Search Results: Titles starting with W from Chartwell Booksellers

Tillman, NY: Courtia Jay Worth & The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith, 1982. First Thus . Pamphlet. Very Good. 9 x 8 inches (Unpaginated. As-new, in wraps. A very rare pamphlet.

London: Cassell and Company Ltd. , 1955. First Edition (Za177) (R133). Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (242 pages; foreword, black and white illustrations). The definitive anthology of Churchillian caricature, from 1900-1954. This is a very good copy of the First Edition, in a price-clipped dust jacket. The prelims have foxed, the contents are fine. There is an ink gift inscription on the front free endpaper.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2012. Reissue Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. As-new, in dust jacket.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). As New. 4to (368 pages, profusely illustrated). As new, in dust jacket.

Germany: Stedil Publishers, 2006. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. As-new, in publisher’s original shrink-wrap. Evans’ seminal WPA-era images presented for the first time as one comprehensive group, in chronological order.

San Francisco, CA: Fogg Books, 2019. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio (Unpaginated). As-new, without dust jacket, as issued.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1974. First American Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. Hiltgunt was a censor for Scandinavian POWs’ mail and used her position to smuggle them food. A very good in, in slightly worn, price clipped dust jacket (248p).

New York: Skira, 2013. First Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). As New. 4to (416 pages, 400 color illustrations). As new, in dust jacket.

Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge, 1962. First Thus [1 of 950 copies] . Leatherbound. Very Good. 2 15/16 x 2 1/4 inches (54 pages). A very handsome miniature book, produced by St. Onge in a limited edition of 950 copies, bound in full green leather, blind-stamped, all edges gilt, with marbled endpapers. The condition is virtually mint. ACHILLE J. ST. ONGE (1913–1978) was the greatest maker of miniature books in the 20th Century. Based in Worcester, Massachusetts, he began producing them as a hobby in 1935. By the time he ceased in 1977, St. Onge had created 48 miniature masterpieces on an eclectic variety of subjects. The books all remain much-prized by collectors.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. Ex-Library Later Printing of the First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (312 pages). Cheever’s first novel and winner of the National Book Award. This is a very handsome Ex-Library copy of a Later Printing of the First American edition, in a price-clipped dust jacket. There are minimal library stamps on the endpapers, and significant remnants from the removal of a library card pocket on the rear endpaper and pastedown. Else fine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (486 pages, 78 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index.). The evolution of nuclear weapons and measures to manage proliferation. A very good copy, light shelf wear, in dust jacket.

Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1984. First Scottish Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. Reforms in the aftermath of one of the worst managed wars in history. A very good copy, in slightly rubbed dust jacket. (174p., 2 maps, 2 Tables of Organization, notes, biblio.)

London: Paul Elek, 1973. First English Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (349 pages, notes.). Wide-ranging essays by 17 contributors dealing with the relationship between war and the organization of society. Most essays address 20th century conflicts although some deal with earlier time periods as well. A very good copy, light edge wear, lacks front free end paper, in price-clipped dust jacket with light edge wear.

London: Michael Joseph, Ltd., 1959. First English Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. A very good copy in dust jacket. Some very peripheral damp staining front and rear. Lightly inked numerals on front pastedown.

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1984. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (218 pages). As-new copy of the First American edition in an unclipped dust jacket. Virtually mint.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4to (452 pages; illustrated with black and white photographs). New, in dust jacket.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (386 pages). New, in dust jacket.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1987. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (402 pages, figures, maps, notes, bibliography index.). An account of the war gaming that goes on behind the closed doors of the Pentagon. A very good copy, slight edge wear, in lightly worn dust jacket.

London: Richard Bentley, 1850. First English Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (262 pages and 334 pages, notes, appendix). An engaging account of the Hungarian revolt against Austria, with much colorful detail. Well received when published, and quite scarce now. A very good set, rebound with paper spine labels and new endpapers, occasional marginalia in colored pencil, lower edge on Vol. I slightly bumped, which has cracked the paper, believe issued without dust jackets.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (223 pages, 29 illustrations, map end papers.). The famed New York Herald Tribune correspondent, mostly from the front lines. A very good copy, in badly chipped dust jacket with mylar cover, spine sunned.