Search Results: Authors starting with W from Fox & Hedgehog

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1975. First printing (number line). Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good+. 5 3/4 x 8 3/8 . Drawings by Munehiro Ikeda. 4I. Paper-covered boards with cloth spine, in dustjacket. A solid copy with tight binding and intact hinges. No marks. Showing spine-lean at lower edge. Browning at edges. Tiny glue (?) spot front gutter. Unclipped dustjacket has a couple small tears and light creasing at top edge; a little shelf-soil showing on white back panel; some surface abrasion; but still pretty nice-looking.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1983. First printing (number line). Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2. B&W photos and maps, plus color frontispiece. 4I. Sewn binding in full cloth-covered boards, in dustjacket. Index and bibliography. Tight binding with intact hinges and square spine. No marks. Cloth is bright with hardly any wear. Page-edges clean. Unclipped dustjacket is badly yellowed, with a few stains to front panel, but no chips or tears, and hardly any edge-wear.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. New edition"; originally published 1968. Softcover. Very Good. Trade-size. 2L. Indexed. A solid copy, appears unread. Tight binding and square, uncreased spine. Pencil marks (and small dot label) corner last page, but no marks to text. Minor cover wear. A bit of label residue corner front cover. ***A rather ugly remainder mark on bottom edge.***

London: Pluto Plays, 1982. Revised adaptation. Softcover. Very Good. 5 3/4 x 8 1/4. 3I. Stapled card covers. Appears this is the same translation originally published as "We Can't Pay? We Won't Pay!" in 1978, but the adaptation has been revised for the present edition. Binding tight, staples unrusted. No marks. Top edge foxed. Covers are irregularly sunned, with minor wear.

Boulder, Colorado: Paladin Press, 1995. (NAP). Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Oversize, 8 3/4 x 11 1/4. B&W photos. 1K. Sewn binding in leatherette-covered boards, in dustjacket. A beautiful copy, nearly as new. Firm binding, strong hinges, square spine. Just a little creasing at head of spine. Unclipped dustjacket's front flap is creased, else hardly any wear.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1948. Second printing (stated). Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 5 3/8 x 7 3/4. 2G. Sewn binding in full cloth-covered boards, in dustjacket. Second printing of the original edition. A pretty nice copy of this scarce title, scarce especially in dustjacket. Tight binding, square spine, and intact hinges. No marks. Some faint smudges to the cloth on the front cover. Pages and endpapers lightly toned. Attractive Paul Elder bookstore label on rear pastdown. Price-clipped dustjacket has a ~1/2 sq inch stain inside at and near top of spine, a small bit of which is faintly visible from outside at top of front panel. Small mark inside at spine, not visible from outside. Rubbing and edgewear with a little creasing, but no major chips or tears.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1948. Second printing (stated). Hardcover. Fair/Good. 5 x 7 3/4. 3F. Full cloth-covered boards, in dustjacket. Scarce in dustjacket. The binding is tight, with intact hinges; no marks to text. However, the cloth is badly soiled where someone grasped the book with a very dirty hand, and there are some spots on the lower edge. Pages and endpapers are toned. The unclipped dustjacket is in better shape, with some small internal stains not visible from the outside, and medium wear including some small tears to the top edge and some losses at the spine ends. Back panel showing age-toning.

Glasgow, Scotland: The College of Piping, 2012. Softcover. Near Fine. Oversize, 7 1/4 x 9 7/8. 4H. Stapled card covers. A nice copy with firm binding and no marks. Staples rusted (no staining). Bookstore label (The Tartan Thistle) on title page. Small crease bottom corner back cover, else hardly any wear to fresh, shiny covers.

Boston, Massachusetts: Shambhala, 1990. First edition (stated, with number line). Softcover. Very Good. Trade-size. 4F. A clean and solid copy with tight binding and square, uncreased spine. No marks. Light cover wear.

1996. (NAP). Softcover. Very Good. Oversize, 6 5/8 x 9 1/2. All color photos. 5J. A solid copy, although there is a binder's fault (that will be present in all copies of the book) where the second and second-to-last pages have pulled away from the text block where they are glued to the first/last pages. Spine is square and uncreased. No marks to text. Small bookplate inside front cover. Cover wear, including crease top back corner.

Berkeley, California: Skyeview Traveler Publications, 2012. First edition (stated). Softcover. Very Good+. Pocket-size, 4 3/4 x 6 3/4. B&W photos. 2G. "[T]he very first travel guidebook of Paris ever written specifically for Black lesbians and other lesbians of color." Scarce item. Tight binding with square, uncreased spine. No marks. Minor cover wear.

Seattle, Washington: The Fantagraphics Book Concern, 1999. Softcover. Near Fine. 7 1/4 x 6 1/8. In color. 1I Stapled wraps. Nearly as new. Firm binding, no marks. Veriest hint of corner wear

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 2nd printing (2016) of 2006 first edition. Softcover. Very Good. 9 x 6. 3K. A solid copy with no marks; spine firm and uncreased. Covers curling. Some edgewear. Rubbing and a few faint creases to cover.

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1973. Edition limited to 250 copies. Hardcover. Very Good-/Fair. 5 5/8 x 8 1/4 . B&W plates. 3K. Sewn binding, full cloth-covered boards, in dustjacket. Tight binding and square spine. Light stains upper & lower page-edges. Gift inscription front flyleaf, else no marks. Little wear to cloth. Top front corner slightly bumped. Unclipped dustjacket is soiled and edgeworn, with a 3/4" tear top edge front panel.

London: Oxfrd University Press, 1968. First UK edition (date on title page). Hardcover. Very Good. 5 3/4 x 8 5/8. B&W frontispiece photo of Crane by Walker Evans. 2H. Sewn binding in full cloth-covered boards, iin dustjacket. A solid and attractive copy of this Oxford edition, following the American edition by two years. Real cloth-covered boards and sewn binding make this a very sturdy alternative to the Liveright edition. The spine is square and the hinges intact. Name and date on front flyleaf, else no marks. Tiny nick bottom edge two pages. A few rubbing marks to coth, and a little wear to the cloth at bottom edge. A few faint marks to fore-edge. Unclipped dustjacket has surface abrasions and edgewear, including a few small tears with creasing, with some shelf-soil showing on the back panel. The dye from the cloth has marked the inside of the dustjacket.

Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio State University Aeronautical and Astronautical Research Laborator, 1989. (NAP). Softcover. Fair. Oversize, 8 5/8 x 11. B&W illustrations. 4L. Stapled wraps. Compiled by NASA and Universities Space Research Association (USRA) / University Advanced Design Program. Bindings are firm and there are no marks to the text, but both volumes have ***liquid damage to covers and bottom edge, with staining and rippling showing significantly in the bottom margins of the second volume.***

Mainz: Schott. Softcover. Very Good+. 9 1/8 x 11 7/8. 1H. "Nach Robert Schumann, Neue Ausgabe Samtlicher Werke, Band VI/6." ED 20822 ISMN 979-0-001-17145-8. Songs in original language (German). Preface in German, English and French. End notes in German only. No marks. Binding tight with uncreased spine. Owner's rubber-stamp on title page. Mild cover wear.

Columbus, Ohio: Ho-I Chinese Enterprises, 1987. (NAP). Softcover. Very Good-. Trade-size. B&W photos. 4I. French flaps. A solid copy with tight binding and uncreased spine. Address updated in ink on ordering form, else no marks. Lower corner bumped. Rubbing and some edge wear to toned covers, and back cover has a crease. Some smudging to fore-edge.

Putney, Vermont: Threshold Books, 1985. Second edition (stated); this translation copyright 1981. Softcover. Near Fine. Trade-size. 4F. Dual language in facing pages. A beautiful copy, nearly as new. Tight binding with square, uncreased spine. No marks. Faint sunning at & near spine. A 1" crease back cover near tail of spine, else hardly any cover wear at all. Small label on back cover.

Tempe, Arizona: American Federation of Astrologers, Inc., 1982. Fifth printing (1996) (stated). Softcover. Very Good+. Trade-size. B&W illustrations. 4F. A nice clean copy with tight binding and square, uncreased spine. No marks. Tip of top front corner creased, with a little curling of the top corners of the first pages; otherwise little wear. Inside covers toned at edges.