Search Results: Titles starting with W from The Bookpress, Ltd.

(TRADE CARD) HENSHALL, W. W. HENSHALL, STATUARY AND MASON, TO THE ADMIRALTY. (London: circa 1810-1820). Illustrated engraved trade card (3 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches). Rare engraved London trade card for W. Henshall stone mason and sculptor who resided at No. 58 & 59, Mortimer St., Cavendish Square, London. He died on November 27, 1820 and his obituary published in the Gentleman's Magazine that year (Volume 90, page 571) says he was "many years statuary and mason to the Admiralty." Stiff card is fully illustrated with naval motif, cherubs chisel Henshall's sign, etc. Very good. 397191.

GROW, Lawrence. WAITING FOR THE 5:05. New York: Universe Books, (1977.) 4to. Wrappers. First edition. Intoduction by Clay Lancaster. Very good.

(VIRGINIA) MOORE, Charles. WAKEFIELD, BIRTHPLACE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. Washington: Wakefield National Memorial Association, 1932. 8vo. Boards. Frontispiece, viii, 33 pages, 7 pages of plates. First edition. An illustrated guide book on the recently opened reconstructed memorial house constructed on the site where George Washington was born. A history and architectural study of the archaeological finds on the property. Signed by t original owner in 1935. Lower tip of spine chipped; covers rubbed, else very good.

(GROPIUS) FITCH, James Marston. WALTER GROPIUS. New York: George Braziller, 1960. Small 4to. Cloth spine, boards. 128 pages. First edition. Monograph on Gropius, with over eighty pages of photographs, plans, and drawings. Very good.

(WALTON) SHEPHERD, Richard Herne. WALTONIANA. London: Pickering and Co., 1878. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Unpaginated. First edition. Published at the Pickering Press, the text is "inedited remains in verse and prose of Izaak Walton...with notes and preface by Richard Herne Shepherd." Half-title leaf loose, some minor cover wear--a good copy only.

WRIGHT, Thomas. WANDERINGS OF AN ANTIQUARY; CHIEFLY UPON THE TRACES OF THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN. London: J. B. Nichols and Sons, 1854. Large 12mo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece, xi, 331 pages, 39 plates, First, and only, edition. Travel account of the Roman archaeological sites uncovered throughout Britain to the mid-nineteenth century. Cover worn. Moderate foxing with some margin waterstains.

(ARMSTRONG, Margaret) FORD, Paul Leicester. WANTED, A MATCHMAKER. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1901. 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. 111 pages. First editio [Gullans, 82a]. Cover and decorations by Margaret Armstrong, in the first state of the bindin Very good in a worn dust jacket, split along the front hinge and missing the inch of the spine. Surviving dust jackets by Margaret Armstrong are most uncommon, however, in any condition.

POWYS, John Cowper. THE WAR AND CULTURE, A REPLY TO PROFESSOR MUNSTERBERG. New York: G. Arnold Shaw, 1914. 12mo. Cloth. 103 pages. First edition. An essay by Powys on the effects of World War I on the culture of Europe. Th work was written in response to the claims put forth by Professor Munsterberg Germany, that the war concerned "political ideas and great world movements" a therefore must put Germany in a better light than the allies in the eyes of America. Early owner's signature on inside of front board. Small chip out spine, else good.

WARD-JACKSON, E. WARD-JACKSON'S GYMNASTICS FOR THE FINGERS AND WRIST, BEING SYSTEM OF GYMNASTICS. London: Metzler, (1873). 16mo. Cloth. 72 (8) pages. A book for developing and strengthening the muscles of the hand for musical, mechanical, and medical purposes with thirty-five illustrations. Slight sunn to spine and covers, name in ink on front fly-leaf, else a very good copy.

WARNE'S PICTURE PUZZLE TOY BOOKS. HOLIDAY FUN. London: F. Warne & Co., n.d. 4to. Wrappers. 6 color printed plates. Pictures showing children enjoying Christmas and other holidays. This key boo was to be used with a printed text volume allowing the children to identify objects in the pictures. This text volume is not present. Some wear to margin on a few plates.

LLOYD, John Uri. WARWICK OF THE KNOBS. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1901. 12mo. Cloth. Frontispiece, xviii, 3 pages. First edition. A Kentucky novel with photographic illustrations. Very good.

ABERCROMBIE, Patrick, and Richard Nickson. WARWICK, ITS PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT. London: Warwick Borough Council, (1949). 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. Folding frontispiece plate, 152 pages, 4 colored folding plates. First edition. Post-war renovation, integrating modern structures with the original town buildings. Dust jacket chipped, else very good.

THRUSTON, Mynna. WASHINGTON, HIS BROTHERS AND THEIR COLONIAL HOMES. (Charles Town, West Virginia: Jefferson Publishing, N.D.). 8vo. Wrappers. Reprint of the first edition. Spine sunned, a good copy only.

REPS, John W. WASHINGTON ON VIEW, THE NATION'S CAPITAL SINCE 1790. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, (1991.) Oblong folio. Cloth dust jacket. Frontispiece, xi, (iii), 297 pages. First edition. There are reproductions of more than one hundred maps and hand-drawn views of Washington, D.C. which record the city's growth. Many are birds-eye views of the entire city. Very good.

(WASHINGTON) HULBERT, Archer B. WASHINGTON AND THE WEST. Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1911. Small 8vo. Cloth. An edited edition of George Washington's diary 1784, during a trip to the Ohi Basin. Bookplate and blind stamp on title page, else very good.

OPPEL, Frank, and Tony Meisel (editors). WASHINGTON, D.C., A TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY TREASURY. (Secaucus, NJ): Castle, (1987). Small 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. 463 pages. Fi edition. Late nineteenth century contemporary accounts and illustrations tell the stor of the development of the nation's capital. Fine.

(FORD, Worthington Chauncey). WASHINGTON AS AN EMPLOYER AND IMPORTER OF LABOR. Brooklyn, NY: Privately Printed, 1889. 8vo. Wrappers. Wrappers heavily chipped and worn.

REIFF, Daniel D. WASHINGTON ARCHITECTURE, 1791-1861, PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPMENT. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 1971. Small folio. Cloth. xi 161 pages. First edition. This is a well photographed examination of the slow development of Washington architecture. With a bibliography. Covers spotted, interior clean.

(FORD, Worthington Chauncey). WASHINGTON AS AN EMPLOYER AND IMPORTER OF LABOR. Brooklyn, NY: Privately Printed, 1889. 8vo. 1 of 500 copies. Wrappers. A collection of contracts, agreements, etc. between George Washington and various persons who worked for Washington, with appendices. Unopened copy. Wrappers chipped and worn.

BROWN, George Rothwell. WASHINGTON, A NOT TOO SERIOUS HISTORY. Baltimore: Norman Publishing Co., 1930. 4to. Cloth. (x), 481 (1) pages, (92) pages. First edition. This is a well-illustrated social history of the Nation's Capitol. Chapter heads and title page charmingly framed in blue ink. Bookplate. Spine ever s lightly sunned, else very good.