Search Results: Authors starting with W from Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books

London:: John Gifford Ltd.,, 1971.. First printing. A Fine copy in a Fine D/J. Octavo (5.75 x 8.75 in., 146 x 222.25 mm). Red buckram with gilt lettered spine. Pp. 128, Fully illustrated with colored and black and white photgraphs and line illustrations. A compendium of the traditional art of bonsai.

London:: Collins,, 1946.. Second Impression. Fine. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Octavo (6.75 x 9 inches). Grey printed boards w/ matching DJ. Pp. 48 w/ 8 plates in colour, 23 b/w illustrations. A fine survey of Coastal Britain from the fishing harbours of East Anglia to the great commercial docks of London, Liverpool and Glasgow. Credit for Britian's vast maritime empire given to the traditional skill, foresights and audacity of its shipbuilders and mariners. During W.W.II, under the threat of a lost national identity, Wm. Collins published the 'Britain in Pictures' series to acknowledge and celebrate Britain's unique contribution to the Arts, Science, Industry and Culture at large. As the finest expression of social history, this series represented all elements of Britain's distinct way of life thus fostering national pride. The series explores a wide range of subjects from British Boxing and Golf to Printed Books, Photographers, Caricaturists and Cartographers, to… Read More

Copenhagen:: Chr. Cato,, c.1950.. First edition. Fine. A fine original color printed lithograph mounted onto cotton. 38.25 x 27.25 inches. Undated circa 1950. Fine condition.A fine example of a large scale mid 20th century teaching aid based on the botanical studies of noted Danish Botanist Eugenius Warming (1841-1924); Professor of Botany and Director of the Copenhagen Botanical Gardens, and Natural Historian Vilhelm Balslev (1860-1935). Originally sold through the venerable Herbert B. Palmer Gallery in Los Angeles during the early 1960's, this grand scientific illustration depicts a variety of colorful, larger than life yet finely detailed flora organized by the Linnaean classification system in an effort to encourage the study and appreciation of botany and horticulture in the classroom. mounted onto cotton

Copenhagen:: Chr. Cato,, c.1950.. First edition. Fine. A fine original color printed lithograph mounted onto buckram and coated with gum Arabic. 38.25 x 27.5 inches. Undated circa 1950. Fine condition.A fine example of a large scale mid 20th century teaching aid based on the botanical studies of noted Danish Botanist Eugenius Warming (1841-1924); Professor of Botany and Director of the Copenhagen Botanical Gardens, and Natural Historian Vilhelm Balslev (1860-1935). Originally sold through the venerable Herbert B. Palmer Gallery in Los Angeles during the early 1960's, this grand scientific illustration depicts a variety of colorful, larger than life yet finely detailed flora organized by the Linnaean classification system in an effort to encourage the study and appreciation of botany and horticulture in the classroom. mounted onto buckram

Copenhagen:: Chr. Cato,, c.1950.. First edition. Fine. A fine original color printed lithograph mounted onto buckram and coated with gum Arabic. 38.25 x 27.25 inches. Undated circa 1950. Fine condition.A fine example of a large scale mid 20th century teaching aid based on the botanical studies of noted Danish Botanist Eugenius Warming (1841-1924); Professor of Botany and Director of the Copenhagen Botanical Gardens, and Natural Historian Vilhelm Balslev (1860-1935). Originally sold through the venerable Herbert B. Palmer Gallery in Los Angeles during the early 1960's, this grand scientific illustration depicts a variety of colorful, larger than life yet finely detailed flora organized by the Linnaean classification system in an effort to encourage the study and appreciation of botany and horticulture in the classroom. mounted onto buckram

Copenhagen:: Chr. Cato,, c.1950.. First edition. Fine. A fine original color printed lithograph mounted onto buckram and coated with gum Arabic. 38.25 x 27.25 inches. Undated circa 1950. Fine condition.A fine example of a large scale mid 20th century teaching aid based on the botanical studies of noted Danish Botanist Eugenius Warming (1841-1924); Professor of Botany and Director of the Copenhagen Botanical Gardens, and Natural Historian Vilhelm Balslev (1860-1935). Originally sold through the venerable Herbert B. Palmer Gallery in Los Angeles during the early 1960's, this grand scientific illustration depicts a variety of colorful, larger than life yet finely detailed flora organized by the Linnaean classification system in an effort to encourage the study and appreciation of botany and horticulture in the classroom. mounted onto buckram

Copenhagen:: Chr. Cato,, c.1950.. First edition. Fine. A fine original color printed lithograph mounted onto buckram and coated with gum Arabic. 38.25 x 27.5 inches. Undated circa 1950. Fine condition.A fine example of a large scale mid 20th century teaching aid based on the botanical studies of noted Danish Botanist Eugenius Warming (1841-1924); Professor of Botany and Director of the Copenhagen Botanical Gardens, and Natural Historian Vilhelm Balslev (1860-1935). Originally sold through the venerable Herbert B. Palmer Gallery in Los Angeles during the early 1960's, this grand scientific illustration depicts a variety of colorful, larger than life yet finely detailed flora organized by the Linnaean classification system in an effort to encourage the study and appreciation of botany and horticulture in the classroom. mounted onto buckram

Copenhagen:: Chr. Cato,, c.1950.. First edition. Fine. A fine original color printed lithograph mounted onto cotton. 38.75 x 27.25 inches. Undated circa 1950. Fine condition.A fine example of a large scale mid 20th century teaching aid based on the botanical studies of noted Danish Botanist Eugenius Warming (1841-1924); Professor of Botany and Director of the Copenhagen Botanical Gardens, and Natural Historian Vilhelm Balslev (1860-1935). Originally sold through the venerable Herbert B. Palmer Gallery in Los Angeles during the early 1960's, this grand scientific illustration depicts a variety of colorful, larger than life yet finely detailed flora organized by the Linnaean classification system in an effort to encourage the study and appreciation of botany and horticulture in the classroom. mounted onto cotton

Copenhagen:: Chr. Cato,, c.1950.. First edition. Fine. A fine original color printed lithograph mounted onto buckram and coated with gum Arabic. 38.5 x 27.5 inches. Undated circa 1950. Fine condition.A fine example of a large scale mid 20th century teaching aid based on the botanical studies of noted Danish Botanist Eugenius Warming (1841-1924); Professor of Botany and Director of the Copenhagen Botanical Gardens, and Natural Historian Vilhelm Balslev (1860-1935). Originally sold through the venerable Herbert B. Palmer Gallery in Los Angeles during the early 1960's, this grand scientific illustration depicts a variety of colorful, larger than life yet finely detailed flora organized by the Linnaean classification system in an effort to encourage the study and appreciation of botany and horticulture in the classroom. mounted onto buckram

London:: Collins,, 1946.. Second Impression . Fine. A Fine copy in a Near Fine D/J. Small check marks to verso of D/J. Spine sunned. Octavo (6.75 x 9 inches). Red printed boards. Pp. 48 with 8 plates in color, 30 illustrations in black and white. Features; Eton College, Winchester College, Stonyhurst College, Shrewsbury School, Harrow School, King's School, Rugby School, Writing SchoolDuring W.W.II, under the threat of a lost national identity, Wm. Collins published the 'Britain in Pictures' series to acknowledge and celebrate Britain's unique contribution to the Arts, Science, Industry and Culture at large. As the finest expression of social history, this series represented all elements of Britain's distinct way of life thus fostering national pride. The series explores a wide range of subjects from British Boxing and Golf to Printed Books, Photographers, Caricaturists and Cartographers, to Ship Builders and Fishermen, all penned and fully illustrated by the noted… Read More

London:: G. Nichol and T. Cadell,, 1785.. First printing. Fine. Fine original copperplate engraving in the first edition by B.T. Pouncy after drawing by J. Webber. Sheet size: 56 x 42.2 cm. Plate mark: 40.2 x 25.2 cm. Scene: Coastal scene of Man and Woman carrying baby on her back. Dwelling, fish and kayak on shore. Vegetation and hills in background. Scene sketched by John Webber (British 1751-1793), and engraved for the publication of the Cook's Third Voyage by Benjamin Thomas Pouncy (British d. 1799). Cook's Third Voyage:Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere, to determine the position and extent of the west side of North America, its distance from Asia, and the practicability of a northern passage to Europe, performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore, in his Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780. The objective of the… Read More

Amsterdam:: Weinmann,, 1737.. First edition. Fine. Fine original hand-colored copperplate engraving. Folio (34.5 x 50.5 cm: platemark 21.2 x 32.5 cm). Matted in Ivory Rag board with French gilt line decoration. Sized to 15.75 x 20.75 inches. Spiny Restharrow, a medicinal plant, member of the Legume/Pea family. The small Single sheet matted in rag board

Amsterdam:: Weinmann,, 1737.. First edition. Fine. Fine original hand-colored copperplate engraving. Folio (24 x 38.5 cm: platemark 21 x 33 cm). Matted in Ivory Rag board with French gilt line decoration. Sized to 15 x 19.75 inches. Single sheet matted in rag board

Weissenburg (Elsass):: Druck u. Verlag v. F. C. Wentzel,, n.d. [1850].. First printing. Near Fine. Near Fine. Original lithograph on pulp stock with bright coloring (Pochoir). Single Sheet. Folio (28 x 37 cm). Lithograph by F.C. Wentzel edit a Wissembourg (Alsace). Le Autumne. Der Herbst. A charming sheet of seasonal vignettes illustrating the various autumnal harvesting and hunting activities as performed by both children and adults: grape picking, apple harvesting, pigeon shooting, grape pressing. Sweet depiction's of native costume, rural landscape, architecture and country animals. Originating in Germany during the onset of lithography and inspired by an early form of broadsheet, Bilderbogen first appeared in the mid nineteenth century as a single pictorial sheets with multiple vignettes to illustrate a multitude of subjects. Bilderbogen- or story sheets-were created without accompanying text thus there was no language barrier to enjoying the scenes depicted, which… Read More

Weissenburg (Elsass):: Druck u. Verlag v. F. C. Wentzel,, n.d. [1850].. First printing. Near Fine. Near Fine. Original lithograph on pulp stock with bright coloring (Pochoir). Single Sheet. Folio (28 x 39.5 cm). Lithograph by F.C. Wentzel edit a Wissembourg (Alsace). Le Printemps. Der Frühling. A charming sheet of seasonal vignettes illustrating the various springtime gardening activities engaged by both children and adults: cultivating, plowing, sowing, watering, raking, flower picking, butterfly catching. Sweet depictions of native costume, rural landscape, architecture and animals. Originating in Germany during the onset of lithography and inspired by an early form of broadsheet, Bilderbogen first appeared in the mid nineteenth century as a single pictorial sheets with multiple vignettes to illustrate a multitude of subjects. Bilderbogen- or story sheets-were created without accompanying text thus there was no language barrier to enjoying the scenes depicted, which… Read More

Philadelphia & London:: J. B. Lippincott Company,, 1902.. First edition. Near Fine. Signed Binding. Near Fine. Minor shelf wear, lightly soiled boards, text block firm. Gift inscription on ff. Octavo (5 x 8 1/2 Inches). Mustard Yellow cloth with gilt lettering set in gilt scrolled framework and fillets. Binding signed 'H' for Theodore B. Hapgood, 1871-1938. TEG. untrimmed. xvi, 346 pp. 2 adverts, colored frontispiece and 33 black and white plates. From American social historian Anne Hollingsworth Wharton (Pennsylvania 1845-1928) a fine account of life in the nation's capital; drawing from letters and reminiscences of the nineteenth century men and women familiar with society in the days of Webster, Clay and Jackson. Cloth

London:: The Falcon Press ,, 1950.. First edition. Fine in a Near Fine DJ . Fine in a Near Fine chipped, foxed DJ. Octavo (5 1/2 x 8 3/4 Inches.) Black cloth with gilt lettering set in red panel on spine. [1-12] 267 pp., 12 plates. Fully illustrated with wash drawings of Selbourne made in the year 1776 by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm. Jacket design by Charles Stewart. A separate issue of The Antiquities of Selboure- which Reverend White intended to be an integral part of his Natural History of Selboure, but was rarely published ensuite. Includes The Poetry of Gilbert White along with a historical and topographical account of Selbourne and two appendices. Cloth

London:: Macmillan and Co.,, 1876.. First printing. Near Fine. Near Fine Two Volume Set. Corners tipped, scattered foxing, gutters starting. page 111 split. Folio. (23 x 30 cm). A bright ornamental Cottage binding quarter bound in green pebbled cloth with ornate gilt and black pictorial decoration and lettering. TEG. Small engraved bookplate on front paste-down of both volumes. Vol. I xxiii, 308 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard plus 13 plates, Text illustrations. Vol. II vii, 283 pp., colored frontispiece with tissue guard, 8 plates; Fully illustrated with facsimile letters, wood-engraved text illustrations and plates. Includes map of the Environs of Selborne. Photographs produced by the carbon process of P. H. Delmotte's watercolors mounted onto plates embellished with delicate floral borders and lettering. With notes by Frank Buckland and a chapter on the antiquities by Lord Selborne and new letters. With photographs and engravings from drawings by P. H. Delamotte.A fine… Read More

[New York]:: R. Worthington,, 1884.. First edition. Near Fine. Near Fine. Corners lightly tipped. Quarto (18 x 23 cm). Gold quarter cloth with chromolithographed paper over boards. [16] leaves of which 8 are chromolithographed plates, including title page. Includes one facsimile letter dated 1884 by Whittier to a Miss Sadie F. Price disclaiming authorship of the poem (Currier 150). A beautiful copy of the poem in its entirety with stanzas set amidst meadow flowers on lovely botanical plates. 1/4 cloth

London:: The Unicorn Press,, 1945.. Second Printing. Fine. Fine. Slender 12 mo. (4.5 x 7.25 inches). Gold quarter cloth over ochre boards. Gilt lettered spine. Former owner's signature dated 1945 on ffl. 31 pp.A reflection on Wilde's experience within the Victorian Penal system, The Ballad of Reading Gaol was first published by Leonard Smithers in 1898 under the title C.3-3 - Wilde's cell number while at Reading Gaol. 1/4 cloth