Search Results: Titles starting with W from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2013 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Yellow boards, white cloth spine with foil titles, foil W on front board, pumpkin-colored endpapers, [ix], 486 pp. Book has been read. DJ in Brodart archival cover. This is the twenty-third in Grafton's series of Kinsey Millhone mystery novels. Kinsey opens a Pandora's box when she discovers the identity of a John Doe corpse. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

The American Bankers Association, 1960 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Printed paper wraps, sewn binding, vi, 68 pp, tables, charts, notes. Covers slightly worn and browned. Monograph commissioned by the American Bankers Association argues that the persistent inflation of the late 1950s (a very moderate 2%) was caused by inflexibility of administered and negotiated prices and wages. Shipping weight 1 lb. (International 12 oz.). Wraps. VG/No dj. 23 X 15½ cm.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue cloth with gilt titles and triple rule, [v], 412 pp. Spine cocked, spine ends rolled, top corners & edges bumped, paste-downs browned, bookplate on fpd, small tear to margin of one leaf, a couple of leaves dog-eared, a few faint smudges inside, shaken hinges repaired with acid-free PVA. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG-/No dj. 20 X 14½ cm.

New York: Scribner, 1997 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, red spine with foil titles, 318, [1] pp. Small (under 1 cm) tear to edge of DJ, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 22½ X 15 cm.

Columbus, OH: L. B. C. (Lutheran Book Concern), 1917 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Two books bound as one. Dec. boards with plain tan cloth spine, 63 pp, 62 pp. Bits of paper from a dust jacket adhering to one page obscure some of the text, large surface chip to front board, otherwise good, extremities rubbed & bumped, boards showing through at corners. German language children's fiction. Fits in small flat-rate box. Shipping weight 1 lb.. . Fair/No dj. 19 X 13½ cm.

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc./Sweet Springs Press, 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Book club edition (stated on dust jacket). Beige boards, gold foil titles on spine, 288 pp incl. numerous b & w photos, 8 maps, bibliography. DJ in Brodart archival cover. In words & photos, records the author's walk from Alfred, New York, to New Orleans. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 10th ptg. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Beige boards, brown spine with gilt titles, ix, 290 pp, bibliography. Covers inverted. DJ in Brodart archival cover. The well-read author combines travel narrative with allusions to past writers on Wales. From the DJ: "Baily followed no set route. In the warm Welsh sun and wet Welsh rain he sauntered and strode along city streets, Roman roads, mountain paths, country lanes, and coastal cliffs and beaches. He stayed in B-and-Bs, small hotels, and hostels. Whether in primary schools or village pubs, hill farms or mining communities, in conversations with sheep shearers or professors, with Welsh patriots or refugees from urban England, Bailey gets close to a land which has both a tantalizing foreignness and endearing familiarity." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter mustard paper with blue-grey paper-covered boards, black & olive titles on front board & spine, [v], 346 pp. Spine cocked, edges of boards faded, slight wear to corners & spine ends, paper slightly browned (particularly at edges). DJ browned, corners trimmed, with some rubbing and tiny tears and chips; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . VG/VG. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2006 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Signed by Author on half-title. Tan boards, brown spine with gilt titles, endpaper maps, [xii], 451 pp, brief bibliography, index. Author's bold felt-tip signature shows through verso of half-title. DJ has a bit of wear at corner, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Writer Feiler travels with archeologist Avner Goren through the near east--Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, Sinai, and Jordan--visiting the sites associated with Noah's Ark, Abraham, and Moses. A mixture of travel, religion, and popular archeology. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. Later printing. . Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black paper covered boards, gilt titles on spine & blind facsimile signature on front board, yellow-orange endpapers, 270 pp. DJ is in Brodart archival cover. Mystery novel about Parker's taciturn Boston private investigator Spenser. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Trade. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

Seattle: Lighthouse Publishing Group, Inc., 1997 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter forest-green leatherette with speckled buff paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, endpapers match boards, xi, 257 pp, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 3rd Ed, 2nd ptg. . As New/As New. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Villard Books, 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter blue cloth, blue paper-covered boards, foil titles on spine, [ix], 308, [1] pp, line drawings, notes, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Owen uses his own house as an example while systematically explaining all the parts of a wood-framed house in a very readable manner. If you've just bought your first house, this is an excellent primer on how it's put together. While Owen's house is very old, he gives the history of things like sheathing, siding, paint, utilities, etc., from colonial times to the present. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. Illus. by Polly Roberts Swain. 24½ X 16½ cm.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full black cloth, gilt titles on spine, ix, 245 pp, bibliography, index. Boards have many large but faint water spots, else very good, corners bumped, owner's name & date on title page. DJ spine slightly sunned, slight edge wear; in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, this is "an introduction to rigorous general equilibrium analysis for non-specialist students." Chapters are organized with results first, followed by derivations in the mathematical notes, so it is possible to learn the results without studying the proofs. "Topics covered include the existence, uniqueness, and stability of competitive equilibrium; the equivalence of the core and the competitive equilibria; the classical theorems of welfare economics; externalities and market failures; public goods and the revelation of preferences; and non-Walrasian equilibria and the nature of… Read More

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1975 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red boards with blind titles, black cloth spine with gilt titles, endpaper maps, xviii, 460 pp, 4 maps, notes, bibliography, index. Diluted (grey) ink stain on a few pages of bibliography, possibly a manufacturing defect, slight wear to bottom edge, otherwise fine. DJ has some wear to edges near spine; in Brodart archival cover. Typescript laid in for remarks of TV producer Gary Gilson apparently delivered on the air before & after WNET's broadcast of the Holocaust documentary "The 81st Blow" in 1975. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1944 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Reprinted for the United States Armed Forces Institute, Madison, WI, from the 1942 edition. War Department Education Manual EM783. Light blue-grey wrapper, side stapled, xvi, 408, xiv pp, tables, charts, photos, sample forms, chapter bibliographies, index to Vol. 1. Wraps faded and browned at edges and spine, tears spine ends, bottom corner bumped, corners of a few leaves bent. Contents: background of personnel administration; approaches to the study of industrial relations; statistical tools for personnel administration; job analysis, description, and classification; recruitment and sources; selection; training for industry; industrial unrest; working hours; service rating; wage plans. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). 2nd ed. Wraps. VG-/No dj. 21 X 14½ cm.

New York, London, Sydney & Toronto: Simon & Schuster, 2008 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue boards, red spine with gilt titles, xvi, 487 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, map, notes, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Tan boards, grey spine with gilt titles, xiv, 351 pp, index. One dog-eared leaf, a few tiny spots to bottom edge. DJ has a few edge tears up to 2 cm; in Brodart archival cover. Collection of Stone's columns originally published in The Nation, "history as it appeared to a contemporary, vivid and raw, with no softening veil of nostalgia." Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . VG/VG. 24 X 16 cm.

Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1978 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey cloth with red cloth spine, gilt titles on spine and facsimile signature on front board, red endpapers, [1], [ix], 1042 pp, Slight rubbing to tail of spine. DJ delaminating along front fore-edge, some edge wear; in Brodart archival cover. War and Remembrance is "a novel of America at war, from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima" and a sequel to The Winds of War. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First Trade. . VG/VG-. 24 X 16½ cm.

Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1989 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, gilt titles on spine, xv, 457 pp, 26 b & w portraits, 4 maps, notes, index. Faint spotting to top edge. Thoroughly documented monograph. Contents: the road to war, 1801-1812; the declaration of war; the Baltimore riots; the campaign of 1812; raising men & money; the campaign of 1813; the last embargo; the British counteroffensive; the crisis of 1814; the Hartford convention; the treaty of Ghent. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . VG/No dj. 23½ X 15½ cm.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red cloth, foil titles on spine, grey endpapers, ix, 179 pp. Slight rubbing to tail of spine & bottom corners. Price-clipped DJ has a crease to rear flap; in Brodart archival cover. Lebedoff knows how to tell a story, and puts that talent to use in his personal account of the 1968 contest between supporters of the Administration (later just Hubert Humphrey) and supporters of Eugene McCarthy for the Democratic nomination. He starts with the student takeover of the Sixth Ward club in Minneapolis, and follows the process up through the precinct caucuses and ward, county, and state conventions, with his view of the national convention as an observer serving as a sort of coda. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 21 X 14½ cm.