Search Results: Titles starting with W from G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA

Chicago: S.C. Griggs and Company. Good. 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 357 pgs. Green cloth, a bit of fraying to head and tail of spine with slight wear at corners; bookplate on front pastedown; paper tanned at edges; both front and back hinges have had some glue repair, otherwise appears to be a serviceable copy. .

[Chicago]: Univ. Of Chicago Press. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 199 pgs. Gilt decorated red cloth, jacket with very light wear at extremities, one 1/4" closed tear near the head of spine. One of England's most prominent social historians, recounts the story of the Victoria Wine Company's growth. Illustrated with black & white and color photos as well as drawings, maps and charts. Fine in Very Good + dj, in mylar Wrap .

NY: Galahad. Very Good. 1969. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. .

London: Enitharmon Press. Very Good. 1970. Softcover. 0901111120 . Oblong 12mo; gray self-wraps printed in black. Covers darkened across top third front, bottom edge front, back edge top. No. Frontis, reproducing etching by Samuel Palmer laid down; 70 of 185 copies, signed by the author on colophon.; Signed by Author(s) .

N. Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 038511284X . White jacket with mild soil to spine and edges; sticker shadow on spine. ; Black cloth back lettered in gilt, and paper over boards. The previous owner was an investigator of organized crime with the Dept. Of Justice, and has written out a 16 page index of names in the text consecutively , with pages where they appear, from Rickles, Don p. 1, 4 to Jay Goldberg p. 348. Many names can be recognised from the annals of crime, finance, and show biz. ; 8.0 X 5.8 X 1.2 inches; 367 pages .

N.Y.: D. Appleton-Century Co.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1938. Later Printing. Hardcover. 439 pp., portrait frontis; 8vo; blue cloth; illustrated with black & white photographs and other reproductions. Moderate foxing to bottom edge. In dust jacket with rubbing at edges, but nicely perserved under mylar wrap. .

Vantage Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth, in white dust jacket with moderate wear and soil. In protective mylar wrap. Carey, born in the United Kingdom in 1893, was taken to China when he was 10 years old, later being associated with the Shell-Royal Dutch Group, during which time he traveled extensively through China. During the Japanese occupation he was involved with many efforts to bring relief to the Allied nationals.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall .

Akron, OH: The Werner Company. Very Good. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Leading corners bumped; top edge of rear endpaper with a slight scuff. ; Illustrated green cloth lettered in gilt. Bookplate on front pastedown: "From the Library of Fontland Farm In Memory of Harry H. Edgerton" . . . Signed by Mrs. H. H. Edgerton. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 209 pages .

Warsaw: Polonia Publishing House. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. [1960]. Hardcover. Hint of toning to cloth at very edges. Jacket with creases & tears at edges, half-inch loss at both spine ends; areas of soil or ink spotting back of jacket. In protective mylar wrap. ; Beige cloth lettered in black. In pictorial red jacket. Divided into two sections, Book One, Siege, originally published in 1940 is the larger of the two with an introduction and captions by Maurice Hindus. Forty pages of text followed by 95 plates containing half-tone and gravure photographs. Book Two, Warsaw Revisited with 12 pages of new pictures taken in 1959 by Bryan. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 178 pages .

Chicago: Quadrangle. Near Fine. 1969. Hardcover. 192 pp., includes notes and bibliography of suggested reading; 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Very light cover wear. .

N.Y.: Leo Von Rosenberg. Very Good. 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex- Western Society of Engineers, and Mechanics Institute Libraries. Rebound in blue cloth with original gilt stamped front cover laid down; spine stamped in gilt, including call number. Mechanics bookplate front endpaper; Western Society of Engineers handstamps on half-title, and upper leading corner of title page; mercifully no stamps noted on plates. A clean solid copy thus. .

San Francisco: June 30, 1906. Very Good. 1906. 8 pps.,; 22" x 15"; articles, directory, advertisements. Chipped at edges; 2 " horizontal tear from foredge at fold. Newsprint is good quality and clean with no tanning. First page devoted to Public Man and Affairs followed by pages of more general news, "Men and Women", "Facts and Comment." Of particular interest is the New Directory of San Francisco and Oakland," on pages 4 thru 6. "Owing to the constant changes to location by thousands of firms that have been burned out, a book directory will be misleading for many months to come. The Wasp has made arrangements to publish a Complete Weekly Directory of leading Business Firms of San Francisco regardless of their location on this side of the bay or in Oakland." Includes Municipal Offices and Judiciary; Miscellaneous; and an extensive alphabetized list of businesses by name, activity and address. .

San Francisco: June 23, 1906. Fair. 1906. 8 pps.,; 22" x 15"; articles, directory, advertisements. Chipped at edges; tears along horizontal fold of front page in middle; tearing also at top of vertical fold line at top edge 2" into masthead; jagged tear along 5" section of back page through 2 ads. Newsprint is good quality and clean with no tanning. First page devoted to Public Man and Affairs followed by pages of more general news, "Men and Women", "Facts and Comment." Of particular interest is the New Directory of San Francisco and Oakland," on pages 4 thru 6. "Owing to the constant changes to location by thousands of firms that have been burned out, a book directory will be misleading for many months to come. The Wasp has made arrangements to publish a Complete Weekly Directory of leading Business Firms of San Francisco regardless of their location on this side of the bay or in Oakland." Includes Municipal Offices and Judiciary;… Read More

New Delhi: Rangwang Publishers. Very Good. (c. 1986). Softcover. Small numbers in pen top edge front endpaper; minor cover wear. ; Blue wrappers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages .

N.Y.: The Scott Society no date (c1905). Very Good. 1905. Edition De Luxe. Hardcover. Limited edition of 750 copies privately printed for members of the Scott Society. 25 volumes; 8vo; half red morocco, marbled red paper over boards; spine lettered and decorated in gilt; top edges gilt; marbled pastedowns & endpapers, with strong, cloth hinges. Frontis illustration in each volume with tissue guards; each volume with numerous plate illustrations. Moderate rubbing to tops and bottoms of spines; occasional rubbing to edges with one leading edge rubbed through to board; most front corner tips with some bumping and rubbing, a few tips just rubbed through to board. [v. 1.] Waverley; [v. 2.] Guy Mannerling; [v. 3.] The Antiquary;[v. 4.] Rob Roy; [v. 5.] Old mortality; [v. 6.] Black Dwarf. A Legend of Montrose; [v. 7] The Heart of MidLothian; [v. 8] The Bride of Lammermoor; [v. 9] Ivanhoe; [v. 10] The Monastery: [v. 11] The Abbot; [v. 12] Kenilworth; [v. 13] The Pirate; [v. 14] The Fortunes of… Read More

Fresno: Panorama West Books. Fine. 1987. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 165pp., includes index; 4o; cloth in tan dust jacket with moderate handling soil to extremities. Near Fine , with protective mylar wrap .

London: Constable. Very Good. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth, lettered in gilt with cover illustration in gilt by Walter Crane. Light rubbing to corners; minor soil.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall .

(Stockton): Society 1982 1954; 1955. Fine. 1982. Softcover. 170pp., frontis; 4to; wrappers; illustrated with maps including 3 folding; other historical reproductions. Ups and Dowens of A Ole Calafornaen, a biographical sketch by Henry Comes Banta, 1835-1919; 8vo, yellow wrappers; tipped in facsimile of first page in the diary. Captain Weber, reprint from The Pacific Historian, 1976.; The Youth of Weber, a Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies Monograph No. VIII. .

New York: Harper & Brothers. Near Fine. 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Trivial wear at top of spine and leading top corner tips. ; Pebbled blue cloth lettered and docorated in gilt; two pages of publisher's ads in front, eleven ads in rear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 299 pages .

Aperture. As New. 1997. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. 2020298074 . 95 pages, chiefly photographs with an essay by Allene Talmey.; square 8vo; dust jacket. Still in original publisher's shrinkwrap. From the Aperture masters of photography series. .