Search Results: Authors starting with B from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Krayd Galería de Arte, 1955. Complete suite of 18 (9 color and 9 black and white) original lithographs by nine 20th century Argentinian modern artists: Leopoldo Torres (1924-1995), Miguel Ocampo (1922-2015), Libero Badii (1916-2001), Antonio Fernández-Muro (1920-2014), Sarah Grilo (1920-2017), Alfredo Hlito (1923-1993), José María Lanús (1922-), Leopoldo Presas (1915-2009), and Ideal Sánchez (1916-1998). Each lithograph is 19 inches by 14 inches and is numbered 326/500 in pencil; some are signed in the plate, but none are pencil-signed. Accompanying the prints is a folder that includes brief biographies of the artists and titles of each of the 2 lithos by each. All are housed in the original paper portfolio. All of the lithographs are clean and bright without any creasing. There is just a hint of toning of the paper, and some prints have very minimal edgewear. The portfolio is clean, with some tearing along the spine fold. First Edition. Paperback. Collectible-Very… Read More

Worcester, Massachusetts: White & Bagley Company, 1940. 3 3/8" by 6 1/8". An original vintage ink blotter card advertising Oilzum, one of the first name-brand automotive motor oils. The blotter also advertised the Owl Motor Company in Winona, Minnesota. Owl later became Tousley Ford and still exists in Winona as Sugar Loaf Ford. There is some discoloration and slight abrasion on the verso of the card, though it clearly was never used to blot ink. The color advertisement on the recto remains reasonably clean and bright.. First Edition. Paper. Very Good. 3 3/8" by 6 1/8". Manuscript.

Minneapolis, MN: Carl W. Jones, 1951. 111 pages. Binding is maroon cloth. The magic effects of famed magician Al Baker, who was Dean of the Society of American Magicians from 1941 to 1951. Card tricks, hair tricks, thread magic, coin, rope, mental acts, goldfish production, and more. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight; endpapers are toned; just a few faint spots of foxing on pages.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Rawson, Clayton. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Boston: Leander Baker, 1870. Provenance: from the collection of Robert N. Dennis, who was one of the most important stereoview collectors in the U. S. The New York Public Library's "Robert N. Dennis Collection" includes more than 70,000 stereoviews from his collection, many of which can be viewed on the library's website. The stereoview offered here is in excellent condition: clean and bright, with perhaps just a hint of fading.. First Edition. Paper. Very Good+. Illus. by Leander Baker. Photo.

U.S.A.: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1927. 280 pages. 8 full page black and white illustrations. In the scarce dust jacket! Originally published in 1890, this novel was intended by Balch to be the first of a series of novels based in the "Oregon country," but Balch died of tuberculosis in 1891. The book is clean and tight, with a bright decorated binding, well protected by the lightly soiled dust jacket that has several relatively small chips along the edges.. 28th Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good++/Very Good-. Illus. by L. Maynard Dixon. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. 387 pages. One volume in the Franklin "The 100 Greatest Books of All Time" series. Beautifully bound in green leather beautifully decorated in gilt; silk moiré endpapers; all-edges gilt. The leather is the high quality material used by Franklin only in their early years of publishing. The book is in virtually as-new condition.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. Illus. by Eugène Abot. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Kenton, Ohio: International Brotherhood of Magicians, 1983. Twelve issues--a complete year of the magazine. The Linking Ring is the official magazine of The International Brotherhood of Magicians. Each issue has approximately 150 pages of articles about magicians, explanations of magic effects, and advertisements. Except for some relatively minor rust on staples, each of the issues offered here is in virtually as-new condition. Note: we have hundreds of issues of Linking Ring and other magic magazines. Please inquire.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Magazine.

Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1942. 223 pages. This scarce book includes the full text of five stories by Helen Bannerman: "Little Black Sambo," "Sambo and the Twins," "Quasha," "Bobtail," "The Teasing Monkey," and "Kettle-head"--all with Bannerman's original illustrations in full color. The book is clean and tight, with a very narrow band of fading along the top edge of the red cloth cover; pages are clean and illustrations are bright and unfaded; 2 pages have a 3/4" closed tear in the bottom margin; one page has one chipped corner. The rare dust jacket remains reasonably bright, with light soiling and toning and significant shallow chipping along the edges.. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair+. Illus. by Helen Bannerman. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paris: S. Bing, 1904. Auction catalogue for the superb collection of Japanese and Chinese art amassed by collector Pierre Barboutau. Volume I includes paintings; volume II includes prints and other works of art (bronzes, masks, etc.). Profusely illustrated with collotype prints. Limited edition: #932 of 1,000 copies printed. The text is in French. An important reference for art historians and collectors of Asian art. A scarce set, especially in this condition. The books are in as-new condition, except for some minor foxing on endpapers.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.

London: Jacques Dixwell and John Sewell, 1781. (6), xvii, (3), 371, (20) pages. Complete with 20 hand-colored plates and 2 foldout black & white anatomical plates. Parallel text in both French and English. Both the printed French title page and the engraved English title page are present. All engravings were engraved by James Newton, from drawings by Barbut. James Barbut was an English artist and naturalist, who was an admirer of the work of Carl Linnaeus. The Natural History Museum, London holds 126 of the watercolors by Barbut that he painted for this book. The book is in about very good condition: the color engravings are clean and bright, with some minimal offsetting limited to the one folding plate; text pages are clean and supple, with minimal foxing, the spine leather is stripped, and boards are supported by the binding cords.. First Edition. Hardcover. About Very Good. Illus. by James Barbut and James Newton. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Boston, Massachusetts: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1892. 25 pages + 8 full page and 2 intext black and white half-tone illustrations by Charles Copeland. First printing of this beautifully illustrated edition of the famous hymn by Sabine Baring-Gould. Attractive binding decorated in gilt, white & blue; all edges gilt. The book is clean and tight, with edgewear; non-authorial gift inscription on second blank page.. First U. S. Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Good+. Illus. by Charles Copeland. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. viii, 349 pages. The Barretts were traveling through Patagonia when they met Chace (Of Taunton, Massachusetts and of Patagonia), a fearless adventurer. Book cover is quite sunned, with a couple very small faint stains on front; one corner lightly bumped. Some pages have light foxing at margins or gutter; page edges foxed. Pages 3-6 & 335-338 were crudely opened, so that there are rough tears/pieces missing from fore edges (does not affect text). Previous owner's name in pencil on half-title page. Dust jacket is price clipped; heavily toned, especially on spine; heavily chipped wtih pieces missing from extremities of spine and corners; tears along folds. In mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Good+/Fair. Illus. by Rockwell Kent. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Taos, New Mexico: Anna Barry, 1946. Original serigraph/ silkscreen print, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. The image is 5 inches by 7 1/4 inches on a sheet that is 6 inches by 8 1/2 inches. The Taos Pueblo people have lived in New Mexico more than 1000 years. The serigraph portrays Taos Pueblo male dancers performing a traditional ceremonial dance in which men wear simulated horsetails--they originally wore real horsetails! The serigraph is by American painter and printmaker Anna Barry (1907-2001). With her husband and fellow artist Ira Moscowitz, she lived in Taos, New Mexico from 1944 until 1955. During that time she studied Native American cultures and produced a series of serigraphs and lithographs depicting those cultures. Among the U. S. art museums whose collections include Barry's serigraphs are the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College. The serigraph offered here is in about very good condition: clean and bright, with… Read More

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1994. 333 pages. Decorated dark grey leather binding, gilt on front, back, & spine. All-edges gilt. In as-new condition. An Easton Press bookplate on front pastedown endpaper; notes from the editors laid in.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Collectible-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Rome: Dominici de Rubeis, 1704. 18th Century Copperplate Engraving. Image size 5 5/8" by 13 1/4"; paper size: 14" by 18 1/2". Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700) was an Italian painter and engraver whose many works included 78 engravings that reproduced the spiral relief engravings on Rome's victory column of Marcus Aurelius; His book of engravings have been invaluable to many art historians. The plate offered here is from the 1704 edition and is in very good condition: clean and bright, with full margins. There is some discoloration, but it is well outside the image, primarily at the extremities of the wide margins. Slightly uneven cut along the binding edge.. First Edition. Paper. Very Good. Illus. by Petro Sancte Bartolo. 5 5/8" by 13 1/4". Fine Art Print.

Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. In three parts: 132, 588, 516 pages, including one color folding map, one folding relief map, and numerous engraved portraits. In addition to the writing of Bates, some sections of the book were written by P. A. Durant, J. Fraise Richard, Bennett Bellman, H. C. Bradsby, Aaron Sheely, and M. A. Leeson. The book is clean and tight, with some foxing limited to margins of only those plates that have tissue guards; the exterior has some rubbing along edges and fading of color on the leather spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

New York: Books of Wonder / William Morrow, 1991. 267 pages. The first printing of this facsimile of the 1909 edition. The book is in as-new condition in a clean, bright, and crisp dust jacket that has a hint of fading along the spine.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by John R. Neill. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Williamsburg, Virginia and New Haven, Connecticut: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation / Yale University Press, 2002. xii, 265 pages. First printing. Signed, without inscription, on the title page by author Linda Baumgarten, who was the Curator of Textiles and Costumes for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. This profusely illustrated book is based upon the 900 costumes and 2,400 accessories in Colonial Williamsburg's collection and is arguably the most important reference for those interested in American clothing in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In 2003 the Costume Society of America named this book the winner of Millia Davenport Publication Award which "recognizes and promotes excellence in the publication of costume, dress, appearance, and fashion related scholarship. The award is given annually to a newly published book or exhibition catalogue that makes a significant contribution to the above studies, reflects original thought and exceptional creativity, and draws… Read More

Washington D. C.: Public Affairs Press, 1968. 186 pages. Essays presenting the Ripon Society's proposals for dealing with the Vietnam War. Three of the essays were the product of a symposium that Hillary Rodham is credited for having assisted in organizing. The book is clean and tight, with minor rubbing on front and back cover and corners of covers. The clean dust jacket acket has some color rubbing on front panel, small piece (1/4 inch) missing from head of spine, and several tiny closed tears at edges. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Catonsville, Maryland: University of Maryland Baltimore County Library, 1982. 16 pages. Catalog for an 1982 exhibition in the Gallery of the University of Maryland Baltimore County Library. The exhibition included 50 photographs illustrating Black labor in the united states from Reconstruction to 1980. Twelve of the photographs are pictured in the catalog. Laid in is an unused postcard promoting the exhibition.The catalog is in near fine condition: clean, bright, and crisp.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Oblong 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Book.