Search Results: Titles starting with W from Kama’aina Collection

London : J. S. Virtue & Co., Circa 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. None. Scarce Edition. 2 volumes. The Imperial Edition, the best edition of the publisher and editor. Profusely illustrated with very grand full-page steel engraved plates of important dramatic scenes by select artists, the most famous of the engraved portraits of Shakespeare as frontispieces to the volumes, fine vignette half-titles, a fully illustrated and especially pleasing creation. Large Folio, (15"" x 11""), in the publishers very deluxe and impressive binding of full maroon morocco handsomely decorated with a large gilt illustration of dancing ladies. Fine end-papers and all edges gilt. An extremely fine and unusually attractive set. The books are near as pristine with fresh white paper, the bindings bright and exceptionally well preserved. Unlike many other collections of the period it also includes the Poems and Sonnets and 13 ""Spurious"" plays which were attributed to Shakespeare in the 17th century but which… Read More

The Frank Lloyd Wright, 1991. None. None

Hong Kong: University of Washington Press, 1991. First Edition. Softcover . Very Good+. None. None Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1991. Quarto; color pictorial card covers spine not cracked or bent; a very good copy. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos.

Franz Hanfstaengl, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Fred. Leeke Pink. None. with accompanying text by Franz Muncker Approx. 19.5 inches tall x 14.5 inches wide x 5/8 inches thick, 49.5 x 37 cm. Title, 8 pages, 15 plates in copper etching (heliogravure) after paintings by Ferdinand Leeke. Illustrated original canvas binding. With pictures on Holländer (2), Tannhäuser (2), Lohengrin (3), Rheingold (1), Walküre (3), Siegfried (2) and Götterdämmerung (2). Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR

Great Britain: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Good+. Walter Crane. None. None 8.5 x 11 x 1. Tight clean copy with lots of color and black and white illustrations. Back inside cover shows some bug damage. Cloth cover is toned and foxed, but dust jacket is bright and in good condition. Spine has some small holes.First in depth study of the work of Walter Crane since his death in 1915. Includes his early work as a book illustrator, as well as his work in painting, glass, textiles, ceramics and stained glass. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR Toning on backside and some holes

London: Chatto & Windus. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Gustave Dore. None. From the French Circa 1890s. Decorated binding, design not attributed. Covers and spine damaged by old worm trails; corners bumped; front hinge weakened. Age-related browning of the page edges, Beautifully illustrated with numerous drawings by GUSTAV DORE. Inside is tight and crisp. This wold be a great book to have rebound. A beautiful and important edition. Francois Rabelais (also known under the pseudonym of Alcofribas Nasier, anagram of Francois Rabelais, or even under that of Seraphin Calobarsy) is a French humanist writer of the Renaissance, born at La Deviniere in Seuilly, near Chinon (in the former province of Touraine), in 1483 or 1494 according to sources, and died in Paris on April 9, 1553. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR

London: Grant Richards, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. W. Heath Robinson. None. None White boards, clean, has some damage caused by bookworms, both volumes were treated with long term freezing lasting 6 weeks. No foxing on pages. Crisp, clean illustrations. Some pages have a deck led edge, tight strong binding. Bug damage is primarily in the covers gutter with the spine. See photos. pp. xliv, 350; xlii, 377. Heavy 4to. Bound in cream woven cloth with gilt embellishments to front board and spine blocked in gilt rules. W. Heath Robinson illusts. The endpapers are illustrated (both volumes bearing the bookplate of the former owner). The engraved frontispiece of volume I is loose but present. All other illustrations present, as called for. The cloth shows some soiling (unfortunately quite easy to do with such a light cloth binding), and the spines are a bit darkened. All corners are a bit bumped. Hinges a trifle tender, but endpapers tight (if a bit foxed). Occasional very light foxing to margins.… Read More

Italy: The World Publishing Company, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. None. None. Introduction by A. L. Rowes, Biographical Notes by Robert O. Dougan Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 2HR Book box is rubbed on the cover