed and specially bound for Mrs. George Skofield" printed on front free endpaper of one of the volumes. Light edge wear and bumping, spines are faded. Bookplates of Thomas Jefferson Murray on inside front of each volume. Volumes included: The Antiquary (1), The Antiquary (2), Rob Roy (1), Rob Roy (2), The Bride of Lammermoor (1), The Bride of Lammermoor (2)/The Black Dwarf, The Monastery (1), The Monastery (2), The Abbot (1), The Abbot (2), Peveril of the Peak (1), Peveral of the Peak (2), St. Ronan's Well (1),… Read More

Berkeley: Frog, Ltd., 1994. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Octavo (23.5 cm), pp. 319. Second printing. Signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper: "For ---, my heart-friend, in the fire of the heart. Yours, Andrew Harvey, October '98." Red cloth boards with gilt spine text. Red jacket with white text and gold illustrations. Bumping to spine ends, light smudging to text block and edge wear to jacket.

University of Arizona Press, 1987. Paperback. Very good. Quarto (27.5cm), pp. 205. Black, white and color photos.

New York: St. Martin's Press, February 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo (21.5 cm), pp. 310. Blue boards with silver spine text. Includes publisher's promo sheet.

Winston-Salem, NC: Press 53, 2012. First edition. Paperback. Fine/fine. Octavo (22cm), pp. 201.

New York: Littlebooks Library, 1919. Staplebound. Very good. 12mo (17 cm), pp. 63. Dark brown wrappers, with copper titling discolored in places. Introductory remarks promise a new volume of the Littlebooks series every month (sold at 25 cents each), each "written by a man who knows his subject from A to Z." But it appears only two booklets were ever produced (the first being "The Poison in America's Cup,") both authored by Francis, an apparent socialist and anti-war advocate.

New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (24cm), pp. 746. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Edges and corners of boards show slight rubbing and bumping. Dust jacket slightly curled at edges, shows rubbing. Includes color maps and family tree. Book has black cloth bookmark.

Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Octavo (23 cm), pp. x, 164. Yellow cloth boards with black stamped titling, pictorial jacket. Yellow endpapers. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Edge wear, chipping and rubbing to jacket, else fine. Iconic Montana author Dorothy Johnson recounts her childhood in the mountain town of Whitefish.

Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Association copy, signed on front free endpaper, with a handwritten, signed note (ALS) from Johnson to author and historian, Charles Leland Sonnichsen: "This is what it was like in Western Montana -- maybe different from Minnesota? Best wishes to C.L. Sonnichsen, known as Doc, Dorothy M. Johnson." Octavo (23 cm), pp. x, 164. Yellow cloth boards with black stamped titling, pictorial jacket. Yellow endpapers. Slight bumping to foot of spine, slight wear to jacket, else fine. Iconic Montana author Dorothy Johnson recounts her childhood in the mountain town of Whitefish.

Pronghorn Press, 2008. Paperback. Near fine. Octavo (23cm), pp. 411. Inscribed and signed by author "To my friend Doug, may justice always be served" on title page.