Williams Introd (15 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Bottom board spine chipped along with DJ fmc2%262D.

Soft cover. Condition: Very good (covers soiled). First edition. A combined issue of Aperture: vol. 17, nos. 3 and 4. 136p, many large photos by Laughlin. Also photos in homage to him by Paul Strand, Doug Prince, Jonathan Green, and Anthony Barboza (one each). With stories by Lafcadio Hearn, captions by Laughlin. Photo is cropped on right. Issued as both a trade publication and the catalogue for the large Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition. Excellent introduction to Laughlin's haunting work, which he has divided into Still Lifes, Marine Forms, Tree Forms, Early Industrialism, Metal Magic, Glass Magic, Fantasy in Old New Orleans, Lost New Orleans, Satires, The Images of the Lost, Poems of the Inner World, The Louisiana Plantations, Color Experiments, Rock Forms, New Anatomies, Sculpture Seen Anew, The Magic of the Object, The Mystery of Space, American Victorian Architecture, and Fantasy in Europe; all with commentary or captions by Laughlin. Not all the categories are illustrated. Laughlin, Clarence John (illustrator). …

4to hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

FIRST US EDITION, imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Original publishers cream paper-covered boards, title spine, pictorial dustjacket, 8vo: 80pp., 4 coloured plates, catalogue of 28 items depicted and described, notes on makers, references. Fine copy.

THIS VOL ONLY. Super 8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Quarto. 95 pages. Nice copy.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Quarto. 95 pages. Nice copy.

Original publisher's red cloth hardback, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, 4th impression [1963], 8vo: 288pp., 16 coloured plates, 24 bl.& wh. plates459 species described and depicted [179 in colour], notes & references, appendix, index. Fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. XXXVII, 436 p., [3] p. photo's : ill., map. ; 23 cm.

Super 8vo, pp. xx + 267; purple buckram boards, spine lettered in yellow; plates; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep).…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Cheap Edition. First published in 1900 and reprinted in 1901, this is the first reprint of the later "Cheap Reissue" which was published originally in 1907. Still very scarce in its own right. Green decorative cloth boards with very crisp gilt title lettering on the front board. The spine cloth is rather sunned and therefore discoloured. Spine ends and fore edge corner tips are a little word on close inspection. Page block edge is somewhat browned/toned, as are the decorative end papers. Sporadic mild foxing throughout. In all a splendidly presentable copy of this scarce edition. W. Heath Robinson (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. xxxv, (3), 225, (1) pp. Bound in original publisher's binding. Extremely rare first edition, published by George Bell & Sons in 1900. Illustrated with beautiful Arts and Crafts woodcuts by W. Heath Robinson. In fine condition. Minor edgewear, spine sl. faded, occ. foxing, name to marg. title page. [HK2P3]. …

0. The Personal Eye. Stories by Lafcadio Hearn. Captions by the Photographer. Catalogue. Philadelphia 1973/74. 4to. 132 S. mit 98 (86 ganzseit.) s/w Fotos, Ausst'verz., Bibliographie, Chronologie, brosch. ANTIQUARISCH.

dj. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Original grey cloth stamped in black and gilt, halftone laid down on front, dark grey topstain, in original black dust jacket; plain endpapers; [xiv],108pp; frontispiece and two plates. Lightly rubbed at edges, partly unopened: Near Fine. Jacket unclipped (priced $2.95), lightly rubbed with minor dust to rear and minor browning to verso: Very Good. Nominated for five Tony Awards in 1958; basis for the 1960 film starring Robert Preston and Dorothy McGuire.…