Search Results: Titles starting with W from Supercalifabulistic Books

New York: Viking Penguin, 1992 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. VG/VG, Black boards with copper metallic title to spine. Book is clean, unmarked, corners slightly bumped. Colorful Jacket not price clipped, price of 22.00. Jacket has 1 inch open tear at bottom of spine. Numberline 9 10. This novel is the basis for the film starring Whitney Housten by the same title, about the relationships of black women..

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co, 1978 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Very good boards, tight, clean, no marks, stains or smells. Little shelf wear at spine ends and corners. Black boards with red spine and gold gilt & silver titles. NOT a bce! Jacket condition is vg. Small tears at spine edges, one 4 inch closed tear along front edge of cover/inside leaf. Herman Wouk is quoted as saying (inside leaf of dj) "These two linked novels tend to one conclusion: that war is an old habit of thought, an old frame of mind, an old political technique, that must pass as human sacrifice and human slavery have passed.I have faith that the human spirit will prove equal to the long heavy task of ending war. Against the pessimistic mood of our time, I think that the human spirit - for all it's dark side that I here portray - is in essence heroic. The adventures narrated in this romance aim to sow that essence in action. "Thebeginning of the end of war lies in remembrance". Herman Wouk.

War of the Wing Men by Poul Anderson.
Ace books 1958
Light water mark on first few pages.

New York: The Viking Press, 1947 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. "Published by the viking press in February 1947, Copyright 1947 by John Steinbeck, Published in the same day by the Dominion of Canada by the Macmillian Company of Canada Limited" Same Date to copyright and title page. VG/none. Original orange cloth boards. Title to spine and upper board, gilt. Blind stamped pictoral bus on front board. pp 312. Pages clean, no marks, tight. Slight water stain on lower half of spine, wraps around front board on left of cover (2 1/2 inches by 2 inches). " Ernest looked at her a little skeptically. He knew the fantastic stories about waitresses who became dramatic stars overnight, but Norma didn't have the bubs for it, he thought, nor the legs. Norma's legs were like sticks. But, then, he knew about two or three picture stars who were so plain without make-up that no one would recognize them off the screen. He'd read about them. And Norma, even if she didn't look it - well, they could pad her… Read More

National Geographic Society , 1990 Book. Illus. by Ned , Rosalie Seidler. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A National Geographic Action Book! VG/none 1990. Sound sheet included, to be played on any phongraph. All pop ups in excellent, like new condition. Movable features of the book demonstrate the behavior, physical characteristics, and diffrent varietie of whales. .

New York: Random House, The Modern Library, 1947 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. NF/VG Copyright dates, 1919, 1947 no publishing dates. Grey boards with gilt titles to cover and spine, highlighted with hunter green. DJ is worn and has tiny tears at corners and edges depicting a colored drawing of of a small town at the turn of the century.Price on Dj is $1.95 "To Sherwood Anderson, more than to any other American writer, belongs the distinction of having converted mere sectional writing into a universal experience. As the interpreter of mid-western life, he wrought a change in mood and method that was revolutionary. His masterpiece, Winesburg Ohio, became the forerunner of a new and vital school of contemporary writing. Its glowing humanity, its inescapable conviction of truth and its brooding, tender insight make it a book by which Anderson has earned a leading rank among the important novelists of America and certainly among the best of our storytellers.".

A Golden Shape Book, third printing (stated) 1977. In VG condition with previous owner's name. No other marks. Clean copy with slight shelf ware. 49 cent price on front cover.

Without Dogma by the author of the highly collectible Quo Vadis1899Beautiful Gift Edition!

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Same date to copyright and title pages, 1930. States date of first printing, February 1930. Second Printing, February 1930. Light grey/ off white boards in VG condition, with fading to off white on the top front cover. Titles in gilt on spine and front cover, front cover showing and imprint of the profile of the woman of Andros sitiing in a chair. The imprint is dark orange. The interior of the book is clean and tight. DJ is in good condition. The DJ is in 3 pieces and placed on the inside of the covers. In contrast to Mr. Wilder's earlier novels, the characters of The Woman of Andros are simple village dwellers. The book is a study in the inner life of a few characters passing trough circumstances that are common to domestic life in all times and places. .

Doubleday New York 1947 First Edition. Near FIne/none . Like New Condition with no DJ as issued. Dark Burgundy boards with blue and gilt titles and illustrations to spine. Corners ever so slightly bumped. No marks, clean copy. BEAUTIFUL copy . Would make a great gift.

New York: Walter J. Black Incorporated, 1924 Book. Fine. Hardcover. F/NJ One Volume Edition, presumed First Edition, no date listed. This 1004 page red leather hardcover is in Fine condition, a high quality antique collection from a classic author. The boards are square, with (very) slight shelf wear at sharp corner. The red leather covers and strong, straight spine are embossed with designs of leaves and ornate borders, as well as a shield on the front cover containing the gilt name of the author to match gilt titles and designs along the spine. All 1004 pages are intact and unmarked. One small sticker (1/2 inch by 1 inch) bearing the price of 50c on back flyleaf. No Dust Jacket. Rudyard Kipling gives life to the world of his imagination with a keen ability to tap into the timelessness of the collective conscious. His stories and poetry, all contained within these pages, speak in his unique voice of a universal desire to understand and relate to all around us. This book is a gem, free to be… Read More

Doubleday New York, 1954 Stated First Edition. Same date. VG green hard boards with black titles to front and spine. Edge wear to spine, corners bumped . No dj. First fly leaf torn, otherwise no damage to inside. No marks, no names, no stickers.Author Daphne du Maurier reconstructs from museum and personal notes, the life of her great great grand mother Mary Anne Clarke who lived for a year or two under the protection of H.R.H. The Duke of York Commander in Chief of the Army.