Search Results: Titles starting with W from Thorn Books

Philadelphia: E. C. BIddle, 1837. Fine. Hand-colored lithograph from an early folio edition of McKenney and Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America". Image size showing through the mat is approximately 11ÂĽ by 17 inches, matted and nicely framed in a 20 by 26 inch frame. Trace of spotting else a fine copy with rich vibrant colors and with the original printing information at the bottom of the image, typical of early editions. Not examined outside the frame. This image is listed on the contents page of Volume I as Wabishkeepenas, or 'The White Pigeon'.

Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle, 1837. First edition. Fine. Hand-colored lithograph from the first folio edition of McKenney and Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America". Image size approximately 14-1/8 by 20 inches, matted in an 18 x 24 inch mat. Trace of binding adhesive along one edge and a lower corner rough, a few light spots in the background with some offset from the text , else a fine copy with rich vibrant colors. This image is listed on the contents page of Volume I as Wanata, or 'The Charger'. Caption reads: "Published by F. W. Greenough, Philada." and "Entered ... in the year 1836 by F. W. Greenough ..."

Philadelphia, 1836. Fine. Hand-colored lithograph from an early folio edition of McKenney and Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America". Image size approximately 14-1/8 by 20 inches, matted in an 18 x 24 inch mat. Trace of binding adhesive along one edge else a fine copy with rich vibrant colors. This image is listed on the contents page of Volume I as Waapashaw.

London: C. J. G. & F. Rivington, 1831. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. viii, (2), 560pp. Full purple straight-grain morocco by Goodwin of Tetbury. Spine in six compartments, gilt, with teo deep red lettering labels, gilt. Gilt rules on the boards, blind inner dentelles, marbled endpapers and edges, Folding map and plates present. Light rubbing to the hinges else a fine copy, with the bookplate of Estcourt Library on the front pastedown. .

Hollywood: Walt Disney Enterprises, 1936. First edition. Stapled wraps. Thin folio (10 by 12½ inches). 10pp. printed on stiff card with a 'linen-like' finish, and in full color, staple-bound. Shows a Christmas party at Mickey's: a long-beaked Donald gets a horn; scarce character Horace Horsecollar gets a new collar; Goofy a cuckoo clock; Clarabelle Cow (another scarce character) has Christmas bells; Pluto, a toy cat, the twins a book, a hat for Minnie, a band leader's uniform for Mickey and wolf-proof grease for the three pigs. Light wear to the spine and edges, scattered light finger soil to the outside covers and to a lesser degree to the text, and with a faint stain near the margin of the upper cover, outside only; else this is a very good copy. Scarce in collectible condition.

New York: Garden City Publishing Company, 1941. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Thin 4to. Illustrated in color and black and white throughout. Publisher's cloth spine, pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Based on a story from Kenneth Grahame's 'Dream Days'. This is a fine, bright copy with only the barest trace of wear along the edges. Very scarce in this condition. The dustwrapper has a little roughness along the edges and some light soil but is in near fine condition, and also scarce in this condition. It is not clipped. The nicest copy of this title we have seen.

New York: Garden City Publishing Company, 1941. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Thin 4to. Illustrated in color and black and white throughout. Publisher's cloth spine, pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Based on a story from Kenneth Grahame's 'Dream Days'. There are light traces of wear to the spine and to the corners, a neat inscription from 1944 on the half title, else this is a near fine copy. The dustwrapper is not clipped. It is soiled; it is chipped at the spine tips with a closed tear tear on the spine and another along the top margin, else it is in very good condition. (The Brodart protective sleeve has been colored to match the yellow of the wrapper to give a nice appearance without damage to the wrapper.) Scarce Disney item, and more so in dustwrapper.

Dusseldorf: Vier-Turme-Verlag, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Large square 8vo. 133pp. Brick red cloth covers with a repeating "WIND" motif on the upper board in black; black spine titles; patterned endpapers. Illustrated throughout with photographs of Wind's work, mainly in black and white with a few in color. A fine copy. Warmly inscribed to friends and dated November 11, 1979, and signed "Barbara + 4Wind". In German.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1923. First English edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Full gilt stamped red calf, t.e.g, Spine in five compartments, gilt; gilt tooling on the boards and board edges, with the title repeated in gold on the upper board. Inner dentelles tooled in gilt. Binding signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Signed by Zane Grey in his purple signature ink on the title page, and again on the front free end paper. With Zane Grey's rainbird bookplate on the front free end paper. This is the deluxe issue bound for Hodder and Stoughton by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for presentation to Zane Grey. There was only one copy each of these special copies so bound. Undated, but the list of Zane Gray's works in the list opposite the title page shows titles only from 1903 (Betty Zane) to Mysterious Rider (1923). Hinges neatly repaired; boards have some staining and yawning, spine darkened. Only a good to very good copy, but unique. .

London: Cassell and Company, 1946. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. First editions, first printings. Volume I is in the first state. Illustrated with half-tone plates. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt spine titles. Dustwrappers are unclipped except for Vol. IV. Bookplate in volume I, neat ownership names in the remaining volumes. The set overall is near fine. Cohen A142. Later printings of Volume I have a leaf inserted (128a-128b) with an additional speech. We include a second volume of Volume I in a later printing containing this leaf. Condition Specifics: I. Fine/Fine II. Fine/Near fine III. Endpapers foxed. Closed marginal tear on dustwrapper. IV. Textblock edges foxed. Dustwrapper is price-clipped. Crease and closed tear on rear panel repaired from within with archival tape. V. Spine gilt darkened. Dustwrapper is soiled and has a small repair along top. VI. Endpapers foxed. Dustwrapper has two short tears at flap ends, an abrasion at the foot of the spine, sunning to top of rear panel. VII. Light… Read More

Philadelphia: John Weik, 1856. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Oblong 8vo. Printed pictorial boards. 4, 16pp plus 6 unnumbered leaves of plates. The illustrations are printed in black and ochre and then hand-colored. Spine nearly perished else a very good copy. Ownership inscription dated 1860. The date of publication is taken from the Preface. .

London: H. J. Webb, 1861. Loose plates. Fine. 17 uncut sheets, approximately 7 by 8½ inches, all hand colored, containing characters for the pantomime, as well as sets and wings, complete as called for: 9 plates of characters, two of scenes, one of set pieces, 1 of water pieces, and 4 of wings. Lacking the booklet, a copy of which is provided in facsimile: 18pp bound with string. The scenes are in fine condition except for one rough edge. The booklet is fairly common in OCLC, but the character and scenes sheets are surprisingly scarce with only one copy noted in institutions. Toy Theatres, originally styled Juvenile Dramas, were introduced in 1811 as children's versions of plays of the time. The date of publication is taken from Speaight, who states clearly the Webb issued this edition n 1861. The Miller and his Men was one of the more popular toy theatre plays, and was reissued several times in the 19th century by Reddington, Pollock and others. .

St. Petersburg: Dmitry Sayenko; Nikodim, 2018. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes, folio. Slipcased. One of 20 copies signed by Owens and Sayenko in the colophon. Prospectus laid in. The volumes are in fine, as new condition; the slipcase has a tiny bump on one corner else is fine. The main volume, 56pp, hardcover is in full grey linen with a linocut paste-on and brass corners. Tan endpapers. All pages of handmade paper and uncut, replete with linocuts taken directly from the blocks and in multiple colors, with the text letterpress, deeply printed on dampened paper with Baskerville type. Volume 2 is also folio, and in handmade paper wraps, the upper wrap with a linocut of Gawain and Ragnell taken from the block, and title by letterpress in red. (28)pp. The text is printed offset on ivory machine-made paper and contains the complete Romance as transcribed from the sole manuscript by Frederick Madden and rendered into modern English by James J. Owens, keeping the original cadence and… Read More

Philadelphia, 1836. Fine. Hand-colored lithograph from an early folio edition of McKenney and Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America". Image size approximately 14-1/8 by 20 inches, matted in an 18 x 24 inch mat. Trace of binding adhesive along one edge else a fine copy with vibrant colors. This image is listed on the contents page of Volume I as Weshcumbb or 'The Sweet'.

London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co, 1838. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. xi,(1),380,xciv,(2)pp. Finely bound in full brown morocco, gilt spine title, decorative endpapers. Errata page present in rear after page xciv. A near fine copy. The stated purpose of the expedition was to ascertain "the actual condition of the Negro population of those islands". Sabin 93264; Beinecke, 837. A second edition appeared the same year with added maps.

London: Published by Authority of the War Office, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Foiio. Two volumes. Introduction by General Sir Douglas Haig. Tan buckram spiune, leather lettering labels, gilt; brown paper over boards. Illustrated throughout withb plates of the war by the author/artist. Corners worn and lettering labels chipped else a very good set. Inscribed on the verso of the front free endpaper by the artist-author: "Signed for Mr. Henry Tozer with the kindest regards of Muirhead Bone." Bookplate of "HT"; i.e., Henry Tozer, on the front pastedowns . Laid in are two autograph letters signed by Muirhead Bone and addressed to Mr. Tozer. The first, dated December 1949, discusses books by Bone and his family. The second, dated February 1950, discussed mostly an exhibit of pictures Bone's son Stephen. The recipient is likely Henry Edward Spernon Tozer (1864-1955), a highly regarded painter of country life. .

Amsterdam: Johannes Blaeu, 1647. Original colour. 385 x 500mm. A fine map of Westmorland, with elaborate cartouches for the title and scale, Royal crests, 4 coats of arms plus 2 empty. Original color. Light aging to the paper and a little roughness along the edges, but a very good exemplar. Latin text on verso. Framed under glass in a simple gold frame with a 1963 date on the reverse. .

New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Black cloth spine printed in red and gold; yellowpaper over boards; yellow endpapers, A fine copy. Stated first edition. The dustwrapper is price-clipped else fine. Laid in are two newspaper articles on King's march, as well as a copy of Don Wolfe's poem, "Dear Coretta...." .

London: Frederick Muller, 1956. First English edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Illustrated by Frederick T. Chapman.. 8vo. Illustrated by Frederick T. Chapman. Blue embossed paper over boards, gilt spine title. Pictorial endpapers. A fine, bright, as new copy. Colorful dustwrapper by Cuthbertson. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped. It has two small chips at the spine folds and two very short, closed marginal tears at the bottom else near fine. .

London: Effingham WIlson, 1830. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Small 8vo. vii,(1),100pp. Hand colored frontispiece, plus six lithographed plates. Modern quarter morocco, spine in six compartments with raised bands, leather lettering label, gilt; cloth boards; vellum corners; marbled endpapers. With the original wrappers bound in at the rear. Without the publisher' s catalogue, sometimes present. Title, frontispiece and plates lightly soiled and stained; the bound-in covers are darkened and badly rubbed. A good copy in a fine binding. None of the bibliographical references assign an author. The front cover shows a "swell" in front of a cheval mirror, surrounded by boots, hats, brushes, combs, etc. The rear cover shows a scruffy gent in a bookshop with the caption "I want The Whole art of Dress!" The plates are of pantaloons, stocks and neck cloths, ties, hats, boots, etc. Rare. Abbey, Life, 422. Hiler, p. 989. Colas 3075.