Search Results: Authors starting with W from Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

London: Butler and Tanner, 2004. Large folio. [112] pp. Lavish fashion photographs printed on laminated stocks. Original pictorial glazed boards; embrossed black dust jacket with monochromatic printing on the reverse. Slightest wear to jacket edges, otherwise near-fine. FIRST EDITION of this sumptuous collection of Rankin's fashion photography.

New York: House of Field, Inc, 1943. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. A fine copy in a very good jacket with spine faded and wear at extremities. 8vo. Original green cloth, printed paper spine label; pictorial dust jacket. First edition. A dedication copy, inscribed "Copy #1" on the front free endpaper and on the dedication leaf next to the printed dedication that reads: "To Harvey Taylor / Author's Representative / and / Bill Saroyan / (They said they'd get me started.)" Waer has written "He did / J. Waer 8-21-43" next to the printed dedication. A newspaper clipping on the rear pastedown recount's Waer's fine, along with three other men, after being caught running an illegal game of dice.

London and Sydney: Paul Hamlyn, 1970. First edition. Fine/near-fine. 4to. Profusely illustrated in color. Original brown gilt-decorated cloth; original pictorial dust jacket (trifling nick at foot of spine panel). FIRST EDITION. Covering circa 550 B.C. to the 19th Century, with essays on the Merovingians, Charlemagne and the Ottonians (by Sabrina Mitchell), the Cathedral builders of the Romanesque (by Eric Fernie), and the age of religious art (by Marguerite Kay).

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. Small 4to. Original printed wrappers. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION of this Christmas keepsake, containing Bromige's "The Nest"; Kelly's "Yeod & Malkuth..."; and Wakoski's "The Magi. Morrow & Cooney 113a.

New York: Doubleday, 1974. Foxing to fore edge else a very good copy. 8vo. Pictorial wrappers. Signed by Wakoski on the half-title.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. A fine copy. 8vo. [12] pages. Sewn as issued in original printed wrappers on laid paper. First trade edition (there was a limited edition in boards).

London: Printed for Timothy Goodwin, 1683. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Very slight fraying at extreme left edge, but in fine condition. Folio broadsheet, 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. First, and only, edition. Walcott, a Captain of the Guards, was tried for complicity in a plot to kill Charles II and his brother "at a Play-house." Scarce. Wing W285. (BA).

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988. Hardcover. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket with some minor shelfwear, spine faded. 12.5 x 9.5 inches. 156 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. "Traces the life of the Dutch-born artist, shows paintings from each part of his career, and discusses the evolution of his style.

New York: Kulchur Foundation, 1985. A near-fine copy, the boards lightly soiled. 4to. 130 pages. Illustrations by Hall. Original decorated boards. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by Waldman on the title-page. Edited and designed by Lita Hornick.

New York: Station Hill Press, 1986. Hardcover. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket, the front flap with crease, both flaps toned. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. 151 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. "Letters between two sisters who grew up in Nazi Germany, explore their family history and assess their complicity with Nazism.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 2013. A fine copy. Two volumes, 4to. Original pictorial boards; slipcase. FIRST EDITION.

Carmel, CA: The Friends of Photography, 1985. A near-fine copy with light wear to corners. 4to. Printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, issue 38 of the Friends of Photography series.

Tucson, AZ: Thumbprint Press by Todd Walker, 1977. Small 4to (165 x 134 mm; 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.). 16 leaves, including 13 plates. Original printed wrappers. A fine copy. Privately printed artist's book, signed in pencil by Walker on the title. Stated on the colophon: "This pamphlet is an experiment in making the visual visible."

Northampton, MA: Junction Press, 1993. A fine copy. 8vo. 78 pages. Original pictorial wrappers. First edition, inscribed by the poet on the title in 1999. Blurb by Robert Creeley on rear wrapper.

Colorado: Alan Swallow, Sage Books, 1965. Hardcover. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket with some light wear. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 276 pages. Boards; dust jacket.

Denver: S. S. Wallihan & Company, 1870. 8vo. Original purple cloth, Colorado Territory seal gilt stamped on upper cover, spine gilt lettered. Spine sunned, otherwise a tight, fresh copy, with a profusion of advertisements. FIRST EDITION. While not the first directory of Denver, it is the first contain other surrounding cities, including Golden City, Black Hawk, Central City, Nevada, Idaho, Georgetown, Boulder, Greeley, Colorado City, Pueblo, Trinidad, and others. Braislin 439; Howell 52:98 ("Difficult to locate in any condition.... An excellent source for the early history of Colorado. It was more than just a directory, but rather an extremely detailed compendium of information and statistics on virtually every aspect of the Territory, including its history, geography and geology, natural resources, flora and fauna, climate, agriculture, transportation, manufacturing and economic development, territorial government, and, of course, mining and its allied industries. A more useful and comprehensive… Read More

Wittenberg: Georg Rhau, 1546. Light wear to joints. 4to (196 x 146 mm). 8 leaves. Woodcut medallion portrait of Martin Luther on title, two full page portraits of Luther (dated 1546) and Johann Friedrich I, Elector of Saxony after Lucas Cranach the Younger. 19th-century German decorated paper boards. Provenance: W. Jackson (book label). A German poem written to commemorate the death of Martin Luther in 1546, when the volume was first printed in five impressions (no priority has been established). Walther worked closely with Luther to adapt Catholic church music to Lutheran liturgy. VD 16 W 994.

London: William Pickering, 1836. 2 volumes, 4to (270 x 180 mm; 105/8 x 71/8 in.). Half-titles, titles printed in red and black, 61 steel engravings in two states, many printed on india paper. Contemporary dark green morocco by Hering, wide borders gilt, fish tool cornerpieces gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in two, fish tool gilt in the rest, edges gilt. Some occasional spotting; some light wear, spines somewhat dry and slightly darkened. Provenance: William George Prescott (1800-1865) British banker (bookplate); Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865-1922) British newspaper and publishing magnate (bookplate). DELUXE EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED LARGE-PAPER COPY, WITH THE ADDITION OF A SECOND SUITE OF PLATES, nearly all on india paper on thick paper mounts. First Nicolas edition. This deluxe issue is enhanced by the addition of a second suite of plates, nearly all on india paper on thick-paper mounts. "One of the best, possibly the very best of ... [the 146 editions… Read More

Light rubbing to cloth boards and slipcase, text lightly browned. Lithographic document in Japanese,accordion form, 14 x 4 inches (350 x 105 mm). The formal announcement of a state of war delivered to the Japanese people, comprising title panel and 8 pages. Purple boards, upper cover with Imperial chrysanthemum device, and titled, edges lightly rubbed; matching original blue/green card slipcase. Laid-in: mimeograph translation in English (presumed contemporary). The document provides Japan's reasons for declaring war in December 1941, stating Japan's position in Asia as a supporter of peace, accusing the United States and Great Britain of aiding Nationalist groups in China. This is a contemporary reissue of the declaration for use in military academies. The Declaration of War was generally republished on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor throughout the War, to reinforce to the people the Japanese Right for the war.

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1906. A near-fine set with light wear to corners. 2 volumes. 8vo. 237 and 230 pages. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Contemporary blue half morocco, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Provenance: W. Macdoland MacKay (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Mary Augusta was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.