Search Results: Authors starting with W from Bluebird Books

New York: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hard Cover. 0195138864 . "A comprehensive and authoritative history..." Giant 916 pg. volume covers the gamut from early traditions through recent trends in Christianity. In full black cloth cover w/bright gilt spine lettering. First US Edition. Cover has reproduction of coptic tapestry. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. Solid, tight and newish. Orig. $55 DJ price unclipped and in Brodart. Smudge back endpaper.; 60353; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 916 pages .

New York: Mallard Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 0792457382 . From the jacket flap: ". . .Gottfried Biedermeier, a humorous and popular fictional character. . .[gave] his name to the style that would become popular among the nouveau riche throughout Europe and England". This work is chock full of examples of paintings, decorative arts and furniture during this period in Vienna. With 300 illustrations, 80 in color. --- In brown paper-covered boards with spine titling in gilt. Jacket with representative paintings from the book on covers. --- An excellent copy: clean, tightly-bound and undamaged. Jacket also in excellent condition. (Due to the considerable weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Small Quarto (9 to 11 in. tall); 280 pages .

Lyon, Mississippi: The Derrydale Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1993. Leather. An illustrated collection of fishing stories, offered in a deluxe Derrydale Press edition. One of a limited edition of 2500 copies. This issuance follows the original 1940 limited edition run of 550 copies. Illustrations by Milton C. Weiler. --- In dark blue leather-covered boards with titling and decorations stamped in gilt; all edges gilt and with marbled-look endpapers. Oval color image of creel and nice catch of fish pasted to cover. No jacket (as issued). --- With inked gift inscription to front fly page, a few scratches to textblock edge gilding; else a very handsome copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); xiii, 401 pages .

Southern Oregon Historical Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1988. Pamphlet. 12 page catalog of sturdy, utilitarian Hannah stoneware detailed in this work. Several examples are shown, each with its name, size, owner, original use, color and other information. Minor scuffing, covers; retailer's sticker, back cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Amarillo, Texas U. S. A.: Baxter Lane Co. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1976. Stapled wraps. With a wide variety of home-cooked recipes, from Colorado Dude Ranch Meatloaf to Ouray Scalloped Chicken. Includes drawings on most pages. Prev. owner's inkings at front and back (and on a couple of recipes). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages .

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1898. Leather. An 1898 reprint of the 1890 issuance. Alfred Russel Wallace's study of the Malay Archipelago in southeast Asia was originally published in 1869 in two volumes. Includes 51 engraved illustrations (including a tissue-guarded frontis image) and 10 maps, including 2 which fold-out and are tinted. Mr. Wallace explored this area for 8 years, covering 14,000 miles by foot and on native canoes, amassing a collection of 125,000 species of insects and animals. His book, per a different edition, ". . .is still one of the great classics of natural history and travel." Also with appendix and index. --- Beautifully bound in full brown diced calf, with gilt double fillets, tiny gilt cupid's arrows tied with ribbons to corners of covers, and spine with gilt titling, decorations including more arrows and five raised bands. Edges of covers with gilt dentelles, endpapers in maroon/cream/blue marbled papers,… Read More

New York: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First US Edition. Hardcover. 0385519141 . A first printing of the US edition of Michael Wallner's novel, which is the story of ". . .an impossible love between a German soldier and a French Resistance fighter in occupied Paris." Translated from the German by John Cullen. --- In black and red paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket features various Parisian scenes to front panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy though with slight blemish to front cover. Unclipped jacket also in great shape; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (6), 248, (2) pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. [c.1963-66]. Hardcover. Sir Hugh Walpole (1884-1941) was a prolific English novelist, perhaps best known for his well-crafted novels with distinct plotting. 'Fortitude' was first published in 1913. This Modern Library reprint edition with an introduction by the author. --- In Toledano spine 8 / red cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style l, verso blank. Likely published c.1963-66 (though 1930 date appears in book). ML #178.1. --- With prior owner's inked notations to title page, general dulling to cover & spine gilding, else a tightly-bound, clean copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with plenty of chips and tears to extremities but remaining mostly intact and protected in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xiv, 497 pages .

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. [c.1926]. First Edition. Hardcover. An undated but probable 1926 first Everyman's Library edition offering 434 letters by the noted English letter-writer and novelist Horace Walpole (1717-97). The letters have been organized, and with an introduction and notes by William Hadley. Everyman's Library catalog no. 775, in their Biography series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In 'Shield Era' curved back binding style 2, full pale blue ribbed cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped Reginald Knowles-designed spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, with black topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page, frontis and endpapers. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with Knowles-designed Biography device to cover, his revised EL lighthouse design to spine. --- An excellent copy: tightly-bound and unmarked but… Read More

New York: Barnes & Noble Books. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0760701083 . An English-language American reprint edition of a work first published in Germany by Benedikt Taschen Verlag. The art of Marc Chagall (1887-1985) is displayed in this biography of the Russian-born painter. With dozens of color reproductions of paintings, and drawings. Mr. Chagall has been described as an "early modernist." --- In pictorial covers, with Chagall painting to front cover and a photographic portrait of the artist to back cover. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking apparent damages.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; 96 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. [c.1947]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition offering a guide to the predictions of the French astrologer, physician and prophet Michel de Nostredame (1503-1566), best known as "Nostradamus." Many historic events are believed to have been predicted by Nostradamus, such as the rise of Napoleon and Hitler, and the use of atomic weapons. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on red spine & cover blocks / red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso lists titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1947 (though 1940 date appears in book). ML #81.3. --- With bookseller sticker and price pasted to corner of front free endpaper, otherwise a clean, unmarked, tightly-bound copy. Fair-only, unclipped dust jacket with large open tear to front panel, additional small tears and creasing to edges but remaining mostly intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to… Read More

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. [c.1960]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition offering a guide to the predictions of the French astrologer, physician and prophet Michel de Nostredame (1503-1566), best known as "Nostradamus." Many historic events are believed to have been predicted by Nostradamus, such as the rise of Napoleon and Hitler, and the use of atomic weapons. Edited, and with a preface & Life of Nostradamus, by Charles A. Ward. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on dark red spine & cover blocks / red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 388 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1960 (though 1940 date appears in book). ML #81.3. --- A well-preserved copy: unmarked, tightly-bound and sound. Unclipped dust jacket ($1.95) with retailer's front panel sticker & mild chafing to extremities, else bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7… Read More

Pleasantville, New York,: Readers Digest. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0895772574 . Stated fourth printing, 1990. The world as it was when Jesus walked the earth is presented, with dozens of photos, drawings and maps. In pictorial paper-covered boards. Lacks a dust jacket. --- Prior owner's discreet inked signature, front paste-down; else a bright, firm, clean copy. Covers with faint scratches.; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 336 pages .

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. With color frontis and 6 b&w illustrations by Pemberton Ginther. A clean, firm copy of author's novel; but with beginnings of separation near front of volume. Previous owner's signature at front free endpaper. Green cloth-covered boards with pasted-on illustration/title block. Titling on spine has mostly flaked off. Lacks a dust jacket. ; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 385 pages .

Lincoln: A Bison Book / University of Nebraska Press. Very Good. 1993. Softcover. 0803297491 . A 1994 softcover reprint of Captain Eugene Fitch Ware's 1911 description of skirmishes with Indians in the American West in 1864. At that time, lengthy trains of settlers' wagons threaded across the high plains, alarming the Indian tribes and sometimes resulting in attacks. Captain Fitch, as a member of the Seventh Iowa Cavalry, was responsible for assisting these pioneers make a safe passage across the prairie and saw these conflicts in person. Includes an introduction by John D. McDermott, and end notes by Clyde C. Walton. With drawings and several small sketch maps. --- A softcover, in purple wraps with Charles Schreyvogel's color painting "Breaking Through the Line" to front cover. --- A clean, tightly-bound, newish copy but with prior owner's signature to first page, cover corner crease and bold remainder mark to textblock lower edge.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xix,… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. A first edition of author's description of the society and events in England and Scotland during Shakespeare's time. With 12 black & white illustrations. --- In olive cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations gilt-stamped on cover and spine; top edge gilt, remaining textblock edges heavily deckled. --- With prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down and some toning to spine, else a clean, firm, unmarked copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); 187 pages .

Wilmington, Delaware: The Middle Atlantic Press, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 0912608250 . Stated first printing (though probably preceded by a signed limited edition). In this work, the product of various carvers of decoys and other bird forms are presented in a variety of settings in 41 full color photos. The carvings are accompanied by quotations by a wide variety of notable people. --- In black paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped cover and spine titling. Unpaginated (about 100 pp). Jacket features color images from the pages of this book on front and back. --- With inked gift inscription to title page, a few whitish spots to boards, otherwise a clean, bright copy. Price-clipped jacket with a little rubbing, else bright and nice.; Square Quarto (11 to 13 in. tall) ; [c.100] pages .

San Marino, California: Pacific Railway Journal. Very Good. 1957. Stapled wraps. Volume 2, Number 3 of the Pacific Railway Journal. A detailed examination of the various steam locomotives utilized by the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad along their routes in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. Beginning in about 1870, the railroad sought to provide passenger and freight service through the rugged Rocky Mountains, often using narrow gauge locomotives and cars. The various Baldwin and ALCO locomotives are presented in black & white photos and words, providing views of the engines in action, as well as specifications and statistics. Includes a map of the D&RGRR system. This issue was originally published in a work entitled "Baldwin Locomotives". --- A softcover copy, in stapled wraps with black & white photo of a three-engine train to cover. --- An excellent copy: unmarked and sound but with a bit of age-toning to covers.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; 51 pages .

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. A one-volume edition of Rex Warner's three earlier books on the Greek gods, heroes and wars of ancient Greece. This is a retelling of 32 Greek legends, mostly borrowed from Ovid's "Metamorphoses." With several photos of various Greek statuary, many with missing arms or other body parts. --- A handsome book, in black paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with image of three seated figures carved in stone to front cover; gilt-stamped spine titling and decorations with lavender topstain. Volume wrapped in white dust jacket which repeats the image of the 3 seated figures. --- A tightly-bound, well-preserved copy lacking significant damages. Unclipped jacket ($10) also in great shape; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. ; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; x, [4], 405 pages .

New York: Regan Books/Harper Collins. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2005. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0060899190 . In nice shape but w/retailer's sticker, back DJ cover. Book itself clean and firm inside and out. Jacket with minor chafing at extremities. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 278 pages .