Search Results: Authors starting with W from LaCelle Rare Books

Philadelphia: Parry and McMillan, 1857. Hardcover. Good. Philadelphia: Parry and McMillan, 1857. FIRST EDITION. 272 pages. Good. Tight binding; some foxing to pages and a light stain in one edge; some wear. Historical novel of the protestant reformation sixteenth century Switzerland. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Tuskegee, Alabama: Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, 1900. Poster. Good. Tuskegee, Alabama: Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, [1900]. FIRST EDITION. Original poster. 14" x 10.5". Some splitting along folds. A very scarce original poster that came with some copies of A New Negro for a New Century. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: McBride, Nast & Company, 1912. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Photographs (Illustrated with). New York: McBride, Nast & Company, 1912. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth. 108 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Good+. Tight binding; clean pages; covers have a bit of silverfish; lacking the rare dust jacket. A rare antique shopping guide to Paris and London in 1912. Perfume, clothing, furs, jewelry, cafes, restaurants, etc. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Barron's, 1938. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. New York: Barron's, (1938). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 167 pages + ads. Good+. Tight binding; front blank endpaper excised; 10 written on half-title page; pencil underlining and a few notes else clean pages; spine lettering a bit rubbed; moderate wear. A nice mid-depression guide to speculative investing in the stock market.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Denver: The W.F. Robinson Printing Company, 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Denver: The W.F. Robinson Printing Company, 1905. First Edition. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. Illustrated. 459 pages Size: 7 1/2" x 5 1/4". Good+. Tight Binding. Clean pages. Exlibrary with a few marks. Moderate wear. Colorado in 1877, working on land surveys, mining, mining experiences in Ariz, and NM, ranching near Denver. Also some material on Arizona and New Mexico. "Scarce, privately printed work, detailing much of the early history of Colorado. The author went to California via Panama; but was finally attracted by the mines to Colorado, arriving in Denver in 1876. He spent the remainder of his life prospecting in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and elsewhere. His style is racy and extremely informative." (Decker). "In this account of the author s experiences as a prospector in Colorado before the Leadville era and as a member of the Hayden Geological Survey in Wyoming and Nevada is contained a… Read More

New York: George H. Doran, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. New York: George H. Doran, (1916). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING       with correct copyright information and dust jacket details. Very Good in Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; only light wear; dust jacket is worn with tears and chipping along edges.  A very scarce first edition of an early Carolyn Wells mystery novel. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING     with correct 1912 date on title page, correct copyright statement, correct jacket blurbs, etc. Very Good in Good- Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; name on endpapers; moderate wear; dust jacket worn with chipping and tears along edges; a couple of small tape pieces on reverse.  Very scarce early romance by this author. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914 (1910). Good. Hinges cracked else tight binding; exlibrary with some marks; some wear; lacking the very scarce dust jacket. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1919. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Philadelphia: David McKay, (1919). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING with all first issue points. Very Good+ in Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; contemporary owner's inscription on front endpaper; only slight wear; dust jacket is worn with chipping and tears along edges as well as some soil. Scarce posthumous book by the author of Leaves of Grass. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING AND COLLECTIBLE TITLES.

Washington, D.C.: The Neale Company, 1900. Hardcover. Good. Washington, D.C.: The Neale Company, 1900. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth. 95 pages. Illustrated. Good. Hinges a bit cracked else tight binding; pages pretty clean; some wear to covers. Emily Donelson's memoirs of being a Christmas guest in her Uncle [and President] Andrew Jackson's white house in 1835, Christmas in Prussia at the Prince's Palace, and a Christmas story of the Alamo in Texas. VERY SCARCE. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939. Bookmark. Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1939). A clipping from the front flap of the By the Shores of Silver Lake. Would make a great bookmark, especially if it were laminated. NO BOOK INCLUDED. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Charles Scribner, 1853. Hardcover. Good. New York: Charles Scribner, 1853. FIRST EDITION. 421 pages + appendix. Good. Rebound; tight binding; exlibrary with some marks; a few dogears; some foxing but pages mostly clean; some wear to covers. Account of travel to Bermuda, St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbados, and several chapters on Kentucky, Haiti, Cuba, Savannah Georgia, Charleston, New Orleans.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1919. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1919. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING      with correct 1919 date on title page, etc.  SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; last few pages have small tears; light wear; no jacket. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Chatsworth, California: Windsor Publications, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Illustrated. Chatsworth, California: Windsor Publications, (1990). 128 pages. Illustrated. 11 1/4" x 9". Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; name on half-title page; only slight wear;  moderate wear to dust jacket.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Chicago: Geo. A. Ogle & Co, 1920. Hardcover. Fair. Chicago: Geo. A. Ogle & Co., 1920. FIRST EDITION. Color Maps. 18" x 15 1/2". Fair. Hinges cracked; covers detached; several pages loose; some small tears and wear throughout; lacking spine; covers worn.  Very scarce. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

London: A. & C. Black Ltd, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. London: A. & C. Black Ltd, (1922). Very Good in Fair or better Dust Jacket. Tight binding; very light foxing else clean pages; contemporary owner's inscription on front endpaper; light wear; dust jacket is worn with chipping and tears.  Scarce fairly early edition in very scarce dust jacket.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

London: James Fraser, 1833. Hardcover. Fair. London: James Fraser, 1833. FIRST EDITION. 447 pages.  Fair. Tight textblock; covers and backstrip detached; exlibrary with usual marks; moderate foxing; covers very worn. An early book on the causes of crime and the actual working of criminal justice in early 19th Century England. Very scarce.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

London: Chapman and Hall, 1896. Hardcover. Fair. London: Chapman and Hall, 1896. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth. 211 pages + ads.  Fair. Mostly tight binding; several detached and chipped; exlibrary with usual marks; pages brittle and yellowed; covers worn.  A history of Egypt under the rule of the British Empire. Quite scarce in the trade. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .