Search Results: Authors starting with W from Common Crow Books

New York: W. J. Birmingham, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1926. Hardcover, folio (11 x 14 inches), original blue cloth. 30 full-page illustrations, in b&w. Library bookplate on the front pastedown; small sticker on the fly leaf (with withdrawal stamp); small ink stamp to the lower margin of only one plate. The images are clean and unmarked. Binding rubbed and lightly worn along the edges, corners and spine. Front inner hinge has been reinforced. Excellent illustrations of late '20s fashion. Designers include Chanel, Eva Coure, Renee, Rolande, Goupy, Patou. ''In assembling this folio of styles, illustrating the collection of imports, selected from Paris Couture Showings of August 1925, W. J. Birmingham, Inc. make it possible, in detailed descriptions and fabric and trimming suggestions, for dressmakers to readily visualize these new modes.'' Rare. Digital images available upon request.

Very good with light wear and soil, Bryan on the presidential campaign, Straton on the "race problem" and education, Radziwill on Cecil Rhodes, etc.

Louisville: W. E. Caldwell, 1950. Paperback. Very Good. 11 x 8.5 inches, wraps, very good, lightest wear and soil, 8 pp. plus covers, illustrated with various elevated wooden tanks. We date this around 1950 by the look of one of the cars in one of the photos, plus a "received" stamp dated 6-20-50 on the lower front cover.

Pittsburgh: University Of Pittsburgh Press, 2008. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition, 2008. Green hardcover 4to, 221pp. Fine in a fine dustjacket with minimal shelfwear. Contents are bright, clean and unmarked. A like new copy of this scarce hardcover.

Pittsburgh: University Of Pittsburgh Press, 2008. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition, 2008. Green hardcover 4to, 221pp. Fine in a fine dustjacket with minimal shelfwear. Contents are bright, clean and unmarked. A like new copy of this scarce hardcover.

Pittsburgh: University Of Pittsburgh Press, 2008. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition, 2008. Green hardcover 4to, 221pp. Fine in a fine dustjacket with minimal shelfwear. Contents are bright, clean and unmarked. A like new copy of this scarce hardcover.

Urbana, IL: Accent, 1958. Paperback. Very Good. Very good copy of this wonderful literary journal, with Gass on Gertrude Stein, Connell "At the Crossroads" et al.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. First printing. Hardcover. Good/very good. octavo, blue cloth boards in dust jacket, book is in good condition, jacket is in very good, jacket shows edgewear, curling, chipping and creasing around the spine, book has previous owners signature on the front flyleaf and ink notes to preface, TOC and first chapter, some scattered ink notes thereafter,190pp.

Very good with light wear and soil, much on South Africa, Mommsen on German feeling toward America and England, Henley on novels of 1899, Lyman Abbott on the ministry of Moody, etc.

Chicago: W. F. McLaughlin & Co, 1890. Good. Each card measures 7 x 5.25 inches, condition ranges from good to very good with some showing moderate wear, creasing, soil. Not a complete set (these cards came out in sets of 16). We have: Manyema Hunters Killing Sokos, Burmese Boxmakers, Arabian Musicians, Egyptian Mother & Son, Struggle Between Gorilla & Lion, Postman of the Desert, Dragging a Crocodile to Land, Nubian Children (and a duplicate of this card, both good only), Bedouin Mother, and A Malay Family. These are among the most desirable of the McLaughlin trade cards because of their subject matter.

New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1871. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. c.1871. Hardcover.12mo. 416pp. Very Good. Rubbing to corners and spine-ends, boards darkened, former owner's signature to front endpaper, pencil mark on p.iii, light soil to endpapers.

Signal Mt, TN: Mountain Press, 2010. Reprint. Paperback. Near Fine. ca. 2010s. Reprint. Paperback, 8vo. 312pp. Near fine, with minor wear to wraps only. Inventories of several hundred estates in Washington County, Tennessee, appraised between 1779 and 1821.

Prentice Hall, 1973. Paperback. Very Good +. 1973 Softcover 8vo. VG+ with light shelfwear. Contents clean and unmarked.

London: W. H. Smith and Son, 1878. Paperback. Good. 1878. Fold-out map, measures 34.5 inches wide x 22.5 inches tall (88 x 57 cm). Full color. Large map showing Afghanistan and surrounding territories, plus two inset maps: one of the Khyber Pass, and one showing the large area between England and India. The top third of the map has neatly split along the horizontal fold, in addition, this top third section has split into 2 pieces along one of the vertical folds; otherwise only a few shallow splits at the folds. Map is bright, clean and ready for framing. 12 pp. of printed text on the blank side. Rare. Digital images available upon request.

New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1980. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. INSCRIBED BY STANLEY W. LINDBERG TO THE AUTHOR HILARY MASTERS. First Printing. c.1980. Hardcover. 8vo. 202pp. Very Good. Light general shelfwear, some soiling to boards, light age toning to page edges.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1895. Very Good. 10 inches tall, decorated wraps, very good with light wear and soil, articles, poetry, fiction, etc. "A Song of the Rosy Cross" by Yeats.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1913. First edition. Paperback. Good. Wraps, 10x7 inches. Good with expected wear and soil. Monthly magazine of geography, history, nature, science, and photojournalism.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1913. First edition. Paperback. Good. Wraps, 10x7 inches. Good with expected wear and soil. Monthly magazine of geography, history, nature, science, and photojournalism.

Berlin: Gedruckt in der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. v Decker), 1870. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo, printed wraps, very good, light wear. 167 pp. Wagener was a German banker and patron of the arts. His collection formed the initial nucleus of the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1972. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Hardcover octavo with red cloth boards in dust jacket. Book is in Very Good + condition, jacket in Very Good. Jacket has rubbing, edge wear and toning. Book has toning to the text block and wear to board edges otherwise binding is tight and pages are clean, bright and unmarked. 395+ pp, in Italian the title translates to History of the Jews of Rome.