Wagner, Henry R. SIR FRANCIS DRAKE’S VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD: its Aims and Achievements. John Howell, San Francisco, 1926.

Wagner, Henry R. and Charles L. Camp. THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES; a critical bibliography of exploration, adventure and travel in the American West 1800-1865. Fourth edition, revised, enlarged and edited by Robert H. Becker. San Francisco, 1982.

Wahlert Memorial Library. SIR WALTER SCOTT 1771-1971: a Bi-centenary Exhibition. Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa, 1971.

Waldseemüller, Martin. [AUCTION CATALOGUE]: The World-Renowned Hauslab-Liechtenstein World Global Map of 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller. Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 1950. Full description, with folding plate, of "the only known copy of the first published globular map of the western hemisphere and the first globular map on which the name America appears", consigned for sale by the anonymous owner.

Wallack, Nathan N., of Washington. [AUCTION CATALOGUE]: First Editions of American Authors; the extensive A. Edward Newton Collection; etc. Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 1948.

Wallis, Helen, and Sarah Tyacke, editors. MY HEAD IS A MAP: Essays & Memoirs in Honour of R. V. Tooley. 1973. Limited to 1,000 copies, published by Francis Edwards and Carta Press.

Walters Art Gallery. ILLUMINATED BOOKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE: an Exhibition held at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore, 1949.

Walters, Mrs. Henry. [AUCTION CATALOGUE]. Four Centuries of French Literature, mainly in superb bindings; Illuminated Manuscripts, [etc.] Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 1941.

Wanley, Humfrey. THE DIARY, 1715-1726. Edited by C. E. and Ruth C. Wright. 2 vols. Bibliographical Society, 1966.

Wantrup, Jonathan..AUSTRALIAN RARE BOOKS 1788-1990. Hordern House, 1987.

Warnecke, Friedrich. BUCHERZEICHEN (Ex-Libris) des XV.u. XVI Jahrhunderts von Dürer, Burgmair, Beham, Virgil Solis, Jost Amman u. A. Berlin. 1894, reprinted Nieuwkoop, 1970.

Warnock, Gabrielle. O’ Connell, Jeff. FACE TO FACE. London: Trident Press. [ 2004 ? ].

Warson, Andrew G. THE MANUSCRIPTS OF HENRY SAVILLE OF BANKE. Bibliographical Society, 1969.

Watry, Maureen. THE VALE PRESS. Charles Ricketts, a Publisher in earnest. Newcastle. London : Oak Knoll Press. The British Library. 2004. 4to

Webb, A. P. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF THOMAS HARDY, 1865-1915. 1916.

Weber, Carl J. FORE-EDGE PAINTING: A Historical Survey of a Curious Art in Book Decoration. New York, 1966.

Weil, E[rnst]. Four catalogues, no’s 15,16, 18, 19. No dates. In an envelope WEIL Ernst. Small collection of his catalogues ……..

Weinreb Architectural Books, B., Messrs. THE ARTS APPLIED: A Catalogue of Books. 1975. Nearly 2,000 items, catalogued and fully annotated by Denise Chafer and Hugh Pagan. Lavishly illustrated and indexed.

Weinreb Architectural Books, B., Messrs. THE SMALL ENGLISH HOUSE: A Catalogue of Books. 1977. Some 660 items, annotated, indexed and edited by Priscilla Wrightson. Numerous illustrations.

Wellcome Historical Medical Library. A CATALOGUE OF INCUNABULA IN THE WELLCOME HISTORICAL MEDICAL LIBRARY. By F. N. L. Poynter. 1954.

Wells Society, H. G. H. G. WELLS: a Comprehensive Bibliography. Foreword by Kingsley Martin. Third edition, with new index. 1972.

Wells, Gabriel. THE CARTER-POLLARD DISCLOSURES. New York, 1934.

Wells, Gabriel. [CATALOGUE OF] Rare Books, First Editions, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters from the Estate of the late Gabriel Wells. Charles S. Boesen, New York, n.d.

Wells, John. RUDE WORDS: a Discursive History of the London Library. 1991.

Welsh, Charles. A BOOKSELLER OF THE LAST CENTURY. Being some account of the life of John Newbery and of the books he published, with a notice of the later Newberys. 1885, reprint 1972.

Wendell, Barrett. A LITERARY HISTORY OF AMERICA. New York, 1931.

Wheatley, H. B. HOW TO CATALOGUE A LIBRARY. The Book-Lover’s Library, 1889.

Wheatley, H. B. HOW TO FORM A LIBRARY. The Book-Lover’s Library, 1887.

Wheeler, William A. AN EXPLANATORY AND PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY OF THE NOTED NAMES OF FICTION. Twenty-First edition, with appendix by Charles G. Wheeler. Boston & New York, 1891.

Whitall, W. Van R., Major, of Pelham, N.Y. [AUCTION CATALOGUE OF] the Notable Library. . . of Nineteenth Century Authors. American Art Association, New York, 1927.

White, Arthur S. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF REGIMENTAL HISTORIES OF THE BRITISH ARMY. Society for Army Historical Research, 1965.

White, William Augustus. CATALOGUE OF EARLY ENGLISH BOOKS, chiefly of the Elizabethan Period. Collected by William A. White and catalogued by Henrietta C. Bartlett. New York, 1926. Privately printed in an edition of 500 copies by the Pynson Printers.

Widener, Harry Elkins. A CATALOGUE OF SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND DRAWINGS IN THE LIBRARY OF HARRY ELKINS WIDENER. Privately printed, Philadelphia, 1910. Edition limited to 100 copies on Whatman’s hand-made paper.

Widener, Harry Elkins. A CATALOGUE OF THE WRITINGS OF CHARLES DICKENS IN THE LIBRARY OF HARRY ELKINS WIDENER. By A. S. W. Rosenbach. Philadelphia, 1918. Privately printed in a small edition.

Widener, Harry Elkins. A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS OF HARRY ELKINS WIDENER. By A. S. W. Rosenbach. 2 vols. Philadelphia, 1918. Privately printed in a small edition. The Widener Collection is in Harvard University.

Widener, Peter A. B. and Joseph E. [AUCTION CATALOGUE]. The Renowned Collections of Sporting and Colored Plate Books, illustrated by Alken, Pollard, Malton, etc. Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 1944.

Wiener, Joel H. A DESCRIPTIVE FINDING LIST OF UNSTAMPED BRITISH PERIODICALS 1830-1836. Roy. 8vo. Bibliographical Society, 1970.

Williams, Franklin B., Jr. INDEX OF DEDICATIONS AND COMMENDATORY VERSES IN ENGLISH BOOKS BEFORE 1641. Bibliographical Society, 1962.

Williams, George C. F., of Hartford, Conn. [AUCTION CATALOGUE OF] THE FINE HISTORICAL LIBRARY, [MAINLY AMERICANA]. Anderson Galleries, New York, 1926.

Williams, John C., of Morristown, N.J. [AUCTION CATALOGUE OF] THE LIBRARY. Part II only: English Literature. Anderson Galleries, New York, 1929.

Williams, Sidney H., and F. Madan. THE LEWIS CARROLL HANDBOOK: being a New Version of ‘A Handbook of the Literature of Rev. C. L. Dodgson’. Now revised and augmented by Roger Lancelyn Green. 1970.

Willis, G., and H. Sotheran, Messrs., booksellers. A CATALOGUE OF UPWARDS OF FIFTY THOUSAND VOLUMES OF ANCIENT AND MODERN BOOKS, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN... Now on sale at the very reasonable prices affixed. 1862.

Wilmerding, Lucius. [AUCTION CATALOGUE OF] THE IMPORTANT LIBRARY. 3 vols. Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 1950-51. I, Rare English Literature of the XVI-XIX century. II-III, Rare XVI-XIX century Continental Literature, including Manuscripts, Bindings, etc.

Wilson, Carroll A. THIRTEEN AUTHOR COLLECTIONS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, AND FIVE CENTURIES OF FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS. Edited by Jean C. S. Wilson and David A. Randall. 2 vols. New York, 1950. Privately printed for Charles Scribner’s Sons. Contains collections of: Alcott, Emerson, Hardy, Hawthorne, Irving, Longfellow, Lowell, Melville, Poe, Thoreau, Trollope, Whittier and Holmes.

Wilson, Edward M., and D. W. Cruickshank. SAMUEL PEPYS'S SPANISH PLAYS. Bibliographical Society, 1980.

Wilson, Neil. SHADOWS IN THE ATTIC. A Guide to British Supernatural Fiction 1820-1950. Introduction by Ramsey Campbell. British Library, 2000.

Windle, John, and Karma Pippin. THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN 1776-1847. A Bibliography. New Castle, 1999.

Windle, John. MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT GODWIN 1759-1797. A Bibliography of the First and Early Editions. Second Edition, revised and enlarged by Karma Pippin. New Castle, 2000.

Wing, Donald. SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND, WALES, AND BRITISH AMERICA, and of English Books printed in Other Countries, 1641-1700. 3 vols. For The Index Society, New York, 1945-51.

Winship, George P. CABOT BIBLIOGRAPHY. With an Introductory Essay on the Careers of the Cabots. London & New York, 1900.

Winsor, Justin. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE ORIGINAL QUARTOS AND FOLIOS OF SHAKESPEARE. With Particular Reference to Copies in America. Boston, J. R. Osgood & Co., 1876. Only 250 copies printed.

Wintenich, John T. A PRIMER OF BOOK-COLLECTING. Enlarged edition. New York, 1935.

Winthrop, Bronson, of New York. [AUCTION CATALOGUE]: Rare English & French Literature, Classics, Aldine Press Publications, Incunabula. Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 1945.

Wise, Thomas James. THE ASHLEY LIBRARY. A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters. 11 vols. Printed for private circulation only, 1922-36. Only 200 sets printed. Some vols. contain presentation inscription from Wise to Arthur Swann.

Wise, Thomas James. A BROWNING LIBRARY. A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters by Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 1929. Only 160 copies printed for private circulation. This is a presentation copy inscribed by Wise to Arthur Swann.

Wise, Thomas James. LETTERS OF THOMAS J. WISE TO JOHN HENRY WRENN. A further Inquiry into the Guilt of Certain Nineteenth Century Forgers. Edited by Fannie E. Ratchford. New York, 1944.

Witt, Mario M. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED BY DAVID STEEL AND HIS SUCCESSORS. Greenwich Maritime Monographs, 1991.

Wolff, Robert Lee. NINETEEN-CENTURY FICTION: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE. 5 vols. 1981-86. Presentation copy to the Library from R. A. Brimmell who supplied many of the books in the collection and advised the author.

Wood, Harry B. GOLFING CURIOS AND "THE LIKE". 1911, reprinted Pride Publications, Didsbury, 1980. With an appendix comprising a "Bibliography of Golf".

Woodin, William H., of New York. [AUCTION CATALOGUE]: First Editions, Original Drawings, Paintings, Caricatures: The work of the great English illustrators and authors of the XVII- XIX centuries. 3 vols. Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1941-42.

Woof, Robert. Hebron, Stephen, with Woof Pamela. ENGLISH POETRY 850 – 1850 THE FIRST THOUSAND YEARS with some romantic perspectives. Grasmwre: The Wordsworth Trust. 2000.

Woolmer, J. Howard. A CHECKLIST OF THE HOGARTH PRESS, 1917-1938. 1976. With a short history of the Press by Mary Gaither.

Woolmer, J. Howard. A CHECKLIST OF THE HOGARTH PRESS 1917-1946. Revised and enlarged edition. Revere, Penn., 1986.

Woolmer, J. Howard. MALCOLM LOWRY: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. Revere, Penn., 1983.

Woolmer, J. Howard. THE POETRY BOOKSHOP 1912-1935: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. Revere, Penn., & Winchester, 1988.

Woolmer, J. Howard. THE SAMURAI PRESS 1906-1909: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. Revere, Penn., 1986.

Wroth, Lawrence C. THE EARLY CARTOGRAPHY OF THE PACIFIC. New York, 1944. ‘Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America,’ Vol. 38, no 2.

Wroth, Lawrence C. SOME AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ART OF NAVIGATION 1519-1802. Associates of the John Carter Brown Library Providence, 1947.

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