‎West indies‎

‎Williams Lea E‎

‎Servants of the People: The 1960s Legacy of African American Leadership‎

‎New York: St. Martin's Press 1996. Although other copies are listed as "Macmillan/Palgrave"; this one was clearly published by St. Martin's Press; possibly book club because no price on DJ flap. Signed by Ms. Williams on title page. Unread as new with shelfwear & tiny tears to DJ at top edge and "Autographed" sticker to front. 252 pp. Signed by Authors. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Book. St. Martin's Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 7237 ISBN : 031216372X 9780312163723

‎Williamson RS.; Davis Jefferson transmitter R. S.‎

‎Report of the Secretary of War Communicating Lieutenant Williamson's report of his surveys to ascertain a practicable route for a railroad to the Pacific ocean. April 3 1854. 33d Congress 1st Session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 52‎

‎Washington: No Publisher 1854. Disbound. Fair. 6 page pamphlet. Disbound from a larger work. A short but detailed account of the survey parties and their explorations in search of a viable railroad route to the Pacific mentioning Los Angelos San Bernardino Valley the Gila River the Mohave and Colorado Rivers and many other locales in Southern California. Jefferson Davis's name appears with a brief letter of transmittal at the beginning of this report. FAIR condition. First leaf DETACHED from the rest with the other two pages weakening. Some chipping and creasing along the binding edge. General minor toning to the paper. Light crease to the lower corner. No Publisher unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 005538

‎Willrich Michael.‎

‎POX: AN AMERICAN HISTORY.‎

‎New York: Penguin Press 2011. 422 pp large 8vo 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs. "At the turn of the last century a powerful smallpox epidemic swept the United States from coast to coast. The age-old disease spread swiftly through an increasingly interconnected American landscape: from southern tobacco plantations to the dense immigrant neighborhoods of northern cities to far-flung villages on the edges of the nascent American empire. This book offers a gripping chronicle of how the nation's continent-wide fight against smallpox launched one of the most important civil liberties struggles of the twentieth-century. At the dawn of the activist progressive era and during a moment of great optimism about modern medicine the government responded to the deadly epidemic by calling for universal compulsory vaccination. To enforce the law public health authorities relied on quarantines pesthouses and 'virus squads' - corps of doctors and club-wielding police. Though these measures eventually contained the disease they also sparked a wave of popular resistance among Americans who perceived them as a threat to their health and to their rights. At the time antivaccinationists were often dismissed as misguided cranks but Willrich argues that they belonged to a wider legacy of American dissent that attended the rise of an increasingly powerful movement. While a well-organized antivaccination movement sprang up during these years many American resisted in subtler ways - by concealing sick family members or forging immunization certificates. 'Pox' introduces us to memorable characters on both sides of the debate from Henning Jacobson a Swedish Lutheran minister whose battle against vaccination went all the way to the Supreme Court to C.P. Wertenbaker a federal surgeon who saw himself as a medical missionary combating a deadly - and preventable - disease. As Willrich suggests many of the questions first raised by the turn-of-the-century antivaccination movement are still with us: How far should the government go to protect us from peril What happens when the interest of public health collide with religious beliefs and personal conscience" Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has some light edge creasing - mainly at top/bottom of spine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Penguin Press Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 27461 ISBN : 1594202869 9781594202865

‎Wills Garry‎

‎The Kennedy Imprisonment A Meditation On Power‎

‎Boston: Little Brown & Company. VG/NF. 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover; 1st Printing. 1st edition/1st printing. Bound in red cloth with black spine and gilt lettering on the spine the VG book is clean straight & tight. The upper corner of the front endpage is clipped off and the previous owner's name and address is stamped on the same page. There are no marks or tears of any pages. The near fine dustjacket is price intact. It is clean bright & crisp. A story of the Kennedy family. ; 9 1/2" x 6 1/2"; 310 pages . Little, Brown & Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 7477 ISBN : 0316943851 9780316943857

‎Wilson G. Lloyd edited by. Professor of Transformation and Public Utilities U. Of Pa.‎

‎SELECTED PAPERS AND ADDRESSES OF JOSEPH B. EASTMAN. Director Office Of Defense Transportation 1942 - 44.‎

‎Simmons-Boardman: 1948. 381 pages. "This collection covers the period from our entrance into the Second World War to his untimely death in 1944. These fifty addresses and papers provide authentic information on the methods and the mind of the man who guided ODT during the wartime operations of the privately owned American railroad system and other branches of transportation." FINE HARDCOVER GOOD DUST JACKET. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Simmons-Boardman: Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 027052

‎Wilson Henry‎

‎Northern Radicals and Southern Radicals. Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson of Massachusetts in the Senate of the United States January 27 1868‎

‎No place Washington: Congressional Globe Office Printer 1868. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet disbound from a larger work. 7 pp. Double columned text. A short speech castigating the senator Doolittle from Wisconsin and his plan to abandon the then current policy of reconstruction and adopt one more favorable to Southern states. Wilson alludes to the scare tactics of a hypothetical war between races as well the struggles of African-Americans and poor whites in the South while also referring to 'the treachery of President Johnson.' Henry Wilson was an ardent abolitionist and 'Radical Republican' eventually serving as vice-president under Ulysses S. Grant. GOOD condition. Many binding holes along the left edge. Minor browning soiling and a few small spots of staining. Minor wrinkling. Congressional Globe Office, Printer unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 008478

‎Wilson James F.‎

‎Civil Rights. Speech of Hon. James F. Wilson of Iowa Delivered in the House of Representatives March 1 1866‎

‎No Place: Chronicle Printers. Pamphlet. Good. No place or date. presumed Washington DC 1866. Pamphlet disbound from a larger work. Lacking any wraps that may have been issued. 8 pp. Double columned text. A speech arguing for equal civil rights for African-Americans citing Blackstone's commentary on English law as well as inconsistencies in the US Constitution. GOOD condition. Pages very loosely attached along the spine being rather tenuous. Minor toning. Binding holes along the spine edge. Chronicle, Printers unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 010426

‎Wilson Woodrow PhD. LLD. h. D. L. D.‎

‎Epochs Of American History: Division And Reunion 1829-1889‎

‎New York: Longmans Green & Company. NF/NONE. 1898. 9th Edition. Hardcover. Book is bound in dark blue cloth with gilt on the spine and white lettering on the front. It is exceptionally clean straight & tight. The spine ends and corners are lightly rubbed as is the back board and there a few brown spots on both pastedowns. Included are five fold out maps. Pages are not torn. Three or four pages in the front of the book have some pencil notes that could easily be erased. This is the third and concluding volume of the Epochs of American History and brings the narrative to the end of President Cleveland's first administration in 1889. A very nice tight clean book! ; Maps; 6 3/4" x 5"; 326 pages . Longmans, Green & Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 7465

‎Wiman Erastus‎

‎The Cyclone Pulverizer Co. of the United States of America. Annual Report of the President Erastus Wiman. New York 1888‎

‎New York: Cyclone Pulverizer Co. Publisher 1888. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. 38pp. A company report discussing the successful uses of the Cyclone Pulverizer in pulverizing iron slag clay gold ore etc. as well as its use in mining process and the extraction of natural gas. With a discussion of production costs and selling price as well as future uses for the item. GOOD condition. Some browning/offsetting to the covers with two vertical fold creases present to the pamphlet. Minor soiling and foxing to the wraps. Interior clean and solid. Cyclone Pulverizer Co., Publisher unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 006076

‎WIMPFFEN (Le Baron de).-‎

‎Voyage à Saint-Domingue pendant les années 1788, 1789 et 1790. Tome Second.‎

‎P., Cocheris, An cinquième de la République (1797), in 8° relié demi vélin à coins ancien, 266 pages ; frottis et petits manques d'usage à la reliure.‎

‎Tome second (et dernier), bien complet du tableau dépliant en fine.PHOTOS sur DEMANDE. ...................... Photos sur demande ..........................‎

Bookseller reference : 53544

‎Winkley J. W. MD. M. D.‎

‎JOHN BROWN THE HERO. Personal Reminiscences.‎

‎James H. West: 1905. 126 pages illustrated with an Introduction by Frank B. Sanborn. The author "relates the events because they were in late measure personal experiences. And the narrative is made up for the most part of historical matter which has not been presented heretofore by any writer. In other words it is history at first hand." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER scarce. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. James H. West: Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 021741

‎Winslow Ola Elizabeth.‎

‎MEETING HILL 1630 - 1783.‎

‎Norton: 1972. 344 pages with a new Preface by the author. 'The author focuses her study around the msall and unpretentious structure that was both and philosophical and the physical center of the New England town." VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Norton: Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 030403 ISBN : 0393006328 9780393006322

‎Wirt William‎

‎Sketches Of The Life And Character Of Patrick Henry‎

‎Ithaca: Andrus Gauntlett & Co. VG-/NONE. 1850. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Bound in brown with gilt lettering on black background on the spine marbled page edges. Straight & tight book. The binding is quite rubbed with wear to all edges and corners. Pages are foxed and the front endpage has about half of it cut away the lower half. There is some faint writing on the upper half with the date Feb. 15 1851. There is also a name faintly written on the back of the frontis portrait of Patrick Henry which is protected by a tissue guard. Stated revised edition with the date 1850 on the title page. A biography of Patrick Henry lively and humorous gathered by the author. ; 9" x 6"; 306 pages . Andrus, Gauntlett, & Co. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 7492

‎Wisner Benjamin B.‎

‎A Sermon Occasioned by the Death of Mrs. Miriam Phillips Consort of His Honor William Phillips Delivered on the 18th of May Being the Sabbath After the Funeral‎

‎Cambridge: Hilliard and Metcalf Printers 1823. Original Wraps. Fair. Printed wraps. 25 pp. Primarily a sermon reflecting on the power of God and Jesus offering very brief biographical commentary on Mrs. Phillips reflecting mostly on her religiousness. LACKING REAR WRAP. FAIR/GOOD condition. Minor to moderate soiling to the rear page with minor soiling creasing and scuffing to the front wrap. General fading. Front wrap chipped at the upper corner with some creasing and roughness along the binding. Paper in the interior toned with light scattered soiling and creasing. Previous owner's signature present. Hilliard and Metcalf, Printers unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 005227

‎Wolcott Roger transcribed and edited by.‎

‎THE CORRESPONDENCE OF WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT 1833 - 1847.‎

‎Houghton Mifflin: 1925. 691 pages. "The Massachusetts Historical Society holds on deposit a large collection of papers of the Prescott family consisting mainly of letters and business papers as well as the noctograph manuscripts of the works of this historian William Hickling Prescott." VERY GOOD- HARDCOVER. Brown cloth covers corners worn. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket Present. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Houghton Mifflin: Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 029194

‎Wolf Peter‎

‎Land in America‎

‎New York: Pantheon Books 1981. First edition as stated. Hardcover. Good /good. Ex-library. 590 pages with index; illustrated with black and white photographs drawings and maps. A comprehensive history and analysis of every aspect of American land. White boards with green spine and white titles on spine. Light edge wear to cover corners and spine ends a little bumped cover spotted library stamps on front free end paper pasted in faded article on front free end paper library numbers on copyright page library stamp on last page back free end paper torn out library stamp on back fixed end paper interior pages bright and clean binding tight. Mylar covered white dust jacket is pasted to book on inside flaps some spotting cover a little scrubbed library sticker on spine not price clipped. <br/><br/> Pantheon Books hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 01149 ISBN : 0394504372 9780394504377

‎WOLFE, Linda.‎

‎La Cuisine Antillaise.‎

‎Hardcover in-4° 208 pp, ill. coul., cartonnage illustre. Tres bon etat. [HP-1]‎

‎Wolverton Mark‎

‎A Life in Twilight : The Final Years of J. Robert Oppenheimer‎

‎New York NY U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press 2008. An important exploration not only of a prominent scientist and philosopher but also of an unforgettable era in American history. Clean square hardback in an unclipped d/w showing small tear to rear cover - 339 pages including index. Prompt dispatch. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. St. Martin's Press Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 061312 ISBN : 0312374402 9780312374402

‎Woodrow Wilson and Edited By Ray Stannard Baker and William E. Dodd.‎

‎COLLEGE AND STATE. Educational Literary And Political Papers 1875 - 1913. 2 Volumes.‎

‎Harper & Brothers: 1925. A total of 1043 pages COLLEGE AND STATE. Educational Literary And Political Papers 1875 - 1913 . 2 VERY GOOD HARDCOVERS blue cloth covers lettering is bright on the covers and spine edges. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Harper & Brothers: Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 029118

‎Woodrow Wilson and Edited By Ray Stannard Baker and William E. Dodd.‎

‎WAR AND PEACE. Presidential Messages Addresses And Public Papers Political Papers 1917-1924. Volume II.‎

‎Harper & Brothers: 1927. Volume II only 666 pages.WAR AND PEACE. Presidential Messages Addresses And Public Papers Political Papers 1917-1924 VERY GOOD HARDCOVER blue cloth covers lettering is bright on the spine and cover. Hard Covers. Very Good/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Harper & Brothers: hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 029119

‎Woodward Bob‎

‎Veil - the Secret Wars of the CIA 1981-1987‎

‎London: Simon & Schuster 1987. An unparalleled account of the CIA its Director and the United States Government during the Reagan years - the story of the covert wars that were waged in a secretive atmosphere that became the centrepieces and eventual time bombs of American foreign policy in the 1980's. Clean tight copy in unclipped dustjacket. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Next post UK dispatch. . First British Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Simon & Schuster Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 029807 ISBN : 0671655434 9780671655433

‎Woollacott Angela;Pursell Carroll;Myer Chuck. Foreword by Kathryn Gualtieri‎

‎Gilroy's Old City Hall 1906-1989.‎

‎Cupertino California U.S.A.: California History Center 1991. Original Wraps. Very Good. Stated first edition first printing. In original wraps. Isbn#0935089152. 124 pages including index. With many black and white photos throughout. A history of the construction architecture and significance of the Baroque styled city hall in Gilroy California. VERY GOOD condition with light bumping to the book extremities. Minor scuffing to the covers. Inner text clean and solid. California History Center unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 001700 ISBN : 0935089152 9780935089158

‎Woolman John‎

‎Memoir of John Woolman chiefly extracted from a Journal of his Life and Travels‎

‎Philadelphia: The Tract Association of Friends. Pamphlet. Good. no date presumed circa 1833. Pamphlet disbound from a larger work. No. 1 on the lower left corner of the title page. 23 pp. A primarily firsthand account of the life of John Woolman with third person commentary interspersed throughout. Woolman primarily reflects on his spiritual journey in life discussing his 'wanton-ness' in his early life including killing a robin and her young and his evolution of principles through his encounters with slaves and slavery. This includes his rejection of slavery and distaste for the mistreatment of slaves and of slaveholding in general. He also discusses his opinion of drinking etc. John Woolman was an itinerant Quaker preacher among other occupations being an early abolitionist and advocating for the freedom of slaves. His work eventually led to the Quakers abandoning slave-holding and taking an abolitionist stance on religious grounds. GOOD condition. Minor toning and foxing. The Tract Association of Friends unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 009434

‎Work Milton C.‎

‎Lucky Strike Advertising Card with Bridge playing Tabs‎

‎New York: American Tobacco Co. Publisher. Unbound. Very Good. Lucky Strike Advertising Card with Bridge playing tabs. American Tobacco Co. publisher. New York: no date. Presumed early to mid 1900s. 5 1/2 by 4 inches. A thin card bearing 4 bridge hands as fold down tabs on one side framing a portrait of a young lady and a pack of Lucky Strike cigarettes with the slogan 'cream of the crop' present. The rear of the card contains a short guide to playing the bridge hand featured on the front by Milton Work. Apparently one of a series of 50 hands packed in Lucky Strike Fifties. VERY GOOD condition. Minor general toning. All tabs intact. American Tobacco Co., Publisher unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 009336

‎Worth Fred L.‎

‎THE PRESIDENTIAL QUIZ BOOK.‎

‎Bell: 1989. 286 pages revised and updated including 10 new quizzes in a special 1988 Election update section. "Here are more than 2100 questions about government cabinets campaign songs inaugural oaths the Oval office and more." FINE HARDCOVER FINE DUST JACKET. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Bell: Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 013136 ISBN : 0517683571 9780517683576