Small Country Houses of To-Day; Vols 1-2
by Weaver, Sir Lawrence
London: Country Life, 1922. Hardcover. Orig. olive green cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt. 2 Vols. Very good. xv 222 & xv 212 pages. 29 x 22 cm. Volume I is the Third Edition Revised. Title pages printed in red and black. Host of illustrations printed on high gloss stock: photographs (interior and exterior), plats, and... Read More
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Lithographs of N. Currier and Currier & Ives
by Weaver, Warren A.
New York: Holport, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Very good. Currier & Ives. 159 pages. Illustrated with fifteen black and white plates. Chronology. Also, laid-in Supplement no. 12, twelve pages of additional Currier & Ives lithographs with prices. KARPEL K860. "The book contains a short historical introduction to Currier & Ives prints, followed by analphabetical listing... Read More
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American Beauty The Rose In American Art,1800-1920
by Weber, Bruce
New York: Berry-Hill Galleries, 1997. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 112 pages. 9 x 9". 58 color plates, 46 black and white illustrations, plus a host of text figures.
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A History Of Lithography
by Weber, Wilhem
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Fine in slightly nicked dust wrapper. 259 pages. 29 x 24 cm. 226 illustrations, with twenty in color. Traces the history starting with Alois Senefelder. Bibliography and Index. Interior clean and fresh.
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Great Prints & Printmakers
by Wechsler, Herman J.
New York: Abrams, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated gray cloth. Fine in very good clear plastic overwrapper as issued. 42 pages in text. 100 full-page plates, sixteen in color, and with thirty-seven additional illustrations. Most of the plates taken from the Rosenwald Collection, with the quality of the originals uniformly high.
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Cameron's Etchings: A Study & A Catalogue
by Wedmore, Frederick
London: R. Gutekunst, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Contemporary brown basket weave cloth lettered in gilt. Very good. 41 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Limited edition, copy 2 of 155 on rag paper, signed by Wedmore and inscribed to The Burlington Club. 152 descriptive entries covering the years 1888-1903 of D.Y. Cameron's etchings. Internally clean and fresh, slight bump... Read More
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Massasoit Of The Wampanoags
by Weeks, Alvin J.
Fall River: Privately Printed, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth slightly soiled. Very good. 270 pages.
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Rugs And Carpets of Europe and the Western World
by Weeks, Jeanne G. & Donald Treganowan
Philadelphia: Chilton, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. ruby cloth. Very good in slightly soiled dust wrapper. 251 pages. 26 x 18 cm. Abundantly illustrated in color and black and white. Bibiography. Index.
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Rugs and Carpets of Europe and the Western World
by Weeks, Jeanne G. & Donald Treganowan
Philadelphia: Chilton, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. purple cloth. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. 251 pages. Profusely illustrated with full-color and black and white plates. Bibliography.Index. Many of the illustrations are from private collections not ordinarily available for public inspection.
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American Miniatures, 1730-1850. One Hundred and Seventy-Three Portraits, Selected With a Descriptive Account With a etc.
by Wehle, Harry B.
Garden City: Garden City Publishing, 1937. Hardcover. Orig. two-toned cloth. Very good. 127 pages. Forty-eight plates. A Biographical Dictionary of The Arts by Theodore Bolton. General Bibliography. Index. KARPEL H145. "After brief chapters on the appeal and origin of miniatures and the use of ivory, Wehle organizes the subject by century and region. Wehle's and Bolton's work remain... Read More
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12 Years Of Picasso Prints At Auction 1979-1990 (Including Ceramics)
by Wehner, Albert (Editor)
Naples, Florida: Martin Gordon Inc, Nd. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. white cloth front cover lettered in gilt. Near fine in nicked dust wrapper. Picasso, Pablo. Unpaginated. 28.5 x 22 cm. 14017 entries, and Prints Listed By Catalogue Raisonne.
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French Tapestry
by Weigert, Roger-Armand
Newton: Charles T. Branford, 1962. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. 214 pages. 8vo, translated by Donald and Monique King. Four color plates and sixty-four in black and white. Bibliography. Index. Principal Weavers, Contractors, and Designers. Perhaps the most comprehensive and convenient history of French weaving to appear in print.... Read More
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Victoria Royal The Flowering Of A Style
by Wellman, Rita
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Very good in ragged dust wrapper lacking spine portion. 334 pages. 24 x 17 cm. Nearly 75 black and white illustrations. Bibliography. Index.
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These Three
by Wells, Gabriel
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Teg. Near fine. 91 pages. 19 x 12 cm. Preface by Andre Maurois. One of 750 copies designed by Frederic Warde.
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Tono-Bungay
by Wells, H.G.
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2008. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth, front and spine paper labels. Fine in matching decorated slipcase. 331 pages. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 52 of 300. Planitin text with Brush Script handset -- the 82 publication of the press. Laid-in 24 page pamphlet: Notes For Tono-Bungay by Edward Mendelson from the Penguin Classics... Read More
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Numismata Londinensia. Medals Struck By The Corporation Of London To Commemorate Important Municipal Events 1831 to 1893
by Welsh, Charles
London: Corporation of London, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter brown morocco and tan cloth boards. top edge yellow. Fine. 169 pages. 31.5 x 26 cm. Title page printed in red and black. Twenty six illustrations of medals with multiple images per page, all with tissue guards, printed on glossy stock. At rear an order sheet for Metals Struck... Read More
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The Musical Alphabet Arranged Expressly For The Instruction and Amusement of Children; Reprinted for the friends of Walter & Barbara Schatzki
by Welsh, Mrs. T.
New York: Walter & Barbara Schatzki, 1947. Reprint. Wraps. Orig. decorated wrapper front cover paper label. Very good. Four leaves. 34 x 25 cm. Illustrated in black and white with musical notations. Inside and free endpapers toned. Nicks to upper backstrip.
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Bye-Bye Brevoort; A Skit
by Welty, Eudora
Jackson, Mississippi: Palaemon Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter black morocco and dark blue/gray boards, backstrip lettered in gilt. Fine. 20 pages. 26 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy F of 50 signed in blue ink by Eudora Welty. The title was produced as part of the Off-Broadway production, "the Little Revue," which opened at the Phoenix Theatre... Read More
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Retreat
by Welty, Eudora
[Winston-Salem, N.C.]: Palaemon Press, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth spine, backstrip paper label and decorated boards. Fine. Four leaves. 26 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 2 of 150 copies signed by Eudora Welty. The Story first appeared in "River," published in Oxford, Mississippi in March 1937. Title page printed in red and black. A tale... Read More
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Women!! Make Turban in Own Home
by Welty, Eudora
Winston-Salem: Palaemon Press Limited, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. lime green boards. Fine. 13 pages. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 2 of 235 signed by Welty. This work first appeared in a slightly different form in the November 1941 issue of "Junior League Magazine." Two illustrations. Welty describes how her early years reading "Popular Mechanics" influenced... Read More
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Women !! Make Turban in Own Home !
by Welty, Eudora
[Winston-Salem, N.C.]: Palaemon Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. lime green boards lettered in black. Fine. 13 pages. 22.5 x 12.5 cm. Limited edition, publisher copy signed by Eudora Welty. Printed in an edition of 235 (1 - 200 for sale, and 35 copies for the author and publisher). Title page printed in green and black and two... Read More
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Bye-Bye Brevoort; A Skit
by Welty, Eudora
Jackson, Mississippi: Palaemon Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. marbled boards, front cover paper label printed in black and red. Fine. 20 pages. 26 x 16 cm. Limited edition, one of 400 signed by Eudora Welty. The title was produced as part of the Off-Broadway production, "the Little Revue," which opened at the Phoenix Theatre in New York City, 22... Read More
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Retreat
by Welty, Eudora
[Winston-Salem, N.C.]: Palaemon Press, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth spine and decorated boards. Fine. Four leaves. 26 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy III of 50 copies with an original aquatint by Ann Carter Pollard and signed by Ann Carter Pollard and Eudora Welty. The Story first appeared in "River," published in Oxford, Mississippi in March... Read More
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Ralegh In Guiana Rosamond And A Christmas Masque
by Wendell, Barrett
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth front cover lettered and decorated in gilt. Teg. Near fine. 143 pages. 21 x 14 cm. The author notes, "These two experiments in Elizabethan play writing were wholly mine. The third illustrates another phase of of Elizabethan work, so frequent as to make the actual authorship of almost... Read More
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The History Of The Translation Of The Blessed Martyrs Of Christ, Marcellinus And Peter
by Wendell, Barrett (English translation)
Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth.. Rogers, Bruce. 115 pages. 21.5 x 16 cm. Printed in red and black with typography by Bruce Rogers. A vivid glimpse of life in the ninth century; a hitherto scarcely known piece of mediaeval literature. ROGERS 285.
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