Search Results: Authors starting with W from The Kelmscott Bookshop

Oxford: The Society of Antiquaries, 1931. Paperback. Good. Paperback. In grey paper wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. Nearly half the spine lengthwise is missing and there is heavy chipping to the covers. The interior remains clean and bright. Pages remain unopened. Plates show diagrams of the ceramics, jewerly, and graves. 107 pages plus 64 plates. ARCH/042216.

Oldham, England: Incline Press, 2006. Softcover. Fine. Softcover. One of about 200 copies published as the twelfth New Year booklet by the press. Bound in a multicolored paisley design paper covers. With two pages of text and five charming color wood engravings by Waddington printed on rectos only. Printed on Zerkall paper in Monotype Baskerville type. With gift card and a notice of availability of the illustrations as prints. In fine condition. Measures 7.5 x 10.5 inches. Unpaginated [10 pages]. PRI/081420.

London: Melbourne University Press, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 4th Edition. Very Good in an About Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is faded at spine and along lower edge, with a few small edge tears. Australia. AUS1/11211.

Baroda: Padmaja Publications, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. SCARCE. Small 8vo. Grey paper coverd boards with black title to front board and to spine. Small spot of browning to front board and to spine. Minor browning to end pages. Else is clean and bright. Green and blue dust jacket with green and white title to front panel and green title to faded spine panel. Wear to dust jacket includes minor creasing, fading, and chipping to edges, small wax stain to front and spine panels that corresponds to the stain on the boards, and minor rubbing to the front and rear panels. 68 pages. IND/092319.

Baltimore: the Mayor's Bicentennial Ball Committee, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Very good in blue paper covered boards with gilt title to front board. Minor edgewear and rubbing to hinges. Previous owner's address sticker to top edge of front free end page. Else is pristine with illustrations and advertisements throughout. Includes the supplement and folio collection laid in at rear. Unpaginated. BALT/011316.

New York: Peter Lang, 1989. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. SCARCE. American University Studies, Series IX: History, Vol. 43. Fine in white and green glossy paper covered boards with black title to front board and to spine. Pristine interior with illustrations throughout. Index, 326 pages + photgraphic illustrations at rear. French History. FREHIS/102915.

London: T. Bensley, 1795. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Scarce. This edition is printed in Greek and Latin. Bion ( onos) was an ancient Greek bucolic poet from Smyrna, probably active at the end of the second or beginning of the first century BC. He is named in the Suda as one of three canonical bucolic poets alongside Theocritus and Moschus. One long poem about Adonis and seventeen shorter fragments of his poetry survive. Moschus (Moschou) was an ancient Greek bucolic poet and student of the Alexandrian grammarian Aristarchus of Samothrace. He was born at Syracuse and flourished about 150 BC. Aside from his poetry, he was known for his grammatical work, nothing of which survives. Theocritus (early third century BCE), born in Syracuse and also active on Cos and at Alexandria, was the inventor of the bucolic genre. Like his contemporary Callimachus, Theocritus was a learned poet who followed the aesthetic, developed a generation earlier by Philitas of Cos (LCL 508), of refashioning traditional… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine in near fine black and orange dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. Pristine interior. 176 pages. Political Science. POL1/3202.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Near mint in a near mint dust jacket. Inside is immaculate as well. Politics. POL/7092.

New York: John W. Lovell, 1891. Paperback. Good in Wraps. Paperback. SCARCE. Good in wraps. Most of spine is missing. small 8vo. Literature. LIT3/4032.

London: Constable & Company, Ltd, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. With laid-in two page letter and postcard from Walker to Cornelis Willem de Kiewiet, and with de Kiewiet's ownership signature on the free front endpaper. Eric Anderson Walker (September 1886 - February 1976) was King George V Professor of History at the University of Cape Town and Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge. He was a pioneer in writing the history of South Africa and later an important historian of the British Empire, though by the end of his life his work was seen as dated and Eurocentric. Cornelis Willem de Kiewiet (May1902 - February 1986) was a 20th-century historian most notable for having served as president of Cornell University and the University of Rochester. De Kiewiet was born in the Netherlands, but grew up in South Africa, where his father went as a diamond and gold-seeker and later worked as an employee of the Transvaal Republic's Railway.… Read More

London: Dulau and Co, 1903. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. VG in green wraps with black lettering on covers. Technical. TEC111170.

Toronto: Firefly Books, 2023. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Quarto. Signed in brown ink to title page with small illustration and an inscription in mirror image by George. A wonderful tribute to the art of George Walker. "Ink and paper are my muses. Using hand press printing and printers' ink to create original prints has absorbed me for at least the last 47 years. I love teh qualities of all papers, especially the luxury of fine rag papers and washi papers. Their tactile and soft surfaces beg to receive ink adn I am always too happy to oblige them," George Walker (rear cover). Bound in green cloth boards with white title to spine and front board. Black and white illustration of a tree pasted down to front cover. Includes an introduction, a section with full page black and white reproductions of George's prints, a section on his books, broadsides, and etchings with full color photographic illustrations, an afterword, comments by the artist, and a bibliography. Clean and bright. 213 pages. PRI/100623.

Toronto and Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 2020. Softcover. Fine. Softcover. Signed by George Walker on the title page. This is the first printing of a nice trade edition of Walker's splendid limited edition work celebrating the 80th birthday (September 21, 2014) of Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist Leonard Cohen. The eighty wood engravings commemorate Cohen's artistic accomplishments and explore how images of Leonard Cohen have appeared in popular culture over his six decade career. The black and white engravings are arranged chronologically and depict scenes from Cohen's varied creative endeavors. The book also presents portraits of some of the many famous people in his life, including Allan Ginsberg, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Andy Warhol. Softcover in white stiff paper covers with red and black titling and image of Cohen on front cover. In fine condition. 190 pages. MUSIC/102020.

Toronto: The Porcupine's Quill, 2010. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. "Although international politics is often central to discussions of 9/11, "Book of Hours" focus on innocent life lost adds emotional urgency to the issue of who and what is responsible ... [It] is called "Book of Hours" because it is an exploration, condemnation, and celebration of our culture's devotion to time, and the way our regimented routines can reassure and also stifle us" (George Walker, Preface). Bound in grey paper covered boards with black title to front cover. Housed in a black cloth slipcase with silver title to front panel. Clean and bright. 189 pages. PRI/100120.

Melbourne [etc.] Oxford University Press, 1981. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. First edition. Bound in paper orange wrappers titled in black on spine and front cover. Spine has faded to very light orange. Lightly creased, rubbed, and soiled, with bumped corners. 213 pages. BOB/111716.

Baltimore: Heritage Press, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st ed. very good navy blue boards; gilt title on spine; edge of spine and corners worn; very good minus dj w/mended open tear top front cover, rear scuffed; pages very clean and bright; 158 pp. Korean War. MIL/10082.

Baltimore: Heritage Press, 1972. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. SCARCE. "My experiences in the Navy were shared by untold thousands of black men and women during WWII. Indeed, segregation and discrimination was practiced widely in military and civilian life. Despite these barriers, we were willing to do our part to defeat the enemies of democracy. Much of my energy, however, was devoted to fighting these undemocratic practices" (jacket). William L. Walker holds degrees from Morgan State University and Howard University. He served in WWII as an aviation metalsmith, and as first lieutenant in the Korean War, he won the Combat Infantryman badge. He has authored several books and spent many years as a social worker. 8vo. Very good in blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Pristine interior. White dust jacket with blue title to front and spine panels. Slight rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. 129 pages. World War II. WWII/8012.

Cumberland, Iowa: walking bird press, 1987. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. 33 of 44 copies. Set in 12 point Bembo Cagado and printed on Okawara by the author. The illustrations by Lester Dore are printed on Tairona paper made by Marta Gomez. A poignant story from artist Tara Bryan about the deaths of two men named Dan, as the title would suggest. An accordian construction which is attached to three folding cloth covered boards. A paper title label appropriately adorned with two small hour glasses is adhered to the front board. Measures 4 x 6.25 inches. Unpaginated. PRI/102208.

Saint John: Saint John Harbour Commisioners, 1935. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo. Very good in illustrated green paper wrappers with black and silver title to front wrapper. Minor creasing and fading to edges. Interior is clean and bright with illustrations throughout. 64 pages. Canada CAN/9262.