Search Results: Authors starting with W from Rainy Day Paperback Exchange

Zurich, Switzerland: Diogenes, c1982. Trade Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! 30 pages of poetic story telling (a parody of Heinrich Hoffman's popular German children's book, Struwwelpeterwith) with cartoon style graphics printed on heavy matte-finish paper. Text in German ISBN: 3257250630.

Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, Inc, ©1961. Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright, clean and square. Designed to have sticker illustrations pasted in as you read. Stickers are enclosed but not pasted. Illustrated with maps and black and white photos. History and thorough description of modern Brazil. Appropriate for Middle School and up or for travelers.

London, UK: Melisende, 2003. (2nd revised edition). Trade Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! "two simultaneous narratives, the dominant of which is the story of Palestinian Christianity. The narratives are set within the context of Palestine's changing political and religious history. Gradually the secondary narrative overtakes the Christian narrative, particularly during the last 12 years with the rise of nationalism, Zionism, the triumph of Israel, and the dramatic decline of Palestinian Christianity in the Holy Land..." 305 pages including index and bibliography.

Norristown, PA: Comico, 1988. Oversize Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! Graphic novel with Introduction by Alan Moore - "verbal narrative entirely in caption form…panels broken down like the various images contained in a stained glass window…a fairytale…its backdrop of modern city skylines and meticulously elegant apartments…" plus a gallery of full page drawings of Grendel as interpreted by 4 other prominent artists. ISBN: 0938965018.

NY: Fred Rullman. (Metropolitan Opera). Paperback. NEAR FINE. Age tanned. Metropolitan Opera House Grand Opera Libretto: The Original Italian, French or German Libretto with a correct English Translation. English version by Charles Henry Meltzer. German/English. 2 musical themes. Original price: 30 cents "First part of the trilogy Der Ring Des Nibelungen (the Nibelung's Ring)". Rear cover photos of: Flagstad, Melchior, Bodanzky, Branzell & Schorr. Staple-bound. 62 pages. 10x6-3/4".

NY: Fred Rullman. (Metropolitan Opera). Paperback. VERY GOOD+. As new except for age tanning and slight corner bump. Metropolitan Opera House Grand Opera Libretto: The Original Italian, French or German Libretto with a correct English Translation. German/English. Musical themes of: "Felice sia l'elleta", "Cavatina of Elsa" & "Sommo Dio".Original price: 30 cents. Rear cover photos of: Flagstad, Melchior, Bodanzky, Branzell & Schorr. Staple-bound. 48 pages. 10x6-3/4".Probably 1938 season.

NY: Fred Rullman. (Metropolitan Opera). Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, age tanned, clean except for a kiss mark (with lipstick) on the title page. Metropolitan Opera House Grand Opera Libretto: The Original Italian, French or German Libretto with a correct English Translation. German/English. Musical themes of: "Felice sia l'elleta", "Cavatina of Elsa" & "Sommo Dio". Original price: 30 cents. Rear cover photos of: Martinelli, Fisher, Panizza, Martini & Bovy. Staple-bound. 48 pages. 10x6-3/4". Probably 1935 season.

NY: Fred Rullman. (Metropolitan Opera). Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tanned and some corners dog-eared. Metropolitan Opera House Grand Opera Libretto: The Original Italian, French or German Libretto with a correct English Translation. "Third and Last Part of the Trilogy, Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Nibelung's Ring)" German/English. Original price: 30 cents. Giulio Gatti-Casazza, General Manager (1908-1935). Rear cover add for Knabe Ampico. Staple-bound. 55 pages. 10x6-3/4". Staple-bound.34 pages. 10x6-3/4".

NY: Ballantine, 1972. (1st Paperback). Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, faint page yellowing, shiny cover, clean, square. Faint edgewear. "A sort of hindquarters view of Old Wyoming, populated by backsliders, hypocrites, soiled doves, banana-fingered cowboys and a lad names Andrew Jackson Holcomb, Jr. who rides the range on a Gent's Utah bicycle and inherits a bawdyhouse..." ISBN: 345024648.

NY: DaCapo/ Perseus, 1993. (1st thus). Oversize Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, bright, clean & square. Slight edgewear and 1 tiny corner crease on front cover. "definitive psychological portrait of Adolf Hitler…to explain how Hitler's psychopathology changed German - and World - history…" 482 indexed pages, 9x6" (22.9x15cm). ISBN: 0306805146.

Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press / Globe Pequot Press, 2005. (1st edition). Hardbound. FINE. As new - gift quality! Pristine book and dust jacket. "Travers Corners, Montana, is not much more than Main Street…an outpost for all things wild and beautiful…", "decent, more-or-less ordinary people…live lives of consequence, knit to one another by community, history, affection, or animus. They matter."

NY: Berkley Prime Crime, 2021. Mass Market Paperback. As new. 234 pages, 4x6.75x.5" "A public defender turned stay-at-home mom, Juliet Applebaum is bored with playdates and trips to the park - so near the end of her second pregnancy, she gets off the mommy track to track down a murderer…"

Phoeniz, AZ: Zeig, Tucker & Theisen, ©2008. Trade Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! "The sins of our mothers and fathers are visited upon us. It is what we do with the consequences that determines the degree of our integration and wholeness…" 372 pages ISBN: 9781932462999.

Oslo, Norway: Nye bøker / Oversatt A Isak Rodge, 1984. (BCE). Hardcover. VERY GOOD+ / Fair. As new except for faint age tanning of pages and owners name inside front (blacked out). Dust jacket is intact but has rubbing, faintest age soil, light scratches and tiny rips (tape repaired on inside) along top and bottom edges. "er bygd opp av brev, og boken gir oss et enestående innblikk i to søstres ulike tilværelser gjennom 30 ar..." "the life of African-American women in the Southern United States in the 1930s." . Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award. Text in Norwegian.240 pages. 5.25x8.4x1.1"

Portland, or: OPC Publications, 1996. (edition 10412). Oversize Paperback. GOOD+. Reading copy. Tight, bright, clean and square. Small slice in front cover (probably from box opener) and first 2 pages, repaired with clear tape . Very faint stain on top edge of front cover only. Scored for voice, as appropriate to each piece of the Mass, from single voice of priest or cantor up to cantor with four voices (Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass) 55 pages, 10.5x6.75"

NY: Berkley/Penguin, 2009. (1st edition). Trade Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! "Three all-new stories of erotic suspense…They weren't friends/ they weren't enemies. The only thing thy had in common was the high school they went to in Madison, Ohio - until one tragic night. Now, fifteen years later, they're returning home, where passion - and danger -await..."" ISBN: 9780425227862.

Philadelphia, PA: W.B.Saunders Company, 1970. (1st printing). Oversize Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, with as-new interior except for owner's name on first free page. Exterior has light age soil and edgewear, 1 crease on front cover and 1 on spine. "a manual on the systemic plan that covers the anatomy of a few animals with reasonable thoroughness, but is not encyclopedic in scope." 402 indexed pages, including list of terms and extensive reference list, and profusely illustrated with clear diagrams. 7.25x10.25x1" (18.2x26x2cm).

Bern, Switzerland: Scherz (Krimi #975), 1985. Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! Text in German."Verbrechen aller Art haeufen sich, ganz London ist in Aufruhr. Am Tatort findet sich immer ein seltsames Symbol: ein Frosch. Dass hintre allem eine maechtige Organisation steckt, weiss Scotland Yard. Doch den genialen Drahtzieher, den Frosch mit der Marke, hat bisher niemand gesehen...". 4.5x7x.75" (11.5x18x1.75cm) 250 pages.

Bern; Munchen; Wien: Scherz Krimi (#967), 1984. Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! "Scotland Yard ist ueberzeugt: Der Hexer - Meister aller Finten - is von den Toten auferstanden…"Text in German. ISBN: 3502509670.

Bern, Switzerland: Scherz (Krimi #1011), 1987. Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! Text in German. "Inspektor Holt entdeckt das seltsamste Testament seines Lebens: Es wurde mit Tintenstift auf das Hemd des Toten geschrieben…" 4.5x7x.75" (11.5x18x1.75cm) 194 pages.