Search Results: Titles starting with W from Grampy's Bookcase

326 pp. Previous owner's name is on the top outside corner of the front free endpaper. Several highlighted passages. Book is tight and square. Spine is not creased.

440 pp. Several penciled underlined passages in the first few pages. Ex-college library book with the usual stamped markings and card holder attached. Covers are tight and square.

Text is clean and unmarked. Photo sections included. Some slight smudging on the text block edges. Covers are intact without tears or chips. A narrow stain along the bottom back cover edge. "This study of the Anglo-American alliance was enriched by the fact that many of the warring commanders took pains to keep a record of what they were doing - whether with an eye to publication, like George Patton, or out of the classic diarist's itch to jot, like the man Eisenhower called his 'eyes and ears', Everett Hughes. Some of the papers have been used by other historians...But many other, immensely revealing diaries have been neglected until now."

480 pp. Text is clean and unmarked in a tight and square binding. Author has signed the title page. In "As new Condition". "My purpose in this book has been to reconstruct some of the long-forgotten events that occurred in the southern portion of the state of West Virginia during the early days of the Civil War.", from the Preface.

Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Black and white photo sections throughout. The extreme outer edges of the binding are slightly faded. DJ is bright with no tears nor chips. The inside of DJ has some foxing. This volume appears unused. From the front DJ flap, "Now, for the first time, we have a comprehensive, single volume account of how and why this global conflict evolved as it did. 'A War to be Won' is a unique and powerful operational history of the Second World War which tells the full story of battle on land, on sea, and in the air."

350 pp. In as new condition. DJ has very slight wear along the spine. From the inside DJ flap, "Throughout the Second World War, I. F. Stone, one of America's finest investigative journalists, observed the political and international scene from his post as Washington correspondent for 'The Nation'. "

Text is clean and unmarked in bright, tight, and intact covers. The covers have a very slight curl on the outside edge. Page 451 has a small ding on the middle bottom of the page. Illustrated fully with photos throughout. "In a world where so much evil exists, where human nature itself propels people into aggressive action, there is no chance that war will simply disappear, just because we hope it will. Indeed, our history shows us that some wars had to be fought - and still the contradictions and paradox of armed conflict confound us at every turn. World War II was such a war, and there is much we can learn from it."

63 pp. Text is unmarked and clean in tight and intact covers. Booklet is age-toned with very minor wear along the outside edges. Part of the Little Lenin Library series, Volume 2. "Lenin's essay on the second International will...serve as an aid in the determined and persistent struggle which the workers must wage against their enemies within the labor movement." p. 6.

272 pp. Some highlighted passages in the first half of the book. Previous owner's name on the half-title page. Used book stamp and label from a bookstore. Book is clean and tight. Spine is not creased.

23 pp. Text is clean and unmarked. Pamphlet is intact with a small chip out of the bottom outside corner on each page. Last page has a chip out of the top inside corner that includes part of the text.

808 pp. Black and white photos included. Only defects are a slight smudge on the fore edge of the text and a stain on the bottom fore edge of the text block. The same stain is on the bottom of pages 3357-369. Worst is page 359 and 360 though not covering any of the text.

Text is clean and unmarked in tight and intact covers. Spine is not creased. Very light shelf wear to back cover. "In the summer of 1980 the Republican Party, dominated by its ultra-right wing, made no secret of its objectives. The Republican platform called for arms negotiations with the Soviet Union from a position of 'military superiority' - a position that effectively ruled out the possibility of reaching a mutually acceptable arms control agreement." pp.24-25.

Text is clean and unmarked in an attractive and intact binding. Lettering on the spine is faded. Several pages are cut short in the text at the top of the text block. Minor foxing at the outer edges of the text block. Attractive volume from the late 19th or early 20th century.

Text is clean and unmarked in a square, tight. and bright binding. Black and white plate section included with a full-page color frontispiece. DJ is without tears or chips with very slight shelf wear present. "This book has been published to accompany the exhibition 'Artists of the Tudor Court: the portrait miniature rediscovered 1520-1620' held at the Victoria and Albert Museum 9 July - 9 November 1983."

578 pp. Additional glossary and notes section included. Text is clean and unmarked in bright and tight covers. previous owner's name is on the outside corner of the half title page. "&/06" is written on the top outside corner of the back cover. No other defects. Spine is not creased. From the Preface, "The story of American politics is a compelling one. It is about the struggle of real people to find mutually beneficial ways of living together. The title of this book...is a recognition of this struggle and its lofty goal - a government of and for all the people."

173 pp. Only defects in the text are a highlighted section on pp 12-13 concerning the Spencer carbine rifle and a smudge on the top of p.12. The previous owner's name, an address label, and an inscription are on the inside front cover. Otherwise, the book and DJ are in fine condition. Two hundred illustrations included.

245 pp. Cover and spine are faded. Previous owner's name is marked out on the top inside cover. Several underlined passages. Binding tight and square. No DJ.

Text is clean and unmarked. Binding front is slightly bowed outward but otherwise tight with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Previous owner's book plate attached to the front inside binding. DJ is worn around the edges with several very small closed tears and chips. From the back DJ flap, "This is truly a provocative and inspiring volume for all who read and study the Bible. Lay people, church school teachers and pupils, college and seminary students, and ministers will find in its vivid clarity not only an illuminating survey of the content and message of each book of the Bible, but a fitting companion to the Bible itself."

238 pp. Text is in a square and tight binding. There are no creases in the spine. Passages are bracketed throughout. Previous owner's name is on the top outside corner of the half- title page.

153 pp. Text is clean and unmarked. Front cover hinge is cracked. Tape stains on the inside front cover from a detached label. Tape stain on the inside back cover. Library card holder attached to the back free end paper. Library stamps on the outside text block edges and a small label on the bottom spine.