European Architecture in the 20th Century; Volume II: Part IIIThe Era of Functionalism 1924-1933
by Whittick, Arnold
New York: Philosophical Library, 1955. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in nicked dust wrapper. 271 pages. Voluminously illustrated with photographs, plans and drawings to scale -- XCII plates. Index. This set aims to present a balanced picture of 20th Century architecture in Europe, embracing all the main trends, new and experimental, traditional and conservative.... Read More
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
An Historical Survey Of The Ecclesiastical Antiquities Of France With A View To Illustrate The Rise And Progress Of Gothic Architecture In Europe
by Whittington, G.D.
London: J.Taylor, 1811. Second edition. Hardcover. Modern half brown morocco, marbled boards. Fine. xxiv, (2) 238 pages. 24.5 x 15 cm. Appendix, two publisher adverts at rear. The first try in English to review the progress of French and European studies of Medieval Architecture. Contents include some of the notable structures -- Notre Dame and other cathedrals. Brilliant... Read More
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
The Founders And Builders Of The Oranges; Comprising A History Of The Outlying District of Newark, Subsequently Known As Orange, And Of The Later Internal Divisions, Viz: South Orange, West Orange, and East Orange; Also A History Of The Early Settlers Or Founders, And Those Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth And Prosperity, Known As The Builders. 1866-1896
by Whittemore, Henry
Newark: L.J. Hardham, Printer And Bookbinder, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Very good. 468 pages. 30 x 25 cm. Illustrated with full page portraits and a host of black and white prints. Provides a detailed account of family generational histories with their portraits whom the author notes as "founders."... Read More
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
Writings
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 1894. Hardcover. Three quarter brown morocco, marbled boards and matching endpapers. Teg. Fine. 9 Vols. 22.5 x 15.5 cm. Large Paper Edition, copy 125 of 400, containing the Writings (7 volumes), and Samuel T. Pickard's, Life and Letters (2 volumes) with the bookplates of C.L. Huntley. Whittier was perhaps best known for his... Read More
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
Guatemala The Land and the People
by Whitten, Nathan L.
NewHaven: Yale Univ. Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrated. Bibliography. Index. Orig. decorated beige cloth. Fine in chipped dust wrapper.. 399 pp.
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
A Descriptive Finding List Of Unstamped British Periodicals 1830-1836
by Wiener, Joel H.
London: Bibliograhical Society, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Fine.. 74 pages. 25 x 17 cm. Oxford Bibliographical Society: for Year 1968.
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
Lithographs from the Tamarind Workshop
by Wight, Frederick S. (Text)
Los Angeles: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, 1963. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Fine. 31 pp. Illustrated in black and white. A circulating exhibition organized by the UCLA Art Galleries 1962-63.
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
Milestones of American Painting in Our Century
by Wight, Frederick S.
New York: Chanticleer Press, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Spine sunned. Orig blue cloth. Very good. 135 pages. With fifty illustrations, including twelve in color. Introduction by Lloyd Goodrich. General Bibliography. Index of Painters. Presentsworks by fifty outstanding painters of the period.
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
Hints To Young Architects, Calculated To Facilitate Their Practical Operations; With Additional Notes, And Hints To Persons About Building In The Country by A;J. Downing
by Wightwick, George
New York: John Wiley, 1851. Second American Edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark brown cloth embossed in blind, backstrip decorated and lettered in gilt. Near fine. [50] 157 pages. 24 x 15 cm. Illustrated with woodcuts. First published 1846 in London. HITCHCOCK 1401. Scattered intermittent foxing heavier in the first few and last leaves. An early version of today's "How... Read More
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
Select Examples of Architectural Grandeur In Belgium, Germany, And France: A Series Of Twenty-Four Sketches Drawn On The Spot; And Etched Under His Direction by John Le Keux, and Other Artists
by Wild, Charles
First edition: Henry G. Bohn, 1843. Second edition. Hardcover. Contemporary quarter roan spine and brown aubergine cloth. Very good. 16 pages in text. Folio, 38 x 28 cm. Full page etchings of prominent churches in countries mentioned in the tile. Text and illustrations exceptionally clean. Ex library with labels front cover pastedown, no exterior marks.
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
The Paintings of Fragonard. Complete Edition
by Wildenstein, Georges
New York: Phaidon, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Fine in chipped slipcase. Fragonard, Jean Honore. 339 pages. Small folio, 30 x 22 cm. 350 illustrations, eighteen in color. Translated from the French by C.W. Chilton and Mrs. A. Kitson.Bibliography. Index. Catalogue Raisonne. FREITAG 3067. LUCAS p145. RIGGS p79.
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
The Ballad Of Reading Gaol
by Wilde, Oscar
London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Orig. cream cloth and light brown cloth, spine darkened. Very good. 31 pages. 23 x 14 cm. One of a 1000 copies on handmade paper. The last edition to identify the author as "C.3.,3." -- Wilde was imprisoned in cell block C, landing C, Cell 3. This narrative, a tale of... Read More
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
The Ballad Of Reading Gaol
by Wilde, Oscar
London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. quarter cream and light brown cloth, spine darkened. Very good. 31 pages. 23 x 14 cm. "Of this Edition eight hundred copies have been printed on hand-made paper, and thirty copies on Japanese vellum." The last edition to identify the author as "C.3.,3." -- Wilde was imprisoned in cell block... Read More
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
A Woman Of No Importance
by Wilde, Oscar
London: John Lane, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Publisher's full mauve cloth stamped in gilt, spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Very good. 154 pages. 27.5 x 16 cm. Limited edition, one of 500 with 16 pages of advertisements at end (dated March 1894), Cover gilt design florets by Charles Shannon considerably influenced by his lifetime partner Charles Ricketts,... Read More
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
The Ides Of March
by Wilder, Thornton
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth lettered in gilt. Near fine in very good dust wrapper nicked head and foot. 198 pages. 20 x 15 cm. Wilder creates a study of Julius Caesar and of Rome during the last year of the latter's life. Signed by Wilder on title in ink, New... Read More
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
The Modern Movement in Art
by Wilenski, R.H.
New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1957. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Very good in chipped dust wrapper. 216 pages. Two color plates, and sixty-six black and white monochrome plates. Index. In this edition updated with a new Preface of 12000 words in which the author reviews the recent developments of art discussed in earlier volumes. LUCAS p.38.... Read More
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
Adam Smith im Lichte heutiger Staats- und Socialauffassung
by Neurath. Wilhelm
Wien & Manz: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 1884. First edition. Hardcover. Modern light gray boards. Near fine. 48 pages. 24.5 x 16.5. Neurath, an Austrian political economist of the late nineteenth century: a professor of economics at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna. Text clean but toned, lower corners bumped. Text in German.
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
The Amazing Continiuty The Drawings of Stuart Davis
by Wilken, Karen, & Lewis Kachur
New York: American Federation of Arts, 1992. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 143 pages. 10 x 10". 91 plates, most in color, plus text illustrations. Bibliography. Index.
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
Nishapur Some Early Islamic Buildings and Their Decoration
by Wilkinson, Charles K.
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth. Very good. 328 pages. 28 1/2 x 22 cm. Thirty-three color plates and a multitude of photographs, drawings, and plans to scale. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. One of the greatest cities in medieval Iran was Nishapur. It reached the height of its prosperity under the Samanids... Read More
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
Mathematical Magic: Or, The Wonders That may be performed by Mechanical Geometry In Two Books.; Concerning Mechanical (Powers. Motions) Being one of the most easie pleasant, useful (and yet most neglected) part of Mathematics. Not before treated of in this Language
by Wilkins, John
London: Printed for Edw. Gellibrand, 1680. Third edition. Hardcover. Modern three quarter brown calf, marbled boards, decorated endpapers Very good. 295 pages. 16.5 x 11.5 cm. "This short, condensed compendium . . . represents the first text on mechanics available in the English language . . . describing various machines, including strange devices and possibilities, such as a... Read More
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
Chinese Art
by Willetts, William
New York: Braziller, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. two-toned cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 2 vols. in one. More than100 illustrations. Subject Index. Index of Names. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER I527. "Exceptional for illustrations. Focuses on a branch of art in each period asrepresentative of the aesthetic achievement of the period." LUCAS p. 25.
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
An Extract from The Enemies of Books
by Blades William
Chicago: Norman Press, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gray cloth. Fine. Hazelrigg, Paul. 19 pages. 14 x 9 cm. Color decorations by Paul Hazelrigg. Mostly unopened.
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
Dandies Sans-Sis-Sous
by Williams, Charles
London: Thomas Tegg, 1818. Wraps. Very Good. Wiiliams, Charles. 26 x 40.5 cm. Etching with hand coloring. A scene in a cake shop, with two ladies taking their departure after eating from two dandies, both of whom declare themselves unable to pay the bill. The two ladies thank the lads for "nice cakes." Women behind the counter says,... Read More
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
Friendly Thumps__or a Receipt for Terminating Family Quarrels
by [Williams, Charles]
London: Thomas Tegg, 1822. Wraps. Very Good. Wiiliams, Charles. 25 x 40.5 cm. Hand colored etching. 1822 watermark. Text below title: "The Thumps to be repeated with 'Peace you monster _ Havee done you Termagent (a harsh-tempered or overbearing woman) _ Hands off you coward _ Retire you Verago_ this impartial application will operate on the risible muscles... Read More
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.
The Parson at his Studies___or___A Skittle Ground the wrong road to a BENEFICE
by Williams, Charles
London: Thomas Tegg, 1819. Wraps. Very Good. Wiiliams, Charles. 27 X 40 cm. Etching with hand coloring. 1819 watermark. The fellow with pipe says, " I think a game of skittles must be healthy exercise Doctor." Doctor: "Yes, Twas advised to it by my Physician! I find great benefit ! I get quite a dab of it --... Read More
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.