published williams (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Sixth thousand hard back binding in publisher's original decorative slate blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, lemon end papers. 18mo. 6½'' x 4½''. Contains frontispiece, 210 + i pp with chapter headers, plus 32 pp publisher's catalogue dated 1881. From the private library and estate of Frank Williams with relevant family name and message in blue ink to the front free end paper 'To Dear Willie (Williams) with Aunties love'. Spotting to the text block edges, dusty page edges and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR BOYS.

Cloth. Zustand: Very good. First edition of Bullet And Shell: War as the Solider Saw It by George F. Williams, published in 1882. (illustrator). First Edition. Octavo, 454pp, [2pp ads]. Pebbled red cloth, pictorial covers, title stamped in gilt on spine. Brown endpapers. Complete with frontispiece and 61 woodcut illustrations, some full page, others in-text, all by Edwin Forbes. Both hinges reinforced. Sunning to spine, with some fading. Solid text block. (Dornbusch I, 179) Not found in Nevins.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First US Edition. Boston: C. Williams. Printed By Watson & Bangs, 1811. Stated First American Edition, 1811. Three quarter tan leather over marbled and decorated paper boards, gilt lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges speckled (interntionally), 336 pages. Covers rubbed with somefading and wear to the pattern, additional wear to the spine head, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with just a couple of instances of foxing, no names or other markings. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 24mo - 5" - 5¾" Tall.

Full leather. Zustand: Very good. The Royal octavo edition of Select Views of Greece with Classical Illustrations by H.W. Williams, published in 1829. (illustrator). Royal Octavo Edition. Tall [Royal] octavo, measures 7.5" x 11", [two volumes]. Three-quarter red morocco, marbled paper-covered boards. Five raised bands, decorative gilt compartments, title in gilt on spines. All edges gilt with marbled endpapers. Solid text blocks, wear to covers, small points of peeling to leather corners. Front free endpaper previously torn out of Volume I. Faint soiling to leaves, a near fine set. Complete with 64 full-page plates. Plates created from original drawings by Hugh Williams. (Allibone 2739) (Lowndes 2932). Selected Views of Greece was originally issued in parts from 1827 to 1829. It was then published in multiple formats simultaneously, including a folio edition, a large-paper edition, and this Royal octavo edition.

Cloth. Zustand: Very good. The first edition of A Scientific and Practical Treatise on American Football For Schools and Colleges by Amos Alonzo Stagg and Henry L. Williams, published in 1893, part of the "American Football Trilogy." (illustrator). First Edition. Twelvemo, [2], 274pp, [2]. Publisher's blue cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine, illustration of player on front cover in gilt. This work was the first of the early football rules books to feature diagrams of the game, and is complete with an illustration of the football field and 69 plates diagramming plays. Period ownership inscription on the second front free endpaper, dated 1893. The lineup of the Princeton University football team opposite the inscription. Rubbing to cloth spine, some loss to gilt, soiling to covers. Internally stable, but occasional leaves are in delicate condition. (Grobani, 1-6) A very good example of this scarce work. This work is part of the "American Football Trilogy," the founding documents of the American football game. The other two works include American Football by Walter Camp and Football by Walter Camp and Lorin F. Deland. This first edition of "Scientific and Practical Treatise on American Football" was followed by a second printing from D. Appleton & Company in 1894 and reissued by Finch Press in 1972.