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Van Randwijk, de La Haye, M.-W.J.
CATALOGUE DES TABLEAUX ET AQUARELLES DE W.J. Van Randwijk, de La Hay . Le Mardi 11 Avril 1916.
pp. 16 + Plus Thirty-seven high quality photo engravings. Wide margins. Uncut. Folio. Original full gold stamped green cloth binding, very slightly worn. Widener family copy of an important catalogue of French and Dutch Masters. 38 works catalogued; most illustrated in lovely black and white plates. Among the artists represented: Akkeringa, Jules Dupre. Bosboom, Corot, Daubigny, Jozef Israels, Jean Francois Millet, Albert Neuhuys and Troyon. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ART 3
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VAQUER Enrique.
EL GRABADO EN TALLA DULCE, COMO EXPRESION ARTISTICA APLICADA A DOCUMENTOS DE GARANTIA.
Discurso recepción académica, contestación de Marceliano Santa María.
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Various Contributors
The Illustrated London News: July 14, 1883 *Daphne Ship-Launch Disaster at Glasgow*
Front page loose but present and presents six sketches of 'The Ship-Launch Disaster at Glasgow" - The Daphne capsized upon launch with much loss of life. New items: Mr. Gladstone immolates eight ministerial bills; Wimbledon competition more popular than ever; Malagasy envoys leave for home; Good news from Ireland - a lessening of crime and upset; Update on Cholera outbreak at Damietta; The Ship-Launch Disaster at Glasgow; Live-Saving Apparatus on the Serpentine; The New Steam-Ship Tartar; Banquet to Mr. Henry Irving; National Sports; Parisian Sayings and Doings; Death of the Duke of Marlborough; Royal activities; Church news; Benevolence and Self-Help; Ben Nevis Meteorological Station; Funeral of Mr. W. Spottiswoode; General Home News; The City of London College; Two pages of Classified Ads (please note that this page is loose but present). Full page of sketches of "Complimentary Dinner to Mr. Henry Irving at St. James Hall. Half-page illustration of 'Trial of life-saving apparatus on the Serpentine, Hyde Park. Half-page engraving of "The Union Steam-Ship Company's Royal Mail-Steamer Tartar. Very dramatic two-page engraving entitled "The Great Disaster at a Ship Launch on the Clyde - Sinking of the Daphne, with Two Hundred Men. Above-average but not excessive wear. Includes separate supplement which consists of two full-page engravings - the first shows a kneeling man gardening while tenderly holding an infant, the second shows a sad kitchen scene from a picture by W.H.Weatherhead with the caption "For men must work and women must weep, Though storms be sudden and waters deep, And the harbour bar be moaning - C. Kingsley". The Ben Nevis Summit Observatory - Six sketches on one page. Opening of the City of London College - two sketches; Funeral of the late Mr. W. Spottiswoode, F.R.S., in Westminster Abbey - 4 sketches. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling overall. Perforations along spine indicate this copy from a disbound volume. Magazine
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VELASCO AGUIRRE, Miguel.
Catálogo de grabados de la Biblioteca de Palacio.
M., Gráficas Reunidas, 1934, 29’5 x 23 cm., ilustraciones intercaladas, VIII págs. – 1 h. – 540 págs. - 2 h. (Ejemplar intonso. Tirada de 600 ejemplares).
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Verdun - BODENEHR, Gabriel
Verdun. Eine von denen Dreyen dem H. Röm. Reich von der Cron Franckreich Entzogenen Reichs Staetten in Lothringen. Gesamtansicht mit gestochener Legende links.
(Augsburg). (Um 1720). Kupferstichblatt. Format ca. 16 x 30 cm (Am unteren Rand etwas knapp beschnitten).
Référence libraire : 138900
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Vereschagin, Vladimir
EXLIBRIS für Mariella Hagedorn. Radierung.
St. Petersburg, 1999. Im Carte de visite-Format, auf festem, schwach getöntem Bütten. 4 x 7,2 cm.
Référence libraire : 61260
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VERNE, Jules (text); [Jules] Ferat (vignettes); [Adolph-Francois] Pannemaker (engravings)
Les Voyages Extraordinaires: Aventures de Trois Russes et de Trois Anglais L'Afrique Australe
Paris: Librairie Hachette 1929. Reprint originally published in 1872. Octavo 27cm; red cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover and decoration blind stamped to rear cover; gilt topstain; iv12-2042pp; black-and-white vignettes to frontispiece and throughout. Text in French. La Grande Librairie sticker to lower rear pastedown. Lightly spine-faded with light oxidation to spine titling slight spine lean shelf-wear and faint tanning to page margins; Very Good. <br /> <br /> "From the 1870s on JV's work tended to repeat itself in gradually darkening hues though he never lost the sense of the fundamental usableness of science and technology a sense vital to 20-century sf science fiction where - as with JV - usableness tends to serve as its own justification" see Clute & Nicholls The Encycopedia of Science Fiction p.1277. CLUTE & NICHOLLS p. 1277. 88417. Librairie Hachette unknown
Référence libraire : 88417
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VERTUE (George)
A Description of the Works of the Ingenious Delineator and Engraver Wenceslaus Hollar, Disposed into Classes of Different Sorts; With some Account of His Life.
Second Edition, with additions, 4to, vi,151,[1]pp., with the armorial bookplate of Lady Frances Scott, engraved frontis., light water stain to lower outer corner of first 15 pages, cont. calf, hinges cracked, label chipped. First published in 1745 and Dedicated to the Duchess of Portland, from whose most extensive collection it was compiled. Vertue derived much of the information for the life of Hollar from the younger Faithorne and Mr. F. Place, both of them engravers, who were very conversant with Hollar during his residence in London.
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VESEY-FITZGERALD Brian
Rivermouth. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a title-vignette and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, a very good, firm copy in unclipped and very lightly browned dustwrapper.
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Via Appia - SECCHI, P. A. (Angelo)
Misura della base trigonometrica eseguita sulla Via Appia per ordine del Governo Pontificio nel 1854 - 55. Dal P. A. Secchi D. C. D,. G.
Roma. Tipografia della Rev. Camera Apostolica 1858. (6), 197, (1) pages and 6 (3 folded) plates in steel engraving. Harc cover binding with spine lettering. (A little rubbes. Paper partially spotted. Title with library stamp). 30x22 cm
Référence libraire : 135295
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Vidocq Eugene; George Cruikshank Engravings
Memoirs of Vidocq: The Principal Agent of the French Police
Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson 1859. First American Edition. Very Good. First American edition first printing. Follows the original French and some multi-volume British editions with ghostwritten material tacked on. 580 2-12 1 pp. Publisher's brown pebbled cloth front stamped in blind gilt spine lettering yellow ad endpapers. A Very Good copy with cloth worn away along head and tail lettering a little oxidized and rubbed light sporadic foxing penciled name on first blank erased pencil on title page plates toned. The autobiography of the first private detective Eugene Francois Vidocq a former criminal and father of criminology. His exploits inspired Edgar Allan Poe to create detective fiction as a genre. T.B. Peterson unknown books
Référence libraire : 140940505
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Vidocq, Eugene; George Cruikshank [Engravings]
Memoirs of Vidocq: The Principal Agent of the French Police
Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson 1859. First American Edition. Very Good. First American edition first printing. Follows the original French and some multi-volume British editions with ghostwritten material tacked on. 580 2-12 1 pp. Publisher's brown pebbled cloth front stamped in blind gilt spine lettering yellow ad endpapers. A Very Good copy with cloth worn away along head and tail lettering a little oxidized and rubbed light sporadic foxing penciled name on first blank erased pencil on title page plates toned. The autobiography of the first private detective Eugene Francois Vidocq a former criminal and father of criminology. His exploits inspired Edgar Allan Poe to create detective fiction as a genre. T.B. Peterson unknown
Référence libraire : 140940505
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Villari, Sergio; Gottlieb, Eli (Translated by)
J.N.L. Durand (1760-1834): Art and Science of Architecture
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 102 pages. "Analysis of the architect's thought and influence is accompanied by photographs of all of Durand's built work as well as by drawings and engravings of his theoretical projects."
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Virgil. (Publius Vergilius Maro) [70-19 B.C.].
PUBLII VERGILII MARONIS. BUCOLICA ET GEORGICA.
pp. 15, 144, 3 + Plus numerous full-page and folding engraved plates. Illustrated throughout with engraved vignettes, culs-de-lampe, etc. Normal foxing and off-setting. Tall 8vo. [221 x 135 mm.] Contemporary full leather binding, worn. Lacks original spine label. Generally, Very Good. "Containing only the Bucolics and Georgics, this work was left unfinished by old Pine, and was published by his son Robert" - Dibdin II, p. 561. Probably, in realit y, somewhat scarcer than Pine's justly famous Horace.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! W153
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Vogt, Siegfried
Lüneburger Heide.
o.J. Original-Radierung, rechts unten am Rand mit Bleistift signiert. Plattenmaß: ca. 8,5 x 6,5 cm, Blattmaß ca. 20 x 15 cm. Unter schlichtem, blaßgelben Passepartout.
Référence libraire : 77664
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Volkmann, Artur
Jüngling, ein Pferd am Zügel führend. Kaltnadelradierung, in der Platte monogrammiert.
[ca. 1915]. Bildgröße 12 x 8 cm, Blattgröße: 24 x 15 cm. Auf Feinkarton aufgezogen.
Référence libraire : 81181
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VS Pritchett; Reynolds Stone [engravings]; Paul Theroux [intro] V S
The Turn of the Years: The Season's Course / As Old as the Century Limited Edition Signed by Pritchett and Theroux
Salisbury Wiltshire: Michael Russell 1982. Near Fine/Very Good. Salisbury Wiltshire: Michael Russell 1982. First Edition Limited to 150 signed copies of which this is no. 28. Slim 12mo; publisher's green cloth pictorial paste-on to upper cover in original glassine dust jacket; 48pp.; woodcut frontispiece illus. throughout. A hint of shelf wear glassine a bit wrinkled else a Fine example. Signed by Pritchett and Theroux on limitation page. Michael Russell unknown
Référence libraire : 28363 ISBN : 0859550907 9780859550901
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VV.AA.
1542-1591. VIDA DE NUESTRO PADRE SAN JUAN DE LA CRUZ EN LAMINAS COMO RECUERDO DE SU TERCER CENTENARIO.
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VV.AA.
GRABADO EN SEVILLA JUNIO-JULIO 1997.
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VV.AA.
TESTS. BINET-SIMON.
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W C Taylor, LLD , endpapers rub & scuffed &worn, illustrated numerous engravings, Inner Hinges Starting, Preface by American Edi
History of France & Normandy from Earliest times to revolution of 1848 with questions for examination at end each Section Pinnocks School Series
Thomas Cowperthwait & Co Phil 1848. HBNODJ issued 1848 1st US Edition Stated from Third English Edition Brown cloth with leather at spine Lettered in Gold Gilt spine Cover rub wear & Scuff extremities & edges & tiny chips creases spine 444 pages Chronological Index Interior nice tight clean Light wear & FoxingNF/VG AS-IS NODJ Pencil note on Page. First Edition. Hard Cover. Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co, Phil hardcover
Référence libraire : 690
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Walpole, Hugh Engravings by Lynton Lamb
THE APPLE TREES. Four Reminiscences. signed
Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press 1932. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Lynton Lamb. Limited edition of 500 with this being hand numbered 245 1932. A Very Good book. SIGNED by Walpole on dedication page. 8vo. 73 pp. bound in publishers red leather backed patterned cloth boards top edge gilt. Spine is lightly faded. Very minor rubbing to tips and edges. Very small spot at top of FFEP that fades through to dedication page. Text is clean and unmarked engravings are crisp. A SCARCE title. "This is a fabulous account of Hugh Walpole's early life and a must read if you are a fan of his work." review. The Golden Cockerel Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 35365
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Walt Whitman; Boyd Hanna (wood engravings)
Leaves of Grass LIMITED EDITION
The Peter Pauper Press. Collectible - Very Good. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES! Mt Vernon: Peter Pauper Press. No date given possibly 1950. Limited to 1100 copies this one un-numbered. Hardcover folio 400 pgs. B/w and red frontis and engravings. Near fine in a fair slipcase. Brown leather spine over brick cloth with cream and green leaves. Worn rear panel and rear flap of cellophane dust jacket present the rest missing. Light wear to spine heel. Light off-setting to pgs opposite plates. Contents clean and binding sound. Slipcase quite worn and seams starting to split. Inquire if you need further information. The Peter Pauper Press hardcover
Référence libraire : B33500-FT-WHI
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Walter de la Mare | Elizabeth Rivers (Wood Engravings by)
On the Edge: Short Stories
London: Faber & Faber Limited 1930. Hardcover. First Edition: Limited to 300 numbered copies signed by the author. This copy being No. 18 and signed by the author on the Limitation Page. 6 x 9.25in. xi. 331pp. Publisher's cloth boards with gilt decoration and titling. FINE/AS NEW. Flawless. As pictured. Faber & Faber Limited hardcover
Référence libraire : 32214
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Walter Shewring | Simon Brett (Engravings] | Christopher Skelton [Designer & Printer]
SPECIAL PRESS TRANSLATIONS AND POEMS
Marlborough Wilts England: Paulinus Press 1984. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s pink silk bonding with a cream label to the spine lettered in gilt with slipcase; 55 pages with illustrations and a set of proofs; signed by the author Walter Shewring; the engraver Simon Brett the engraver; Christopher Skelton the printer; and Clare Skelton the binder.~~This edition limited to twenty-five special copies printed on Zerkall mould-made paper with additional pages bearing impressions of the engravings printed direct from the wood blocks; in the rear of the book is a loose set of proofs of the engravings on japon printed and signed by the artist.~~This special edition is signed by the author the engraver the printer and the binder “in recognition of its being the last book produced at Skelton’s Press under Christopher Skelton’s ownershipâ€. Fine binding. Paulinus Press unknown
Référence libraire : 297106
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Ward, Lynd (Engravings)
Mad Man's Drum. A Novel in Woodcuts.by Lynd Ward Madman's Drum
Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith New York NY 1930. First Edition. 1st Printing. Unpaginated pages. Nice Firm copy ! Previous owner names. Size: 8vo. Fiction Modern::Crime/Mystery/Suspense 5923 hardcover
Référence libraire : 139760
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Warner, W; Wm A Martel and Songs [Photography and Engravings]
Illustrated Souvenir of Brandon Manitoba
Brandon Manitoba Canada: W. Warner Publishers Brandon Manitoba Printed by Der Nordwestern Publishing Co. Ltd. N.D. Circa 1909. First Edition First Printing. Card Covers. Unpaginated pp. 44. Oblong 4to. measuring 26 x 31 cm. Illustrated bay card-covers bearing bright gilt lettering to the centre and held with its original string binding. Wonderfully illustrated with striking black-and-white period photographs of the young city of only 7250 persons. Includes views of its many notable landmarks including its City Hall various houses of worship agricultural scenes and vignettes its banking and centres of commerce one stunning full-page plate depicting Indigenous leader Light Feather many views of Brandon-area grain elevators and much else. Light chips along the edges of the covers faint foxing to the preliminary pages and rear endpaper else leaves quite well-preserved. Overall very good. Exceedingly rare in commerce. See Peel #3349 also corresponds to OCLC #224912573. <br/><br/> W. Warner, Publishers (Brandon, Manitoba) | Printed by Der Nordwestern Publishing Co. Ltd. unknown
Référence libraire : 5980
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Waterbury, Rev. J. B.
SKETCHES OF ELOQUENT PREACHERS.
256p. + Full Page Engraved Portraits with original tissue guards. Slightly foxed. XLib. Manuscript notes on rear fly leaf. 12mo. 190 mm. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind. Corners worn. Spine faded with loss at head and tail and near title. Hardbound. Very good. Brief sketches of John Summerfield, Archibald Alexander, Nettleton, Beecher, Payson, Chalmers, Dwight, Edwards, Whitefield, Baxter, Bunyan, Massilon, et. al. RELIGION BOX 10
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Waugh, Evelyn; Stone, Reynolds (wood engravings)
The Holy Places
London Great Britain: The Queen Anne Press 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 38 pages 8vo. Limited Edition of 950 numbered copies. This is copy 917. Shelfwear to DJ: scuffing along edges and covers tanned covers and spine some light foxing and smudge marks. DJ in mylar. Fading along cloth board edges. Tight binding no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition. The Queen Anne Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 066330
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WEAVER, Afaa Michael; Wood engravings by Rosalyn Richards
Sandy Point
Lewisburg PA: The Press of Appletree Alley 2000. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Large octavo 69pp. illustrated. From The Bucknell University Fine Editions: A Series in Contemporary Poetry edited by Cynthia Hogue. A near fine copy in the publisher's abstract paste paper boards. Boards just a tinge warped in the same direction and the spine a tinge cocked; else lovely. The colophon reads: "This book was hand-set in 14 pt. Spectrum monotype with titling in Open Kapitalen both Van Krimpen types. Designed and set by Jason Urban and Juanita Bishop this edition was printed by Barnard Taylor and Juanita Bishop in Rives lightweight mouldmade paper with a Vandercook No. 4 press. The wood engravings were printed directly from the blocks. Each book has been hand-bound by Don Rash in cloth and paper over boards using an original abstract paste paper." This is number 35 of 125 limited copies each of which is SIGNED by Weaver and Richards on the colophon. A striking production. Laid-in is a letter from the previous owner to the publisher enclosing a check for his copy and lamenting the then-imminent demise of the press. The Press of Appletree Alley hardcover
Référence libraire : 12345
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Weidenhaus, Elfriede
Exlibris Dr. Günther Findel. Radierung.
ohne Jahr. Bildgröße 10 x 6,5 cm; Blattgröße 14 x 9 cm.
Référence libraire : 79737
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Weidenhaus, Elfriede
Exlibris Fritz Hopf. Radierung.
[1969]. Bildgröße 10 x 7 cm; Blattgröße 15 x 9 cm.
Référence libraire : 79729
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Weld, H. Hastings (Editor).
SCENES IN THE LIVES OF THE APOSTLES.
239p. + Frontis, Engraved Half Title with Vignette and Six Full Page Powerful Steel Engravings by John Sartain. Engravings foxed. Text has some foxing. All edges gilt. Tall 8vo. 237 mm. Original red leather binding. Boards elaborately decorated in gold. Spine loose with loss at head and tail. Hardbound. Very good. John Sartain (1808-1897) was born in London. In 1830, he emigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia. For about ten years after his arrival in the U.S. he painted portraits in oil and miniatures on ivory. During the same time, he found employment in making designs for banknote vignettes, and also in drawing on wood for book illustrations. He is most famous as a pioneer, promoter, and master practitioner of mezzotint engraving in the United States. RELIGION BOX 8
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WENGENROTH, Stow.
Making a Lithograph. “ How to do it ” Series, n° 11.
London and New York, The Sudio Limited and The Studio Publications Inc. 1936, 255x200mm, 79pages, editor's binding. Hardcover with an illustrated cover. Book in good condition.
Référence libraire : 120782
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Westall (William) (from drawings by), Moule (Thomas) (descriptions by), Finden (Edward) (engraved by, and under the direction of).
Great Britain illustrated : a series of original views.
1830 Charles Tilt, London, 1830. Un volume in-4 demi maroquin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs orné de caissons dorés, titre doré, tranches marbrées, VI + 119 pages, nombreuses gravures (une vignette de titre + 108 vignettes sur 59 pl. hors-texte), texte en anglais. Quelques rousseurs, néanmoins bel exemplaire.
Référence libraire : 2697
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WESTHEIM, Paul.
El grabado en madera.
México, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1954, 17 x 10’5 cm., cartoné original, 297 págs. con ilustraciones intercaladas – 3 h.
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Wheelock John Hall; wood engravings by Stefan Martin
In Love and Song: Poems
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1971. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition / Near fine condition dust jacket. The dust jacket has minor wear to the extremities. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
Référence libraire : 9014570 ISBN : 068412498X 9780684124988
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WHITE Gilbert
The Natural History of Selborne. Edited with an Introduction by James Fisher. Illustrated with Wood Engravings by Claire Oldham. [Second Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations (several full-page) in the text; original navy buckram, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small loss (affecting lettering) at tail of backstrip. Bright copy of an attractive edition, first issued in 1947. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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White, Newman Ivey-editor; wood engravings by Clare Leighton
The Frank C. Brown Collection of NORTH CAROLINA FOLKLORE 7 volume set complete
Durham North Carolina: Duke University Press 1959. 2nd printing. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. Mixed printings Vol.1 2 3 -2nd printings 1959; Vol.4 5 6 7 printed in '57 '62 '61 '64 respectively. A Very Good set in Poor Fair & Good dust jackets. 8vos. each volume approximately 650 pages. illustrated with b&w wood engravings and frontispieces. Uniformly bound in tan cloth with tan dust jackets. The dust jackets have browned spines with most of the volumes having missing/detached areas on the spine. Several volumes are detached along the spine and now held in place with the mylar sleeve. Duke University Press unknown
Référence libraire : 36103
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Whitfield, Christopher Engravings by John O'Connor
TOGETHER AND ALONE. Two Short Novels. signed by author and artist
London: The Golden Cockerel Press 1945. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition of 100 bound in 1/4 white morocco with this being number 44 1945. SIGNED by O'Connor and Whitfield on colophon. Stamp "Bound by S & S London" inside front cover Sangorski & Sutcliffe were binders to Cockerel Press. A Very Good copy. 8vo. 109 pp. bound in 1/4 white morocco and marbled cloth with title in gilt on spine top edge gilt. Very minor soiling to morocco with slight rubbing at base of spine. Text is unmarked engravings are clean and bright. A beautiful book. The Golden Cockerel Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 35382
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WHITFIELD, Christopher: O'CONNOR, John (Engravings by).
TOGETHER AND ALONE. Two Short Novels.
The Golden Cockerel Press London 1945. . 8vo 109pp black and white illustrations top edge gilt. A good hardback copy in marbled cloth with cream cloth spine. Covers rubbed corners lightly bumped. Edges foxed. . Number 225 in a limited edition of 500 copies. . The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1945. hardcover
Référence libraire : 111926
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Whymper, Edward [Engravings by]
Winter Pictures By Poet and Artist
London: The Religious Tract Society 1875. First edition undated 1875. Winter themed poetry illustrated with engravings. Emerald green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black 180 pages. Covers lightly scuffed with modest fraying to corners and spine ends good hinges sound text block clean pages with some light age-related speckling tiny name stamp at upper corner of title page no other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Religious Tract Society Hardcover
Référence libraire : 037692
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Wilde Oscar; Eugene Detet Engravings; Paul Thiriat Drawings
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Paris: Charles Carrington 1910. First Illustrated Edition. Very Good. First illustrated edition. 312 pp. with publisher's tipped-in slip announcing delay and frontispiece. Original white three-quarter faux vellum over gray boards with gilt ruling and spine lettering. Very Good with dampstaining to foot toning to head contents generally bright and in nicer shape. In a serviceable example of the rare original jacket chipped at head 2" and tail small closed tear to top of front panel rubbed along edges toning and dampstaining to spine. Oscar Wilde's classic Gothic horror tale with full-page wood engravings by Eugene Dété from drawings by Paul Thiriat each with a tissue guard titled in crimson. Charles Carrington unknown books
Référence libraire : 140940357
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Wiley, Rev. I. W.; China; Japan
CHINA AND JAPAN: A Record of Observations Made During a Residence of Several Years In China, and a Tour of Official Visitation To the Missions of Both Countries In 1877-78.
548p. + Frontis. Illustrated with numerous full page engravings. Title page ruled in red and printed in red and black. Paper beginning to brown at edges. Some soiling. A few leaves torn without loss. Inner hinges cracked. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, decorated and lettered in gold and black. Binding very worn. Hardbound. The author, Isaac W. Wiley, was a pastor, medical and educational missionary, and influential bishop of the former Methodist Episcopal Church. Wiley College, founded in 1873 by the Freemen's Aid Society to educate newly freed slaves, was named for him. He served as a missionary for some years in China and returned to organize missionary activity in the Far East. This account of his travels makes interesting reading. He visited and describes many places, customs, sights, religions. In China: Shanghai; Peking; Kiukiang; Foochow; Hong Kong; Canton - in Japan: Yokohama; Nagasaki; Tokio (Tokyo); among other places. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL/3
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William Shakespeare [Essay by Barry Cornwall; Engravings by Kenny Meadows]
The Works of Shakespeare: 3 Volumes
London: William S. Orr 1846. Nice copy. large octavo. cloth binding xxxii 602 568 488 132pp. engravings text ills. glossary With hundreds of engravings & text illustrations. Some light foxing mainly to prelims o/w a very nice set which has been very nicely rebound with new end papers in green buckram with raised bands at spine & red title-labels. All edges marbled. Quite a handsome set William S. Orr hardcover
Référence libraire : 157997
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WILLIAMS, JOHN & BAXTER, G (Wood Engravings)
A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands; with Remarks Upon the Natural History of the Islands Origins Languages Traditions and Usages of the Inhabitants Sixth Thousand
J Snow 1837. SIXTH THOUSAND octavo half leatherbound brown heavy boards gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to spine with rsaised bands also aeg frontispiece illus title page xviii 590pp illus VG moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork minor fading & rubbing to boards moderate soiling to gilt page edges & eps occasional light cracking to gutters prev. owner's name in ink to prelims moderate foxing throughout J Snow 1837 hardcover
Référence libraire : 356941
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Winkles, Benjamin; Engravings From Drawings From Sketches By Robert Garland ;Descriptions By Thomas Moule; Bookplate Of Francis
Winkles's Architectural And Picturesque Illustrations Of The Cathedral Churches Of England And Wales; The Drawings Made From Sketches Taken Expressly For This Work. By Robert Garland Architect. With Descriptions By Thomas Moule.Volumes I And Ii Of Iii
London: Effingham Wilson 1836 1838 1836. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Xx 144;Viii 140 Pp. Blue Polished Cloth Spines Red Morocco Spine Labels Spines Gilt Marbled Boards And Marbled Endpapers. First Printings; Vol. Iii Published In N1842 By Another Publisher. Some Wear With Fraying At Corners Hinges Tight; Contents Clean But Light Foxing To Pages And Plates Severe Foxing To Frontispieces. Bookplate Of Francis Towner Laney Editor Of The Acolyte A Science Fiction Fanzine From 1942-1946 A Total Of 14 Issues Dedicated To Articles About Fantasy Fiction With Particular Emphasis On H. P. Lovecraft And His Circle. Laney's Essay "The Cthulhu Mythology: A Glossary" Initially Published In The Winter 1942 Issue Was Expanded At The Request Of August Derleth And Became Part Of The 1943 Arkham House Lovecraft Anthology Beyond The Wall Of Sleep. Contributors Included Clark Ashton Smith And Donald Wandrei. The First Two Issues Were Hectographed The Remainder Were Mimeographed. Due To Its Influential Role In The Field It Is Indexed In The Science Fiction Fantasy & Weird Fiction Magazine Index Compiled By Stephen T. Miller & William G. Contento As Well As Fanzine Indexes. It Was Nominated For The 1946 Retrospective Hugo Award For Best Fanzine Losing To Forrest J Ackerman's Voice Of The Imagi-Nation. <br/> <br/> Effingham Wilson 1836 1838 hardcover
Référence libraire : 036981
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WINKLES, B.
French Cathedrals. From drawings taken on the spot by R. Garland. With an historical and descriptive account.
London, Charles Tilt, 1837, 27,5 x 19,5 cm., tela original con adornos repujados en planos, VIII págs. + 1 hoja ? 169 págs. ? 7 hojas + 50 bellas láminas grabadas al acero.
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Winters, Terry (wood engravings). Tallman, Sally (story by)
TERRY WINTERS/ SHADOWGRAPHS with SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE by SALLY TALLMAN
NY: Two Palms Pess 2002. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Portfolio of reproductions of 12 wood engravings 13 loose sheets with Winter's images on the left side of the sheet and Tallman's writings on the right. Some rubbing to title page else near fine. Two Palms Pess unknown
Référence libraire : 012914
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With a Map of the City, and Thirty-Nine Engravings
Glasgow Delineated in Its Institutions Manufacturers and Commerce
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 028207984X.G ISBN : 028207984X 9780282079840
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