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

Philadelphia: Jack Chanin, 1937. 80 pages with an errata sheet laid in. The classic work on the use of cigars by magicians and a very scarce "must-have" item for the serious magic collector. The book is clean and tight in original printed turquoise stiff paper cover.. Second Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. Illus. by John P. Hoot. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2013. 177 pages. Small 4to. First edition thus. A typical Easton Press gift edition, beautifully bound in full red leather, decorated in gilt. All edges gilded. Lovely silk moire covered endpapers. A pictorial biography of Jackie Kennedy. In as-new condition.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Lieber and Lewis, 1922. Original linocut, from an edition limited to 500 impressions. Alfred Frueh (1880-1968) began his art career in1903, drawing editorial cartoons and theatre caricatures for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He became a national figure when his 1907 satirical drawing of music hall star Fritzi Scheff was so offensive to her that she cancelled a scheduled performance in St. Louis. Frueh later became a cartoonist for the New York World, doing caricatures of leading Broadway personalities. In 1912 he mounted an exhibition of his caricatures for an exhibition at ""291"", the New York art gallery of Alfred Stieglitz, who praised the exhibition: "Frueh is to be congratulated for the delightful manner in which he has depicted his impressions of our entertainers, displaying a pictorial sense of line and color, an ability to seize the significant characters of each individual and emphasize them with a gentle if sometimes mordant irony." In 1922… Read More

Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1988. 300 pages. Edition limited to 750 copies. A nice copy. Upper two corners of cover are bumped, with small amount of dark soiling. Still clean and sound inside, with tight hinges.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Unpublished, 1902. leather-bound scrapbook. 11 1/4 inches by 14 inches. On November 15, 1902 a farewell dinner for the French ambassador to the United States was hosted by Senator Chauncey M. Depew and James Hazen Hyde, majority stockholder in the Equitable Life Assurance Society. As ambassador, Jules Cambon had played a significant role in negotiating the peace treaty which had signalled an end to the Spanish-American War. The dinner celebrating him was one of the year's major society events, attracting the attendance of Mark Twain, Woodrow Wilson, J. P. Morgan, and other major figures, as well as a letter of regret from President Theodore Roosevelt. Offered here is Hyde's personal scrapbook containing articles about the event from newspapers throughout the United States. The articles are glued down on heavy scrapbook leaves--a total of 42 scrapbook pages of clippings, Hyde's personal bookplate is attached to the verso of the front cover. The heavy leather-bound… Read More

Norfolk, Virginia: Anna Cunningham Cole, 1907. 67 pages. Poems about Pocahontas the Native American princess of colonial Jamestown, Virginia. Frontispiece is a color portrait of Pocahontas, as imagined by the artist M. Louise Smith. A nice copy: the book is clean and tight, with lightly toned pages; minor color rubbing on some edges.. The gilt title and decoration on the front cover remains quite bright.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Norfolk, Virginia: Anna Cunningham Cole, 1907. 67 pages. Poems about Pocahontas the Native American princess of colonial Jamestown, Virginia. Frontispiece is a color portrait of Pocahontas, as imagined by the artist M. Louise Smith The book is clean and tight, with lightly toned pages foxing primarily in margins of first and last few pages; some small spots of staining in margins of a few pages;; a 1/2 inch on foreedge of front cover with cloth rubbed through to board; minor color rubbing on some edges.. The gilt title and decoration on the front cover remains quite bright.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Williamsburg, Virginia: Williamsburg, Virginia, Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957. 8vo. "Twenty-three authoritative booklets of exact and scholarly information on the history of Virginia during the Jamestown era. Each book is written by a specialist in its field." All 23 books, still housed in the original box. The titles and authors are: 1. A Selected Bibliography of Virginia, 1607-1699, by E. G. Swem, John M. Jennings, and James A. Servies; 2. A Virginia Chronology, by William W. Abbott; 3. John Smith's Map of Virginia, with a Brief Account of its History, by Ben C. McCary; 4. The Three Charters of the Virginia Company of London, with Seven Related Documents: 1606-1621. Introduction by Samuel M. Bemiss; 5. The Virginia Company of London, by Wesley F. Craven; 6. The First Seventeen Years, Virginia, 1607-1624, by Charles E. Hatch, Jr.; 7. Virginia under Charles I and Cromwell, 1625-1660 by Wilcomb E. Washburn.; 8. Bacon's Rebellion, 1676, by Thomas J. Wertenbaker; 9. Struggle… Read More

Lynchburg, Virginia: J.P. Bell Company, 1907. 196 pages. Published to celebrate the 1907 Jamestown Exposition, this book is a collection of tributes and toasts to various states, historical figures, and Virginia monuments; illustrated throughout. The book, bound in gilt-decorated white cloth, is clean, bright, and tight, with a slightly dusty top edge--in much nicer condition than normally found. A nice copy of one of the more scarce 1907 Jamestown Exposition titles.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Illus. by Bessie Thorpe Lyle. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc, 1989. 248 pages, including 346 duotone photographs by Howard and text by James Watters. Folio. First edition. Signed on the title page by famed Hollywood actress and photographer Jean Howard and inscribed by her to her close friend Dorothy Shoemaker. There is also a a separate note to Dorothy from Jean stapled to the blank verso of the front free endpaper. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight in a clean bright dust jacket that is slightly faded along the spine.. SIGNED. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Jean Howard. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.

Paris: Mourlot, 1965. Marc Chagall was a Russian-born Jew who become one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Offered here is an original color lithograph from his portfolio "Bible Lithographs" published in Verve in 1956. The image was later pictured in the catalogue for the grand opening of the Marc Chagall National Museum in Nice in 1973. Not long before Henri Matisse's death in 1954, Pablo Picasso remarked, "When Matisse dies, Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what colour really is." This lithograph demonstrates the core truth in that judgment. Image/sheet size is 14 inches by 10 ¾ inches. In fine condition: clean, bright, and crisp. Mourlot 139.. Original. Single Sheet. Fine. Illus. by Marc Chagall. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Fine Art Print.

Paris: Mourlot, 1965. Marc Chagall was a Russian-born Jew who become one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Offered here is an original color lithograph from his portfolio "Bible Lithographs" published in Verve in 1956. The image was later pictured in the catalogue for the grand opening of the Marc Chagall National Museum in Nice in 1973. Not long before Henri Matisse's death in 1954, Pablo Picasso remarked, "When Matisse dies, Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what colour really is." This lithograph demonstrates the core truth in that judgment. Image/sheet size is 14 inches by 10 ¾ inches. In as-new condition: clean, bright, and crisp. Mourlot 140.. Original. Single Sheet. Fine. Illus. by Marc Chagall. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Fine Art Print.

Cleveland, Ohio: The Arthur Westbrook Company, 1908. 256 pages. The second in a series of mystery novels featuring a detective named Joe Phenix (sometimes mistakenly listed on the cover as Joe Phoenix). It was first published in 1884 by Beadle and Adams--scarce in any edition! Although Arthur Westbrook reprinted this book over a number of years, the rear cover provides a significant clue that this is the original 1908 printing. The first two Sherlock Holmes books listed actually were the same book (A Study in Scarlet). When the error was noticed, Westbrook published another book as the second on the list, and the list on all subsequent printings of Joe Phenix--Private Detective reflected that change. The book is in very good condition for a pulp paperback from that era: clean and tight, minimal edgewear at spine extremities; one tiny chip at top edge of rear cover; pages tanned but still reasonably supple.. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1953. 32 pages. Full color Golden Age comic book. The comic is in about very good condition: bright and tight, with lightly toned pages and some light soiling on rear e cover; relatively minor spine roll.. First Edition. Paperback. About Very Good. Illus. by Jesse Marsh. 10 1/8" X 7 3/8". Comic.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1932. Original ink drawing: 11 inches by 7 3/4 inches on a sheet of Bainbridge Illustration Board Number 80. 20 inches by 10 inches. Signed by the artist with initials (RB) within the image. Drawn by Rainey Bennett (1907-1998) for inclusion in Who's Hooey: Nitwitticisms of the Notable, a satirical book by the leftist American writers, Arthur Zipser and George Novack. The caption for the drawing reads "John D. Rockefeller (who has a pocketful of dimes): I see nothing more to worry about." The reference is to the December 1931 comment by Rockefeller in reference to the Great Depression. Bennett was a successful watercolor artist, illustrator, and author of children's books. His work can be found in many American museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Brooklyn Museum. A first edition of… Read More

London: Richard Blome, 1690. Original Copperplate Engraving by Peter Paul Bouche after the Drawing by G. Freman. 16 3/4" by 10 5/8". Published circa 1690-1710 in Blome's History of the Old and New Testaments. Some of the engravings, like this one, included an elaborate banner cartouche honoring one of the patrons whose financial support made publication possible. A second engraving--"Joseph's Chastity"--is printed on the verso. The engraving is in very good condition: clean and strong impression, with some smudging and faint water-staining outside the image in the margins. It is guaranteed to be more than 300 years old.. Early Printing. Single Sheet. Very Good. Illus. by G. Freman / Peter Paul Bouche. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Fine Art Print.

Richmond: James E. Goode, 1862. Extra Session.  452 pages + appendices of 31 documents and an index of 44 pages.  There is a bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper for Lee Garnett Day, the grandson of William H. Day, member of the Virginia Senate from Isle of Wight County during the Civil War.  The earlier Day's name is listed in the roster of Senators following page 452 in this Journal.  Note: this is not the Journal for the Wheeling Extra Session (held in what was soon to become West Virginia) that is much more common.  A WorldCat searched turned up only 4 copies of the Richmond Journal; the only one in Virginia is held by The Virginia Historical Society, which also has one complete and one incomplete copy from the Confederate Memorial Literary Society.  I cannot locate any copies (other than mine) on the market at this time.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1896. frontis, viii, 515, (2) pages. First edition: mixed state, with pages 1 and 2 numbered, but final pages in all chapters are unnumbered. Bound in original green cloth, with gilt decoration on front cover. The book is clean and tight, with some wear & tear at spine extremities, but no chipping. Pages are toning. One leaf roughly opened at fore-edge, leaving a long closed tear limited to the margin and not affecting text. Previous owner's bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown endpaper.. First Edition, Mixed State. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by H. Macbeth-Raeburn. Small 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Book.

Greenwich, CT: Gold Medal Books, 1951. 173 pages. First printing of this paperback original by the author of the Travis McGee mysteries. The book is in good condition: clean and tight with minor reading creases near spine, minor edgewear with a 1/4 inch tear at bottom of spine, a name & date written in pencil on first page, and light tanning to pages.. First Edition. Paperback. Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

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.