Search Results: Titles starting with W from The Country Bookshop

New York: Contact II Publications, 1986. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York. (1966). Random House. Book in Good condition. No dust jacket. Hardcover. First edition. 466 pp.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1925. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair to Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Famous historic inns throughout New England. Photographically illustrated in b&w. Partial contents: The Landlord Describes Old Inns; The Norwalk Inn; The Wayside Inn; Wayland Inn; Williams Inn; The Winslow House; The Washington Tavern; The Berry Tavern; Baldpate Inn; Ye Rogers Manse; Ye Olde Burnham House; The House of Color; Groton Inn; The Wright Tavern; The Samoset House; Other Inns and Their Legends. 176 pp.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Raleigh, NC: W.E. Debnam, 1950. 62pp. Corner p.23 torn away not affecting text. Top of cover slightly color faded. Overall a copy you'd be happy to put in your FDR collection. [loc=Rosevelt]. Paperback. Good Plus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1937. 312pp. Numerous illustrations. A look at the West Point experience from start to finish: the harrowing entry of new cadets, to the competent military leader. Numerous photographs. Appendices contain a glossary of cadet lingo, application advice, the cadet prayer. End papers show Westpoint layout and buildings. Minor general soil and light rubing at corners.. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, UK: University Press, 1909. 151pp. Maps, diagrams and illustrations abound. Chapters include the origin of the word, "Westmorland", natural characteristics, geology, soil, watersheds, waterways, scenery, natural history, climate, race and language of population, agriculture, industry, mining, antiquities, architecture, communications, Honour Roll, chief towns and villages. Physical and geological maps on end papers. Spine browned and rubbed at ends. Edge and corner wear. Minor yellowing on page edges; miniscule tear.. Cloth. Good Plus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Brentano's, 1928. Unusually scarce, even in this 2nd edition published 7 months after the 1st edition. Even scarcer is the dust jacket. This jacket shows wear at all extremities and is color-faded on the spine, but the spine writing is still very clear. The book itself is in Very Good condition with a former owner's name and the 1928 date written on the front free endpaper.. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. 493pp. Contents include essays on human life, mathematics and logic, astronomy, physics, chemistry, bioloby, evolution and genetics, psychology, anthropology, psychoanalysis. Among the contributors are Bertrand Russell, Julian Husley, Erich Fromm. Each topic is prefaced with biographical notes on the author. Prev. owner's signature on ff end paper, otherwise tight and clean. Jacket has minor rubs at edges. [loc=sci.]. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: S.W. Partridge and Co., 1909. n.d. 64pp. Four illustrations. Touching tale of a small lonely child who finds a place for herself and a comfort in religious faith. Back matter lists additional books. Red illustrated cover. Spine slightly darkened, with general soil. Minor wear to corners and spine ends. Previous owner's signature and address, dated 1909.. Cloth. Good Minus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Duckworth & Co., 1914. Spine ripped 2in on side and a little at top. 250 pp.. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1969. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 310pp. The author was a member of the State Department under John F. Kennedy, and Assistant Professor of History at Harvard. He examines the impact of American reformers on Chinese politica, economicl and social life, and their attempts to steer a middle path between reaction and revolution.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1933. This important contribution to the field of folk and sacred singing in Americais moreoften seen in its reprinted editions. This first edition is much scarcer. Our copy is actually a better than Good copy except for some light sunning of the spine. Overall the book is clean and tight.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Delaware, OH: Music Teachers Nat'l Ass'n, 1938, 1938. Paper. Good. Signed by Author. 8vo. 4pp. Reprinted from the Music Teachers National Association Volume of Proceedings for 1938. Presentation from the author, signed. Commentary upon the modal settings of tunes, and the nature of the camp-meetings. Pamphlet has been folded lengthwise. Lightly yellowed on outside edges.. Pamphlet. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Library, 1965. 140pp. Surplus from Library of Congress: a duplicate. Classified listing by call number, alphabetical listing by author or title, chronological listing. Intended to equip the reader with the classification of the collection, to facilitate use of the stacks, or to make it unnecessary to use the stacks to find a volume. Page 69 protrudes a fraction from edges, but firmly attached. Library stamp; light bumping at spine, otherwise in very good shape.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1941. 374pp. Bookplate of Deane Davis, former VT governor, on front fixed endpaper. Jacket has some wear and is protected by clear plastic. Book looks great with blue cloth over board and gilt texted title. . 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good Minus/Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edmonton: The University of Alberta Press., 1988. A few smudges and rubs on cover of book, and one moisture stain on back top edge of dust jacket, otherwise both in Very Good condition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Friesen to folklorist Edith Fowke. Illustrated with b&w photos, drawings; includes mel odic transcriptions. Items presented "in both Plautdietsch, using the new standardized orthography, and polished, idiomatic English." Contents: A Unique History; A Distinct Language; A Rich Folklore; Some Thoughts on Plautdietsch Orthography; Rhym es of the Homelands; Nursery Rhymes; Nursery Games; Children's Games; Songs; Riddles, Jokes, and Tongue-Twisters; Maxims About Marriage and Raising Children; Maxims for Housewives; Maxims for Farmers; Maxims About the Vicissitudes of Life; Maxims Ab out Daily Behavior; Comparisons; Other Expressions; One-Word Characterizations. 139 pp.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: William Edward Rudge, 1927. Decorative paper. Unpaginated, 50 poems. Rudge printing, Marbled paper cover. Top edge gilt. Lovely copy. Lovely poetry.. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Brooklyn, NY: The Furrow Press, 1936. Cloth. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 132pp. Inspirations and methods of using the world of folk literature as a basis for plays. Puppets, shadow plays, masked drama, and other media as vehicles for the stories are described. Ten original plays and scenarios are in the book, with ideas galore for imaginative creation. Cover showing soil at edges and gutters. Jacket has chips and small tears at corners and edges.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Denver, CO: The Smith-Brooks Printing Company, 1922. Paper. Good Plus. Souvenir photo album. 4to - oblong. Unpaginated. A souvenit album containing forty views ofColorado and Utah scenery. Album created for the Van Noy Interstate Company in Denver. Views of the world's most dramatic and beautiful scenery, all reached via the Rio Grande. Edges show tiny tears, dogeared corners, minor general soil. Cord fastens spine. Gilt letters and ornamentation on front cover.. Paper. Good Plus/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Philadelpha: ISHI, 1979. This issue contains "Secret Sculptures of Komo: Art and Power in Bamana (Bambara) Initiation Associations," by Patrick R. McNaughton. A clean and Very Good copy in red paper covers.. Paper. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to -- 9¾" - 12" Tall.