Presenting the Foxy Movie Toons
by Dick Weinert
Hardcover. Heavy cardboard for the boards. Pin clasps binding the boards. Very Good. Movie-themed cartoon character original watercolored rebuses. From the 1930s. Oblong, 14 by 22.5 cm. 27 leaves. Many of the rebuses form the names of Hollywood stars of the day -- Tyrone Power, Ginger Rogers, Wallace Beery, Dorothy Lamour, Janet Gaynor, Bette Davis, etc. The cartoon drawings are done in a style prevalent among cartoon strips popular in the thirties, some of which continued long after,... Read More
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Victoria. An Intimate Biography
by Stanley Weintraub
New York: Truman Talley Books, E. P. Dutton, 1987. First edition. Very Good Plus/Good. Lightly used, with DJ all there but with a few closed tears, rubbing, etc. from the book probably having been read with DJ on and not cared for.
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Riding. Polo. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes
by Weir, Captain Robert (author of "Riding" portion); Moray Brown (author of "Polo" portion)
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1891. First Edition. Half Morocco. Marbled paper pastedown on boards. Good Plus. J. D. Giles, J. Stuart Allan and F. Dadd. Bound attractively in half morocco by Root & Son. 4to. 19 by 14 cm. xii, [1], 423 pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w plates and drawings in the text. Binding rubbed along joints. A few scratches on the spine leather, and unevenness of color. Although most leaves are clean, there are leaves afflicted... Read More
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Kostumkunde: Geschichte Der Tracht Und Des Gerathes Vom 14ten Jahrhundert Bis Auf Die Gegenwart (2 volumes)
by Weiss, Hermann
Stuttgart: Verlag Von Ebner & Seubert, 1872. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. 2 volumes, xL + 1432 pp. Far more than treatise on costume. Also treats styles, ornament in decorative arts more generally. Breakdown by country and time period. VG overall.
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Signs before Death, and Authenticated Apparitions: In One Hundred Narratives
by Welby, Horace
London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1825. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 312 pp. Folding frontis "The End of All Things" after Hogarth. Generally clean and tight. Considerable foxing to frontis. Some rubbing along front joint. Minor wear on spine and marbled cloth. A very good or better copy of collection of ghost stories.
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Gnomonica, oder Gründlicher Unterricht und Beschreibung. Wie Man Allerhand Sonnen-Uhren Künstlich Aufreissen und Leichlich Verferitgen Soll &c. ..
by Welper, Eberhard. Johann Christoph Sturm
Nürnberg: Paulus Fürstens, Seel. Wittib und Erben. Printed by Christoph Gerhard, 1672. Full Vellum. Very Good. Two parts in one volume. Treatise on sun-dials. 4to. 18 by 13.5 cm. [xii], 88, [17] pp. Engraved frontis and 17 other engraved plates, including one duplicate. Condition: vellum soiled. Scattered light foxing, never disconcerting. Lacking final blank.
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![[Inscribed] Lotte Lehmann . . . mehr als eine Sängerin](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/180/185/1716185180.0.l.jpg)
[Inscribed] Lotte Lehmann . . . mehr als eine Sängerin
by Wessling, Berndt W.
Salzburg: Residenz Verlag, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Minus. A large inked inscription of Lehmann on FFEP reading, "For Donald with Affectionate regards. Lotte Lehmann 1969". The inscription takes up the entire page. We don't know who "Donald" was but we think quite likely it could have been the New York Times music critic, subsequent to 1969, Donal Henahan, who certainly had written glowingly of Ms. Lehmann. 8vo. 23 by 17 cm. 209, [2] pp.... Read More
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Victories of the Duke of Wellington, from Drawings by R. Westall, R.A.
by Westall, R. [Richard]
London: Rodwell and Martin. Printed by Thomas Davison, 1819. First Edition. Half Morocco. Good. 4to. 31.5 by 25.5 cm. iv, 47 pp. Twelve hand-colored plates full of dash and drama. Contemporary half morocco binding, rebacked with red morocco, with original spine label, although partly perished, re-mounted onto the spine. Marbled paper pastedown contemporary, along with the title label mounted onto it. Plain endpapers. The original part of the binding has some grittiness and roughness, with corner leather chips,... Read More
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Views of Country Seats of the Royal Family, Nobility and Gentry of England (Two Volumes); . . . With Particulars, Historical and Descriptive
by Westall, William and John Gendall
1830: R. Ackermann and Co, London. First edition. Half Calf. Very Good. Scarce, with only two copies listed on OCLC First Search, at Toronto and New South Wales. 8vo. 24 by 14.5 cm. viii, 136, vi, 136 pp. With 146 hand-colored aquatint plates after Westall, Gendall, Shepherd, Stockdale, others. The plates are lovely, both for the beautiful palatial buildings depicted and the execution of the prints -- the fineness of the artwork, and quality of the hand-coloring. Tooley... Read More
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Twenty-Five Views on the Thames, at Twickenham, Richmond, Eton, Windsor, and Oxford.; Westall's Views on the Thames
by Westall, William
London: Rodwell & Martin. C. Hullmandel, printer, 1822. Half Calf. Marbled paper pastedown on boards. Very Good. Folio. 42.5 by 31.5 cm. 25 hand-colored views, all depicting a calm, lovely, bucolic riverfront, all populated by a few people in Regency dress, both polite and rustic, to lend scale and interest. Coloring is generally of a soft palette, creating an appealing dreamy haziness to the panoramas. Abbey Scenery 434. A slightly complicated bibliographic accounting for this work. It is... Read More
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The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous, Comprising Scenes and Sketches in Every Rank of Society . . . Drawn from Life By Bernard Blackmantle (2 volumes)
by Westmacott, Charles Malloy
London: Sherwood, Jones And Co, 1825. First Edition. Full Morocco Leather. Very Good Plus. Cruikshank, Robert. 8vo. 72 handcolored aquatint plates by Robert Cruikshank, except 2 by Thomas Rowlandson and 1 other by Wageman and Brightly). Also many woodcut textual illustrations and one full page woodcut at beginning of tale. Text: xxiii + 416 + xv + 399 pp. Text and plates are remarkably clean, with only some of the usual offsetting opposite plate pages. Full morocco binding... Read More
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The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous, Comprising Scenes and Sketches in Every Rank of Society . . . Drawn from Life By Bernard Blackmantle (2 volumes)
by Westmacott, Charles Malloy
London: Sherwood, Jones And Co, 1826. First Edition. Full Morocco. Very Good Minua. Cruikshank, Robert. With publisher's advertisements in the back of each volume. We believe this is not commonly found in copies of this work's first edition. 8vo. 24 by 15 cm. xxiii, [3], [7], xv, [1], 399, [7] pp. 72 handcolored aquatint plates by Robert Cruikshank, except 2 by Thomas Rowlandson and 1 other by Wageman and Brightly). Also many woodcut textual illustrations and one full... Read More
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Rome
by Wey, Francis; Revised By Maria Hornor Lansdale
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. Book. 8vo - over 7¾. VG, x, 510 pp. Wey was a standard architecture and art tour guide -- or travelogue --to Rome in the latter part of the nineteenth century. This book was not so much used while traipsing around the Eternal City as much as before and after seeing the sights to get more in the spirit of what was to be seen or was seen... Read More
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The Fruit of the Tree
by Wharton, Edith
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. First Edition. Full Cloth. Very Good. Alonzo Kimball. 8vo. 19.5 by 13 cm. Half title leaf, frontis, title page, colophon, List of Illustrations page, blank, then pagination: 633, [1], [4] pp. With three illustrated plates, on glossy paper. Cloth cover with fairly minor soiling -- a few small darker stains, a few small bleached out spots. Spine lightly sunned. Leaves within age toned but mostly clean. A few trivial stains or fox... Read More
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Sanctuary
by Wharton, Edith
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. First Edition. Cloth. Gilt impressed. Very Good Plus. Walter Appleton Clark. 8vo. 21 by 14.5 cm. [6], 184 pp. 11 plates (not included in pagination, on a glossy paper stock). Minor soiling on binding and on a few leaves. Mostly clean, tight, a lovely, but not pristine by any means, copy.
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Folies Bergère. Paul Derval Présente: C’est de la folie! Revue en 2 Actes et 30 Tableaux de Michel Gyarmathy
by Whily-Tell, A. E.
Paris: Bergal, 1950. Wraps -- card stock. Stapled. Near Fine. A souvenir program of the legendary Parisian revue and extravaganza which we think captures the spectacle and panache that the show must have been in the early post-war (World War Two) era. Circa 1950. 4to, 31 by 23.5 cm. Unpaginated, 32 pages. Profusely illustrated with mostly photographs. 17 of these pages feature full color, of which 9 of the pages with color are ads, 8, depicting the revue,... Read More
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Mr. Whistler's "Ten O'Clock"; A Lecture by James A. McNeill Whistler
by Whistler, James A. McNeill. Foreward by Don C. Seitz. Contributions by Algernon C. Swinburne, as well as a brief contribution by Joseph Pennell and Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Portland, Maine: Thomas Bird Mosher, 1916. Limited Edition, and First Edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. 450 copies on Van Gelder hand-made paper and in the limitation of a book that reprints one of Whistler's most famous and important lectures. 8vo. 22.5 by 18 cm. xii, 54, [1] pp. Light edgewear to paper pastedown binding, with 2 cm surface paper tear along upper front joint, and very narrow surface paper loss at upper spine extremity. A touch of light... Read More
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![[Original Watercolor] Man Delivering Flour to Ye Royal Palace Bakeries](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/451/929/1597929451.0.l.jpg)
[Original Watercolor] Man Delivering Flour to Ye Royal Palace Bakeries
by Whistler, Rex (1905-1944) [Reginald John Whistler]
1921. Framed. Fine. A lovely watercolor, with pen-and-ink, painting by Whistler, who was a consummate illustrator, known for his murals and posters, as well as his book illustration, not to mention his career as a highly successful Society portrait artist. The work is attractively matted and framed. The watercolor measures 18 by 23 cm. With frame, 46.5 by 62 cm. The artwork evokes the eighteenth century, as did much of Whistler's work as a book illustrator.
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Le Avventure di Stuart Little
by White, E. B. Translated by Alfredo Segre. Illustrated by Garth Williams. Preface by Dario Soria
Roma: Migliaresi. Tipography: Ramo Editoriale degli Agricoltori, 1946. First Italian Edition. Wraps (semi-stiff card). Very Good/Fair. Williams, Garth. The quintessential New York mouse goes international! 8vo. 20.5 by 15 cm. 136, [2] pp. With the original illustrations of Garth Williams, which are so integral to adults' fond memories of the juvenile classic. This edition also has a short appreciation from Dario Soria, who was an Italian-American who made his mark as an important record executive and opera expert.... Read More
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The Beautiful Room Is Empty
by White, Edmund
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo.
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States of Desire. Travels in Gay America
by White, Edmund
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1980. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Lightest of wear. Otherwise fine.
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A Boy's Own Story
by White, Edmund
New York: E. P. Dutton, Inc, 1982. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Signed by White in ink on title page. First version of DJ, with Sontag quote on back. 8vo.
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The Works, in Natural History, of the Late Rev. Gilbert White, A. M. Comprising The Natural History of Selborne; The Naturalist's Calendar; and Miscellaneous Observations, Extracted from his Papers. To which are added, A Calendar and Observations by W. Markwick, Esq. F.L.S. in Two Volumes
by White, Rev. Gilbert
London: Printed for J. White by T. Bensley, 1802. Half Morocco. Very Good. 8vo. viii, 392, 300 pp. With two hand-colored ornithological plates, one of which is folding. Two other plates, one folding as well. Lovely copy of eighteenth century classic and seminal work of natural history which still makes for highly enjoyable reading. As important as the many specific observations White made is his example as a close observer of the natural world which all lovers of... Read More
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The Natural History of Selborne; With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and The Naturalist's Calendar
by White, Rev. Gilbert, with additions and supplementary notes by Sir William Jardine. Edited, with further illustrations, a biographical sketch of the author, and a complete index, by Edward Jesse
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. Full Calf. Very Good. Lovely full-calf binding, with gilt centerpiece figure of a bird, a subtle blindstamped perimeter band, animal figures in gilt placed in spine compartments. The calf itself has a pleasing and warm speckling that sets it apart. 8vo. 19 by 12.5 cm. xxiv, 416 pp. Many engraved plates. Occasional light foxing, but mostly clean. Slight, even warping of the boards, but other than light wear, the binding has an uncommon... Read More
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The Natural History of Selborne; With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and The Naturalist's Calendar
by White, Rev. Gilbert, with additions and supplementary notes by Sir William Jardine. Edited, with further illustrations, a biographical sketch of the author, and a complete index, by Edward Jesse
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854. Blindstamped cloth. Very Good. 8vo. xxiv, 416 pp. With 40 hand-colored illustrations and steel engraved frontis. The lovely animal plates are similar to those found in Jardine. Frontis has foxing. Otherwise, but for occasional light and trivial soiling, a clean and tight copy. Some fading of gilt decoration on spine. Repair along front gutter. Darkening along both gutters. Wear along spine tips.
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