Search Results: Titles starting with W from Shapero Rare Books

London Waddington Graphics and Corianda Studios 1991 . Screenprint in colours, 1991, on wove paper, signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 95 in pencil, published by Waddington Graphics and Corianda Studios, 102.5 x 77 cm. (40.4 x 30.3 in.)

London, J. Webber, No. 312 Oxford Street, July 1st, 1789. . Soft ground etching, with hand-colouring, 405 x 318mm (trimmed to plate mark), mounted. One of the most well-known images from the earlier issue of Webber's Views in the South Seas. The body lying in state was that of a young chief by the name of Vehiatua, from the Taiarapu peninsula on the East of the island of Tahiti. He died after a long illness in October 1775, and Cook and his party would have viewed his corpse after it had lain for nearly two years in the ghost house (fare Tupapa'u) adjacent to Vaiotaha, the most important Marae (temple) on the peninsula. The length of time the body lay before burial indicates the chief's high status. Joppien and Smith quote an account by Cook, in which he records that some of the gentlemen of his party came across the fare Tupapa'u where the body of the chief was lying in state on their walks and mistook it for a chapel. Beddie, 1871.

Boydell, London, 1809. . Hand-coloured aquatint. For "Cook's Last Voyage", Vol. II, Chap. 1, page 17.

New York, Grove Press, 1954. . True first edition in English, paperback issue; 8vo; ownership inscription to title, minor age-toning, else unmarked internally; publisher's pictorial printed wrappers, slightly toned, some creasing to corners, slight rubbing to spine and extremities, else very good. True first edition in English of one of the most important plays of the twentieth century, preceded by Beckett's original French version (En attendant Godot, 1952).

New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1938. . First edition; 4to (22.2 x 19 cm); scattered light foxing affecting two illustrations, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's black cloth, head of spine slightly frayed, with original dust-jacket, some wear and soiling to jacket, lacking errata slip and original belly band, otherwise a very good copy; 195pp. First edition of Walker Evans American Photographs in the original dust-jacket. This ground-breaking monograph was published for the first exhibition of Evans' photographs at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. It still remains one of the most important photographic books of the 20th century. This edition includes an essay by Lincoln Kirstein, an American writer and cultural figure active in New York City in the 1930s, noted especially as co-founder of the New York City Ballet.

Hanover, New Hampshire, The Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, 1972. . First edition, a presentation copy inscribed on title-page; small 4to (197 x 170 mm, 7¾ x 6¾ in); black and white photographs printed in offset, text by Matthew Wysocki; wire stitched printed card wrappers, grey, titles in black, corner slightly creased, list of exhibited works laid in, near fine; [30]pp. presentation copy, inscribed: 'Louis Dean gratefully, Walker Evans'. In autumn 1972, Walker Evans accepted an invitation from Dartmouth College to be its artist-in-residence, to spend ten weeks living and working in and around Hanover, New Hampshire, making himself available to students but without the obligation to teach a course there.

[c.1652-84]. . Copper engraving, 85 x 179 cm. The complete map comprising 6 parts on 8 conjoined sheets, an excellent example. Framed and glazed, overall size: 96cm by 190.5cm. A rare map, covering the land modern of day Israel and beyond - from the southern tip of the Dead Sea and Edom region to the Golan Heights and modern day Lebanon.The map was included in the sixth volume of Janssonius' Novus Atlas, Accuratissimia Orbis Antiqui Delineatio. The same sixth volume, but with a different title was also sold as a separate historical atlas. The atlas was first published in 1652, and the following year a 32 pages long introduction by Georgius Hornius was added to the publication.It is assumed that the current map was based on an earlier map by Christian Kruik van Adrichem, published circa 1590. Johannes Janssonius expanded Adrichem's map in order to illustrate Hornius' text in his atlas. Consequently, some refer to this map as the 'Hornius Map'.Georgius Hornius (a.k.a. Georg Horn or Horne) was a… Read More

New York, Columbia Publishing Co., 1904. . First edition; 8vo (21.5 x 14.5 cm); publisher's maroon cloth, gilt spine, rust stain to title and front endpapers from old paperclip, otherwise internally clean; 77, [1]pp. stock23 The first edition of this early cautionary lecture on stock market speculation 'its tricks and its tragedies' by the New York based lawyer Franklin C. Keyes. 'Wall Street speculation is the most stupendous game known to the world of chance; as compared with it, the game at Monte Carlo pales into utter insignificance; in no other game are the stakes so high, is success so transitory and failure so overwhelming' (p.5).

New York, 1916. . Photogravure on japan paper, from Camera Work No. 48, annotated on the reverse, image size 13.4 x 16.6 cm., sheet 28.1 x 20 cm, mounted and framed. An iconic image of Wall Street and a turning point in modern photography.Wall Street depicts a scene of everyday life in Manhattan's Financial District. Workers are seen walking past the J.P. Morgan building in New York City on the famous Wall Street, of which the photograph takes its name. The photograph is famous for its reliance on the sharpness and contrast of the shapes and angles, created by the building and the workers, that lead to its abstraction. This photograph is considered to be one of Strand's most famous works and an example of his change from pictorialism to straight photography. Strand moved from the posed to portraying the purity of the subjects. There is no focal point, with the lines converging off of the frame of the image. The financial building take majority of the frame. Emphasis is placed on the strong shapes… Read More

New York, Wall Street Library Publishing Co., 1901. . First edition; 8vo (16.5 x 13 cm); 8 plates of caricatures including frontispiece after Homer C. Davenport; publisher's red cloth, gilt stamped spine and upper cover, wear to extremities, areas of discolouration, faded, internally clean; 129, [1]pp. stock23 A wry and backward look at many of the games played by the major market operators at the turn of last century, including Gould, Keene, Drew, and Morgan, with amusing caricatures after sketches by satirist Homer Davenport (1867-1912). Dennistoun 622.

Boydell, J. & J., London, 1795 . Aquatint with hand-colour.

Germany [1816]. . Hand-coloured lithograph. Tear bottom right and some foxing on edges otherwise good condition. From Brodtmann's 'Naturhistorische Bilder-Gallerie aus dem Thierreiche', Natural History Gallery from the Thierreiche'.

Bristol, The Perpetua Press, 1934. . First edition, one of 200 copies, inscribed by the author to his wife; 8vo; 10 silhouettes by Lotte Reiniger, scattered light foxing; publisher's yellow paper boards, silhouette device to upper cover, light toning to spine and edges, else very good. Limited to 200 copies. This copy is inscribed by the author to his wife in black ink to the half-title: 'Dodo from Eric 1939'.

London, Quartet Books, 2021. . NEW BOOK. Hardback. (23.4 x 15.6 cm) ; 232pp. black and white illustrations; publisher's black cloth, dust-jacket. 'A captivating and heartfelt memoir from at true music afficionado.'This is not a 'conventional' diplomatic memoir about political 'revelations', but a passionate account of the extraordinary life of a young professional violinist in Switzerland, a senior British diplomat around the world, a nuclear environmental expert in post-Soviet Russia, and pro bono work with arts charities around Europe. Hearing Yehudi Menuhin play solo Bach and Bartók in Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre in 1959 would prove an epiphany for the seventeen-year-old Desmond Cecil. Already an advanced oboe student of Joy Boughton, he decided there and then, against all the odds, to become a violinist. This autobiography tells the remarkable journey its author took in his quest to follow his passion to perform music – eventually with his own Stradivari violin.

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889. . First edition; small 8vo (18.5 x 12.5 cm); light spotting to endpapers, hinges starting to split but holding; publisher's dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt to upper cover and spine, publisher's device in blind to lower panel, all edges uncut, the first two leaves unopened at the head margin, minor wear to extremities, otherwise a handsome copy; [2], vi, 156pp. The first edition of Yeats' first regularly published work, The Wanderings of Oisin. One of only 500 copies, Yeats later noted that the work 'was published by subscription, John O'Leary [the Fenian and President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood] finding most of the subscribers' (I Became an Author, 1938). Wade 2.

London, Tinsley Brothers, 1863. . First edition, 2 volumes 8vo, x, 303; vi, 295 pp., folding map as frontispiece to volume I, plate of the JuJu House as frontispiece to volume II, original purple-brown pebble-grained cloth, title gilt to the spine, triple blind panel to the boards, yellow surface-paper endpapers, neat repairs to spine extremities, a very good set. travel2023 'Newly married and needing employment, Burton approached the Foreign Office for a consular position, hoping for the post at Damascus. Instead, he was offered the consulship at Fernando Po, a small, unhealthy island in the Bight of Biafra on the west African coast. When he accepted the position on 27 March 1861 he requested to retain his commission in the Bombay army, but he was struck from the list, thereby losing not only his half pay but also any prospect of a pension or sale of his commission, an action about which he always complained bitterly. Burton did not permit Isabel to accompany him to Fernando Po, which he described… Read More

London, [various publishers], 1988-2003. . First editions; 8vo; publishers' boards, dust-jackets, fine copies; with a reprint of Running Wild.

London, William Heinemann, 1919. . First edition, first impression, hard back issue; 8vo; the Esher copy with Oliver Brett's armorial bookplate on front pastedown; publisher's red cloth, white paper title labels to upper board and spine printed in black. Spine faded as usual and a little nicked at the ends. Very good. A collection of the author's best known war poems, including numerous previously unpublished verses. Titles include 'Trench Duty', 'The Dug-Out', 'Counter Attack', 'Return of the Heroes' and 'Aftermath'. Keynes A20

London, Mack, 2011. . First edition, an altered artists' book, number 68 of 100 copies signed by both artists on the front free endpaper; 4to (294 x 243 mm, 11½ x 9½ in); 85 black-and-white photographs printed in offset, each with a new photographic reproduction partially pasted over it by hand, the final image with a screen printed red square, new notes screen printed in red over the original text section; plain endpapers, grey cloth-covered boards, original titles stamped on spine in silver, new titles screen printed in red on upper side, starting at head, near-fine; [176], xxivpp. German poet and dramatist Bertold Brecht's Kriegsfibel [War Primer] was first published in 1955. Brecht's mistrust of the press imagery emerging from the Second World War led him to compose four-line poems, which he juxtaposed with photographs sourced from newspapers and magazines, many of which were from LIFE magazine as Brecht was living in the United States in exile from Nazi Germany. Broomberg & Chanarin,… Read More

London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1937. . First UK edition, first impression; 8vo; light foxing to prelims and terminal leaves, minor offsetting to endpapers; publisher's teal cloth, titles to spine and upper cover in yellow, yellow topstain bright, spotting to edges, light shelf-wear, with the unclipped pictorial dustjacket, spine toned, light spotting to front panel and flaps, spine ends and corners chipped with loss, spine panel torn at folds; a very good copy in the scarce dustjacket. Rare first edition in English of apek's classic science fiction novel, which extensively satirises contemporary European politics, including colonialism, fascism and Nazism, segregation in America, and the arms race. Seldom found in the dustjacket.The novel was translated into several languages within a year of being published and was the basis for a number of stage adaptations between 1981 and 2010. During the Second World War, it was blacklisted in Germany by the Nazis in 1940 and in 1941 by Nazi-occupied Norway.