Search Results: Titles starting with W from Grove Antiquarian

Soft cover book in bright orange cover with letters in black and a figure of a man "robot". Hugo Award Winner. The book is clean and tight. Pages are tanned. It appears that it was never read. No. 14 "Give us the name and specifications-and our man factory can do the real!".

New York: A. L. Burt, 1933. Fine with no dust jacket. Hardcover. An early reprint. Looks almost identical to the first edition.

New York: Fredrick A. Stokes, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine with no dust jacket; a beautiful copy.

Buffalo, NY: Matthews-Northrup Works. NF/ (none). 1902. Hardcover. There is a fold-out map in the back of the book. Later printing with extra 23+ pp. Bruns G-160. There is a prior owner's name. .

The book is clean and tight. It is signed and dated by the editor Jack E. Davis on the title page. The book is like new. It appears that was never read.
Thed jacket is colorful, with nice decorations of a hat, like the one Marjory wore.
" This volume makes an important contribution to our understanding of Douglas as well as the early tension between the environment and development in the state."
-Susan Harrison, Eckerd College

New York: Derby & Jackson, 1860. VG/(none). First edition. Hardcover. Professionally rebacked retaining the original spine and covers.

Washington, DC: US GPO. NF/ (none). 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Originally written in 1938. .

This harcover book is a very nice and clean/tight copy.
The jacket has some very small chips missing on the upper spine and lower back edge. The cover has very original drawings of Florida themes and airplanes. Very bright colors. It has a removable mylar cover.
"Florida is a land where favorable climate, excellent terrain and startegic position on the world air routes are combined to create a mecca for all forms of aviation. It has become the natural providing ground of military aviation, scheduled air transportation, and civilian flying"

New York: Wood & Holbrook, 1869. Very good plus with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Second edition.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. VG/ (none). 1898. HB. Later printing. There is a prior owner's name on the free endpaper. .

The book is clean and tight with many great photos in black and white. It has previous owner's name on the inside covers and it is inscribed on the front end paper to the owner and signed by the author on the next page. It shows some shelfware on the front cover and corners, small bump on the back lower edge.
"It is Sunday morning in my study under the old live oak and I can see that its catkins are falling. The delicate fragrance of a white Bauhinia blossom floats up from the table besides me. A dying leaf from a mango tree stares at me and reminds me disturbinly that years ago some disease stripped thousands of leaver from my trees."

This is a beautiful copy of this book. The book is clean and tight. It is illustrated with many pictures in black and white. The jacket shows light shelfware. The colors on the jacket are vibrat and show a picture of a beach.
"Dr. Fairchild presents his story in direct and simple style, with natural humor untouched by literary artifice. Much more than botanizing goes into his book. A son in law of Alexander Graham Bell, he was in touch with interesting early developments in the field of invention, particulary aviation. As an expert cameraman, he has amassed an amazing store of photographs, and his book has more than 200 exceptional illustrations covering the entire garden of the world."

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Has a prior owner's book plate. .

Wein: Artur Wolf. VG/(none). 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author. In German. .