William Wallace Davis (21 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 9 Short Stories. Featured are What Friends Do by Brendan DuBois, Our Little Red Shovels by David Holmstrom, An Almost Perfect Crime by William F Smith, Looking Back by Theodore H Hoffman, Death of a Poet by Doug Allyn, The Church at Garlock's Bend by David Kaufman, Murder by Accident by Douglas G Davis, George and the Safety Box Lady by William I Smith and Treasure Hunt by Edgar Wallace. In Near Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Bantam Pathfinder # EP63. Clean text. Minimal wear along the edges and corners. Small tear at the top of the cover. Former owner's name on top edge.

Decorative Hardcover Canvas. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition/Volume 5, 1983. 574 pp. Stated first edition! Vol. 5, 1983 issue only! Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Moderate browning/foxing on page edges, not affecting text. An Ex-Libris copy. No dust jacket. Mort Rosenfeld, Paul Henry, Anne Yvonne Gilbert, Jeffrey Terreson (Illustrated by); William Gregory (Art Editor); Marion Davis, Soren Noring, et al. (Senior Art Editors); Angelo Perrone (Associate Art Editor); George Calas, Jr., et al. (Art Research) (illustrator).…

Decorative Hardcover Canvas. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition/Volume 2, 1983. 574 pp. Stated first edition! Vol. 2, 1983 issue only! Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Moderate browning/foxing on page edges, not affecting text. An Ex-Libris copy. No dust jacket. Hodges Soileau. Steven H. Stroud, Charles Reid, Frank Morris (Illustrated by); 'Water Lily' by Betsy Lewin (Painting); William Gregory (Art Editor); Marion Davis, Soren Noring, et al. (Senior Art Editors); Angelo Perrone (Associate Art Editor) (illustrator).…

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition/Volume 3, 1979. 575 pp. Stated first edition! Vol. 3, 1979 issue only! Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Moderate browning/foxing on page edges, not affecting text. An Ex-Libris copy. Dust jacket suffers moderate wear with a few minor cuts and tears around edges, and in some places. Robert Chronister, Joseph Cellini, Barbara Fox (Illustrated by); William Gregory (Art Editor); Marion Davis, Soren Noring, et al. (Associate Art Editors); George Calas, Jr. & Katherine Kelleher (Art Research) (illustrator).…

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Used-Acceptable. 1st Edition/Volume 3, 1974. 574 pp. Stated first edition! Vol. 3, 1974 issue only! Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Stains on fore-edge. Dust jacket shows extensive wear and rips along the front and back, and around edges. George Jones, Darrell Sweet, Don Stivers, Alan Lee, Stanley Borack (Illustrated by); The Peaceable Kingdom by Edward Hicks (Painting); William Gregory (Art Editor); Marion Davis & Thomas Von Der Linn (Associate Art Eds); Katherine Kelleher (Art Research) (illustrator).…

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition/Volume 3, 1976. 574 pp. Stated first edition! Vol. 3, 1976 issue only! Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Previous owner's name inscribed on first front-end page center. An Ex-Libris copy. Dust jacket suffers moderate wear with a few minor cuts and tears around edges, and in some places. Sol Korby, Harry J. Schaare, Robert McGinnis, George Jones (Illustrated by); William Gregory (Art Editor); Marion Davis, Soren Noring, et al. (Associate Art Editors); George Calas, Jr. & Katherine Kelleher (Art Research) (illustrator).…

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 574 pp. Stated first edition! Vol. 4, 1974 issue only! Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. An Ex-Libris copy. Dust jacket suffers moderate wear with a few minor cuts and tears around edges, and in some places. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments. John McClelland, Jim Sharpe, Ben Wohlberg, Schuare (Illustrated by); 'Fall Plowing' by Grant Wood (Painting); William Gregory (Art Editor); Marion Davis, Thomas Von Der Linn (Associate Art Editors); George Calas, Jr. & Katherine Kelleher (Art Research) (illustrator).…

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Single issue. Contains pages 181-254pp. Pictorial cream wrappers. Spine and edges lightly age-toned, near fine. Contributions by Carlos Drummond De Andrade, Elizabeth Bishop, Richmond Lattimore, Robert Wallace, James Broughton, Etta Blum, Raymond Roseliep, Catherine Davis, Kathleen Fraser, William Childress, Jack Marshall, Daniel Hoffman, Witter Bynner, Turner Cassity, Adrienne Rich, Richard Howard, Frederick Bock, Ernest Sandeen, Robin Skelton, Robert Conquest, Hayden Carruth.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG+ Covers slightly frayed, rear cover has lost the top left corner, about 3"x2", mild age-toning to pages, but a supple & solid copy, very clean throughout. Front cover art by J. Allen St. John illustrating "Cats of Kadenza", rear cover art by Malcom Smith illustrating "Warriors of Other Worlds", a feature by Morris J. Steele. Interior artwork by Magarian, Smith, Arnold Kohn, Virgil Finlay, Hadden, James Devereux, Julian S. Krupa.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. x, 202 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm ISBN 9780962628504, 0962628506 OCLC 23609510 SIGNED by Peter Simon on the half-title ; photographic color stiff paper wrappers ; includes writings by Nancy Slonim Aronie, Barbara Lazear Ascher, Susan Branch, Robert Brustein, Art Buchwald, Douglas Cabral, James P Comer, Philip R Craig, Walter Cronkite, Ram Dass, Stephen Davis, Jib Ellis, Peter Feibleman, James S Gordon, Lisa Grunwald, James hart, Stan Hunt, John Hough, Jr, Ward Just, Jim Kaplan, Gerald R. Kelly, Richard Louris, Eileen Maley, Phyllis Meras, Victor Pisano, Robert post, Arnie reisman, Dionis Coffin Riggs, Jay Sapir, Anne W. Simon, Carly Simon, Richard C Skidmore, William Styron, John Updike, Mike Wallace, Harvey Wasserman, Joel Zoss ; essays include: Introduction -- In Praise of Vineyard Haven -- Menemsha -- On the Roads -- Conquest-watching -- Island from the Sea -- A Noble Avocation -- The Side of the Brook -- I look for the vineyard everywhere -- First Impressions -- A Floating World -- Celebrity Status -- Snow Walk -- Sunday Pastime -- Lambert's Cove -- On Solitude -- Vineyard Seasons -- A Tall Island, Indeed -- Vacation Cause & Effect -- A Haven on the Vineyard -- Oak Bluffs -- Alone and Together -- No Exit From Eden -- Going Barefoot -- A Journey Home -- Vineyard Golf-A Love Story -- Observations On A Nude Beach -- The Golden Goose Goes Honkey Tonk -- Island Boomers-They Saw, They Acculturated -- "Year-Rounder Solves Island Problems!" -- Housebroken -- Edgartown: Leather and Lace -- Afternoon With Moshup -- A Stroll Through West Tisbury -- Chilmark; Two Words Is Not Enough -- The Big Picture -- Vineyard Passage -- Island Trilogy ; scarce items from these authors ; FINE. Signed by Author(s). Book. …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Traduit de l'anglais par Pierre Charras et Jean Pavans. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. XI, No. 2. Pulp magazine. [Edited by John Nanovic.] Cover art by Emery Clarke for "The Pirate's Ghost" (novel) by Kenneth Robeson. Includes "Boss of Black Bayou" by Wallace Brooker; "Treasure Hoard" by Harold A. Davis; "Jungle Menace" by William C. Bogart; "Doc Savage Club"; "From Our Members". Illustrations are uncredited, or illegible. Creased; tears; tanned; pencil marks on cover. Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. ix, 147 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ; OCLC 1255448270 ; appears to be signed by author G. Lonnie Housworth on the title page, with a presentation by author Aubrey Simms ; blue and grey pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Short stories -- Stories by Aubrey Simms -- Stories by G. Lonnie Housworth -- Stories by Rev. Rich -- More than you ever wanted to know about mules ; Recollections on various subjects in rural Georgia in the late 19th and early 20th century. Features the following individuals: Aubrey Simms (Covington), Rev. James E. Rich (Brunswick); Kathleen Simms Housworth (Lithonia), Ruth Hewell (Porterdale), Wilbur J. Rawilms (Newnan), Annette R. Philbeck (Calhoun Falls, SC), Minnie Davis (Roopville), Linda Teal (Oxford), Odessa Statham Helms (Abbeville), Hazel Walls (Pendergrass), Mary E. Smith (Milledgeville), Jean Sammons (Camilla), Margaret N Wallace (Atlanta), William Timothy Kelly (Jackson), Polly Braswell Landress Loganville), Jeanette Weaver (Jackson), Floyd Morrison (Omaha), Annie Andel (Perry), Shirley W Greene (Cartersville), Dorothea Stanford (Ellijay), Paul Ritchle (Conyers), Martha Thomason (Dallas), Laura Smith (Atlanta), Alma Fulp Register (Hihara), Patricia Prince (Macon), Merle Harber (Conyers), Berkley Ruiz (Winder), Catherine Strickland (Cartersville), Martha Manly Adams (Macon), Cawley Land (Stockbrige), Emelyn Livsey Sexton Lithonia), Annette Livsey Merritt (Decatur), Fred Merritt (Decatur), Avis Livsey Hannah (Snellville), Blanche Morrison (Omaha), Thomas R. McGee (Morrow), Ruth Chastain (Oakwood), Maurice M. Wilson (Lithonia), Nancy Thackston (Hiram); FINE. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Vii, 307 Pp. Dark Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Edition Stated. Near Fine, Gilt Brilliant, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $3.00, Wear, Small Losses At Corners, 2 3/4" X 1 1//2" Deep V-Chip At Top Of Rear Panel. Interesting Commentaries, Revealing About What Prominent Americans Thought Civilization Was (In 1930). However, The Beard Studies Omit Any Response From Any In The Great Masses Of The World Who Do Not Invent Or Manufacture, Nor Own Or Manage, The Technological Enterprises Which Are The Essence Of Technological Development, Which Is The Primary Concern Of These Respondents; Nor Has Any Study In The Succeeding 90 Years Attempted To Explore The Meaning Of Culture So Except In The Most Superficially Journalistic And Condescending Manner. But What Could Go Wrong? Aren't The Elites, After All, Elite? It Isn't Like Unprincipled Demagogues, Secure With All The Advantages Of Modern Technology, Would Incite Violence Amongst The Vast Majority, With Relatively Ever-Declining Options Ever-Declining Self-Esteem And Relatively Ever-Declining Standards Of Living. Why Bother Talking To Them To See Anything More Than Whether They Agree Or Not? And Who Will Ever Want To Read Ordinary People's Opinions When The Questions They're Asked Are Always Stupidly Closed-Ended And Never Followed Up By Why Etc.. Headpieces And Jacket By E. E. Thurston (illustrator).…

FIRST EDITION. THE LITERARY GUILLOTINE, John Lane, 1903, first edition, several small unobtrusive white splash marks on the front cover, small chip missing from lower right corner of the spine label not effecting any text, else a tight vg+ copy. A satire of fictional legal trials involving such luminaries as Mark Twain, Booth Tarkington, John Kendrick Bangs, Bliss Carman, Henry James, Mary Baker Eddy, Richard Harding Davis, et.al.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. A pulp magazine, 9 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches, 127 pages, containing a book length novel by Robeson and short stories by Brooker, Davis and Bogart. Cover by Emery Clarke portrays Doc swimming underwater with a knife between his teeth. In goog condition, edgewear, verticle crease to height of front cover. Pages brittle. Kept in a plastic page protector with matboard backing sheet.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 98 pages. THE STATE OF AMERICAN WRITING, 1948 A SYMPOSIUM: John Berryman, R P Blackmur, Robert Gorham Davis, Leslie A Fiedler, Clement Greenberg, John Crowe Ransom, Wallace Stevens, Lionel Trilling and H L Mencken / Weldon Kees "The Lives (poem) / Peggy Bennett "The Pawn" (a story) / Nicola Chiaromonte "Malraux And The Demons Of Action (II)".…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Magazine. Standard format and size. First Printing. 54 pages and covers. With color and black/white illustrations throughout. FINE. With bump to bottom right front corner. All other corners pointed. Binding tight and square. Without creases, other bumps, tears or chips. With some wear from handling. Not marked in any way. All items carefully wrapped and sent boxed. Davis, Jack and Will Elder, Al Jaffee, Wallace Wood, Ed Fisher, Roger Price, Arnold Roth, Russ Heath, Ira Wallach, Bob Blechman, William Ashman, A Green, H A Schneider, Carl Hubbell (illustrator). …

Memorial book bound in blue leather with gilt lettering to front board and raised bands to spine in very good condition with damage to leather to spine and some areas on lower board. Discolouration to top left corner of upper board and to lower board. Collection of 85 condolence letter addressed to Mr Norman E.Davis and one to his daughter Molly/Mollie, after the death of Davis's Father, William Wallace Davis (1856-1933), to whom the book is dedicated. The majority are manuscript letters excluding a few that are typewritten. An additional four obituary newspaper clippings are laid down at the end. The final letter is unattached and laid in. Mr William Davis was 77 years at the time of death and had been a resident of Carshalton and Sutton for over 30 years. He was a member of the firm of Messrs. Vickers, da Costa and Co., stockbrokers, of Copthall Court, E.C. He was also the president of the Blackheath Harriers up until his death on November 18th 1933. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.…