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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: 201 - 213)


Wretö, Tore.J.L. Runeberg. Translated in collaboration with the author, by Zelek S. Herman. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1980. PT9786.Z5 W7.
Handwritten notes to Linus Pauling from the authors.
Wright, Esther Clark.The Saint John River. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1949. F1044.S2 W71 1949.
Handwritten note on front endpage, author unknown.
Wright, Patrick.Grains and Greens / : Your Food Program for Eating Pleasure, Weight Control through Natural Health, and the Prevention of Metabolic Catastrophes. San Rafael, California: Wright Publications, 1990. RA784 .W751 1990.
Handwritten notes of Linus Pauling.
Wright, Quincy, William M. Evan, and Morton Deutsch, eds.Preventing World War III, Some Proposals. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962. JX1974 .W7.
Handwritten ownership signature of Linus Pauling. Ownsership stamp of Linus Pauling.
Wrinch, Dorothy.Fourier Transforms and Structure Factors. Cambridge, Massachusetts: American Society for X-Ray and Electron Diffraction, 1946. QA404 .W751 1946.
Writers' Program (Calif.)Monterey peninsula. Stanford, California: J.L. Delkin, 1946. F868.M7 W7.
Handwritten ownership signature of Ava Helen Pauling.
Writers' Program (Calif.)San Francisco : the bay and its cities. Sponsored by the city and county of San Francisco. New York: Hastings House, 1940. F869.S3 W95 1940.
Handwritten ownership signature of Ava Helen Pauling.
Wu, Hsien.A Guide to Scientific Living; How Man Can Apply Science to Achieve Optimum Living. Taipei, Taiwan: Academia Sinica, 1963. BJ966 .W81 1963.
Wuesthoff, Freda.Es ist keine Zeit mehr zu verlieren der Mensch im Atomzeitalter. There is No Time to be Lost Man in the Atomic Age. Ravensburg: O. Maier, 1957. UF767 .W8.
TL from the author laid in. Handwritten notes of Linus Pauling. Typewritten notes related to the book laid in. 1 page TLS laid in.
Wurtz, Charles Adolphe.A History of Chemical Theory from the Age of Lavoisier to the Present Time. Translated and edited by Henry Watts. London: MacMillan, 1869. QD15 .W95131 1869.
Handwritten notes of Linus Pauling.
Wyckoff, Ralph Walter Graystone.Crystal Structures. New York: Interscience Publishers, 1948-1960. QD951 .W9.
Kept-up-to date with supplements and replacement pages, which are interfiled with contents of each volume. Handwritten note to Linus Pauling from the author.
Wynder, Ernst Ludwig, ed.The Book of Health / The American Health Foundation, special editor, Sidney Hertzberg, associate editor, Ellen Parker. New York: Watts, 1981. RA776 .B666 1981.
Handwritten notes of Linus Pauling.
Wyndham, John.The Midwich Cuckoos. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1960. PR6015.A6425 M51 1960.