Search Results: Titles starting with W from Brillig Books

New York: Jim Hughes, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Thick octavo, black cloth spine over plum colored cloth covered boards. 606pp. including index and extensive notes. Illustrated with rare (in book form) reproductions of Smith's work in black and white, including self portraits and some of his most famous photographs of war, workers and the common man. A tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unblemished volume in a crisp, sharp, bright price-clipped dust jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

New York: New York University Press, 1970. Book. Fine. Original Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth covered boards with black spine titles. 321pp. including bibliography. Introduction by Bridget d'Oyly Carte. A valuable collection of critical essays on the work of the briliant librettist W.S. Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan fame. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket with a few touches of superficial rubbing, else fine. Fine in near find dust jacket. Uncommon..

New York: Crown Publishers, 1957. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, cloth covered boards. 267 pp. including index. Illustrated throughout with in-text black and white reproductions of sketches and drawings. Also several sections tipped in on glossy stock with black and white photographs of the artist and color and black and white full page reproductions of his works. A very tight, clean, unmarked volume with neat prior owner signature on the free front endpaper and light fading at very top edges of boards, in a tight, clean, dust jacket with some edgewear small chips and closed tears. Very good plus in very good dust jacket..

London: Oxford University Press, 2004. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth covered boards. 370 pp. including index, glossary, bibliography and very extensive notes. A groundbreaking study of the teachings of the founder of the fundamentalist Wahhabi sect of Islam which is dominant in Saudi Arabia among other Arab states. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW..

Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, (1978). Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). F. First Edition. Octavo, printed stiff wraps. 112pp. SIGNED BY KINNELL ON TITLE PAGE TO FELLOW POET. A paperback original with no hardback edition issued. A very tight, square, fresh, clean, unmarked, uncreased and apparently unread volume with flat spine. Fine. Scarce signed..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Ecco Press, 1991. Book. As New. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Second printing. Octavo, illustrated stiff wraps (paperback)70 pp. SIGNED BY ROBERT PINSKY on title page. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, stiff, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. AS NEW..

London/New York: Routledge, & Kegan Paul, 1991. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth covered boards with white spine title. 227 pp. including subject index, index of places and references. Illustrated throughout with black and white maps, sketches and diagrams. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, sparkling unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW..

NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1936). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First U.S. Edition. Octavo, beige cloth covered boards with titles in black and red. Top edge stained red and pages untrimmed. 308pp. Published in England as "Prelude In Prague: A Story of the War of 1938", this American edition has an altered ending. A fresh, tight and very clean copy internally (top stain brilliant), with very light soil overall mainly at spine, but no conspicuous marks or stains. Overall a very good plus to near fine copy and scarce in this condition..

Boston: Harry N Abrams, 1989. Book. Fine. Original Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, white cloth covered boards with silver spine titles. 432 pp, including bibliography and index. Very generously illustrated with 325 photographs and reproductions of which 85 are in color. The first comprehensive monograph published after the artist's death including a great deal of biographical details. A tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume with short remaindr mark across bottom edge, else fine. Near fine in fine dust jacket..

New York: Portland House, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto, dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 144pp. including chronology and selected bibliography. Illustrated throughout with 48 color and 16 black and white photographs and reproductions. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume with fresh cloth and bright gilt in a clean, crisp dust jacket with one short closed edge tear just at lower forecorner edge, else fine. Fine in near fine dust jacket. UNCOMMON..

NY: Grossman, 1972., 1972. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo, lavender cloth covered boards. Photographic decorated endpapers. 241pp. Generously illlustrated throughout with photographs and reproductions of art works and renderings of Montmartre. A very tight, fresh and unread copy with just a touch of spotting at top edge (not affecting interior) else fine in a fine dust jacket. A lovely and very near fine copy..

Virginia Beach, VA: Jordan and Company, 1977. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Quarto burgundy red cloth covered boards with gilt title and gilt spine titles. 167 pp. With commentary by Sam Hugg and Sonny Jurgensen, this is a photographic survey with hundreds of vintage black and white and full color photographs Washington, D.C.s only professional football team of halcyon days. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, glossy, beautiful copy with a neat short gift inscription on free front endpaper, else fine, in a very tight, crisp, sharp, unclipped dust jacket with two short very closed edge tears and some touches of really minimal superficial rubbing. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket. A great copy..

New York: Doubleday Page and Co., 1923. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Royal octavo, green cloth covered boards with color pasted on illustration with titles and gilt spine titles. Top edge gilt. 196pp. Color frontispiece plus 6 plates in color and half tone. A reminiscence of the time when Washington, D.C. really was a small town and a social history of bygone days in the Capital. A very tight, clean, fresh volume with solid top edge gilt. Interior pages very bright, fresh and crisp. Spine gilt a bit dulled but clear and a couple of faint marks to rear board. Near fine..

Pittsburgh, PA: Hunt Botanical Institute, 1970. Book. Illus. by Lotte Gunthart. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. Large octavo, white coated paper covered boards with silver titles and spine titles. Very generously illustrated throughout with full color (many full page) and black and white reproductions of the works of this noted illustrator. A special tribute to the famous Swiss botanical illustrator Lotte Gunthart by the Hunt Botanical Insitute, including a short biography and a list of Water Colors and Drawings drawn up by the artist. Includes a half dozen articles by leading botanical authors and scholars. Also included is an article by Gunthart "A Day With A Rose" describing her method of work. SIGNED AND WARMLY INSCRIBED BY GUNTHART on title page next to her photograph. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked volume. Without dust jacket as issued. FINE..

NY: Watson-Guptil, (1971). Book. As New. Hardcover. F. Small folio, dark brown buckram boards with gilt titles. 127pp. Illustrated with 20 four-color and 32 two color reproductions each full page with facing text commentary. A beautiful, very tight, fresh and unread copy in a crisp, sharp, brilliant dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Garden City: Doubleday, (1974). Book. As New. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition. Quarto, turquoise cloth covered boards. 320pp. including credits and index. Very generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs and reproductions. Fine in fine dust jacket. A fresh, tight and unread copy (very faint remainder spray speckles) in a crisp, sharp and brilliant dust jacket. AS NEW..

London: Alfred Van Der Marck, 1983. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Folio, wheat colored cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 301 pp. including index. Very generously illustrated throughout with full color photographs (many full page edge to edge) maps, drawings and reproductions. A very tight, clean, unblemished volume with sparkling gilt and fresh cloth in a crisp, very tight, sharp, heavy double fold dust jacket. New Old Stock. Fine in fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW..

NY: Macmillan, (1972). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Quarto, teal cloth spine over brown cloth covered boards. 448pp. Illustrated throughout with line drawings by the author. A very fresh, tight and unread copy with a tiny remainder dot on bottom edge, in a crisp, bright dust jacket with two closed edge tears on back panel and a nick at spine tip. A very near fine volume in a very good plus dust jacket..

New York: Macmillan, 1938. Book. Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. First American Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards illustrated with white sailing boat. Color illustrated map endpapers. 335 pp. Illustrated throughout with line drawings by the author. Part of the Swallows and Amazons series. Discreet two line gift signature on ffep and small nick to top of spine corner, else fine. Near Fine..

Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1974. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Imperial octavo, orange cloth covered boards. 64pp. including appendices and bibliography. Illustrated throughout with black and white diagrams of weaving patterns, thread paths and counts etc. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, clean unclipped dust jacket with some edgewear at top front and a closed tear at upper rear near spine. Fine in very good dust jacket..