Search Results: Titles starting with W from Dark Parks Books & Collectibles

London:: C. J. G. & F. Rivington,, 1831.. First Edition.. 8vo.. Modern calf-backed leatherette, title gilt (Waldensian mispelled Valdensian), verso of frontis. soiled, foxing (as usual), occ. browning from plates or tissue inserts, otherwise, a nice copy. Lithographic frontis., 2 maps (one folding), 11 lithographic plates, 2 facsimile plates. Smaller extra plate loosely inserted. Gilly,1789-1855, Church of England clergyman.ÒIn 1823 Gilly paid the first of many visits to the Vaudois, a persecuted Christian community in north Italy, which had long attracted the support of continental Protestant churches. During the following year Gilly published a Narrative of an excursion to the mountains of Piedmont, and researches among the Vaudois, or Waldenses (1824), which awoke much sympathy for the Vaudois in England. The Narrative reached a third edition in 1826, and a subscription, headed by the king and Shute Barrington, bishop of Durham, was started for the relief of the Vaudois; it was devoted in part… Read More

New York:: Thomas Dunne,, 2013. First edition.. Hardcover.. Publishers black cloth very minor shelf wear near fine and about as new. Illustrated dust jacket about fine. In new protecctive mylar.

2004. 5 x 7 inches, sketch, 12 x 16 inches overall, matted.. Fantastic signed 5 x7 pencil sketch of a warrior, professionally double matted with a great color reproduction of a Kelly painting, similar to the pencil sketch. An excellent price of well known fantasy art. Ken Kelly, famed fantasy artist is best known for his fantasy artwork dealing with warriors, monsters, myth and legend. Kelly is also very well known for his Robert E. Howard and Robert AdamÕs books, as well as numerous rock n roll album covers including KISS (Love Gun & Destroyer), which has earned him his own gold albums. Kelly was a student and assistant to the fantasy art maestro, Frank Frazetta.

New York:: Doubleday,, 1966.. Book club edition.. Hardcover.. Publishers buckram over boards minor shelf wear very good. Illustrated dust jacket some rubbing to cover and some edge wear light tears some staining to back cover still presents very good in new protective mylar. Book club edition. Priced to go.

[Amstelodami?]: [Fredrick de Wit?], c1647.. Second state.. 21 x 14.5cm (print).. Etching. Water from the Four Elements series. Trimmed at borders, very minor crease at center, no real affect to illustartion. Fine impression. Beautiful piece. Lettered at bottom right (Avont, no mention of Hollar). Mounted at top corners on larger paper. A little boy pouring water and fish from an urn into a pond; two other small boys at left, one holding a shell and the other one touching a fish in pond, some shells at right; Neptune and Amphitrite in right background. Hollar (1607-1677), Bohemian, active in London. One of the premier etchers and draftsmen of the 17th century, Wenceslaus Hollar is known for his landscape, architectural and topographical views, still lifes and depictions of womenÕs fashions. Hollstein 38-41. Pennington 524. New Hollstein R28.II (Hollar rejected). BM: 1855, 0310.39. Met Museum: 51.501.1398 (Hollar stated).

Laguna Beach:: PCS Presents,, 1992.. First edition.. Hardcover.. Publishers cloth, about fine. Illustrated dust jacket, fine. Signed by author on title page. Also included a personal note on gift card from the author. In protective mylar.

Kansas City:: Andrews McMeel Publishing,, 2001.. First edition.. Large hardcover.. Large hardcover. Near fine. As new. Illustrated dust jacket as new. Signed by author on author provided promotional bookplate on first blank. Also with presentation promotional note from author included. Fully illustrated in color. Priced to go. Comes in new protective mylar. Fully illustrated in color. Explores the myths, lore and legends of wizards with text. A beautiful book.

New York:: William Morrow,, 1983.. First edition.. Hardcover.. Publishers cloth over boards minor edge wear text clean and crisp. Illustrated dust jacket with minor edge wear still about near fine in new protective mylar. An awesome anthology of femal writers including Edith Wharton Agatha Christie PD James Shirley Jackson and many more.

New York:: EOS, , 2000.. First edition.. Hardcover.. Publishers black cloth over white boards, very minor shelf wear, minor publisher smudge to inside first endpaper, remainder mark on bottom text block, else excellent copy in a near fine dust jacket. In protective mylar.

New York:: Harper Collins,, 1992.. First edition. Scarce.. Hardcover.. Publishers cloth over boards, gilt title to spine, fine. Illustrated dust jacket, fine. A beautiful unread copy. Fine/Fine. In protective mylar. 1993 Newbery Honor Book. True first edition is scarce, at time of description we locate no other copies for sale.

Chicago:: Herbert Stone & Co.,, 1900.. First English edition. First US edition.. Hardcover. 8vo.. William Archer translator. Contemporary calf over marbled boards floral decorative spine with title in gilt. First endpaper with minor chip at outer edge no affect to content. Text clean and crisp. Priced to go. Nice binding.

New York:: Del Rey,, 1982.. First edition.. 8vo.. Publishers cloth, title to spine, minor scuff to top front paste-down, near fine. Illustrated dust jacket, fine. Near fine/fine. In protective mylar.

Garden City:: Doubleday,, 1922.. First edition, stated.. 8vo.. Publishers blue cloth over illustrated boards, some minor soiling and shelf wear, back inner hinge cracked, but holding fine. Small bookplate at top of first paste-down. Illustrated dust jacket, minor shelf wear some flattened wrinkles, clean tear at top front corner, no true affect, still a very nice copy in protective mylar.

San Francisco:: Chronicle Books,, 2006.. First US edition.. Hardcover.. Publishers cloth over boards very minor shelf wear about near fine with full-page b&w illustrations. Dust jacket about near fine in new protective mylar. Priced to go.

New York:: W. A. Townsend & Co.,, 1860.. First edition. Scarce.. 8vo. Hardcover.. Publishers blue/purple cloth, gilt illustration to cover, minor shelf wear, rubbing to lower edges, spine head caps slightly bumped. Text leaves with foxing, first blank with old inscription in crayon, outer edges soiled. Overall, a very good copy in protective mylar. Illustrations by Harrison Weir. B&W plates.

New York:: Del Rey,, 1983.. First edition.. Hardcover.. Publishers cloth, minor shelf wear, bookplate to first paste-down, blind stamp to title, one page with flattened dog-ear. Illustrated dust jacket, near fine. In protective mylar.

London:: The London Journal,, 1857.. First edition.. 4to.. Dyed red calf over boards, wear to edges and spine. Leaves from 21 editions of the London Journal. 21 engravings by W. Corwin illustrating the story. With two incidental engravings, one of St. James Music Hall, and one of General Cavaignac. Reade, Charles (1814-1884), novelist and playwright. This is the rare first edition, serialized in the London Journal before the 3 volume novel was published.

Joliet:: P.F. Volland Co.,, 1928.. First edition, stated.. Hardcover.. Publishers green cloth with past cover illustration on cover, bright, minor shelf wear and rubbing to edges and corners, tiny ding at top edge, scuffing to first endpaper top corner, text is clean else a couple outer margins with finger soiling, overall an excellent copy, beautifully illustrated. In protective mylar. Illustrations by Beatrice Stevens with full-page color plates.

London:: Hutchinson,, 1968.. First edition.. Hardcover.. Publishers red cloth, gilt title to spine, spine slightly cocked, hint of pencil note at top first text leaf, binding still bright and tight, map endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket, near fine but sealed (adhered) to old mylar protector on verso, no affect to recto.

London:: Edward Wicksteed,, 1753.. .. 8vo.. ¹2,A-2N8,2O2. Old calf, worn at extremities; 2F1-8 are worn and soiled by use at lower edge with some loss, occ. soiling. Frontispiece with Moses, Jesus and masonic symbol. Allestree, Richard (1621/2Ð1681), Church of England clergyman."Allestree's influence on the late seventeenth-century church may owe less to his preaching or his university lectures than to the series of moral and devotional works initiated by The Whole Duty of Man (1657). The Whole Duty of Man was intended to show Ôthe very meanest readersÕ how Ôto behave themselves so in this world that they may be happy for ever in the nextÕ. This best-selling manual's prescription of morality and effort was balanced by an emphasis on divine grace and devotional practice: the result was sober, orthodox, common-sense advice pitched at the level of ordinary Anglican parishioners. This was an anonymous work and although it rapidly won acclaim among Allestree's peers, its authorship remained a… Read More