Search Results: Authors starting with W from Barker Books & Vintage

Sheed and Ward, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Very good + hardcover shows bumping to bottom corners of covers, age tanning to pages and some other light trace wear, in very good + dust jacket (price at flap) that shows wear along top edge including a couple fo small tears and wrinkle along fore edge of rear flap. 295 pages with notes. Solid copy of this classic that makes up an installment in the noted Catholic Tutorial series.

McGraw-Hill, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. 1st printing, near fine in like jacket. 491 pages with illustrations. Stories from the fairway & beyond. Nice copy.

Rand McNally & Company, 1930. Hardcover. Good. Early printing with slip attached at title page stating that Epaminondas by Sara Cone Bryant was included by mistake and will be absent from future editions, good + oversized hardcover (no dust jacket) shows bit of storage bending to covers, soil and small stains to covers, sticker at front pastedown, short inscription at front endpaper small edge tears to pages at half title and contents pages, bit of wear along hinges and some other light trace wear. 136 pages with color illustrations by Margaret Evans Price. Still a solid copy of this collection of popular tales for children including Peter Rabbit, Gingerbread Man, Little Black Sambo, Pied Piper, Little Red Hen and of course many others.

Nauwelaerts, 1972. Paperback. Very Good. French language, very good paperback shows some mild shelf and trace wear to wraps, name stamp at top of half title page and some other light wear. 227 pages. Still a tight and clean copy of this work on psychosis.

D. Van Nostrand Company, 1945. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Very good + hardcover (no dust jacket) with flex covers shows some mild lean to spine, touch of soil to covers and page edges, tiny chip at fore edge of a handful of pages and some other mild wear. 662 pages with index and loaded with charts and diagrams. Still a nice copy of this work that attempts "..to present in one small volume a reference work for machinists and draftsmen that will contain all the basic information required in a great majority of their average daily assignments.

Michingan State University Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. First edition, near fine black cloth hardcover shows just a touch of wear, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows mild rubbing and edgewear that includes tiny closed tears and open chips. 328 pages including index. Still a good looking copy of these critical essays of the legendary American author with contibutors including Robert Penn Warren, Carlos Baker, Edmund Wilson and many others.

Morris Music Co., 1935. Paperback. Very Good. Very good sheet music showing some mild trace wear. Early Morris Music condition.

Valley Car and Coach, 1998. Second edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near fine oversized stapled wrappers shows just a trace of wear. Pages 526-576 of this 9th installment in the ten volume series that looks at the streetcars of Cincinnati that in the particular volume looks at the era of "streamlined streetcars that rolled on Cincinnati streets, giving service during WW II along with the innovative 100s, the curved side 2400s, and the old dependable deck roof cars

Scholars Press, 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine. Near fine hardcover (no dust jacket if issued) shows a previous owner name at top of front end paper, else tight and clean. 87 pages. Still an attractive copy of this 11th volume in the important AAR series.

Gun Room Press, 1980. Second edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. 2nd edition, 6th printing, 1999, near fine, oversized (9 by 11 approx.) blue cloth hardcover shows bit of bumping to bottom corners and pencil shadow at top edge of rear pastedown, else tight and clean, in very good dust jacket that shows rub scarring and small open chips at bottom corner of rear panel from sticker removal of some sort most likely and edgewear thatincludes closed tears and scotch tape reinforcement at spine tail of jacket reverse. 213 pages nicely illustrated in black & white and with bibliography that follows. Still a pleasing copy of this look "..the gun which, despite all obstacles, became the first breech-loading rifle of the United States Army and which for 20 years remained the army's warhorse.

Beinfeld Publishing, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good +. Very good +, oversized blue cloth hardcover with inscription by author Ernst on title page and a musty smell shows bit of rubbing at cover edges, bumping to corners, touch of soil and foxing at page edges and some other light trace wear, in good + dust jacket (price at flap) that shows soil including some odd coloring along spine, corner wrinkle at top of front flap, bit of staining and edgewear that includes closed tears and open chipping. 213 pages loaded with black & whites and bibliography at rear. Solid inscribed copy in jacket of this "..first complete story of the Trapdoor Springfield.

Easton Press, 1993. First edition. Leather Bound. Near Fine. Collector's edition signed by Waite. Near fine with just a touch of wear including couple of tiny dings at page edges. 370 pages with black & whites. Leather bound with gilt emboss, ribbon marker, page edges gilt, raised bands to spine and silk moire end papers. Remains an attractive copy of this installment in the Easton Press library of signed-first-editions. Signed.

Viking, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First printing, near fine in like jacket with both showing just some mild trace wear. 246 pages. Remains an attractive copy of this well written memoir by the author of "Searching for Bobby Fischer" about escaping the world of battling parents into the world of deep sea fishing.

MCS Inc, 2017. Paperback. Very Good. Very good +, oversized paperback shows mild shelf and trace wear including bumping and wrinkle at spine tail, else tight and clean. 159 pages nicely illustrated mostly in color. Still a solid copy of this noted work on copper that historically connects the ancient and the modern.

Lyons & Burford, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First American printing, near fine cream cloth hardcover shows short line indents at top and bottom edges of front cover, bumping to bottom edges, corners and spine tail and some other light trace wear, in near fine dust jacket (price at flap) that shows same short indents at top and bottom edges of front panel, else fine. 132 pages lavishly illustrated. Nice copy of this work that "covers the subject of tools with great depth and thoroughness" from the author of Flytying Techniques.

Rinehart & Company, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Orange cloth book club hardcover is near fine with just a touch of bumping to bottom corners and name at top of front endpaper, in very good dust jacket that shows bit of rubbing, soil, and edgewear that includes small open chips an dclosed tears. 307 pages. Still a solid copy in jacket of this novel cnetered around the radio-advertising-soap business.

Harper & Row, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. First edition, very good + cloth hardcover shows foxing at page edges, bit of toning at top and bottom edges and light bit of faint staining at spine tail and bottom edge of front cover, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) clipped at bottom of front flap that shows rubbing and toning, light staining at spine tail visible at jacket reverse and edgewear that includes closed tears and tiny open chips. 324 pages with index and black & white drawings by Carl Burger. Solid copy of this work that will "..delight the fledgling naturalist as well as the serious fisherman.

Lyone & Burford, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First printing, near fine hardcover in like dust jacket (price at flap) with both showing just a touch of wear. 178 pages. Still a nice copy of these stories of Montana and fly fishing.

Rutgers University Press, 1971. Hardcover. Good in Very Good DJ. Good hardcover shows some internal markings that appear to end at page 16, in very good dust jacket that shows rubbing and edge wear including closed tears and some shallow open chipping. 164 pages. Solid copy of this work that "..suggests a humanistic alternative to the generally accepted mechanistic approach to mental health.

Cambridge University Press, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good in Good DJ. Very good hardcover (4 1/2 by 7 approx.) shows shelf wear including some bumping to corners and edges and with some other light trace wear, in good + price-clipped dust jacket showing check marks to some of the entries in the series at rear panel, toning to spine and fore edges, edgewear including short tears and small open chips, and wrinkling at edges of inner flaps. 168 pages including index. Solid copy in jacket of this installment in the Current Problems series edited by Sir Ernest Barker.