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World of Eli Whitney, The


Mirsky, Jeannette and Allan Nevins

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan Co., 1st., 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, dj with edgewear, rubbing

Record # 52833


Price: $18.00 

 

World of the Nursery, The


White, Colin

Hardcover. London, Herbert Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages, English nurseries from the mid 19th to the mid 20th century, lavishly illustrated in b&w and color, slight edgewear, very clean, tight copy.

Record # 801547


Price: $13.00 

 

World of Thought in Ancient China, The


Schwartz, Benjamin I.

Hardcover. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 490 pages. Paint marking/underlining in pencil on a few pages, previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Dust jacket worn with light rubbing, chipping to edges.

Record # 453827


Price: $15.00 

world of watchers, AKastner, Joseph
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world of watchers, A


Kastner, Joseph

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1986, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1986, Book: Good, Dust jacket: Good, Illustrated chapter headings. Gilt titles on spine. Some stains to front cover. Foxing to dust jacket and top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy. . 241 pages. Record # 467704

Record # 467704


Price: $13.00 

 

World Prehistory: In New Perspective


Clark, Grahame

Hardcover. US, Cambridge University Press, reprint , 1977-12-30, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 554 pages. Extensive b&w illustrations throughout. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 465972


Price: $25.00 

World That Never Was, The : A True Story of Dreamers, Schemers, Anarchists and Secret AgentsButterworth, Alex
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World That Never Was, The : A True Story of Dreamers, Schemers, Anarchists and Secret Agents


Butterworth, Alex

Hardcover. New York, Pantheon Books, 1st US, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 482 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black and white illustrations throughout.

Record # 471704


Price: $19.00 

 

World They Made Together, The - Black and White Values in Eighteenth Century Virginia


Sobel, Mechal

Paperback. New Jersey, Princeton Univ., rep. wraps, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illust. 364 pages

Record # 54237


Price: $15.00 

 

World Turned Upside Down, The - Essex County During America's Turbulent Years, 1763 - 1790 (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)


Tagney, Ronald N.

Hardcover. Wesr Newbury, MA, Essex County History, First Edition, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 504 pages. Hardcover SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles spine. Map illustration of Essex County to endpapers. Inside is clean & unmarked with illustrations in black & white. Dust jacket with sunfade to spine & small tears to edges. Tight binding, sharp corners, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 751410


Price: $50.00 

 

World Until Yesterday, The: What We Can Learn From Traditional Societies?


Diamond, Jared

Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 499 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A look into the heart of traditional societies and the timely lessons they can offer us. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951701


Price: $19.00 

World War II on the Air: Edward R. Murrow and the Broadcasts That Riveted a NationBernstein, Mark
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World War II on the Air: Edward R. Murrow and the Broadcasts That Riveted a Nation


Bernstein, Mark

Hardcover. Naperville, Ill., 1st, May 1, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Audio CD included. 284 pages, b&w photographs throughout. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 453025


Price: $15.00 

World We Have LostLaslett, Peter
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World We Have Lost


Laslett, Peter

Softcover. London, Methuen young books, reprint, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 325 pages. Softcover. Creasing to back cover. Some underlining. Sticker residue to back cover. Foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 469405


Price: $15.00 

 

World Within Walls - Japanese Literature of the Pre-Modern Era 1600-1867


Keene, Donald

Hardcover. London, Secker & Warburg, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 606 pages. Previous owners name at top of front endpaper. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608046


Price: $20.00 

 

World's Armoured Fighting Vehicles, The


Von Senger Und Etterlin, Dr. F. M.

Hardcover. London, Macdonald, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 304 pages, b&w photographs and diagrams. Blue cloth covers w/ gilt lettering on spine. Light edge wear to covers. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 851389


Price: $12.00 

 

World's Fairs Italian-Style: The Great Expositions in Turin and their Narratives, 1860-1915 (Toronto Italian Studies)


Coletta, Cristina Della

Hardcover. Toronto, ON, University of Toronto Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 351 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 2230360


Price: $38.00 

 

World's Fastest Man, The: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Mayor Taylor, American's First Black Sports Hero


Kranish, Michael

Hardcover. New York, Scribner, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 365 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has a touch of moisture damage to the top of the back cover. Cover boards tan with red quarter cloth, excellent. Pages clean and bright, binding tight. In very good condition. In this book, investigative journalist, Michael Kranish brilliantly chronicles Major Taylor's astonishing rise to world prominence in bicycle racing, twelve years before the ascension of boxer Jack Johnson on the global stage and fifty years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League baseball.

Record # 31424


Price: $19.00 

 

World's Great Adventure, The: With the Story of Polar Exploration for One Thousand Years


Miller, Francis Trevelyan

Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston , 1st, 1930, Dust Jacket: Fair, 384 pages, color maps on endpapers, color frontispiece, illustrated color plate on front cover, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, front hinge loose. Acetate-protected dust jacket. Some wear and chipping under acetate.

Record # 803163


Price: $16.00 

 

Worst Years of Our Lives, The - Irreverent Notes from a Decade of Greed


Ehrenreich, Barbara

New York, Pantheon, 1st , 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 275 pages. The politics and culture of the 80's in America.

Record # 305265


Price: $18.00 

 

Worthies of England, The


Fuller, Thomas

Hardcover. London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1st thus, 1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 716 pages, edited and with an introduction by John Freeman. Dust jacket edge wear and chip, price clipped, foxing on edges. Otherwise, clean and tight.

Record # 854872


Price: $19.00 

 

Worthington's Annual 1885


N/A

Hardcover. New York , R. Worthington, 1st, 1885, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 222 pages, 2 page index. Stories, biographies, natural history for young readers. Notable for over 300 wonderful b&w engravings. In color illustrated boards, wear to edges, top of spine with short tears. Binding loose, spine cloth separated, loose binding. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.

Record # 512213


Price: $40.00 

 

Wreck of the Memphis, The


Beach, Capt. Edward L.

Hardcover. NY, Holt Rinehart Winston, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 312 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with minor wear and tape repair to dust jacket. Decorative staining to top page block.

Record # 62087


Price: $30.00 

Wreckage begins with W: cartoons of the Bush administrationDanziger, Jeff, Illust. by: Jeff Danziger
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Wreckage begins with W: cartoons of the Bush administration


Danziger, Jeff, Illust. by: Jeff Danziger

softcover . Hanover, N.H., Steerforth Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 308 pages. Softcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Extensive b&w illustrations by Danziger throughout. Slight curl to front cover, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 468994


Price: $38.00 

 

Writer's Brush, The : Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture by Writers


Friedmn, Donald

Hardcover. Minneapolis, Mid-List Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 457 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. With essays by William H. Gass and John Updike. Over 400 reproductions by more than 200 of the world's writers, arranged alphabetically. Color and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Fading to dust jacket front. Light soling to bottom copy edge. Edgewear to dust jacket top edge. Corners lightly bumped. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 951287


Price: $63.00 

 

Writer's Eye, A: Field Notes and Watercolors


Horgan, Paul

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 95 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Absolutely beautiful, pristine copy. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Pages and edges clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. Looks nearly new and barely read. Presents 60 watercolors done as studies for three of Paul Horgan's books; drawings are accompanied by passages from his works and commentaries about the making of the paintings.

Record # 32293


Price: $15.00 

Writers in Hollywood, 1915-1951Hamilton, Ian
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Writers in Hollywood, 1915-1951


Hamilton, Ian

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 326 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Some creasing to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 469536


Price: $13.00 


  
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