Search Results: Authors starting with W from Charles Vivian Art & Antiques

Budapest: Corvina, 1987. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo, pp. 53, 50 plates, the mildest rubbing to the covers, otherwise bright, clean and crisp, binding tight. With loosely inserted errata slip. Text in both Hungarian and English, translated by the author. A biography of the Hungarian-born Australian architect, sculptor and medallist Andor Meszaros (1900-1972).

Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to, pp. 303, clipped dust jacket bright, interior with an owner's stamp to ffep, otherwise virtually as issued, binding tight.

Wellington, N.Z.: H.H. Tombs Ltd., 1945. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, pp. 142, original brick red cloth, black lettering to spine, wear to top and bottom of spine, otherwise bright, interior bright and fresh, some minor foxing to fore edge, binding tight.

London: H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd, 1970. Hardcover. Good +/Fair. Elizabeth M. Begg. London: H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd, 1970. Reprint. Good +/fair. Elizabeth M. Begg. Unclipped d.j. with edge to front cover reinforced with tape, some minor chips to top and bottom edges, interior with some foxing to endpapers and slightly so to foredge, owner's name to ffep, otherwise clean, binding tight.

New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1952. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo, pp. 217, unclipped dust jacket with a few very minor tears and rubbing, now protected in a removable mylar cover, remains bright, original red cloth with gilt lettering bright and clean, interior with very slight toning to end papers, a pencilled price rubbed out on ffep, occasional foxing, principally confined to edges, otherwise crisp and clean, binding tight.

Dublin: Bentos Publishing Company Limited, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Dublin: Bentos Publishing Company Limited, 1992. First edition. Very Good/good. With loose insert slip regretting 'any grammatical and typographical errors which occur in this biography and we trust you will understand these shortcomings in the light of the legal efforts made to prevent the publishing and distribution of this work.' Presumably the money put aside for the proof-reader was diverted to the legal department! The blurb tells us that this biography is the result of five years' work. Its scarcity may be a result of the legal problems. A few minor tears and abrasions to price-clipped d.j., contents as new

Dublin: William McGee, 1888. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo, pp. xxi, 278, original blind stamped purple cloth gilt lettering to spine, this faded, beveled boards slightly knocked, corners bumped, interior with booksellers label to black end papers, some incidental foxing and marks but largely clean and crisp, binding sound. Scarce.

London: The Philanthropic Society, 1812. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 4to, pp. (ii), 105, half leather over marbelled boards, gilt lettering to spine, rubbed and scuffed, corners mildly bumped, rear end paper with armorial bookplate inverted, some toning to end papers and mildly so throughout, otherwise clean, marbelled edges, binding tight.A collection of one-sided correspondence which ended upon the death of Charles Yorke in 1770, who had just accepted the position of Lord Chancellor but survived only three days in the job before succumbing to a burst blood vessel whilst vomiting. Yorke's replies to this correspondence can be found in 'A Selection of Unpublished Papers of The Right Reverend William Warburton, D.D., late Lord Bishop of Gloucester', compiled by the Rev Francis Kilvert (John Bowyer Nichols and Son, London, 1841), pp. 123-153. Rare.

London: The King Penguin Books, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Paxton Chadwick. London: The King Penguin Books, 1951. First edition. Very Good/very good. Paxton Chadwick. King Penguin # 60. One of many we have in stock, many of which are in as issued condition Unclipped d.j. spine slightly faded, a few small tears, contents clean, split forming between text and plates

London: Cecil Palmer, 1922. Hardcover. Good. London: Cecil Palmer, 1922. First edition. Good. Original green cloth faded on spine, corners mildly bumped, spine ends rubbed and with minute tears, front cover bowed, owner's signatures to end papers, samll bookseller's label to fep, interior clean and crisp, edges dust-dulled. Scarce.

London: Michael Joseph, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo, pp. 91, unclipped dust jacket with faded spine and a few light marks, interior with toned end papers and a few foxing marks but very largely clean and bright, binding sound.

London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1857. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 16mo, pp. 164, 14 pages of advertising, original blind ruled, gilt decorated and lettered red cloth, damp stained and faded, rubbed and worn, interior with owner's signature erased on ffep causing a small whole, missing Baxter print frontispiece and page between rear end paper and advertisements has been torn out, front paste down is coming away from board, some pencil juvenile scribbles to rear end papers, text itself has a few marks and folded corners but very presentable, binding sound.

London: Blackie and Son Undated (C.1905), 1905. Hardcover. Fair. London: Blackie and Son, Undated (C.1905). Reprint. Fair. Pictorial cloth marked, spine tanned, corners bumped, missing free end papers, some pencil marks, foxed, particularly to edges, binding sound.

Clonmel, Tipperary: Watson Books, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo, pp. 259, unclipped dust jacket bright, the mildest rubbing to top right corner, interior similarly crisp and bright, a limited edition, No. 410 of 500, signed by author on colophon page, the faintest yellowing of pages, binding tight.

London: Duckworth, 1946. Hardcover. Good. London: Duckworth, 1946. First edition. Good. Spine tanned, foxing to opening and closing pages and to page edges, sound binding, two inch tear to map at hinge

London: Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1885. Hardcover. Good. London: Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1885. First UK edition. Good. Decorated green cloth with gilt lettering, some minor wear, corners bumped, some damp staining to tops of pages, not affecting text, binding a little loose but an attractive book

Cork: Guy and Co. Ltd., 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to, pp. xv, 168, original gilt lettered and decorated blue cloth, this rubbed and lightly marked but the gilding is bright, cloth just lifting in one or two spots, top right corner bumped, interior with mild foxing to end papers, otherwise crisp, clean and bright, bottom and fore edges uncut, binding sound.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo, pp. xvi, 399, advertisements on end paper paste downs, original blind decorated green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, cloth lifting to faded spine and splits across the top and down the hinge on back board, corners and edges bumped, boards marked and rubbed, interior with small book seller's label to fep, prelims grubby, marks throughout but perfectly legible, binding fragile.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1905. Hardcover. Good. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1905. First edition. Good. Advertisments at rear dated 10.10.05 Some rubbing and stains to orginal blind decorated green cloth, corners mildly bumped, spine gently faded, interior with some foxing, mainly to end papers, otherwise clean.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1958. First UK edition. Very Good/good. An autobiographical account of how the author's previous book 'The Friendly Persuasion' was made into a film in Hollywood in the fifties. D.j. a little worn, loss to top of spine, interior clean and crisp.