Judith Wright
by Walker, Shirley
Melbourne [etc.] Oxford University Press, 1981. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. First edition. Bound in paper orange wrappers titled in black on spine and front cover. Spine has faded to very light orange. Lightly creased, rubbed, and soiled, with bumped corners. 213 pages. BOB/111716.
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Stalemate at Panmunjon
by Walker, Wilbert L.
Baltimore: Heritage Press, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st ed. very good navy blue boards; gilt title on spine; edge of spine and corners worn; very good minus dj w/mended open tear top front cover, rear scuffed; pages very clean and bright; 158 pp. Korean War. MIL/10082.
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The Romance of a Great Port: The Story of Saint John New Brunswick. Souvenir of the Transportation Festival Held on the Occasion of the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V.
by Wallace, Frederick William
Saint John: Saint John Harbour Commisioners, 1935. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo. Very good in illustrated green paper wrappers with black and silver title to front wrapper. Minor creasing and fading to edges. Interior is clean and bright with illustrations throughout. 64 pages. Canada CAN/9262.
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Two Volumes
by Wallace, Lew; William Martin Johnson, illustrator
London: Jas. R. Osgood, McIlvaine &C, 1892. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. A scarce and handsome edition of this most famous work by Lew Wallace, originally published in 1880 by Harper and Brothers. It is considered to be "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century." It became a best-selling American novel, surpassing Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin in sales.[ Wikipedia] This faithful New Testament tale combines the events of the life of Jesus with grand historical... Read More
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Petrarch's Poetics and Literary History
by Waller, Marguerite
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Presentation Copy. 8vo. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Interior is bright, crisp and clean. 163 pp. Classical Literature. CLA/5172.
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Plymouth
by Walling, R.A.J. (editor)
Plymouth: Underhill, 1900. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Small 8vo. Very good in maroon snake skin patterned stiff paper wraps with black title to spine. Minor edgewear to edges. Interior is clean and bright with fold out map and illustrations on near every page. Includes advertisements. 71 pages. English Travel. TRA11122.
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Discourse on the Life and Character of George Peabody Delivered in the Hall of the Peabody Institute, Baltimore, February 18, 1870, at the Request of the Trustees
by Wallis, Severn Teackle
Baltimore: the Peabody Institute, 1870. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo. Grey paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Minor soiling and chipping to wrappers. Interior is clean and bright with many pages unopened. 60 pages. BALT/063015.
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Spain: Her Institutions, Politics, and Public Men: A Sketch
by Wallis, S.T.
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Wallis was also the author of Glimpses of Spain, or Notes of an Unfinished Tour in 1847, which was published in 1849. At that time, he was asked by the U.S. government to return to Spain on official business, where he was able to observe its institutions and meet public officials. This work resulted from that visit. 12mo. Three quarter brown leather with blue and brown... Read More
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All Souls' Night. (Tauchnitz Edition. Collection of British and American Authors Volume 5118)
by Walpole, Hugh
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1933. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Sir Hugh Walpole (1884-1941) was a New Zealand-born English novelist. He was a prodigious writer and novelist who was very popular in the United Kingdom and North America in the 1920-30s, but has largely been neglected since. He was a companion of and was influenced by many contemporary British/American authors, including H.G. Wells, Max Beerbohm, and Henry James. Walpole's output was quite varied. His range included the macabre, children's stories... Read More
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Lettres sur l'Angleterre our Voyage Dans la Grand-Bretagne
by Walsh, M. Le Vicomte
Paris: L.F. Hivert, 1830. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st edition. Very good in 1/2 leather and marble paper boards. Wear at edges and corners. Marbled endpapers. 6 black and white plates. Sporadic foxing. TRA3/12200.
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Ueber die Scheinbare Polaritat des Lichtes bei den Talbot'schen Linien
by Walter, B.
Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Vg in wraps German. GER1111151.
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Bible Lands. Quarterly Paper of The Jerusalem and the East Mission. No.113, Vol.VII. July, 1927
by Ward, Algernon, ed. Bearder, Noel J., assistant editor
Leicester, UK: W. H. Lead, 1927. Paperback. Very Good -. Paperback. Very good minus in original pictorial wrappers, side-stapled. Chipping and tearing along rear fore edge of wrapper; soiling to some portions of wrapper. Light soiling to a few portions of interior; top corner of several pages folded over in rear; no loose pages. Illustrated with b/w photos. Antiquated signature to front cover. Pages 799-822. In wraps. Religion. REL/01074.
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Down in the World
by Warden, Florence
New York: J.S. Ogilvie, 1892. Paperback. Good. Paperback. VERY SCARCE. Florence Warden (1857-1929) was a British actress and writer. She was born Florence Alice Price, but changed her name to Florence Warden for her stage career. She was also a prolific writer who wrote many novels under her stage name. Her first novel, The Wolf at the Door, was published anonymously in 1877. Overall she published over 120 novels over a nearly 50-year writing career as well as... Read More
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Journeys with the Ice Bear
by Ward, Kennan
Minocqua, WI: North Word Press, 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. This book "is a breathtaking firsthand adventure into the unforgiving world of one of nature's most extraordinary animals - the polar bear. Combining spectacular photography and insightful writing, renowned wildlife photographer and author Kennan Ward captures the essence of the harsh yet remarkable lives of these wandering ice bears. ... Join Ward on this remarkable and soul-searching expedition and you... Read More
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The Place of Sociology Among the Sciences
by Ward, L. F.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1895. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Reprinted from "The American Journal of Sociology," Vol. I, No. 1, July, 1895. orange side stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Ex libris with stamp and sticker to front wrapper. Text is clean and bright. Sociology. ANTH/012220.
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Robert Elsmere
by Ward, Mary Augusta [Mrs. Humphry Ward]
London: Smith, Elder, 1888. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED LETTER. Includes a one and a half page handwritten and signed letter by Ward to her publisher. Also features the bookplate of accomplished Danish actor, Jean Hersholt (1886 - 1956), which is pasted down to the front end page of Volume I. Hersholt, perhaps best known for his role as Shirley Temple's grandfather in Heidi (1937), appeared in over one hundred films, directed several films, won... Read More
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Sir George Tressady
by Ward, Mrs. Humphry (Mary Augusta Arnold)
London: Smith, Elder, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Mary Augusta Ward, née Arnold, (1851-1920) was a preeminent Victorian and Edwardian novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward. Her uncle was the poet Matthew Arnold. Ward's novels contained strong religious subject matter relevant to Victorian values. She was popular in the United States as well as Britain. Her book Lady Rose's Daughter was the best-selling novel in the United States in 1903, as was The... Read More
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Cambridge Street Literature
by Ward, Philip
Cambridge: The Oleander Press of Cambridge, 1978. Paper Boards. Near Fine. Paper Boards. 8vo. Very clean blue paper covered boards with blue title to front board and spine. Slight wear to spine ends. Interior is very clean. Tight binding. 64 pages. BOB/111204.
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Ten Personal Studies: A. J. Balfour, J. T. Delane, R. H. Hutton, Sir J. Knowles, Henry Sidgwick, Lord Lytton, Father I. Ryder. With Ten Portraits
by Ward, Wilfrid
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1908. Hardcover. Very Good +. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor wear to exterior including rubbing to boards, bumping to spine ends, and one small 1 inch long tear in cloth over front hinge. Small sticker from original bookseller to front paste down. Light foxing sporadically throughout though heavier at end pages. Includes frontispiece with intact tissue guard. 30 pages. English Biography. ENG BIO/090409.
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German and Austrian Porcelain
by Ware, George W.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Slight browning and foxing to end pages. Else is pristine with illustrations throughout. Light blue illustrated price clipped dust jacket with red title to front and spine panels. Wear to jacket includes minor rubbing and creasing to edges. Index 244 pages. Ceramics and glass. CER/040611.
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An Address Delivered at Kennebunk, Before the York County Unitarian Association, October 24, 1827
by Ware, Jr., Henry
Kennebunk: James K. Remich, 1828. Paperback. Good. Paperback. G in wraps/35pp./much wear to paper edges/a few small punctures to wrappers. Religion. REL211161.
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The Development of the Forebrain of the American Water Snake (Natrix Sipedon)
by Warner, Francis James
Philadelphia: Press of the Wistar Institute, 1946. Paperback. Very Good+. Paperback. A reprint of a study originally published in The Journal of Comparative Neurology. The author, Francis James Warner, was affiliated with the Pavlovian Laboratory of the Phipps Psychiatric Clinic of Johns Hopkins medical schoool. With 20 figures and bibliography. Stapled covers. Very good condition. Pages 385-418. NAT/020215.
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The Voice: A Quarterly Magazine of Verse (2 ISSUES)
by Warner, Lulu (editor)
North Mancester (IND.), 1927. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Both issues Vg in wraps and stapled bindings/buyer gets the Spring, 1927 and Summer, 1928 issues. This will allow the buyer a generous sampling of the works of Stauffer Doyle, Madge Ohe, and the inimitable Italian bard, Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni. Periodicals. PER410311.
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Bird print - Marsh Hawk (2 birds) - Plate 13 - from Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania
by Warren, B.H.
Harrisburg: E. K.Meyers, 1890. Very Good. Chromolithograph. A male and female with one eating a smaller (unidentified) bird. Minor browning. Size: 9.25 x 6 inches. PRINT/080620.
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Bird print - Black-throated Blue Warbler (M & F), Black-throated Green Warbler, and Parula Warbler (4 birds) - Plate 97 - from Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania
by Warren, B.H.
Harrisburg: E. K.Meyers, 1890. Very Good. Chromolithograph. Minor browning. Size: 9.25 x 6 inches. PRINT/080620.
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