Search Results: Authors starting with W from Yesterday's Muse Books

New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 2nd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x4. Second printing. Small smudge on front cover. 2008 Mass Market Paperback. 172 pp. Law underlies our society - it protects our rights, imposes duties on each of us, and establishes a framework for the conduct of almost every social, political, and economic activity. The punishment of crime, compensation of the injured, and the enforcement of contracts are merely some of the tasks of a modern legal system. It also strives to achieve justice, promote freedom, and protect our security. The result is a system that, while it touches all of our daily lives, is properly understood by only a few, with its impenetrable jargon, obsolete procedures, and interminable stream of Byzantine statutes and judgments of the courts. This clear, jargon-free Very Short Introduction aims to redress that balance, as it introduces the essentials of law and legal systems in a lively, accessible, and stimulating manner. Explaining… Read More

London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1831. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Binder's copy. Spine cloth loose but included, hinges loosening, boards rubbed with edges exposed. 1831 Hard Cover. xx, 576 pp. 8vo. An expansion of the 1820 original. "An extraordinary document which details the corruption and financial abuses of the British government ax well as the sinecures and privileges of the army, church, and other groups. It was drawn up by John Wade as part of the radical movement to expand the franchise in England in 1832." -- libertyfund

London: John Fairburn, 1820. First Edition. Half-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Front board loose, rear board loosening, boards heavily rubbed with some loss from corners, interior clean and unmarked. A good candidate for restoration. 1820 Half-Leather. 480 pp. 8vo. "An extraordinary document which details the corruption and financial abuses of the British government as well as the sinecures and privileges of the army, church, and other groups. It was drawn up by John Wade as part of the radical movement to expand the franchise in England in 1832." -- libertyfund

London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1832. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Revised edition. Former library copy - usual marks. Light stain along bottom edge of first few pages. 1832 Hard Cover. 16, xxxii, 683 pp. An expansion of the 1820 original. "An extraordinary document which details the corruption and financial abuses of the British government ax well as the sinecures and privileges of the army, church, and other groups. It was drawn up by John Wade as part of the radical movement to expand the franchise in England in 1832." -- libertyfund

Lake George, New York: Adirondack Mountain Club, Inc, 1996. Fourth Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 92x8x136. Fourth edition. Top edge faded. 1996 Trade Paperback. 124 pp. "Fifty well-planned excursions throughout the Park, with difficulty ratings, distances, and elevation changes as well as descriptions. Illustrated with photos and page maps.

Menasha, Wisconsin: American Anthropological Association, 1941. Soft Cover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Rear wrapper and pages creased, pencil note on front wrapper verso. 1941 Soft Cover. 85 pp. CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction; Economic Cycle; Agricultural Techniques; Special Occupations; Consumption; Land; Inheritance; Distribution of Wealth; Economic Motivations; Summary; Bibliography.

Cincinnati, Ohio: The A.C. Wagner Co, 1934. Stapled Binding. Very Good. Includes map. Map dated 1934. Minor general wear. 14 pp., plus fold-out map. Cover features Manson News Agency, Rochester, New York. Rochester city index.

London: Sanctuary Publishing, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x1. First edition. An exceptional copy. 1998 Hard Cover. At times a bitter, hurt memoir, this book is revealing and polemic-- Godfried's impassioned final rejection of a life spent oppressed by his father's authoritarian ways and by the Wagner family's historical involvement with National Socialism. Gotfried was born in 1947 and grew up in a Bayreuth occupied by American soldiers and full of secret Nazi sympathizers, including his grandmother Winifred Wagner, who had run the Bayreuth Festival during the Nazi period and was an intimate friend of the Führer and his frequent host in the Wagner Villa, where Hitler went by the nickname "Wolf" (also Wolfgang, and hence the title of the book).

New york: Harry N. Abrams, 2006. 2nd Printing. Small Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 9x2x6. Second printing. Ink names on front free endpaper. 2006 Small Hard Cover. Unpaginated. Presented in 12 thematic sections, this visual history of America's epochal conflict features more than 500 items drawn from the unparalleled collections of the Library of Congress, including Mathew Brady's iconic photographs; period drawings, lithographs, and woodcuts; important manuscripts like the Gettysburg Address; political and theatrical posters; and ephemera like the contents of Lincoln's pockets the night he was assassinated. A running timeline notes an important-or intriguing lesser-known-event for each calendar day, while excerpts from diaries, letters, speeches, postwar memoirs, and other first-person accounts lend immediacy to the informative text. A vivid mix of words and images, The American Civil War: 365 Days captures the drama, the horror, the epic sweep, and the human toll… Read More

New York: Osprey, 2002. 6th Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. 7x0x9. Reynolds, Wayne. Sixth printing. An exceptional copy. 2002 Soft Cover. 64 pp. First mentioned by name in AD 297, the Picts inhabited Northern Britain from the end of the 3rd century AD to the 9th. They rose to power in the devastation following Emperor Septimus Severus's repression of the Caledonians in AD 208, and dominated Northern Britain for over 500 years, before vanishing mysteriously. The Picts represent a high point of Celtic civilisation, remaining free and unconquered beyond the borders of the Roman world, and rising to become the first barbarians to form a recognisable 'nation'. This title takes a detailed look at their origins, and examines Pictish heroic and warrior society, covering education and training, appearance and equipment, the status of women, and the experience of battle.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. First edition. Remainder mark. Jacket rubbed, faint foxing to top ridge. 1987 Hard Cover. 282 pp. A biography of the American writer reveals Plath's crucial relationship with her mother, her growth as a writer, Anne Sexton's influence on her writing, her first suicide attempt, and her marriage with Ted Hughes

Boston: An Atlantic Monthly Press Book / Little, Brown and Company, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 7x5x0. First edition. Small chip along bottom edge of front jacket panel. 1974 Hard Cover. 117 pp. "Digby Bell is a struggling young artist who lives on one floor of a condemned tenement with his pregnant girlfriend Blossom, where they take in strays of all kinds--both animals and people. It is just before Christmas, and as Digby trudges home after having a commissioned portrait rejected, he notices a stray cat shivering in front of the orphanage down the street from his house. He firmly resolves not to take in another stray, but, shamed by the accusing stares of the orphans, he finally picks up the cat and takes it home. The next morning he cannot get the haunted stares of the orphans out of his mind.

USA: Archie Comic Publications, 2016. 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 6x0x10. First printing. Minor general wear. 2016 Soft Cover. 176 pp. ARCHIE, one of the longest-running titles in comic book history, is rebooted here in this full-color collection that brings together two of the most talented creators in comics, Mark Waid and Fiona Staples. Together they create a surprising and definitive take on Archie's origin--a story that has never been told. The book will captures the bite and hilarious edge of Archie's original tales in a modern, forward-looking manner, while still retaining the character's all-ages appeal. If classic Archie is a Saturday morning cartoon, this new series is prime time!

Alberta: Fifth House, 1999. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 9x1x6. 2nd printing. Light edge wear. 1999 Trade Paperback. 294 pp. Between 1915 and 1946, the Canadian government put some ten thousand unskilled foreigners, jobless and homeless people, conscientious objectors, perceived enemies of the state, and prisoners of war to work in western Canada's national parks. These men had committed no crimes, but because of war or depression, they were seen as a possible threat to public order and a potential source of civil unrest.

New York: Collins, 2008. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 10x1x8. First edition. Jacket spine head rubbed. 2008 Large Hardcover. 259 pp. Most people have heard of Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman, Margaret Sanger, and Eleanor Roosevelt. But did you know that a female microbiologist discovered the bacterium responsible for undulant fever, which then led to the pasteurization of milk' Or that a female mathematician's work laid the foundation for abstract algebra' Her Story is a one-of-a-kind illustrated timeline highlighting the awesome, varied, and often unrecognized contributions of American women throughout U.S. history, beginning in the 1500s and spanning all the way through 2011. The women featured in Her Story range from writers, artists, actors, and athletes to doctors, scientists, social and political activists, educators, and inventors, and come from all backgrounds and philosophies. Her Story is a captivating look at America's often unsung female champions… Read More

Ithaca, New York: DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, Inc, 1966. Trade Paperback. Good. 0x0x0. Signed by author. Additional maps laid in. Each volume inscribed to Jean Richardson Messenger and signed by author. A bit musty, wrappers and edges lightly foxed with light stains to volume four wrappers. 1966 Trade Paperback. 76; 85; 102; 67 pp. A history of the Cayugas, mostly focusing on the 17th and 18th centuries. The author's father, John Van Sickle, wrote The Cayuga Indian Reservation and Colonel John Harris.

Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 6x1x9. First edition. No jacket, top corner of front board bumped. 1983 Hard Cover. xxviii, 466 pp. These fifteen essays inventory and evaluate the cultural resources discovered at the Star Lake Archaeological Research Project in northwestern New Mexico. Commissioned by the Peabody Coal Company to evaluate resources in a strip-mining area, the project turned up remains from the preceramic, Anasazi, and historic periods. The book is divided into three parts, the first of which provides background, with es­says by Walter Wait and Neal Lopinot. Part two presents chapters by Wait, Joseph K. Anderson, and Terry J. Powell. Part three contains five chapters dealing with the Ana­sazi period written by Wait, Terry Klein, Anna Pauline Fondaw, David Barde, and Fred York. This book is designed as a text in courses dealing with contract archaeology, with the application of… Read More

New York: U.S. Games, 1983. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 4x0x7. Reprint. Cards not included. Spine creased, small tear along bottom edge of front cover, ink name. 1983 Mass Market Paperback. xii, 340 pp. Arthur Edward Waite was a profound scholar of the occult. He was a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn and made the tarot accessible to the reader with the release of his seminal work, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, in 1909. The book is broken into three parts: The Veil and Its Symbols; which provides a history of the tarot along with traditional symbols associated with each card; The Doctrine of the Veil; comprising 78 black and white images of the Rider-Waite deck along with regular and reversed meanings; and The Outer Methods of the Oracles; which discusses the art of tarot divination, including the now famous Celtic Cross Spread.

Hartford: Silas Andrus, 1820. Second Edition. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Second edition. Edges rubbed, leather drying, lightly foxed throughout, ink name and date on front endpaper. 1820 Full-Leather. xii, [13]-348 pp. 12mo. Frontispiece of James Monroe. Howes W-29. Sabin 101012. A biographical sketch of the fifth president of the United States, with an account of his election, inauguration, inaugural speech, and journeys in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and Ohio. Historical details about various locales, and transcriptions of some of Monroe's correspondence, are also included.

New York: Scribner, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author on bookplate adhered to front free endpaper with no inscription. "Autographed copy" sticker on front jacket panel, jacket flaps lightly soiled. 1996 Hard Cover. 302 pp. The personal memoirs of Alice Walker consider how fame, illness, betrayal, and the Pulitzer Prize have impacted her personal life, career, and evolution as an artist.