Search Results: Titles starting with W from Cedar Tree Antiques

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1981. 1st Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket, as issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Thomas W. Nason. WALDEN, OR LIFE IN THE WOODS by Henry David Thoreau, is a journey of self-discovery and a manual of self-reliance while living simply in nature. Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American transcendentalist writer. Walden was first published in 1854. This edition was published by Easton Press in 1981 as one of its "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Octavo, 7 5/8" tall, in red leather with gilt ornamentation on front and back covers, four raised bands and gilt title to spine. Pink colored ribbon with matching pink moire silk endpapers. Smyth sewn binding, archival paper, all gilt edges. First edition, first printing, no dust jacket, as issued. No names or markings. A fine, bright copy of a finely produced edition of this great American essay.

London: Christie's, 2000. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Christie's sale #6293: WORKS OF ART FROM THE WERNHER COLLECTION. Sir Julius Charles Wernher, 1st Baronet (1850-1912) was a German-born Randlord, diamond magnate, and art collector. 91 lots comprised of silver & silver gilt, scientific instruments, clocks, ivories, furniture, tapestries, carpets & textiles, old master pictures, and British pictures. As new condition in slipcase. Fine condition.

London: Jacob Tonson & Edmund Curl, 1709. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. THE WORKS OF MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR IN SIX VOLUMES: ADORN'D WITH CUTS was published in 1709 by Jacob Tonson & edited by Nicholas Rowe. They are the 1st edition of Shakespeare's plays published after the four folios. These are the first illustrated edition of Shakespeare's plays, 1st edition to indicate acts, scenes & dramatis personae, 1st to provide stage directions, 1st to include a formal biography of Shakespeare. Also includes THE WORKS OF MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR. VOLUME THE SEVENTH. CONTAINING VENUS & ADONIS, TARQUIN & LUCRECE AND HIS MISCELLANY POEMS published in 1710 by Edmund Curll. "The significance of the 'volume the seventh' as has been generally understood, is in the fact that the book was intended as a supplementary volume to be sold to purchasers of the set of Rowe's Works of Shakespeare" (Alden, 1916). This octavo… Read More

Dutton, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. José Narro. WORLD WITHOUT END - Ken Follett's masterful epic The Pillars of the Earth enchanted millions of readers with its compelling drama of war, passion and family conflict set around the building of a cathedral. WORLD WITHOUT END takes readers back to medieval Kingsbridge two centuries later, as the men, women and children of the city once again grapple with the devastating sweep of historical change. On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed. CONDITION: Book is as new, with tight spine & text block. No markings, no bookplate. Dust jacket is fine - very slight bend at front bottom, & top of spine. DJ is not price clipped..