DER GEIST DES BAROCK
by WEINGARTNER, Josef
WEINGARTNER, Josef. DER GEIST DES BAROCK. Augsburg: Benno Filser, 1925. 4to. Slightly later green cloth spine and marb boards. 24, (4) pages, 40 plates. First edition. Part of the Von Heiliger Kunst series. Very good.
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Color Printed Eighteenth Century Botanical Prints
by WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm
(COLOR PRINTING) WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm. Color Printed Eighteenth Century Botanical Prints. Regensburg, Germany: circa 1737. Folio. Single printed botanical plates. Individual engraved colored botanical plates issued by Johann Wilhelm Weinman a German apothecary and botanist noted for his creation of the Florilegium Phytanthoza Iconographia between 1737 and 1745 which was composed of eight fo volumes with more than 1,000 hand-colored engravings. Johann Georg Nicolaus Dieterichs wrote the botanical text which was completed by his son Ludwig Michael Dietrichs.... Read More
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UNDERFOOT, AN EVERDAY GUIDE TO EXPLORING THE AMERICAN PAST
by WEITZMAN, David
WEITZMAN, David. UNDERFOOT, AN EVERDAY GUIDE TO EXPLORING THE AMERICAN PAST. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1976). 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. 192 page First edition. Weitzman explains how to recognize, interpret, and record remnants of the pas from old buildings, antiques, gravestones, books, and newspapers. Informatio is also given on preserving and recording family records, geneologies, and memories. Very good in a rubbed dust jacket.
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INDIAN DRAWINGS AND PAINTED SKETCHES
by WELCH, Stuart Cary
WELCH, Stuart Cary. INDIAN DRAWINGS AND PAINTED SKETCHES. N.P.: Asia Society, (1976). Square 8vo. Stiff wrappers. Frontispiece, 142, ( pages. First edition. Exhibition catalogue with a foreword by Allen Wardwell; 80 illustrations. N in ink, covers lightly worn, else good.
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VICTORIA ROYAL, THE FLOWERING OF STYLE
by WELLMAN, Rita
WELLMAN, Rita. VICTORIA ROYAL, THE FLOWERING OF STYLE. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 334 pages. First edition. Wellman provides an informal history of the Victorian age in Britian, France, and the United States. Well illustrated with contemporary photographs and drawings. Very good in a lightly soiled dust jacket.
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POET & PSYCHIATRIST: MERRILL MOORE
by WELLS, Henry W.
(DOLMEN PRESS) WELLS, Henry W. POET & PSYCHIATRIST: MERRILL MOORE. Dublin: 1955. 12mo. Wrappers. 23 pages. One of 700 copies. A critique of this Southern Writer. Scarce.
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Volume 12--Number 4
by WENDINGEN
(ZWIERS) WENDINGEN. Volume 12--Number 4. Amsterdam: 1931. Square folio. Publisher's decorated wrappers. 18 pages. Fir edition. A review of the domestic architecture of H.T. Zwiers. Waterstained.
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Volume 11--Number 3
by WENDINGEN
WENDINGEN. Volume 11--Number 3. Amsterdam: 1930. Square folio. Original decorated wrappers. 28 pages. First edition. An issue dedicated to the Dutch Pavilion in Antwerp. Wrappers waterstained.
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Volume 8--Number 2
by WENDINGEN
WENDINGEN. Volume 8--Number 2. Amsterdam: 1927. Square folio. Decorated wrappers. 22 pages. First edition. This issue is devoted to Dutch interiors by Dudok, Rietveld, Kramer, Krop, Blaauw, and others. Cover and edges of pages waterstained.
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THE DIRECTORY OF COMPANY HISTORIES OF THE BOOK INDUSTRIES. Four volume
by WENGER, Jurgen P.
(BRANDYWINE PRESS & ARCHIVE). (BRANDYWINE PRESS & ARCHIVE) WENGER, Jurgen P. THE DIRECTORY OF COMPANY HISTORIES OF THE BOOK INDUSTRIES. Four volumes. Sydney: Brandywine Press & Archive, 1980-1983. 8vo. Loose sheets in a plasti folder. 60 leaves. One of 100 copies. Signed. An extensive checklist of company histories including printers, publishers, booksellers, papermakers, typefounders, etc., published as a jubilee, centena or some similar milestone by the firm.
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THE ENGLISH TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN PERCIVAL AND WILLIAM BYRD II, THE PERC
by WENGER, Mark R. (editor)
WENGER, Mark R. (editor). THE ENGLISH TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN PERCIVAL AND WILLI BYRD II, THE PERCIVAL DIARY OF 1701. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1989. 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. ix, 1 pages. First edition. An annotated edition of the diary kept by Sir John Percival during his fourte week tour of England upon completion of his studies at Oxford. With him traveled the noted Virginia diarist William Byrd II. A brief biographical sketch is given in the... Read More
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MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN GERMANY
by WERNER, Bruno E.
WERNER, Bruno E. MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN GERMANY. Munich: F. Bruckmann, (1952). 8vo. Wrappers. (80) pages. First edition. A selective visual presentation of buildings constructed since World War II, with an article by Berlin city planner, Hubert Hoffmann. Light foxing, spine chipped, covers creased, else very good.
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GEORGETOWN HISTORIC WATERFRONT
by WERNER, Constance W.
(WASHINGTON D.C.) WERNER, Constance W. GEORGETOWN HISTORIC WATERFRONT. (Washington): U.S. Commision of Fine Arts and Office of Archeology and Histo Preservation, 1968. Oblong 4to. Wrappers. 92 pages. First edition. This review of canal and riverside architecture in the Georgetown Waterfront area is the sixth in the series issued by the Commission; illustrated with o hundred and two photographs and architectural drawings. Very good.
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GEORGETOWN HISTORIC WATERFRONT
by WERNER, Constance W.
(WASHINGTON D.C.) WERNER, Constance W. GEORGETOWN HISTORIC WATERFRONT. (Washington): U.S. Commision of Fine Arts and Office of Archeology and Histo Preservation, 1968. Oblong 4to. Wrappers. 92 pages. First edition. This review of canal and riverside architecture along the Georgetown Waterfro area is the sixth in the series issued by the Commission; illustrated with o hundred and two photographs and architectural drawings. Very good.
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AUSSTATTUNGS PREISLISTE, 1907
by WERTHEIM, A.
(TRADE CATALOGUE) WERTHEIM, A. AUSSTATTUNGS PREISLISTE, 1907. Berlin: 1907. Thin folio (13 x 7 3/4 inches). Publisher's wrappers. 100 page First edition. A priced and illustrated catalogue of clothes and household goods available a this Berlin department store. Included are lady's and children's fashions, rugs, beds, cribs, window treatments and draperies, tullieries, and laces. A significant number of French, English, and other European manufactured goods listed. The Arts and Crafts designed covers and the newsprint paper used are... Read More
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JEAN FOUQUET, UND SEINE ZEIT
by WESCHER, Paul
(FOUQUET) WESCHER, Paul. JEAN FOUQUET, UND SEINE ZEIT. Basel: Holbein, 1945. 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. Frontispiece, 107, (4) pages, illustrations on plates. First edition. With 14 tipped-in illustrations and plates of Fouquet's drawings. Dust jacke chipped and foxed, else very good.
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THE FAN
by WESTBROOK, Bill
(Virginia). (VIRGINIA) WESTBROOK, Bill. THE FAN. (Richmond, Virginia: Thomas F. Hale, 1972). Small folio. Cloth, dust jacket. (112) pages. First edition. Signed. A photographic essay on the Fan district of Richmond, Virginia. Lengthy ink inscription on front flyleaf, identification of some streets in ink, else ver good.
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SERENADE
by WESTERN, Hugh
(CLELAND) WESTERN, Hugh. SERENADE. Chicago: Walter M. Hill, 1926. Large 8vo. Boards, dust jacket. 67 pages. Fir edition. Dust jacket and title page designed by Thomas Maitland Cleland, the book itse was printed at The Lakeside Press. The dust jacket has a noticeable, round t in the front panel, else a very good copy.
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EXLIBRIS
by WESTEN, Walter von zur
WESTEN, Walter von zur. EX LIBRIS. Bielefeld: Velhagen & Klasing, 1901. Large 8vo. Limp cloth. Frontispiece, (v 103 pages. First edition. One of the Sammlung Illustrierter monographs.
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WESTFLANDERS
by WESTFLANDERS
WESTFLANDERS. Brugge: L. de Reyghere, 1949. 4to. Wrappers. Unpaginated. First edition. A photographic survey with a foreword by W.F. Mainland; text written in English, German, and French. Wrappers rubbed and slightly sunned, else very good.
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INDISCHE BAUKUNST
by WESTHEIM, Paul
WESTHEIM, Paul. INDISCHE BAUKUNST. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, n.d. 8vo. Boards. 14, (2) pages, 48 plates. First edition. Westheim's survey of Indian architecture and art is volume one of the Orbis Pictus series, with illustrations. Bookplate, spine and tips chipped, covers rubbed; text good.
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THE BOOKPLATES OF THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY
by WEST, Joan L.
WEST, Joan L. THE BOOKPLATES OF THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Library Association, 1971. 8vo. Cloth. Frontispiece 29, (1) pages. First edition. One of 500 copies. With two tipped-in bookplates, printed examples, and a bibliography. Front cover slightly soiled, else fine.
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MASTERS OF LANDSCAPE: EAST AND WEST
by MASTERS OF LANDSCAPE: EAST AND WEST
MASTERS OF LANDSCAPE: EAST AND WEST. (Utica, New York: Widtman Press, 1963). 4to. Wrappers. 84 pages. First editi Being a catalogue of an exhibition of Eastern and Western landscape painters. With biographical sketches of each of the artists presented. Some browning t extremities of wrappers, else very good.
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PIETA
by WEYDEN, Roger Van Der
WEYDEN, Roger Van Der. PIETA. London: Longmans, Green, (1949). Folio. Boards. 16 pages. First edition. An examination of "Pieta", a fifteenth century work painted by the Flemish master Van der Weyden. With seven color plates, six of which are upclose details. Ex-library copy. Extremities of spine chipped, covers browned, pla are very good.
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THE DEVOUT TIGHTWAD AND THE ISFAHAN COLUMBIAN
by WEYGAND, James Lamar
PRESS OF THE INDIANA KIDD. (THE PRESS OF THE INDIANA KID) WEYGAND, James Lamar. THE DEVOUT TIGHTWAD AND THE ISFAHAN COLUMBIAN. Nappanee: 1975. Folio. Boards, paper labels. (23) pages. One of 30 copies. Weygand's account of finding a working Columbian Press in a Museum for Armeni History and Culture in Isfahan, Iran. The purple spine is slightly discolored else fine. Printed in a larger format than most Indiana Kid books.
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