William J Burtscher (23 results)
Published by Wetzel Publishing, 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.Tacoma Book Center
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . B000ON7OGG Hardback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. NO SIGNATURE. No dustjacket; bound in green boards with blue lettering. Minor wear to corners and edges; minor browning and dustsoiling throughout and to covers; otherwise tight, sound and unmar…ked in Good condition. No Signature.
- Softcover
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.PBShop.store US
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Published by Wetzel Publishing Company, Los Angeles, CA, 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bloomsbury Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.Bloomsbury Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Offered is a first edition, first printing - signed and inscribed by the author's wife - of "I Wrote A Journal: A Book of Queer Things That Happened and Were Thought of in a Second-Hand Store" written by William J. Burtscher (whose earlier book was entitled "Romance in a J…unk Shop") and published in 1940 by the Wetzel Publishing Company out of Los Angeles, California. A hardcover lacking dust jacket, measuring 5-1/4" by 7-3/4" and containing 276 pages. The author whimsically writes about numerous experiences, including I make and break resolutions; I do, and do not, read a book; I write to a dead man; A perfect ash tray; I buy a Terry Clock; I have my fortune told; Old-fashioned mottoes; Comments on a quarrel; I try to rejuvenate; The man who changed my destiny; When good folks leave town; Human Nature; I go shopping and see a fight; To Will Rogers; Got rid of his wife; A little about time; I Help Move a Piano; I am a movie fan; Modern Matchmaking; I read an old newspaper; Our months are misnamed and misnumbered; The Seer sees visions; I look into myself; To the gaiety of domestic relations; Souvenir from Solomon Islands; Thomas Edison speaks; The God Years; several others. Inscribed by author's wife to first inside free page: "To Gerry Vanek in memory of The Author W.J. Burtscher by Mrs. Burtscher." Light spotting and scuffing along left edge of front cover and along outer spine. Signed by Spouse.
- Softcover
Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United KingdomPBShop.store UK
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Published by Lord Blatimore Press
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Books End Bookshop, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.Books End Bookshop
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. None. First Edition; First Printing. Lightly bumped at corners. Endpapers browned.
Published by Wetzel Publishing Company, Inc., 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Live Oak Booksellers, Langley, WA, U.S.A.Live Oak Booksellers
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper as follows: "To Rob Wagner, with best/ wishes -- and if he doesn't/ say something about it -- specially what's on Page 147 -- / I'll think he's a meany./ W.J. Burthscher/ 3102 Santa Monica Blvd./ Santa Monica, Calif./ Nov. 27, 194…0." 8vo. (20 cm.) [8]9-275p. Green cloth with letters stamped in black on the front cover and the spine. Very minor wear to extremities, spine slightly darkened, cloth clean, else very good to near fine with no internal markings. No dust jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Wetzel Pub, Los Angeles, CA, 1941
- Hardcover
Seller: Pepper's Old Books, Hanson, KY, U.S.A.Pepper's Old Books
Contact seller1-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. He walked a lot, saw a lot, and wrote a few essays and things.
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Seller: Forgotten Books, London, United KingdomForgotten Books
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item….
- Softcover
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, GermanyAHA-BUCH GmbH
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.
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Seller: Buchpark, Trebbin, GermanyBuchpark
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Condition: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.
More imagesPublished by Dorrance, Philadelphia, 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Sixes Book & Tackle, Port Orford, OR, U.S.A.Sixes Book & Tackle
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition. 8vo, 220 pp, bound in red cloth titled in gilt. No dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs. With an introduction by Louis O. Adams. First edition of Burtscher's work on walking canes and their history and collectors, including images of canes from the Harbaugh Collection. This is a battered ex-library copy, with… withdrawn stamps and additional ink numerals and call numbers from two Oregon libraries, and other serious defects, including a roughly removed checkout envelope with adhesion remaining. Battered but elusive in any condition.
Published by WETZEL, LOS ANGELES, 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A., PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A.
Contact seller3-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A GOOD FIRST EDITION IN RED CLOTH. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Wetzel Publishing Co, Los Angeles, 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)
Contact seller3-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Hardcover. Condition: vg. First edition. Signed typed letter from William J. Burtscher to Charles Waite stapled to free front endpaper. Octavo. 248pp. Original bright red cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. A book of human interest about the old-fashioned things that accumulate in secondhand stores, the people who bri…ng them and the people who take them away. Autobiographical account of a dealer in used merchandise, with a little fiction sprinkled in here and there. Anecdotes about the life of a Santa Monica dealer and his second hand store. Very light wear of binding, block age toned. Binding and interior in overall very good condition.
Man A Foot / Afoot : He Walked a Lot Saw a Lot and Wrote a Few Essays and Things
Burtscher, William J. / THIS BOOK IS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR / Author of romance in a Junk Shop, I Wrote a Journal
Published by 1941 Wetzel Publishing Co. Inc, Clean and Unmarked Text, 1941
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: GREAT PACIFIC BOOKS, Ventura, CA, U.S.A.GREAT PACIFIC BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Back. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. No Edition Stated. Hardback : hard cover edition in good or better condition, some slight wear to edges, as normal for age of book. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. No dust jacket. Some fox marks on bac…k cover. Frontis Photo (illustrator). SIGNED & INSCRIBED By Author. Book.
Language: English
- Hardcover
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Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, IndiaS N Books World
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 120. A perfect gift… for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1909 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 120.
Language: English
- Hardcover
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Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, IndiaS N Books World
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatheBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 248. A perfect gift…for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1945 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 248.
Published by Los Angeles Wetzel Publishing Co., Inc. 1938., 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Arnold M. Herr, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.Arnold M. Herr
Contact seller5-star seller[Title continued].a book of himan interest about the old-fasioned things that accumulate in second-hand stores, the people who bring them & the people who take them away. Condition: traces of removed label, lower portion of spine; light wear & very light soiling to red cloth binding. Bookplate mounted on 1st pastedown (this copy… once belonged to the Automobile Club of Southern California). Else, in very good condition. Signed & dated (Feb. 9, 1938) by the author along with a paragraph in his hand stating that this copy was "Sent for review at the suggestion of a member of the Auto Club, who thinks you may wish to copy the chapters on the automobile and roads. Please mail copy containing notice to the author.". Illustrated by no illustrations. 1st edition. Binding is cloth.
Published by 1940 Wetzel Publishing Co Inc 1940, 1940
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: GREAT PACIFIC BOOKS, Ventura, CA, U.S.A.GREAT PACIFIC BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Back. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Blue cloth with gold titles, Hardback : hard cover edition in good condition, some slight wear to edges, some spots on cloth cover, fox marks at bottom of back cover. as normal for age of book. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fa…n / reader in your life. No dust jacket. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. SIGNED & INSCRIBED By Author. Book.
Published by DORRANCE & CO, PHILADELPHIA, 1945
- Hardcover
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop / Ruffolo Enterprises, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.Princeton Antiques Bookshop / Ruffolo Enterprises
Contact seller4-star sellerHARD BACK PINK. Condition: GOOD. General wear: small bookplate, loose title page, foxing Inscribed by the Author's relative in his memory, b&w plates DATE PUBLISHED: 1945 EDITION: 220.
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Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United KingdomTHE SAINT BOOKSTORE
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Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.
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Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United KingdomTHE SAINT BOOKSTORE
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Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.
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Seller: Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, IndiaGyan Books Pvt. Ltd.
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Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine l…ends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1945. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 248, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 248 248.
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Seller: Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, IndiaGyan Books Pvt. Ltd.
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Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine l…ends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1909. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: - 120, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 120 120.
