Search Results: Authors starting with W from Mary Riversong Books

F.W. Dixon The Hardy Boys: Vols. 1-4. Tower Treasure/House n the Cliff/Secret of the Old Mill/ The Missing Chums. GOOD USED CONDITION. 3 WITH DUST JACKETS. These are Grosset & Dunlap 1947 and 1951 editions thus. Dust jackets have yellow spines. Section of dj spine missing on Tower Treasure. The secret of the Old Mill is missing its dust jacket.

Oscar Wilde OSCAR WILDE'S THE SELFISH GIANT. Alfred A. Knopf 2000, First Edition First Printing Thus. Number Line: 10 9 8 7 5 6 4 3 2 1. HARD TO FIND TITLE IN UNITED STATES. Retold by Fiona Waters and Illustrated by Fabian Negrin. Victorian fantasy. ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOK. ISBN037580319X. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. Unpaginated. 9 ¾ X 12 1/8.

Wells, H.G. The Croquet Player, A Dark Fantasy. Copyright 1937 H.G. Wells FIRST AMERICAN EDITION , THE VIKING PRESS. Used. VG/G Price-clipped DJ. Illustrated by Clifton Line. Boards are in nice shape. Printed in the US by the Haddon Craftsmen. By the author of 'War of the Worlds' and 'The Time Machine'. Illustrations by British artist Clifton Line. Plot Summary: "Something is horribly wrong in the remote English village of Cainsmarsh." A GHOST STORY.

Wharton, Edith et al. Stories from Scribner: Stories of New York. Charles Scribner's Sons, Copyright 1893. Authors and stories included in this book are: From Four to Six, Annie Elliot; The commonest possible Story, Bliss Perry; The End of the Beginning, George A. Hibbard; A Puritan Ingenue, John S. Wood; Mrs. Manstey's View, Edith Wharton. Used. Black, leather-bound pocket-size edition. Pink closure ribbon has gone. Good condition. Binding is a little loose. RARE.

Wharton, Edith. The Children. D. Appleton 1928 Stated First Printing, September, 1928. Black boards with Yellow titling and ornamentation. (1) on the last page of the text. Used. Very Good Condition/ No DJ Included. 347 pages. States (1) on the last page. Says "Moters" on page 135. New York & London. 5 5/8 X 7 7/8. A square, solid copy. RARE. Plot Summary: "First published in 1928, The Children is one of Edith Wharton's later novels, published when the author was in her mid-sixties. Like much of Wharton's fiction, it explores the moral complexities of socially unacceptable relationship – in this instance, one between a middle-aged man and a teenage girl."

Widder, David Vernon: THE LAPLACE TRANSFORM. Copyright 1941. 1946 Second Printing Thus. Princeton University Press, London. MATHEMATICS. INTEGRAL TRANSFORM. "The Laplace transform is an integral transform perhaps second only to the Fourier transform in its utility in solving physical problems." USED. VG Condition/ No DJ included if issued. 6 ¼ X 9 ¼. 405 pages, indexed. RARE. Please see stock photo.

Wilde, Oscar. The Selfish Giant. 1984 First Edition, 4th Impression Thus. Neugebaur Press Publishing, London. ISBN0907234305. Fine/VG DJ. Written by Oscar Wilde. Illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger. Gold emblem on the front cover states "Lisbeth Zwerger Lifetime Achievement Award." Printed in Italy.Large Format. 8 1/2 X 11 1/2. Unpaginate Summary: The message of the story is co-existence and spreading love. It is a story of a young boy who was a messenger of God and a selfish giant. The giant would not allow the children to play in his garden. Thus, there was always winter in his garden."

By Oscar Wilde. Ballad of Reading Gaol (The Golden Books) Barse & Hopkins NY. Undated, circa 1910. POETRY. RARE EDITION with printed dedication related to the prison period in Wilde's biography - "In Memoriam C.T.W. Sometime trooper of the royal horse guards OBIIT H.M. prison, Reading, Berkshire, July 7, 1896". USED. Good condition/ no DJ if issued. Gray paper boards with gold titling and ornamentation as shown in this stock photo. 4 ¼ X 7. 30 deckle-edge pages. Ships from United States.

Oscar Wilde. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. 1944 Books, Inc., NY First Printing, December, 1944 in its original dust jacket. RARE THUS. Victorian Horror/Fantasy novel. USED. VG Condition/ Good- dust jacket. Jacket is missing the bottom half of its spine. Front cover illustration of a beautiful young aristocratic man and a large green face of the hideous, debauched monster he was later to become in the background. Cover art by RA. Jacket states: "A life with great possibilities that ends in disaster and tragedy – a great classic." Back panel lists "Midnite Mysteries" series titles. 220 pages. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾. Source material for the 1945 Warner Bros. horror film.

Wilder Laura Ingalls: The Long Winter. 1953 Harper & Brothers Uniform Edition. Pictures by Garth Williams. BIOGRAPHY. Used. VG/Acceptable $2.95 Original Snowball fight Dust Jacket. Back panel of jacket is water- stained. The story of the hard winter of 1880-1881 in the Dakota Territory with the pioneer Ingalls Family. Little House on the Prairie series. 335 pages. 6 X 8 ¼.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls: On the Banks of Plum Creek. 1953 Harper & Brothers Uniform edition. ILLUSTRATED BYGARTH WILLIAMS. Used. VG-/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. Hardcover. Apple Green Boards. Little House on the Prairie series The book tells about the family's move to Plum Creek, Laura's first time going to school, and grasshoppers that eat their crops. 339 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¼. Please see stock photo of Garth Williams cover art.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls. By The Shores Of Silver Lake,1953 Harper & Brothers Uniform Edition. Pictures by Garth Williams Little House on the Prairie series. Used. VG-/G- unclipped $2.95 dust jacket. 1 inch loss at top of dj spine. The family moves from Minnesota and Laura and Mary take a thrilling train ride during which an attempted payroll robbery takes place.

Hugh Wiley. Manchu Blood. Copyright 1927 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. New York and London. First and Second Printings Before Publication. A tale of Chinatown. USED. GOOD CONDITION/NO DJ INCLUDED. Publishers graphic design denim Blue boards are sunned. Titles have faded out on black cloth spine. 306 pages. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾. RARE. A Detective novel By Hugh Wiley, Author of the "Mr. Wong" Series of books.

Stevenson, Robert Louis: A Child's Garden of Verses, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. 1905, Charles Scribner's Sons FIRST EDITION THUS. Copyright page States BB2C-1.58 [H]. Yellow topstain. Used. VG/Good- original price-clipped purple dust jacket. RARE THUS. A nice, solid copy. CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS SERIES.

Used. Stevenson, Robert Louis: A Child's Garden of Verses, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. 1905, Charles Scribner's Sons impression BB2C-1.58[H] Used. VG/Good price-clipped original purple dust jacket. RARE THUS. a gift presentation copy. Has a purple cloth ribbon laid in. This ribbon may be original to the edition, but I don't have that information. Condition: Other than a gift label pasted to front free endpaper and the ribbon, this item appears to be in near fine, unread condition. The purple dust jacket shows wear. Yellow topstain. Please see our photos.CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED CLASSIC SERIES.

The Little Mother Goose (1918 Dodd, Mead & Company Stated 2nd Edition. Children's book. Nursery Tales. ILLUSTRATED BY JESSIE WILCOX SMITH. Used. VG/ No DJ if issued. Black cloth. Gold Titling on spine is somewhat dimmed. Front Pastedown is complete and in nice condition. Twelve color plates (including frontis) . Please see our photos. Rare/scarce. A clean, solid copy. 8 X 6.

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS The Rose Tattoo. !950, New Directions, NY. STATED FIRST PRINTING. Used. Very Good/ Good- Condition Original Lustig pink rose dust jacket. Front flap Price $3.00. Nice. Summary: A drama with comedic elements. Set in the 20th Century American South. About an Italian family. 144 pages. 5 1/2 X 8 3/8

Williamson, C.N. & A.M. The Lightning Conductor: The Strange Adventures of a Motor-Car. RARE. First title in a very popular series of books about touring in early automobiles. London, 1903 Methuen Stated Second Edition. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Green boards. 345 pages plus adverts. 5 1/8 X 7 ¾. Includes Photographs. Our front cover features a party of three persons in a touring car. Illustrated with Photographs.

Williams, Tennessee. SUMMER AND SMOKE. PLAY. DRAMA. New American Library Signet Books Movie Tie-In Edition, First Printing Thus, October, 1961. Movie Tie-In. Laurence Harvey, Geraldine Page front cover. Very Good Condition. 127 pages. 7 1/8 X 4 ¼. RARE. Summary: Tragic drama of two-ill starred lovers.

Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. All The President's Men Hardcover, ISBN 9780671217815 Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1974. Used – Very Good/ Good Condition Nixon DJ : New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. A nice book club edition. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2. 349 pages, indexed. JOURNALISM, LAW, AMERICAN HISTORY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, SCANDAL