The Secret of Crete
by Wunderlich, Hans Georg; Winston, Richard & Clara
New York: Macmillan, 1974. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 9x6x1. Book club edition. Excellent book in good jacket. Jacket rubbed with some small tears. 1974 Hard Cover. xv, 367 pp. Offers an alternative hypothesis to accepted theories regarding Minoan civilization: claims the palace of Minos was not a center for courtly life but a necropolis--a city... Read More
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Ethics: An Investigation of the Facts and Laws of the Moral Life: The Facts of the Moral Life; Ethical Systems
by Wundt, Wilhelm; Gulliver, Julia; Titchener, Edward Bradford; Washburn, Margaret Floy
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim / William Brendon and Son, Printers, 1897. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ink name and date on title pages, pages lightly toned (endpapers more so). 1897 Hard Cover. xii, 339; viii, 196, [2] pp. 8vo. Wundt is considered the founder of modern psychology (a survey in American Psychologist ranked William James and... Read More
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Threading Together the Past: Archaeology at the Polly Site (Clarendon Historical Society, November, 2001)
by Wurst, LouAnn; Pulver, Catherine; Visalli, Tina; Deuel, Jeremy; Schamel, Kerry
Clarendon, New York: Clarendon Historical Society, 2001. Large Softcover. Very Good. Signed by author. Signed without inscription by LouAnn Wurst inside front cover. Wrappers a bit foxed with a couple minor smudges, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. 2001 Large Softcover. v, 91 pp. On Wednesday, December 5, the Clarendon Historical Society... Read More
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Threading Together the Past: Archaeology at the Polly Site (Clarendon Historical Society, November, 2001)
by Wurst, LouAnn; Pulver, Catherine; Visalli, Tina; Deuel, Jeremy; Schamel, Kerry
Clarendon, New York: Clarendon Historical Society, 2001. Large Softcover. Very Good. Front cover lightly soiled, rear cover lightly foxed. 2001 Large Softcover. v, 91 pp. On Wednesday, December 5, the Clarendon Historical Society will host a book debut and artifact exhibit at the Clarendon Town Hall on Church Street. The event highlights the work of Dr. LouAnn Wurst... Read More
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Motor Transports in War (The Pocket Books, Illustrated)
by Wyatt, Horace; Staner, H.W
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Very good in good jacket. Jacket edges rubbed with minor loss, jacket toned. 1914 Hard Cover. vi, 192 pp. "First published in 1914 as part of The Daily Telegraph War Books series. The author was advisor on heavy motors to The Autocar, consulting editor of Motor Traction, and... Read More
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The Workers: An Experiment in Reality, in Two Volumes - The East; The West
by Wyckoff, Walter A
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Hinges weakening, front free endpaper of first volume absent, ink name and address on endpapers. 1899 Hard Cover. ix, [5], 270, [2]; ix, [1], 378, [2] pp. 8vo. Vignettes of working class life on the East and West coasts of America.
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Bay of Pigs: The Untold Story
by Wyden, Peter
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 6x2x12. Book club edition. Jacket spine faded, minor loss from corners, top edge lightly foxed. 1979 Hard Cover. 352 pp. Eyewitness accounts and revealing interviews with combatants from both sides, including Fidel Castro and the CIA official who masterminded the invasion, substantiate this dramatic account... Read More
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The Erie Canal: A Bibliography (Revised Edition)
by Wyld, Lionel D
Cumberland, RI: Darcy Associates, Ltd, 1990. Revised Edition. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. 0x0x0. Revised edition. 1990 Stapled Binding. 19 pp. The revised list contains all the entries of the original, along with many new entries, including booklets issued by historical societies and related organizations, newspaper feature articles, and local histories that a researcher of Erie history or culture... Read More
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The Physics and Philosophy of the Senses; or, The Mental and the Physical in Their Mutual Relation
by Wyld, R.S. [Robert Stodard]
London: Henry S. King & Co, 1875. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Edges and front and end matter lightly foxed, pencil name and address on verso of front free endpaper. 1875 Hard Cover. xv, [1], 562, 36 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth, gilt titles, blind-stamped decorations. A philosophical examination of the relationship between mental and physical stimuli,... Read More
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A Brief Record of the Lives and Writings of Dr. Rufus Wyman (1778-1842) and His Son Dr. Morrill Wyman (1812-1903)
by Wyman, Morrill, Jr
Cambridge: Fourth March / The Riverside Press, H.O. Houghton & Co, 1913. Hard Cover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Former copy of Framingham Historical and Natural History Society library, usual marks. Front matter faintly foxed. 1913 Hard Cover. 132 pp. A record with photographs of the lives and medical careers of Drs. Rufus and Morrill Wyman, published by Morrill Wyman,... Read More
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The Life and Adventures of Seth Wyman, Embodying the Principal Events of a Life Spent in Robbery, Theft, Gambling, Passing Counterfeit Money, &c., &c
by Wyman, Seth
Manchester, N.H: J.H. Cate, Printer, 1843. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First edition (Howes W-724). Binding repaired by previous owner, corners exposed, spine label mostly absent, front free endpaper absent, a few pages stained. 1843 Hard Cover. iv, 310 pp. 8vo. A mid-19th century memoir by a career criminal, published after Wyman's death. "Wyman, Seth (04 March... Read More
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Chocky
by Wyndham, John; Atwood, Margaret
New York: New York Review Books (nyrb), 2015. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x7. First thus. An exceptional copy. 2015 Trade Paperback. 161, [8] pp. Includes new afterword by Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale. A pioneering science-fiction master confronts an enigma as strange as anything found in his classic works, The Day of the Triffids or... Read More
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Writing Indians: Literacy, Christianity, and Native Community in Early America (Native Americans of the Northeast Culture, History, and the Contemporary)
by Wyss, Hilary E
Amherst and Boston, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press, 2003. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. First printing. A fine copy. 2003 Trade Paperback. xiii, 207 pp. A study of cultural encounter, this book takes a fresh look at the much ignored and often misunderstood experience of Christian Indians in early America. Focusing on New England missionary settlements from... Read More
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The Swiss Family Robinson (The Golden Books for Children)
by [Wyss, Johann David] Wyss, J.R
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1930. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12x10x1. Robinson, T.H. [Thomas Heath]. Reissue. No date, circa 1930. Near fine in very good jacket. Minor wear to corners with minimal loss from jacket corners, 1 inch stain on top jacket edge. 409 pp. Color frontispiece and plates by Thomas Heath Robinson. "The Swiss Family Robinson (German:... Read More
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Remembrance of Things Present: The Invention of the Time Capsule
by Yablon, Nick
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2019. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2019 Hard Cover. 407 pp. Time capsules offer unexpected insights into how people view their own time, place, and culture, as well as their duties to future generations. Remembrance... Read More
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Big Cotton: How a Humble Fiber Created Fortunes, Wrecked Civilizations, and Put America On the Map
by Yafa, Stephen
New York: Viking, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 5x1x8. First edition. Faint stains on jacket sine and rear jacket panel. 2005 Hard Cover. xiv, 398 pp. A history of cotton's impact on the world describes how the fiber has been at the center of conflict and controversy, rendering nations into industrial powers, in a chronicle... Read More
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A History of the Wife
by Yalom, Marilyn
New York: HarperCollins, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. 2001 Hard Cover. xix, 441 pp. "A woman coming of age today has good reason to wonder what marriage will mean to her. Certainly, it will no longer imply that her husband will provide for... Read More
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The Military Establishment: Its Impacts on American Society
by Yarmolinsky, Adam
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. 2nd printing. Edge wear, boards bowed. 1971 Hard Cover. 434 pp. Explores the growth of the American military since WWII, and the way that it has affected social norms.
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, Book 1)
by Yarros, Rebecca
Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania: Entangled Publishing, LLC, 2024. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x1x8. Reprint. Brand new from publisher. 2024 Trade Paperback. 541 pp. Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general―also known as her tough-as-talons mother―has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to... Read More
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Iron Flame (The Empyrean, Book 2)
by Yarros, Rebecca
Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania: Red Tower Books / Entangled Publishing, LLC, 2025. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. First printing of deluxe second edition with decorated edges. Brand new from publisher. 2025 Hard Cover. 623 pp. Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College―Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant... Read More
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, Book 1)
by Yarros, Rebecca
Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania: Red Tower Books / Entangled Publishing, LLC, 2025. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. First printing of deluxe second edition with decorated edges. Brand new from publisher. 2025 Hard Cover. 496, [4] pp. Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general―also known... Read More
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, Book 1)
by Yarros, Rebecca
Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania: Red Tower Books, 2023. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Spine base and bottom corners of first and last few pages faintly stained. 2023 Hard Cover. 517 pp. Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general―also known as her tough-as-talons mother―has... Read More
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The Lower Colorado River: A Bibliography
by Yates, Richard; Marshall, Mary; Faulk, Odie B. (Introduction)
Arizona: Arizona Western College Press, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. No jacket. A fine copy. 1974 Hard Cover. iv, 153 pp. Arranged in ten broad topics and a catch-all: Indians of the lower Colorado, exploration and settlement, the military, steam navigation, the delta, Mexico and the Colorado, politics of water, reclamation, cities-towns-places, mining,... Read More
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The Other Abyssinians: The Northern Oromo and the Creation of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1913 (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
by Yates, Brian J
Rochester, New York: University of Rochester Press, 2020-01-02. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 6x0x9. First edition. An exceptional copy. ix, [1], 236 pp. Extensive notes, bibliography, and index follow text. Reframes the story of modern Ethiopia around the contributions of the Oromo people and the culturally fluid union of communities that shaped the nation's... Read More
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Improving Human Relations in School Administration
by Yauch, Wilbur A
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Boards stained. 1949 Hard Cover. ix, 299 pp. Includes: Preface; Part I. Introduction: The Point of View. Part II. General Considerations of Group Method: Groups and Group Action - Group Leadership. Part III. Policy Making by the Staff: The Teachers' Meeting - Curriculum Planning by the Faculty.... Read More
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