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

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1887. Edition Limited to 500 Impressions. The image is 6 5/8 inches by 11 3/4 inches on a sheet that measures 12 inches by 15 7/8 inches. The etching was printed by Stokes in 1887 and exhibited at the New York City Etching Club in 1888. Madison Square was named after President James Madison and is located at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway at Twenty-third Street. The busy street scene in the etching includes NYC landmarks, including the Fifth Avenue Hotel (demolished in 1908), the Jerome Mansion (demolished in 1967), and the General Worth Obelisk (still standing). Born in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, Frank M. Gregory (1848-1927) abandoned a business career to study art at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League of New York. A member of both the Salmagundi Club and the Palette Club, Gregory is best known for his etchings of scenes in New York City. His works can be found in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Art, the… Read More

London, England: George Johnson, 1935. 216 pages. All four quarterly issues for 1935 of this important British magic magazine. Bound in hardcovers with an added index and with orginal magazine covers also bound-in. The volume is clean and tight, with minimal toning of pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Magazine/Periodical.

Berkeley Heights, NJ: Fleming Book Company, 1945. xii, 527 pages. Blue Cloth Covered Boards. A nice tight copy. Cover has hint of foxing/toning at edges, more toning at spine. Light foxing and toning to edges of textblock and to endpapers. Pages are clean. With a few line drawings.. First U. S. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. Illus. by Frederick Braue and Donna Allen. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1911. viii, 221 pages. Decorated red cloth cover; gilt titling, with raised hand in white. Some illustrations. Part I includes various magic effects (The Rice and Water Trick, The Demon Digits, The Great Book Mystery, The Crystal Balls, etc.); Part II is devoted to the many ingenious inventions of Hoffmann's friend and performer Joseph Michael Hartz (1836-1903), whom he calls primarily an "apparatus" conjuror, but of the first order. Hartz was awarded many medal & diamond pins from royalty all over the world, such was his skill. His Devil of a Hat (a hat tick) is one of many described in the book. Cover is rubbed over all, especially to rear; rubbed to board at corners and 4 tiny spots rubbed on front. Spine is sunned. Front pastedown endpaper has 3 lines of handwriting and original bookseller sticker (reddish stain at bottom corner); ffep has previous owner's name (which has left ghost impression on half-title page underneath it. Half-title and… Read More

Washington, D.C.: Richard Kaufman and Alan Greenberg, 1994. Book One: xlii, 1-482 pages; Book Two: xxxvi, 483-1132 pages. Volumes 1-9 (March 1895 through February 1906) of this rare magic magazine reproduced in an edition limited to 400 copies. Includes indices of effects and contributors that was prepared by Stephen Hobbs. Two volumes in a green cloth-covered slipcase. Books are in as-new condition in a matching slipcase that is clean and bright with 2 bumped corners... First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Collectible- Fine/No Dust Jackets as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1964. xx, 222 pages. First printing. Originally written as the author's PhD dissertation, the book "reports and analyzes related events and reactions in Virginia from the time of the Supreme Court decison [Brown v. Board of Education] in 1954 to the enactment by the state's General Assembly of massive resistance legislation in September of 1956. A review slip and a publicity photograph of the author are laid in. The book is clean and tight, with a tiny dent on the top edge of the rear board. The dust jacket has some minor chipping at head and foot of the spine and some relatively light soiling.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Central City, Colorado: Charles Weitfle, 1879. Stereoview number 325 published by photographer Charles Weitfle in Central City, Colorado, circa 1879. It is from Weitfle's series, "Stereoscopic Views of Colorado Scenery." Weitfle moved to Central City, Colorado and opened a photography studio in 1878. He quickly gained renown as his photographs of Colorado towns, mining, railroads, and natural wonders earned awards from the Colorado Industrial Association. The image in this stereoview is a natural rock formation in what is now Pike National Forest. The stereoview is in very good condition: clean and bright, with minimal soiling on the mount.. First Edition. Stereoview. Very Good. Illus. by Charles Weitfle. 4 Inches by 7 Inches. Photo.

Manitou, Colorado: James Thurlow, 1870. Circa 1870s albumen landscape stereoview that includes a distant image of a Native American tepee with a horse and what appears to be a Native American man standing nearby. James Thomas Thurlow (1831-1878) was a British-born immigrant who had a photography studio in Manitou, Colorado during the 1870s. The stereoview is in very good condition: the image is clean and bright, on a mount that has very minor edgewear and soiling. 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 is in an envelope that Dennis used to circulate the view for comments from fellow amateur stereo photographers, who like Dennis were members of The Stereoscopic Society. Both front and back of the envelope include their handwritten… Read More

Denver, Colorado: W. H. Jackson & Co., 1880. Noted western photographer William Henry Jackson (1843-1942) created a series of images of Manitou and Pikes Peak. Number 301, the stereoview offered here, shows the town of Manitou, Colorado, circa 1880. 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.. First Edition. Stereoview. Very Good. Illus. by William Henry Jackson. Photo.

London: The Dorchester, 1940. First (and only) edition.  35 unnumbered pages, with 26 black and white collotype photographs of both interior and exterior views of London's Dorchester Hotel.  Nineteen of the collotypes are by French photographer Laure Albin Guillot, and seven are by British photographer Norman Parkinson.  Printed by the famed Ganymed Press, which also printed artist Henry Moore's collotypes. This is a truly rare book--Worldcat locates only 2 copies worldwide. The book is in very good condition: covers are somewhat edgeworn and lightly soiled; internally clean and bright.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by Laure Albin Guillot and Norman Parkinson. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.

Chula Vista, California: Rohr Industries, Inc., 1973. (142) pages. This was an early study important to the development of adhesives for composites used in the construction of American fighter planes. Unclassified study prepared under contract (F33615-71-C-1942) for United States Air Force Materials Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The book is quite scarece; the distribution list includes only 72 offices in various government and private aviation, space, and military agencies/companies. The book is clean and tight, with some soiling and wear on the front cover.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Chicago: A. T. Andreas / Lakeside Press, 1875. 14 1/4 inches by 17 1/2 inches. Original color map lithographed by Charles Shober for Andreas" 1875 ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE STATE OF IOWA. It is a map of Pottawattamie County lithographed in light blue with darker blue lines delineating township borders. The county map is highly detailed: in addition to cities, towns, roads, railroads, and rivers. there are pictorial representations of farm houses (with names of owners), churches, school houses, post offices, blacksmith shops, cemeteries, quarries, lime kilns, timberland, swamps, creeks, and bluffs. There is a decorative border around the map. On the verso is a lithographed city plan with all streets and lots for Council Bluffs, Iowa. The plan is lithographed in pink, with a darker pink setting off additions and wards. The decorative border from the recto (front) is repeated on the verso. Both sides are bright, attractive, and suitable for framing. The paper is very lightly… Read More

Chicago: A. T. Andreas / Lakeside Press, 1875. 17 1/2 inches by 14 inches. Original color map lithographed by Charles Shober for Andreas" 1875 ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE STATE OF IOWA. It is a map of Ringgold County lithographed in light yellow with darker yellow lines delineating township borders. The county map is highly detailed: in addition to cities, towns, roads, railroads, and rivers. there are pictorial representations of farm houses (with names of owners), churches, school houses, post offices, blacksmith shops, cemeteries, quarries, lime kilns, timberland, swamps, creeks, and bluffs. At the bottom of the map are two lithographed vignettes--one showing a train; the other, 2 farmers resting. There is a decorative border around the map. On the verso is a similar map of Taylor County, Iowa The map is lithographed in pink, with a darker pink delineating township borders. The 2 vignettes at the bottom have siimilar themes but different images. The decorative border from… Read More

New York, Richmond, Chicago, & Toledo: H. H. Hardesty, 1885. Original color lithographed map printed by Rand, McNally & Company, Engravers and published in HARDESTY'S HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA: SPECIAL VIRGINIA EDITION. 19 3/8 inches by 13 1/4 inches on a 21" X 14 1/2" sheet. The map depicts the Territory of Utah in its final form--large areas had been removed and ceded to Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska since Utah became a U. S. Territory in 1850. The issue of polygamy prevented statehood until it was finally granted in 1896. This map features railroads and topography and uses color to set off counties from each other. Unlike most atlas maps of the period, this map identifies most small towns. The map is guaranteed to be moe than 135 years old. The map is in about very good condition: generally clean and bright, with slight toning of paper and one faint water stain near the center-left edge of the map.. Original. Single Sheet. Very Good-. Elephant… Read More

Charlottesville: Winterthur / University Press of Virginia, 1980. (12), 505 pages. Identifies 1,700 marks of American silversmiths. Selected from items in the Ineson-Bissell Collection of Small Silver Objects in the Winterthur Museum, mostly spoons but also other silver items. All were made by American silversmiths between 1670 and 1870, with more than 1400 persons identified. A nice tight copy. Sunning to edges of cover; just a smattering of foxing to top edge; toning to edges of endpapers, with non-authorial inscription on ffep. DJ has small creases along spine and top edge, with some small closed tears along top edge as well. White rear and flaps are toned. In new mylar.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Silver Spring, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1986. xi, 416 pages. Because Maryland remained in the United States during the Civil War, little attention has been paid to the thousands of Marylanders who served in the Confederate army. This well-documented book addresses that lack with 64 pages summarizing the role of Maryland in the Confederacy and 242 pages detailing a roster of the Maryland soldiers in the Confederate army. The book is clean and tight, with very slight toning of pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Toronto, Canada: Self Published, 1995. Book 1: 14 pages; Book 2: 9 pages. Signed by the magician Jay Sankey and inscribed by him to fellow magician Jerry Blount. Circa 1995 lecture notes in two books, one dealing with playing card magic, and the second on coins and miscellaneous magic routines. Includes verious magic routines by Sankey including The Impossible Elastic Penetration, Pyramid, Cartesian Coins and Lasting Impression. Both books are clean and tight in clean and crisp black folder that has some crease marks along the bottom edge.. SIGNED. First Edition. Paperback. Collectible- Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Williamsburg, Virginia: The College of William and Mary, 1993. ix pages. A long poem in which the poet contemplates the significance of of the process of naming places (Lake Matoaka) and people (Indian princess named Matoaka at birth, called Pocahontas by John Smith, renamed Rebecca when baptised). Amy Clampitt (1920-1994) was an American poet commissioned by the College of William and Mary to write this tercentenary poem. She had previously been a writer-in-residence at the College and was a 1992 MacArthur Prize Fellow. The book is SIGNED by Clampitt, inscribed by her to a Williamsburg, Virginia resident, and dated February 8, 1993. The staple-bound chapbook is clean, bright, and tight, with short crease lines at the staples.. SIGNED. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" 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 Lieber and Lewis published STAGE FOLK, a… Read More

Paris: Rene Giraud, Editeur, 1927. 58 pages. 4to. First edition. Limited Edition: #446 of 500 copies. Text is in French, and accompanied by line drawings. The pages are in very good condition, with only a hint of toning to edges, some offsetting to endpapers. Tan paper cover is overlaid with a glassine jacket (that is glued down at edges on verso of cover). Glassine is heavily toned, with some foxing and some tears. Minor edgewear to cover itself.. First Edition. Paperback. Collectible-Very Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.