Search Results: Titles starting with W from Auldfarran Books, IOBA

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, undated reprint [London ed. was c1927] 307pp. red cloth 8vo w/paper spine label: Good+/no dj [ink name ffep; edges are age foxed; else a clean, complete & tight copy] A life of the British Liberal Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98) by the prolific biographer Osbert Burdett (1885-1936).

New York: Macmillan, 1975 1st Am. ed. 255pp. illus. mustard cloth sm 8vo w/decoration: Good+ in a Good+ dj in Brodart poly cover [cover cloth is mottled in places; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] 36 essays celebrating the life of Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-73).

New York: Viking. 1991 advance uncorrected proof. 366pp. paperback 8vo: near Fine [bottom corner crease on back cover preceded by several last pp. with a similar crease; touch of top edge foxing; else nrF] A nice collectible proof of this spoof by the founder of Lake Wobegon.

New York: HarperCollins. 1992 1st Am. ed. 290pp. hardback 8vo: near Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover. The prolific English writer Bailey (b. 1933) is always a pleasant travel companion.

The Nature Company/Time Life Books (printed in Singapore), 1995. 288pp. illus. hardback 4to in pictorial boards: Fine in a Very Good dj in Brodart poly cover [dj = tear @ top edge of back cover; else VG] A colorful large format guide to North American flora and fauna.

London: Brockhampton Press, 1995 1st ed. thus. 160pp. illus. hardback folio in pictorial boards: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover. A handsome, huge format volume describing a series of London walks with over 400 illustrations.

Prescott, AZ: Gladstone Publishing, 1989 1st ed. thus. unpaginated illus. paperback 4to: near Fine [a smoker has read this; else unflawed]

Prescott, AZ: Gladstone Publishing, 1988. unpaginated illus. paperback 4to: near Fine [a smoker has read this; some foxing inside back cover; else unflawed]

Prescott, AZ: Gladstone/Another Rainbow, [1992]. unpaginated illus. paperback 4to: near Fine [a smoker has read this; else unflawed] Includes "Thievery Afoot," "The Tramp Steamer," "The Long Race to Pumpkinburg," "Donald Learns the Ropes" and "The Icebox Robber," all written and drawn by Carl Barks (1901-2000) originally in 1945. "New Frontiers for Old Ducks," edited by Geoffrey Blum, is included.

Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Publications, 1990 1st ed. thus. unpaginated illus. paperback 4to: near Fine [a smoker has read this; else unflawed] Includes "Too Many Pets" (1943), "A Guy Named Joe" (1946), "The Black Mask Burglar" (1949), "Donald's Pet Service" (1957) and "Money Bag Goat" (1962), all written and drawn by Carl Barks (1901-2000), with the exception that Merrill de Maris wrote "Too Many Pets," but it was scripted and drawn by Barks.

Prescott, AZ: Gladstone/Another Rainbow, 1991 1st ed. thus. unpaginated illus. paperback 4to: near Fine [a smoker has read this; else unflawed] Includes "The Victory Garden," "The Rabbit's Foot," "Lifeguard Daze," Good Deeds" and "The Limber W Guest Ranch," all written and drawn by Carl Barks (1901-2000) originally in 1943, with the exception that the author of "The Victory Garden" is unknown. "Carl Barks: A Disney Legend" by Geoffrey Blum is also included.

Prescott, AZ: Gladstone Publishing, 1989 1st ed. thus. unpaginated illus. paperback 4to: near Fine [a smoker has read this; touch of foxing in blank inner margin of first couple of pp; else unflawed]

Prescott, AZ: Gladstone/Another Rainbow, 1992. unpaginated illus. paperback 4to: near Fine [a smoker has read this; else unflawed] Includes "Kite Weather," "Three Dirty Little Ducks," "The Mad Chemist," "Rival Boatmen" and "Camera Crazy," all written and drawn by Carl Barks (1901-2000) originally in 1944. "A Career With Ducks," an interview with Carl Barks conducted by Thomas Andrae and Donald Ault, is also included.

Prescott, AZ: Gladstone/Another Rainbow, 1992 1st ed. thus. unpaginated illus. paperback 4to: near Fine [a smoker has read this; else unflawed] Includes "The Mighty Trapper," "Good Neighbors," Salesman Donald," "Snow Fun" and "The Duck in the Iron Pants," all written and drawn by Carl Barks (1901-2000) originally in 1943-44. "A Conversation with Carl Barks," by Geoffrey Blum is included.

Prescott, AZ: Gladstone/Another Rainbow, 1990 1st ed. thus. unpaginated illus. paperback 4to: near Fine [a smoker has read this; else unflawed] Includes "The Duck in the Iron Pants," "Numismatic Nightmare," "Donald's Victory Garden," "The Lucky Rabbit's Foot," "Camera Crazy," "The Wild Colt," "Good Neighbors" and "The Tramp Steamer," all written and drawn by Carl Barks (1901-2000) originally in 1943-45, with the exception that the author of "The Victory Garden" is unknown.

London: Futura, 1982 reprint. INSCRIBED by author. 256pp. paperback: Good [text is completely age browned; else a clean and tight copy] An espionage thriller by British writer Anthony Price (1928-2019), originally published in 1976.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1976 1st Am. ed. 624pp. illus. black cloth sm 4to: near Very Good in a Good dj in Brodart poly cover [edges are age foxed; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy; dj = some tears @ extremities & some loss @ spine head; else G] A fat volume containing biographical sketches or over 40 military commanders ranging from Jellicoe to Juin. The author Lord Carver (1915-2001) was a decorated British officer who achieved the highest military ranks in the United Kingdom.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005 1st ed. 280pp. hardback tall 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj [ink surname on front fly leaf; else F] An unlikely candidate for a war correspondent's surprising coverage of the Iraq War.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1971 1st ed. 192pp. illus. violet cloth 8vo: Very Good in a generally Good dj w/some edge tears now protected in a Brodart poly cover [cover cloth is very faintly faded @ spine; slight mustiness; else VG] An engaging popular history of the Anglo-Persian War of 1856.

Honolulu: Hawaii Pacific University, 2002 reprint. INSCRIBED on half-title p. by author with his rank, Brig. Gen. USMC (ret.) 346pp. illus. paperback 8vo: Fine.