Search Results: Authors starting with W from Bibliodditiques

Gardenvale, Quebec: Industrial & Educational Publishing Co. , 1936. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good. Black and White photos. Tight binding. No tears, chips, or creases to pages. Previous owner's names stamped and printed on endpaper and title page, respectively. Small gap between title page and opposing page. Slight wear to cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscrptions on pages. Blue, cloth-covered boards. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Frontispiece illustration, "Village at Friendly Cove", with tissue-guard. Twenty-four illustrations, including historical drawings by John Innnes and half-tones of rare engravinngs and paintings of early scenes and events. Dust jacket has light edgewear and spine is sunned. Two pages have rough edges near bottom corners. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 289 pp.

Chicago New York: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Tight binding. No chips, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Clean, square and bright green coverboards with gilt lettering and gilt stamped squares at each corner of front board. Frontis portrait of Sherwood. 10 other illustrations. 23 pages of advertisements for other books by publisher at rear. Rough-cut pages have resulted in a couple of small tears on advertisement pages. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 301 pp.

Toronto: William Briggs. Hardcover. Good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears to pages. No date of publication indicated, but a presentation plate on the front paste-down endpaper is dated 1897. Decorative endpapers. Brown cloth-covered boards with black lettering. Frontis is a woodcut illustration of a scene in the catacombs at the Martyr's Tomb. Other woodcut illustrations throughout the book. Pages have some foxing. 243 pp.

Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/very good +. Bernard Waber. Author is the illustrator of the "Lyle, the Crocodile" books. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions to pages. Slight edgewear to dust jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Candlewick Pr, 2005. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/near fine. Barbara Firth. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Small, light stain on front of dust jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Toronto: MacMillan of Canada, 1968. Hard Cover. Very Good +. Revised edition of volume first published in 1955. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 607 pp.

Boston New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1893, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good +. Decorative Cloth. Cambridge Edition. Tight Binding. Previous price written in pencil on inside cover and endpaper - no other inscriptions. Gold colored embossing on front cover and spine. Some rounding of corners and wear around edges of cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Cambridge, Mass.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good +. Tight binding. Green cloth covered boards with gilt embossed lettering. Some edgewear and bumping to boards and light surface scratches on rear board. Edges of text block are gilt. Decorative endpaoers. Black and white frontis portrait of Longfellow. Circulating Library book plate on front pastedown endpaper. No other library markings. Text on each page is framed in red border. Some light foxing on last couple of pages. Size: 12mo (7" to 7.5"). 318 pp.

Fresno, California: Academy Library Guild, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. The story of seven of the most picturesque little rilroads in California and Nevada - California Western, Siskiyou Short Line, McCloud River Railroad, Qunicy Railroad, Sierra Railroad, Nevada Northern, and Nevada Copper Belt. Appendix includes the locomotive rosters of the railroads. Illustrated with black and white photographic illustrations. Tight binding. No chips, tears or written inscriptions. Half-title page is dog-earred at bottom right corner. Dust jacket is in a clear, protective, plastic cover and is NOT price-clipped. A few small chips/tears around edges of jacket. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 266 pp.

London: Michael Joseph, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. The story of the Hambro family and their banking enterprises. TIght binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket has light edge-wear and is NOT price-clipped. "Library of Lloyd Field LMF" is embossed on title page. Endpapers show the family tree. Illustrated richly with 268 colour, black and white photos, drawings, maps. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11". 457 pp.

New York Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc.. Book Club. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Arthur Hawkins. Satire about the radio advertising business. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. A few small chips and tears around edges of dust jacket. Art deco style jacket illustration by Arthur Hawkins. Book Club copy. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 305 pp.

Honesdale, Pennsylvania: Boyds Mill Press Inc., 1999. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. One spring day, a boy meets an artist in New York's Central Park. The painting on the artist's easel fires the boy's imagination. Soon the boy begins to see the world like never before. Vincent Van Gogh has opened his eyes". Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Size: 4to (11" to 13").

East Aurora, New York: The Roycrofters, 1927. Full-Leather. Very Good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases to pages. Previous owner's name on ffep. Soft green lether cover with silk-covered paste-downs on inside of cover. Head of book is gilt. Gilt lettering on front cover. Cover and cover are sunned around edges. Gold ribbon bookmark attached to binding. Roycrofters watermark on pages. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 82 pp.

London: MacMillan & Co Ltd, 1905. Full-Leather. Very Good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Some discoloration of endpapers. Red leather-covered boards have a few marks and small bubbles and light edgewear. 1.25" long split in leather along spine starting at top edge. Pages are rough-cut. Subjects include fate, power, wealth, culture, behaviour, worship, beauty, illusions, civilisation, art, eloquence, domestic life, farming, work, books, clubs, courage, success and old age. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 520 pp.

Roundwood Press, 1975, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket has small tear on front. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Random House, 1941. Barry Bart. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Pictorial endpapers. Full colour frontis illustrationCoverboards have some surface and edgewear. Cloth along spine is split at head and tail. Previous owner's name on stickers on front endpapers. Bookplate on half title page. Size: 4to (11" to 13"). 74 pp.

London: Hollis & Carter, Ltd., 1944. Hard Cover. Very Good/good +. Richard Ogle. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases to pages. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Dye from red coverboards has bled on to botton inside corner of first few pages. Dust jacket has edgewear including a couple of chips and some surface wear. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 192 pp.

Vancouver Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Ian Wallace. "From the time Chin Chiang stood only as high as his grandfather's knees, he had dreamed of dancing the dragon's dance. Now the first day of the Year of the Dragon had arrived and his dream was to come true." Signed and Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Inscription reads, "To John, May all your dreams come true, Ian Wallace". No chips, tears, creases or other written inscriptions on pages. Slight curling of jacket at edges. Jacket is NOT price-clipped. Size: 8vo (8" to 9").

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Groundwood Books, 1996. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good +. Ian Wallace. Tight binding. Sgned by author/illustrator on page opposite title page. Gift inscription on Front endpaper. Front endpaper has a crease. Dust jacket has some light curling and creasing on rear lower edge. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.