Search Results: Titles starting with W from Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.

London: Cassell & Company, 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Bound in original black cloth with gilt lettering spine. Near fine copy with scattered foxing in a near fine dust jacket with foxing and slight edge wear. 242 pp.

New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1886. First American Edition, First Issue. Small Octavo. First Edition in English, preceeding the British edition. The first 4 volumes of six only. Translated from the French by Clara Bell. Bound in publisher's brown pictorial cloth, decorated in gilt and black; dark brown coated endpapers. Volume I of Before Tilsit is first issue with Gottsberger imprint on copyright page, with library stamp on title page, scuffs to front board and rear pastedown; - volume II of Before Tilsit has 1887 date on title page and without the Gottsberger imprint on copyright page (second issue). Volume I of The Invasion is first issue, with the Gottsberger imprint on copyright page; small chip on ffep; bookplate. Volume II of The Invasion is first issue with the Gottsberger imprint on the copyright page; closed tear on ffep. The final two volumes Borodino, volumes I and II are not present here. An important work, which is considered to be one of the best historical novels in world… Read More

London: John Murray, 1905. First Edition in Book Form. Hard Cover. Thick Octavo. 656pp., bound in blue cloth decoratively stamped in gilt, spine and top edge gilt, lightly rubbed at spine ends and joints, Illustrated by Percy Fisher with 9 pictorial engravings of various important officers, 35 folding maps including one large folding map at rear, 1 chart and 2 folding plans, neat owner's name dated 1906 and a note pertaining to who may have sent this book to him.Lady Feversham(?). A very nice copy. News articles written by the author who was a military news correspondent during the war between the Russia and Japan for The Times, gathered together to now form this book. The author later ranked Colonel before his death.

San Francisco: George Fields, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good+. Lloyd Hoff. Octavo. 143 pages. Fine in a very good + dust jacket. Printed by the Ward Ritchie Press. BAL 3559.

New York: Viking, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Very Good. Octavo. First issue, bound in terra cotta cloth with gilt lettering spine and front cover, blindstamp bus lower front cover. "Published by Viking Press in February 1947" on copyright page. Dust Jacket unclipped with $2.75 price. A very good+ copy with owner bookplate front pastedown in a very good dust jacket with mild chips and short closed tears. 312 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. First Printing. Author's first book 180pp. Bound in 1/4 white cloth over orange paper covered boards lettered in black, top edge red. A very good ex-library copy with perforated library stamp title page, scattered library stamps. Pages with the usual noted age-toning. In very good unclipped dust jacket with edge wear and mild age toning. No library markings on the dust jacket. Basis for the 1967 western starring Henry Fonda, Warren Oates and Kennan Wynn; a classic tale of meanness in the old West.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. First Printing. Author's first book SIGNED AND INSCRIBED to a close acquaintance whom he thought highly of signing his name "Ed" rather than the usual "E.L." . "To..../with admiration/Ed Doctorow/ Dec. 1965", 180pp. Bound in 1/4 white cloth over orange paper covered boards lettered in black, top edge red. Quite possibly one of the finest copies to be offered in several years. While the pages do have the usual noted age-toning, the book itself is pristine, in unclipped, pristine dust jacket. Basis for the 1967 western starring Henry Fonda, Warren Oates and Kennan Wynn; a classic tale of meanness in the old West.

London: Macmillan, 1888. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-. Octavo. 750 printed, 634 bound. Bound in original green cloth with gilt lettering spine. Ghost of lending library label front boards. Minimal cover edge wear. Outer hinges worn. 247 pp, 212 pp. 4pp ads at rear of Volume II.

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Good+. Octavo. Bound in original black cloth with red printed title labels spine and front cover and pictorial endpapers. A fine copy in a good+ dust jacket with small piece missing dust jacket spine tip, chips, short closed tears. 298 pp. Contributions by Frances Lester Warner, Ellen Glasgow, Rafael Sabatini, Gertrude Atherton, Havelock Ellis, Mary Agnes Hamilton, Jeanette Eaton, Harold Nicolson, Valentine Williams, Phyllis Bottome, George Fort Milton, Edward J. O'Brien, Francis Frost, Archibald MacLeish, Hebert Agar, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Esther Forbes, E. Arnot Robertson, James Norman Hall, John Livingston Lowes,

London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1888. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Barrie's third book. Half-title with ad on verso of Barrie's "Auld Licht Idylls", 289pp., (2)pp. + Ads. Bound in dark blue cloth over beveled boards, spine lettered in gilt with single rule borders, green endpapers, top edge gilt, some toning to page edges. First appeared serially in The British Weekly, Oct. 7, 1887 to March 23, 1888 under the name of Gavin Ogilvy. Contains a lovely small gilt red morocco bookplate from the library of Frank J. Hogan (1877-1944) a celebrated lawyer and book collector. During his career, he became known as a crusader for the protection of personal rights, and was elected president of the American Bar Association. In addition to his passion for the law, Hogan was a dedicated collector of English literature. His fine collection was sold by Parke-Bernet Galleries in 1945. An exceptionally nice copy showing no wear to binding, housed in a cloth covered slipcase.

London: William Heinemann, Ltd, 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Small Octavo. Limited 1/1000 copies. While this copy is embossed with "presentation copy" it is not signed.. 71(1)pp., bound in fuchsia and black patterned paper over boards, double red paper labels lettered in black; spine lightly sunned, portrait photo-illustration of the author mounted as frontispiece below written "In Royal Academy May 1969". A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with slight fading at spine, and with a very small notation (illegible) on front panel. Graves was an English scholar, poet, and novelist who was a close friend to fellow poet Siegfried Sassoon.

London: The Scholartis Press, 1929. LIMITED EDITION. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Octavo. SIGNED BY C. E. VULLAMY, THE TRANSLATOR, ON COLOPHON PAGE without personalization. LIMITED EDITION OF 70 COPIES. THIS IS No. 46. Newly translated with an introduction and notes by thr translator and signed; printed on hand-made antique paper; 207pp., bound in 1/4 brown pigskin over paper covered boards; top edge gilt, all others uncut. A handsome, very good + copy.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Good. Barbara Corrigan. Octavo. Stated First Edition. Dust Jack and Frontipiece by Barbara Corrigan. $2.50 front flap of dust jacket. A fine copy in a good dust jacket with small pieces missing spine tip of dust jacket affecting author name, short closed tears, chips, mild creases. 211 pp. NONE at auction.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd, 1912. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Very Good. Small Octavo. First issue. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "THE LUCK WILL ALTER AND THE STAR WILL RISE" BY JOHN MASEFIELD ON FFEP without personalization. 97(1)p., (6)pp. ads at rear, bound in bright red cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt; a very nice clean copy in pale green printed dust jacket with the "First Thousand" and an extract from John Galsworthy. Scarce dust jacket, with minimal chips and light tanning at spine; housed in a custom morocco backed slipcase and chemise. Masefield was appointed Poet Laureate in 1930. He wrote his last book at age 88 before his death in 1967.

New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Octavo. Advance reading copy, First printing. 339pp. Bound in original wraps designed like the first trade edition dust jacket, separation to flaps at folds but not detached and with old dried tape residue, edges and spine rubbed showing some wear to corners with light chipping to head and foot, rear panel darkened around the edges. A very good copy of a scarce and most often fragile title.

Friends of the Fitzgerald/Hemingway Annual, 1970. LIMITED EDITION. Original Wraps. Fine. Octavo. LIMITED EDITION OF 125 COPIES. THIS IS No. 49. Printed for Friends of the Fitzgerald/Hemingway Annual in 1970. Hemingway wrote for The Co-Operative Commonwealth in Chicago from Dec. 1920 into the fall of 1921. 2 pp. reproduced from a Christmas time article for Co-operative Grocery Stores. Bound in printed brown stiff wraps.

New York: Doubleday and Company, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. SIGNED BY PAT O'BRIEN ON FEP without personalization. A Fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. A lovely copy. 331 pp.

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1888. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Octavo. 439pp, 14pp. undated catalog at rear. Edited by H.G.O. Blake. Bound in green cloth over beveled boards centrally stamped with author's name in gilt, spine lettering gilt, black endpapers, top edge gilt. Only minor wear to corners and spine ends; internally clean. A very good+ copy. The author's third book of his season's. Autumn followed in 1892.

[William Heinemann, Cambridge], 1925. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Preceding the limited and hard bound copy. This copy bound in original tan wrappers printed in black, a fine copy in fine glassine wrapper housed in blue cloth slipcase with chemise.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1920. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo. 305pp., bound in brown cloth lettered in black spine lettering black; a near fine copy in unclipped dust jacket showing soiling on white areas and small stain at foot of spine; light wear at extremities of dust jacket. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind; an early detective/ mystery story.