Search Results: Authors starting with W from Madoc Books

W. Batenham, 1826. No Binding. Very Good. BATENHAM W. VG, 1826, B&W etching, sheet 380*282 mm, image271*175 mm, couple of marginal spots, tiny tear at top edge.

Chester. No Binding. Very Good. W Crane. Lithograph, drawn and printed by Crane in Chester, image size 19.2*25cm, very faint & minor foxing to small area at head, c 1850

No Binding. Very Good. B&W A3 mounted lithograph, image size 18.5*26.8cm, sheet 20.5*29.5.

Chester. No Binding. Very Good. W Crane. c1850 lithograph of Beaumaris, drawn and printed by W Crane of Chester, very minimal foxing, oblong, 32 * 24.5cm. Plate only.

Carnarvon: Messrs Potter & Co. No Binding. Very Good. W Crane. Hand coloured lithograph, c1850, image size folio 19*25cm, sheet 32*26cm, depicting the Swallow Falls of Betws y Coed, North Wales. Drawn and painted by W Crane of Chester. This is the first and only copy of this plate we have seen.

London: Society of Cymmrodorion, 1920. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With the important Giraldus article by WS Davies. In dark blue cloth, gilt tiles to spine. Internally, [4], [1], 2-248 pp, 1 illustration (folding), most pages uncut. (222*144 mm).

Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1937. First Edition . Buckram. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited to 600 copies. In red cloth, gilt library crest to top cover, corners and edges very lightly bumped. Spine, faded very slightly, edges bumped and worn, titles in gilt. Internally, no inscriptions etc, (xxiv), 212 pp, text block edges uncut, faint foxing to blanks.

Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1937. Limited Edition . Cloth. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Red cloth, faded on spine, gilt text to both spine and front cover, spine edges bumped and worn, cover edges bumped, no inscriptions, (xxiv), 212 pp, an edition limited to 600 copies, text block edges uncut.

Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1937. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited to 600 copies. In red cloth, gilt library crest to top cover, corners and edges a lightly bumped and worn. Spine, faded a little, titles in gilt, edges bumped and worn, white lib no at base. Internally, library bookplate and card holder to fpd, stamp and label to fep, , B&W frontis, (xxiv), 212 pp, lib card holder and stamp to ep,text block edges uncut.

Newport and London: W. Pickering; R. Mason, 1838. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Uncommon, first and only edition, 1 pl. In quarter cloth over boards, corners bumped. Spine, faded, title to paper label, edges bumped. Internally, frontis, [4], [9], 10-72 pp, 1 pl, ink name to fep Schmidt? Sangston Court), printed by H Webber, Newport.. (183*111 mm). (Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales p195).

London: Chas J Clark, 1899. First Edition . Buckram. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In red cloth, edges faded slightly, titles in gilt, rounded edges, corners and edges bumped and worn slightly. Spine has faded, titles in gilt, edges bumped and worn. Internally, black endpapers, ink name to title page (RT Jenkins) and an oval Bangor uni stamp and then occasionally, (xvii), [1], 282 pp, 55 illustrations, t.e.g., remainder uncut, printed by G Simpson of Devizes. (216*145 mm).

Carnarvon: High Street; Chester: W. Pritchard; Thos. Catherall; J Seacome. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. HUGHES H. PICKERING G. DIBDIN TC.. Three folders in their original printed soft paper wrappers 13 lithograph plates, 3 titles with vignettes. 3 soft cover brown paper folders, each with a similar publishers printed General title and vignette; 1st folder, title page leaf - The Picturesque Scenery of Vale of Festiniog, followed by 4 leaves of plates. 2nd folder, title page leaf The Picturesque Scenery of Beddgelert, followed by 4 leaves of plates. 3rd folder, lacking title leaf, 5 leaves of plates. All housed in a custom brown cloth clamshell box, book label to each fpd (Peter Bicknell), gilt titles to dark green morocco on upper board, some light edge water staining not affecting images, 1st folder lower covers torn, some loss. Uncommon in any form! (375*263 mm). (not listing at WorldCat, COPAC or NLW). Contents: 1st Folder - Vale of… Read More

Carmarthen: Morgan and Davies (Welshman) Printing, 1868. First . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. In blue embossed cloth with title in gilt, corners bumped just a little. Spine, has no title, edges bumped. Internally, dark blue endpapers, NO inscriptions, small mark at head of title page, (iv), [2], 164 pp, (xii), [16], some pages uncut. A very good copy of a title which is becoming very difficult to find! (190*125 mm). Title continues: An illustrated guide to the Ancient Castles and other antiquities of the neighbourhood. A sketch of the Town Embracing that of the Kingdom of Dynevor.

Bangor: W. Shone. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. G, 6 pls, c1850. In green printed soft paper covers, corners lightly worn. Spine, no title, some paper loss. Internally, no text as issued, 6 pls (most tissue guarded), plates engraved by J Newman, 3 of the 6 plates include a person fishing, not dated by per the advert to lower cover probably 1850/1, small hole-evidence of removed bookplate to fep. WorldCat shows a copy in Dublin only, COPAC no copies. (213*138 mm).

No Binding. Very Good. WA Frank. Lithograph, drawn from Nature & on stone by WA Frank, with a fisherman and companion to fore ground and some observors to middle, c 1850, image size 23.5*17cm.

10 Orange St, London: Constable, 1981. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. In green cloth, faint wear at corners. DW, not clipped, titles in red and black inks. Internally, ink inscription to fep, signed by author to half title, 203 pp. (258*180 mm).

Aberystwyth: NLW, 1922. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. VG, 1st ed. In full polished calf, corners & edges lightly bumped & worn, couple of small marks. Spine has title in gilt to tan leather label, edges a little worn, lower joint a little worn, joint cracked a little at head and tail. Internally, green endpapers, title page, 2 page listing of cards followed by 26 heavy card sheets containing up to 4 cards per sheet with sheets 27 & 28 spare. An interesting history of the Welsh National Library. Cards show the Hall, South Wing, various chairs, early printings in Welsh, various chap sheets etc, t.e.g. (306*253 mm)

[R. Bowyer]. 1st Printing. No Binding. Good. SMIRKE Miss Mary. [PICKETT William. HARRIDEN J - engravers]. c1808, G. Uncommon. 6 loose coloured aquatints, within aquatint borders, issued without title or text, image: 248*170 mm, sheet: 312*235, mm, paper repairs to edges, evidence of removal from something to versos. (Abbey Scenery 519). Abbey records the watermark for his series of prints as 1808. The series is also recorded in 'A list of books for sale at W. Gardiner's 48 Pall Mall' (1808). Views are: Conway Castle. Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire. Betgellert Bridge, Carnarvonshire. View near Caernarvon. Carnarvon Castle. Pont Aberglasslyn. Titled 'Six Views in North Wales, by Miss Smirke, engraved by Pickett and Harriden: published by R. Bowyer.' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc, London, 1829.

Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1934. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st ed, 1934, VG, 1 pl. In red cloth, title in gilt, corners slightly bumped. Spine: gilt title, edges a trifle worn & bumped. Internally, with the authors compliments sheet tipped in with the author crossed out and Mrs Caroline Walker's name typed in (authors wife) with a short ink note explaining it, half title and tissue guarded frontis present, [5], (vi-xv), [1], 429 pp, 1 pl, which includes an index of first lines, t.e.g., others uncut. Love Poems, Poems on Reflection, Nature Poems, Poems on Birds and Beasts, War Poems, Dialect, Children, Tales and Ballads, and much more. A lovely copy. (232*155 mm).

Newtown, Montgomeryshire: Gwasg Gregynog, 1991. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. SCHANILEC Gaylord. From an edition limited to just 450 copies of which this is one of the 23 Special copies designed by David Esslemont, and bound by Alan Wood. In stained calf and goatskin boards with leather onlays and inlays, gold and coloured tooling, suede doublures, leather joints and Japanese paper fly leaves, top edge toned and burnished, and titled on the spine, just the faintest discoloring to edge. In a cloth covered drop-back box, half title, frontis, [6], 7-70 pp, [1], [1] limitation, 8 full page coloured wood engravings by Schanilec. Giving you a wonderful image of the vast American landscape with the pale blue skies and abstract mountains. 71 pp + colophon. Superb Special binding, does not include any loose leaves. (Dowd Special Bindings K, p63) Gaylord Schanilec (born 15 April 1955) is a notable American wood engraver & printer. He is the proprietor of… Read More