Search Results: Titles starting with T from Voewood Rare Books

New York: Lehmann Maupin 2001, 2001. Large 4to, 64pp, 72 colour plates (inc 2 gatefolds). Fine in cream cloth with black and caramel stamps in grey card slipcase. The first, and only, edition of this legendary and much-cited photography book. It is Teller's record of the 1999 Miss World competition where he photographed each contestant. The portraits are all close-ups and are reproduced here in a highly polished and glossy form. The atmosphere of brittle unreality which hangs over beauty contests and where we see only a heavily worked artificiality is cleverly captured in these celebrated images. Lots of hair and teeth. A signed and numbered edition of 500 - this is 300/500. � Fine

Venice: Lucantonio Giunta 1526, 1526. Second edition, edited by Luca Gaurico (first edition, 1495) 4to. [28], 398 leaves. Contemporary vellum, yapp edges, small wormholes on covers (one on upper and three on lower) and some waterstaining on lower cover, ties missing. Manuscript lettering to spine (partly covered by label reading "A-b") and on bottom edge of text block. Internally very good, some waterstaining to a few of the early leaves (1i (title page)-2ii and 2vii-3ii), marking to leaf r3. Previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper crossed out. Overall in excellent condition. Introductory text in gothic type. Title page printed in red and black as are some of the tables. The title page has the printer's device of Lucantonio Giunta: "Il Giglio Fiorentina", the Florentine Lily which is the symbol of Florence. Giunta was born in Florence in 1457 although he left for Venice in 1477 and began publishing books in 1489 producing over 400 books until his death in 1538.… Read More

Milano: Studio Marconi Gennaio 1970, 1970. Oblong 12mo. pp. 10. Five black and white illustrations (rectos only). Original spiral-bound card covers, edges faded. Included with six slides of the artists work in a plastic slide wallet.

Paris: The Black Sun Press 1929, 1929. First edition. Number 38 of 100 copies on Japanese Vellum signed by the author. 4to. 212x168mm. [8], XV, [1], 55, [3]. Original cream paper wrappers lettered in black and red to upper cover and spine and with 'black sun' motif on the lower cover. Original glassine wrapper. Slight chipping to head of spine and there are some tears to the glassine wrapper at the spine and to the front wrapper but overall in very good condition. Internally excellent with only very minor marking in a few places. Housed in the cardboard slipcase covered with green paper and edged in silver paper to which there is some slight marking and wear to the edges. Signed on the half title by James Joyce in black ink and illustrated with Constantin Brancusi's etching Symbole de Joyce, intended by the artist to capture Joyce's "sens du pousser" and described as "a portrait as abstract as the author's text". With a preface by C.K.Ogden who, in the same… Read More

London: Printed for Thomas Hodgkins at the Juvenile Library. 1807. First edition, first issue. Two volumes. 12mo. 165x100mm. Vol. I. ix [i.bl], [2], 235, [1 with T. Davison imprint]. 10 engravings. Vol. II. [4], 261, [3pp. adverts with the Hanway Street address]. 10 engravings. Contemporary calf, spines with red morocco labels lettered in gilt and small round black labels numbered in gilt. At head of spine, in gilt, is the Pelican of Mercy and the motto, "Pandite Coelestes Fortae". This is the crest of James Gibson of Ingliston, Writer to the Signet whose armorial bookplate is on the front pastedowns. Also with the label of Donald and Mary Hyde, who formed one of the great libraries of eighteenth-century literature and whose Samuel Johnson collection was donated to the Houghton Library at Harvard. Slight split to the head of joint with upper boards and corners a little bumped. Housed in a custom-made box. Internally very good but with some foxing, heavy to a few leaves in volume two. The illustrations… Read More

London: T.C.Newby 1848, 1848. First edition. Three volumes. 12mo. 190x110mm. pp. [4], 358; [2], 366; [2], 342. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere (for Henry Sotheran) in modern green half morocco, boards covered in green linen. Spine lettered in gilt, five raised bands with gilt wavy line, compartments decorated with a single gilt border. Marbled endpapers. A neat, attractive binding in excellent condition. Internally very good with only slight foxing in places. Repair to half title in volume I. Two leaves (Q11 of volume I and D2 of volume III) have been expertly repaired and there is a closed tear to the foot of D9 of volume III not affecting the text. Volume 1 lacking final leaf with publisher's advertisements. A very good copy of the scarce first edition of Anne Brontë's only separately published novel. 500 copies were printed but no more than 300 were issued as the first edition. The book sold well and the remaining copies were issued a few months later, with a new title page and a (now celebrated)… Read More

[Winterton, Lincolnshire] n.p. undated [pre 1804], 1802. Original pen and coloured ink drawing (146x108mm) of a mosaic floor on thick paper, mounted on card (198x140mm) and framed. Beneath the drawing is inscribed "William Fowler Fecitt (sic)" and the description "A Tessellated Floor of an Ancient Bath in Nants (sic) in the South of France supposed to be Built by Antonious (sic) Pius". The hand-coloured engraving of this mosaic appears in volume one of Fowler's Engravings of the Mosaic Pavements &c published in 1804. This beautiful drawing is in excellent condition with the colours particularly fresh. Original drawings by Fowler are rare and this is a particularly fine example. � William Fowler (1761-1832) was born in Lincolnshire where he ran his own business as a builder and architect. He also produced, in his spare time, a large quantity of drawings of old buildings, tombs and brasses, stained glass, and Roman mosaic pavements. Roman mosaics had first been excavated in Fowler's home town of… Read More

Santa Rosa, California Black Sparrow Press 1994, 1994. Limited edition, one of 750 paperback copies published for friends of Black Sparrow Press. 210x146mm. pp. 40. Original decorative wrappers, stapled. Very slight marking to lower cover but otherwise a near fine copy. Lawrence produced this work for the Daily Chronicle while waiting for Lady Chatterley's Lover to start selling. At a time when a bill giving women the vote was passing through Parliament, the British newspapers were very keen on this type of material. It was discovered by Roy Spencer in the files of the Daily Chronicle. The book reproduces in print the finished manuscript version, the variorum manuscript version and the newspaper version together with notes and short essays on the publishing history of the work. We are selling 14 copies of this paperback version of That Women know best. They are all in the same condition as described here.

London: for J.Dodsley, 1780 1780, 1780. First Edition. 2 vols, 8vo, pp.xxiv, 412; [iv], 432, [x] indexes. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Paper repair to blank upper margin of first title, faint even browning. Early modern brown levant, spines in six compartments with raised bands gilt, gilt decoration in four compartments, lettered and numbered in two, marbled boards and endpapers; slight shelfwear only. Bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary ownership inscription of "Babington" dated March 1790, early pencilled marginalia throughout (most angry-looking crosses). Very good A scandalous anonymous work. Martin Madan (1726-90), first cousin of William Cowper, had already attracted public attention when, in 1750 he made the career switch from lawyer to Methodist preacher, but the impact of this book, in which he advocated polygamy and argued elaborately that it was in accordance with Christianity, was sensational. His patroness, Lady Huntingdon, told him even before publication that she had… Read More

London: Macmillan 1938, 1938. Presentation copy: 'For Reginald A. Add?-Scott, I sign this book with pleasure; Osbert Sitwell Aug 31 1944.' Loosely inserted ALS from Osbert Sitwell to Mr Avia? consisting of approximately 55 words and written on notepaper headed 2, Carlyle Square, S.W.3. and dated June 24 in which he expresses his pleasure at receiving the recipient's letter and his crossness at having to turn down an invitation. He suggests possible alternative times to meet. First edition. 8vo. pp. viii, 544. Original turquoise cloth, blue and gilt panels blocked on spine, lettered in blue and gilt. Unclipped cream pictorial dust-jacket by John Farleigh, lettered in black, cream, pink and blue. Torn at head of spine with loss, lower cover foxed, old sellotape marks to flaps.

Stockholm: Foto Expo 1965, 1965. First edition. 12mo (199x147mm). pp. [32, [8] (unpaginated). 38 black and white photographs, text by Per Olaf Sundman, Peter Weiss and Tor-Ivan Odulf, design by Erik Pettersson. Original black and white photo-illustrated covers. Protected by transparent plastic wrapper. The whole is in fine condition. Strömholm was initially associated with Subjective Photography and Otto Steinert's Fotoforum group who saw photography not as reportage but as a reflection of the photographer's personal view of the world, though he left when he felt that their aspirations were too formalist. In this, his first book, we see many of the motifs that would recur throughout his later work.

New York: Whitney Museum of American Art / Harry N. Abrams; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art 2004, 2004. First edition. 4to. pp. 223. With 250 full-colour illustrations. The first comprehensive survey of Hawkinson's work. A catalogue of an exhibition held at the Whitney Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in early 2005. The artist provides commentary on more than 150 of his pieces. Foreword by Adam D. Weinberg. Includes a chronology, bibliography, and index. Brown paper over boards with lettering in blind on upper board, black lettering on spine. Two small dents and thin wrinkle in paper on upper board (binding flaw). No dust-jacket as issued. A very good copy. An oversize book, please ask shipping costs before ordering, particularly to locations outside Europe.

Pennsylvania Stackpole 1995, 1995. 1st US ed. Large 8vo, 390pp, illus throughout w/B&W photos and line figres, maps & plans. Near-fine in olive cloth with gilt stamps to spine in a near-fine illustrated DJ. A very scarce copy of the 1st US edition of this work, originally published in England in 1992.

London: Pandora 1993, 1993. First Edition. Large 8vo. pp. x, 277. Numerous b/w illustrations. Green cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine extremities. Illustrated dust-jacket. A near fine copy in a near fine dust-jacket. A heavy item: please ask shipping costs before ordering, particularly to locations outside Europe.

London: Macmillan and Co. 1882 and 1883, 1882. Two volumes. 8vo. (187x121mm). pp. xx, [2], 376, [4pp adverts]; xii, [2], 546, [2pp adverts]. Seven engraved plates in each volume. Brown cloth decorated with two bands of leaf and flower motifs with gilt borders to upper cover and spine with the design continued in blind on the lower cover. Spine lettered in gilt. Corners bumped and a small crease to spine of volume one and a small tear to head of spine of volume two. Foxing to title pages and a tear with loss to foot of C8 of volume two (not affecting the text) but overall very good copies. The half title in both books is inscribed "J.N.Brocklehurst from the author with all good wishes. April 1883". A nice set of the two Tom Brown novels with gift inscriptions from Hughes. Tom Brown's Schooldays was intended by Hughes to be an exercise in "preaching" rather than an amusing entertainment. Although one tends to remember the cricket matches, the bullying, Tom and Arthur's… Read More

London: Printed for J. Newbery 1760, 1760. First edition. 8vo (200x120mm). pp. [2], vi, 264. Contemporary calf with double fillet borders in gilt to upper and lower covers, five raised bands to spine, compartments simply decorated with gilt borders. The binding is worn in places with scuffing, particularly to the foot of the upper cover at the joint and on the lower cover near the joint where there is cracking. Corners bumped and rubbed. But overall this is a handsome, simple and tight binding. The contents are in excellent condition, bright and fresh with only a little foxing. The corner of K1 has been lost in opening but this does not affect the text. Edges sprinkled red. The dedication, although declared to be James is by Samuel Johnson who was a school friend of James's from Lichfield. This highly readable book contains a series of case studies showing the horrific results of dogs biting people. The resulting "hydrophobia" or rabies is described with some relish by James who then offers a number… Read More

London: Published and Sold by Edward Orme. 1817, 1817. Two volumes. 4to. 270x205mm. pp. viii, 296; 294. Seventy-one engraved plates. Contemporary straight-grained dark blue morocco, borders in gilt and blind to upper and lower covers. Spine with four raised bands, decorated and lettered in gilt. Small round shelf label to foot of spine of volume one. All edges gilt. Seventy-one plates. Additional engraved illustrated title page to volume two. Slight scuffing to boards in two places and minor rubbing to extremities. Internally some browning and foxing but overall a very good copy in a handsome binding. Lairesse (1641-1711) was a major figure in the art world of the Dutch Golden Age. He began his career as a painter, influenced initially by Rembrandt (who painted him - the portrait is in the Metropolitan in New York) and, later, by the French masters, especially Poussin. In 1690 he lost his sight due to congenital syphilis and so concentrated on art theory, writing two important works on the subject,… Read More

London: Printed for J.Whiston and B.White 1758, 1758. First edition. 4to. 210x130mm. pp. vii, [i], 99, [1bl]. Modern speckled calf, borders to upper and lower covers decorated in blind, spine lettered in gilt. Some foxing and browning but overall a very good copy of a scarce and ground-breaking book on madness and mental health. William Battie (1703-76) was a Fellow of the Royal Society and President of the Royal College of Physicians. His principal medical interest was in what he called "the mad business". He worked at Bethlem which at that time was located in Moorfields on the edge of the City of London (it still exists as a psychiatric hospital in South London and is the oldest such institution in the world). Horrified by the conditions and poor treatment at Bethlem (not least the practice of allowing the public to pay to observe the patients), Battie founded, in 1751, St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics under the patronage of the Earl of Cardigan to whom this book is dedicated. St… Read More

London: Printed by D.Henry and R.Cave 1754, 1754. First edition. [4], iv, [4], 3-268, 73 [1]; [4], 70, [4]. Eighteen folding engraved plates including one with a volvelle. Contemporary calf, spine with red morocco label lettered in gilt. Upper cover slightly creased, corners bumped and a little worn. Head of spine rubbed and foot of spine chipped with loss of c1cm. Front pastedown has armorial bookplate of Thomas Hall. Internally very good with only a little foxing and browning in places. 'The elements of naval architecture: .. By M. Duhamel du Monceau' has a separate titlepage, pagination and register.Loosely inserted is a leaf from a manuscript ship's logbook (370x240mm) dated 11th-14th June describing part of a voyage of the Ship Prince Augustus (an East Indiaman) commanded by Francis Gostlin. but overall a very good copy of this exhaustive, detailed and ground-breaking work on ship-building. As Murray says in his preface, "though the art of Ship-building is of the utmost… Read More

London: Printed for William Innys 1731, 1731. First edition. 8vo. 200x120mm. pp. [4], xliii, [1], 94, [2pp adverts], one folding plate. Contemporary sprinkled calf, triple fillet border in gilt to upper and lower cover. Five raised bands, compartments decorated in gilt with crown, thistle and flower pattern. Second compartment with tan lettering piece, lettered in gilt. Some wear to boards, rubbing and rubbing to spine and joints. All edges red. Internally in fine condition. Diagrams throughout. Marbled endpapers. From the Library of the Earls of Macclesfield, the front pastedown has the bookplate from the South Library and embossed stamps with Macclesfield Coat of Arms to title and dedication. ESTC locates 11 copies in the UK and 10 in the US. John Gray (d1769) was a mathematician who taught at Marischal College (later Aberdeen University) where he was also Rector towards the end of his life. Accordingly, his Treatise on Gunnery is a highly technical affair, complex but also rather beautiful in the… Read More