Search Results: Titles starting with W from Black Swan Books, Inc.

W. H. Smith & Son, 1880. Folded map in cloth case, with pastedown. Pastedowns inside with advertisements of Smith's tourist maps & plans of England and of London as well. Colored dissected map, mounted on linen. Minor foxing. 14 1/4" x 18 3/4". Undated, but previous owner name is dated in 1887.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. There are no marks of any kind except for a small former price penned in the top corner of the front pastedown. Very Good binding.

Dinkler Hotels Company, 1935. First Edition. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. 16mo. (6 x 3"); in the publisher's pale blue printed wrappers; 58 pages, 1, 1 blank; illustrated with black and white photographs; the blank leaf has pencilled address of fabled New Orleans restaurants -- Antoine's, Galatoire's, etc. Very Good binding.

Halbert's Family Heritage, 1998. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Bound in black leatherette with gilt lettering. No marks of any kind. Illustrated with occasional pictures. Very Good binding.

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1830. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. First American Edition of this compilation which was issued in London the previous year. In the publishers faded plum-colored boards, with paper labels which are mostly intact but rubbed. Some scattered toning. Very Good binding.

Richmond: B. F. Johnson Publishing Company, 1902. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Complete with eight plates. Sunning to the spine, and binding somewhat cocked. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. Top edge yellow. Very Good binding.

New Delhi: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2002. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. The hardcover First Edition printing, in the publisher's pictorial boards. There is little discernible wear. However there are prior owner's pencil light pencil marks throughout. Near Fine binding.

Austin, TX: Texas State Historical Society, 1994. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Elephant Folio, in the publisher's rust cloth over ochre cloth boards with a leather label to the spine, and housed in a matching slipcase; a beautiful facsimile copy, with the 12 lithographs reproduced by the Stinehour Press.~~First published in 1851, this facsimile brilliantly reproduces the original art of work, drawings made by Carl Nebel on the scene.~~From the library of Civil War Historian Gary Gallagher. There is a handwritten card from Mr. Gallagher laid in: "I received this beautiful boxed copy as a gift when I gave a lecture in Austin -- my friend Mike Parrish arranged it. G. W. Gallagher. 3/15//22." Mike Parrish is the very well-regarded Linden G. Bowers Professor of American History at Baylor University.~. Near Fine binding.

Norfolk, VA: Naval Supply Depot, 1945. Uncommon and substantial volume documenting the important role Virginia's Naval Supply Depot in Norfolk played in providing for our troops in the World War II. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, with text. A copy the "Suppy Chest" -- that Depot's newspaper, is laid in. We locate 4 copies of this history on OCLC. 187 pp.

[Philadelphia], 1918. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in printed wrappers; 1 preliminary leaf, 5-62 page.~~Uncommon, certainly in commerce, book of verse by this Pennsylvania educator. Very Good binding.

Weidmannsche Buchhandlung. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quite a nice copy; rhymes on each page illustrated with Oscar Pletsch's children's illustrations for children of various trades. Very Good binding.

Abingdon, VA: Historical Society of Washington County, VA, 1989. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Paper binding spiral bound with minimal wear to extremities for such an oversized spiral; facsimile of 1860 census; no markings in text. Very Good binding.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1885. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo; in the publisher's printed wrappers,with the publisher's plain paper sleeve; 24 pages, printed rectos only; with title in red and black and the upper and lower margins ruled in red, with running title in red; some offsetting on the title, and a previous owner name on the verso of the front wrapper.~~Margaret Preston, often know as the Poet of the Confederacy; her poem -- 25 stanzas long! -- was a tribute to Washington and Lee, and to the great men in its history. ~~An uncommon offering, in splendid condition. (Haynes 14472). Near Fine binding.

[Richmond, VA]: R. F. Walker, 1874. Soft Cover. near Very Good binding. A neat little pamphlet, full of interesting stuff: "Paris, July 12th, 1785. Mr. Jefferson writes to the Virginia Delegates in Congress as follows: '...I have engaged Monsieur Houdon to make the statue of General Washington. For this purpose it is necessary for him to see the General. He therefore goes with Dr. Franklin, and will have the honor of delivering you this himself." (p. 7) 23 pages in original sewn wrappers, the front panel of which is lightly chipped.. The rear panel is present but detached. near Very Good binding.

Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1971. 24 plates of Water-Colours and Drawings from the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. Published by the Aurora Art Publishers, 1971. Complete. Art title and details printed on the verso of the plates, in English and Russian. Some toning at the spine and top edge of the portfolio, with small tears to the fore edge. Folding cardstock portfolio; printed color illustration on the front cover, and titling in English and Russian.

New York: Facts on File, 1974. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. A clean 3-volume set with no marks of any kind. The bindings are tight and secure, and show only modest wear. Very Good binding.

London: Printed by John Streater, for George Sawbridge, 1668. Twelfth Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The twelfth edition of Gervase Markham's A VVay to Get Wealth. A popular handbook for gardening, outdoor sports, and agriculture, which Poynter states "must have received a great deal of ill-usage and it is not surprising that so few copies of the various editions have survived" (pp. 153-154). With engraved illustrations, tables, headpieces, tailpieces, initials, and some title pages illustrated; general title page and divisional title pages; separate pagination for the six sections, with an additional title page for the House-Wife's Garden. Cheap and Good Husbandry; Country Contentments; The English House-Wife; The Inrichment of the Weald of Kent; Markham's Farewell to Husbandry; A New Orchard and Garden; and The Country House-Wife's Garden. Lacking the final leaf, else collates complete against the ESTC: [12], 146, [14], 92, [12], 188, [4], 19, [7], 126, [10], 102 pp. Small chip to the… Read More

Plainwell, MI: Privately Printed, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. A bright and fresh copy with no marks of any kind. The dustjacket is now protected with a new mylar cover. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. The report of the Chief of Ordnance for the U.S. War Department for the year 1898. With thirteen folding charts of diagrams for the guns used by the army at the time, and three additional folding charts and a plate in the appendix. Mild staining to the boards. Red textured cloth with gilt lettering and embossed designs. OCLC notes no institutional holdings of this report by the Chief of Ordnance. Very Good binding.

Yorkshire, England: S. R. Publishers, 1971. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. An attractive facsimile edition, with many full page plates, and one folding plate. Facsimile of the 1729 London edition. Very Good+ binding / Very Good+ dust jacket.