Search Results: Authors starting with W from Warwick Books

Chicago: Rand McNally, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. First edition, from 1924. In crisp and clean condition. Binding is tight, corners have just a touch of wear. Color pastedown on front board is bright and intact. Text and illustration pages are pristine, One page has been carefully taped in and the tape is yellowed. 12mo. 127 pp. A handsome, collectible copy.

New York: Riverrun Press, 1967. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Softcover in matte pictorial wraps. First edition. Wraps are somewhat worn and scuffed but interior pages are mostly fine (last page has a small tear). Laid in is a SIGNED two-page letter typed on parchment paper that Wakoski wrote to literary agent Irene Skolnick, at the time an editor at The Hudson Review. The letter is Wakoski's response to a letter she received from Skolnick. In it, the poet explains that literary magazines like Hudson Review usually reject her poems but she submits them anyway "just to give [the editors] a chance 'to improve their taste,' if you know what I mean." She also writes about Anthony Hecht and other personal matters. 4to. 56 pp.

New York: Gramercy Published, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover reprint in Fine condition, crisp and clean. Unclipped dust jacket is intact, with a lightly darkened spine with a water stain on it. Original price of $4.95 was inked out and $1.98 inked next to it. Recipes from around the world; the author , pictured on jacket rear, was a food consultant to Pan American World Airways. The Diners' Club was the forerunner in multipurpose credit cards, launching in 1950. Jacket design by Pat De Groot. 8vo. 241 pp. including index. In protective Mylar.

London: 17th/21st Lancers, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Softcover publication in blue wraps. Light overall wear to covers; interior pages are clean and fresh. Folding photo of the squadron a Gosford Castle in 1973 bound in. Large 8vo. 128 pp. plus ads front and back.

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of New York and Routledge, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with a 2000 show of the same name at the Met in New York. Ex-library, with library card in rear and stamps on front page. Otherwise fresh, fine, and unmarked. Beautiful color plates throughout. 4to. 168 pp.

Woodbury, NY: American Institute of Physics, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover in off-white boards. No dust jacket, as issued. AIP Conference Proceedings 408 from 1997 in College Park, MD. Book is like new, crisp, clean, solidly bound, and unmarked. An In Memoriam notice for Dr. Andrew G. Michalitsianos is affixed to front pastedown page. 8vo. 531 pp.

Woodbridge. UK: The Boydell Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Fine condition in Fine dust jacket. The book recounts the feud with Sir Thomas More's kinsmen and publisher on one side and Thomas Berthelet, the King's printer, on the other. 8vo. 163 pp. including bibliography and index.

London: Paul Holberton Publishing, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book and jacket are As New, crisp, clean, and unmarked. Published to accompany an exhibition of the same name that launched in London at the Wallace Collection and traveled to the Huntington in San Marino, California, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Lavishly illustrated with luminous color plates of bronze works from the Renaissance and Baroque period. 4to. 288 pp. including technical notes, artists' biographies, and a bibliography. A heavy book: packed weight is five pounds and will require additional postage if shipped priority or outside the U.S.

Winston Salem, NC: Palaemon Press Limited, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover in marbled-paper covered boards. No dust jacket, as issued. No paper label on front. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Robert Penn Warren on the limitation page. This copy is also signed by publisher Stuart Wright to a noted American writer. The two poems are "A Few Axioms for a Young Man" and "Lord Jesus, I Wonder." Spine is a little faded, else fine. 12mo. Unpaginated.

Sanbornville, NH: Wake-Brook House, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, copy 22 of a run specially bound in silk damask, in slipcase with an onlaid plate of one of Warshawsky's pictures. Title hand-lettered on spine of slipcase. Title pastedown on spine of book itself. Warshawsky (1883-1962) was active in Paris, his adopted city, and Monterey, California. Book has some faint spotting but is otherwise in fine condition. Slipcase has light wear. 4to. 116 pp., color frontis, 10 color and numerous black-and-white plates. Heavy--may require additional postage if shipped outside the U.S.

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Softcover. Fine. Softcover in gloss illustrated wraps. First paperback edition. Fine, unused copy. Illustrated. Small 4to. 299 pp. including notes, bibliographic references, and index.

San Fernando: Junipero Serra Press, 1985. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Miniature hardcover book in gray pigskin with title in gilt on front. Fine, unblemished condition. All edges gilt. San Xavier Del Bac Historic Preservation stamp adhered to back of half title page. Printed on letterpress by Roger Pennels, set in 9 point Baskerville type. Limited print run of 300 copies. A history of the San Xavier Del Bac Mission. 1 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches,18 pages. Stored in small manilla envelope.

Van Nuys, CA: Richard J. Hoffman, 1988. Limited edition. Hardcover. As New. Miniature hardcover book in 1/4 red cloth over decorated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. As New condition. Title in bright gilt on spine. An homage to the very short downtown Los Angeles incline railway, the shortest in the world. Includes a folding photo of the setting and a ticket for a ride at rear. An adorable little book. One of two hundred copies issued. 2 1/2" x 3 3/4". 19 pp.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is As New, crisp, clean, and unused. with tight binding and sharp corners. Dust jacket is As New, fresh and bright. Illustrated with photos. 8vo. 233 pp. including index. Tall 8vo., 298 pp. including notes, bibliography, and index.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2002. Paperback. As New. Softcover sealed in original shrinkwrap. Fine condition. Art by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Sigmar Polke, and many others pop artists. 4to. 136 pp.

London: J.M. Dent, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Original light brown buckram boards with insignia in gilt on front and title in gilt on spine. First edition. Fine condition. Top edge gilt. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister. "The talent of six nations concentrated on that noble head for forty years," writes Philip Guedalla in his introduction. Mini-biographies of the artists comprise the majority of the book, followed by a narrative, black-and-white plates, and an index of owners. Laid in is a handwritten list of linens at the Duke's Walmer Castle in August 1839. Pieces of sealing wax are still present on the paper's edges. Also laid in is a letter from Lord Chamberlain's office pertaining to a watercolor by Ensign Robert Dighton. 4to. 78 pp. plus plates. A handsome copy of a hard-to-find title. From the estate of… Read More

Worcester, MA: Worcester Art Museum / Yale University Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Errata slip laid in. One corner is noticeably bumped, else fine condition. Published to accompany a 1993 exhibition at the Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem, and the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts. Essays by a large number of scholars. Former owner's name inked neatly onto front endpage. Full-page color plates throughout. Large 4to. 391 pp. including extensive bibliography and index. Packed weight is about six pound and will require additional postage if shipped priority mail or outside the U.S.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in slipcase. Limited numbered edition (this being #13) including a SIGNED and numbered original lithograph entitled "Foliate Head," an exuberant portrait suitable for framing. Book is in fine, As New condition, in a Fine slipcase with a small spot of glue on it. Maroon boards, top edge gilt; maroon slipcase, title in gilt. With color and black-and-white plates. Piper (1903-1982) is noted for his paintings, prints, opera and theater sets, and stained-glass windows. Small 4to. 224 pp. including list of illustrations and index.

New York: Atria Books, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Small stain on corner of front board. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright. Illustrated with Plympton's exuberant color drawings, many full-page. Small square 4to. 79 pp. In protective Mylar.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in Fine condition in black buckram with bright gilt at spine. Dust jacket is in Fine condition. First American edition. Illustrated. 8vo. 252 pp. including index.