Search Results: Authors starting with W from Back of Beyond Books

Seattle: University of Washington Book Store. Very Good. 1927. First Edition. Softcover. Teal wrapper over cardstock is in very good condition. Fading is present on spine and bottom edge of wrapper. Pages uncut. Lillian Gish (1893-1993) was an American director, writer, and actress of film and stage. ; University of Washington Chapbooks; Vol. 7; 7.25" x 5"; 26 pp .

Good. The high school and college scrapbook of Dorothy Wagner dated to the late 1920s and early 1930s. Scrapbook contains pre-printed sections and illustrations throughout by Berenice Hunt and Elizabeth Owen and published by W.C. Horn Bro. & Co. The scrapbook has tipped-in invitations, programs, newspaper clippings and many dance cards, most of these have manuscript notations around them by Wagner. The scrapbook is dated from around 1926 to 1931 and contains items from Wagner's high school and university. Scrapbook has around 100 leaves, about half have been used; flexible boards have "My School Days Memory Book" and an illustration on front cover. Overall good. Boards have light wear to edges and moderate soiling; leaves have moderate toning, light to moderate soiling, and many leaves have offsetting from tipped in items. Dorothy Wagner graduated Beaumont High School in St Louis, Missouri in 1926, and University of Missouri in 1931. At the University of Missouri she… Read More

Tacoma: J. T. Wagness. Mounted gelatin silver photograph likely from the late 19th century. Photograph measures 6" x 8" and mount measures 8" x 10". Photographer's information is printed on the mount: State of Washington Views. J. T. Wagness, Portrait and Landscape Photographer, Tacoma, Wn." The photographer has written "J. I. Halls. CPT 145 (?)" in the negative. No content on verso. Photograph has light silvering and minor chipping to bottom edge and has some minor defects in the negative. Mount has moderate toning and foxing. Overall good. This view depicts a late 19th century saw mill in Washington state. The image depicts milled logs in the foreground, mill buildings and machinery in the background, and about a dozen men posing on a chute. The photographer of this image, John T. Wagness, operated studios out of Tacoma, Washington from about 1887 to 1900 and Stanwood, Washington from about 1901 to 1918. His original name was Johan Torbjorn Viknes… Read More

Buffalo, New York, U. S. A.. Very Good. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Stapled softcover. Side-stapled magazine with corrugated cover, mylar wrapped. Cover has very light bending at the page edge and minor fraying at the bottom of the spine. There is an extra staple at the center and a soil mark on the back cover. Interior very clean. This issue include writings by Fred Wah, John Wieners, Lewis MacAdams, J. Temple, George F. Butterick and more. ; Vol. 3; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

New York. Good. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Broadside. Cardstock broadsheet folded to create 4-page card published in a special edition for friends with cover illustration by Joe Brainard. Slight toning around edges on front and back; corners have lightly frayed, and have minor bending. Some lightly soiled spots. Inscribed by the author. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 4 pp; Signed by Author .

Kernville, CA: Sierra Trails Publications. Fine. 1986. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Black buckram boards with title gilt on front board. No wear or soiling present. Numbered 99/200 copies. Signed on the colophon page by Ardis Manly Walker and his wife, Gayle; also signed by artist, Kirk Martin, underneath block print on title page. As Walker states in the introduction, this series of love poems "has been created as an expression of my summation of love for my wonderful sweetheart and my wonderful wilderness." ; Block Print; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 52 pp; Signed by Author & Illustrator .

San Bernardino, CA: '49ers Inc.. Very Good. 1961. Softcover. Pale green paper wrapper with brown lettering. Slight fading along the spine. Staple bound with clean text block. This pamphlet was created for the dedication of the Freeman Junction Monument in 1961. It covers the historical significance of the ghost town Freeman Junction. Features an introduction from the writings of Robert Glass Cleland. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 16 pp .

Morongo Valley, CA: Sierra Trails Press. Fine. 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Textured brown boards with tipped-in title illustration on cover above the words "Poems in Prose by Ardis Manly Walker" printed in gilt. Gilt text on spine. No dust jacket as issued. Boards are clean and sharp. Text block is clean and spine is tight. Signed by author on limited edition page at rear--8 of 250 copies. Addressed to "Jim and Kathy." "The text of West from Manhattan has been set in Linotype Garamond; chapter headings are in Caslon No. 3; both faces 12 pt. The three tipped-in illustrations, title-page art and initial decorations are reproductions from woodblocks drafted and cut by Kirk Martin. Bound by National Bindery, Pomona, California." A work of prose poetry moving from Manhattan to the deserts of California. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 107 pp; Signed by Author .

San Bernardino, CA: '49ers Inc.. Very Good. 1964. Softcover. Pale green paper wrapper with brown lettering on cover. Light fading along spine. Staple bound with clean text block. This pamphlet, published for a memorial program at the Death Valley Museum, provides a brief biography for Ralph Merritt. Merritt was the program director for the Manzanar Japanese internment camp during World War II. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 12 pp .

Amsterdam, New York: The Private Press of Alvin S. Fick. Very Good. 1974. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition of 100 casebound copies, unnumbered. Signed and inscribed by the author on front free endpaper. Blue boards with white lettering on cover. Slight rubbing and bumping to edges; mild soiling. Binding is tight. Interior is clean, though pages are slightly toned and there is light foxing to edges of text block. Prospectus is laid in. This book explores the rarely discussed connections between the works of two iconic authors: Jack London and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 39 pp; Signed by Author .

Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Thorp Springs Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0914476696 . The sweeping saga of an early Texas cattle drive, the men who forged an empire on the high plains, and the women they loved. Very good copy in like mylar-wrapped dust jacket, spine slightly cocked. Light soil to exterior of text block. Original ink illustration by dust jacket artist on front endpaper.; Book; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Illustrator .

Denver, CO: Frank S. Thayer. Very Good. 1901. First Edition. No Binding. Twelve beautiful botanical chromolithographs spanning the mountains and plains of Colorado are matted in heavy cardstock with decorative blind stamping around the oval opening, all in olive green clothbound portfolio with snap. The author, Sarah Bennett Walker, was known as "Mrs. Colorado Wildflower." This is #403 of 1000 copies produced. Unbound as issued, with a thick navy satin ribbon to tie the plates in place. Fastener on ribbon is broken, little wear save for some mild foxing to mats. Edges of portfolio are rubbed on edges, corners bumped. Oversized item, may require extra shipping charges.; Book; Atlas Folio - over 23 - 25" tall .

Very Good. 1857. Lithograph. A lithograph with watercoloring based on an 1857 oil painting by New Bedford artist William Allen Wall. Mounted on a backing board, with a lighter spot on the right margin and a dampstain on the lower edge. 18" x 25 1/2" with an image area of 14 3/4" x 17 3/4". This variant print has no lithographer or artist listed, and the title is stenciled differently than in known 1858 prints by lithographer Charles Taber. The date 1857 is stenciled under the title by hand. There is one major difference in the background details between this copy and later lithographs. On the left side two horses are next to a mound of some sort, and in this print the fence around the mound is absent. No other copies are found with the fence absent. Other details appear the same, with differences in the water coloring and toning of the paper. We are guessing that this may have been from the original lithographic plate, possibly an early proof, with the fence detail… Read More

Good. Pamphlet. Yellow and black wraps, staple bound. Wraps have moderate wear to edges and light soiling; text block has moderate toning. Copyrighted to 1934, no publication information. An almanac presented to the patrons of the Santa Fe System Lines. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 38 pp .

Los Angeles, CA: Getty Publications. Good. 2003. First Edition. Softcover. 0892367202 . Pictorial soft cover, very light bumping and shelf wear on cover. Text block is clean and binding is tight, but there is a crease down the entire length of the spine. The Passions, a series of twenty videos by Bill Viola, are analyzed with many photos of the video and its details. ; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 303 pp .

Los Angeles, CA: Getty Publications. Very Good. 2003. First Edition. Softcover. 0892367202 . Pictorial soft cover, very light bumping and shelf wear. Text block is clean and binding is tight. The Passions, a series of twenty videos by Bill Viola, are analyzed with many photos of the video and its details. ; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 303 pp .

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Wamelink & Barr. Good. 1865. Softcover. Lincoln memorial music with ornate front cover featuring portrait of Lincoln. Three pages music with two blank leaves. Disbound, spine rough, some soiling to covers but less to pages, some offsetting. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 6 pp .

Two volume set. London, Henry Colburn, 1828. First Edition. 8vo 8” - 9” tall. 591pp; 730pp. Good. Original full leather binding, edges speckled; includes both maps “Mexico” and “Map of the Routes to the Principal Mining Districts in the Central States of Mexico”; all plates are in b&w, except one in color (Vol. II, p. 522). Boards have moderate wear; front gutter of Vol. II is cracked; both volumes have moderate foxing to plates; map in Vol. I has a 2” tear along fold; map in Vol. II has 4” split along fold and ½” closed tear. Ward’s work “is one of the most exhaustive accounts of Mexico and its mining activities in the years following its independence from Spain. Written with a meticulous attention to detail, it provided a unique first-hand interpretation of Mexico's early governments’ achievements, highlighted the risks and opportunities Mexico presented to potential British investors, and emphasized the benefits… Read More

Abilene, Texas: Gurney E. Ward. Good. Cabinet card depicting a family portrait with both parents holding instruments. Photographer's imprint on front of card; no content on verso. Dated to the 1890s. Photo measures 3 ¾" x 5 ½"; card measures 4" x 6 ½". Card has moderate chipping around edges and light soiling; the photo has light scratching and deterioration. Photographer Gurney E. Ward operated in Abilene, Texas from 1892-1897. The portrait he took of this family exhibits the talents of each member - the man in the photo strums a banjo, the woman holds a guitar, and the baby has one hand on the neck of the guitar. .

Palermo, North Dakota. Archive. Small archive of materials (several hundred items) collected by Harold D. Ward, Scout Master, Palermo, North Dakota 1938-1949. Collection of several hundred items of correspondence and ephemera relating to a small Boy Scout Troop in Palermo, North Dakota. Harold D. Ward apparently served as scoutmaster to as few as 7 scouts to as many as 19 scouts. Most of the material is dated to the late 1930's and early 40's to as late as 1949. In 1941, 19 boys were in the Troop 40 including two with the Ward surname, which we might assume to be sons of the scoutmaster. Much of the correspondence was between Ward and the Great Plains Area Council in Minot, North Dakota. Included too are newsletters, internal reports, board minutes, printed ephemera and related material. A couple items were from the Boy Scout Region 10 headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota. One common theme was apparent delinquent dues and the difficulty of sustaining a scout troop during the… Read More