Search Results: Authors starting with S from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2007. First trade edition of a very elaborate pop-up book that include 6 large and complex pop-ups and 30 smaller pop-ups. The book is the result of collaboration between two of the giants of paper engineering, Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart. It is the third volume in the Encyclopedia Mythologica series. Signed by Reinhart without inscription. Slight sunning along the spine; otherwise in almost as-new condition.. SIGNED. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Fine-. Illus. by Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: The Dropmore Press, 1947. (6), 66, (4) pages. 4to. First printing. This was the fourth in a series called "The Dropmore Essays." Number 420 of an edition limited to 550 copies. Letterpress printed on paper that was hand made by Portals of Whitchurch. Fine binding by Evans of Croydon: blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt; gilt dentelles; housed in a custom cardboard slipcase. Sackville-West's essay on nursery rhymes is equally serious and fun. She saw the writer of nursery rhymes as a poet-novelist, who as a "creator of characters, creator of situations, had a fine jugglery to play with. A vast population of Old Women and Little Men crept out of corners, sought in their cupboards, fired their little guns, wore cork legs which surprisingly sank in water, and found themselves in a variety of predicaments seldom equalled in life." The book is virtually as new in a clean bright dust jacket that has just a hint of tanning along the spine and a 1/8" closed… Read More

Paris: Rene Giraud, Editeur, 1927. 58 pages. 4to. First edition. Limited Edition: #446 of 500 copies. Text is in French, and accompanied by line drawings. The pages are in very good condition, with only a hint of toning to edges, some offsetting to endpapers. Tan paper cover is overlaid with a glassine jacket (that is glued down at edges on verso of cover). Glassine is heavily toned, with some foxing and some tears. Minor edgewear to cover itself.. First Edition. Paperback. Collectible-Very Good-. 4to - over 9Âľ" - 12" tall. Book.

Boston, Massachusetts: Richard G. Badger, 1911. 76 pages. Rare book including photos of carved wooden statuary that were used as sidewalk advertising for cigar stores. The folk carvings included women, baseball players, policemen, etc., but the main emphasis was on native Americans--the proverbial "Cigar Store Indian." There is no credit given to photographer Jessie Tarbox Beals, but she was a friend of the author, and some of the images can be found in the Beals collection at the City Museum of New York. The book is clean and tight, with a bright cover with unrubbed gilded lettering and a small gilded taxi cab with a woman taking photos from a rear window. Corners and spine extremities are rubbed; pages lightly toned; 2 pages with short (less than 1/2 inch) closed tears. A nice copy of this highly sought after book.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Kate Sanborn and Jessie Tarbox Beals. 8vo - over 7Âľ" - 9Âľ" tall. Book.

London: John Boydell, 1781. Two volumes rebound as one in 2 of the original gilt-tooled leather-covered boards with new leather spine upon which the 2 original leather spines have been laid down--makes for an interesting and attractive "original" binding. There are 150 copperplate engraved plates after the drawings by Paul Sandby and accompanying text. We have been able to locate only two other copies for sale at this time, and one is the 1783 reprint.  Very good condition: clean and tight, with some edgewear and rubbing of leather; pages are clean and bright watermarked laid paper with slight toning at the edges.  There is no staining on the plates--not in the images, not in the margins. Size: 4to.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by Paul Sandby. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Baltimore, Maryland: Samuel Sands, Publisher, 1849. 8, 8, vii, 446 pages. Bound annual volume of an important antebellum agricultural journal In addition to the 12 monthly issues there are 3 supplements: 2 lists of premiums and rules and regulations for the 1849 and 1850 exhibitions held by the Maryland State Agricultural society; an annual index for the 1849-1850 issues of the journal. Bound in the original 3/4 leather over marbled paper-covered boards. The volume is in very good condition; clean and tight, with sporadic foxing.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7Âľ" - 9Âľ" tall. Magazine.

Toronto, Canada: Self Published, 1995. Book 1: 14 pages; Book 2: 9 pages. Signed by the magician Jay Sankey and inscribed by him to fellow magician Jerry Blount. Circa 1995 lecture notes in two books, one dealing with playing card magic, and the second on coins and miscellaneous magic routines. Includes verious magic routines by Sankey including The Impossible Elastic Penetration, Pyramid, Cartesian Coins and Lasting Impression. Both books are clean and tight in clean and crisp black folder that has some crease marks along the bottom edge.. SIGNED. First Edition. Paperback. Collectible- Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Paris: Chez Sanson, 1657. Image is 8 1/8 inches by 11 inches on a folded sheet measuring 9 inches by 12 13/16 inches. Original hand-colored copper-engraved map from Sanson's atlas of maps of the Americas: L'Amerique en Plusieurs Cartes. It is a map of the Viceroyalty of Peru that displays the Amazon River and its many tributaries. Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667) was the official geographer for the king of France. His map of Peru and the Amazon became the standard that was copied by almost all geographers/cartographers--even reproduced by Bion for his 1700 treatise on globes. Cintra and Oliveira argue that Sanson's map was a scientific one that holds up well, even when compared to 21st century maps of the region. The map is in about very good condition: clean, with bright original outline color; minimal foxing ; some edgewear and soiling in the margins. . First Edition. Single Sheet. Very Good-. 8 1/8 inches by 11 Inches. Map.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2003. 84 pages. Poems by the winner of the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize, the Oscar Blumenthal Prize from Poetry magazine, and the Pushcart Prize. SIGNED by Santos on the half-title page with an inscription to Virginia Poet Laureate Joe Awad. Also, laid in the book is a note from Santos to Awad's son, Christopher. The book is an unread copy in as-new condition, in an as-new dust jacket.. SIGNED. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004. 103 pages. Poems by the winner of the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize, the Oscar Blumenthal Prize from Poetry magazine, and the Pushcart Prize. Poet and literary critic Edward Byrne describes this book: "With the publication of The Perishing, Sherod Santos has at last successfully united his unique ability to present moving personal poems committed to contemplation of issues such as desire and death, love and loss, with a broader, but equally compassionate, concern for others’ pain and suffering under cruel or brutal political and social conditions." SIGNED, without inscription, by Santos on the title page. The book is in as-new condition.. SIGNED. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Collectible Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. 103 pages. Poems by the winner of the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize, the Oscar Blumenthal Prize from Poetry magazine, and the Pushcart Prize. First Paperback Edition, SIGNED without inscription by Santos on the title page. The book is in as-new condition.. SIGNED. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Collectible- Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999. 103 pages. Poems by the winner of the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize, the Oscar Blumenthal Prize from Poetry magazine, and the Pushcart Prize. SIGNED, without inscription, by Santos on the title page. Both the book and the dust jacket are in as-new condition... SIGNED. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible- Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999. 103 pages. Poems by the winner of the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize, the Oscar Blumenthal Prize from Poetry magazine, and the Pushcart Prize. SIGNED, without inscription, by Santos on the title page. Both the book and the dust jacket are in as-new condition.. SIGNED. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible- Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004. 103 pages. Poems by the winner of the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize, the Oscar Blumenthal Prize from Poetry magazine, and the Pushcart Prize. Poet and literary critic Edward Byrne describes this book: "With the publication of The Perishing, Sherod Santos has at last successfully united his unique ability to present moving personal poems committed to contemplation of issues such as desire and death, love and loss, with a broader, but equally compassionate, concern for others’ pain and suffering under cruel or brutal political and social conditions." SIGNED, without inscription, by Santos on the title page. The book is in as-new condition.. SIGNED. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Collectible Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. 103 pages. Poems by the winner of the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize, the Oscar Blumenthal Prize from Poetry magazine, and the Pushcart Prize. SIGNED, without inscription, by Santos on the title page. The book is in as-new condition.. SIGNED. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Collectible Fine. 8vo - over 7Âľ" - 9Âľ" tall. Book.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. pp. 1-12 (ads), 193-256 (text), 13-24 (ads). An original complete monthly issue of Scribner's Magazine, which includes the first appearance of this important Saroyan short story, which centers around a pinball game (The Crusader) in the lobby of a small Fresno hotel. This issue also includes first appearances of poems by Max Eastman and Robert P. Tristram Coffin. A scarce issue in very good condition: bright and tight, with very minor soiling & wear. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine.

Fairfax, VA: Hazel/Peterson Companies, 1987. v, 112; iv, 31; iii, 34 pages. As part of its effort to build a shopping mall on the William Center Tract next to the Manassas Battlefield National Park, the Hazel/Peterson Companies commissioned historian James A. Schaefer to prepare a report on the Civil War Battle of Second Manassas. His report is part one of this book. In 1988 Schaeffer, having realized that he had been duped by Hazel/Peterson, reversed his position and joined the opposition to the mall. Part 2 of the book, "Counting the Fallen", was written by James Rea; it attempts to determine whether soldiers killed in the battle were buried on the Williams Center tract. Part 3 examines the history of Theophile Poilpot's long-missing panorama painting of the battle. The book, intended only for the local campaign to build the mall, was not widely circulated and is now scarce. The book is clean and tight.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12"… Read More

New York: Unpublished, 1919. William Joseph Schaldach (1896-1982) was a writer on art and outdoor sporting, editor for Field and Stream, and most notably an important American wildlife artist. The original watercolor offered here is one of his earliest works, probably done while he was studying at the Art Students League under John Sloan and George Bridgman. In addition to his signature ("W. J. Schaldach '19") at the lower right of the image, there also is included a piece of craft paper with the following written in pencil by the artist: "Central American Boa-Constrictor Study from live specimen. March 1919--W. J. Schaldach." The image is 3 inches by 7 1/4 inches and is matted 10 1/8" X 13" and shrink-wrapped. The watercolor study is clean and bright.. SIGNED. Original. Single Sheet. Near Fine. Illus. by W. J. Schaldach. 3" X 7 1/4". Fine Art Print.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1937. Unpaginated. Limited edition: #141 of 150 copies, signed on the colophon page by Schaldach. The frontispiece is an original etching pencil-signed by Schaldach. William Joseph Schaldach (1896-1982) was a writer on art and outdoor sporting, editor for Field and Stream, and most notably an important American wildlife artist. The book offered here is beautifully bound in full vellum with a gilt vignette of a trout rising to a mayfly on the front cover. In addition to the original art of the frontispiece, there are 60 full-page reproductions of Schaldach's fish art. The book is in very good condition: clean, bright, and tight; some rubbing and discoloration of the velum.. SIGNED. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. Illus. by William J. Schaldach. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.

Gloucester, Virginia: Unpublished, 1922. William Joseph Schaldach (1896-1982) was a writer on art and outdoor sporting, editor for Field and Stream, and most notably an important American wildlife artist. He studied at the Art Students League under John Sloan and George Bridgman. The image of the drypoint offered here is 6 1/2 inches by 4 1/4 inches and is matted 13" X 10 3/4" and shrink-wrapped. The drypoint is in near-fine condition: clean and bright, with a single tiny spot of foxing outside the image.. SIGNED. Original. Single Sheet. Very Good. Illus. by W. J. Schaldach. 6 1/2" X 4 1/4". Fine Art Print.