Flying Saucers: Twenty-One Years of UFO's
by Whitney, David C. (Ed.)
New York: Cowles Education Corporation, UPI, 1968. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 7" X 4". 157pp. Rubbing, toning, and creasing to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Price sticker to rear cover. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. A quite charming 1960s mass market paperback of this pictorial history of unidentified flying objects, illustrated throughout.
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The Factories, With Other Lyrics
by Widdemer, Margaret
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1915. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 7 3/4" X 5". 160pp. Rubbing, bumps, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of red cloth over boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Foxing to endpapers. Pages are free of marks and notation. Hinges are tender and starting; binding remains sound. Margaret Widdemer (1884-1978) was an American poet and novelist. She gained recognition for her literary works during the early to mid-20th century. Widdemer... Read More
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The Marvelous Hairy Girls: The Gonzales Sisters and Their Worlds
by Wiesner-Hanks, Merry
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, with full number line indicating first printing. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". xiii, 248pp. A touch of shelfwear to pictorial dust jacket, else fine. Bound in full black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. A highly presentable first printing of this history of the Gonzales girls, a triad of sixteenth-century... Read More
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German Mysticism and the Politics of Culture (American University Studies)
by Wiethaus, Ulrike
New York: Peter Lang, 2014. Hardcover. Very good +. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". x, 235pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Probing deeply into texts by and about prominent Christian mystics, religious authors, and saints, German Mysticism and the Politics of Culture challenges the reader to rethink the medieval past as a contemporary presence.... Read More
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Foxfire: Volume 6, Number 4, Winter 1972
by Wigginton, B. Eliot (Advisor, Intro.); Echols, Stan; Starnes, Randy; Cox, Karen; Warfield, Gary; Rickman, Claude H.; McBride, Ray; MacNeil, Don; Arrowood, Glenda; COok, Mike; Long, Kathy; Taylor, Barbara; Brown, Jan; Garth, Mary; Justice, Julia; Dickerson
Rabun Gap, Georgia: Southern Highlands Literary Fund, Inc, 1972. Staplebound wraps. Very good. Staplebound wraps. 10" X 7". 174-252pp. Moderate wear to staplebound pictorial wraps. Occasional light foxing to pages, else unmarked. An attractive copy of this installment of the Foxfire quarterly, with lessons on hide tanning, wagon building, bending bows for an ox yoke, cornmeal, dowsing for water, cornshuck mops and hats, chair bottoming, and more.
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The Diary of a Goose Girl FIRST EDITION
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas; Shepperson, Claude A. (Illust.)
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. "In alluding to myself as a Goose Girl, I am using only the most modest of my titles; for I am also a poultry maid, a tend of Belgian hares and rabbits, and a shepherdess; but I particularly fancy the role of Goose Girl, because it recalls the German fairy tales of my early youth, when I always yearned, but never hoped, to... Read More
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Australia's Boer War: The War in South Africa, 1899-1902
by Wilcox, Craig
New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. 10 1/4" X 7 3/4". xviii, 541pp. Book present nicely with unclipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in white. Mild rubbing along corners and edges of boards. Faint dust-spotting to text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and... Read More
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Oscar Wilde: Stories and Fairy Tales
by Wilde, Oscar
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1983. First Edition. Leather_bound. Very good. First Edition. Leather_bound. This limited edition of the great Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde's fairy tales and stories was exclusively printed for members of Franklin Library's The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers series and features a sumptuous genuine leather binding, all gilt edges, silver silk moire endpapers, an atmospheric frontispiece and 6 illustrations by artist Zevi Blum, title page calligraphy by Michael Starkman,... Read More
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The Marx-Weber Debate (Key Issues in Sociological Theory)
by Wiley, Norbert (Ed.)
Newbury Park: Sage Publications, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Good +. First Edition. Paperback. 8 1/2" X 5 1/4". 206pp. Mild shelf wear to pictorial paper wraps with light rubbing and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Previous owner's stamp to half-title page. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: To what extent are the ideas of Marx and Weber incompatible and contradictory? Is there no interplay between the theoretical systems of... Read More
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We Too Are Drifting
by Wilhelm, Gale
New York: Triangle Books, 1939. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good +/good. Second Printing. Hardcover. Published in 1939, this is the Triangle Books Edition Second Printing in scarce dust jacket of this landmark work in early lesbian literature, candidly portraying same sex love during an era of significant censorship, and having the distinction of being among the few pre-Stonewall novels to depict lesbian relationships without overt tragedy. 7 1/2" X 5". 205pp. Book presents nicely with price-clipped dust jacket wrapped... Read More
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Stone, River, Sky: An Anthology of Georgia Poems
by Wilkerson, Carey Scott (Ed.); Dickson, Melissa (Ed.)
Moble: Negative Capability Press, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. First Edition. Paperback. 10" X 7". 248pp. Very mild shelf wear to corners and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Light scratch to rear cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. Book appears to be unread. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Stone, River, Sky: an Anthology of Georgia Poems brings together the work of more than 140 poets in a collection of sweeping diversity and joyous... Read More
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Good Dirt: A Novel SIGNED FIRST EDITION
by Wilkerson, Charmaine
New York: Ballantine Books, 2025. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Charmaine Wilkerson to publisher's tipped-in page. First Edition with full number line indicating First Printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 352pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in red paper over boards with spine backed in black and lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm, tight, and sound.... Read More
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Green Roof Retrofit: Building Urban Resilience
by Wilkinson, Sara (Ed.); Dixon, Tim (Ed.)
West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. Good +. First Edition. Paperback. 9 1/2" X 6 3/4". xvii, 265pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps, with small tear to head of spine. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A deep understanding of the implications of green roof retrofit is required amongst students and practitioners to make the decisions and take... Read More
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The Official Secret Agent Album, October 14, 1969 through July 18, 1970 FIRST EDITION
by Williamson, Al
Las Vegas: Pioneer Books, 1989. Stated First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Stated First Edition. Paperback. 10 7/8" X 8 1/2". Black and white pictorial wraps. MIld edgewear to binding. Foxing to edges of text block. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid copy of this collection of Secret Agent comic strips.
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A Cultural History of Medical Vitalism in Enlightenment Montpellier
by Williams, Elizabeth A.
Burlington: Ashgate, 2003. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". viii, 369pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Slight lean to spine. Occasional inked underlining to pages. Underlining does not obscure text. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: One of the key themes of the Enlightenment was the search for universal... Read More
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The Summer Country FIRST EDITION
by Willig, Lauren
New York: William Morrow, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 464pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Brown paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A brilliant, multigenerational saga in the tradition of The Thorn Birds and North... Read More
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Black Women's Liberation
by Williams, Maxine; Newman, Pamela
New York: Pathfinder Press, Inc, 1971. Second Printing. Staplebound. Very good. Second Printing. Staplebound. Containing articles by two members of the Young Socialist Alliance and Third World Women's Alliance, "Why Women's Liberation Is Important to Black Women" by Maxine Williams and "Take a Good Look at Our Problems" by Pamela Newman, this Black Women's Liberation pamphlet boldly addresses the seeming irrelevance of the women's liberation movement for Black women's needs at the start of the 1970s. This feminist... Read More
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Black Women's Liberation
by Williams, Maxine; Newman, Pamela
New York: Pathfinder Press, Inc, 1972. Third Printing. Staplebound. Very good. Third Printing. Staplebound. Containing articles by two members of the Young Socialist Alliance and Third World Women's Alliance, "Why Women's Liberation Is Important to Black Women" by Maxine Williams and "Take a Good Look at Our Problems" by Pamela Newman, this Black Women's Liberation pamphlet boldly addresses the seeming irrelevance of the women's liberation movement for Black women's needs at the start of the 1970s. This feminist... Read More
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By This Christmas Moon DELUXE EDITION
by Williams, Sam; Katz, Diane (Illust.)
Pittsboro, North Carolina: Rosenberry Books, etc., 2007. Deluxe "Book in Hand" Edition, First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good +. Deluxe "Book in Hand" Edition, First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 9" X 11 7/8". Unpaginated. Bound in paper over thin, flexible boards, with color pictorial title label to upper booard and spine bound in handmade paper over thicker boards, tied with heavy twine. Moderate sunning and light edgewear; binding is firm and sound. Printed on recycled laid paper. Pages are clean... Read More
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William James and Phenomenology: A Study of "The Principles of Psychology
by Wilshire, Bruce
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +/Good. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xi, 251pp. This book is from the collection of Anders Ericsson, renowned Swedish Psychologist. Toning, creasing, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of price-clipped dust jacket. There are several open and closed tears along the edges of jacket. Some are tape repaired. Toning, creasing, and chipping to jacket spine. Multiple tears to inside flaps. Toning to jacket... Read More
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The Bakhtiaris (Reprinted from the "Central Asian Society's Journal," Vol. XIII., Part 3, July, 1926)
by Wilson, Arnold
Billing and Sons, Ltd, 1926. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 21pp. Mild wear to paper wraps with rubbing, toning, and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Bump to head of spine, with creasing to covers and to text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. The British author, Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson (1884 - 1940) was a colonial administrator, Conservative politician, writer and editor. During the first World War Wilson served under... Read More
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The Origins of Creativity FIRST UK EDITION
by Wilson, Edward O.
London: Allen Lane, 2017. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 243pp. Stated first edition, first printing. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in gray paper over boards with spine lettered in black. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. A bright first printing. ABOUT THIS BOOK: An eloquent exploration... Read More
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Scotland's Malt Whiskies: A Dram by Dram Guide [Whisky]
by Wilson, John; Lyon, Elizabeth (Illust.)
Gartocharn: Famedram Publishers Ltd, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Good. First Edition. Paperback. 6 3/4" X 5". Unpaginated. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing, toning, and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Foxing to endpapers and to insides of covers. Occasional inked notation to pages. Notation does not obscure text. Binding is sound. A charming 1973 guide to the malt whiskies of Scotland, illustrated throughout by Elizabeth Lyon. 1970s British Rail train... Read More
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Now is Not the Time to Panic SIGNED FIRST EDITION
by Wilson, Kevin
New York: Ecco, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Kevin Wilson in ink at page specially bound in by the publisher. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing.8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 426pp. Very gentle shelfwear to unclipped dust jacket, with gentle bumping to head of spine. Bound in white paper over boards, with spine backed in green and lettered in white. Gentle shelfwear to binding, else fine, firm, tight,... Read More
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Run for the Hills: A Novel SIGNED FIRST EDITION
by Wilson, Kevin
New York: Ecco, 2025. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Kevin Wilson in ink to publisher's tipped in sheet. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 244pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in yellow paper over boards with spine backed in blue and lettered in white. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm, tight,... Read More
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