Wright Langley Joan (26 results)

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. 132pp., photos, maps. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Condition: Fair. Signed Copy . Signed by authors on title page. Dampstained.

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. (1996), 132pp, illus., slight crease to edge of front cover, light shelfwear to cover, contents clean.

132 pgs., 7"x10", Photo illus.wrappers with light wear, Signed by Wright Langley on title pg., contents clean, bright & tight with numerous b/w photos & a map, VG.

Condition: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First Edition. 128pp, 4to. Illustrated. Signed by both Joan and Wright Langley on the title page. A very good copy in gray boards in a good jacket. Top edge of text block is foxed. Jacket has slight rippling on upper edge of front panel from water stain. Jacket is lightly soiled with minor wear to extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Red leather on boards with bright gilt lettering to front. Book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and free of any flaws or markings inside and out, other than inscription from author to prior owner on title page and some yellowing to inside front cover. Filled with fantastic b/w photos of historic Key West. Hardcover is uncommon.

Trade paperback. Condition: Fair. Wright Langley (illustrator). Presumed First Edition, First printing. The format is approximately 7 inches by 10 inches. 132 pages. Illustrations. Map. Inscribed on the title page by the co-author Wright Langley. The inscription reads For Bill Currie---Who appreciates the history of this exciting island. Best, Wright Langley July 21, 1982. Wright Langley's business card laid in. Decorative front cover has some wear and soiling. The cover became detached and has been reglued in place. Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Island, it constitutes the City of Key West. The island of Key West is about 4 miles long and 1 mile wide, with a total land area of 4.2 square miles. Within Florida, it is 130 miles southwest of Miami by air, about 165 miles by road. The official city motto is "One Human Family". Wright Langley was a photographer, newsman, historian, and publisher. He left his imprint on Key West. Langley's life spanned 1935-2000. He found his way to Key West through marriage. In 1958, Langley and Joan Knowles were married. Joan a fourth generation Conch. Langley had earlier received one of the Rochester Institute of Technology's first bachelor degrees in photography. Several years later, a Masters of Science in Journalism from Boston University. His thesis concerned photography. Nineteen sixty found Langley interested in telling turtle fishing's story via photos. Turtle fishing a major Key West industry at the time. He became a reporter and photographer for the Key West Citizen in 1965. Three years later, he went to work for the Miami Herald as Key West Bureau Chief. Nineteen seventy-seven found Langley in a new position. One where he had the opportunity to do much good for his adopted community. He became Director of the Historic Florida Keys Preservation Board. A position he held till 1993. Langley collected photos from all eras of Keys. Where the camera was in use, of course. He also photographed anything and everything during those years. In 1982, Langley started a publishing business. Not so much for money. Rather to assist Key West's many writers who otherwise might not have been published. He co-authored several books. Some with his wife Joan. Three of the co-authored books were Key West-Images of the Past, Key West and the Spanish American War, and Yesterday's Asheville. Wright Langley. A newsman who became an historian. A man who preserved Key West history. He came, he saw, he photographed, he collected, and left behind a treasure trove of history.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Aceptable. Tres libros en aceptable estado, encuadernados en rústica. Los libros son: IMAGES OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR April-August 1898 + KEY WEST & THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR + EL ENIGMA DEL MAINE.