Titles starting with W from Gallagher Books, ABAA, ILAB

No place:: West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company,, No date (1935).. Bound Periodical. Hardcover. Hardback quarto, about 12 inches tall, in grayish blue cloth decorated in white and silver. A series of 10 periodicals bound in one volume, all including the cardstock covers. These periodicals show the advertising uses made of the company's paper. Scarce. Covers moderately worn with fading to spine with substantial and irregular loss of white surface color on spine and cover. A name (presumably a previ... more information

Cleveland:: World,, 1953.. First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Octavo, Author's first novel, a gritty look at the work world of the African American after WW II. Book is very nice with the slightest wear at top of spine, and an owner sticker and ink date on front endpaper. Dustjacket has minor extremity wear and a small tear at upper right of cover. ... more information

New York:: Mains Street / Universe Books,, 1977.. Second Printing. Softcover. Small quarto, about 10 inches tall, in gray photo illustrated wraps. 128 pages illustrated by photographs, some architectural drawings. Nostalgic look at the architecture of passenger train stations, most from the late 19th and early 20th century. Clean, bright, sound and just a hint of wear to the tips: spine evenly sunned. Very Good+ ... more information

Chicago:: Lakeside Press,, 1930.. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Large octavo, a little over 9.5 inches (24.5 cm) tall, in yellow cloth spine on gray paper covered boards. 355 pages illustrated by black and white drawings. This edition designed and Illustrated by Rudolph Ruzicka. Introduction by Raymond Adams. 1000 copies printed. A nice presentation of this classic: not flashy but appropriate. Spine a little darkened, edges with minor wear. Inside is clean and sound but for very minimal foxing to the... more information

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy,, 1956.. First edition. Hardcover. Hardback octavo in yellow and blue paper covered boards stamped in green and black. 346 pages. The 'wild side' is on the streets of the New Orleans French Quarter in the 1950's. Critically acclaimed book by the winner of the first National Book Award for 'The Man With the Golden Arm'. A great copy with a touch of wrinkling to the spine ends, and a previous owner's note on the rear endpaper. The jacket is ... more information

Denver:: Published by author,, 1990.. First Edition. Hardcover. Squarish hardback quarto, about 11 inches tall, in gilt stamped white faux leather. 176 pages including a numbered blank, with 121 color plates and more in black and white. An excellent monograph on the Colorado artist who "became widely known as 'The Painter of the Navajo', working from his direct observations of the tribal life and the magnificent environment of the Navajo people" (quoted from the preface). Very well p... more information

New York:: Viking ,, 1996.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in copper stamped black cloth spine on off-white paper covered boards. 472 pages. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE WITH A SHORT PERSONAL INSCRIPTION. A laudatory biography of the Dean of western writers. A bit of a wrinkle at the bottom of the spine, but otherwise a clean, bright and soundly bound book. The jacket is crisp and unworn. ... more information

New York:: Reinhold Publishing,, 1954.. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. First published in Switzerland. Small quarto, about 10.25 inches (26cm) tall, in black cloth with a blue inlay, titles in black and white. 249 pages illustrated by photographs, architectural drawings. This pictures a lifetime of his work that shows, like it or not, how influential his ideas were. Previous owner name on front endpaper, but otherwise the book is clean, bright and sound inside. The covers show minimal edge wear. The ... more information

New York:: Putnam,, 1973.. First Edition. Jacket is slightly soiled at top edge and back flap; price clipped. Plates; some color. ... more information

New Haven CT:: Yale University,, 1921.. 1st edition. Softcover. Softcover. Octavo, Author's scarce second book. Paper wrap has light edge and extremity wear with a shallow chip adjacent to spine; two inch closed tear from top of rear panel. Endpapers darkened from the cheap card covers. ... more information

New York:: Macmillan,, 1971.. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITH A PERSONAL (FIRST NAME) INSCRIPTION DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION ON THE HALF TITLE. Octavo, about 8.5 inches tall, in bluish green cloth. 351 pages. The "wanderers" of the title are political exiles, both black and white, who have to flee their native countries to survive. The author was a native of South Africa and educated there. He was an English Professor in the U.S. when the book was published but ret... more information

London:: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington,, 1879.. First Edition. Hardback octavo. Brown cloth decorated in gilt and black. 421 pages plus 32 pages of ads. Illustrations by the author and several after drawings and sketches by Alfred Bierstadt including a particularly nice drawing of the Cathedral Rocks in Yosemite and an excellent mountain sheep. The author's drawings are also very good. Two maps mounted at front: New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; and the western U.S. from Colorado and ... more information

East Lansing MI:: Michigan State University Press,, 1957.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9.5 inches tall, in red cloth. 290 pages. The author's personal recollections of his 75 years in traveling circuses. The inside is clean, bright and sound but a bookstore tag (Texas) on the rear pastedown. The covers show minor extremity wear. The jacket is complete and just mildly edge worn with a one-inch closed tear at the top front panel. ... more information

London:: Neville Spearman / Holland Press,, 1958.. Second Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, about 9.5 inches (24 cm) tall, in green paper covered boards. 187 pages plus a one page index. illustrated by 30 drawings by the author. First published in 1923, this is the author's memoir concerning elephant hunting for trophies in the early 20th century. Riling, 1936. Hand, B249 (essentially quoting the jacket blurb of this edition). Previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown. Paper mildly toned. ... more information

Youngstown NY:: Old Fort Niagara Association,, 1991.. No Edition Indicated. Hardcover. Quarto, about 11 inches tall, in white wraps with color cover illustration. 120 pages illustrated by drawings. As promised by the title, a collection of scholarly articles by academics from both the U.S. and Canada. A very nice copy with just minor soiling to the covers and minimal wear to the tips. Otherwise crisp, clean and sound. ... more information

New York:: Virtue & Co. (Virtue & Yorston),, 1862-1867.. First Edition (Bound Periodicals). Three volumes, hardback quartos. A remarkably nice set of an important Civil War history in the rarely seen original parts. Three quarto volumes in recent quarter navy blue leather on light gray cloth. Gilt stamped spine with brown cloth labels. This is a bound set of the of the periodical issues (the parts) of this work which was published in book form in 1867. It is likely that the cloth spine labels, d... more information

Baltimore:: Lewis and Coleman,, 1836.. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, about 7.5 inches tall, in original brown cloth. 184 pages. A very scarce account of the Seminole War. Howes, at P515, describes the book as "unsparingly critical of Jackson, Jesup and the Secretary of War [Lewis Cass]". Sabin 64673. Streeter 1236. Three maps: one complete, one partially (about half) in facsimile, and the third entirely a facsimile (not a very good one at that). Both hinges reinforced with tape; front en... more information

Gainesville FL:: University of Florida Press,, 1972.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in brown faux leather stamped in gilt. 476 pages illustrated by portraits, maps, map endpapers. A wide ranging look at the war on land and sea. The inside is clean, bright and sound but with some glue transfer to the endpapers and a bookseller tag on the rear pastedown. The jacket is price clipped, lightly edgeworn, and a tiny chip at the head of the spine. ... more information

New York:: McGraw Hill,, 1966.. 2nd pr.. Jacket is slightly edgeworn and there are a few edge tears at spine top. Nice copy of the story of the 'insurrection' in Wyomin g. ... more information

London:: Ward Lock,, n.d. ca. 1910.. 10th edition. 2' tear to map of western highlands; 3' tears to Glasgow map and Glasgow and the Clyde. Photos; 3 folding maps. ... more information