Search Results: Authors starting with W from Howard S. Mott, Inc

AN 18th CENTURY INN THAT WAS ONCE THE HOME OF A PHILANTHROPIST CELEBRATED BY POPE
[TRADE CARD]. [LODGING HOUSE IN ROSS-ON-WYE, 18th CENTURY].
Edw[ar]d Wall Roos, Commonly called the Man of Ross's House. Fine late 18th century intaglio printed trade card on thick paper, 3 x 4 ¾", title surmounted with royal arms. N.p., n.d., ca. 1780. Flanking the legend are two men holding rifles, hunting dogs at their side, a dead rabbit and two dead birds at the feet of one of them. Under the legend is a coach-and-four racing past a sign reading "122 to Lond[on]", under which is "Post Chaises &c." In the distance on the left side is a manor house, and on the right a man is shooting at a bird in flight, his dog looking on. The balloon from the man on the left says the house has a "Post Office", the man on the right says it has "A Bowling Green." "Here [Ross-on-Wye] lived long doing good, John Kyrle Esq., celebrated by Pope, as The Man of Ross, who spent his income (about ₤500 a year) in acts of utility… Read More

WALLACE, Alfred Russel. The Geographical Distribution of Animals. With a study of the relation of the living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes in the Earth's surface. With Maps and Illustrations. 2 vols., original pictorial gilt stamped green cloth, pp. [xxiv], 503; [xii], 607, [1] blank, [2] ads + 7 colored maps, 3 folding or double-page & 20 plates. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1876.
First American Edition. Acquired from a private collection. An excellent copy of an important book by one of the leading evolutionary thinkers of the 19th century. A foundational work of zoogeography. "To those more interested in facts, than in theories this book will serve as kind of a dictionary of the geography and affinities of animals. By means of the copious index, the native country, the systematic position, and the numerical extent of every important and well established genus of land-animal may be at once discovered..."-Wood, p. 617. With neat 1877 pencil… Read More

PRESENTATION COPY WEBB, C[harles] H[enry]. Liffith Lank; or, Lunacy. Illustrations by Sol Eytinge, Jr. Quotations by various authors. 12mo, original gilt stamped and lettered green cloth, pp. 48. New York: Carleton, 1866. 1866
First Edition. Nearly fine copy of a book rarely found inscribed, as here. The author's first book, an avowed "travestie" of Charles Reade's scandalous Griffith Gaunt, or Jealousy, published earlier the same year. First printed in the New York Times and dedicated to Henry J. Raymond, editor of that newspaper. Inscribed: "Miss Julia Pomeroy, authoress of the 'S's R or the B. C." with the compliments of her fellow author. C. H. Webb, N. Y. July 9th '67." Webb, a journalits and poet, was a frequent contributor to the Californian. The recipient was possibly the pianist and composer, Julia W. Pomeroy, author of California Polka (1849), who is mentioned by the composer A. P. Heinrich, "The Western Minstrel," in an 1850 letter to Jenny Lind, also… Read More

THE FIRST GERMAN LANGUAGE EDITION COMPLETEWITH ITS CRUDE PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE
[WEEMS, Mason Locke]. Die Lebensbeschreibung und merkwürdige Handlungen von George Washington, General und Befehishaber der Armeen von Nord-America.: Nebst der Erklärung der Unabhängigkeit und der Constitution der Vereinigten Staaten. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt. 12mo, original plain boards (rubbed, newly resewn, spine mostly perished), woodcut frontispiece portrait, pp. [2], 176, uncut, as issued. Friederichstadt [Frederick, Maryland]: Gedruckt bey M. Bärtgis, 1809.
First Edition in German of one of the earliest biographies of George Washington (1800), emanating from from a southern town with a large German-speaking population. Bärtgis published an English edition in 1801. Written by the man who invented the enduring myth of Washington and the cherry tree, which did not appear until the book's fifth edition in 1806. A very good, crisp, uncut copy in original state, other than having been resewn.… Read More

ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE BIBLEWEIGEL, Christoph (1654-1725), Engraver. A collection of 680 engraved Bible illustrations. 2 thick vols., oblong 4to, early cloth backed boards (worn & rubbed), 680 engravings pasted in, some with titles in German, some in both German and Latin. The largest plates measure 4 3/4 x 3 1/4". [Augsburg 1695? or 1730?].
Plates from Weigel's remarkable Biblia ectypa Bildnussen auss Heiliger Schrifft Alt und Neuen Testaments... The full work was issued with 831 engravings on 211 leaves, four engravings on each page, all depicting scenes from both Old and New Testaments, with chapter and verse citations in Latin and German. We don't know whether these plates come from the edition of 1695 or that of 1730. Weigel studied different branches of engraving in Frankfort, Vienna, Augsburg, and other artistic centers. He settled in Nuremberg as an engraver and print dealer. These great Bible illustrations represent his life's work as an engraver. With early wax seal inside… Read More

GIVEN BY THE V.P. OF THE IRON WORKS COMPANY THAT BUILT THE HULL OF THE U.S.S. MONITOR, AND LAUNCHED IT IN 101 DAYS
WHITE, E[llsberry] V[alentine]. The First Iron-clad naval engagement in the world; history of facts of the great naval battle between the Merrimac-Virginia, C. S. N. and the Ericsson Monitor, U. S. N., Hampton Roads, March 8 and 9, 1862.
[Illustrated]. 8vo, later ½ green morocco by The Booklovers Shop, Cleveland (original pictorial wrappers bound in), marbled end papers, title, pp. [2], [20] + 8 plates. [Portsmouth, Va.?, cop. 1906].

First Edition. Not to be confused with the common New York editions. "This pro-Confederate account, written by a participant, includes some of his personal experiences."-CWB I, p. 238. Inscribed by the great American mechanical engineer Ambrose Swasey (see DAB), "Presented to me by Mr. C. H. Corbett, Brooklyn, NY, Ambrose Swasey, Jan. 8th 1915." Charles H. Corbett was… Read More

WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE FIRST SEPARATELY PUBLISHED DENTAL MATERIAL MEDICA
WHITE, James W. Dental Materia Medica. [Illustrated]. 12mo, original brown cloth, title stamped in gilt, pp. 198, [30]s. Philadelphia: Samuel S. White, 1868.
First Edition "of what appears to be the first separately published and exclusively dental material medica or pharmacopoeia."-Jeremy Norman (rebound copy, 1995). Anesthetics are discussed, inclUding nitrous oxide, ether, chloroform, bicholride of methylene and tetracholoride of carbon, as are methods of topical anesthesia. Published by White's elder brother, Dr. Samuel Stockton White, founder of the largest dental manufacturing company in the world. MInor wear to spine and corners. Campbell 635. Weinberger, Dental Bibliography 143.

ROYAL CORONATION CEREMONY ON SATIN
WILLIAM IV, King of England and Queen Adelaide. The Royal Coronation of their Most Excellent Majesties. Earl-Marshal's Office, Whitehall, September 8, 1831. [caption-title].Folio, original royal navy blue boards (extremities chipped and rounded; edges rubbed) Royal arms on both covers, pale pink end papers (little faded), printed in blue on verso of 15 leaves of white satin (lightly toned), each leaf with stitched satin border. [London:] Printed by R. G. Clarke, Cannon-Row, Westminster [1831]. William IV was reluctant at first to even have a coronation ceremony, but acquiesed. He inherited the throne late in life, age 64, the oldest person to assume the monarchy, and his coronation was held fourteen months after he ascended to the throne. William was determined that his coronation would be a far simpler affair than his brother's over-the-top, expensive enterprise. The expense was… Read More

WILLIAMSON, John. The British Angler: or, A Pocket-Companion for Gentlemen-Fishers. Being a New and Methodical Treatise of the Art of Angling...Together with Supplemental Discourses...Also, Excellent Reciepts for Dressing of Fish...Illustrated with Copper-Plates Curiously Engraved. The Whole compiled from approved Authors, and above Thirty Years Experience. By...who has added a Versification of the principle Heads...12mo, contemporary speckled calf (slight cracking at joints; one corner rubbed), red morocco lettering piece, spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, engraved frontispiece by George Bickham Jr., pp. viii, 318, [10] Index + 3 fine folding plates engraved by Benjamin Cole. London: J. Hodges, at the Looking-Glass on London Bridge, 1740.
First Edition. An unusually nice copy of a book most often found either rebound, repaired or worn. "One of the best of the… Read More

THE DEDICATEE'S MANUSCRIPT REVIEW + SMALL ARCHIVE
WILSON, Angus (1913-1991), English novelist, short story writer and reviewer. [KING, Viva, (1893-1979) 1920's Bohemian]. Small archive relating to the publication of scandalous London hostess Viva King's autobiography, The Weeping and The Laughter. London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1976, the archive includes Wilson's manuscript book review & more. London, 1976.

King writes the Preface to her autobiography, "...Angus Wilson offered to write this book for me. However, I decided to try my luck myself...Illness and other interruptions caused delays in finishing this book, and, but for Angus Wilson's encouragement, I might never have come to 'Finis'; and so, to him with love and gratitude I dedicate this work." With the archive we include a first edition of the book, in dust jacket, whose blurb describes Viva King as "for many years one of London's best-loved hostesses," who "now in her eighties, Mrs. King looks back on the Bohemian-smart world of the… Read More

A JUVENILE ANDREW WYETH WATERCOLOR "PORTRATE [sic] FROM LIFE" OF GEORGE WASHINGTON PRESENTED TO HIS GRANDFATHER
WYETH, Andrew (1917-2009). American artist. Watercolor portrait on brownish paper of George Washington, 9 1/2 x 10 1/2", inside frame. Frontal head-and torso watercolor of a bewigged Washington inside wide ornamental wreath with red bow at the top; inscribed to his grandfather from "Andy" N.p., n.d. [Chadds Ford, Pa.: ca. 1925?].
A safe guess is that this was painted when Wyeth's age was still in single digits, ca. 1925? Apparently George Washington was not far from Wyeth's mind growing up in the Brandywine Valley, close to where Washington's Continental Army fell to General Howe's British forces on September 11, 1777. His 1930 large oil painting, entitled, In a Dream I Meet George Washington, was purchased by the Brandywine River Museum in 1991, and in 1954 he painted Washington and Lafayette. Washington was also a subject for his father N. C. Wyeth. This juvenile watercolor… Read More

INSCRIBED TO CHRISTOPHER MORLEY WITH AN AUTOGRAPH NOTE BY HIM ABOUT THE INSCRIPTION
[WYLIE, Elinor]. Incidental Numbers. 16mo, original printed boards (hairline crack in front hinge), pp. 43. London: Printed by Wm. Clowes & Sons, 1912.
First Edition. The Frank Hogan copy. One of 65 copies of the author's first book, printed as a gift from her mother. This copy inscribed by the author on recto of free half of front end paper: "To Christopher Morley from his friend The Author who will so remain only so long as his anonymity is faithfully preserved." Inside front cover is an autograph note by Morley: "(Elinor Wylie's first book—inscribed by her in a disguised hand to avoid recognition—in the character of 'Adam Kinser Tutler', a pseudonym that she & [her husband] W[illiam] R[ose] B[enét] and I occasionally used for purposes of sport--) Christopher Morley." Morley was a close friend of the poet and her husband, with… Read More