Search Results: Titles starting with G from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

New York: Camera Club of New York, 1899. Published in Camera Notes, April 1899. 6 7/8" by 5 1/8". Printed as a photogravure by the Photochrome Engraving Company, a company that Alfred Stieglitz had founded. Image size is 7 3/4 inches by 4 3/4 inches. Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) is best known for her work both as an architectural photographer whose images of Southern American houses were the basis for six books and as a documentary photographer who introduced Hampton Institute and Tuskegee Institute to the world. But before all that she was a pictorialist and a member of the Photo-Secession. The scarce photogravure "Gainsborough Girl" is a superb example of her pictorial photography. The photogravure is in excellent condition: a strong impression that is in virtually as-new condition. Now archivally matted in an off-white passe-partout and ready to be framed in a standard 11" by 14" frame.. First Edition. Single Sheet. Fine. Illus. by Frances Benjamin… Read More

London: William S. Orr & Co., 1848. This is not a complete book--it is a single sheet containing an original antique hand-colored botanical print. Joseph Paxton was perhaps the most significant 19th century English botanist, the designer of the famed Crystal Palace, and the editor of Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. This print is from the 14th volume of that magazine, published in 1848. Drawn and lithographed by Samuel Holden, it is a superb brilliantly-colored example of the flowers in the magazine. The lithograph is accompanied by the original text pages explaining the origin, cultivation, and uses of the flower. The print is clean and bright, with a hint of toning of the background and the usual stab holes along the binding edge.. First Edition. Paper. Collectible-Fine. Illus. by Samuel Holden. 9" by 6 3/8". Fine Art Print.

Mankato, Minnesota: Creative Editions, 2005. Pop-up book with 11 pop-ups and movables designed by Rita Marshall & Bea Jackson, engineered by Bruce Foster, and illustrated by Tom Curry. Poems by J. Patrick Lewis. First printing of the first edition. The book is as-new with all pop-ups in perfect working condition.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illus. by Tom Curry. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.

New York: David McKay, 1925. 105 pages + 12 color plates. Limited edition: number 276 of 500 copies SIGNED by Milne. This is the very scarce American issue, with Stanley Paul & Co. on the title page but bound in the blue cloth-covered boards, with David McKay on the spine. The book is clean, bright, and tight, with some color rubbing on rear cover and at corners; some foxing on endpapers and in margins of the title page.. SIGNED. First U. S. Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Fine-. Illus. by H. Willebeek Le Mair. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.

The Ohio State University Cartoon Reseatch Library, 1998. xi, 147 pages. A clean, tight copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Oblong 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Book.

Boston: J. Shaw, 1828. iv, 300 pages. This early gothic novel, originally published in 1805 under the author's marital name (Thayer), attempted to reveal the personal and social hazrds of gambling. Caroline Matilda Warren, like Poe and Hawthorne, was an imitator of the work of Charles Brockden Brown, the seminal figure of American gothic literature. The book has been sympathetically rebacked in cloth over the original paper-covered boards and has a new paper title patch appropriate to the period. The book is clean and tight, with some tanning of pages and relatively unobtrusive water-staining on the last 30 pages.. Early Printing. Hardcover. Collectible-Good+. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

New York: Harper & Row, 1975. (12), 66, (2) pages. Illustrated by Brad Holland. First edition of Orr's second book of poetry. SIGNED by Orr on the title page and inscribed by him to Virginia Poet Laureate Joe Awad. The title poem reflects the poet's trauma resulting from his having accidentally shot and killed his brother when he was twelve years old. For 44 years Greory Orr taught at the University of Virginia where he was the founder and first Director of the MFA Program in Writing. The highly acclaimed poet has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Award in Literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Rockefeller Fellowship at the Institute for the Study of Culture and Violence. The book is in near fine condition: clean, bright, and tight, with an occasional faint spot of foxing. The dust jacket is clean, crisp and bright, with just a hint of toning.. SIGNED. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Brad Holland. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: Jacques Dixwell and John Sewell, 1781. (6), xvii, (3), 371, (20) pages. Complete with 20 hand-colored plates and 2 foldout black & white anatomical plates. Parallel text in both French and English. Both the printed French title page and the engraved English title page are present. All engravings were engraved by James Newton, from drawings by Barbut. James Barbut was an English artist and naturalist, who was an admirer of the work of Carl Linnaeus. The Natural History Museum, London holds 126 of the watercolors by Barbut that he painted for this book. The book is in about very good condition: the color engravings are clean and bright, with some minimal offsetting limited to the one folding plate; text pages are clean and supple, with minimal foxing, the spine leather is stripped, and boards are supported by the binding cords.. First Edition. Hardcover. About Very Good. Illus. by James Barbut and James Newton. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Niagara Falls, New York: G. E. Curtis, 1883. 16 inches by 20 inches. Published by G. E. Curtis. Niagara Falls, New York: circa 1883. Mammoth plate albumen potograph taken by George E. Curtis (1830-1910) from the vantage point of the suspension bridge over the Niagara Gorge; his inscription on the negative for this image reads "General View from the New Susp. Bridge." The albumen print is was mounted by the photographer on a heavy board and is in excellent condition; it is now archivally matted, with a window in the rear mat to show Curtis' logo on the verso of the photo's mount.. First Edition. Single Sheet. Near Fine. Illus. by George E. Curtis. 16 inches by 20 Inches. Photo.

New York: Lieber and Lewis, 1922. Original linocut, from an edition limited to 500 impressions. Alfred Frueh (1880-1968) began his art career in1903, drawing editorial cartoons and theatre caricatures for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He became a national figure when his 1907 satirical drawing of music hall star Fritzi Scheff was so offensive to her that she cancelled a scheduled performance in St. Louis. Frueh later became a cartoonist for the New York World, doing caricatures of leading Broadway personalities. In 1912 he mounted an exhibition of his caricatures for an exhibition at "291", the New York art gallery of Alfred Stieglitz, who praised the exhibition: "Frueh is to be congratulated for the delightful manner in which he has depicted his impressions of our entertainers, displaying a pictorial sense of line and color, an ability to seize the significant characters of each individual and emphasize them with a gentle if sometimes mordant irony." In 1922 Lieber and Lewis… Read More

Penfield, Georgia: W. And W. C. Richards, 1842. [The title continues:] "Accompanied by Historical and Topographical Sketches, by Our Own Writers." 44 pages of text + 13 engraved plates by T. Addison Richards. First edition. 4to. The deluxe edition bound in full black leather, with gilt-stamped decoration. It has been professionally rebacked in black leather, with sympathetic gold-stamped title; new light-tan laid paper endpapers. Georgia Illustrated was the first book by landscape artist Thomas Addison Richards (1820-1900), whose topographical drawings were the basis for the steel engravings. The book was a collaboration between the artist and his brother William Carey Richards(1818-1892), who edited the essays that accompanied the illustrations. Howes R252; Sabin 70963; Willingham & Harwell, Georgiana #32. In selecting the book for their list of the most collectible Georgia books, Willingham & Harwell described it as "One of the most sumptuous of all early Georgia works. . . . It is for his… Read More

Fargo, Dakota Territory: F. Jay Haynes, 1880. Albumen stereoview by F. Jay Haynes, the official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railroad. "Gibbon Falls--Gibbon River" is number 1025 in the series of Yellowstone National Park views. The stereoview is in very good condition: clean and bright, with very minimal soiling on the mount. Provenance: From the collection of Robert N. Dennis, who was one of the most important stereoview collectors in the U. S. The New York Public Library's "Robert N. Dennis Collection" includes more than 70,000 stereoviews from his collection, many of which can be viewed on the library's website.. First Edition. Stereoview. Very Good. Illus. by F. Jay Haynes. Photo.

Toronto: Laser Books, 1977. 189 pages. Laser book #56. Book is clean and tight with minor tanning to edges, previous owner's address stamped on inside front cover, and pages have minor tanning. A nice copy of this SCARCE first edition.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Kelly Freas (cover). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania: Jesse A. Graves, 1870. First Edition. Paper. Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by Jesse A. Graves. 4 3/8" by 7 1/8". Photo.

New York: E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., 1871. Original stereoview: albumen prints mounted on printed yellow card stock, with an Anthony advertising label mounted on the patterned green verso of the card. The Yosemite Valley image is one of series that was commissioned by the Anthony brothers who hired photographer T. C. Roche to travel through Yosemite in 1870-1871. Featured in the foreground of the image is Roche's portable dark tent. On the verso is a large Anthony advertising label that lists the "principal places of interest" in Yosemite. The albumen prints are in excellent condition with good contrast, and the yellow mount has only a hint of edgewear; there are two 1-inch long inked lines across the label on the back of the card. From the collection of Robert N. Dennis, who was one of the most important stereoview collectors in the U. S. The New York Public Library's "Robert N. Dennis Collection" includes more than 70,000 stereoviews from his collection,… Read More

New Orleans: A. E. Blackmar & Bro., 1861. Original Confederate imprint. Willingham 7079.. First Edition. Paper. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Sheet Music.

London: William S. Orr & Co., 1848. This is not a complete book--it is a single sheet containing an original antique hand-colored botanical print. Joseph Paxton was perhaps the most significant 19th century English botanist, the designer of the famed Crystal Palace, and the editor of Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. This print is from the 14th volume of that magazine, published in 1848. Drawn and lithographed by Samuel Holden, it is a superb brilliantly-colored example of the flowers in the magazine. The print is clean and bright, with a hint of toning of the background and the usual stab holes along the binding edge.. First Edition. Paper. Collectible-Fine. Illus. by Samuel Holden. 9" by 6 3/8". Fine Art Print.

Chattanooga, Tennessee: Penman Publishing Company, 2003. 323 pages. Profusely illustrated Tennessee local history--the third volume in a series, which has become not so "short" after all. The book is almost as-new condition.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Chattanooga, Tennessee: Penman Publishing Company, 2003. 239 pages. Profusely illustrated Tennessee local history--the third volume in a series, which has become not so "short" after all.. SIGNED and dated by the author. The book is clean and tight, with a a timy tan stain at the bottom of the rear cover--the stain gets progressively smaller and is barely visible on the last 15 pages of the book. Previous owner's name on the back of the front cover.. SIGNED. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Soddy, Tennessee: Self Published, 1991. 175 pages. Profusely illustrated Tennessee local history. The book is clean and tight, with a hint of soiling on covers.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.