Authors starting with W from Margolis & Moss

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1889. 232 pages. Numerous illustrations + a folding facsimile of a theatrical broadside for the Broadway theater, 1847. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 inches); burgundy cloth with gilt lettering; spine a tad sun-bleached. First English edition, published the same year as the American. This book deals mainly with the history of Wallack's Theatre, and the actors who appeared there. ... more information

Newburyport: E. Little & Co., 1814. 276 pages. 12mo (7 x 4 1/2 inches); contemporary calf; lacking front and rear free end papers; rubbed but tight. Fourth edition. American Imprint Inventory #33568. ... more information

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1948. 316 pages. Illustrated with engravings and reproductions of wash drawings by Douglas W. Gorsline. Small folio (13 x 8 1/2 inches); vellum backed boards; board slipcase present but torn. One of 1500 numbered copies, signed by the illustrator. A handsome production, printed in letterpress by the Aldus Printers. ... more information

Northampton: Clark Indelible Pencil Co., circa 1870.. Printed sheet, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; folded, one small tape repair on verso. "George Gerner, of Philadelphia, wrote us, not long since, that he had sold 500 gross of Clark's Indelible Pencils, at retail, and was bound to sell 500 gross more... ... more information

Philadelphia: Haslett & Winch, (1861, 1862). . Two volumes, 48 + 48 pages. Octavo, 9 x 5 3/4 inches. Printed wrappers; covers lightly soiled and chipped on the first almanac. Of special note are the fifty-two pages contained in the two issues, titled "CHRONICLE OF THE GREAT REBELLION AGAINST THE UNITED STATES " and giving almost a day by day account of the war from April, 1860 through October 1862. ... more information

London: Macmillan and Co., 1899. 3 volumes. Royal 8vo, green cloth; very lightly rubbed The new and revived edition, originally published in 1875. "A standard work in dramatic history treating the origin of the English drama from its early beginnings as well as the outstanding figures of the Elizabethan and late Stuart periods." - BAKER p.11. LOWE (ARNOTT & ROBINSON) 1050. ... more information

New York: International Press Syndicate, 1920. 310 pages + 2 pages of book ads. With 32 photographs of the author and other actors. 8vo, black cloth; a fine copy of a poorly produced book First edition, inscribed by the author to his friend James Neill. "Emphasizing his theatrical career, the author recounts his life from 1851 through 1919. Narration, anecdotes, evaluations, and some descripitons are included. Over two-thIrds of the volume concerns that author's American experiences begining in 18... more information

New York: International Press Syndicate, 1920. 310 pages + 2 pages of ads. With thirty-two photographs of the author and other actors. 12mo, black cloth; a fine copy of a poorly produced book First edition. "Emphasizing his theatrical career, the author recounts his life from 1851 through 1919. Narration, anecdotes, evaluations, and some descriptions are included. Over two-thirds of the volume concerns that author's American experiences beginning in 1874." - MOYER 322. ... more information

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. With a folding salt print photograph of a sandstone slab displaying fossil remains. The image was taken by "Mr. Silisbee, our photographist" (page 52) and measures 8 x 8 inches (203 x 203 mm.). Octavo, 9 ¼ x 5 ½ inches ( 235 x 140 mm.). Publishers embossed blue cloth with gilt lettering; very light wear; ex-library with bookplate and a small blind stamp on the title-page. This copy contains the richest copy of the salt print we have seen; they are ... more information

New York: John Wiley & Son, 1872. 123 pages. With 18 folding engraved plates, each showing numerous figures. Octavo, embossed black cloth; light wear. Later printing of this mechanical drawing manual ... more information

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1950). 439 pages. Small quarto, 10 x 6 1/2 inches. Beige cloth with a chipped dust jacket; book ticket for Villagra Book Shop. First edition, first issue. This copy contains the price reduction hand stamp that was added to unsold copies of the first issue. Tanner. 12a ... more information

Prospect, Ohio: R. L. Watkins, 1890. 178 pages, including 25 pages of pictorial advertisements. Small octavo, 8 x 5 inches. Publisher's blue cloth with black lettering; inner hinges cracked. Fourth edition. An extensive listing of "representative newspapers and magazines (English and foreign) published in the United States and Dominion of Canada, giving the frequency of issue, circulation and the publishers' price for one insertion of an ordinary ten-line advertisement." OCLC lo... more information

New York: Harper & Brothers, circa 1870. 531 pages + 8 pages of book ads. Illustrated from wood-engravings. Octavo, 7 3/4 x 5 inches. Reddish-brown publishers cloth; gilt lettering to spine; lightly rubbed. A later edition of this popular work, originally published in 1859. ... more information

(Bruges): De Brouwer et Cie, 1940. Delightfully illustrated in color by Jeanne Hebbelynck. 9 1/4 x 12 inches. Cloth backed pictorial boards; A fine, bright copy. ... more information

New Brunswick: Terhune & Letson, 1836. 168 pages. Frontispiece woodcut by Alexander Anderson. A number of text woodcuts for fables. Twelvemo (6 1/2 x 4 inches); cloth backed blue boards; as new. A very fine copy of this much reprinted work. ... more information

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1893. 43 pages. 8 1/4 x 6 inches. Cloth backed boards; cover rubbed where a small label was removed; a small amount of pencil notation. With the bookplate of Horace White. ... more information

New York: American Sports publishing Co., (1922).. 74 pages. Illustrated from photographs. Twelvemo, pictorial printed wrappers. Issued as No. 73R in the Spalding Athletic Library. A fine copy. ... more information

London: Winsor & Newton, Circa 1860. 51 pages + 64 pages of advertisements for Winsor Newton art supplies. With 17 wood-engravings by the author. 7 x 4 3/4 inches. Printed yellow flexible cloth; covers soiled; loose in case. Originally issued in 1852, this is the "fortieth thousand. ... more information

Philadelphia: Printed for the Compiler, 1822. 104 pages. Tall octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches); leather backed boards; lightly worn, free flyleaf loose. First edition of this early guide to the rules for speaking and composing. "Oratory, or the Art of Speaking and Reading eloquently, has been considered by the most distinguished characters of every age, to be the most important and ornamental of any ever possessed by man." <p>This copy is signed on the title-page by an early owner, Daniel La... more information

Birmingham: Max Reinhardt Archive, (1973). 132 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, red cloth with chipped dust jacket First edition. With appreciation's by Stella Adler, Otto Klemperer, Gregory Peck, Otto Preminger and others. ... more information