Search Results: Titles starting with W from R. Siedlecki Vintage Books

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1979. [1979] FULL GENUINE LEATHER BINDING. Illustrations by Guy Deel. A beautiful deep blue leather-bound hardcover bound in the finest cowhide, 536 pages. Leather features gilt designs and lettering, four ridges on back (spine). Smith-sewn (not glued). Edges fully gilded and cover ornamentation are genuine gold. Endpapers are beautiful satin moiré, specially dyed for the publisher. Satin ribbon book mark, bound in. The acid-free book paper has specially milled white paper for Franklin Library. Since this publisher is no longer in business, all leather-bound books by this publisher are collectible. Condition: Fine, never read, in gift-giving condition. The book was shelved in a temperature-controlled cabinet. Free of the smoke smell of a cigarette or cigar smoker. [Some book dealers offer the same title as New, but the book was read. This book was never read.] Here are 14 wonderful stories by the master W. Somerset Maugham, including The Yellow… Read More

Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1998. [1998] First Edition hardcover and dustjacket. Brown binding, gilt lettering, illustrated (many vintage photos), 386 pages. Pictorial dustjacket. Condition of hardcover: Fine. Text is clear and very readable, photos vivid. Book kept in a temperature-controlled room. Free of the smoke smell of a cigarette or cigar smoker. Dustjacket: shelf wear/creases, sticker on back flap, else overall Near Fine. The Western Australian Cricket Association presides over the most successful team in modern history. To cricket lovers the world over, the WAGA is also the Association Ground - legendary for wickets of unequalled pace and bounce. Here is the Australian cricket success story for historians and lifelong lovers of cricket, sure to please all readers. Historical, fascinating. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be… Read More

Francestown, New Hampshire: Franklin Library, 1977. [1977] FIRST EDITION. Brown leather binding, gilt designs and lettering, three raised ridges on spine, gilt on all three sides, satin moiré endpapers, specially milled paper, 227 pages. This is the actual 1977 first edition, not the 1990s reprint by the same publisher. Illustrated by Allan Mardon. Condition: Fine. New. Book ordered by collector direct from the publisher in 1977; kept it as a collectible. Never read. (Other dealer listings of this book online may say Fine or New, but the books have been read. This book has never been read, it’s still new.) In gift-giving condition. Free of smelly old humidity stains and the smoke smell of a cigarette or cigar smoker. Stored in temperature controlled bookcase. Franklin Library (a division of Franklin Mint), published collectible books of high-quality materials. Since the publisher ceased operations in 2000, all editions are considered out-of-print, many uncommon and collectible. This is an… Read More

Honolulu: Hawaii Pacific University, 2002. [2002] First Edition. Vol. II. Tall paperback, vintage photos throughout, 536 pages. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, JEROME T. HAGEN, BRIGADIER GENERAL, USMC, TO FOUR-STAR ADMIRAL MAURICE WEISNER (WORLD WAR II HERO) AND HIS WIFE, UNITED STATES NAVY. PLUS A HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR AND HIS BUSINESS CARD LAID INTO BOOK. Condition: Very minor wear overall, including light soiling to edges. The address sticker of Admiral Weisner is affixed to top cover. Overall, the book is Very Good Plus (almost Near Fine). Free of writing in text and page tears. Text is clear, readable; vintage photos are clean, vivid. This well-written book follows the chronology of Japan's invasion of China, and examines the war in China. According to the author, the war began in China, not Pearl Harbor. Here is intelligent insights into battles such as the six-month struggle for Guadalcanal, Return to Guam, Iwo Jima, the epic Leyte Gulf battle, Truk, and Rabaul. There are 16… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1993. [1993] FIRST EDITION hardcover and dustjacket. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS ON THE TITLE PAGE. True First Edition with line missing on P. 127 (noted with publisher's errata slip laid in). Condition of hardcover: Light bump to one corner; light waving to corners of pages (received from the publisher that way, may have happened at the bindery); else overall Near Fine. Never read. Binding tight, no cracks or tears. Free of writing and notations in text, stickers, bookplates, and page tears. Not a book club or former library book. Text clear, photos vivid. Dustjacket: Faint shelf wear; else Near Fine. Price not clipped from flap. Protected in Mylar cover. Book kept in temperature controlled environment (not smelly or speckled with humidity stains). And no smoker's smell. A nice collectible first edition, signed by both authors, one was awarded the 1983 Pulitzer Prize. The authors open a painful door, bringing the reader's attention to female genital… Read More

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1985. [1968/1985] Deep blue, full leather hardcover featuring beautiful gilt designs/gilt lettering. This is "Washington" by Douglas Southhall Freeman, abridged by Richard Harwell. This beautiful reprint is the FULL LEATHER EDITION BY EASTON PRESS (NOT THE TRADE EDITION, PRINT-ON- DEMAND, OR A FACSIMILE). Sophisticated, fine binding has five raised ridges on spine. Lettering, designs stamped with gorgeous accents of 22kt. gold - a hallmark of fine bookmaking. This beautifully bound book was hand selected from individually tanned hides. Textured and shaded, acid-neutral paper won't turn yellow over time. Pages are Smyth-sewn into binding for permanence (not glued like ordinary books). Endpapers have repeating logo design of presidential eagle. Edges gilded on three sides to enhance the elegance of the book. Satin ribbon page marker bound in. Condition: New, pristine. Never read. Fine condition. [Competing books online by various book dealers are… Read More

Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1980. [1980] Black hardcover bound in genuine full leather, frontispiece, 588 pages. THIS IS THE FULL LEATHER WITH GILT BINDING BY EASTON PRESS, NOT THE CHEAPER COMPOSITE LEATHER, OR THE CLOTH TRADE EDITION. Pictures by Robert Ward Johnson, introduction by Theodore Dreiser. Collector's Edition, the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Sophisticated binding, three raised ridges on spine. Lettering and designs stamped with gorgeous accents of 22kt. gold - a hallmark of fine bookmaking. This beautiful leather binding was hand selected from individually tanned hides. Textured and shaded, acid-neutral paper won't turn yellow over time. Pages are Smyth-sewn into the binding for permanence (not glued like ordinary books). Endpapers are beautiful satin moiré, specially dyed for the publisher. Edges gilded on three sides to enhance the book's elegance. Satin ribbon page marker bound in binding. Condition: Only a small ding to gilt on fore-edge, probably from… Read More

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1959. [1959] FIRST EDITION hardcover/dustjacket. Black binding, silver illustrations, and silver/red lettering. Illustrated, with frontispiece. Top edge is red, 572 pages. Condition of hardcover binding: Two corners lightly bumped; faint rubbing. Edges lightly age toned, faint foxing/old stain. Internally: Endpapers lightly foxed, old humidity stains. Former owner's name/date (1959) on first free endpaper. Pages are Very Good with clear, clean text and illustrations. Kept in temperature-controlled room. Free of the smoke of a cigarette or cigar smoker. Dustjacket: Light shelf wear, age toning (darker at folds), and foxing. Price intact on flap. Protected in Mylar cover. This book has vignettes filled with Civil War details, including Stuart, Jackson, Hampton, Ashby, Beauregard, Early, Mosby, Pelham, Farley, Hardeman Stuart, and Jennings Wise. The reader will follow John Esten Cooke through John Brown's raid and on to the famous ride around McClellan's… Read More

Norfolk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1981. [1981] Dark green hardcover bound in genuine leather, frontispiece, 327 pages. THIS IS NOT THE TRADE BOOK, A FACSIMILE, COMPOSITE OR SIMULATED LEATHER. THIS IS THE 1981 GENUINE LEATHER WITH GILT FINISHES EDITION PUBLISHED BY EASTON PRESS. Illustrator: R.J. Holden. Collector's Edition. Leather binding features gilt designs and lettering, gorgeous accents of 22kt. gold - a hallmark of fine bookmaking. Four raised ridges on spine. This genuine leather binding was hand selected from individually tanned hides. Textured and shaded, acid-neutral paper won't turn yellow over time. Pages are Smyth-sewn into the binding for permanence (not glued like ordinary books). Endpapers are beautiful satin moiré, specially dyed for the publisher. Edges gilded on three sides to enhance the book's elegance. Satin ribbon page marker bound-in binding. Condition: Faint scuffs/rubbing to gilt edges, else Fine condition. [Some online book sellers offer books as… Read More

New York: Walker Publishing Company, 2004. [2004] Hardcover and dustjacket, color vintage plates, 351 pages including Index. Condition: Book is new, but corner of hardcover and related corner on dustjacket are bumped. Apparently, the bump was the result of the publisher's shipping carton being bumped, affecting this book inside. Book never read (according to his wife, the collector - her husband - died several months after book was acquired). Overall, book and dustjacket are Near Fine condition. According to the publisher, Wellington's 95th Rifles was one of history's great fighting units, and author Mark Urban brings it and the Napoleonic War gloriously to life in this unique chronicle. Focused primarily on six soldiers in the 1st Battalion, Urban tells the Rifles' story from May 25, 1809, when the men shipped out of Great Britain to join Wellington's army in Spain, through the battle of Waterloo in June 1815. Excellent, historical story. Note: We are a well-established,… Read More

London, New York: Macmillan/St Martin Press, 1967. Hardcover and dustjacket, The Greenwood Edition [1967], blue binding, gilt lettering on binding, red top edge, decorative endpapers, 287 pages. [Book printed in Great Britain.] NOT A FACSIMILE OR RECENT REPRINT, THIS IS THE VINTAGE 1967 GREENWOOD EDITION, PUBLISHED BY ST. MARTIN'S PRESS. Spooky-looking dustjacket design by publisher. Condition of hardcover: Two smudges on binding; minor wear including top edge. Former owner's name and date on first free page; faint toning at gutter at title page. Dustjacket: Light edge wear; age toning to back side of D.J.; price clipped from first flap. Book stored in temperature-controlled room, free of smoker and old humidity smells. Overall, Very Good. Wessex Tales includes The Three Strangers, A Tradition of Eighteen Hundred and Four, The Distracted Preacher, and more. Pure Thomas Hardy! Great literature. Collectible vintage book. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in… Read More

New York: Random House, 1963. [1963] FIRST EDITION hardcover/dustjacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Condition of hardcover: Faint shelf wear; three corners lightly bumped; about 1/3 of the pages have soft creases; faint age toning; else overall Very Good. Binding tight. Stored in smoke free environment. Free of smelly old damp stains and the smell of a cigarette or cigar smoker. Dustjacket: Price intact on flap. Shelf wear/chips/minor creases; several tears/small holes; rubbed, especially to spine strip (affecting several letters in title, but still clearly readable); lightly age toned; date stamped on rear flap; else overall Good. Protected in Mylar cover. Uncommon SIGNED first edition. An insightful look at the move to the American West (correcting misinformation over the years from other sources). Migration. People searching for a more prosperous and satisfying life. Historical. Very readable. Includes maps as part of the text and maps on endpapers. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected,… Read More

Chicago, ILL.: Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1989. [1989] BROWN HARDCOVER; GILT TO TOP EDGE, LETTERING, DECORATION ON BINDING. FRONTISPIECE AND VINTAGE DRAWINGS AND PHOTOS; 416 PAGES INCLUDING INDEX AND ADVERTISING. EDITED BY MARTIN RIDGE. Compact book: 4½ x 7- inches. Condition light bumps to the top of textblock (causing some creases to corners of pages at front and rear of textblock), else overall Near Fine. Book never read. Text and illustrations are clean, clear, and very readable. Free of smoke smells from a cigarette or cigar smoker. This fascinating book covers the memoirs of Jesse A. Applegate and Lavinia Honeyman Porter who travelled the Overland Trail. They, like others, took the 2,000 month trip (about six months) of riding a slow-moving wagon over a rough road or no road at all; up and down hills and mountains; crossing bridgeless rivers and streams, some situations had to be ferried; cooking on an open fire; getting along without refrigeration, bathtubs,… Read More

New York: Bonanza Books, 1956. [1956] Green hardcover, black lettering, illustrated with 112 photographs, 367 pages. Condition of hardcover: Christmas inscription (1968) on first free endpaper, else overall Near Fine. Text is clear, very readable. Photos and illustrations are clean and vivid. There is no smell of old humidity stains or the smell of smoke from a cigarette or cigar smoker. Dustjacket: Lightly age toned, some abrasion, chips and creases to extremities, else overall Very Good. Protected in Mylar cover. This book was re-issued as A Contribution to the Celebration of the Centennial of the War Years, 1861-1865. Here is a wonderful book about the beautiful white-columned antebellum houses of Georgia - actually the South in its heyday. This book provides, in pictures, the romances by candlelight, a breath of scandal, coffee and pistols at dawn, war and history in the making, legends, folklore, and other fascinating daily happenings in Georgia. Fascinating, educational, and historical. Note: We… Read More

New York: HarperStudio/HarperCollins, 2009. [2009] FIRST EDITION hardcover and dustjacket. Orange and light blue binding, black lettering, illustrations of top hats on endpapers, 208 pages. Condition: Both hardcover and dustjacket are in Fine, New condition. Book kept in temperature-controlled bookcase, free of the smell of a cigarette or cigar smoker. In gift-giving condition. Here, for the first time in book form, are 24 remarkable pieces. In "Jane Austin," Twain wonders if Austen's goal is to "make the reader detest her people up to the middle of the book and like them in the rest of the chapters." "Happy Memories of the Dental Chair" will make you appreciate modern dentistry. Wickedly funny and disarmingly relevant, "Who is Mark Twain" shines a new light on Twain, America's most beloved literary icons - a man who was well ahead of his time. A wonderful first edition and very collectible. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book… Read More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. [1967] FIRST PRINTING, SCARCE FIRST STATE hardcover [includes Dedication Page with Buzz Farber's name] and dustjacket [full color and black & white photos of author on back panel], 208 pages. Condition of hardcover: Faint age toning/rubbing to binding; four pages have scattered old liquid stains along with foxed marks (smaller stains to fore-edge and bottom edge, with light age toning); several pages creased; else overall Very Good. Free of the smell of smoke from a cigarette or cigar smoker. Dustjacket: Price intact on flap, with line drawn through it. Shelf wear, short tears/wrinkling to top extremity, minor rubbing, lightly age toned, else Very Good. Book stored in temperature-controlled bookcase. This novel is about Texas and Mailer's hero, named D.J., an 18-year-old genius. He and his dad go hunting in Alaska and long for that Grizzer. In the behavior of a few hunters from Texas a reader may sense why America goes to war, or least why the State… Read More

Nashville, Tenn.: Broadman Publishing, 1977. [1977] SPECIAL EDITION, SIGNED BY PRESIDENT J. CARTER. First thus printing. Specially published in a special green Fine binding with gilt lettering and gilt presidential seal. Published as the Presidential Edition, 208 pages. Book fits into a gold plastic container with a clear cover. Condition: Fine, new, stored in temperature-controlled cabinet. Free of smoke smells from a cigarette or cigar smoker. [Note: Some online book dealers of this book title list it as "new" or "fine," even though the book was read. This book was never read, purchased as a collectible by the collector.] "Why Not the Best?" was first written and published as a trade edition (copyright 1975), but now re-published in a bright new Fine binding for collectors. Carter wrote this book at the beginning of his campaign for the presidency. Historic political events have occurred, but the basic themes which Carter expressed in early chapters of this book have… Read More

Chapel Hill & London: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. [1997] First Edition. Black hardcover, white lettering, 283 pages including Index. Illustrated dustjacket. Condition: minor bump to top corner of rear binding (also affecting dustjacket), else overall Fine. Book stored in temperature-controlled book case by collector of Civil War books; never read. In gift-giving condition. According to the publisher: "An assemblage of front-rank scholars tackles a complex subject in 'The Wilderness Campaign' and delivers a series of well-researched and thoughtful essays, rich in insight, mature judgment, and felicitous prose." A wonderful historic work. Collectible. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving when you order. We ship promptly. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: American Book Company, 1936. [1936] First Edition. Hardcover, no dustjacket as issued. Pictorial binding, gilt lettering on spine, 203 pages. Frontispiece, several plates, and illustrations throughout. Comprehensive bibliography at end. Indexed. Condition of binding: Expected wear, mostly at corners, spine area (rubbing/abrasions, short tear, chips, two small pieces missing), but gilt lettering is Fine. Abrasion to upper left corner of top cover; shelf wear (partially showing). Edges age toned. Internally: Previous owner's name on first free endpaper. Scattered foxing, mostly on preliminary matter. Pages/text clean, readable. Plates clear, vivid. Overall book is Very Good. This comprehensive work on McGuffey Readers provides important information concerning the books of their author. The impact of the books was wide in the lives of the people who read the McGuffey Readers as children and youths. The author presents the social status of the times and the character of the population of the… Read More

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2002. [2002] This is the FULL GENUINE LEATHER FINE BINDING hardcover by Easton Press -- NOT THE REGULAR TRADE CLOTH BINDING OR THE CHEAPER COMPOSITE LEATHER. Deep green leather binding features beautiful gilt designs/gilt lettering, 355 pages, including extensive Notes and Selected Bibliography section; and Index, Sophisticated binding: Five raised ridges on spine. Lettering, designs stamped with gorgeous accents of 22kt. gold -- a hallmark of fine bookmaking. This beautifully bound book hand selected from individually tanned hides. Textured and shaded, acid-neutral paper won't turn yellow over time. Pages are Smyth-sewn into binding for permanence (not glued like ordinary books). Edges gilded on three sides to enhance elegance of the book. Satin ribbon page marker bound in. Condition: Fine condition and collectible. (Other dealer listings of this book online may say Fine or New, but the books have been read. This book has never been read, it's still new.)… Read More