Search Results: Titles starting with W from Evening Star Books

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press (1966), 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. 8vo. [6], vii-xxxiv, [2], 1-330, [2] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering blocked in red on the spine. Price of $7.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with six plates and three folding maps. The first major history of a division of the Nazi army that grew to encapsulate 500,000 men. A blindstamp on the free front endpaper and a small bump to the corner of a few leaves; jacket has a faint dampstain on its reverse and moderate chipping and some sunning to its spine panel.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [10], 13-359, [1] pp. Orange cloth with decorations and lettering in black on the front board and spine. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Frontispiece with one fold-out diagram of the Osage Agency's Residence and eight additional full-page illustrations. Illustrated by May Todd Aaron. Hand M241. Rader 2366. A nice copy of a history of the Osage people written by a member of the Osage tribe. Mathews clearly captures the attitudes and experiences of the Osage people and their lives on the reservation. A Near Fine book with the faint odor of tobacco in a Near Fine jacket with some age darkening.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo. [10], 13-359, [1] pp. Orange cloth with decorations and lettering in black on the front board and spine. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Frontispiece with one fold-out diagram of the Osage Agency's Residence and eight additional full-page illustrations. Illustrated by May Todd Aaron. Hand M241. Rader 2366. A nice copy of a history of the Osage people written by a member of the Osage tribe. Mathews clearly captures the attitudes and experiences of the Osage people and their lives on the reservation. A Very Good book with one corner rubbed and a tiny dampstain to the bottom textblock; dust jacket is Good or better, price-clipped, with moderate chipping and edge wear.

New York: Pantheon Books [1999], 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [10], 3-308, [4] pp. Black paper boards with neon green lettering on the spine. Price of $24.00 on front flap of dust jacket. Winner of the National Book Award for 1999.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo. [15], 4-322, [2] pp. Quarter black cloth over orange paper boards with dark orange lettering on the spine. Price of $16.95 on front flap of jacket. A Near Fine book with minor wear to the edges of the boards and a whisper of foxing to the fore-edge in a Very Good+ dust jacket with a few hints of edge wear including a tiny dampstain to the top of the spine panel.

New York: Illustrated Modern Library [1946], 1946. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [5], vi-xxiii, [4], 4-391, [1] pp. Quarter red cloth over decorated paper boards, gold lettering and a gold border on the spine. Acetate jacket sleeve printed in black. Illustrated with several color plates and a few in-text black and white designs by Charles Locke. Introduction by Brooks Atkinson. A small dampspot to the rear board, a name on the free front endpaper; jacket sleeve with a chip and a wrinkle.

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press [1981], 1981. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. [5], 6-335, [1] pp. Bound in black leather with gilt decorations on the boards and the spine; all edges gilt. Copper decorative silk pastedowns and endpapers. Illustrated with a frontispiece and in-text wood engravings by Thomas W. Nason. Three tiny spots of rubbing on the edge of the front board.

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. [1992], 1992. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [12], 13-318, [2] pp. Price of $17.00 on front flap of jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Near Fine book with a few hints of wear to the edges of the boards in a Near Fine dust jacket with a small closed tear to the top of the rear fold.

New York: Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy (1956), 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. [8], 3-346 pp. Blue-green paper-covered boards quarter bound in yellow textured paper with lettering in gold and black on the front board, and lettering in black on the spine. Price of $4.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Bruccoli. A presentable copy of Algren's novel about a Texan in New Orleans during the Great Depression. Very Good or better with a touch of fading and wear to the edges of the boards in a Very Good lightly edge-worn dust jacket with some discoloration to the rear panel and a small damp stain to the reverse.

[Stillwater, Minnesota]: Voyageur Press [1993], 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Small 8vo. [3], 4-176 pp. Brown paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $15.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Northrup's first separate publication of his poetry and short pieces. A small spot of fading to the foot of the spine; jacket's spine panel a bit faded.

New York: Random House [1973], 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [11], 3-340, [2] pp. Quarter green cloth over green paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $7.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Hoagland's essays on living in New York City versus living in the rural Vermont countryside. A nice copy. A Near Fine book in a very near Fine dust jacket.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. [6], 216, [2] pp. Navy cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $14.95 on front flap of jacket. The author's second novel.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. [6], 1-216, [2] pp. Black cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Grey endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $14.95 on the front flap of the jacket. The author's second novel. The boards bowed, else sharp.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company [1996], 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. [12], 3-294 pp. Quarter purple cloth over green paper boards with green lettering on the spine. Price of $23.00 on front flap of dust jacket.

New York: New York University Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Near Fine. Large 8vo. [7], viii, [2], 2-458, [4] pp. Half red cloth over grey cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine; green topstain. Brown-green endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $12.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Whitman and with a few plates of black and white photographs of Whitman and his writings. A close to Fine book with a small corner crease to the half-title in a Near Fine dust jacket with some age toning.

London: Methuen & Co. (1906), 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [4], v-x, [2], 1-305, [5] pp. Three-quarter later orange calf over orange cloth with the spine in six compartments, gilt decorations and two brown morocco labels on the spine lettered in gilt; top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with numerous plates: monotone and colorful drawings of landmarks around London. A charming travel narrative. Light wear to the leather, a 1926 gift inscription on the free front endpaper. Our copy lacks one of the monotone plates.

New York: Joanna Cotler Books [2000], 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Fine. 8vo. [15], 2-305, [1] pp. Quarter blue paper over purple paper boards with green lettering on the spine. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $15.95 on rear flap of jacket. With in-text drawings by David Diaz. A Newbery Honor book.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers (1964), 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [10], 3-309, [3] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering blocked in black on the spine. Price of $4.95 on front flap of jacket. A tiny wrinkle on the rear board, else Very near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket that has a few hints of edge wear.

New York: Grove Press [2009], 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [14], 5-209, [1] pp. Red cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $23.00 on front flap of dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.

[London]: HarperCollins Publishers (2020), 2020. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. [14], 3-333, [7] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering and a gold decoration on the front board, gold lettering on the spine. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Price of £20 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a full-page map and one in-text design. A lovely copy of the finale to the Last Kingdom series.