Engraved Webb (3 results)
Published by London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster-Row, 1822
- Softcover
- Art Print
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Black and white engraving. 13.5 x 21.5 cm. Tears in lower margin. Published in The Annals of Sporting and Fancy Gazette; a Magazine, entirely appropriated to sporting subjects and fancy pursuits; containing every thing worthy of remark on hunting, shooting, coursing, racing, fishing, cocking, pugilism, wrestling…, singlestick, pedestrianism, cricket, billiards, rowing, sailing, &c. &c. Accompanied with striking representations of the various subjects.Schwerdt, Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, Vol. 1, p.33; OCLC Number: 228676520.
On the Northwest: Commercial Whaling in the Pacific Northwest, 1790-1967
Webb, Robert Lloyd [With Engraved Bookplate Of John Haskell Kemble]
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
Contact seller4-star sellerAssociation member: IOBA
Condition: Used - Fine
£ 54.05
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Xxiii, 425 Pp. Blue Cloth Lettered In Silver. First Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. Maritime Bookplate Of John Haskell Kemble. Per Wikipedia, John Haskell Kemble (1912-1990) Was A Professor Of History At Pomona College And An Influential American Maritime…Historian. In 1936, He Joined The Faculty At Pomona College, Where He Remained For His Entire Career. He Was Promoted To Full Professor In 1951 And Appointed Professor Emeritus In 1977. During World War Ii, He Served In The United States Navy From 1941 To 1946, Rising To The Rank Of Lieutenant Commander In The Naval Reserve. Kemble Was A Rockefeller Fellow, 1947-48; Visiting Lecturer In History At The University Of California, Los Angeles, 1948-49. In 1952-53, He Held The Academic Post At The Naval War College, Which The Following Year Was Named The Ernest J. King Professor Of Maritime History. He Was A Guggenheim Fellow In 1956-57. In 1967, He Was Visiting Professor Of History At The University Of Texas. Kemble Served As Secretary-Treasurer Of The Pacific Coast Branch Of The American Historical Association In 1941-42 And 1945-49. In Addition, He Was A Member Of The California Historical Resources Commission In 1976-79. He Served As President Of The Historical Society Of Southern California In 1967-70. A Founding Member Of The North American Society For Oceanic History, He Served As A Vice President From 1975 To 1990. He Served As A Member Of The Secretary Of The Navy's Advisory Committee On Naval History, From 1961.A Close Associate Of Professor Robert G. Albion, Kemble Was One Of The Original Faculty Members Of The Frank C. Munson Institute Of American Maritime History At Mystic Seaport, Where Kemble House Is Named For Him.
More imagesThe Compleat Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers
Walton, Izaac (Text by); H. G. Webb (Ornaments, initials and etchings designed and engraved by)
Published by The Caradoc Press, Bedford Park, Chiswick, 1905
- Hardcover
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)
Contact seller3-star sellerHardcover. Condition: g+ to vg. Limited edition. 1/350. Large octavo. [14], 155, [1]pp. Striking contemporary gilt-ruled full calf, with gold decoration and lettering to spine. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Izaac Walton. Title page in red and black lettering. Decorat…ive initials and tailpieces. This splendid limited edition of Walton's masterpiece "The Compleat Angler" is the exact reprint of the first edition published in 1653. It is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse. Walton's frontispiece portrait, as well as the decorative initials and ornaments were designed and engraved by Harry George Webb, a recognized artist of the time. One of 350 unnumbered copies on paper (out of a total edition of 364). Binding rubbed along joints, with head of spine slightly chipped. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition.
