Search Results: Authors starting with W from Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse

Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1860. Hardcover. gGood. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1860. 7 1/2 x 5 inches: pp. viii, 284. Forest green pebbled cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Several plates. Spine cracked but holding. Some wear to boards, light bumping. Text is unmarked, but with minor foxing. An interesting scientic curio from the 18th century.

Berkeley, Ca: Friends of the Bancroft Library / University of California, Berkeley, 1979. Softcover. Very Good. Berkeley, CA: Friends of the Bancroft Library / University of California, Berkeley, 1979. 9 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches: pp. 29. Light blue covers, with dark blue lettering, and the image of a ship on the water to front cover. Blue endpapers. Five illustrations. Some minor edge wear, fading, and a small tear to paper cover. Small bit of soiling to first recto white page. Otherwise in great shape. Unmarked. Tight.

Hong Kong, Koln, London, Los Angeles: Taschen, 2006. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hong Kong, Koln, London, Los Angeles: Taschen, 2006. 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches: pp. 740. Yellow orange illustrated dust jacket with black type. Yellow cloth with white type. With a chronology of Vincent Van Gogh's life, bibliography, comparative table of catalogue numbers, index of paintings and index of names. Profusely illustrated with color reproductions of the paintings. Light edge wear on upper spine of dust jacket. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Beautiful coffee table book which traces the development of Van Gogh's painting style. Book is heavy. Additional postage may be required.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. DuBois, Mike. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2016. First edition, first printing. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. viii, 327. Black, photographic, glossy paper dust jacket with gold, peach and lime type. Black cloth with gold gilt type on spine. With 24 pages of full color photographs. With illustrations by Mike DuBois Dust jacket has edge and corner wear, some creasing, small tear at upper corner of back panel. Boards have edge wear, light rubbing/bumping on bottom corners. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. The legendary NBA player and enthusiastic Grateful Dead fan's personal account of his life in Basketball and overcoming catastrophic injuries with tenacity and positive thinking.

New York: Delacorte, 1978. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. 3rd printing of Wambaugh's fifth novel. Inscribed, signed and dated October 4, 1979 by Joseph Wambaugh. Black cloth, a near fine copy in dust jacket which is complete with original price on inside flap. Some light soiling to jacket, small tear, creasing and crease to inside flap.

Buffalo, NY: Charles Wells Moulton, 1898. Hardcover. Good +. Buffalo, NY: Charles Wells Moulton, 1898. 9 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches: pp. 288. Bound in green boards, with gilt lettering and decoration. Top edge gilt, fore-edge and bottom trimmed. Corners nudged, minor staining/soiling to boards, and some rubbing to extremities. Some light foxing/toning inside front and back covers. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. A compilation of poems by, of and about doctors.

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. FINE. Dillon, Leo and Diane. Franklin Center, PA, Franklin Library, 1976. First edition. 9 1/2 x 7 inches. xxii, 294.Comes with Notes from the Editor booklet -pp. 22 FINE. LEATHER BOUND. This limited First Edition Society volume is bound in rich brown full leather with gilt decorations on both front and rear boards. The classic hubbed spines of four raised bands have gilt text and decorations stamped in the five compartments. Tangerine-colored moire end papers have a sewn-in silk ribbon bookmark. Pages are edged in gilt, thread-sewn for strength and durability, have long-lasting, acid-neutral, archival quality paper and a handsome, readable typeface. Clean, bright, tight. With illustrations by noted and much beloved husband and wife team, Leo and Diane Dillon. Poems written while the author was in college to his time in Tuscany. "Now many people keep records, but not usually of such an oblique and distorted variety, a peculiar… Read More

London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1962. First edition (NAP). 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. 104 plus 48 plates. Green cloth with gold gilt decoration on front board and gold gilt type on spine. 34 black and white illustrations and 48 black and white plates. Light edge and corner wear to boards. Light sun fading on spine. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1978. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Paperback. Good +. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1978. Uncorrected proof. 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. 344. Orange illustrated printers wraps with black type. Vietnam Glossary at back. Front cover has some edge wear, vertical crease along the length of cover. Pages have slight age toning, but are unmarked. Binding solid, tight. Cover is protected with glassine jacket that has title taped on the spine. Classic novel about the Vietnam War by a highly-decorated Captain in the USMC.

Hong Kong: Thelema Press, 2001. Trade paperback. Very Good. Hong Kong: Thelema Press, 2001. 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. xxiv, 150. Orange yellow and black illustrated wraps with black, white and orange yellow type. With illustrations Light cover handling wear. Upper spine is slightly bumped. Some light spotting, foxing inside front and back covers. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Written by the founder of the International Gnostic Movement, this work explores psycbological states and the means to radically transform one's internal reality.

London: David Nutt at the Sign of the Phoenix, 1900. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. Crawford, M. M.. London: David Nutt at the Sign of the Phoenix, 1900. Second edition. 5 5/8 x 4 1/4 inches: pp. xvi, 96. Brown cloth with black bordered illustration in blue, green, dark green and gold on front board, titles in black type on front board and spine. Gold gilt on head of pages. With prefaces, notes. With designs by M. M. Crawford. Edges of spine and board corners have some wear, rubbing. Corners bumped. Toning on spine and inside covers. Name written on upper edge of free facing end page. A few scattered pencil underlinines throughout text. Hinge inside back cover seems to be starting, but binding is solid, sound overall. Volume No. 1 in the Arthurian Romances Unrepresented in Malory's "Morte D'Arthur" series.

New York: Totem Press / Corinth Books, 1960. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Pamphlet. Good. New York: Totem Press/ Corinth Books, 1960. FIRST EDITION (NAP). 8 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. 47.Gray card covers, with black type and cover drawing by Robert LaVigne. Light edge wear, rubbing and toning at spine on cover. Name written in pencil on upper corner of front cover. Two stains on bottom edge of cover and bleed through on to bottom edge of first 13 pages or so. No text is affected. Text is unmarked. Binding solid. Poetry by Zen Buddhist, instrumental in the flowering of the San Francisco Beat poetry scene, connected to Lew Welch, Gary Snyder, and Jack Kerouac -- in fact he appeared thinly disguised in several of Kerouac's books.

New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc, 1973. Facsimile edition. Trade paperback. Good. New York, NY: Hippocrene Books, Inc., 1973. 8 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. 212, [12]. Black and pink illustrated stiff cardboard cover with white type. Edge and corner wear, some creasing. Laminate peeling or puckering at some edges. White tape and clear masking tape over a portion of spine. Some light foxing on edges and pages throughout book. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Facsimile edition of the original work published in 1914, reissued as part of the Hippocrene Chess Series.

Lodi, California: Solipaz Publishing Co, 1989. Paperback. Near fine. Lodi, CA: Solipaz Publishing Co., 1989. Revised and expanded edition. 11 x 8 1/2 inches: pp. 33. Pink photographic and illustrated wraps, red comb bound. Illustrated throughout. Nice clean copy. Sticker on back cover. Covers basic principles, learning to ride, skills.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 1999. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1999. First edition thus. 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches: pp. 224. Black, red and orange, photographic stiff cardboard cove with orange and white type. With 160 illustrations, 10 in color. Glossary, notes, further reading and index. Corner wear, creasing. Some scuffing on covers. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight.

London: J. & R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750. First Edition. Pamphlet. Good. London: J. & R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750. 7 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches: pp. xvi, 72, [1]. Recent light violet wrappers.Disbound with leather remnants to spine. Pagination error in that xii is repeated, so actually xvi preliminary pages. Elaborate headpieces, tailpieces, and decorative capitals. Half-title present (detached). This, and the final page (Epilogue) slightly soiled.General toning, due to aging. First perfomed in Jan. 1750 with Garrick in the part of Edward and Barry as French nobleman Lord Ribemont. Shirley quarrelled with Garrick, and wrote Brief Remarks on the original and present State of the Drama' with a humorous dialogue called Hecate's Prophecy' in which Garrick was mocked under the name of Roscius. William Shirley (1739-1780) was primarily a merchant, heavily involved in business ventures in Portugal., and was considered somewhat of an authority on international trade and commerce.

New York: Greenwillow Books (HarperCollins), 2001. Early Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Vera B. Williams. New York: Greemwillow Books, 2001. 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches: pp. 72. Lavender illustrated dust jacket with multi-colored type. Boards replicate the same layout as dust jacket. Very light shelf and handling wear. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Black and White and Colored Pencil drawings, and a lovely and compelling story.

Portland, Oregon: Self-Published, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Portland, OR: Self-Published, 1910. First edition. 10 x 7 inches: pp. 36, [16], unpaginated. Red cloth with cover titles in black type. 13 pages of architectural drawings, nine pages of tables, 16 blank pages at end. Light edge wear, rubbing to boards. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Author's preface states that these are plates and tables to aid the "structural draftsman."

Hartford: Oliver D. Cooke & Sons, 1823. First Edition. Leather_bound. Fair. Hartford: Oliver D. Cooke & Sons, 1823. First edition. 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches: pp. viii, 207, iv. 178. Full leather with gold gilt lettering and etchings on spine. Eleven pages of woodcuts. Boards scratched and chafed at edges, spine dull with wear at head and tail of spine. Textblock square, hinges strong, binding tight. Interior foxed throughout, endpapers torn and chipped. Last page of appendix has been torn out of the book. Introduction states that "In compiling the work it has been the aim to render it instructive and interesting; to treat the numererous sects in such a manner as to avoid giving just cause of offense."

Chicago, IL: Adams Press, 1991. Softcover. Near Fine. Chicago, IL: Adams Press, 1991. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. 71. Light brown card covers with black lettering. Inscribed signed and dated (2003) by author on title page. Light creasing on back cover. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight.