‎Etats unis‎

‎Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]‎

‎NEW YORK PANORAMA‎

‎New York: Random House. 1938. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Small paper sticker on front endpaper. Former owner's name on page opposite half title page. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a handsome and tight copy; A history and account of every phase of present-day life in the world's greatest metropolis; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 526 pages . Random House hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 19198

‎Wpa [Work Progress Administration]‎

‎AMERICAN WILD LIFE ILLUSTRATED; Compiled by the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the City of New York‎

‎New York: Wise & Co. Inc. . 1965. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Light rubbing to boards ; Profusely illustrated with color photographs. This is the later edition of a book that was originally published in 1940 by the City of New York under Mayor LaGuardia. The first edition states: Compiled by the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the City of New York. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 749 pages . Wise & Co. Inc. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 20456

‎Wright Julia McNair Mrs.‎

‎The Complete Home: An Encyclopedia of Domestic Life and Affairs‎

‎<p>Early edition. Thick octavo. Illustrated. Lithographed frontispiece of 11 people seven adults and four children in a boat by Thos. Sinclair & Son.; color plate at page 460. Original gilt and black stamped decorative cloth a.e.g. brown coated endpapers inner joints cracked. No dust jacket. Good edges rubbed. 584 pages.</p><p>Engraved full page presentation leaf for L. D. Grid from N. E. Grid Bates Co. Mo Oct. 1887.</p> J. C. McCurdy & Co. hardcover books‎

Référence libraire : 2222083

‎WRIGHT (D. Jos.).‎

‎La Fayette et Rochambeau devant les historiens américains.‎

‎S.l., 1902 petit in-8, paginé 452 à 466, ill. in-t., agrafé, sous couverture factice de papier kraft. Un autre article précède celui-ci, paginé 441 à 451, par Jean Carrère, Psychologie de la guerre sud-africaine.‎

‎Extrait de la Revue Hebdomadaire, VI, mai 1902. - - VENTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE UNIQUEMENT - LIEN DE PAIEMENT, NOUS CONSULTER.‎

Référence libraire : 234788

‎WRIGHT MILLS (C.).‎

‎White Collar. The American Middle Classes.‎

‎New York, 1953, in-8°, xx-378 pp, index, reliure toile éditeur, jaquette, bon état‎

‎Désormais les frais d'envoi sont de 6 € seulement pour les livres jusqu'à 1 kg (colissimo suivi), pour la France métropolitaine.‎

Référence libraire : 2455

‎WRIGHT Richard‎

‎Une enfant du pays‎

‎Format de poche. D?fra?chi.‎

‎Wright, Albert Hazen‎

‎Life-Histories of the Frogs of Okefinokee Swamp Georgia: North American Salientia Anura No. 2‎

‎Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press 2002. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. NF/2nd ed. A tight square unmarked copy. Title in bright gilt on front cover and spine no wear to cloth corners sharp. Bright white pages with no markings or foxing. 544pp. with many black and white plates maps charts bibliography references index. Includes the life cycle of many frogs and toads. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage mailed boxed and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBC <br/> <br/> Cornell University Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 023452 ISBN : 0801440467 9780801440465

‎Wright, Frances Frances Wright D'Arusmont‎

‎Voyage Aux Etats-Unis D'Amerique‎

‎Paris: Chez Bechet 1822. First French Language edition. Original Boards. Good. 8vo xiv 351; vi 359 pages untrimmed in contemporary boards. Very scarce. <br/><br/>Attracted by the ideals of the "Declaration of Independence" Fanny Wright traveled extensively through the U.S.A. tracking how those ideals were being realized. In France who became almost like a daughter to Gen. Lafayette. She and her sister returned to America and with Lafayette were guests of Jefferson at Monticello. Later as a U.S. citizen she founded the Nashoba commune in Tennessee in anticipation of emancipation. She visited New York and Philadelphia West Point Niagara Falls Lake Errie and on to Lower Canada Montreal Lake Champlain Burlington Vermont Washington D.C. to Virginia with many observations along the way. This edition has a dedication to Lafayette by the translator who also supplied a new translation. Vol. 1 ends with remarks upon Morris Birkbeck's letters about the Illinois country. All in all Fanny Wright became one of the most remarkable women of the first half of the 19th century: among other accomplishments being the first woman to write this work the first travelogue by a woman. Howes D74; Sabin 18642; Clark Old South 16; Buck 137. Chez Bechet hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 0007721

‎Wright, Helen (Mary Helen Wright Hawkins Greuter ); Introduction By Ira S Bowen‎

‎Explorer Of The Universe: A Biography Of George Ellery Hale Former Director Of The Mount Wilson And Palomar Observatories‎

‎New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Photographs. 480 Pp. Blue Cloth With Silver Stamping Orange Endpapers. Near Fine No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $10.00 Light Wear Closed 1/2" Tear With Associated Wrinkling At Top Of Front Panel Slight Fading. A Marvel Of Scientific Biography By Helen Wright At The Request Of The National Academy Of Sciences After Years Studying Hale's Papers And Extensive Interviews With Relatives Friends And Colleagues; Mary Helen Wright Greuter 1914 - 1997 Was An American Astronomer And Historian Who Wrote And Edited On The History And Methodology Of Sciences Including Anthropology Archeology Mathematics And Physics. Through Her Father Who Led The Carnegie Institution For Science Moon Project At The Mount Wilson Observatory Wright Became Acquainted With People At Mt. Wilson And Got A Job As An Assistant 1937 Doing Research On The History Of Telescopes; And In The Same Year Worked As An Assistant At The Vassar College Observatory. She Also Worked As A Junior Assistant At The U.S. Naval Observatory In Washington D.C. 1942-43; And Was Associated With Palomar Observatory. In 1943 She Became A Freelance Author And Editor.Her Best Known Works Include Explorer Of The Universe: A Biography Of George Ellery Hale 1966 And Sweeper Of The Sky: The Life Of Maria Mitchell 1949. Wright Was A Member Of The American Astronomical Society The History Of Science Society And The International Astronomical Union. She Was Also Co-Editor Of The New Treasury Of Science And Readings In The Physical Sciences. <br/> <br/> E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 059823

‎Wright, Joshua G‎

‎Address Delivered at the Celeration of the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge February 27 1857‎

‎Wilmington NC: Wm. L. Derosset Jr. 1899. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Original softcover rebound as a hardcover. Original wrappers plus contents. Front wrapper has separated from binding but is still present. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. Pages clean tanned. Front wrapper has gift inscription "Compliments of R. P. Paddison" at top front. Address delivered by Joshua Grainger Wright 1809-1863. The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge was a conflict of the American Revolutionary War fought near Wilmington present-day Pender County North Carolina on February 27 1776. The victory of the North Carolina Provincial Congress' militia force marked a turning point in the war with American independence being declared several months later. 9.0" tall; 24 pages. Wm. L. Derosset Jr. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 3240061

‎Wright, Larry C‎

‎Wright's 400 Years-Plus‎

‎Amarillo Texas: Self-Published. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Stiff bright unmarked book in clean light brown cloth with faint dusting to top edge. ; 6 x 9.5" ; 308 pages . Self-Published hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 66161

‎Wright, MD, Charles W M D‎

‎A Guide Manual to the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky‎

‎Louisville KY: Printed by Bradley & Gilbert 1860. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. SCARCE while OCLC locates 23 copies in institutions no copies foumd in current commerce and only the earlier 1858 edition found at auction and that not since 1963. From the collection of noted Mammoth Cave historian and author Harold Meloy his small name label front paste down. Bound in contemporary quarter black leather over marbled boards without the original wrappers Very Good moderate toning throughout. vi 7-61 pages. "Doctors had written about the cave before but with Charles W. Wright M.D. of the Kentucky School of Medicinein Louisville a new era of Mammoth Cave medical authors began.Wright was present in Mammoth Cave during the first descent of a deep pit known as the Maelstrom and he was one of the first explorers of Diamond Caverns. His book The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky was published in 1858 and again in 1859. In 1860 he revised and enlarged it. As A Guide Manual to the Mammoth Cave the 1860 edition became the standard reference book about the cave until it was replaced nine years later by Dr. Binkerd's book. Even after Binkerd's book was replaced by Dr. Forwood's book Wright's Guide Manual was still in demand. It was republished in 1870 and again in 1875." MEDICS AT MAMMOTH CAVE by Harold Meloy Journal of Spelean History Vol. 5 No. 4 Fall 1972. Printed by Bradley & Gilbert Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 009376

‎Wright, Richard‎

‎Rite of Passage‎

‎Harper Collins 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Smaller sturdy book quality purple cloth with embossed illusration at center front bright silver background to lettering on spine dark gray color inside covers and adjacent end papers 151 pages. Afterword by Arnold Ampersand. DJ beneath mylar gray background with color-illustration of lighted apartments and man in street a photo of author on back in thin purple and gold borders. DJ and book both As New. <br/> <br/> Harper Collins hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 11805 ISBN : 0060234199 9780060234195

‎Wright, Robert G‎

‎The Future of Free Speech Law‎

‎Quorum Books 1990. Very Good Hardcover with dustjacket spotting on fore-edge . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Quorum Books Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 200924-MB59 ISBN : 0899305393 9780899305394

‎Wrike, Peter Jennings‎

‎THE GOVERNORS' ISLAND: Gwynn's Island Virginia During the Revolution‎

‎Gwynn Virginia: The Gwynn's Island Museum 1995. x 166 pages. Military history of Gwynn's Island during the American Revolution. SIGNED by the author on the title page without inscription. The book is in virtually as-new condition; the book is clean crisp and bright with perhaps a hint of fading along the spine. SIGNED. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. The Gwynn's Island Museum Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : W2615 ISBN : 188391101X 9781883911010

‎Written by: Phil Reisman, Jr, Produced and Directed by: Donald B Hyatt‎

‎Original TV Documentary Transcript THE REAL WEST Storyteller: Gary Cooper‎

‎New York 1961: National Broadcasting Company Typewritten. Near Fine. Stapled Wrappers. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 2 45 pages stapled top left corner printed rectos only "Jacobi" in red ink top right corner front cover Roman numeral II top right corner. Near Fine faint creases to covers. Episode aired March 29 1961. "Gary Cooper narrates the westward migration from St Louis to CA giving details along the way then the cattle drives from Texas to Kansas the gold and Silver Rushes ending with the mistreatment of the Native Americans." IMDB Part of NBC's Project XX series of documentaries focusing on various topics relating to the early and mid-20th century America. which ran from 1954-1970. Peter Jacobi noted journalist educator and reviewer who was a member of the inaugural class of the Medill Hall of Achievement of 1997 and served on the Northwestern University Medill faculty from 1955 to 1981 before becoming Professor of Journalism at Indiana University from 1985 to 2017. . (National Broadcasting Company) Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 010329

‎Wronecki D.‎

‎"New-York (Collection ""Merveilles de la France et du Monde"")"‎

‎Fernand Nathan. 1949. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos plié, Papier jauni. 187 pages. Nombreuses photos monochromes hors texte. Jaquette en état d'usage. Trois photos disponibles.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 973-Etats-Unis‎

‎"Collection ""Merveilles de la France et du Monde"". Classification Dewey : 973-Etats-Unis"‎

Référence libraire : RO80256676

‎Wseber, F Harold, Jr‎

‎Geologic And Geomorphic Investigation Of The San Gabriel Fault Zone Los Angeles And Ventura Counties California : Annual Technical Report Fiscal Year 1977-78 Covering The Period October 1 1977 To September 30 1978‎

‎California Division Of Mines And Geology 1979. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Photographs Maps. 78 Pp Folding Maps In Pocket At Rear. Plastic Comb Binding. Light Usage Plastic Comb Beginning To Pull Apart. Former Owner's Name. <br/> <br/> California Division Of Mines And Geology paperback‎

Référence libraire : 057143

‎Wubben, Herbert H‎

‎Civil War Iowa and the Copperhead Movement‎

‎Ames Iowa:: The Iowa State University Press 1980. A clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is a little rubbed but still bright and shiny. No chips. No tears. No creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. An intriguing chapter in Civil War history that examines the Copperhead antiwar movement in the context of the economic cultural and social life of Iowa's citizens. Bound in the original gray boards stamped in black on the spine and front cover. From the Dust Jacket: "In examining a small but vocal antiwar element of the Democratic party in Iowa during the Civil War this new book also raise the provocative question of what is disloyalty in wartime… Wubben suggests that some Copperheads among the Democrats while not traitorous were disloyal in the sense that they preferred a stalemate or a Southern victory to victory won under the Republicans.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xi 280pp. The Iowa State University Press Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 008262 ISBN : 0813811201 9780813811208

‎Wulling Emerson G‎

‎A traveller's soliloquy. By‎

‎Christmas Lake 1935. Edition limited to 150 copies leaflet 13 x 9 cm pp. 8; green printed wrappers fine. "Who wrote it I should like to know. The text came to me from Marie C. Lehr who had it from a friend neither knowing the author's name. Its wit is none the less enjoyable." Rulon-Miller Wulling 26. <br/><br/> unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 52373

‎Wulling Emerson G‎

‎Lawrence Sterne's patchwork essay on rhetorical technic‎

‎Minneapolis: Attic House 1933. Edition limited to 50 copies15 x 11.5 cm pp. 16; tan printed wrappers fine. Rulon-Miller Wulling 21. <br/><br/> Attic House unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 52364

‎Wulling Emerson G.‎

‎A Christmas carol. The first extant carol known to have been written on English soil‎

‎Minneapolis 1928. Edition limited to 100 copies 12 x 10 cm pp. 8; gilt-decorated orange wrappers fine. Rulon-Miller Wulling 3. <br/><br/> unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 52370

‎Wulling Emerson G.‎

‎A double-knee composing stick‎

‎La Crosse WI: Sumac Press 1985. Broadside 21 x 15 cm.; printed in black & green fine. "From a cut in a bookseller's catalog: Antiquariaat Fritz Knuf The Netherlands 1976." Rulon-Miller Wulling 175. <br/><br/> Sumac Press unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 52359

‎Wulling Emerson G.‎

‎About deckles‎

‎La Crosse WI: Sumac Press n.d. Broadside 22 x 14 cm.; printed in red edition size not stated fine. Rulon-Miller Wulling 208. <br/><br/> Sumac Press unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 52360

‎Wulling Emerson G.‎

‎From John Henry Newman's idea of a university‎

‎Minneapolis: Attic House 1932. Edition limited to 44 copies 13 x 9 cm; leaflet fine. Rulon-Miller Wulling 18. <br/><br/> Attic House unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 52389