Search Results: Titles starting with W from Yesterday's Muse Books

Philadelphia: W.E. Scull / Elliott Publishing Co, 1903. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Boards rubbed and discolored. 1903 Hard Cover. A selection of six titles published by W.E. Scull in the early twentieth century, with cover designs, prospectuses, title pages, sample color and black-and-white illustrations and text pages, and three spine designs. Bound in plain red cloth, with lined paper for orders bound in at the end. Titles advertised include: Sugar and Spice and All That's Nice: Story and Rhyme for Holiday Time; Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose; The Story of Our Presidents for Young People by Charles Morris; Child's Own Book of Bible Stories by Rev. Jesse L. Hurlbut, D.D.; Young People's Library of Entertainment and Amusement; Masterpieces of Eloquence and the World's Great Orators, Ancient and Modern.

Monaco: The Lyrebird Press, 1949. First Edition. Stapled Binding. Very Good. 0x0x0. First edition. Edge wear, wrappers lightly toned. 1949 Stapled Binding. 68 pp. A concise study of W. H. Auden's life and work against the background of his time. The author is especially interested in Auden's attempted synthesis of Marxism, Existentialism, Freudianism and Christianity.

Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 96x12x129. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author on title page with inscription, "To Tim--You were there at the beginning." A fine copy in a near fine jacket. 2009 Hard Cover. 202 pp. Author is a philosophy professor at St. John Fisher College, in Rochester, New York. W.K. Clifford (1845-1879) was a noted mathematician and popularizer of science in the Victorian era. Although he made major contributions in the field of geometry, he is perhaps best known for a short essay he wrote in 1876, entitled "The Ethics of Belief", in which he argued that "It is wrong always, everywhere, and for any one, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence." Delivered initially as an address to the august Metaphysical Society (whose members included such luminaries as Alfred Lord Tennyson, William Gladstone, T. H. Huxley, and assorted scientists, clerics and philosophers of… Read More

Tucson: Aztex Corporation, 1981. First American Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 9x6x0. First American edition. 1981 Trade Paperback. 96 pp. Black & white photographs. "The fighting branch of Hitler's infamous SS contained the toughest troops in the Third Reich and it was they who spearheaded many major operations on the Eastern Front, the most brutal and decisive of the whole war. This book is a unique visual portrait of Waffen-SS men and tanks in action, containing a rare selection of original photographs taken on the spot by German war correspondents, and will be eagerly welcomed by all historians, modellers and wargamers.

New York: Pegasus Crime, 2017. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. 1st printing. An exceptional copy. 2017 Trade Paperback. In the late summer of 1941, as the war in Europe drags on, long-buried secrets begin to surface in the Hampshire village of Winstead, when the body of a young woman—a former conscientious objector—is found shot to death in the church cemetery. The woman’s only connection to Winstead seems to be that she lately had joined a group of conscripted workers who are building a prisoner of war camp on an abandoned farm near the village. But Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Lamb, who is called in to solve the case, has his doubts.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1956. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 9x6x1. Reprint, MAD-49500-11-3, front jacket flap lists through The Egyptian Cat Mystery, prelim lists through The Flaming Mountain, 15 Ken Holt titles on rear panel, 8 Tom Corbett titles on rear flap. Very good in good jacket. A few tears and creases along jacket edges with minimal loss from corners, ink stamp on front jacket panel. 1956 Hard Cover. 209 pp. Reddish pink tweed boards, black titles, map of Spindrift Island on endpapers. "Rick Brant is the central character in a series of 24 adventure and mystery novels by John Blaine, a pseudonym for authors Harold L. Goodwin (all titles) and Peter J. Harkins (co-author of the first three). The series was published by Grosset & Dunlap between 1947 and 1968, with the previously unpublished title, The Magic Talisman printed in 1990 in a limited edition as the concluding #24. In the series, teenaged Rick Brant and his ex-Marine pal, Don Scott [Scotty] live on Spindrift… Read More

New York: Frances Lincoln Limited, 2008. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x6. Edges slightly worn. 2008 Trade Paperback. 128 pp. Includes CD. Explore some of Lakeland's finest fells in the company of the one and only A. Wainwright with this handy volume of eight walks from the Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells and The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.

Indianapolis: Guild Press of Indiana, Inc, 1995. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x0x9. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. 1995 Hard Cover. x, 142 pp. "The first circuses came to Indiana in the 1820s, almost as soon as the first villages of log cabins sprang up in pioneer clearings. Big shows like Hagenbeck-Wallace headquarterd hear, and their show lists and general histories are detailed in the book. But the story really focuses on the boys and girls of smalltown Hoosierdom, who became the stars of the Big Top. Trapeze artists, animal trainers, Wild West stars of the silent screen--all step into the ring and under the spotlight..."--jacket

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1946. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x5x1. Book club edition. Slightly musty, light general wear. 1946 Hard Cover. xii, 434 pp. Wake of the Red Witch is a 1948 American adventure film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young, Adele Mara, and Luther Adler. Produced by Edmund Grainger, it is based upon the 1946 novel of the same name by Garland Roark. The film was distributed by Republic Pictures. Rare for a film produced by Republic Pictures, Wake of the Red Witch is an A movie that had a relatively high budget for its production, later becoming one of Republic Pictures' most successful releases.[3] John Wayne stars as a sea captain in the early 1860s East Indies out for revenge against a wealthy shipping magnate.--Wikipedia

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 0x0x0. Jacket edges taped. 1913 Hard Cover. xiv, 233 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; The Return of the Birds; In the Hemlocks; The Adirondacks; Birds'-Nests; Spring at the Capital; Birth Browsings; The Bluebird; The Invitation; Index.

New York: Doubleday, 1962. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Faint edge wear. 1962 Hard Cover. 552 pp. Four hundred years ago the medieval mystery plays, presented each year in various English villages to teach the stories of the Bible to the illiterate population, were the great classic English dramas. Queen Elizabeth I banned these plays because she considered them Roman Catholic, and since then the texts have been available only to scholars.

UK/New York: Osprey, 2011. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 7x0x9. Turner, Graham. First edition. Minor general wear. 2011 Soft Cover. 96 pp. Osprey's study of the Walcheren campaign of World War II (1939-1945). Walcheren is a saucer-shaped island in the estuary of the river Scheldt, commanding maritime access to Antwerp, the largest port in Western Europe. The Allies captured Antwerp intact on September 4, 1944, but their eyes were on the Rhine crossings at Arnhem, not the lower Scheldt. The failure of Operation Market-Garden later that month brought home the Allies' logistical weakness. As autumn gales drew near, every shell and petrol tin had still to be landed at Cherbourg or across the Normandy beaches. Complete US Army divisions were immobilized for lack of transport. It was vital to re-open Antwerp. The continued German presence on Walcheren, however, prevented Allied shipping from entering the Scheldt. In the fall of 1944, Walcheren had the most heavily fortified coastline in… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2013. 9th Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x1x8. Ninth printing. Minor general wear. 2013 Trade Paperback. vi, 289 pp. What would you do if you lost everything—your job, your home, and the love of your life—all at the same time? When it happens to Seattle ad executive Alan Christoffersen, he's tempted by his darkest thoughts. Instead, he decides to take a walk. But not any ordinary walk. Taking with him only the barest of essentials, Alan leaves behind all that he's known and heads for the farthest point on his map: Key West, Florida. The people he encounters along the way, and the lessons they share with him, will save his life—and inspire yours.

Carrollton, Texas: Squadron Signal Publications, 2001. First Edition. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 8x10x0. Drendel, Lou; Greer, Don; Hudson, Richard; Cumpian, Ernesto; Probert, Andrew. First edition. Minor edge wear. 2001 Large Softcover. 79 pp. American Patrol Torpedo - or PT - boat crews served valiantly in every theater during WWII. From the Aleutians to the Mediterranean, these men harassed enemy shipping, launched attacks against much more formidable warships, rescued downed air crews, and spirited General Douglas MacArthur to safety from Corregidor Island in March of 1942. PT boats also laid mines and smokescreens, coordinated air-sea rescue actions, and conducted intelligence and raiding operations. This volume chronicles the evaluation, use, and eventual destruction of the US PT boat fleet through 180 photographs, many of them color. Coverage includes ELCO, Higgins, and Huckins boats

Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1998. 1st Printing. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. 11x8x0. Greer, Don; Smith, David. First printing. Minor general wear. 1998 Stapled Binding. 79 pp. The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a team headed by James H. Kindelberger of North American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing Commission. The commission approached NAA to build Curtiss P-40 fighters under license for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Rather than build an old design from another company, NAA proposed the design and production of a more modern fighter. The prototype NA-73X airframe was rolled out on 9 September 1940, 102 days after the contract was signed, and first flew on 26 October.

New York: Broadway Books, 1998. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 6x1x10. Ink stamp on endpaper. 1998 Hard Cover. 276 pp. 8vo. 'Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. The AT offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests and sparkling lakes--and to a writer with the comic genius of Bill Bryson, it also provides endless opportunities to witness the majestic silliness of his fellow human beings. For a start there's the gloriously out-of-shape Stephen Katz, a buddy from Iowa along for the walk. Despite Katz's overwhelming desire to find cozy restaurants, he and Bryson eventually settle into their stride, and while on the trail they meet a bizarre assortment of hilarious characters. But A Walk in the Woods is more than just a laugh-out-loud hike. Bryson's acute eye is a wise witness to this beautiful but fragile trail, and as he… Read More

New York: Broadway Books, 1999. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good. 5x0x7. Reprint. Front cover creased, some pages wrinkled. 1999 Trade Paperback. 276 pp. 'Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. The AT offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests and sparkling lakes--and to a writer with the comic genius of Bill Bryson, it also provides endless opportunities to witness the majestic silliness of his fellow human beings. For a start there's the gloriously out-of-shape Stephen Katz, a buddy from Iowa along for the walk. Despite Katz's overwhelming desire to find cozy restaurants, he and Bryson eventually settle into their stride, and while on the trail they meet a bizarre assortment of hilarious characters. But A Walk in the Woods is more than just a laugh-out-loud hike. Bryson's acute eye is a wise witness to this beautiful but… Read More

New York: Grand Central, 2020. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Faint edge wear to jacket. 2020 Hard Cover. When Amos Decker and his FBI colleague Alex Jamison are called to London, North Dakota, they instantly sense that the thriving fracking town is ripe for trouble. The promise of a second gold rush has attracted an onslaught of newcomers all hoping for a windfall, and the community is growing faster than houses can be built. The sudden boom has also brought a slew of problems with it, including drugs, property crimes, prostitution—and now murder.

New York: Tor, 1986. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 6x4x0. First printing. Minor shelf wear. 1986 Mass Market Paperback. 253 pp. Barney Boru, an assassin for the Galactic Confederacy, is sent to kill the King of Lokar, but when he decides not to complete the mission he learns that another killer has been sent to insure no failure.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 2009. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8x1x9. First American edition. No jacket. 2009 Hard Cover. 181 pp. Includes black-and-white photographs. This book draws a parallel between the photographs on America made by Evans and Cartier-Bresson in the period from 1928 to 1948. Evans was well-established, had already published Let Us Now Praise Famous Men with James Agee, and was at work on Many Are Called. Cartier-Bresson, on the other hand, was just beginning his new career as a photographer. Although they both approached their work as a form of social criticism, imbued with references to literature and painting, their practices were always quite distinct.