Search Results: Titles starting with W from Mary Riversong Books

Glasscock, C.B. The War Of The Copper Kings: Builders of Butte and Wolves Of Wall Street. 1935 Bobbs Merrill, Grosset & Dunlap reprint. WESTERN NON-FICTION. JOURNALISM. The story of the Wall Street Panic of 1907, fueled by Frederick Augustus Heinze of the Montana Ore Purchasing Co. USED. VG/NO DJ INCLUDED. 314 pages. 5 3/4 X 8 3/8.

James, Henry, Jr.: Washington Square. Copyright 1922, Harper & Brothers reprint edition. (This story was also produced as a film called "the Heiress". Washington Square is a novel written in 1880 by Henry James about a father's attempts to thwart a romance between his naive daughter and the man he believes wishes to marry her for her money. Used. VG Condition/ No DJ is included. 264 pages. 5 X 7 ¾.

Armer, Laura Adams: Waterless Mountain. Copyright 1931, 5th Printing Thus April 1932. Longmans, Green And Co. New York-Toronto. Used. Very Good Condition/ No DJ included. Brown and white pictorial endpapers are intact at the hinge. 212 pages, 7 1/4 X 9 1/4. Summary: "Younger Brother lives in a dry land, and he dreams of finding the wide water of the Pacific Ocean. This gentle coming-of-age story, rooted in the traditional culture of the Navajo, recounts Younger Brother's journey toward finding his vocation as a medicine man. Under the guidance of his uncle, the boy learns about the ancient songs, customs, and ceremonies of his people as well as the modern-day magic of movies and airplanes.Written in the 1930s by an authority on Native American life and lore, this Newbery Medal winner offers a vivid portrait of Navajo beliefs and traditions. Its simple but poetic storytelling style is enhanced by numerous black-and-white illustrations." CHILDREN'S BOOK. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, NAVAJO LEGENDS.

Thomas Merton. What Are These Wounds: The Life of a Cistercian Mystic, Saint Lutgarde of Aywières. FIRST EDITION. RARE. Copyright 1950, February 17, 1948 First Printing Thus, The Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee. Written by respected Trappist author THOMAS MERTON. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/GOOD- CONDITION $2.50 UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. Top portion of dust jacket spine is missing. 190 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ½.

Franklin W. Dixon: While The Clock Ticked (1932, Grosset & Dunlap Hardy Boys), 1948 Printing Thus. BROWN BOARDS, ORANGE ENDPAPERS. QUITE RARE IN THE ORIGINAL RED DUST JACKET. HARDY BOYS #11. GROSSET & DUNLAP. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ GOOD- ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. DESCRIPTION: The book is in an original red kidnap jacket. That jacket is original, has an orange spine. Loss to top and bottom of spine. with a triangular divot out of the letter H in the word the. The front panel of the dust jacket is unclipped and has a 7575 priced front flap. Back flap a blurb for "Touchdown Pass", dating this copy to 1948. Back panel of the dust jacket states ADVENTURE STORIES FOR BOYS BY ZANE GREY. BOOK: Brown boards with two boys in 30's period clothing at center. One wears a hat and scarf. Two sets of orange and white endpapers that show the boy with the hat up a tree with binoculars gazing at a cabin on a bluff across the way. Pages and endpapers are clean and bright. Black topstain. Copyright 1932 Grosset… Read More

Franklin W. Dixon. While The Clock Ticked (Hardy Boys Book 11) Copyright 1932. Grosset & Dunlap. Beige Boards, brown multi-page image endpapers indicating published 1959 to 1961. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Summary: Something is afoot in Purdy Place! 5 X 7 5/8. 213 pages.

Edward Albee. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Penguin plays – PL61). Penguin, London 1970. Scarce. 140 pages 4 ½ X 7 ¼. USED. SOFTCOVER VG CONDITION. Stock photo. Our front cover is not creased.

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (Greenway Edition) Dodd, Mead. By Agatha Christie. States "First published in the Greenway Edition 1968. No number line appears. As New/VG unclipped $8.95 dust jacket with 12 on dj spine. Plot Summary: While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body of a dying man. With his final breath the man opens his eyes and says, "Why didn't they ask Evans?"

O'Brien, P.J. Will Rogers Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom. With an appreciation by Lowell Thomas. Copyright 1935, P.J. O'Brien. Published by George A. Parker Company, Philadelphia. Illustrated. RARE SALESMAN'S DUMMY WITH SUBSCRIPTION BLANKS. Includes excerpts from 296 page complete book. 5 5/8 X 8 3/8. BIOGRAPHY OF WILL ROGERS. USED. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DJ AS ISSUED.

. Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind In The Willows. Copyight 1940. Heritage Press. USED. VG+ Condition/ VG+ Original Canary yellow cart Slipcase. Blue boards with drawing of Toad dressed as the washerwoman on the Front Cover. February, 1966 Printing Thus of 20,000 copies. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 190 pages. 6 1/2 X 10. Please see stock photos. Our copy is crisp and clean with a clean spine, appearing almost unread. Quite charming.

Winter Trees (1972 Harper & Row Stated First U.S. Edition Published 1972 by Harper & Row, NY. STATED 1ST U.S. EDITION. Used. Good Condition, Dust jacket is unclipped. Jacket price $5.95. Please see stock photo. ISBN 060133678. POEMS BY SYLVIA PLATH, AUTHOR OF "THE BELL JAR".

The With-Drawing Room (1980, Doubleday 1st Ed. SIGNED W/DJ) THE WITH-DRAWING ROOM, A MYSTERY BY FAMED CANADIAN AUTHOR CHARLOTTE MACLEOD. Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY, 1980.Used. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. First or early printing thus. Good Condition/ Includes good condition unclipped $8.95 dust jacket. Features young Sarah Kelling. Will ship from United States.

923ChristieWitness Witness for the Prosecution (Dell #855) Dell Publishing, NY. 1948. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Copyright page states MCMXLVIII and states reprinted by arrangement with Dodd, Mead. No other printings are stated. Cover Art by William George. 192 pages. Mystery Anthology 4 ¼ x 6 3/8. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION. A bit toned.

The Wizard, Haggard, H. Rider: Longman's Green 1st Edition, 1896, London. A tale of Africa. Used. Very Good/ No dust jacket is included. Red Boards with gold titling on spine. Titling is still nice. Summary: "The novel is placed in the imperialist literature of 19th-century England. Just like many of his other works, this novel is inspired by H. Rider Haggard's experiences of South Africa and British colonialism. The character Noma is meant to be representative of the theme of female authority and feminine behavior." A scarce title.

Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Pat Marriott. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. Stated First US Edition. Dust jacket by Edward Gorey. Copyright 1962 Doubleday & Company, Inc. Garden City, NY EXLIB. Good Condition/ Good Unclipped $2.95 publisher's red dust jacket. Jacket spine is a bit sunned. (See stock photo). Library bookplate affixed to front free endpaper. 168 pages 5 3/8 X 8 ½.

The Woman in White. By Wilkie Collins. The Home Library Series A.L. Burt Company. P Undated, circa 1940. Maroon cloth boards with gold gilt topstain. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice vintage copy.

The Woman In White (1860 Harper & Brothers 1st Edition) BY WILKIE COLLINS. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1860.[2], 260, [4, ads] pp. States 1860 on the title page. In-text illustrations by John McLenan. Publisher's dk. brown stamped heavy cardboard boards with elaborate blind-stamped Harper and Brothers cartouche on front and back boards. Ads state B. Miss Mulock spelled correctly. Ads list eleven titles, and verso advertising The Mill on the Floss [Gasson p. 160.]Used. Good- Condition: Our copy lacks its spine, otherwise in good condition and a good candidate for rebinding. Chocolate brown endpapers are in good shape. Please see our photos. Your offers are welcome here.

Signed 1st Ed. w/DJ) WRACK AND RUNE: A PETER SHANDY MYSTERY BY FAMED CANADIAN AUTHOR CHARLOTTE MACLEOD. Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY, 1982. Used First printing SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author on title page. Good Condition/ Good condition unclipped Dust Jacket, $10.95 original price. Will ship from United States.