Search Results: Titles starting with W from David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

: , 1977. The Funny Fold of Disneyland in Playtime Fun WALT DISNEY STUDIOS. Original hand-painted artwork for the double center page spread for the Walt Disney's Disney Time comic #2 February 5th 1977. Gouache on artist board. Image size: 9 5/8 x 16 5/8 inches. In fine condition. Together with a copy of Walt Disney's Disney Time comic #2. Matted, framed and glazed. "If you go to school, I expect you have a playtime every morning and one every afternoon. Well, so do our cheerful chums, the funny folk of Disneyland. At half-past ten every morning (I wonder if that's the same time as your playtime) they stop whatever they are doing and go prancing out to the play park. Some of them play football; some play blind man's buff; some play leapfrog and some practise skipping. Oh, all sorts of different games they play - and some pretty pickles they get into! They are a lively lot of scamps! Take Minnie Mouse, for instance. She usually tries to paint a picture... but you can see below the sort of thing… Read More

: , 1977. The Funny Folk of Disneyland in Watch Out! There Are Painters About! WALT DISNEY STUDIOS. Original hand-painted artwork for the double center page spread for the Walt Disney's Disney Time comic #8 dated March 19th 1977. Gouache on artist board. Image size: 9 1/2 x 16 3/4 inches. In fine condition. Together with a copy of Walt Disney's Disney Time comic #8. Matted, framed and glazed. "This week our chums decided to help one of their friends by painting his house. So they armed themselves with pots of paint and paint brushes and set to work. What a-splishing and a-splashing and a-sploshing of paint there was. And just look at some of the funny things that happened. Rabbit was cheerful enough when he started to paint the chimney pots, but things began to look black (at least his face began to look black) when he got in the way a could of sooty smoke! Kaa, the snake from "The Jungle Book", felt a bit flat - but that was because Bongo Bear accidentally ran over him on his one-wheeled cycle!… Read More

: , 1977. The Funny Folk of Disneyland in Helping To Build a House WALT DISNEY STUDIOS. Original hand-painted artwork for the double center page spread for the Walt Disney's Disney Time comic #4 dated February 19th 1977. Gouache on artist board. Image size: 9 5/8 x 16 3/4 inches. In fine condition. Together with a copy of Walt Disney's Disney Time comic #4. Matted, framed and glazed. "Some workmen were building a house in Disneyland this week, and when they went for a bite to eat one lunchtime, our funny friends decided it was time they lent a hand with the work. They were all very willing - but not, alas, very able! As usual, they got up to all sorts of fun and games! Little John thought it would be helpful to fill a wheel-barrow with cement, but Merlin the Magician - as you can see put his foot in it! And speaking of feet, one of Prince John's feet got in the way of a brick dropped by Robin Hood. (H'mm! I wonder if Robin did that on purpose!) Anyway, it made His Highness hopping mad. In fact… Read More

New York: Random House, 1955. The whole turbulent, seething harbor of New York- a world in itself..." SCHULBERG, Budd. Waterfront. A Novel by Budd Schulberg. New York: Random House, [1955]. First edition. Octavo ( 8 5/16 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 140 mm.). [iv], [1]-320, [2] pp. Publisher's cream buckram, front cover with publisher's monogram in blind, spine lettered in black & brown. A near fine copy in the original pictorial dust-jacket, light stain on rear panel, otherwise very good. "Budd Schulberg has drawn for us the whole turbulent, seething harbor of New York- a world in itself." (front flap). Budd Schulberg (born Seymour Wilson Schulberg), (1914-2009) was an American screenwriter, television producer, novelist and sports writer. He was known for his novels What Makes Sammy Run? (1941) and The Harder They Fall (1947), as well as his screenplays for On the Waterfront (1954) and A Face in the Crowd (1957), receiving an Academy Award for the former.

: , 1989. A Fun, Lively Piece of ArtworkWhat's for Dinner?!LANGLEY, Jonathan, artist. "What's for Dinner?". From The Collins Book of Nursery Ryhmes. [N.p., ca. 1989]. Original pen, ink and watercolor illustration, entitled "What's for Dinner?" on upper left-hand edge.Image size: 10 1/8 x 15 1/4 inches; 257 x 389 mm.) Beautifully matted, framed and glazed. (Frame size 16 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches; 424 x 553 mm.).A sweet set of illustrations featuring five vignettes and additional illustrations of dinner/food related scenes. Beautifully framed with a light blue printed mat with a metallic gold ribbon border and blue and white decorative ribbon embellishment.Jonathan Langley is a British illustrator, mainly for children's books. He has worked as a freelance illustrator/designer since 1974 in publishing, editorial, design, advertising, film, gift market, and packaging. He has worked on various publications of well-known… Read More

London: David Bogue, 1848. 'Warnings about Men to Avoid when Searching for a Husband' Illustrated by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. MAYHEW, Henry & Augustus. Whom to Marry and How to get Married! or, The Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Husband. Edited by the brothers Mayhew. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. London, David Bogue, [1848]. First edition. Crown octavo (7 1/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 182 x 124 mm.). [viii], [1]-271, 1, blank] pp. Vignette glyphograph title-page. Twelve etched plates including frontispiece. Partially uncut, a few plates with light marginal foxing. Bound by Morrell ca. 1920 in full tan calf, covers with triple-rule borders, spine with five raised bands elaborately decorated in gilt in compartments, red and brown morocco labels lettered in gilt, decorative gilt board edges and turn-ins, top edge gilt, others uncut. A fine example, handsomely bound. First issued in six parts, with yellow wrappers (November 1847 to April 1848... (Cohn, p.160). The… Read More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. In vain the speeding or shyness; In vain the elk takes to the inner passes of the woods..." (Walt Whitman) ROOSEVELT, Theodore. The Wilderness Hunter. An account of the big game of the United States and it's chase with horse, hound, and rifle. Illustrated. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. First edition, first issue (with chapter headpieces printed in brown). Octavo (9 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches; 235 x 150 mm.). [xvi], 472 pp. Twent-four photogravure plates (including frontispiece). Bound for G.B. Putnam's Sons NewYork, ca. 1893. Three quarter tan calf over marbled boards. Spine with five shallow raised bands, decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments, two green morocco labels lettered in gilt, matching marbled endpapers, all edges marbled green. Slight rubbing to extremities otherwise a fine copy. Early neat ink inscription dated "Dec- 25-1895" on verso of the frontispiece. With the armorial bookplate of Ingle Barr on front paste-down. Theodore Roosevelt's… Read More

London: Ainsworth Magazine, [1842-45]. Two First Editions from the Original Ainsworth Magazine Parts Windsor Castle & Saint James's, or the Court of Queen Anne Superbly bound by Tout of London including many of the Original Wrappers and Advertisements etc. CRUIKSHANK, George. AINSWORTH, William Harrison. Windsor Castle, An Historical Romance. Illustrated by Tony Johannot [and George Cruikshank] with designs on wood by W. Alfred Delamotte. [London: [Ainsworth Magazine], Hugh Cunningham, 1842-1843]. [&] Saint James's, or The Court of Queen Anne. An Historical Romance by W. Harrison Ainsworth, illustrated by George Cruikshank. London: John Mortimer, 1844. First appearance of these two Ainsworth Novels specially bound from various issues of the original Ainsworth Magazine, with specially composed title-pages including the title and the mention at the bottom: "As originally published 1842-3" & "As originally published 1845" Two octavo volumes (9 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 235 x 146 mm.). Windsor Castle.… Read More

London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. Wine, Women, and Song" In a Fine, Near Contemporary 'Exhibition' Binding by Zaehnsdorf [ZAEHNSDORF, binder]. SYMONDS, John Addington. Wine, Women, and Song. Mediaeval Latin Students' Songs. Now First Translated into English Verse. With an Essay by John Addington Symonds. London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. First edition. One of Fifty Large-Paper Copies of which this is number 28. Quarto (10 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches; 276 x 201 mm.). [viii], 184 pp. Bound ca. 1900 by Zaehnsdorf in an 'Exhibition' binding of full red crushed levant morocco. Covers decoratively tooled in gilt with multi-line borders and floral decorations. Spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, gilt board edges and turn-ins, red silk liners and endpapers. With the small circular 'Exhibition' stamp in blind on rear turn-in. Slight darkening to spine, otherwise very fine. This is the first edition of John Addington Symonds' translations from the Carmina Burana, a Medieval… Read More

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. 'A Vision of the Burden of Man' ZANGWILL, Israel. Without Prejudice. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. First edition. Octavo ( 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches; 191 x 130 mm.). [xvi], 384 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, front cover and spine lettered in gilt. A fine copy. Israel Zangwill (1864-1926), Jewish author and political activist, was passionate about campaigning for the oppressed. Many of his works address women's suffrage, pacifism, Zionism, and Jewish emancipation. He was a strong believer of assimilitation and is best known for his influencial novel Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People (1892) which was later released as a play titled The Melting Pot (1908). Zangwill is credited with coining the term "melting pot" to describe the fusion of various cultures and ethnicities. The present work is a rare volume of literary essays and travel accounts. Most of the selections were originally printed in the "Pall Mall Magazine.

[London]: , 1890. Original Arthur Rackham Pencil Sketch RACKHAM, Arthur, artist. "Woman Running" [n.d., n.p., ca. 1890]. Original pencil drawing. Image size: 5 x 5 inches: 127 x 127 mm. Matted, framed and glazed (frame size: 14 1/2 x 11 3/8 inches; 368 x 288 mm.). This pencil drawing depicts a woman running. She is wearing a hat and a jacket and long skirt. Provenance: from the artist's family. Exhibited at 'The British Art of Illustration' 26th November - 20th December, 1991 (no. 222).

Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1826. The Escape of Charles ll SCOTT, Sir Walter. Woodstock; or, The Cavalier: A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-One. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1826. First edition. Three small octavo volumes. iii-xvi, 315, (i, blank); iii-iv, 332; iii-iv, 370 pp. Contemporary full brown speckled calf, spines decoratively ruled in gilt, maroon and green leather lettering labels, neatly rebacked, lower joint of volume three a little cracked. Bound without the half-titles, a few scattered stains but overall a very good set. "The busy period of the great Civil War was one in which the character and genius of different parties were most brilliantly displayed, and, accordingly, the incidents which took place on either side were of a striking and extraordinary character, and afforded ample foundation for fictitious composition." (Introduction) Woodstock, or The Cavalier: A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one is a… Read More

London: Holloway and Son, 1873. One of a Very Few Copies Specially Bound by Holloway LIÈVRE, Édouard. Works of Art in the Collections of England. Drawn by Édouard Lièvre author of: "Collections Célébres D' Oeuvres D'Art en France" and engraved by Bracquemond, Courtry, Flameng, Greux, Le Rat, Lhermitte, J. Lièvre, Muzelle, Rajon, Randall and Valentin. London: Holloway and Son, [1873]. One of 100 Proof Copies printed on fine paper. Large folio (19 15/16 x 13 5/8 inches; 507 x 345 mm.). [i, half-title], [ii, limitation leaf], [iii, title-page, printed in red and black with India Paper portrait affixed], [iv, photograph of lady on horseback affixed to page], [v-viii, list of subscribers, printed in red and black], [ix-x, contents leaf, printed in red and black], [1-50, text leaves printed in red and black]. Fifty proof plates on India Paper, each one interleaved with a blank. Some very light intermittent foxing to a few leaves, otherwise fine. Publisher's Deluxe Binding of full green morocco… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. The Library Edition of the Works of Oliver Goldsmith GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Edited by Peter Cunningham, F.S.A. Illustrated. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. Library Edition. Twelve large octavo volumes (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 221 x 147 mm.), including The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, by John Forster (in four volumes). Photogravure frontispieces and plates from photographs and from drawings and paintings by Arthur I. Keller, Albert Sterner, Alfred Fredericks, F. Luis Mora, W.P. Snyder, Charles Broughton, and others. With an introduction by Austin Dobson. Title-pages and half-titles printed in red and black. Publisher's (stamp-signed on the verso of the front free endpaper: Bound by Harper & Brothers) three-quarter dark green morocco, ruled in gilt, over marbled boards. Spines in four compartments with three raised bands, gilt-lettered in two compartments, the remaining two compartments decoratively tooled in gilt in a floral… Read More

London: Constable & Co., 1930. The Best Edition of Shaw's Works A Near Mint Set in the Original Printed Dust Jackets SHAW, [George] Bernard. The Works of Bernard Shaw. London: Constable & Co., [1930-1938]. First collected edition. One of 1,000 numbered copies (this copy being No. 501), out of a total edition of 1,025 copies. Thirty-three octavo volumes (9 1/8 x 6 inches; 232 x 153 mm.). Original jade green cloth lettered in gilt on spines. Top edge gilt. A fine set of the best edition of Shaw's works. In the original gray dust jackets with spines printed in red. The "Collected Edition" consisted of thirty volumes, published between 26 July 1930 and 24 February 1932. Three additional volumes were published, one on 7 June 1934 and two on 1 July 1938. Volume I is the first publication of Shaw's first novel, Immaturity, written in 1879 (see Laurence). George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist, critic, and social reformer. "Political and economic socialism, a new religion of creative… Read More

London: R. Ackermann, 1816. From the Original Parts, With All Wrappers ROWLANDSON, Thomas. The World in Miniature, Consisting of a Group of Figures for the Illustration of Landscape, Scenery. Drawn and Etched by T. Rowlandson. London: R. Ackermann, 1816. First edition, from the original eight parts without title-page as issued. Quarto (11 1/4 x 8 1/2 in; 288 x 216 mm). Forty etched plates numbered 1-40 mounted into windowed sheets, with interleaves, with most trimmed within plate mark to plate number or imprint. Bound by Samuel Tout (stamp-signed) c. 1867-69 in later full crushed crimson morocco with triple fillets and gilt corner pieces. Gilt ruled and decorated compartments. Broad turn-ins with elegant gilt decoration. Gilt-rolled edges. Top edge gilt. Joints very lightly rubbed. Original green printed wrappers to each part tipped-in at rear. Copies in the original parts are excessively scarce; the book edition bound from the parts and issued with letterpress title dated 1817 is more readily… Read More

London: R. Ackermann, 1817. First Edition in Book Form A Rare and Marvelous Record Which Rowlandson Left of the England He Knew ROWLANDSON, Thomas. The World In Miniature. Consisting of Groups of Figures, for the Illustration of Landscape-Scenery. Drawn and Etched by T. Rowlandson. London: R. Ackermann, 1817. First edition in book form. Letterpress title-page, and forty black and white plates, numbered 1-40, drawn and etched by Rowlandson. Quarto (9 9/16 x 6 3/4 in; 244 x 175 mm). Original half calf over publisher's original drab boards with original printed green paper label. Calf well rubbed with small losses at spine. Upper joint split but holding on cords, lower joint cracked. A few plates trimmed, as usual, with slight loss. Otherwise an internally clean, bright, and fine copy. Housed in a fleece-lined half black morocco clamshell case. An excellent example of this rare Rowlandson work, which originally appeared in 1816 in eight parts in wrappers. Copies were subsequently bound up from… Read More