Caricature History of the Georges, or Annals of the House of Hanover
by WRIGHT, Thomas
London: Chatto & Windus, 1898. hardcover. very good. Compiled from Squibs, Broadsides, Window Pictures, Lampoons, and Pictorial Caricatures of the Time. Color frontispiece and numerous plates and illustrations. 639 pages + 32 pages of advertisements. Thick 8vo, blue cloth with vignette on front cover (some light edgewear, pp. 375-78 loose but otherwise a very good copy). London: Chatto... Read More
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Biographia Britannica Literaria; or Biography of Literary Characters of Great Britain and Ireland....Anglo-Saxon Period
by WRIGHT, Thomas
hardcover. 8vo, cloth. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1968.
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Histoire de la Caricature et du Grotesque dans la Litterature et dans l'Art
by WRIGHT, Thomas
Paris: Bureau de la Revue Britannique, 1867. hardcover. very good. Traduit par Octave Sachot, ed. par Amedee Pichot. 238 text engravings by Fairholt. 457pp. Large 8vo, red 1/2 leather; rubbed, foxed. Paris: Bureau de la Revue Britannique, 1867. Very good.
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Histoire de la Caricature et du Grotesque dans la Litterature et dans l'Art
by WRIGHT, Thomas
Paris: Garnier Freres. hardcover. very good(+). Traduit par Octave Sachot, ed. par Amedee Pichot. 238 text engravings by Fairholt. 490pp. 8vo, 1/2 black leather, marbled boards. Paris: Garnier Freres, ca. 1890. Nouvelle Edition Revised and corrected. Very good (+).
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The Worship of the Generative Powers, During the Middle Ages of Western Europe
by WRIGHT, Thomas
London: Dilettanti. hardcover. very good(+). 16 plates. Tall 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, t.e.g., uncut edges. London: Dilettanti Society, no date, ca. 1925. Very good (+). Number 269 of 625 copies.
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Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection
by WRIGHT-MOLYNEUX
London: Typographic Etching Company, 1880. Typographic etching, Sheet measures 19 3/4 x 28". Uncommon facsimile map issued by the Hakluyt Society, named after Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616), the influential English geographer and compiler of travel accounts. This map reproduces the Wright-Molyneux world chart, originally published in 1599 and derived from a 1592 globe by English globe maker Emeric Molyneux. ... Read More
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Lillian Hellman, The Image, The Woman
by WRIGHT, William
hardcover. near fine/near fine. Illustrated. 507pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. Near fine.
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Lillian Hellman: The Image, the Woman
by WRIGHT, William
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. hardcover. very good/very good. Illustrated with a handful of b/w photos. 507 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed cream boards, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster. (1986). A very good copy--light discoloration to cloth edges; in a very good wrapper, minor edgewear and scratching including small chip to lower corner of front cover. ... Read More
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The Von Bulow Affair
by WRIGHT, William
New York: Delacorte, 1983. hardcover. very good/very good. Illustrated. 372 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Delacorte Press, (1983). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.
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40 Years of Tropical Medicine Research: A History of the Gorgas Memorial Institute..
by WRIGHT, Willard H.
Washington. hardcover. fine. 18 illustrations, 426pp, 8vo, green cloth. Washington, 1970. Fine.
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The Forum Exhibition of Modern American Painters.; On view at the Anderson Galleries. March 13 to March 25, 1916
by WRIGHT, Willard Huntington, et al.
New York: MItchell Kennerley, 1916. First. hardcover. very good/very good. 16 plates, plus comments from each artist. Tall slim 8vo, tan boards; shelfworn and with gently bumped corners; original onionskin wrapper present, although chipped. New York: (Mitchell Kennerley), 1916. First Edition. Pioneering exhibition aiming to put before the public the best examples of modern American art, "to... Read More
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War Date Document Signed
by WRIGHT, William A. (1844 - 1929)
Augusta, 1863. unbound. 1 page, 8.25 x 9.75 inches, Augusta, no date, circa 1863 -- an extremely scarce Confederate States of America ordnance form, not filled in, but boldly signed in brown iron galt ink: "W.A. Wright - 1st Lt- Art. & Ord. Officer, Post - Augusta, Ga." Light staining along of of the folds; still very good condition. ... Read More
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Lillian Hellman: The Image, The Woman
by WRIGHT, William
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Illustrated with black and white photographs.507 pages. 8vo, two toned brown boards, dust wrapper. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1986). Black remainder stamp on bottom edge, else a near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.
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A Companion to Early Twentieth-Century Britain
by WRIGLEY, Chris, ed
Malden: Blackwell, 2003. hardcover. very good(-)/fine. 578pp. 4to, black cloth, d.w., corners of cloth bumped, otherwise very good. (Malden, MA): Blackwell Publishers, (2003).
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Elegant Extracts: Poetry, Prose & Epistles
by EMINENT WRITERS
London: John Sharpe. hardcover. near fine. 36 volumes bound in 18. Each volume has an engraved title page. 12mo, red 3/4 morocco over marbled boards. Delicately gilt-tooled spines, marbled edges and endpapers. London: John Sharpe, (no date, circa 1820). Some very light scattered foxing, mostly on the engraved pages. Otherwise, a near fine, beautifully bound set. Consisting... Read More
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Gems For the Fireside; Choice Miscellaneous Papers, Devoted to Science, Art, History, Biography, and General Literature
by EMINENT AMERICAN WRITERS
New York: Mead, 1858. hardcover. good. 4 full-page color plates of flowers, many black-and-white engravings and paintings. iv + 258pp., 8vo, gilt decorated blue cloth, a.e.g; foxed throughout, covers quite worn and a bit soiled at bottom edge. New York: S. G. Mead, 1858. A good copy.
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Sheying: Shades of China 1850-1900
by WROSWICK, Clark
New York: D.A.P., 2008. hardcover. fine/fine. Numerous black photographs. square 4to, red boards, d.w. (New York: D.A.P, 2008). Fine.
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Abel Buell of Connecticut; Silversmith, Type Founder & Engraver
by WROTH, Lawrence C.
Middleton: Wesleyan University Press, 1958. hardcover. very good(-)/very good. Illus., several folding. 102pp. 4to, black cloth, d.w., front flyleaf and last blank page partially browned, otherwise very good. Middleton: Wesleyan University Press, 1958.
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The Early Cartography of the Pacific
by WROTH, Lawrence C.
New York: Bibliographic Society of America, 1994. hardcover. very good(+). 22 folding plates. 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Bibliographic Society of America, 1944. First Edition. Very good (+). One hundred copies, with an index added, were reprinted from the Papers of the B.S.A. Vol.38, No. 11. This one bears an unsigned presentation from the author, with thanks... Read More
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Life and Correspondence of Field Marshall Sir John Burgoyne, Bart
by WROTTESLEY, George
London: Richard Bentley, 1873. First. hardcover. very good(-). Two volumes. Frontispiece. 506 and 508 pages. 8vos, burgundy cloth; cloth shelf-worn and soiled, corners bumped, spines slightly cocked and darkened, some foxing throughout. London: Richard Bentley, 1873. First edition. A very good(-) copy.
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Evocations: Wood Engravings and Poems
by WROUGHTON, Julia and KILLEEN, Bruce
London: Strathmore, 2007. hardcover. fine. 48 pages, slim 8vo, rust pictorial boards. London: Strathmore, 2007. First Edition. Fine. Signed by the artist, Julia Wroughton and the poet, Bruce Killeen on the flyleaf.
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K'uei Hsing; A Repository Of Asian Literature In Translation
by WU-CHI, Liu, et al., ed
hardcover. very good(+). Edited by F.A. Bischoff, Jerome P. Seaton, & Kenneth Yasuda. Frontis. Tall 8vo, cloth (a bit dusty). Bloomington & London: Indiana UP, (1974).
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Arthur Szyk: Bilder gegen Nationalsozialismus und Terror; Arthur Szyk: Drawing Against National Socialism and Terror
by WUDMANN, Katja; ZECHNER, Johannes, eds
Berlin: Deutsche Historische Museum, 2008. paperback. near fine. Arthur Szyk. Illustrated profusely in color and in black and white. 341 pages. Thick 4to, printed pictorial wrappers. Berlin: Deutsche Historische Museum, (2008). Text in German and English. Some edgewear, internally clean and tight. Near fine.
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The Escalade; How Geneva was Miraculously saved from Invasion during the Night of December 11-12th, 1602
by WUEST, Jean
Geneva: Compagnie de 1602, 1974. paperback. fine. Illus. 16pp. 8vo, pictorial wrs. (Geneva: Compagnie de 1602, 1974). Fine
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Das Weib als Sexualverbrecherin
by WULFFEN, Erich
Berlin: Langenscheidt, 1925. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. 431 pages. Tall thick 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, drab boards, a bit bumped and shelfworn. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 1925. A very good solid copy. Definitive work, in the Encyclopaedie der Kriminalistik series, for jurists, police, criminologists, and physicians.
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