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

Paris:: Bessa,, 1836.. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. A fine original hand-colored stipple engraving on watermarked laid paper (Sheet: 20.32 x 27.94 cm). Engraving by Barrois after painting by Bessa. Pancrace Bessa (1772-1832) was at one time student of Van Spaendonck, the esteemed flower painter of Le Jardin du Roi, and who along with colleague Pierre Joseph Redoute (court painter to Empress Josephine and Napoleon) mastered the fine art of stipple engraving produced some of the finest botanical work of early nineteenth century France. Bessa's technical and artistic achievement evident, his finely hand-colored engravings remain coveted examples of botanical illustration. Flore des Jardiniers ( Flora of Gardeners) was Bessa's final and finest botanical work. (Great Flower Books 159, Dunthorne 33).

Great Britain:: Original Watercolor,, [c.1880-1900].. Fine. Fine original watercolor on rag paper. (25.4 x 17.7 cm). Matted in Rag. Framed in one inch gilt basket weave moulding. Condition: Fine, with minor aged paper remains to verso corners from previous mount watermarked 1902. Pathos notwithstanding and made all the more alluring by want of attribution, this vivid watercolor scene (Hippopotamus river scene) was envisioned and thus executed not by a professional artist, field naturalist or explorer but by an amateur, or armchair, traveler/naturalist /painter. The drama evident yet depiction gentle, this watercolor quite plausibly was painted by a young Victorian gentlewoman who would have learned the art of nature painting, as was the custom, and who would have sought inspiration from the grand natural history color plate volumes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This bold and vivid naturalists' display of a tapestry of dappled foliage or the crystalline translucence of… Read More

New York:: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc,, 1975.. First edition. Fine in Fine DJ. A Fine copy in a Fine Dust Jacket. Folio. Tan cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Illustrated endpapers. 208 pp. fully illustrated.A fine compendium of the work and talents of the popular and noted book illustrator, designer of textiles, fabrics, stained glass and ceramics, and the driving force behind the Arts and Crafts Movement as well as a coveted member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Walter Crane (Liverpool 1845 -1915). Cloth

London:: Oxford University Press,, 1942.. First edition. Fine. Fine. Slender 12mo. (4.75 x 7.5 inches). Printed wraps. pp 64, includes 48 b/w plates. With an insightful and poetic introduction by Admiral Sir Herbert H.W. Richmond, the fine drawings and paintings reproduced here were made by war artists working under the official direction of the Admiralty on the recommendation of the Ministry of Information Artists' Advisory Committee. The contributing artists are Sir Muirhead Bone, Charles Cundall, Richard Eurich, Hubert A Freeth, Eric Kennington, Henry Lamb, John Nash, Charles Pears, Eric Ravilious, C.W. Dyson-Smith, Stanley Spencer, J. Worsley. Annotated notes on the pictures follow. printed wraps

Philadelphia:: D. Rice and A.N. Hart,, 1849.. First edition. Fine. Fine condition. Original lithograph; printed and colored by J.T. Bowen, Philadelphia. Octavo (6.75 x 10 .5 inches). Matted in Rag Board. As the oil on canvas portrait of Wat-Che-Mon-Ne: An Ioway Chief known as The Orator, was destroyed by fire in 1865, the original hand-colored lithographs by JT Bowen are the only surviving rendering of this essential chapter of Americana. During the first quarter of the nineteenth century as the Native American people traveled to Washington DC to discuss their plight; the loss of their lands and destruction of their people, they appealed to Thomas McKenney, the then Chief to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in whom they found a sincere advocate in the efforts to improve the welfare of the Native American people. After meeting to discuss the situation, McKenney invited every one of his guests to sit for formal portraits, and included all members; not only the Chiefs, but also the… Read More

London:: Hutchinson & Co., LTD,, 1964.. First edition. Fine in Fine DJ. Fine in a Fine DJ. Large Octavo (6.5 x 9.5 inches). Olive buckram with gilt lettered spine. [1-8] 176 pp. Fully illustrated with b/w drawings by John Dd. Evans. Celebrated Welsh author, playwrite and broadcaster Gwyn Thomas illuminates contemporary Welsh social history with his intimate, often searing knowledge of the Welsh people, places, prejudices and passions; from mouldering castles to Dylan Thomas and W.H. Davies to rugby and revivalists. Boards

New York:: D. Appleton & Co.,, 1851.. First edition. Fine. A Fine original hand-colored lithograph. Folio (11.25 x 9 inches). In Ivory rag mat and suitable for framing; sized to14 x 17 inches. Drawn from nature by E. Emmons, Jr., drawn on stone by F. Swinton and printed by J.J. Audubon's occasional lithographers; G. & W. Endicott, New York, an early depiction of one such variety of the useful and not strictly ornamental fruit being cultivated in national soil during Nineteenth Century America.  Single sheet matted in rag board

Boston:: S. Hall,, 1797.. First Edition. Fine. Fine. With folds as issued. A very nice clean map. Copperplate engraving on laid paper. Sheet size: 33 x 21 cm. Plate mark: 33 x 20 cm. A finely detailed map by Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826) engraved by Hill of the West Indies based on Thomas Kitchin's map of 1784, although with fuller topographical detail into South America. Relief shown pictorially from Southern Florida around the Gulf of Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula into South America. Shows Southern F (Howes 839; Sabin 50923) single sheet

San Francisco and New York:: Paul Elder and Company,, 1907.. Third. Fine. Fine. Octavo (8.5 x 5.5 inches). Brown cloth with gilt lettering and arabesque set in gilt panel to front board. Gilt lettering and emblem to spine. TEG, untrimmed. Former owner's signature and stamp to front paste down. Tidy gift inscription in pencil dated 1909 on prelim. Engraved calling card enclosed. v, 173 pp. Finely printed by the Tomoye Press, and bound in a rustic heavy brown cloth evoke monastic humility, inspirational essays from the author of "The Ministry of Beauty" and "As Nature Whispers" on love, wisdom truth,- how may we live and not dwell on these, how write to any purpose and not revolve about them? From the preface; It should be the aim of every earnest book to act in some degree as a medium for impersonal truth. Includes chapters on elements of freedom, the ideal of culture, the idea of religion, the nature of prayer, character and its expression, the beauty of poise and the… Read More

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A Fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy clay-coated stock. (9 x 12.5 inches). A fine late nineteenth century American chromolithograph produced from the original watercolors by Sherman Foote Denton (1856-1937) Angler, Scientist and Painter who pioneered the technique for preserving the freshly landed fish by which it retained its vivid coloration and iridescence in preparation for studio rendering. As documented in the Annual Reports of the State of NY Fisheries, Game and Forest Commissions c. 1898-1909: "No colored figures of fishes in existence exceed [Denton's Fish] for truthfulness or beauty of execution." 

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A Fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy clay-coated stock. (9 x 12.5 inches). A fine late nineteenth century American chromolithograph produced from the original watercolors by Sherman Foote Denton (1856-1937) Angler, Scientist and Painter who pioneered the technique for preserving the freshly landed fish by which it retained its vivid coloration and iridescence in preparation for studio rendering. As documented in the Annual Reports of the State of NY Fisheries, Game and Forest Commissions c. 1898-1909: "No colored figures of fishes in existence exceed [Denton's Fish] for truthfulness or beauty of execution." 

London, Paris & New York:: Cassell, Petter & Galpin,, 1873.. First edition. Fine. A Fine original Chromolithograph. Drawn by J. W. Ludlow and printed by Vincent Brooks, Day, & Son, Lithographers. During the Mid-Victorian period, the nature of a country gentleman's wealth was determined by the breadth of his flock, which at times referred to his prized poultry stock. This fine original chromolithograph is an actual portrait of a prizewinning cultivated breed. In the tradition of classic 19th century animal portraiture, the bird is here represented in minute detail accentuating the meritous elements of the particular breed. The plate not only names the bird, but credits its owner and documents at which prestigious agricultural fair the Prized Cup or First Place Ribbon was awarded. These faithful portraits of celebrated birds, set in elegant pastoral landscapes or tidy barnyards settings evoke both timeless sophistication and country elegance. Traditional poultry prints have been… Read More

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A Fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy clay-coated stock. (9 x 12.5 inches). A fine late nineteenth century American chromolithograph produced from the original watercolors by Sherman Foote Denton (1856-1937) Angler, Scientist and Painter who pioneered the technique for preserving the freshly landed fish by which it retained its vivid coloration and iridescence in preparation for studio rendering. As documented in the Annual Reports of the State of NY Fisheries, Game and Forest Commissions c. 1898-1909: "No colored figures of fishes in existence exceed [Denton's Fish] for truthfulness or beauty of execution." 

London, Paris & New York:: Cassell, Petter & Galpin,, 1873.. First edition. Fine. A Fine original Chromolithograph. Drawn by J. W. Ludlow and printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lithographer. During the Mid-Victorian period, the nature of a country gentleman's wealth was determined by the breadth of his flock, which at times referred to his prized poultry stock. This fine original chromolithograph is an actual portrait of a prizewinning cultivated breed. In the tradition of classic 19th century animal portraiture, the bird is here represented in minute detail accentuating the meritous elements of the particular breed. The plate not only names the bird, but credits its owner and documents at which prestigious agricultural fair the Prized Cup or First Place Ribbon was awarded. These faithful portraits of celebrated birds, set in elegant pastoral landscapes or tidy barnyards settings evoke both timeless sophistication and country elegance. Traditional poultry prints have been… Read More

Boston:: Department of Printing and Graphic Arts,, 1993.. First edition. Fine. A Fine copy. Oblong Octavo. (20.5 x 15.5 cm). Spiral bound wraps. 16 leaves. Published by the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Houghton Library, September 3- October 28, 1993. Photography by Martin Berinstein. Features artists' statements and work of Siri Beckman, Meryl Brater, Brian D. Cohen, Deborah Davidson, Laura Davidson, Roberta Delaney, Jean Evans, Becky Hunt, Joyce McDaniel, Peter Madden, Maria Muller, Stephanie Stigliano. Spiral Bound Wraps

London:: Edward Orme,, 1810.. First Edition. Fine Condition. A fine original etching on wove paper, drawn from life and etched by Samuel Howitt, and published and sold by Edward Orme, Printseller to the King [George IV]. Quarto (11.25 x 8.25 inches, 285 x 209 mm). Very light toning to margins otherwise clean. Samuel Howitt (1756-1822) was a talented self-trained painter and etcher of animals whose work enhanced British animal portraiture and sporting art of the late Georgian Era. As a young man familiar with the ancient woodlands and royal hunting grounds of Epping Forest, Howitt was able to capture the refined essence of the British landscape as a setting in which to render his charming depictions of animals; both wild and tame, foreign and domestic. In addition; inspired by his experiences as a field sportsman, Howitt excelled at the spirited depiction of the hunt. Although Howitt was a close friend and brother-in-law of the celebrated English artist Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827), Howitt… Read More

London:: Edward Orme, Printseller to the King,, 1811.. First Edition. Fine Condition. A fine original etching on wove paper, drawn from life and etched by Samuel Howitt, and published and sold by Edward Orme, Printseller to the King [George IV]. Quarto (11.25 x 8.25 inches, 285 x 209 mm). Very light toning to margins otherwise clean. Samuel Howitt (1756-1822) was a talented self-trained painter and etcher of animals whose work enhanced British animal portraiture and sporting art of the late Georgian Era. As a young man familiar with the ancient woodlands and royal hunting grounds of Epping Forest, Howitt was able to capture the refined essence of the British landscape as a setting in which to render his charming depictions of animals; both wild and tame, foreign and domestic. In addition; inspired by his experiences as a field sportsman, Howitt excelled at the spirited depiction of the hunt. Although Howitt was a close friend and brother-in-law of the celebrated English artist Thomas… Read More

London:: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge,, 1853.. First edition. Near Fine. Near Fine Condition. Folio (11.5 x 14 inches). Original publisher's cloth with floral blind embossed decoration and gilt lettering to cover. Faint owner's signature dated 1854 on ff. Skillfully rebacked with gilt-lettered cloth spine. Lower corners slightly bumped, otherwise a very nice copy. Pp. 96, fully illustrated with colored wood engravings. Each leaf has two separate colored wood-engraved botanical illustrations on the top third of the page, with the accompanying text below. Anne Pratt (1806-1893), a grocer's daughter from Kent and author of Common Things of the Seaside and Our Native Songsters, illustrated all of her botanical books in the spirit of the Victorian Naturalists and successfully merged the study of botany with romantic flower-lore. Wild Flowers is Miss Pratt's first botanical work. In 1855, she produced her hallmark work on British Flora: The Flowering Plants and… Read More

Great Britain:: Original Watercolor,, [c.1880-1900].. Fine. Fine original watercolor on rag paper. (25.4 x 17.7 cm). Matted in Rag. Condition: Fine, with minor aged paper remains to verso corners from previous mount watermarked 1902. Pathos notwithstanding and made all the more alluring by want of attribution, this vivid watercolor scene (a quartet of prancing Wild Ponies)was envisioned and thus executed not by a professional artist, field naturalist or explorer but by an amateur, or armchair, traveler/naturalist /painter. The drama evident yet depiction gentle, this watercolor quite plausibly was painted by a young Victorian gentlewoman who would have learned the art of nature painting, as was the custom, and who would have sought inspiration from the grand natural history color plate volumes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This bold and vivid naturalists' display of a tapestry of dappled foliage or the crystalline translucence of disturbed water or the splendid reticulated… Read More

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, c. 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto (9 x 12.5 Inches). Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph in which a separate stone was used for the application of each color which meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . This fine chromolithograph was produced from the original watercolors by John Livzey Ridgway (1859-1947), a prominent American scientific illustrator and draftsman for the USGS Reports from 1884- to 1920. Archivally double matted in rag board, sized to 14 x 18 inches, suitable for framing.