Search Results: Titles starting with H from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

London: Hali Publications, 1989. 80, 124 pages. Profusely illustrated--colors in photographs are vibrant! Particularly interesting are an in-depth article on inscribed carpets of the Bakhtiari Great Khans and an interview with Arthur D. Jenkins. The magazine is clean, tight, and bright.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Collectible-Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine.

London: Hali Publications, 1992. 160 pages. Profusely illustrated--colors in photographs are vibrant! Particularly interesting are in-depth articles on the Vrindavani Vastra silks from Assam and Zeikhur rugs of the Caucasus. The magazine is clean, tight, and bright.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Collectible-Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine.

London: Hali Publications, 1984. 3 complete issues of this important magazine for researchers and collectors of rugs and textiles. Profusely illustrated--colors in photographs are vibrant! Particularly interesting are in-depth articles on Salor carpets, the evolution of the classic Navajo blanket, Dragon Sumakh carpets, inscriptions in Armenian rugs, Turkish carpets in the Victoria & Albert Museum, and town carpets from Pahlavi Iran. The magazines are clean, tight, and bright.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Collectible-Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine.

London: Hali Publications, 1982. 186 pages. Profusely illustrated--colors in photographs are vibrant! Particularly interesting are in-depth articles on the rugs of Morocco and Chinese tapestry weaving. The magazine is clean, tight, and bright.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Collectible-Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine.

London: Hali Publications, 1981. Three (3) complete issues of this important journal. Profusely illustrated--colors in photographs are vibrant! Particularly interesting are in-depth articles on Turkmen tents, flat weavers of Azerbaijan, the Yoruk weavers of the Toros Mountains, "Lotto" carpets in western paintings, Beshir carpets of the Bukhara Emirate, and hand-made carpets in the British Isles, . The magazines are clean, tight, and bright, with minor edgewear.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Collectible-Very Good ++. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine.

London: Hali Publications, 1980. 204 pages. Profusely illustrated--colors in photographs are vibrant! Particularly interesting are in-depth articles on Turkish rugs in Hungary and Caucasian rugs in the Victoria & Albert Museum. The magazine is clean, tight, and bright, with one bumped corner and very minor edgewear.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Collectible-Very Good ++. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine.

London: Hali Publications, 1991. Four (4) complete issues of this important journal. Profusely illustrated--colors in photographs are vibrant! Particularly interesting are in-depth articles on a Himalayan Tantric banner, the Perepedil design, the Oriental carpets at Skokloster Slott, Donegal carpets, Romano-Egyptian embroideries, Afshar tribal weavings, rugs in paintings, and pile-weaving in the 3rd millennium BCE. The magazines are clean, tight, and bright.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine.

London: Hali Publications, 1986. 92, 92 pages. Profusely illustrated--colors in photographs are vibrant! Particularly interesting are in-depth articles on Turkish-Armenian silk rugs rugs, and Parmakli Kilims. The magazine is clean, tight, and bright.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Collectible-Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine.

London: Hali Publications, 1990. 3 complete issues of this important magazine for researchers and collectors of rugs and textiles. Profusely illustrated--colors in photographs are vibrant! Particularly interesting in-depth articles on the origin of Tibetan carpet weaving traditions, early Spanish rugs at Vizcaya, Moroccan tribal weaves, Persian flatweaves, the tapestries of 15th century Basel, and 13th century Anatolian luxury textiles.. The magazines are clean, tight, and bright.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Collectible-Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine.

London: Hali Publications, 1982. 3 complete issues of this important magazine for researchers and collectors of rugs and textiles. Profusely illustrated--colors in photographs are vibrant! Particularly interesting are in-depth articles on Turkmen rugs, village and nomad rug designs, classical Indian rugs, dyes in rugs from the Milas area, and several in-depth articles on Chinese rugs. The magazines are clean, tight, and bright, with some edgewear and color rubbibf on the spine of issue #4.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Collectible-Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine.

London: Hali Publications, 1987. 88, 108 pages. Profusely illustrated--colors in photographs are vibrant! Particularly interesting are in-depth articles on Chinese silks and the Safavid collection at Lyon. The magazine is clean, tight, and bright.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Collectible-Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine.

London: Hali Publications, 1988. 3 complete issues of this important magazine for researchers and collectors of rugs and textiles. Profusely illustrated--colors in photographs are vibrant! Particularly interesting are in-depth article on Topkapi prayer rugs and the origins of the "compartment" & "para-Mamluk" designs in an early Anatolian rug in the Vakiflar collection. The magazines are clean, tight, and bright.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Collectible-Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine.

Unknown: M. L. Jackson, 1912. Original postcard from the "Hallowe'en Don'ts" series produced by M. L. Jackson. As the the postcard says: "Don't be afraid for on Hallowe'en if you take a lighted candle and a mirror clean at the stroke of twelve, look in and there's seen the face of your lover that I ween." The postcard is embossed and has the publisher's lion's head logo. Postmarked on Hallowe'en, October 31, 1912 in Iowa; the name of the city begins with "H" but the remainder is obscured. The card is clean and bright and in very good condition.. First Edition. Paper. Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by M. L. Jackson. 5 3/8" X 3 1/2". Manuscript.

Cambridge, England: Unpublished, 1951. Original handwritten letter from E. M. W. Tillyard to College of William and Mary English Professor Fraser Neiman in response to Neiman's invitation for Tillyard to lecture at W&M.  It is a gracious and chatty letter in which Tillyard lays out his plans for a visit to the U.S. for lectures at Johns Hopkins and expresses his hope that his health will allow him to include W&M on his visit.  As for his health, he provides more than the expected detail about his problem with his appendix.  The letter is on the letterhead of The Master's Lodge, Jesus College, Cambridge (Tillyard was the Master) and is in the original mailing envelope.  Both letter and envelope are in very good condition.. SIGNED. First Edition. Paper. Collectible-Fine. 8" X 5 1/8". Manuscript.

Hanford, Washington: General Electric Hanford Atomic Products Operation and United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1957. 60 pages. The 1957 telephone directory for all offices and more than 1500 employees of the Hanford Works, one of the earliest nuclear research facilities in the United States. Front cover states "For official use only". Quotation from the Atomic Energy Commission Manual on back cover: "Classified defense information shall not be discussed in telephone conversations". The directory is clean and tight, with minor rubbing on covers; pages are very lightly (uniformly) tanned. Very scarce.. First Printing. Paperback. Collectible-Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937. Frontispiece, (1), title, (2), Contents, (iii-iv), 210 pages, (6) pages of ads. Book and dust jacket have all the points for Carpentieri 1937B-14. The book is clean and tight, with minor edgewear; some foxing in margins of frontispiece and adjacent leaves; pages are uniformly toned. The dust jacket has a reasonably bright front panel and moderately soiled spine and rear panel; some edgewear and some chipping on edges and head and foot of spine. The jacket is now protected and pesents well in mylar.. Early Printing. Hardcover. Collectible-Good+/Collectible-Good. Illus. by Walter S. Rogers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Harper's Weekly, 1865. 16 pages. Harper's Weekly was the most important American pictorial newspaper in the 19th century. Because the original wood engravings in virtually every issue are highly collectible, complete issues are becoming more difficult to obtain. The issue here focuses on Lincoln's New York City funeral procession and the capture and killing of John Wilkes Booth. The front page features a wood engraving of the newly sworn-in President Andrew Johnson. It is based on a photograph by Alexander Gardner. The centerfold is a double-page wood engraving captioned, "President Lincoln's Funeral--Procession in New York City." It is based on a photograph by Matthew Brady. Other wood engravings include "Sergeant Boston Corbett," a portrait based on a Brady photograph of the man who shot Booth; "Planning the Capture of Booth and Harold," based on a Gardner photograph; "Booth's Capture--The Assassin Brought to Bay," a recreated view of Booth in the burning barn in which he was killed;… Read More

New York: Harper's Weekly, 1865. 16 pages. Large folio (16 inches by 11 1/4 inches). Original complete issue of Harper's Weekly. Harper's Weekly was the most important American pictorial newspaper in the 19th century. Because the original wood engravings in virtually every issue are highly collectible, complete issues are becoming more difficult to obtain. The issue offered here focuses on the events following the assassination of Lincoln. On the front page are articles on the assassination and the funeral along with three original wood engravings: one showing the ruins of the Garrett barn where John Wilkes Booth was shot; another showing the house where Booth died; and a third engraving of the house of Booth's co-conspirator David Herold. On the interior are multiple engravings of various Lincoln funeral sites. Among the unrelated engravings is the double-page centerfold by Thomas Nast, entitled "Palm Sunday"--one side portraying the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem… Read More

New York: Harper's Weekly, 1865. 16 pages. Large folio (16 inches by 11 1/4 inches). Harper's Weekly was the most important American pictorial newspaper in the 19th century. Because the original wood engravings in virtually every issue are highly collectible, complete issues are becoming more difficult to obtain. The issue offered here focuses on Lincoln's inauguration following his 1864 reelection. It includes the complete text of his famous "with malice toward none" speech and an editorial lauding the speech. The front page includes a full-page wood engraving after a photograph by Alexander Gardner, with the caption "President Lincoln Taking the Oath at His Second Inauguration, March 4, 1865." The centerfold is a double-page wood engraving (also after a Gardner photo) entitled "President Lincoln's Reinauguration at the Capitol." In addition to those picturing the inauguration, there are many other engravings, including, most notably, a full-page engraving depicting African-American soldiers,… Read More

New York: Harper's Weekly, 1865. Slavery Abolished in the United States! 16 pages. Large folio (16 inches by 11 1/4 inches). Original complete issue of Harper's Weekly. Harper's Weekly was the most important American pictorial newspaper in the 19th century. Because the original wood engravings in virtually every issue are highly collectible, complete issues are becoming more difficult to obtain. The issue offered here focuses on the passage in Congress of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution. The amendment outlawed all slavery in the United States. On the front cover is a large wood engraving showing the celebration of members of Congress and citizens in the gallery; the caption reads, "Scene in the House on the Passage of the Proposition to Amend the Constitution, January 31, 1865. On page 2 is an editorial lauding passage of the Amendment and excoriating the 56 Representatives who voted against it. This issue of Harper's Weekly is disbound from an annual… Read More