Search Results: Titles starting with W from Magus Books

Stackpole Sons, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near-fine with bookplate on flyleaf, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good dust jacket (price clipped) that presents well despite some chipping to the corners and edges that has been reinforced with clear tape on both sides. An attractive copy of Fante's first novel.

New York: Simon and Schuster (A Giant Golden Book), 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. First printing stated on copyright page. Near-fine with slight wear at corners and a touch of soiling to boards. Interior completely clean and unmarked. A beautiful copy of this rather scarce title, rarely found in the first printing in such nice condition.

Whitman, 1937. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Whitman No. 973. Stapled wraps. Folio. 12 stiff pages with the linen-like finish printed in full color. Very good in illustrated card wraps with light rubbing to extremities. A few slight smudges to interior pages, otherwise clean throughout. Includes The Robber Kitten, Three Little Wolves, Donald and Pluto, Who Killed Cock Robin, Moving Day, Mickey's Fire Brigade, The Band Concert, On Ice, Mickey's Elephant, Cock of the Walk, and Mickey's Garden. Scarce.

New Directions. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine. Scarce reprint by New Directions published as NC16 in its New Classics Series (circa 1940s). The dust jacket is one of several done for this series by the famous graphic designer Alvin Lustig. A fine book, bright and clean inside and out. In a very good dust jacket ($1.50 price intact) with light chipping to the spine ends and corners, and a touch of soiling to the rear panel. A very attractive copy.

San Francisco: Schwabacher-Frey Company, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Near fine with slight shelf wear, otherwise clean and tight. The Chandeleur was a seaplane tender that saw heavy action in the Pacific; 138 pp. with many photographs. An excellent copy of a very scarce title.

Berlin: Wilhelm Limpert-Derlag, 1943. 1st Edition . Soft cover. very good plus. Very good plus in illustrated card wraps with slight edgewear. Gift inscription inside front cover and odd pencil drawing of a woman inside rear cover. SIGNED AND DATED BY KARL DONITZ, Commander in Chief of the German Navy during World War II (who succeeded Hitler as head of the German government) on the front cover. Features color foldout cover explaining the U-Boat's compartments and structure, and laid-in photo of Donitz. Also includes a letter of authenticity from a professional dealer in autographs verifying the signature.

Random House, 1950. 1st Edition . Near-fine with one slightly bumped corner, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket ($2.75 price intact) with slight rubbing to extremities and several small closed edge tears. NEATLY INSCRIBED BY CLARK on the flyleaf. A beautiful signed copy.

Palm Springs Art Museum, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a fine dust jacket; a beautiful copy of the scarce hardbound edition.

Decker Press, 1948. 1st Edition . Near-fine in tan boards with a touch of shelf wear. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the flyleaf.

The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1966. 1st Edition . Near Fine. Near-fine in red boards with a touch of fading to the spine. An excellent copy.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out. In a fine dust jacket ($2.50 price intact) with a tiny chip at the top of the rear panel. An intriguing locked-room mystery featuring over-the-top characters and broad humor set in the world of media and advertising. A beautiful copy of this very scarce novel, winner of the 1950 Edgar Award for Best First Mystery.

Capper Publlications, 1940. Fifth printing. Very good with light soiling to front board; publisher's order slip affixed to front pastedown with a bit of residual soiling around it, otherwise clean and tight. In a very good plus dust jacket (price intact) with slight wear at the spine ends and corners. A nice copy.

London: Michael Joseph, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY FRANCIS (signature only) on the title page. A beautiful signed copy.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Near-fine with a touch of shelf wear, otherwise clean and tight. In a fine dust jacket ($9.95 price intact) with one small closed edge tear. SIGNED BY JOAN DIDION on the flyleaf. A beautiful signed copy.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine copy with slight bumping to one corner, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a fine dust jacket with no flaws. SIGNED BY BEATTY (signature only) on the title page. A beautiful signed copy of Beatty's first novel.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Very good with slight wear to boards and some fading to lettering on spine. Neat name written at top corner of flyleaf, otherwise clean and tight. A nice copy of this very scarce Pulitzer-Prize winning biography.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy of this scarce title.

B.E. Callahan, 1935. 1st Edition . Near-fine in red boards with a touch of rubbing to spine ends and corners, otherwise bright and clean. Faint remnant of price written at top corner of half-title page, otherwise unmarked. An excellent copy.

New Delhi: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Near-fine with minor shelf wear, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket with slight edgewear. An excellent copy of a very scarce book.

San Francisco: Seal Rock Publishing Co., 1905. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very good plus. Walter T. Von Knorring Stenberg, William Stevens and the Author. Extremely rare little volume featuring 64 pages of aphorisms about love and sex, with black & white illustrations (two featuring nudes). Very good plus in tan boards with green and red illustrations; inscription on flyleaf, otherwise clean and tight. An excellent copy.