Search Results: Titles starting with W from Type Punch Matrix

(London): (G. Delgado), 1935. Near fine in very good plus box.. Original weekly calendar for the year 1935, illustrated with Heath Robinson's comic drawings of useful new inventions, such as a cat-silencer and a mountain-climbing motorcar. With many contemporary scenes characteristic of Robinson's style, including more than one daring quicksand rescue. 9.75'' x 7''. Original wrappers. 52 leaves printed rectos only, bound at top edge with pink ribbon tie. In original publisher's box. Leaves perforated for folding/tearing as issued, all intact and unfolded. Illustrated by Robinson throughout. Minor edgewear, light soil to wrappers. Moderate wear and soil to box.

Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2018. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing of this collection of poetry from the 2017-2019 US Poet Laureate, an "inquisitive and wry" (front flap) consideration of racism, American history, motherhood, and other topics. 9'' x 5.75''. Original blue-grey boards. Original unclipped ($24.00) color pictorial dust jacket Designed by Kyle G. Hunter. 86 pages. Sharp.

(New York): (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), 2010. First edition. Fine in fine jacket.. First printing of this later collection by the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning poet. 9'' x 6''. Original maroon boards with silver-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($25.00) dust jacket. 125, [3] pages.

New York: Viking, 1992. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this story of four friends' efforts to find the ideal relationship, the basis for the MTV Movie Award-winning film starring Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett (and with a killer soundtrack). A lovely copy of the landmark '90s bestseller. 9'' x 6''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped ($22.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Fore-edge machine-deckle. 410 pages. Signed by McMillan in pink to title page, dated 5/3/92. Jacket with a touch of edgewear, a hint of sunning to spine. Binding with small bump to lower edge. Tight.

New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1993. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this cozy reflection on life in rural America in years past. Susan Jeffers graduated from the Pratt Institue in 1964, and built her name in the art departments of publishing houses like Macmillan. After a stint as an art teacher, she re-entered the world of children's books in 1973, earning a Caldecott Honor, and later the ABBY Award from the American Booksellers Association. Her detailed yet gentle illustrations appeal to readers large and small. 12'' x 9.5''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped ($15.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. [32] pages. Signed by Jeffers and Wells to title page. Jacket with a hint of bumping to top of spine. Bright.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. First edition. Very good plus in near fine dust jacket.. Inscribed first printing of this sometimes humorous but always grim Depression-era tale of the doomed Dove Linkhorn, a Texas drifter who lands in New Orleans - inscribed to the founder of the Lord John Press. Ostensibly about "the natural toughness of women and men, in that order" (jacket), A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE focuses more on how the lives of women relate to Dove Linkhorn. This copy is inscribed to noted book and autograph collector Herb Yellin, who established the Lord John Press the year after it was inscribed. Nelson Algren's final commercial success. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original blue boards with yellow spine. Original unclipped ($4.50) pictorial dust jacket. 346 pages. Inscribed by Algren to publisher Herb Yellin, dated 21 Sept. 1975. Jacket with a touch of edgewear, a hint of rubbing to rear. Binding with a bit of toning to spine, mild bumping to corners and spine ends. Tight.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket.. First printing of this sometimes humorous but always grim Depression-era tale of the doomed Dove Linkhorn, a Texas drifter who lands in New Orleans. Ostensibly about "the natural toughness of women and men, in that order" (jacket), A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE focuses more on how the lives of women relate to Dove Linkhorn. Nelson Algren's final commercial success. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original blue boards with yellow spine. Original unclipped ($4.50) pictorial dust jacket. 346 pages. Jacket with some foxing, light rubbing; 1" closed tear to rear hinge. Book clean and firm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First printing. Fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of Williams's nostalgic story of rural childhood, signed by noted bluegrass album cover artist and illustrator Thomas Burt Allen. 10.5'' x 8.5''. Original glossy pictorial boards. In original unclipped ($12.95) dust jacket. Illustrated by Allen in color throughout. Unpaginated. Signed by Allen on title page. Light edgewear. Minor scuff marks to jacket verso, unobtrusive.

New York: Frances Forster Books, 2007. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this Caldecott Honor book, a moving autobiographical account of a boy in Communist Prague who couldn't help but to draw - with original drawing. Hans Christian Andersen Medal-winning artist Peter Sis's entrancing, joyful, and detailed illustrations mix technical prowess with a love for the medium. His work boasts man accolades, including seven NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Best Illustrated Book of the Year awards, Society of Illustrators gold and silver medals, and three Caldecott Honors. 12'' x 9''. Original brown paper boards with central star design. Original unclipped ($18.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. [52] pages. Signed by Sis to copyright page, with original drawing of a rabbit-like creature. Sharp and bright.

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1986. First edition. Fine in very good plus dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this attractive look at the career of the architect of numerous Southern California "dream houses" for the rich and famous in the first half of the 20th century. Neff's architecture "reflected the preferences of a public that shared his value judgements" (introduction), and is California through and through. 10'' x 10.75''. Original blue cloth boards. Original unclipped ($50) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white and color. 232 pages. Signed by Neff Jr. to half-title page, dated January 9, 1990. Jacket with light edgewear, a couple tiny closed tears; mild sunning to rear. Binding with a hint of shelfwear. Clean and tight.

New York: The Monacelli Press, 2005. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. Inscribed first printing of this attractive monograph on the influential but reclusive architect who championed the Spanish colonial revival and helped define the architectural style of California - including postcard from the author. Neff's designs for Hollywood royalty include Cary Grant, Mary Pickford, and Claudette Colbert - as well as modern celebrities such as Diane Keaton, Madonna, and Brad Pitt, who have paid top dollar for his homes. An architect with real staying power in the California psyche. 11'' x 9''. Original brown boards. Original unclipped (no price) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color and black and white. 248 pages. Inscribed by Kanner to title page, "To Andre / I am flattered / by your readership, / from across the / great U. S. - Diane Kanner / July 31, 2007." With color pictorial postcard about Kanner's next projects loosely laid in, dated Aug. 6 2007. Jacket with light… Read More

New York & London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Very good plus.. First edition of this Harlem Renaissance classic, depicting the inter- and intra-racial conflicts of the Black community in Harlem with a dash of satire. Rudolph Fisher was a Renaissance man: working as a physician and radiologist, he published widely in literary outlets, composed and performed jazz music, and wrote at least one script for a play. In THE WALLS OF JERICHO, his first novel, Fisher responds to "a friend's challenge" that he pen a novel that sympathetically depicted both the upper and lower classes of Black Harlem (BRITANNICA). In his tale of attempted assimilation and in-group fighting, Fisher paints an ultimately optimistic story of unity in the face of oppression. 7.75'' x 5''. Original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering and red and green decoration. Red topstain, other edges machine-deckle. Black endpapers. Title page with red accents. [8], 308 pages, with glossary. Bookplate of "The Arthur F. Martins" to front… Read More

Racine: Whitman Publishing Company, 1939. Fine.. Early PINOCCHIO-themed paper toy with Disney's iconic illustrations. There are 6 leaves of clothing and objects for the reader to cut out and use to recreate the story of Pinocchio. The covers have die-cut doll figures to punch out and use with the cut-outs, including a huge figure of Pinocchio. Rare in such beautiful, unused condition. 16.5'' x 10.5''. Flexible pictorial card wrappers. Unused. Just a touch of rubbing to wrappers.

Racine: Whitman Publishing Co, 1940. Fine.. Boxed collection of coloring books on the theme of Disney's PINOCCHIO, released in theatres the same year - exceptionally well preserved, with vivid color wrappers. Each features a different character from PINOCCHIO: Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket, Figaro and Cleo, Geppetto, J. Worthington Foulfellow, and Gideon the Blue Fairy. The child can read the story and color the black and white pictures if they desire. A gorgeous set, rarely found complete in the original box. Six books, each 11.5'' x 8.5''. Original side-stapled, color-printed original wrappers. Illustrated in line throughout for user to color in. 24 pages each. All unused: fine and bright. Light wear to box with small mend at one joint.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1951. Fine.. Beautifully sharp and unused copy of this ALICE IN WONDERLAND paper doll book, with characters and set pieces to make five scenes. Released in the same year as Disney's genre-defining animated film, this punchout book is an excellent example of the studio's skill at marketing. 15'' x 9.75''. Original color pictorial wrappers with die-cut elements. Illustrated in color. [6] leaves with die-cut elements, printed one side only. Wrapper with a hint of edgewear. Sharp and bright.

London & Glasgow: Sunshine Press (Walt Disney Ltd.), 1940. Very good.. Profusely illustrated Disney book, featuring Mickey and the crew. 10.5'' x 8''. Original cloth backed pictorial boards. Edges rubbed. Letters of owner's name in the balloons on title page. Crossword page completed. Some margin fingering. 34 full page color illustrations, one double page in color, fourteen pages illustrated in brown, sixteen pages illustrated in blue, and eight pages illustrated in red. Also includes double page color endpapers. Well printed.

London & New York: Academy Press & St. Martin's, 1975. Very good.. Catalogue of Walter Crane's illustration work, with introduction and more than 100 reproductions of his work, each one with several lines of informative notes by Engen. 11.5'' x 8.5''. Original pictorial flexible card covers. 105, [1] pages. Spine faded and corner cover soiled.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First edition (stated). Near fine in very good plus jacket.. First printing of Van Vogt's alien-shapeshifter adventure, expanded into a novel from six connected short stories originally published in Astounding Science Fiction. 7.75'' x 4.75''. Original quarter black cloth with red boards. In original unclipped ($3.50) dust jacket by Ronald Clyne. 244 pages. Minor edgewear to boards. Pages toned. Light wear to jacket, spine sunned with minor chipping to ends.

New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1886. First US edition. Near fine.. First edition in English of one of the great novels of the 19th century, an exceptionally fresh and bright set. A remarkably lovely set of this first English rendering of Tolstoy's monumental classic, translated by Clara Bell by way of the French. The novel's quality survived the linguistic journey intact; as an anonymous reviewer wrote, "the worst paraphrasing from Russian to French and from French to English cannot efface the brilliant effects of the original." Contemporary enthusiasm for the Russian novelists, and for Tolstoy in particular, was stronger and steadier in the US than in England: by the 1870s, "there were probably three times as many American as British translations, and their quality was generally superior as well" (May). Tolstoy had then the power not only to awe the Anglophone world, but to shock it; but those critics who found his novels "as dirty and obscene as the worst parts of Walt Whitman's Leaves of… Read More

Kingswood: Kaye & Ward, 1982. First edition. Very good plus.. First printing of the acclaimed YA novel, in which one brave horse connects the lives of people over the course of WWI - the basis for the award-winning play and the film of the same name by Steven Spielberg. The ambitious stage adaptation of WAR HORSE - featuring a full-size articulated horse puppet - was a popular and critical success, earning awards on both sides of the Atlantic. Steven Spielberg translated that success to the big screen in 2011, netting a host of Oscar and BAFTA nominations. Most copies of the first edition of WAR HORSE were sent to libraries, where they were summarily rebound and/or read to pieces; non-ex-library copies, especially as clean as this one, rarely appear on the market. 8'' x 5''. Original glossy color pictorial boards. No dust jacket, as issued. 142 pages. Binding with some bumping to corners and spine ends, a bit of soil to rear. Shallow crease to corner of page 127/128. Clean.