Search Results: Titles starting with W from Allington Antiquarian Books, LLC

Hardcover. Fine/fine. A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing in a Fine dust jacket of this salute to the White Tee Shirt, a garment worn by people of every age, gender, and shape; an interesting, elegant, and profusely-illustrated book from the cover on, and wearing the dust jacket with an illustrated verso. [PLEASE NOTE: This is a large and heavy book and the buyer's shipping charges will exceed those quoted by this site.]

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good +/very good. A Very Good + copy of the first edition, first printing in a Very Good dust jacket. The volume's closed page block's bottom shows shelf soiling to its leading edge and the binding shows only quite light wear. The dust jacket shows some edge wear and overall modest soiling, and each panel shows some chipping and tearing. The front free endpaper's recto shows two tiny notations of a prior seller. Within, the reader will find previously unpublished letters by Walt Whitman and information on his life and writings and on the close friendship of Walt Whitman and John Burroughs as well as contemporaneous records of the reception given by both European and American writers of Whitman's greatest work, "Leaves of Grass', as well of reactions to, and opinions of, others about Whitman himself being an altogether strong study of "comradeship" through the lens of the relationship of these two… Read More

London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/fine. A Fine copy of the First Edition thus, being the Sixth Edition which has been revised and enlarged with additional chapters (foxing to the closed page block's bottom and front edges, top edge gilt, in a Fine dust jacket (some wrinkles to the spine panel and adjoining portion of the rear panel, tiny chip to the bottom of the front flap turn, minor handling soil); and containing a tissue-guarded frontispiece and 13 additional Mezzotints, 17 Etchings, 17 Line Engravings, 8 Stipple Engravings, 3 Aquatints, 3 Woodcuts, and 2 Lithographs. In this highly-regarded work, Malcolm C. Salaman, a staff-member of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, provides answers to the most frequently asked questions regarding print collecting and discusses only works of artists not living at the time of publication. A highly-useful book, the work provides helpful hints to beginners and covers etching, line engraving, mezzotint,… Read More

London: Daldy, Isbister & Co., 1877. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good copy of Good Words for the year 1877 containing works by Anthony Trollope including the first appearance of his "Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices" with four Illustrations by Frank Hill (of which only one was later republished), and "The Young Women at the London Telegraph Office" [unillustrated]. The volume has been rebound in three-quarters black leather and marbled boards. The spine is line, lettered, and dated in gilt. Good Words was a monthly magazine "Good Words" was a 19th-century monthly periodical established in the United Kingdom in 1860 by the Scottish publisher Alexander Strahan directed at evangelicals and nonconformists, particularly of the lower middle classes. The periodical included both overtly religious material and both fiction and non-fiction articles on general subjects, including science, with the purpose that devout Christians should be able to read it on Sundays without sin. Its first editor was… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1879. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. TEMPORARILY DISCOUNTED. WAS $125. NOW $35. An about Very Good copy of the first American edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original cloth showing some general wear, a prior owner's name and date to the front free endpaper, and a paper remnant affixed to the title page not affecting any lettering.

Printed by Smith & Hill and sold by the booksellers of London and Edinburgh: Printed by Smith & Hill , 1816. First Edition Thus. Leather bound [Hardcover]. Very good to Very Good +. A quite attractive and relevant ex-library four-volume copy, bound in highly attractive bindings with beautiful boards and engraved page edges with spines rebacked and joints and hinges repaired by Dunn & Wilson in a very high quality manner. Robert Burns (1759 – 1796), a Scottish poet and lyricist, is widely regarded as the national Poet of Scotland. Born in 1759, his works celebrated the Scottish vernacular and explored universal themes of love, nature, social injustice, and national identity. Burns wrote in a distinctive Scottish dialect, which added a unique charm to his poetry. One of Burns' most famous works is "Auld Lang Syne", a much-loved song traditionally sung on New Year's Eve, symbolizing friendship and reminiscing about old times. His love poems, such as A Red, Red Rose and My Love is Like a Red, Red… Read More

London [at the Office, No. 16 North Strand: Printed by Bradbury & Evans Whitefriars, London, 1856. First Edition, First Printing. Wrappers. Very good. A Very Good or Better copy of the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original self-wrappers, being modestly askew and showing some wear to the edges and spine. The tale was written largely by Dickens with sections of it written by Wilkie Collins, Percy Fitzgerald, Lee Holme, Adelaide Proctor, and Reverend James White. The tale is presented in three major sections: 'The Wreck', written largely by Dickens (with a concluding segment by Wilkie Collins); 'The Beguilement in the Boats'—a section composed of 'The Armourer's Story' by Percy Fitzgerald, 'Poor Dick's Story' by Harriet Parr ('Holme Lee'), 'The Supercargo's Story' by Percy Fitzgerald, 'The Old Seaman's Story' by Adelaide Anne Procter, and 'The Scotch Boy's Story' by the Rev. James White. The a final section, 'The Deliverance,' was written by Wilkie Collins. Copies of this tale… Read More