Search Results: Titles starting with W from Glenn Books

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1923. Slight spine wear, front cover illustration bright. Dust jacket spine darkened and 1/2" loss at head and tail. L-W code on copyright page. Gift inscription on front free endpaper dated Dec. 25, 1923. "This is the story of a man who believes himself guilty of a terrible crime and who goes into the solitude of the Great American Desert to expiate it". (From the front blurb).419pp.. First Edition.. Orange Cloth.. Minor Edge Wear/Chipped Dust Jacket. Octavo.

Harper's Weekly, 1861. The plate and glass framed and double-matted. This is page 679 from Harper's Weekly dated October 26, 1861. Top half of the plate shows the war balloon. The bottom half shows General Fremont's camp near Jefferson City, Missouri.. Both have been hand-colored. See photo. Light old tape stain at right upper corner. We have not removed the plate from the frame. .

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1999. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk bookmark sewn-in. A copy of Notes From The Archives laid-in. Illustrated by Joe Mugnaini with an introduction by J.B. Priestley. First published in book form in 1898. Wells (1866-1946) was a noted English writer and novelist, well-known for his science fiction books. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. 188pp.. The Collector's Library of Famous Editio. Full Burgundy Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Large Octavo.

London, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydne: Cassell and Company, 1946. Covers and spine lettered in black. A collection of fifty-two of Churchill war speeches, from June 17, 1940 to August 16, 1945. Very few copies seem to have survived, usually found quite tattered with loose or missing pages. This copy has held up remarkably well. The covers have inner flaps front and back. Paper is a bit toned through the text. Woods A113.271pp. Please see photos. . First Collected Edition. Blue Wrappers. Light edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Medium Crown Octavo.

London: Cassell and Company, 1951. THREE VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. Spines lettered in gilt. Compiled by Charles Eade. Volume 1 was published in 1951, volumes 2 and 3 in 1952. Dust jackets are not price-clipped, show very light soiling, small chip at top of spine of Volume 3. 483, 560, 578 pp. Woods A136. . First British Edition. Deep Blue Cloth. Nearly Fine/Light Soil and Chipping.. Royal Octavo.

Kansas City: Franklin Hudson Publishing Company, 1906. Spine lettered in gilt. Gilt medal on front cover. A series of 19 papers read before the Kansas Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Some titles are, "Kansas in 1861", "What I Saw of Rebel Prisons", "In the Ranks at Shiloh", "At Gettysburg with the Sixth Corps", "A Volunteer at the First Bull Run", "Recollections of an aide-de-camp to Sherman". Inscribed and dated on front pastedown by J.T. Taylor, author of the last mentioned paper. MOLLUS was an organization of Union veterans started in April 1865, just after the death of President Lincoln. It was patterned after the Society of Cincinnati established after the Revolutionary War. The organization contines to this day with descendants of the Original Companions. 391pp.. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Light Edge Wear/No Jacket. Octavo.

London, 1938. Written on Admiralty, Whitehall stationery, 9 1/2" by 7 1/2". Creased to fold into a fourth, to fit envelope. The letter is dated 17 October 1939, just five weeks after he became First Lord of the Admiralty on 3 September 1939, the day that Great Britain declared war on Nazi Germany. The letter is addressed to Commander C.D.O. Shakespear, Royal Navy, expressing pleasure at hearing from him again and knowing that he is serving "in the present emergency". Further states "It is indeed a long time since the days when we cruised in the "Venus". In 1908, they toured the colonial possessions in the Mediterranean together on the "Venus", an Eclipse class cruiser commissioned in 1897. They sailed from Malta to Cypress to Port Said, through Red Sea to Aden. We purchased the letter for our client at Sotheby's in London, 24 July 1995, see catalogue item #445. Churchill was also First Lord of the Admiralty form 1911-1915. Please see photo..

Seattle F. McCaffrey & Dogwood Press 1939. Green patterned cloth with map endpapers. A fine copy. A reprint of the edition of 1865, limited to 350 copies of which this is number 2..

Philadelphia The Penn Publishing Company 1925. Cover, spine faded; color illustration on front cover scratched. 8 full-page color illustrations by FRANK SCHOONOVER. Black and white chapter heads. Hinges starting. A story for young people about the life of George Washington. Nicely illustrated. The author also has written books about Lafayette and Joan of Arc. First edition..

London, Edinburgh: T.C And E.C Jack Color onlay front cover. Some soiling of covers, with brown spot near bottom of front cover.Illustrated endpapers. Twelve full-page color illustrations by ANNE ANDERSON. Text illustrations in black and white through the story. A clean copy. First published in 1862-63 as a serial in Macmillan's Magazine. The first book edition was printed in 1863. It was written as part satire in support of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species". 180pp.. Later Edition. Grey Cloth. Corner and Edge Wear/No Dust Jacket. Royal Octavo.

College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1984. Full-page examples of the regional art on recto with descriptions on adjacent pages, many of the illustrations are in color. 131pp. A very clean copy. See photos.. First Edition. Yellow Cloth. Fine/Fine. Oblong Large Octavo.

Frankfort, KY: Whippoorwill Press, 1976. Yellow paper label. One of 200 copies hand-printed by Hill Hamon, illustrated by Daniel T. Koschembahr. A clever story re: the mis-interpretation of the term "W.C.". 7pp.. Limited Edition. Floral Paper0covered Boards. Fine/No Jacket. 2 1/4" x 2 7/8".

New York, London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. Dust jacket chipped at top of spine, no loss of lettering. Front cover and spine gilt remain quite vivid. 48 full-page illustrations. Previous owner's name and address in ink on front pastedown."The famous flier's own story of his life and his transatlantic flight, together with his views on the future oif aviation." . A clean and crisp copy. The second impression was published in the same month as the first impression. 318pp.. First Edition, Second Impression. Blue Cloth. Nearly Fine/Lightly Chipped. Octavo.

Portland, Maine: Mosher Press, 1936. Paper title on front cover. Translated by Edna Worthley Underwood. Portrait frontispiece of the author. Some pages unopened. 17pp.. First Edition.. Green Paper-Covered Boards. Nearly Fine./Glassine Protective Wrapper. Thin Octavo.

London: William Heinemann, Ltd, 1947. Jacket is foxed at top of back flap, as is a bit of the free edge.Priced at 12s 6d net on front blurb. With a preface to this English edition by J.B. Priestley. 642pp.. First British Edition.. Black Cloth. Mild Edge Wear/Chipped Dust Jacket. Octavo.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1996. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk bookmark sewn-in. Color frontispiece illustration. 323pp. + index. First published in 1965. This edition is from the Easton Press Library of Fly-fishing Classics. . Collector's Edition. Full burgundy Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.

Los Angeles, California: Dawson,s Book Shop, 1975. One of 300 copies printed by Richard J. Hoffman. "A selective and descriptive bibliography of books and other materials on the history of printing in the Western States 1822-1975. 12 full-page illustrations. 182 entries in the bibliography. 90pp.. Limited Edition. 1/4 Brown Cloth Over Boards. Nearly Fine/No Jacket. Thin Octavo.

North Kansas City, MO: Industrial Press, 1950. Limited to 525 autographed copies, this being #14. Part of "It Happened In America" series. 149pp. Twenty-two illustrations through the text. A clean and crisp copy in an elusive dust jacket. . Limited, Signed Edition. Purple Cloth. Light edge and Corner Wear/Nearly Fine. Octavo.

St. Louis, Missouri: The Merchant's Exchange, 1890. A publication of 15pp. from Washington University in St. Louis. Divided into two sections; "The westward migration of commerce and manufactures, and the advantages which invite them to a permanent settlement in Missouri" , and "The metropolitan attractions of St. Louis". . Fourth Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Light Soiling and Edge Wear./No Dust Jacket. Thin Octavo.

Fulton, Missouri: The Ovid Bell Press, 1937. Edited by Kate L. Gregg for Schools. Clark's expedition to establish Fort Osage, August 25 to September 22, 1808. A description of the Wilderness, an account of the Building of the Fort, Treaty-making with the Osages, and Clark's return to St. Louis. Frontispiece portrait. Folding map in fine condition. A very clean copy. Book-plate on front pastedown from previous owner. 97pp.. School Edition. Blue Cloth. Almost No Wear/No Dust Jacket. Thin Octavo.