Search Results: Authors starting with W from Uncharted Books

London: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1964. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/fair. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 85 pp. Book is very good and jacket is fair. Jacket has chips, scuffs, and closed tears around edges and is price clipped. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. This is a stated first edition poetry collection by Nobel Prize-winning poet Walcott.

New York: Pocket, 1985. Paperback. Very good. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage paperback of Walker's classic novel.

San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. Oblong 8vo. Boards. Lacks jacket. Walker's signature on front free endpaper, which is slightly smudged above the "W." This is a children's book signed by author and activist Walker.

New York: Charter Books, 1986. Paperback. Good. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage paperback Beetle Bailey comic book.

Mannheim, Germany: Kunsthalle Mannheim, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Large 4to. Boards. Dust jacket. Full color. This is an exhibition catalog and profile of photographer Wall.

New York: Norton, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to jacket. 1/8" nick in rear jacket cover. An excellent copy. This is a first printing of the second book by David Foster Wallace, his first collection of short stories.

New York: Avon, 1993. Paperback. Very good. Minor shelf wear. Closed tear at header of rear cover. This is an early paperback printing of Wallace's first novel.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1880. First Edition, 2nd state. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Cloth. Minor shelf wear with a few minor scuffs to cover. Owner's name on front free endpaper. Rear hinge a tad overopened. This is a first edition of Wallace's classic religious epic. Second state, with 11-word dedication and "be-became" misprint on p. 11.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 427 pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket. Doubleday stamp inside front cover. Damp stain on top edge. This is a first edition romance novel by Waller.

New York: Putnam, 2015. Paperback. Very good. 8vo. Wraps. This is a signed novel.

London: Printed by Tho: Newcomb, for Rich: Marriott, 1670. First Edition, 2nd issue. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Contemporary morocco. No frontispiece, as issued. Collated and complete. Front board detached. Chipping to leather. Signature of "A. Burgoyne" on front free endpaper. Several pages have pencil mark in margins. Armorial bookplate of "Colonel Cooper" inside front cover and sticker from Markree Library, stating the collection was "Re-arranged in 1913 by Bryan Cooper." This refers to the collection at Markree Castle in Collooney, County Sligo, Ireland, the ancestral seat of the Cooper family, to which this copy once belonged. This is a rare first edition, second issue of Walton's (1593-1683) biography of Welsh-English poet George Herbert (1593-1633). Walton is best known for his Compleat Angler and collection of four literary biographies, of which this was the fourth. This biography of Herbert was released the same year as the more common compendium of all four, called Walton's Lives. This issue… Read More

San Rafael: Insight Editions, 2006. Collector's edition. Hardcover. Very good. Large 4to. Boards. Full color plates. Minor shelf wear. This is a book of concept art for World of Warcraft's Burning Crusade expansion. It was exclusive to the Collector's Edition of the game and not sold separately.

San Francisco: Chronicle, 2008. Hardcover. Very good/good. Large 4to. Boards. Dust jacket. Full color plates. Minor shelf wear to jacket and tear at footer of jacket spine. This is a book of concept art for the World of Warcraft trading card game. Much of the art was also used for the Hearthstone digital card game.

London: Macmillan, 1888. Cloth. Good +. 8vo. 7.75"x5". Blue cloth with lettering and decoration on spine and cover. 604 pp. Spine a bit cocked. Minor stains and scuffs on covers. Hinges overopened with some tearing inside rear hinge. "Mrs. A.J. Clapp, Alleton, 1888" in pen on second free endpaper. This is an early edition of Mary Augusta Ward's 3rd novel and first breakthrough success. Ward was a British novelist perhaps best known as a prominent opponent of women's voting rights, founding and becoming first president of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League in 1908.

New York: Pantheon, 2012. First Edition. Very good. 16.5"x11.5". Large box containing all comics and pieces. Complete. Minor shelf wear to box. Contents appear untouched. This is a first edition deconstructed graphic novel by post-modern comics artist Chris Ware. Due to the size of the box, additional shipping costs may apply.

Koln: Taschen, 1991. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. 4to. Wraps with French flaps. Color plates. 216 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is a first edition of Warncke's illustrated retrospective of the Dutch De Stijl modernist art movement.

Van Nuys, CA: SCIFI Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Black and white photos throughout. This is an uncommon book about science fiction fan culture.

Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2012. Paperback. Very good. Large 4tos. Wraps. Slipcase. Minor shelf wear to slipcase. Books appear unread. This is an omnibus collecting the complete run of Calvin and Hobbes comic strips. This very large set will require an additional shipping fee.

Rochester: self-published, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine. 8vo. 8"x5.5". Brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on cover. 67 pp. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Slight lean to spine. This is a signed self-published book of poetry by Wearing, then Dean of the Colgate-Rochester Divinity School in Rochester, NY. The inscription is to "Theodore L. Trost, Bibliophiladelphian, from another, Thomas Wearing." The book is finely printed by the E.R. Andrews company and has a very striking cover design.

Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. Good +. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Deckle fore and bottom edge. Hand-pressed paper. 9 full-page illustrations, including frontispiece and a folding map. 301 pp. plus advertisements. Much speckling to spine and covers. Sticker residue on spine and cover. Bookplates inside front cover and front free endpaper along with previous owner's signature. Ex-library with card pocket on verso of front free endpaper and embossment on title page. Hinges overopened. Interior is excellent. This is the first publication of the journals of Santa Fe trader and merchant Webb. A fascinating primary source.