Search Results: Authors starting with W from Frey Fine Books

Dublin: E. Ponsonby, 1876. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 1st edition. A Very Good copy. 16mo. Publisher's blind stamped cloth with gilt title. Some light foxing to the title page. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to a dear friend, Alexander Hadden, dated 1923, plus an additional six line inscription on how she writes poetry and with a few manuscript notes by her on a few leaves. Also laid in is an eight page letter to the recipient of the book presenting the book to him regarding the poems and various subjects. The author was the second wife Edward Darden, Irish critic and poet. A scarce book.

Peter Waddington / Infiltration, 1995. 1st edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Deluxe edition. A Near Fine copy in Near Fine slipcase. 4to., 269 pp., profusely illustrated with color photographs. Black cloth in black, illustrated yardstick slipcase. Light wear to the slipcase.

Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press, 1964. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/DJ Near Good. black cloth, 1st ed. (1964), 299 pages in Near Good (piece missing bottom front panel, other small chips / tears, rubbed) Dust Jacket with "tearsheet from Journal of Southern History, Vol.31, #3, Aug 1965" - review of this book by John Hope Franklin is laid in.. Exterior lightly soiled; text clean / unmarked. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. A Very Good copy in Fair dust jacket. **** African American author and historian, John Hope Franklin's copy. Franklin is best known for his book, FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDON (1947). He was also President of both the American Historical Association and the Southern Historical Association. ****. A page of hand-written notations in Dr. Franklin's hand also laid in. Purchased from the estate of Historian John Hope Franklin.

New York: Longmans, Green, 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Near Fine copy. Small 8vo., xii, 286 pp. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt spine titles. Black coated end papers. Near Fine.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/DJ Good. (Holt Library Edition) color-illustrated cloth, 1st ed. (1968), unpaginated in Good Dust Jacket (with chips to spine ends, tears, lightly soiled). Top corner lightly bumped, hinge slightly tanned, otherwise clean. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve.

Saratoga Springs, NY: Marjorie Peabody Waite, 1995. Reprint. Wraps. Near Fine. Reprint, 1995. A Near Fine copy. 8vo., 67 pp., bound in stiff green wraps. Very minor fading to spine, otherwise clean and unmarked.

New York: AMS Press, 1978. First paperback edition. Paperback. Very Good. trade-size wraps, 1st pb ed. (1978), 106 pages, SIGNED. Faded edge to front cover. Very Good. Signed by the Author.

San Diego: Published by the Author, H. S. Wake, 1975. 1st Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. H. S. Wake. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st edition, published 1975. A Near Fine copy. 4to., 93 pp., illustrated with b&w drawings, photographs and 2 folding plates at the end. Stiff tan wraps, with the title on the front panel in black. A Near Fine copy.

London: Printed and Sold by Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1810. 2nd Edition. Leather. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 2nd edition, 1810, stated. A Good copy. 12mo., x, 420, (4) pp., with large folding map as frontispiece. Bound in period half calf and marbled paper over boards; title on a brown morocco label on spine. Boards rubbed, with the joints cracking and the front joint barely holding. Very small old tape repair at the map's connection to the binding. Text is clean and bright. Handsome book plate. A Good+ copy. Howes W-21 *** "Flights of imagination by a lady who never saw this country"-Howes***.

Los Angeles: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 1993. 1st edition. Wraps. Near Fine. Roy Litchtenstein. 1st edition, 1993. A Near Fine copy. Square 4to., 393 pp., bound in full color illustrated stiff wraps. Minor signs of shelf wear, text is clean and unmarked.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. 1st edition. Wraps. Near Fine. 1st edition thus, 2004. Near Fine. 8vo., 414 pp., bound in publishers illustrated wraps. Mild shelf wear, tips slightly rubbed, otherwise clean and unmarked.

Norfolk: Donning Co, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. quarto, 1st ed.(1981), brown leatherette with gilt hardback binding, 232 pages in Near Fine Slip Case, SIGNED limited to 1000 #453, with loose plate of a steamboat by Casey Holtzinger laid in. Limited to 1000, #453 with bookplate Signed by the Author.

Philadelphia: Braceland Brothers, Inc, 1968. Reprint. Paperback. Good +. A Good copy. 4to., 233 pages + supplement. Light blue wraps. Exterior sunned & worn at corners, tape tear to edge of one page of text.

Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1990. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. Fine/DJ Near Fine. 1st ed. thus. A Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. (1990), navy blue hardback, 362 pages in Near Fine (slight fading to spine) Dust Jacket. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. The Oxford Authors.

London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; and J. Munday, 1809. 1st edition. Leather. Very Good +. 1st edition. 3 volume set, complete (to which is added the fourth volume of the third edition). A Very Good to Near Fine set. 8vo., [Vol.1] xv, 471, (12 page index); [Vol.2] ix, 529, (9 page index); [Vol.3] xvi, 531, (11 page index); [Vol.4] xii, 619 pp. All volumes uniformly bound in period half calf with English-bubble marbled paper over boards. Title and volume red and brown label on the gilt decorated spines. Volume 3 missing its title label; volume 4 missing its volume label. Light edge wear and rubbing, particularly along the joints. Small discreet ownership ink stamp on each title page. Pages clean and bright. A Very Good + set. *** OCLC locates just 5 copies of this edition. ***. Originally published as 3 volumes by Walker in 1809. Due to its popularity, 2 additional editions were published in 1811 and 1814. The second and third editions were expanded to 4 volumes, with additional… Read More

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. quarto, black cloth, 1st ed.(1904), 688 pages with some maps laid in; TEXT VOLUME ONLY. Binding lightly soiled & worn, gift inscription, rear hinge cracked, front hinge starting; text clean / unmarked. With the following large maps laid in: General Map, Menocal Route 1, Menocal Route 2, Childs Route 1, Childs Route 2, Proposed Railroad 1, Proposed Railroad 2, & Plate XIX A (diagram), Table of Quantities. Due to size, extra cost to ship overseas/ expedited.

Seattle: Dragon Gate, Inc, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. trade size reddish-brown wraps, 1st ed. (1985), 85 pages, SIGNED. Signed by the Author.

New York, N.Y.: Howell Book House, Inc, 1981. 2nd Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 2nd Edition. INSCRIBED by the Author A Very Good copy. 8vo., 351 pp., illustrated with black and white photographs. Color illustrated tellow cloth over boards. The boards and the spine are mildly to moderately soiled. A Very Good copy.

The New Jersey Historical Society, 1953. Imperial Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition, thus. A Near Fine copy. 8vo., 30 pp. Printed stiff wrappers. The fore-edge of the front wrapper is slightly curled. A Near Fine copy.

London: Talbot & Co, 1900. 1st edition thus. Wraps. Very Good. 1st edition thus. A very good copy. 12mo., 60 pp., illustrated with line drawings. Bound in red wraps with black text. Signature on title page, errata pasted to end paper, minor foxing and soiling to pages. Wraps are worn at edges.