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

Venezia (Venice): Carlo Pecora, 1744. Two volumes (3 & 4 of 6) bound as one. Large 4to. Early full vellum binding with a brown leather title patch; all edges gilt; marbled pastedown endpapers. Parallel texts in Italian and French for seventy-two fables, each illustrated with a beautiful full-page color etching by Fossati. Each etching is printed in one of various shades of red, orange, brown, green, blue and black. In addition to the 72 plates, there are engraved vignettes on the 4 title pages, a red engraved headpiece for volume 3, and an engraved tailpiece following the text for each of the fables. Fossati (1706-1778) was an Italian architect who also was a very good printmaker and book illustrator. For the fables he portrayed animals realistically and used his architectural training for accurate renderings of baroque buildings. A rare title: OCLC locates only 13 libraries with any of the volumes. Ours is a very nice (vg+) copy with text and plates on clean and supple laid paper; very… Read More

Central City, Colorado: Charles Weitfle, 1879. Stereoview number 355 published by photographer Charles Weitfle in Central City, Colorado, circa 1879. 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. Photo.

Toronto: Printed for the Author By William Briggs, 1903. 293 pages + 17 plates. Decorated binding by John Innes. The subtitle of the book is: "Being a Record of Actual Facts and Conditions Relating to the Cattle Industry of the North-West Territories of Canada; and Comprising the Extraordinary Story of the Formation and Career of a Great Cattle Company." The story of Canada's Oxley ranch, written from the standpoint of the manager of the ranch. A scarce title that is one of the most important books on cattle and ranching in Canada. Adams, RAMPAGING HERD 598, Howes C842. Clean and tight in original green cloth--only minor rubbing of the white lettering and decoration. Name and date (1908) of early owner Rosa H. McLennan (mother of historical romance writer Isabel McMeekin) and later owner's bookplate on front endpapers.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good. Large 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. 169 pages. The book is clean and tight, with light rubbing at corners and top & bottom edges of spine. Pages are lightly tanned. Dust jacket is generally bright, with some fading along the spine; very minor chipping of spine extremities.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: William S. Orr & Co., 1848. This is not a complete book--it is a single sheet containing an original antique hand-colored botanical print. Joseph Paxton was perhaps the most significant 19th century English botanist, the designer of the famed Crystal Palace, and the editor of Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. This print is from the 14th volume of that magazine, published in 1848. Drawn and lithographed by Samuel Holden, it is a superb brilliantly-colored example of the flowers in the magazine. The lithograph is accompanied by the original text pages explaining the origin, cultivation, and uses of the flower. The print is clean and bright, with a hint of toning of the background and the usual stab holes along the binding edge.. First Edition. Paper. Collectible-Fine. Illus. by Samuel Holden. 9" by 6 3/8". Fine Art Print.

Washington D. C.: Public Affairs Press, 1968. 186 pages. Essays presenting the Ripon Society's proposals for dealing with the Vietnam War. Three of the essays were the product of a symposium that Hillary Rodham is credited for having assisted in organizing. The book is clean and tight, with minor rubbing on front and back cover and corners of covers. The clean dust jacket acket has some color rubbing on front panel, small piece (1/4 inch) missing from head of spine, and several tiny closed tears at edges. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paris: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, 1972. 13 pages. Stape-bound offprint of a paper presented at "Les Techniques de Laboratoire Dans L'Etude Des Manuscrits" in Paris, September 13-15, 1972. The text of the paper is in English. The abstract is in French and repeated in German. The research reported concerns deterioration of paper in old books. The report is clean and tigt, with some very faint tanning of covers.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Portsmouth, Virginia: Edwards Brothers / Stonewall Camp No. 380, Sons of Confederate Veterans, 1996. 366, (8), 47 pages. Limited edition: number 746 of only 1,000 copies printed. Published for the Stonewall Camp No. 380, Sons of Confederate Veterans. A facsimile reprint of the 1892 original classic work of American Civil War history, with an added 47-page index of names that is not found in any other edition. There is a blank United Daughters of the Confederacy bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper; otherwise, the book is in as-new condition.. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Portsmouth, Virginia: Edwards Brothers / Stonewall Camp No. 380, Sons of Confederate Veterans, 1996. 366, (8), 47 pages. Limited edition: only 1,000 copies printed. Published for the Stonewall Camp No. 380, Sons of Confederate Veterans. A facsimile reprint of the 1892 original classic work of American Civil War history, with an added 47-page index of names that is not found in any other edition. The book is in virtually as-new condition.. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Brockport, New York: Boa Editions, Ltd., 1994. 109 pages. Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye, winner of 4 Pushcart Prizes, the Paterson Poetry Prize, the Robert Creeley Award, and the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature. SIGNED by Nye and warmly inscribed by her to Virginia Poet Laureate Joe Awad. Except for a tiny corner crease on the front cover, the book is in almost as-new condition.. SIGNED. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Burgess & Stringer, 1846. Two volumes bound as one. xiv, 7-249 pages; 230 pages. 12mo. First United States edition of the third novel in Cooper's Littlepage Manuscripts trilogy written as a reaction to the Anti-Rent War (1839-1845) in upstate New York. The book is in about very good condition in its original binding: clean and tight, with moderate foxing throughout. Both front and rear leather joints have split, but the boards remain tightly attached by the cords and hinges.. First U. S. Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good-. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Richmond, Virginia: H. K. Ellyson's Steam Power Presses, 1856. 363 pages. First edition, rebound in modern cloth binding. Lithographed frontispiece is present. The subtitle reads: "The Exhibit of the Treasurer of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Fund, and Statements of Other Members of the Association; Together with a Sketch of the Fever, etc., etc." This book is an important contemporary reference for the yellow fever epidemic which killed 10% of the population in Portsmouth in 1855.. First British Edition. Hardcover. About Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Petersburg, Virginia: McClure Printing Company, 1947. xii, 462 pages. 8vo. Illustrated by two black and white photographic portraits of Kidd and numerous portraits of others. First edition. Nevins I, p. 146. Dornbusch II, 27. The book is SIGNED, without inscription, on the title page by the author. A remarkably detailed biography and genealogy of a little-known Confederate soldier from Selma, Alabama. Reuben Vaughan Kidd (1839-1863) joined Company A of the 4th Alabama Infantry as a 2nd Sergeant on April 26, 1861. He saw military action at South Mountain and Sharpsburg, was later elected lieutenant and captain by soldiers in his company, led his company in battle at Gettysburg, and was killed in action at Chickamauga on September 19, 1863. Pierrepont relied heavily upon letters written by other members of Company A and the detailed letters written by Kidd himself. The book is in about very good condition: clean and tight, with slight color rubbing along edges of the red cloth covered boards;… Read More

Riverside, California: Historical Commission Press, 1976. v, 103 pages. Essays by 7 historians, each focusing upon one element in American history with its origins in the era of the American Revolution. Laid in is a letter (SIGNED by the author) in which the author identifies those elements as "Black, Indian, Chicano, religious, geographical, and chronological. The unread book is clean and tight, with slight fading along the spine and perhaps a hint of toning to pages.. SIGNED. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

London: William S. Orr & Co., 1848. This is not a complete book--it is a single sheet containing an original antique hand-colored botanical print. Joseph Paxton was perhaps the most significant 19th century English botanist, the designer of the famed Crystal Palace, and the editor of Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. This print is from the 14th volume of that magazine, published in 1848. Drawn and lithographed by Samuel Holden, it is a superb brilliantly-colored example of the flowers in the magazine. The lithograph is accompanied by the original text pages explaining the origin, cultivation, and uses of the flower. The print is clean and bright, with a hint of toning of the background and the usual stab holes along the binding edge.. First Edition. Paper. Collectible-Fine. Illus. by Samuel Holden. 9" by 6 3/8". Fine Art Print.

Lynchburg, Virginia: TLC Publishing, 2000. vI, 106 pages. First printing of this profusely illustrated and comprehensive examination of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company's passenger service in its most signficant years--from the Great Depression until the early years of Amtrack. The book is in virtually as-new condition.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

London: School of Archaeology in Egypt / Bernard Quaritch, 1915. vii, 38 pages + 62 plates, many folding. Folio. First edition. Riqqeh and Memphis VI is one of a series of books published to report the findings of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt. Much of the work was performed by Reginald Engelbach, an engineer turned Egyptologist, and Sir Flinders Petrie, holder of the first chair of Egyptology in England. The artifacts they discovered, many of which are pictured in this volume, form significant parts of the archaeological holdings of the Egyptian Museum of Cairo and the British Museum. The book is clean and tight, with a faint and shallow (1/8 inch) line of water stain at the top of the rear cover and the top margin of the last 3 plates in the book; there also is some staining on the spine that does not obscure the still bright gilt title.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.

New York: Books of Wonder / William Morrow, 1991. 267 pages. The first printing of this facsimile of the 1909 edition. The book is in as-new condition in a clean, bright, and crisp dust jacket that has a hint of fading along the spine.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by John R. Neill. 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 Lieber and Lewis published STAGE… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. 192 pages. One color plate on frontis plus four additional black and white plates by Eloise Burns Wilkin--perhaps her earliest book illustrations, done before she completed her art studies at Rochester Institute of Technology. Bound in original red cloth with black lettering. The book is generally clean and tight; 4 leaves rather crudely opened, leaving margins chipped; spine slightly faded; small brown stains in margin of 2 pages; 1/2" closed tear in margin of frontispiece; cloth bumped through to boards at corners; 3 tiny and light stains on front cover. Much nicer than it sounds--a perfectly acceptable copy of a very scarce book.. First Edition. Hardback. Collectible-Very Good-/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. Illus. by Eloise Burns [Wilkin]. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.