Games & Puzzles You Can Make Yourself
by Harvey Weiss
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co, 1976. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Harvey Weiss. A pristine copy of the 1976 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by the author himself.
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Model Cars and Trucks and How to Build Them
by Harvey Weiss
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co, 1974. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A fresh, clean copy of the 1974 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 74 pgs. A superb copy.
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Political Protest in the Congo: The Parti Solidaire Africain During the Independence Struggle
by Herbert Weiss
Princeton University Press, 1967. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR HERBERT WEISS on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1967 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (light soiling along the top-edge) in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with one tiny closed tear and just a bit of very light... Read More
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Poetic Landscape: The Art and Experience of Sanford R. Gifford
by Ila Weiss
Newark, Delaware: University of Delaware Press, 1987. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp, clean copy of the 1987 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine pictorial dustjacket. Quarto, 377 pgs. Uncommon monograph on this important 19th century American landscape painter.
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Hate Alley
by Martin L. Weiss
New York: Ace Books, 1957. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. Days and Nights of a Juvenile Delinquent". 1957 1st edition of this uncommon "JD" paperback. Bright and clean and VG in its original lurid wrappers. Light creasing at the spine, very light creasing at the panel corners and very light soiling to the rear panel. A very... Read More
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Arthur Symons: A Critical Study
by T. Earle Welby
London: A.M. Philpot Ltd, 1925. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A gorgeous, near-pristine copy of the 1925 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its navy-blue cloth. And in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket, with no flaws to speak of. Octavo, 148 uncut pgs. Remarkably well-preserved given its age.
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The Old Man Rides a Bicycle
by Louise Welch
Toronto: The Traditional Studies Press, 1972. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION BY LOUISE WELCH on the front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1972 stated 1st edition. A clean, Near Fine copy of this oblong octavo in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing along the front panel's lower-edge. Signed... Read More
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What Every Young Man Should Know
by The Editors of Esquire (With Scotty Welch)
New York: Bernard Geis, 1962. Boards. Very Good +/Very Good. The uncommon 1962 stated 1st printing. Solid and VG+ in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with mild bubbling to the laminate along several spots. Still though, very presentable. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated throughout by Esquire's formidable stable of artists and illustrators. Introduction by Esquire's editor, Arnold Gingrich. (From the... Read More
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Race to the Golden Spike (With Interesting Ephemera)
by Paul I. Wellman
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1961. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Lorence Bjorklund. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR LORENCE BJORKLUND on the title page. A sharp, well-preserved copy to boot of the 1961 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of wear at the spine crown. Also includes... Read More
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Gold in California
by Paul I. Wellman
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. Lorence Bjorklund. A lovely Association copy: INSCRIBED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR LORENCE BJORKLUND TO HIS FATHER (!!) on the half-title page. A very solid copy to boot of the 1958 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine (light bumping to the front lower tip) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with... Read More
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The Happychaps
by Carolyn Wells
New York: The Century Co, 1908. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. Harrison Cady. A sharp, very presentable copy of the uncommon 1908 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial light-brown cloth. No writing or markings to speak of to the interior, boards clean and bright. Octavo, verses by Carolyn Wells, wonderfully illustrated by Harrison... Read More
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The Broken O (A Fleming Stone Detective Novel)
by Carolyn Wells
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1933. Cloth. Very Good +/Near Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1933 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (with very light soiling along the spine) in an unusually crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Just a touch of creasing at the lower-edge of the dj's front panel, otherwise clean as could be. 12mo, "a Fleming Stone detective novel... Read More
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The Fourteenth Key
by Carolyn Wells
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. The September 1924 4th printing, IN THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping --and several small closed tears-- along the panel edges. Thick 12mo, 334 pgs.
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The Pen Renderings of Elmer Rising: New England in Black and White
by Gwenn Evans Wells
The Friends of Elmer Rising, 1985. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Fine. The 1985 1st state of the first edition, published by The Friends of Elmer Riding. Limited to only 1,500 copies, each SIGNED BY THE ARTIST on the copyright page. A crisp, well-preserved copy to boot. VG+ to Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket.... Read More
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Several Ancestral Lines of Moses Hyde and His Wife Sarah Dana, Married at Ashford, Conn., June 5, 1757. With a Full Genealogical History of Their Descendants to the End of the Nineteenth Century. Covering Three Hundred Years and Embracing Ten Generations
by Harriette Hyde Wells
Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1904. Cloth. Very Good. The uncommon 1904 true 1st edition. Solid and VG in the publisher's original chocolate-brown cloth, with mild spotting and scuffing --and just a touch of light bubbling-- at the panels. Internally, clean as could be, with no writing or markings to speak of. Octavo, a nice piece of... Read More
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Comprehensive Drainage Plan for Nassau County, New York (Manuscript)
by Prepared under the Direction of W. Fred Welsch
Nassau County Sanitation Commission, 1935. Ephemera. Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY W. FRED WELSCH on the front fre endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of this 1935 manuscript (apparently #11 of an undetermined number), issued by the Nassau County (Long Island) Sanitation Commission. Roughly 50 clean, typed pages, bound in dark bevelled boards, with bright gilt-titling along... Read More
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The Shoe Bird
by Eudora Welty
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. Beth Krush. INSCRIBED BY EUDORA WELTY on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1964 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light creasing along the front panel's top-edge and a trace of very light soiling... Read More
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The Bride of the Innisfallen (Ist issue)
by Eudore Welty
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1955 1st edition, in the much less common 1st issue (with only 1 date on the copyright page). Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 207 pgs.
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The Bride of the Innisfallen and Other Stories
by Eudora Welty
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY EUDORA WELTY on the title page. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1955 stated 1st edition, 2nd issue (with the multiple dates on the copyright page). Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 207 pgs.
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The Wide Net and Other Stories (Review Copy)
by Eudora Welty
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1943. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A Review Copy of the 1943 stated 1st edition of Eudora Welty's third book. Stamped "Review Copy Publication Date Sep 23 1943 Price $2.50" on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot. Tight and VG+ in its blue cloth, with very light soiling to... Read More
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Property and Power in the Early Middle Ages
by Wendy Davies and Paul Fouracre, Eds
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1995. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. An immaculate copy of the 1995 1st edition. As New in an As New dustjacket. Octavo, 322 pgs.
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Tales of the Prophet Samuel: Retold for Jewish Youth
by Rabbi Charles Wengrov
New York: Shulsinger Bros., Inc, 1969. Pictorial boards. Fine/Very Good +. Aharon Shevo. A tight, very presentable copy of the 1969 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with one small closed tear to the front panel's top-edge and light chipping at its lower-tip. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout in color by Aharon Shevo.
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Theatergebaude
by Eberhard Werner
Veb Verlag Technik, Berlin, 1954. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Vol. 1 only (of 2 vols.) of this rich, detailed study of the history of German theatre design. 1954 1st edition. Folio, a handsome, Near Fine copy in a VG dustjacket with several smalll tears and very minor chipping along jacket edges. Band 1: Geschichtliche Entwicklung.
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Handbook of Semiconductor Wafer Cleaning Technology: Science, Technology and Applications
by Werner Kern, ed
Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes Publications, 1993. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A sharp copy of the 1993 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (with small former owner name at front free endpaper) in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick octavo, 623 pgs.
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Genealogies of Long Island Families
by Charles J. Werner
New York: Charles J. Werner Publisher, 1919. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A Collection of Genealogies Relating to the Following Long Island Families: Dickerson, Mitchill, Wickham, Carman, Raynor, Rushmore, Satterly, Hawkins, Arthur Smith, Mills, Howard, Lush, Greene". 1919 1st edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its original maroon cloth, with bright gilt-titling to the front... Read More
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