Authors starting with W from Argosy Book Store

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1929. First. hardcover. good. Illus. 236pp. 4to, black pictorial cloth; edges of corners and spine ends rubbed, lettering on spine faded. New York: Dodd Mead, 1929. ... more information

Cambridge, MA, 1910. unbound. very good. Typed letter signed, with one holograph correction, to a descendant of Elbridge Gerry regarding a challenge to a Massachusetts law prohibiting children under 14 working on the stage. 4to, 2 pages. Cambridge, MA, March 3, 1910. I am much obliged to you for sedning [sic] me your article on the 'Children of the Stage'...it covers the ground admirably and undoubtedly has produced many salutary effects on law and custom... ... more information

Hartford, 1863. unbound. Governor of Connecticut and son of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Oliver Ellsworth. A highly important retained copy of a letter written to President Abraham Lincoln. 4to, 4 pages, Hartford, December 13, 1863. An attempt to secure clemency for Dr. Andrew Salisbury, convicted before a Court Martial Board of corruption involving the Draft Board Scandals: "...Learning from Dr. Salisbury that you have before you for examination, papers connected with his late trial before a Co... more information

Concord, 1899. unbound. Good content T.L. S. by the powerful New Hampshire Governor concerning the sensation created by his designation of "Old Home Week" one month earlier: "...I think the stir that is being made upon the subject will result in good deal of good. I do not care to be quoted any further in regard to the matter..." 1 page, 8vo., April 14, 1899. Very good. On March 19, 1899 Rollins instituted "Old Home Week", a celebration of "Mother-Home and Heaven", a... more information

hardcover. Profusely Illus. with b/w photographs. Thin 4to, cloth-backed pictorial boards. Muenchen: Suddeutscher, (1957). Very good. Text in German and English. ... more information

New York: Appleton, 1965. hardcover. very good(+). Illustrated. xiii + 305pp., 8vo cloth-backed boards. New York: Appleton-Century, (1965). A very good copy (+) ... more information

Oxford: Society of Antiquaries, 1932. First Edition. hardcover. very good(+). Frontispiece and 57 black & white plates, a few in color, over 45 black & white text figures and diagrams, 242pp., large 4to, cloth, gilt-lettered spine; (corners bumped, covers a bit dust-soiled). Oxford: The Society of Antiquaries, 1932. Very Good (+). Archaeologia or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London Volume LXXXII. ... more information

hardcover. 5 folding illus., 110 black and white illus., 150pp. of text, 4to, cloth, d.w.; (chipped). Princeton, N.J.: Princeton UP, 1949. ... more information

50pp. 12mo, sewed. Jenal, 1880. Doctoral dissertation. ... more information

hardcover. 418pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Chicago UP, 1957. very good. ... more information

University of Chicago Press, (1951). ... more information

New York: Town House, 1977. hardcover. very good(+). Frontis., Illustrated. xviii + 393pp. 8vo, cloth. New York: The Town House Press, 1977. A very good (+) copy. ... more information

hardcover. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Random House, (1997). vg ... more information

hardcover. 125 illustrations, including a large folding map. xv, 634pp. Thick large 8vo, purple cloth. N.Y.: Argosy, 1970. A fine copy of this reprint edition. ... more information

New York: Putnam, 1905. hardcover. very good(-). Frontispiece, large color folding map in rear of book, 125 black & white photographic illustrations; 634 pages, thick tall 8vo, tan cloth (spine darkened, top of spine worn). New York and London: G.P. Putnam's, 1905. A very good copy but for the spine. ... more information

hardcover. 387pp., tall 8vo, original printed boards, d.w. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, (1938). First Edition. A fine copy in a slightly rubbed dust jacket. With the small ownership label of art historian Meyer Schapiro. ... more information

Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1911. First. hardcover. very good. 33 black & white plates, tall 4to, grey cloth backed patterned boards (spine worn and inner hinges strengthened). Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1911. Very good. Kunstgeschichtliche Forschungen Volume II. With the small ownership signature of art historian Meyer Schapiro. ... more information

By Unus Quorum. 70pp. Wrs. London, 1827. Anecdotes and character sketches, including Wm. Heberden, Sir George Baker, Charles Gower, Poticaries, and Quacks. ... more information

hardcover. very good(-). Illustrated. 8vo, blue cloth (spine faded; head worn). New York, 1914. A very good(-) copy. ... more information