‎United states‎

‎WORTHEN, AH (director) A H‎

‎Geologic Survey of Illinois: Volume I -- Geology‎

‎Springfield: State Journal Steam Press 1866. Hardcover. Small 4to. Modern green buckram. xvi 504pp iii. Frontispiece Fine/very good. Modern binding is superb clean and handsome; text block is clean and only ever-so-slightly age toned with bit of soiling to preliminary leaves; there is the occasional spot of foxing but the majority of the text block is as bright as the day it was published. A tight and unusually attractive first edition of this early study the first of eight volumes published under Worthen's direction with assistance from J.D. Whitney Leo Lesquereux and Henry Engelmann. All called for foldout maps and plans some partly colored are present and mainly in superb condition with only the two largest of them showing some edgewear and bearing expert archival strengthening. Worthen was a renowned if self-taught leading geographer of his day and served as State Geologist from 1858 to 1875. All in all an exceptional far above average copy. State Journal Steam Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 32042

‎Worthington Engineers‎

‎Worthington Pump Handbook. Design Construction and Application of All Commercial Pumps with laid in Trade Standards in the Pump Industry‎

‎New York: Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation 1927. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition First Issue Total Issue 10000 1927. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. 8vo 74 63 19 28 144 26 47 37 Tables 20 Index 4 pp. Profusely illustrated with tables and 2 fold-out charts. Near Fine prior owner name and city front paste down. Together with laid-in "Trade Standards in the Pump Industry" Recommended by The Hydraulic Society 1921 published by Worthington Machinery Company 8vo printed brown stapled wrappers 18 pages. Near Fine. Henry R. Worthington 1817-1880 was the inventor of the direct acting steam pump and one of the founding members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He started the Worthington Pump Works in 1845 which in 1899 became the Steam Pump Company. That was followed in 1916 by the Worthington Pump and Machinery Corp. which from 1952-1967 was the Worthington Corporation and in 1967 merged into Studebaker. While the Handbook is not limited in institutional holdings it is SCARCE in today's market. No records at OCLC for Trade Standards in the Pump Industry. Contents: 1 Worthington Pump Works 1845-1899 2 International Steam Pump Company 1899-1916 3 Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation 1916-1952 4 Worthington Corporation 1952-1967 5 Merger with Studebaker 1967. Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 008511

‎Wortis, Dr. Joseph.‎

‎SOVIET PSYCHIATRY.‎

‎pp. xv, 314. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Spine darkened. Liberty Book Club dust jacket. "Important source for the history of Soviet psychiatry and psychology with an Appendix containing the only English translation of the devastating 1936 'Decree against pedagogy' (which turned Soviet psychology on its head), the section on pathology of higher nervous activity from the famous Stalinist 5-year-plan, 1946-1950, and the 1950's Pavlovization era denunciation of S. L. Rubinshtein." Coldwar/Economics 1‎

‎WORTLEY (Emmeline Stuart).‎

‎Travels in the United States, etc. during 1849 and 1850.‎

‎New York Harper & Brothers 1851 1 vol. relié in-12, cartonnage pleine percaline vert sombre, décor à froid sur les plats, 463 pp. + 16 pp. de cat. de l'éditeur. Première édition américaine publiée l'année de l'originale anglaise en 3 volumes. Récit de voyage d'une jeune veuve britannique accompagnée de sa fille à l'Est et au Sud des Etats-Unis, au Mexique, au Panama et au Pérou. Des rousseurs intérieures, sinon en bonne condition.‎

Bookseller reference : 82338

‎Wortley, Lady Emmeline Stuart.‎

‎TRAVELS IN THE UNITED STATES, ETC. DURING 1849 AND 1850.‎

‎pp. 463, 6 [Publisher's catalogue for Libraries], 6 [Publisher's Standard Publications], 4 [Publisher's Biography and History catalogue]. Damp stain. Age stain. Lacks first fly leaves. 190mm. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind. Front board detached. Spine repaired with slight loss at head and tail. Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1806-1855) was an English poet and author. She was a daughter of the 5th Duke of Rutland and in 1831, she married Hon. Charles Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, a son of the 1st Baron Wharncliffe. After the death of her husband in 1844, she led a peripatetic life. She died of dysentery while travelling from Antioch to Beirut in 1855, but she is best known for these travels in the U.S. First American Edition. TRAVEL BX 5‎

‎Wortman, C Byron; edited by George Zuckerman‎

‎The First Fifty A Biographical History of Seaside Heights New Jersey‎

‎Seaside Heights New Jersey: Seaside Heights 50th Anniversary Committee 1963. Fine condition. Sharp corners. Bright clean square and tight. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages appear unread -- fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with 16 pages of portraits and vintage photographs. Roster of Citizens. Bound in the original blue cloth lettered in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. "Publication Sponsored by 50th Anniversary Committee.". First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket probably as issued. 8vo. vii 69pp 16 pages of photos. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. [Seaside Heights, 50th Anniversary Committee] Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 013740

‎WOTRIN Jean‎

‎Mémoire de l'oubli.‎

‎Couverture souple. Broché. 134 pages. Papier bruni. Manque au dos.‎

‎Livre. Editions Godefroy de Bouillon, 1977.‎

Bookseller reference : 93107

‎WOUK (Herman).-‎

‎Ouragan sur D. M. S. "Caine" (The Caine mutiny). Traduit de l'américain par Jean Rosenthal.‎

‎P., Calmann-Levy, 1958, fort volume in 8° broché, 576pp. ; couverture illustrée en couleurs. Bel exemplaire.‎

‎PHOTOS sur DEMANDE. ...................... Photos sur demande ...................‎

Bookseller reference : 28609

‎WOUK Herman‎

‎Les mangeurs d'?mes. Roman.‎

‎Percaline de l'?diteur. 666 pages. Jaquette.‎

‎WOUK Herman‎

‎Ouragan sur le caine. 3 actes.‎

‎Numéro complet.‎

‎WPA‎

‎A South Dakota Guide‎

‎n.p.: Sponsored by The State of South Dakota 1938. First Edition. Fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/8 by 5 1/4 inches. This may be a more recently bound copy. There is no indication of who bound it or when Missing its original dust jacket. The first edition of this guide is one of the most scarce in the collection. Only 2500 copies of the first edition were printed. 441 pages with index sectional maps to the state bibliography and text. Illustrated with eight sections of black and white photographs. There is no pocket at the rear of the book and the map therein is missing. Jeff Dykes in his American Guide Series Catalog and Check list states: "One of the rarest of the entire series." And Howes rates this title as "quite scarce". Previous experience with this title by this dealer reveals that another copy had a laid-in letter from the Superintendent of Public Instruction dated April 4 1942 stating that the state legislature of 1939 abolished the South Dakota Guide Commission and "distributed all unsold copies of the South Dakota Guide to the schools and public libraries of this state." The letter went on to state that the only copies of the book available for "commercial distribution since the enactment of this law were those in the hands of private distributing firms. We know of no place where a copy of this book can be secured at this time." Clearly a strong indicator of why this title remains so elusive in its first edition. Dykes 307; Scharf 566; Powell 1444; Finlay & Bing 230; Howes R-141 Sponsored by The State of South Dakota hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : TB33789

‎WPA‎

‎Arizona A State Guide‎

‎New York: Hastings House 1940. First Edition. Very good in tan buckram with brown text stampings on the spine and front board and map end papers with a neatly written gift inscription written at the upper edge of the second free end page. A small octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches with foxing to the front gutter and foxing to the hinge areas front and back due to a reaction with the glue used in binding. In only a good price clipped dust jacket with heavy chipping to the upper 1/3rd of the spine area and a three inch chip from the upper rear corner of the front panel. 530 pages including an index appedices and photographs in eight sections. The 27th volume in the American state Guide Series. Hastings House hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : TB30886

‎WPA‎

‎Arkansas A Guide to the State‎

‎New York: Hastings House Publishers 1941. First Edition. Very good in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board with map end papers. The end sheets show mild foxing near the hinges due to a reaction with the glue used in binding. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with very shallow chipping at the ends of the spine area and with a faint number "17" written about 1/3rd the way down the spine area. One of the volumes in the American Guide Series which was originally scheduled to be released in January of 1938 but was delayed until September 1941. Schoyer- 41 The book was not issued with a fold-out map. Instead there are sectional maps at the end of the text of the book with transportation maps on the front and rear end papers. 447 pages including an index maps as stated above a list of consultants bibliography chronology text and 8 sections of black and white photographs. A very scarce volume in jacket. Hastings House Publishers hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : TB30065

‎WPA‎

‎California A Guide to the Golden State‎

‎New York: Hastings House 1945 c1939. First Edition. Very good in light-green cloth covered boards with the spine slightly tanned and with foxing to the end papers due to a reaction with the glue employed in binding. A small octavo measuring 8 by 5 1/4 inches. The book is missing its issued dust jacket. 713 pages with index text black and white photographs in eight sections and a pocket on the rear end paper with the multi-colored fold-out map of the state which is in excellent condition. Hastings House hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : TB33226

‎WPA‎

‎Connecticut A Guide to its Roads Lore and People‎

‎Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1938. First Edition. First Printing Near fine in red simulated leather covered boards with foxing to the rear inner hinge due to a reaction to the glue used in binding. A small octavo measuring 8 by 5 3/8 inches. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with small chips and closed tears to the ends of the spine area and with short closed tears to the ends of the rear panel. The rear end paper of the book has a pocket within which is the multi-color map of the state which is in fine condition. 593 pages including an index chronology ten tour guides and text. Illustrated with eight sections of black and white photographs. Overall a very nice tight and with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Houghton Mifflin Co. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : TB32856

‎WPA‎

‎Connecticut A Guide to its Roads Lore and People‎

‎Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1938. First Edition. Very good in red simulated leather covered boards with light foxing to the end sheets near the hinges due to a reaction with the glue used in binding and with faint foxing to the edges of the text block. In a good price clipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch chips at the corners of the spine area with related creasing and with rubbing and wear to the upper edge of the front panel and fold to the front flap. The rear end paper of the book has a pocket within which is the multi-color map of the state which is in near fine condition. 593 pages including an index chronology and illustrated with eight sections of black and white photographs. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : TB29433

‎WPA‎

‎Death Valley A Guide‎

‎Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1939. First Edition. Very good in printed heavy paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with wear and rubbing to the folds to the spine and around the edges of the covers. Without a dust jacket as issued. This volume was written and compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the WPA of Northern California and is part of the American Guide Series. 75 pages with index and a fold-out double-sided map at the rear end paper. Houghton Mifflin paperback‎

Bookseller reference : TB33842

‎WPA‎

‎Here's New England‎

‎Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1939. First Edition. Near fine in decorated bright red cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/2" with a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page and with mild dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a very good unclipped dust jacket but with a Christmas sticker over the upper corner of the front flap hiding the printed price. The ends of the spine area have very shallow chipping. 122 pages including an index and illustrated with maps and two sections of black and white photographs and with a multi-colored fold-out map in the rear pocket. A handsome tight clean and collectible copy. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : TB28151

‎WPA‎

‎Idaho A Guide in Word and Picture‎

‎New York: Oxford University Press 1961. Second Edition Revised 1950. Second Printing Near fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and on the front board with map end sheets. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/4 inches with the top edge of the text block dust stained. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the upper edge of the spine area. 300 pages including an index bibliography text and illustrated from black and white photographs in two sections. Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : TB33768

‎WPA‎

‎Iowa A Guide to the Hawkeye State‎

‎New York: The Viking Press 1938. First Edition. Very good in green buckram covered boards with faded gilt text stampings on the spine and with foxing on the end sheets a result of the paper's reaction with the glue used in binding. Missing its issued dust jacket. 583 pages including an index bibliography chronology text and with maps and black and white photographs throughout with the fold-out multi-color map which is in fine condition in the rear pocket of the book. An uncommon early title in the WPA's American Guide series. The Viking Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : TB33796

‎WPA‎

‎Kentucky A Guide to the Bluegrass State‎

‎New York: Hastings House 1947 c.1939. Fourth Printing of 1947. Good in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board with map front end papers. The cloth is rubbed at the head and heel of the spine at the lower edges of the boards and at the tips of the same. Without its issued dust jacket. 489 pages including an index chronology bibliography photographs with the map laid-in at the rear pocket. Hastings House hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : TB27123

‎WPA‎

‎Maine A Guide Down East‎

‎Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1937. Reprint. Fine in light green paper cloth covered boards with dark green text on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 8 by 5 1/2 inches. Without its issued dust jacket. One of the early volumes in the American Guide Series. 476 pages with index text black and white photographs through-out. No map or map pocket is called for in this reprint. Houghton Mifflin Co. hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : TB30694

‎WPA‎

‎Massachusetts A Guide to its Places and People‎

‎Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1937. Reprint. Near fine in simulated blue leather cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine is lightly rubbed and the text on the spine is slightly faded as is typically seen and with a prior owner's book plate on the verso of the fly title page. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with a 1/8 inch deep chip at the upper fore corner of the spine area and light wear at the upper edges of the panels and spine areas. 675 pages with index text and eight sections of black and white photographs with maps throughout and with the multi-colored map within the pocket at the rear of the book. A clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings. Houghton Mifflin Co. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : TB33732

‎WPA‎

‎Massachusetts A Guide to its Places and People‎

‎Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1937. First Edition. Very good in simulated blue leather cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is lightly rubbed and the text on the spine is slightly faded. faded. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with heavy wear and rubbing at the ends of the spine area with several shallow chips at the fore corners of the front and rear panels. The spine area is also tanned. 675 pages with index text and eight sections of black and white photographs with maps throughout and with the multi-colored map within the pocket at the rear of the book. A clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings. Houghton Mifflin Co. hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : TB31058

‎WPA‎

‎Minnesota A State Guide‎

‎New York: The Viking Press 1947 c.1938. First Editon. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board with foxing to the end sheets a result of a reaction to the glues used in binding. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with the spine area slightly tanned 1/8th inch deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area and 1/16th inch chips across the lower edge of the same rubbing and wear to the upper edge of the front panel and a one inch closed tear to the rear panel which has been repaired on its verso side with archival tape. 523 pages including an index bibliography chronology text and 53 pages of black and white photographs and with 12 maps within the body of the text. The multi-colored map of the state is contained within the rear pocket. The map is in excellent condition. The Viking Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : TB31062