Search Results: Titles starting with W from MLC Books

New York: Random House, 1967. Five people are used by a government intelligence organization for a vital task, so secret that the people are then "expendable." First American edition. Spine head gently bumped with a price sticker on the front end paper. Jacket lightly rubbed and crimped with a tiny tear to the spine head and a 1/2" tear to the upper front panel. Short crease to the lower front flap, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good.

New York: New York University Press, 1970. A chronologically arranged collection of critical and scholarly essays, including a short autobiography by Gilbert. Among the contributors are Max Beerbohm and G.K. Chesterton. Lightly bumped and rubbed at the edges, previous owner's name and address label on the front pastedown. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, spine a bit darkened, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1979. First printing of the first Superintendent Tetsuo Otani mystery. Gently bumped and rubbed, upper edge of the text block very faintly foxed. Jacket show a small nick at the upper front flap fold, in mylar. Signed by Melville on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine.

Boulder, CO: Rue Morgue Press, 2003. Lily Wu and Janice Cameron investigate how the murder of a refugee Chinese servant is involved with an apparently wealthy widow and tea being smuggled out of China. First published in 1953. Very gently bumped, spine sunned, with the previous owner's name and date on the front end paper.. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1932. Gently bumped with just a touch of wear at the corners and spine ends. Spine slightly cocked, previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears, including 1" tears at the upper and lower spine folds as well as the lower rear panel. Some internal tape repair. Rear panel tanned, price intact, in mylar. Scarce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

New York: Avalon Books / Thomas Bouregy, 1981. Is a ghost trying to possess her, or is there another reason for the voice? Ex-library with internal markings and a stamp on the upper edge of the text block. Lightly bumped, spine a bit cocked, with foxing to the edges of the text block. Jacket crimped, spine sunned, with light wear to the flaps, in Brodart.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Ex-Library.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1951. Lasswell's fourth book about three beer-loving older ladies. A cross country trip brings laughs and adventure. Gently bumped and rubbed with light foxing to the edges of the text block and a couple of spots on the boards. Binding square and solid, previous owner's name inside. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears, internal tape repair, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Price, George.

Webster, WI: Riverview Publishing, 1985. Small 1/4" drip spot on the fore edge of the text block. Very tight, appears unread. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Edina, MN: Beavers Pond Press, 2013. Gently bumped. Inscribed by Bloom on the half title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition.. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: Pageant Press, 1953. The author, of Albert Lea, Minnesota, offers an account of his travels to Alaska, across Canada and the North Atlantic to London. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the corners and spine ends, rear hinge a bit loose. Jacket blurb had been taped to the rear pastedown, now laid in with tape residue, and the previous owner's name and date of acquisition. Signed by Groten on the title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Macmillan, 1936. Novel set in a small Minnesota town by the journalist and Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. Gently bumped and rubbed with a small drip mark at both corners of the front board, binding square and solid. Signed by Gray, without inscription, on the front end paper.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: William Morrow, 1946. A Johnny Knight and Sid Ames mystery. Bumped and rubbed with a bit of wear and tanning to the edges, boards spotted. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, rear panel darkened, upper corner of the front flap torn off, in mylar. Signed by Roden on a personalized bookplate on the front free end paper. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Company, 2002. First printing. Jacket lightly crimped, in mylar. Signed by Nichols on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Rodale Press, 2006. Fourth printing. Spine ends lightly rolled. Jacket in mylar. Inscribed by the author on the dedication page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Inscribed By the Author. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: America House Book Publishers, 1999. Very gently handled. Signed by Jeffries on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co./Crime Club, 1952. A woman, married to a mobster, finds a dead body in her apartment. Bumped and rubbed with a bit of wear at the edges. Spine and edges of the boards darkened. Pages well tanned, previous owner's address label on the front pastedown.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Nodin Press, 2005. Essays by the veteran Minnesota newspaper columnist and author. Jacket in mylar. Inscribed and signed by Klobuchar on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Inscribed By the Author. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: NBM Graphic Novels, 2015. In the style of a graphic novel, Morel recounts the experiences of returning veterans he became close to as he worked on his documentary 'On The Bridge.' Fine, as new condition. Signed by Morel on the title page, dated Oct. 10, 2015 Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Mael.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004. First printing. Signed by the author on the second front free end paper. DJ has "signed copy" sticker on front, in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

St. Cloud, MN: North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc., 1994. A "compilation of the presentations of twenty-one contributors to the Theological Insights program at The College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota." Second printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket.