Titles starting with W from A. Parker's Books, Inc.

New York: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Inc, 1967. Prefaces by the publisher and the author. 256 pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. White cloth. Boards are lightly soiled. Else, a clean, tight white copy. Near fine/No dust jacket.... more information

New York: M Knoedler & Company, 1935. Numerous b/w illustrations. Unpaginated. pamphlet. Small 4to size. Illustrative on pink paper wrappers. Cover slightly soiled, edge worn, corners & head/heel of spine bumped; edges slightly toned; else clean & sound. Very good/No jacket issued.... more information

Private Approaches to Public Needs. Np: Np, Nd, c. 1981. Preface by Russell G. Mawby. Numerous b/w and color photographs and illustrations. 142 pp. Hardcover. Square Small 4to size. Sienna cloth. Gilt lettering to spine & front board. Minor bumping and rubbing to pressure points. Spine lightly sunned. Boards slightly damp soiled. Light surface scuff to ffep (possibly caused by an eraser). Still clean, tight and bright. Housed in original, lightly edge rubbed, sunned, scuffed and soiled, cloth slip... more information

Boston, MA: Horn Book, Inc, 1944. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Decorations by J. J. Lankes. Unpaginated. Hardcover. 12mo size. Beige cloth. Nice copy in a d.j. with minor edge-wear. Very good/Very good-.... more information

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1965. FIRST EDITION. Signed and inscribed by the author. xxiii, 741 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Light gray-green cloth. Gilt lettering and ruling to spine, contrasting green label to spine, gilt Presidential seal to front board. Inscribed to Wilton B. Persons who served as White House Chief of Staff to Dwight D. Eisenhower from 7 October 1958 to 20 January 1961. Head, heel, and corners minimally bumped and rubbed; front board minimally bumped at top and bottom; fore e... more information

Greenville, Delaware: American Malacologists, Publishers, 1977. Third edition with supplements. Copious b/w illustrations and maps. ring_bound. 4to size. Illustrative on off-white paper covered boards. Cover slightly discolored & soiled toward spine, rubbed near heel of spine; end papers worn & discolored; else clean & tight, some sections still being in their original plastic wrapping. Very good+/No jacket issued.... more information

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Washburn High School, 1935. Copious b/w photographs and full color illustrations. Hardcover. Small 4to size. Black cloth backed, paper covered boards. Illustrative endpapers. Cover edge worn, corners and head/heel of spine bumped and rubbed; edges toned; end papers and pages crisp and clean; binding loose at boards, some signatures sprung. Several signatures and inscriptions to previous owner. Numerous letters and articles laid in. Very good-/No jacket issued.... more information

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Washburn High School, 1934. Copious b/w photographs and full color illustrations. 104 pp. Ephemera. Small 4to size. Black stiff wrappers. Silver lettering and decoration to front cover, illustrative end papers. Cover edge worn with several chips and tears o edges; edges apers toned, soiled to fore edge; end papers and pages crisp ad clean; binding firm. Several signatures and inscriptions to previous owner. Very good-/No jacket issued.... more information

Und Ihre Anwendung auf Fehlerausgleichung Statistik und Lebensversicherung. Berlin: Verlag und Druck Von B G Teubner, 1941. Foreword by Hans Munzer. First edition. Signed by Yale math professor, Nelson Dunford. Numerous b/w figures. 480 pp. Text in German. Softcover. 8vo size. Tan paper wrappers. Cover edge worn and slightly soiled, several small chips to fore and top edges of wrappers, spine age darkened; all edges toned; end papers and pages toned toward edges; binding firm. Very good/No jacke... more information

Justices, Rulings and Legacy. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc., (2003). Some b/w photographs. xvi, 349 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to. Illustrative paper covered boards. Head lightly bumped; top corners very bumped. Still, a clan, tight and bright copy. Very good+/No jacket issued.... more information

Suffield, CT: Harris House Publishing, 1980. Numerous b/w illustrations. Illustrated by Nancy Cooper Funk. 50 pp. Softcover. 8vo size. Light blue paper wrappers. Wrappers lightly rubbed, sunned and soiled; edges and preliminaries very lightly foxed. Interior clean, bright and tight. Very good+/.... more information

NP: Np, nd. 119 pp. Softcover. 8vo size. Green pamphlet. Gilt lettering. Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities; edges and pages lightly to moderately toned. Very good-/.... more information

NY: Random House, (1973). First edition. 340 pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. Green cloth backed, paper covered boards. Extremities lightly bumped and rubbed; edges and endpapers lightly foxed. Dust jacket very lightly rubbed and soiled. Interior clean and bright; quite sound. Very good/Very good.... more information

NY: Harper & Brothers, (1959). First edition. 72 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo size. Aquamarine cloth. Extremities lightly bumped and rubbed. Bottom rear corner lightly worn. Spine slightly cocked. Edges and pages lightly yellowed with very light scattered foxing extending only to endpapers. Minor insect damage on front gutter near head of spine. Previous bookstore label to front paste-down. Interior still clean and tight. Dj is lightly edge rubbed and worn, pressure point chipped, spine sunned, yellowed, ... more information

The Saga of the Speedway. Pittsburgh, PA: De Paolo Publishing Co., (1936). Signed and inscribed by the author. Several b/w photographic illustrations including a frontispiece. 271 pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. Orange cloth. Head, heel and corners lightly bumped. Board edges mildly rubbed. Spine dulled. Boards faintly fingerprint soiled. Edges lightly soiled. Edges and pages mildly toned. Overall quite good. Interior clean and tight. Very good-/No dust jacket.... more information

The Story of Dow Jones & the Nation’s Business Newspaper. Chicago, IL: Rand McNally & Co. , (1982). Signed and inscribed by the author. Numerous b/w photographs. 448 pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. Dark blue cloth. Blue/silver lettering to spine and front board. Light staining and foxing on edges. In lightly edgeworn dj. Otherwise, a very crisp copy. Very good/Very good.... more information

Seal Beach: ‘76 Press, ( 1976 ). FIRST EDITION. 220 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Crimson cloth. Very good in like dust jacket. Includes the pamphlet “ And Some Obiter Dicta “ by Robert Welch. Very good/Very good. ... more information

Walla Walla, WA: (Inland Printing & Publishing Co. for the committee), 1931. Compiled by the committee. 256 pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. Tan cloth. Head, heel and corners moderately bumped; head frayed, heel and corners starting. Board edges lightly to moderately rubbed and worn. Spine dulled. Boards moderately scuffed and soiled; coating on cloth chipped away in several places. Edges and pages uniformly toned with light scattered foxing and staining. Endpapers discolored. Recipe in pencil to ffep. With a... more information

London: His Majesty’s Stationary Office, 1938. 48 b/w plates at rear. 189+ pp. Softcover. Small 4to size. Light blue paper wrappers. Extremities rubbed and creased; spine toned; rear cover perimeters and all of front cover sunned; covers lightly soiled, foxed and damp-stained. Interior clean and bright. Very good/.... more information

London: William Clower & Sons Ltd., 1970. Preface by F. J. B. Watson. Sixth edition. Numerous b/w illustrations. 214 pp. Softcover. Large 8vo size. Blue paper wrappers. Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities, pressure points more so. Spine slightly creased and sunned. Faint white stain on rear wrap. Still clean, tight and bright. Very good/No dust jacket.... more information