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

Lexington, Kentucky: Spotswood Specialty Co., 1940. Folded advertising card with 9 (nine) sewing needles attached. Circa 1940s advertising novelty produced for S. BRAND COAL AND OIL CO. (St. Paul, Minnesota) by Spotswood Specialty Co. of Lexington, Kentucky. Also promoted on the card were Koppers Coke and Rex Fuel Oils. The needles and their packaging are virtually as-new, and the folded card is in excellent condition.. First Edition. Fine. Manuscript.

Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan Univ. Press, 1959. 56 pages. First printing of Wright's relatively scarce second book. The title poem is a sonnet that makes clear this comment by poet and critic Ben Friedlander: "One does not turn to James Wright for laughter." The poem begins: "When I went out to kill myself, I caught a pack of hoodlums beating up a man." After this book Wright eschewed the use of rhyme, but the dark themes stayed with him. The book is in better than very good condition: clean and tight, with Just a hint of toning to spine; toning to endpapers, with previous owner's name/city/state written on ffep. A smattering of foxing to top and fore edges of textblock. DJ is toned, especially at spine; hint of soiling to front and rear; in new mylar. Three sections: Lunar Changes, A Sequence of Love Poems, The Part Nearest Home.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: Various Publishers, 1786. 4to (10 3/8" by 8 3/8"). Three bookplates on front endpapers tell an ownership story: Henry St. John Dixon (1773-1846) arrived in Abingdon, Virginia in 1798 with his friend and fellow student, Henry Clay. Clay decided to move on to Kentucky; Dixon remained in Abingdon. Robert W. Hughes (1821-1901) was a newspaper editor in Richmond, United States attorney in the Abingdon area, a Federal judge, and a Republican nominee for Governor of Virginia. His son Robert M. Hughes (1855-1940) was a Norfolk attorney, the author of a biography of Civil War general Joseph E. Johnston, and benefactor of what later became Old Dominion University (Hughes Hall on the ODU campus is named after him). Chapbooks bound-in include: 1) One chapbook containing 3 poems by 18th century lawyer and poet Thomas Spring: 1) A Familiar Epistle from a Student of the Middle Temple, London, to His Friend in Dublin. Written in the Year 1759. First edition, printed for T. Davies, London, 1771. The… Read More

Various Publishers, 1835. 60 pieces of sheet music on 160 leaves gathered in a bound volume (3/4 leather over marbled paper-covered boards). Folio. On the front cover is a leather patch stamped with the name of the original owner of this collection--Scota Ann Warden. Interestingly, published in the August 1940 issue of Evergreen: A Monthly Magazine of New and Popular Tales and Poetry is original music for The Lexington Waltz, "COMPOSED AND ARRANGED FOR THE PIANO-FORTE, AND DEDICATED TO MISS SCOTA ANN WARDEN, OF STAUNTON, VIRGINIA--BY M. H. D." Pencilled on the front free endpaper is some poetry, very likely written as a tribute to Miss Warden. It is signed only with the words Ann Smith Academy, which was a private school for "young ladies" in Lexington, Virginia. Scota Ann Warden probably was one of the 90 or so girls (most between 13 and 16 years old) in the academy in 1839. Eight (8) of the pieces of sheet music have title pages with lithographed images, but lithography… Read More

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1989. 316 pages. Beautifully bound in 22 kt. gilt decorated dark red leather with raised bands on spine; all-edges gilt. An unused Easton Press bookplate affixed to the front endpaper; notes from the editors laid in. In virtually as-new condition.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Collectible- Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Los Angeles, California: The Los Angeles Westerners, 1971. 180 pages. This Silver Anniversary Edition of the brand book of the Los Angeles Westerners reprints 3 early 1890s accounts of the second vigilante group in San Francisco. Those accounts reflect the controversy about the vigilantes that still exists today. Binding is blue cloth, in a clear mylar dust jacket. The book is clean and tight, with a few spots of foxing on edges of the textblock.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

New York: Harper's Weekly, 1858. Original wood engraving by Winslow Homer. Image is 5 3/4" x 9 1/8 inches. This first (only) impression was printed in Harper's Weekly on Christmas Day December 25, 1858. Both the woodblock and the electrotype plate were destroyed after the engraving was printed. This is a very good impression in very good condition. Now archivally matted and ready for a 14" by 16" frame. First Edition. Paper. Very Good. Illus. by Winslow Homer. 5 3/4" x 9 1/8 Inches. Fine Art Print.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1984. 181 pages. The first printing of this paperback original. Winner of the 1985 American Book Award. An apparently unread book, with light toning of the white covers.. First Edition. Paperback. Collectible-Very Good+. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

Cincinnati, Ohio: Ritts Advertising Agency, 1943. 55 pages. Advertising pamphlet for the Schoenling Brewing Company in Cincinnati; a song book including out-of-copyright classics and popular songs copyrighted by Mills Music, Inc. The first song is a Schoenling jingle to be sung to the tune of "Sailing, sailing, over the bounding main." The pamphlet is bright and tight with some minor soiling and wrinkling of the rear cover.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Henry Eddy (front cover). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manuscript.

New York: The Viking Press, 1966. (10), 150 pages. Rare first printing of this classic work by the scientist Time magazine once called "the Paul Revere of the environmental movement." For the first time in book form Commoner warned about the twin dangers of nuclear winter in the event of nuclear war and climate change fueled by unchecked capitalism. The book is in near-fine condition, clean, bright, and tight--marred only by first owner's name and date of purchase from the Missouri Book Store in Columbia. The dust jacket, with $4.50 price on front flap, is in very good condition: clean and bright, with some relatively minor color rubbing and edgewear; one 1/3" closed tear at foot of spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/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 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.

Richmond, Virginia: A. Works, 1828. 206 pages + 6 pages publisher's catalog. 6 maps (3 foldout). Full calf. Bickersteth was an evangelist, missionary, and writer of theological tracts. Shaw-Shoemaker 32373. The book is in about very good condition: clean and tight, with some foxing; a few tiny holes in one of the foldout maps. There is a Sabbath school library bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper.. Second American edition, from the Third . Hardcover. About Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Green River, Wyoming: R. E. Prince, 1969. 268 pages. 4to. First printing. Laid in is an errata sheet dated 1-22-1971. On the front endpaper is the dated (May2, 1974) signature of the book's previous owner: Manfred W. "Casey" Holtzinger, the Virginia Beach artist noted for watercolors of trains. This is a typical Richard E. Prince railroad history: an in-depth, highly detailed, and profusely illustrated history of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, "The Progressive Railway of the South," from its beginnings as the Portsmouth & Roanoke Rail Road in 1832-1834. Equally typical is that the book was published in a small edition which collectors tend to hoard; so it is reasonably scarce. The book is in about very good condition: internallyclean and tight, with very slight toning of pages and some soiling and rubbing of covers.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

New York: Frank J. Lowe, 1945. Edition limited to 250 impressions.  SIGNED in pencil by Roland Clark. Image is 14 1/4 inches by 18 1/4 inches. Sheet is 22 3/4 inches by 28 1/2 inches. Archivally matted and shrink-wrapped--ready for a 26 3/8" X 29 1/2"frame. Frank Lowe worked for Derrydale, which produced Clark's hand-colored prints. When Derrydale went out of business, Lowe began to produce the same high quality prints for the artist. The print is in fine condition: clean and bright. "Seclusion" seldom comes on the market, and when it does, the paper usually is toned and the colors almost always are dulled and subdued. Neither of those issues applies to the print offered her. Note: the distortion in my photographs is an artifact of glare from the shrinkwrap.. SIGNED. First Edition. Single Sheet. Fine. Illus. by Roland Clark. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Fine Art Print.

State College, Pennsylvania: The American Philatelic Society, 1979. ix, (1), 124 pages. Now out-of-print, this well-illustrated book is still the standard reference for information about U. S. revenue stamped paper issued during 1801-1802. The book is in very good+ condition: clean and tight, with a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Fairfax, VA: Hazel/Peterson Companies, 1987. v, 112; iv, 31; iii, 34 pages. As part of its effort to build a shopping mall on the William Center Tract next to the Manassas Battlefield National Park, the Hazel/Peterson Companies commissioned historian James A. Schaefer to prepare a report on the Civil War Battle of Second Manassas. His report is part one of this book. In 1988 Schaeffer, having realized that he had been duped by Hazel/Peterson, reversed his position and joined the opposition to the mall. Part 2 of the book, "Counting the Fallen", was written by James Rea; it attempts to determine whether soldiers killed in the battle were buried on the Williams Center tract. Part 3 examines the history of Theophile Poilpot's long-missing panorama painting of the battle. The book, intended only for the local campaign to build the mall, was not widely circulated and is now scarce. The book is clean and tight.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12"… Read More

Oxford, England: Basil Blackwell, 1929. vi, 37 pages. First half of the book includes lyrics to popular ballads by the English composer Maurice Besly. The remainder of the book includes humorous epigrams about famous musicians and writers. Some of the epigrams are accompanied by the superb caricatures of the Swedish artist Einar Nerman. Very SCARCE: OCLC locates only 7 copies in libraries worldwide. SIGNED by Besly on the title page, with an inscription on the front endpaper from the author to "Baroness de Bush" (Pauline Joran, the noted opera singer who married William Ernest Bush, the first and last Baron de Bush). The book is in very good condition: tight, with some soiling to cover, moderate wear to corners, and minor foxing in margins of title page and a few other pages. Much nicer than it sounds--certainly a more than acceptable copy for the serious collector.. SIGNED. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Einar Nerman. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

New York: Lancer Books, 1962. 144 pages. First printing of this paperback original biography of Marlon Brando. Hamblett also wrote a book on the death of Marilyn Monroe and c0-wrote the first book on "Generation X." The book is clean, tight, and unread, with light toning of the white cover and light uniform tanning of pages--more pronounced tanning on the verso of the covers.. First Edition. Paperback. Collectible-Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

London: R. Ackermann, 1821. (6), 46 pages, followed by 48 plates printed only on the rectos. The text, though not attributed in the book, is by the British romantic poet William Wordsworth, who continued to revise it for his own travel book, A Guide through the District of the Lakes. The illustrations are 48 soft ground etchings by William Frederick Wells after the watercolors by Wilkinson. Titles of plates in order: 1. Vale of the Lune, Lonsdale looking towards Ingleborough Hill & Hornby Castle. 2. South view of Furness Abby, Lancashire. 3. Penny bridge, between Ulverstone & Coniston, with the tide in. 4. View on Comiston-water. 5. Coniston Water-head. 6. Cottage at Nebthit with Backbarrow-Crag. 7. View on the banks of Coniston-water. 8. Estwaite-water from below Bellemount. 9. View on Winandermere. 10. Newby bridge, foot of Winandermere. 11. Cottages at Ambleside. 12. Langdale Chapel, Vale of Langdale. 13. Elter-Water. 14. Brathay-bridge, near Ambleside. 15. Cottage near Rydal. 16.… Read More

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1976. 294 pages. One volume in the Franklin "First Edition Society" series. Beautifully bound in rust color leather beautifully decorated in gilt; satin endpapers; all-edges gilt. The book is in virtually as-new condition.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Fine/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. Illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.