Titles starting with W from McBlain Books

1982. 2. Trzeciakowska, Maria and Lech. W Dziewietnastowiecznym Poznaniu: Zycie Codzienne Miasta 1815-1914. Poznan: Wydawn Poznanskie, 1982. photos & illustrations, 5 maps on 3 folding leaves, 529p. Hardcover in original green cloth lettered in yellow. dj. 20cm. Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED on the half-title by both authors (but probably in Lech's hand). Polish text. ... more information

1979. 2. [*Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt, 1868-1963] Partington, Paul G. W. E. B. Du Bois: A Bibliography of His Published Writings. Whittier: (c. 1979). Revised edition. (6), 202, (6)p. Hardcover in original blue buckram. 28cm. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). [also] W. E. B. Du Bois: A Bibliography of His Published Writings. Supplement. Whittier: (c. 1984). 20p. Soft cover in original light green stapled wrapper. 27cm. Very Good. The supplement represented Partington's research in the Du Boi... more information

1990. 2. [*DuBois, William Edward Burghardt, 1868-1963] McDonnell, Robert W. and Paul G. Partington. W. E. B. DuBois: A Bibliography of Writings about Him. Whittier: (1990). Revised edition. ii, 74p. Wrapper. 28cm. Very Good. The first edition was printed in an edition of 40 copies; this is one of the 100 copies that constituted the initial printing of the revised edition. ... more information

1941. 2. *Phillips, Porter W. W. W. Brown, Host. NY: Fleming H. Revell, (c. 1941). 102p. Hardcover. dj. 19cm. Small tape mark on front of jacket. Former owner's name stamp on endpaper. Very Good/Very Good. Rev. Brown served for many years as Pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church in New York City. ... more information

[Photo Albums] WWII Soldier's Service in the U.S. Army Transportation Service in Iran. 200+ photos in two albums. Photo size varies; many are 6 x 8cm. or smaller; a few are larger. Almost all are amateur photos, probably taken by the soldier. Photos pasted down in larger album and inserted in corner mounts in smaller album. Decent detail -- less so in the really small (3 x 4cm.) snaps. A few empty spaces in albums. Brief inked captions in bottom margin of many photos in the larger album; the rest are ... more information

1. [Photo Album] WWII Volunteer at Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital in South Africa. [our title]. Approximately 170 photos pasted on both sides of the pages of a contemporary album. One text leaf detached. Many of the amateur photos are 6 x 8cm. while others are larger. Brief captions under most photos. Oblong, slightly-flexible leather album (30 x 25cm.). Very Good. While many, but not a majority, are commercial photos or postcards of standard sights and scenes in South Africa, most are amateur photos which... more information

1942. 3. Wabash Railroad Company. Wabash RR. Co. Locomotive Equipment January 1st, 1942. Office Supt. of MP. Decatur, Illinois. n.p.: 1942. 70+ unnumbered leaves printed on one side. Hardcover post and screw binder. Oblong (25 x 13cm.). Some scuffing and wear. A few red pencil corrections on first several pages. Good/No Jacket. ... more information

1899. 2. Wright, Mabel Osgood. Wabeno the Magician; the Sequel to "Tommy-Anne and the Three Hearts." NY: Macmillan, 1899. frontis, illustrations, xi, 346p. Hardcover (green cloth decorated and lettered in gilt). 19cm. Insect holes along front hingepaper. Very Good/No Jacket. ... more information

1983. 2. Chlebowski, Cezary. Wachlarz: Monografia Wydzielonej Organizacji Dywersyjnej Armii Krajowej 1941-Marzec 1943. Warszawa" Instytut Wydawniczy Pax, 1983. 1st ed. illustrated, 5 folding charts laid in at end, 353p. Hardcover in original white cloth. dj. 24cm. Jacket has edge- wear and minor chips/tears. Very Good/Very Good. Polish text. ... more information

1992. *McMillan, Terry. Waiting to Exhale. NY: Viking, (c. 1992). xiv, 409p. dj. 23cm. Review slip laid in. SIGNED. A novel. ... more information

2004. 2. *Bolden, Tonya. Wake Up Our Souls: A Celebration of Black American Artists. NY: Abrams in association with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, (c. 2004). 1st ed. 128p. Hardcover. dj. 26cm. Very Good/Very Good. ... more information

1986. Paperback. 2. Garba, Maman. Wakokin Maman Garba karo. Niamey: CELHTO, 1986. 98p. Softcover. 21cm. Very Good. Hausa text. Poetry. ... more information

1968. Paperback. 1. Fischer, Dieter. Waldverbreitung, Bauerliche Waldwirtschaft und Kommerzielle Waldnutzung im Ostlichen Afghanistan. n.p: 1968. photos, 139p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Near Fine. German text. Universitat zu Freiburg dissertation. ... more information

1974. 2. *Bryan, Ashley. Walk Together Children: Black American Spirituals. NY: Atheneum, 1974. 1st ed. illustrations, 53p. Hardcover. dj. 20cm. Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED on half-title by Bryan. Laid in is a small four- page leaflet from Atheneum about Bryan which Bryan has SIGNED. Children's book. ... more information

1959. 3. Izzard, Ralph William Burdick, and Molly Patricia Izzard. A Walk in the Mountains: A Family's Trip Through the High Lebanon. NY: David McKay, (c. 1959). photos, map (on endpapers), xiii, [15]-253p. Pictorial dj. 21cm. A few ink markings. Good. Review slip laid in. ... more information

1962. Paperback. 3. La Guma, Alex. A Walk in the Night. Ibadan: Mbari, (c. 1962). vi, 90p. Softcover. 22cm. Very Good. Label at bottom of title-page: Distributed in the United States and its territories by Northwestern University Press Evanston. Fiction. ... more information

1999. 1. Summerfield, Anne and John, editors. Walk in Splendor: Ceremonial Dress and the Minangkabau. Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, (c. 1999). 1st ed. Illustrated (almost all in color). 362p. Hardcover in original black cloth. dj. 31cm. Fine/Fine. Textiles from West Sumatra. ... more information

1968. Paperback. 3. Gospodarek, Tadeusz. Walka o kulture narodowa ludu na Slasku (1815-1863). Wroclaw: 1968. index, 345p. Softcover in original yellow wrapper. 24cm. Backstrip worn at top. Corner bent. Good. Polish text. ... more information

1974. Paperback. 2. Parker, Elizabeth L. and James Abajian. A Walking Tour of the Black Presence in San Francisco during the Nineteenth Century: A Black History Week Event. San Francisco: San Francisco African American Historical and Cultural Society, 1974. 1st ed. [which was limited to 1000 copies]. frontis, index, 23p. Softcover. 25cm. Very Good. ... more information

1945. Goell, Milton Jacob, 1904-. The Wall That Is My Skin. NY: Malliet, 1945. 1st ed. 41p. Chipped and worn dj (missing large piece of backstrip panel and several small bits along top edge). 20cm. INSCRIBED. New York lawyer's poems "inspired by the Negro's Fight for Democratic Rights." ... more information