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Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, 1873-2013

17. Pauling Personal Library. 1806-1998.

The 4,000+ volumes that form the personal library of Linus and Ava Helen Pauling are detailed in this section. Arranged according to author's last name, the books in the Personal Library bibliography are illustrative of the Paulings' many interests -- from pure science to sociological surveys to detective stories to crossword puzzles.


4,111 books

23. W.

(Page: 1 - 100)


Wade, Carlson.Vitamins, Minerals, and Other Supplements. New Canaan, Connecticut: Keats Pub., 1983. RA784 .W26125 1983.
Wagner, Arthur F. and Karl Folkers.Vitamins and Coenzymes. New York: Interscience Publishers, 1964. QP801.V5 W3.
Handwritten ownership signature of Linus Pauling.
Wagner-Rieger, Renate.Das Haus der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Festgabe zur 125-Jahrfeier d. Akademie. Wien: Köln, Graz, Böhlau in Komm., 1972. NA8005.A92 V58 1972.
Wain, John.Hurry on Down. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1960. PR6045.A249 H871 1960.
Wainwright, Donald S.Existentialist Essays. New York: Philosophical Library, 1965. AC8 .W2.
Wakeman, Frederic.The Hucksters. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1954. PS3545.A4323 H8 1954.
Walczak, Michael and Benjamin B. Ehrich.Nutrition and Well-Being. Reseda, California: Mojave Books, 1976. RA784 .W33.
Waldbott, George L., Albert W. Burgstahler and H. Lewis McKinney.Fluoridation : The Great Dilemma; foreword by Alton Ochsner. Lawrence, Kansas: Coronado Press, 1978. RA591.7 .W3.
Handwritten notes of Linus Pauling. 3 handwritten notes to Linus Pauling.
Walendy, Udo.Bild-Dokumente fur die Geschichtsschreibung? Vlotho (Weser): Verlag für Volkstum u. Zeitgeschichtsforschung, 1973. D743.42 .W33.
1 post card laid in.
Walford, Roy L.Maximum Life Span. New York: Avon, 1984. QP85 .W315 1984.
1 page TLS from the publisher laid in. 1 journal article pertaining to subject of book laid in.
Walford, Roy L.Maximum Life Span. New York: Norton, 1983. QP85 .W315 1983.
Handwritten notes of Linus Pauling.
Walker, Jearl.Light and Its Uses : Making and Using Lasers, Holograms, Interferometers, and Instruments of Dispersion : Readings from Scientific American. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, 1980. TA1688 .L53 1980.
Walker, Jearl.Roundabout : The Physics of Rotation in the Everyday World : readings from "the Amateur scientist" in Scientific American. New York: W.H. Freeman, 1985. QC125.2 .W27 1985.
Walker, Kath.We Are Going; poems. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1964. PR6045.A312 W4 1964.
Handwritten note to Ava Helen Pauling from the author. Handwritten note to Linus and Ava Helen Pauling laid in.
Walker, Morton.Chelation Therapy : How to Prevent or Reverse Hardening of the Arteries. New York: M. Evans, 1980. RC692 .W3 1980b.
Walker, Morton.Chelation Therapy : How to Prevent or Reverse Hardening of the Arteries. Stamford, Connecticut: Freelance Communications, 1982. RC692 .W341 1982.
Walker, Morton.Total Health; foreword by R.O. Brennan. New York: Everest House, 1979. R733 .W34 1979.
Wall, Frederick Theodore.Chemical Thermodynamics, a Course of Study. Illus. by Evan Gillespie. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, 1958. QD511 .W3.
Ownership stamp of Linus Pauling.
Wall, Frederick Theodore.Chemical Thermodynamics; A Course of Study. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, 1965. QD501 .W245 1965.
Wallace, Bruce and Theodosius Dobzhansky.Radiation, Genes, and Man. New York: Holt, 1959. QH652 .W3.
Handwritten ownership signature and stamp of Linus Pauling. Book review on front cover.
Wallach, Ira Jan.The Absence of a Cello. A novel. Boston: Little, Brown, 1960. PS3545 .W195 1960.
Handwritten ownership signature of Linus Pauling.
Wallach, Jacques Burton.Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests : A Handbook Synopsis of Laboratory Medicine. Boston: Little Brown, 1978. RB37 .W24 1978.
Handwritten ownership signature of Linus Pauling.
Wallach, Michael A. and Lise Wallach.Psychology's Sanction for Selfishness : The Error of Egoism in Theory and Therapy. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, 1983. BF38 .W35 1983.
Wallechinsky, David, Irving Wallace, and Amy Wallace.The People's Almanac Presents the Book of Lists. New York: Bantam Books, 1977. AG106 .P471 1977.
Wallis, Allen W. and Roberts, Harry V.The Nature of Statistics New York: Collier Books, 1962. HA29 .W3356 1962.
Handwritten note to Linus Pauling. Typewritten quiz tipped in.
Wallnöfer, Heinrich.Zauberdrogan, Arzte, Menschenopfer. Altmexikanische Heilmethoden. Stuttgart: J. Fink, 1967. E98.M4 W3 1967.
Walsh, Christopher.Enzymatic Reaction Mechanisms. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, 1979. QP601 .W242.
Walsh, Robert.Staying Alive : The Psychology of Human Survival [forewords by Dalai Lama and Linus Pauling]. Boulder: New Science Library; New York: Distributed in the United States by Random House, 1984. BF789.D5 W32 1984.
Handwritten note to Linus Pauling from the author.
Walter, Millis.The Demilitarized World and How to Get There. Followed by a discussion with Arthur L. Waskow. Santa Barbara, California: Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, 1964. JX1963 .M5857 1964.
Handwritten notes of Linus Pauling laid in.
Walter, Otis M.Speaking Intelligently: Communication for Problem Solving. New York: Macmillan, 1976. PN4121 .W323.
Handwritten note to Linus Pauling from the author.
Walters, Gary C. and Joan E. Grusec.Punishment. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, 1977. BF319.5.P8 W3.
Walton, Clarence C.Corporate Social Responsibilities. Belmont, California: Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1967. HD59 .W3.
Wambaugh, Joseph.The Glitter Dome. New York: Bantam Books, 1982. PS3573.A475 G57 1982.
Wambaugh, Joseph.The Onion Field. New York: Dell Pub. Co., 1979. HV6534.L7 W35 1979.
Wang, Herbert F. and Mary P. Anderson.Introduction to Groundwater Modeling : Finite Differences and Finite Element Methods. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, 1982. TC176 .W36.
Warburg, James P.Faith, Purpose and Power; A Plea for a Positive Policy. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1950. E744 .W3.
Warburg, James P.The West in Crisis. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1959. CB425 .W3.
Handwritten ownership signature of Linus Pauling.
Ward, Lock and Company, Ltd.A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to London : With Two Large Section Plans of Central London, Map of London and Twelve Miles Round, Railway Maps, Main Roads Out of London, Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens : and Twenty Other Maps and Plans. London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1930. DA679 .W31 1930.
London map tipped in. Handwritten ownership signature of Linus Pauling.
Ware, George W.Pesticides : An Auto-Tutorial Approach. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, 1975. SB951 .W32 1975.
Warren, David M.The Plot to Kill J.F.K.. Chicago: Novel Books, 1965. PS3573.A775 P51 1965.
Warren, Mashuri L.Introductory Physics. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, 1979. QC21.2 .W38 1979.
Warren, Robert Penn.Who Speaks for the Negro? New York: Vintage Books, 1966. E185.61 .W22 1966.
Handwritten note to Linus Pauling.
Warrington, C.J. and B.T. Newbold.Chemical Canada; Past and Present. Ottawa: Chemical Institute of Canada, 1970. TP26 .W361 1970.
Handwritten note to Linus Pauling from the author.
Warsaw Treaty Organization. Political Consultative Committee.Session of the Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Treaty States, Berlin, 28-29 May 1987 / [translated by Intertext]. Dresden, GDR: Verlag Zeit im Bild, 1987. JX1393.W2 O7451 1987.
Waser, Jürg.Basic Chemical Thermodynamics. New York: W.A. Benjamin, 1966. QD501 .W27.
Handwritten note to Linus Pauling from the author.
Wasserman, Harvey, Norman Solomon, Robert Alvarez and Eleanor Walters.Killing Our Own : The Disaster of America's Experience with Atomic Radiation. New York: Dell, 1982. RA1231.R2 W36 1982.
Handwritten notes of Linus Pauling on back cover.
Wasson, John T.Meteorites : Their Record of Early Solar-System History. New York: W.H. Freeman, 1985. QB755 .W374 1985.
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of New York, et al.Life-- How Did It Get Here? : By Evolution or by Creation? Brooklyn, New York: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, International Bible Students Association, 1985. BS659 .L54 1985.
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania.The Truth that Leads to Eternal Life. New York: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of New York, 1968. BX8526 .W322.
Handwritten notes of Linus Pauling.
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania.The Truth that Leads to Eternal Life. Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, 1981. BX8526 .W322 1981.
Waters, William Alexander.Physical Aspects of Organic Chemistry. With an Introduction by the Late Professor T. Martin Lowry. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, inc., 1937. QD251 .W34 1937.
Handwritten ownership signature of Linus Pauling.
Watson, James D.Double Helix. French; La Double Hélice : Compte Rendu Personnel de la Découverte de la Structure de l'ADN / James D. Watson, Prix Nobel de médecine trad. de l'américain par Henriette Joël; éd. <...> présentée par le Professeur Etienne Baulieu. Paris: Laffont; Hachette, 1984. QD341.A2 W314 1984.
Watson, James D.The Double Helix : A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. New York: Atheneum, 1968. QD341.A2 W3 1968c.
Watson, James D.The Double Helix : A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. New York: New American Library, 1968. QD341.A2 W3 1968d.
Watt, George Willard.Basic Concepts in Chemistry. Illustrated by James R. Holmes. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1958. QD31 .W32 1958.
Ownership stamp of Linus Pauling. Handwritten notes of Linus Pauling.
Wattenberg, Lee, et al., eds.Cancer Chemoprevention. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1992. RC268.15 .C36 1992.
Waugh, John L.T.The Constitution of Inorganic Compounds; Atomic Quantum Mechanics: Metals and Intermetallic Compounds. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1972. QD475 .W34.
Handwritten notes of Linus Pauling.
Waxman, Samuel Montefiore and Reba Paeff Mirsky.Reba Paeff Mirsky, May 25, 1902 - November 22, 1966. Published by Alfred E. Mirsky for family and friends of Reba Paeff Mirsky. New York: 1967. CT275.M563 R41 1967.
Weatherby, William John.Out of Hiding. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1968. PS3573.E165 O81 1968.
Weaver, Warren.The Scientists Speak. New York: Boni and Gaer, 1947. Q171 .W4.
Webb, John Leyden.Enzyme and Metabolic Inhibitors. New York: Academic Press, 1963. QP601 .W4.
Webb, S.J.Bound Water in Biological Integrity. Springfield, Illinois: C.C. Thomas, 1965. QP535.H1 W4 1965.
Presentation card tipped in from the author. Handwritten note of Linus Pauling.
Weber, Rudolph H. and Richard Gans.Repertorum der Physik. Leipzig, Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1915-1916. QC21 .W4.
Handwritten ownership signature of Linus Pauling.
Webster, Arthur Gordon.The Dynamics of Particles and of Rigid, Elastic and Fluid Bodies. Lectures on Mathematical Physics. New York: Stechert, 1922. QA845 .W4 1922.
Handwritten note to Linus from Ava Helen on front free endpage.
Webster, James.Vitamin C, the Protective Vitamin. Foreword by Robert L. Rowan. New York: Award Books; London: Tandem Books, 1971. TX355 .W381 1971.
Webster, John Clarence.An Historical Guide to New Brunswick. Fredericton, New Brunswick: New Brunswick Govt. Bureau of Information and Tourist Travel, 1947. F1042 .W38 1947.
Weckerling, Rudolf.Durchkreuzter Hass : vom Abenteuer des Friedens : Berichte und Selbstdarstellungen. Berlin: K. Vogt, 1961. DS135.G33 W421 1961.
Handwritten ownership signature of Linus Pauling.
Wedekind, Edgar Léon Waldemar Otto.Stereochemie. Mit 44 figuren im text. Berlin und Leipzig: W. de Gruyter and co. 1923. QD481 W381 1923.
Weeks, Mary Elvira.Discovery of the Elements. Easton, Pennsylvania: Journal of chemical education, 1939. QD466 .W4 1939.
Handwritten ownership signature of Linus Pauling.
Weglyn, Michi.Years of Infamy : The Untold Story of America's Concentration Camps. New York: Morrow, 1976. D769.8.A6 W43.
Book review laid in.
Wehner, Kay Y.Spirit of Tallinn. San Francisco: Courtney and Judd, 1991. PS3573.E37 S61 1991.
Handwritten note to Linus Pauling from the author.
Weik, Mary Hays.Shadow over America. New York: M. Weik, 1962. HV8964.U5 W41 1962.
Weil, Andrew.Health and Healing : Understanding Conventional and Alternative Medicine. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. R733 .W44 1983.
Weinbaum, Stanley G.The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum. Introd. by Isaac Asimov; afterword by Robert Bloch. New York: Ballantine Books, 1974. PS3545.E4636 B481 1974.
Weinberg, Steven.The Discovery of Subatomic Particles. New York: Scientific American Books, 1983. QC793.2 .W44 1983.
Handwritten note to Linus Pauling from the author.
Weiner, Michael A.The Way of the Skeptical Nutritionist : A Strategy for Designing Your Own Nutritional Profile. New York: Macmillan, 1981. TX353 .W35 1981.
Handwritten notes of Linus Pauling.
Weiss, Noel S. and Yuri N. Solovyev.Cancer is Our Common Enemy : U.S.-U.S.S.R. Research Exchange Program : June 4th, 1978, San Francisco State University. San Francisco, California: Issued by the American Russian Institute/Holland Roberts Center, 1978. RC267 .C341 1978.
Weissbluth, Mitchel, ed.Quantum Aspects of Polypeptides and Polynucleotides; A Symposium Held at Stanford University, California, March 25-29, 1963. Easton, Pennsylvania: Interscience Publishers 1964. QD415 .Q31.
Handwritten ownership signature of Linus Pauling.
Weisskopf, Victor.The Joy of Insight : Passions of a Physicist. New York: Basic Books, 1991. QC16.W516 A3 1991.
Handwritten note to Linus Pauling on the front free endpage. Birthday card and letter from Jay A. Erikson laid in.
Welch, Henry and Felix Marti-Ibanez.The Antibiotic Saga. New York: Medical Encyclopedia, 1960. RM267 .W4.
Ownership stamp of Linus Pauling.
Wellington, Dorothy Gaites, Eleanor J. Macdonald and Patricia F. Wolf.Cancer Mortality : Environmental and Ethnic Factors. New York: Academic Press, 1979. RC261 .W44.
TLS to Linus Pauling laid in.
Wells, Alexander Frank.Structural Inorganic Chemistry. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1950. QD481 .W44 1950.
Wells, Donald A.The War Myth. New York: Pegasus, 1967. U21.2 .W4.
Wells, H.G.Crux Ansata; An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church. New York: Freethought Press Association, 1953. BX1765 .W44 1953.
Wells, H.G..Experiment in Autobiography; Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (since 1866). New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934. PR5776 .A5 1934.
Handwritten note of Linus Pauling.
Wells, H.G., Julian Huxley, and George Philip Wells.The Science of Life. New York: Book League of America, 1936. QH309 .W41 1936.
Handwritten note to Ava Helen Pauling from Linus Pauling.
Wentworth, George and David Eugene Smith.Plane and Spherical Trigonometry and Tables. Boston; New York: Ginn and company, 1915. QA531 .W465 1915.
Handwritten ownership signature of Linus Pauling.
Werner, A.Lehrbuch der Stereochemie. Jena: G. Fischer, 1904. QD481 .W451 1904.
Handwritten ownership signature of Linus Pauling.
Wesley, David.Hate Groups and the Un-American Activities Committee. New York City: Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, 1962. E743.5 .W481 1961.
Wessells, Norman K. and Elizabeth M. Center, eds.Vertebrates : A Laboratory Text. Illustrator, Nina Shapley, authors, Henry B. Kistler, Jr. ... [et al.]. Los Altos, California: W. Kaufmann, 1975. QL812 .V471 1975.
West, Rebecca.The Harsh Voice : four short novels. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1956. PR6045.E8 H37 1956.
Weston, Shirley Telford.Confessions of a Girl Economist. New York: Pageant Press, 1963. HB501 .T491 1963.
Handwritten note to Linus Pauling from the author.
Wexley, John.The Judgment of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. New York: Cameron and Kahn; distributed by Cameron Associates, 1955. KF224.R6 W4.
Handwritten notes of Linus Pauling laid in. Article reprint of book subject matter laid in.
Wheatley, P.J.The Determination of Molecular Structure. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959. QD471 .W47.
Handwritten ownership signature of Linus pualing.
Wheeler, Joe L.Remote Controlled : How TV Affects You and Your Family. Hagerstown, Maryland: Review and Herald, 1993. HQ520 .W44 1993.
Wheeler, Mortimer, Sir.Rome Beyond the Imperial Frontiers. London: Penguin Books, 1955. HF377 .W44 1955a.
Handwritten ownership signature of Linus Pauling. Handwritten note by Linus Pauling.
Wheelwright, E.L.Capitalism, Socialism or Barbarism? The Australian Predicament : Essays in Contemporary Political Economy. Brookvale, N.S.W.: Australia and New Zealand Book Co., 1978. HC59 .W445 1978.
Handwritten note to Linus and Ava Helen Pauling from the author. TLS to Linus and Ava Helen Pauling.
Whelan, Elizabeth M. and Fredrick J. Stare.Panic in the Pantry : Food Facts, Fads, and Fallacies. New York: Atheneum, 1975. TX553.A3 W45 1975.
News article and clippings laid in. Handwritten notes of Linus Pauling.
Wheland, George Willard.Advanced Organic Chemistry. New York: J. Wiley, 1949. QD251 .W49 1949.
Handwritten ownership signature of Linus Pauling.
Wheland, George Willard.Resonance in Organic Chemistry. New York: Wiley, 1955. QD471 .W5 1955.
Handwritten ownership signature of Linus Pauling.