Le Mobilier Francais Du XVIIIe Siecle
by Wannenes, Giacomo
Paris: Editions Vausor, 1999. Second Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New Jacket. With sturdy and attractive slipcase. Everything perfect.
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Historic Ornament: Treatise on Decorative Art and Architectural Ornament (2 Volumes)
by Ward, James
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. Cloth. Good. 8vo. With 436 illustrations. 2 volumes. xx + 409 + 3 ad supp + xvi + 411 + 5 ad supp. Decorated blindstamped green cloth. Some soilage on cloth, some foxing inside. Slight looseness of inner hinge. Overall, good copy.
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Madman's Drum
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Jonathan Cape; Harrison Smith. Printed and bound by The Plimpton Press, Norwood, Massachusetts, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Paper pastedown on boards. Cloth spine. Very Good Minus. Lynd Ward. First trade edition, without dust jacket. 8vo. 21 by 15 cm. Unpaginated. Story told through woodcuts, without words, Ward's second venture in the genre, and arguably his best known of six such works, and a classic milestone in 20th century illustration. Rubbing along the edges of the boards.... Read More
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Selections from Oriental Objects of Art Collected by Worcester Reed Warner Most of Which Have Been Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art
by Warner, Worcester Reed
Tarrytown, NY: Bartlett Orr Press (Privately printed), 1921. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Folio. 36 by 26 cm. 135 pp. 54 photographic plates, 16 of which are in color. (The porcelain and jewelry specimens are mostly done in color.) Among the arts treated in this lavish book are pottery and procelain, jades and crystals, bronzes, and stone sculpture. Chinese specimens dominate, followed by Japanese, then Korean. The collector, Worcester Reed Warner (1846-1929), was a trained mechanical engineer, astronomer,... Read More
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Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania
by Warren, B. H.
Harrisburg: E. K. Meyers, 1890. Second Edition. Half Calf. Very Good. 8vo. xiv, 434 pp. With 100 plates, all but one with color. This second edition is much enlarged and has twice as many plates as the first. Plates based on Audobon. Contemporary calf is heavily worn and very dry, with rubbing and cracks abounding. Redeeming this copy are the clean plates. One text leaf with small marginal crease and tiny closed tear. Otherwise text age toned but... Read More
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![[Broadside or Flyer Promotion] English and Classical School, Brooklyn, N.Y. [Near the Corner of Lafayette and Clermont Avenues]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/680/300/1721300680.0.l.jpg)
[Broadside or Flyer Promotion] English and Classical School, Brooklyn, N.Y. [Near the Corner of Lafayette and Clermont Avenues]
by Washburn, Charles
1857. Near Fine. A one-page flyer promoting a new school, one to be opened less than a week after the date of the announcement. From the announcement, it would seem that the school was to initially have just a single instructor, called the Principal, but we can't be sure of that. The school was taking students of all ages, with a cost per quarter running from $10 to $14, the greater amount required for students 14 and older,... Read More
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Odorama for John Water's Polyester Starring Divine and Tab Hunter
by Waters, John
New Line Cinema Corp, 1981. NA. Fine. John Waters added another dimension to film going with Odorama, making the sordid settings the more vivid by engaging your nostrils. Smell cards were a gimmick tried out in a handful of movies in the 1950s when the movie industry were desperate to win back audiences who were choosing to stay home and watch television. As far as we know, Waters was the first to work with the sense of smell... Read More
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[Folk Art Sampler]
by Watkinson, Mary
1790. Framed. Good. Mary Watkinson, a student at Mrs. Clarke's School, created this small-ish sampler in 1790. In addition to the typical alphabet, here all caps, and numbers, here 1 to 16, the sampler has a few short homilies, such as j"Be thankfull for a friendly reproof" and "Spend your time well". The sampler, we think, is quite accomplished for a seven year old. It measure, in sight, 25.5 by 23 cm, and with the frame, 30 by... Read More
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The Double Helix
by Watson, James D.
New York: Atheneum, 1968. First American Edition. Fifth Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 8vo. xvi. 226, [11] pp. Edge of cloth binding ever so slight discoloration. Otherwise, a clean, crisp copy. The dust jacket has a few edge closed tears and chips. Cumulatively little loss.
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The Art of the House; Part of the Connoisseur's Series, edited by Gleeson White
by Watson, Rosamund Marriott
London: George Bell and Sons. Printed by Chiswick Press and Charles Whittingham and Co, 1897. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. xii, 185 pp. Many drawings interspersed in the text and some full page photo plates. Illustrations of many styles of mostly English furniture, all now would be considered traditional styles. Textual discussion of Oriental porcelain and other topics which aren't reflected in the illustrations. Spine darkened. Other soiling on cloth boards. Binding cocked. Leaves within age toned... Read More
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![The Psalms of David. Imitated in the Language of the New Testament. And Applied to the Christian State and Worship. [Bound with] Hymns and Spirituall Songs in Three Books](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/997/482/410482997.8.m.jpg)
The Psalms of David. Imitated in the Language of the New Testament. And Applied to the Christian State and Worship. [Bound with] Hymns and Spirituall Songs in Three Books
by Watt, Isaac
London: J. W. Parsham, 1778. Hand-Painted Vellum; With Full Morocco Box. Near Fine. 2 volumes in one. 12mo (4.75 by 3", 12 by 7 cm),. [4], 240, [20], [4], 216, [26] pp. Above all else, this is a beautifully painted vellum binding in the style of the Edwards of Halifax, a family of bookbinders in the late 18th century who developed a process of producing painting on vellum or parchment. The painting would actually lie under the surface,... Read More
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[Framed Hand-Colored Copper Engraving] Sion Hall in Middlesex, the Seat of Duke of Northcumberland
by Watts, William
London (Chelsea): William Watts, 1783. First Edition. Framed and matted. William Watts (artist and engraver). The print (visible) is 16 by 21 cm. The pictorial part of the print: 12.5 by 18 cm. The frame: 35 by 40 cm. The frame is a somewhat elaborate production, with an outer band of blond painted wood, which rises to a narrower, more tradition, gilt molded piece. The matting is an off-white fabric, with a narrow inner gilt piece. The print is... Read More
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Ideal Heads
by Waugh, Ida
Philadelphia: Sunshine Publishing Company, 1890. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. Waugh, Ida;. Folio. 20 fine color plates (chromolithographic) of infants, all in fine condition. Text illustrations by artists other than Waugh, including an early work by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Other than minor soilage and minor shelfwear, gold cloth with illustration of parade of children and of flowered vine bright. Text clean, and text block tight. Hinge loose in front, with floral patterned endpaper with tear by hinge.... Read More
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Holly Berries
by Waugh, Ida
London and New York Respectively: Griffith & Farran; E. P. Dutton & Co, 1881. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. Waugh, Ida. 4to. Circa 1881, undated. 48 pp. Engraved and printed by Brain & Co., Bovay Place, Holloway, London. Fantastic color illustrations by Waugh on every page with accompanying verses relating to aspects of a child's life. Poems are such things as "Christmas Morning", "On the Beach", many relating to games, also discovery of nature, et. al. Binding... Read More
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Bonny Bairns
by Waugh, Ida
New York: Worthington Co, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Paper pastedown. Very Good. 4to. 26 by 21 cm. 48 pp. Half of the pages have full color plates, while the text pages have smaller color illustrations, all depicting infants and small children with the ultra-doting style of Waugh. Moderate wear to cover, with small chip of front pastedown in corner. One prelim blank severed and repaired.
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Botanische Ergebnisse der Reise Seiner Majestat des Kaisers von Mexico Maximililan I nach Brasilien (1859-60)
by Wawra von Fernsee, Heinrich
Vienna: Carl Gerold's Son, 1866. First edition. Hardcover. Paper pastedown. Modern clamshell box. Very Good. Beautiful oversized botanical plates. Folio, 49 by 35 cm. Half-title, title, xvi, 224, [4] pp. With 104 lithographed plates after Josef Seboth. 32 of these are partially printed in color. Wawra, a ship's surgeon, accompanied Maximilian I on his expedition to Brazil which spanned from 1859 to 1860. Franz Maly, a botanist and the Royal Gardener, was charged with collecting plants, a good... Read More
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Wild Scenes and Wild Hunters
by Webber, C. W. [Charles Wilkins Webber]
Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, 1852. Blindstamped Cloth. Very Good. 610 pp. With four color plate illustrations and other text and full page woodcuts. Chapters on Audubon, Wilson and ornithology along with such topics as bear hunting, elephant hunting in Africa, and Daniel Boone, the mustang, the Adirondack Lakes. Edgewear on publisher's red blindstamped cloth covers. Gilt decoration still bright on boards, a little faded on the spine. Some minor scattered foxing within. Bookplate on FEP. Brown stain, dime-sized,... Read More
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Switzerland of the Swiss
by Webb, Frank
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. x, 254 pp. Many photo plates. Minor soil spots on cover. Clean within.
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The Musical Tree
by Weber, Sarah Stilwell
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1925. First. Cloth. Good/Fair. Weber, Sarah Stilwell. 4to. Illustrations, many full page, accompanying songs set forth with musical notation. Dj has chunks of loss on edges, but all pictorial and most of lettering intact and now preserved with mylar protection. Dampstain in upper left corner of cloth board and faint dampstain sizeable area on rear board. Some light soilage in interior, mostly on first few and last pages. Still an attractive copy of... Read More
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![[Manuscript] Géométrie](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/756/698/1480698756.0.l.jpg)
[Manuscript] Géométrie
by Weblen, A.
Paris: NA, 1902. NA. Near FIne. Attractive French student's geometry notebook, with Art Nouveau styled title page rendered in watercolors, and neat, precise pen-and-ink and some wash geometric diagrams on virtually every other page following. Folio, 33.5 by 24.5 cm. Unpaginated, 39 leaves (with content). Text written on versos, facing the diagrams, in a very neat cursive which might fairly be deemed a calligraphic hand. Diagrams are typical ones encountered in high school geometry for the most part,... Read More
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Chansons De France Pour Les Petits Francais avec Accompagnements De J. B. Weckerlin
by Weckerlin
Paris: Librairie Plon-Nourrit. Hardcover. Good. Monvel, M. B. De. Oblong 10.5 by 9 Inches. Undated, circa 1900. 47 pp. Delightful pastel color illustrations to children's songs. Illustrations offer light humor and whimsy and strike winsome note of fantasy. Considerable soilage to fabric of boards, and minor bowing of boards. Missing prelim endpaper. Marginal dampstain, mostly faint or non-disconcerting, but affecting first few leaves in upper right and then fades progressively with each passing leaf. A fair to good... Read More
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Chansons De France Pour Les Petits Francais avec Accompagnements De J. B. Weckerlin
by Weckerlin
Paris: Librairie Plon-Nourrit. Hardcover. Very Good. Monvel, M. B. De. Oblong 10.5 by 9 Inches. Undated, circa 1900. 47 pp. Delightful pastel color illustrations to children's songs. Illustrations offer light humor and whimsy and strike winsome note of fantasy. Fabric bright, with only minor soilage and minor shelfwear -- some wear in corners. Tight and bright inside. A very good copy.
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The Land of Long Ago. A Visit to Fairyland with Humpty Dumpty
by Weedon, L. L.
London and New York, Respectively; Printed in Bava: Ernest Nister, E. F. Dutton. First Editiion. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. Hardy, E. Stuart (responsible for Pen and Ink Illustrations in text). Oblong, 26. 5 by 32 cm. 1890 (undated). Six pop-ups depicting Cinerella, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, and Beauty and the Beast. All pop-ups function well, are bright and are in fine condition. Some... Read More
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The Model Menagerie with Natural History Stories: A Novel Picture Book of Wild Animals
by Weedon, L. L., Evelyn Fletcher and Others
London and New York, Respectively: Ernest Nister, E. F. Dutton, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong 14 by 10 Inches. Undated, 1895. Pop-up book with with six pop-up panels, or pages in which a cage with animals behind pop up. Some soilage and shelfwear to boards, and a few chips to brittle paper inside. Text pages toned, as norm with paper stock. All pop-ups function properly, although not every one does so with mint crispness. Overall an... Read More
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From the Grain to the Loaf: The Story of a Wheat Field
by Weedon, L[ucy] L.
London and New York, respectively: Ernest Nister, E. F. Dutton. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Collins, Charles. Oblong 11 By 9 Inches. N.d., circa 1913. Also unpaginated, about 32 pp + 8 chromolithographic illustrated plates (printed in Bavaria) depicting the process of producing bread from farm to baker, along with discussion of challenges and issues along the way, told without condescension yet so children can easily and enjoyably understand. Additional line drawings interspersed in text. This book is... Read More
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