Search Results: Authors starting with W from Second Story Books, ABAA

New York: Seven Stories Press, 2002. First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 368; VG/VG; red spine with black and red text; rare when signed; dust jacket shows little wear; cloth has minimal wear to exterior; mildly bumped corners; strong boards; text block exterior edges have light wear; interior clean; illustrated; inscribed by author. 1333739. FP New Rockville Stock.

Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2003. Hardcover. Octavo; VG; orange spine with dark brown text; no jacket; exterior to cloth shows very mild wear; very minor edge wear; lightly sunned spine; solid binding; outer text page edges have very slight tone; small label of former owner to front pastedown; interior unmarked; pp 519. 1367065. FP New Rockville Stock.

London: J. Callow, 1817. Hardcover. Quarto, vii-x, 3, 72 pages with 21 plates. In Good condition. Rebound in modern quarter black leather with boards covered in marbled paper and red leather label bearing gilt titling to spine. Text block significantly age toned and foxed. Front free endpaper loosened. Plates all present and intact. An ex-library copy with usual markings, including a bookplate to front pastedown, institutional stamps to several pages, and embossed stamp. MF Consignment. Shelved in Upstairs Hall. 1355632. Special Collections.

Glasgow: James Maclehose, Publisher to the University, 1875. Hardcover. Octavo; Fair+; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth with gold print, mitred edges, tattered spine caps and corners, slight puckering to cloth on rear, creased bump to rear bottom fore corner, tears to rear hinge, shelfwear; Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, cracked hinges front and rear, spotting to endpapers, else clean and tight; 360, lxv pages, illustrated (b&w). 1351196. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Mystery House, 1957. First Edition. Octavo; G/No jacket; Yellow spine and cloth boards with black lettering on the spine; Scuffing and light soiling to the boards, spotting at the spine; Former library book with library stamp and residue from library envelope on paste downs; Light signs of foxing to the outer edge, interior age toned but clean; Scarce title by Jack Vance writing as Alan Wade. LP consign. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1286590. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Nova Publishers, 2014. Hardcover. Octavo, xiii, 174 pages. In Good condition. Ex-library with usual markings, including library stamps to edges and title page, call number label on spine, label on rear pastedown, barcode label on rear board. Spine is red with white print. Boards in glossy illustrated paper. Light wear to spine caps. Illustrations: b&w tables, graphs, charts. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column G (ND-G). 1378100. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1955. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 10mo, 241 pages. In Good minus condition with a Fair dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering. Khaki green pictorial spine with yellow lettering. Moderate soiling wear to rear, several instances of chipping to edges, foxing to flaps and price clipped front flap. Boards have fairly mild wear, cocked spine, and light wear to edges. Text block has moderately age toned edges, foxing to end papers, and slight foxing to few pages toward rear text pages. Previous owner's information to front end paper. First Edition, First Printing. 1369507. FP New Rockville Stock.

Seoul, Korea: Hollym Corporation, 1969. Limited First Edition, #288/500. 8vo., 82pp.; VG; silver spine with black lettering, green boards, black design on front cover; mild wear; 288 of 500 copies signed by the author on limitation page; shelved poetry. 1274134. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/VG; teal and black spine with red and white text; jacket has protective mylar cover, rubbing, age toning, edgewear, open tear at spine head, price unclipped; boards are strong and clean, slight edgewear; textblock has ex libris plate on front pastedown, otherwise clean; pp 241; inscribed by author on page 1; NOTE: Shelved in Room X, Case #2. 1294042. FP New Rockville Stock.

Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2005. Hardcover. Octavo, 287 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Red and white spine with red, white, and yellow text. Boards have bumping and slight tearing to spine edges. Textblock clean. Shelved ND-E. 1377755. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Praeger Publishers, 1973. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, white with blue print; DJ has light edgewear, light smudging to rear, price-clipped; Boards in green cloth with gold print, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Inscribed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf; xiii, 274 pages, illustrated (b&w plates). 1339447. FP New Rockville Stock.

London: Octopus, 1979. Hardcover. Folio; G+/G- Hardcover w/ Dustjacket; Green, Black & Light Blue illustrated spine with White text; Dustjacket has some edgewear, some shelfwear, open tears at corner of both covers, small open tears along spine edges, tape in multiple places to patch tears; Boards strong, some edgewear, some shelfwear, rubbing to corners; Textblock has age toning in some places, otherwise clean; 296 pp. 1335247. FP New Rockville Stock.

Boston: Ruth Hill, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 256 pages; VG-; Red cloth spine with partially faded ilt lettering; boards show light wear to corners and head/tail of spine; Textblock shows uneven and moderate age-toning to first half of book, and light wear to edges; Inscription from Wagner appears in ink on on ffept: "Glendolin Damon Wager, / Billings, Montana / compliments of I. D. O'Donnell"; NOTE: Shelved in Room X, Case #5. 1348825. FP New Rockville Stock.

San Francisco: John Howell, 1926. First Edition. 4to., x, 543pp.; VG; spine maroon cloth with gilt lettering; fore and lower edge of text block deckled; minor scratches to cloth boards; many pages uncut; SIGNED by publisher on tipped-in ffep, dated Christmas 1939; some parts of gutters slightly loose; age-marks to endpapers; shelved alcove. 1268181. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Paris: Dark Horse France, 1998. Hardcover. Quarto; G+; black spines with white text; no jackets; 2 volumes; cloths show modest wear to exteriors; minor rubbing to corners; strong boards; text blocks have mild wear to exterior edges; interior clean; profusely illustrated; text in French; NOTE: Shelved in Room X, Case #5.1. 1330673. FP New Rockville Stock.

Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press, 2015. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo, 358 pages; Very Good/Very Good; spine black with orange lettering; dust jacket protected in mylar covering; minor shelfwear, including light creasing to edges of jacket; textblock clean; shelved Case 8. 1366900. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press, 2015. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo, 262 pages; Very Good/Very Good; spine dark brown with orange lettering; dust jacket protected in mylar covering; minor shelfwear, including light creasing to top edge of jacket; textblock clean; shelved Case 8. 1366899. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

London: Heinemann, 1911. Limited Edition: #944/1150. Hardcover. Quarto, 181 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in vellum, with gilt lettering to spine. Some bowing to boards as is typical for this edition. Binding is tight. Upper edge gilt, all other edges deckle cut. Text block is age toned, but free of markings, and all images clean. Book has been signed by Rackham. This volume contains the second and third days of the Ring of the Niblung Trilogy: Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods. Silk ties to front fore edge and gilt design to front. Shelved in Case 14. 1286384. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Doubleday Page & Co, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, ix, 159 pages. In Good minus condition. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering. Boards have major rubbing, some bumping to corners, some scuffing and scratches, staining mainly on the front cover, and some shelf wear. Text block has foxing throughout. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Oversized column. 1374190. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1909. Hardcover. Quarto, 358 pages; VG-; bound in publisher's black cloth with embossed gilt, pink, light blue, and blue color; some rubbing and shelfwear, including to the color; interior clean; "with seven full-page illustrations in colour after paintings by George Alfred Williams"; Each plate preceded by guard-sheet with descriptive letterpress. scarce; shelved case 14. 1342354. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.