Search Results: Authors starting with W from Adam Weinberger Books

RARE FIRST 1558 EDITION OF THE "MOST REMARKABLE THEOLOGICAL PRODUCT OF MARY'S REIGN" Watson, Thomas, 1513-1584. Holsome and catholyke doctryne concerninge the seuen sacramentes of Chrystes Church, expedient to be knowen of all men, set forth in maner of shorte sermons to bee made to the people, by the reuerend father in God Thomas byshop of Lincolne. Anno. 1558. Mense Februarij. Excusum Londini : in ædibus Roberti Caly, typographi. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum, [the. x. of February. M.D.LVIII. [1558]. Small 4to., 185 x 130 mm., [4], cxc, [1] leaves ; Signatures: pi⁴ A-I⁸ K¹² L-Z⁸ 2A⁸(-2A8). In this edition, A1r has catchword: 'working'; last line: 'onely'. (Note: This is NOT the pirated edition of the same year differentiated by the last line on A1r with catchword "it.") Ref: STC (2nd ed.), 25112 . Old calf, later spine (peeling at top) , ex-libris sticker to spine, library pocket to added blank and inner rear cover, perforated stamp to t.p., old ink number to lower… Read More

1928. Woolf, Virginia (1882-1940) ORLANDO A Biography. New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928. First edition. Limited edition. Np. 671 of 861 copies printed on rag paper and SIGNED by the author in purple ink on verso of the half-title. 8vo, 22.5 x 16 cm. Original black cloth, spine decorated in gilt, publisher's device gilt to front board, top edge gilt, light ubbing to head of spine, awesome light dust soiling including to top of rear board, minor corner bumping, some light toning. Bookplate of Rollin Oliver Glaser to front paste-down, u,.r. corner title page excision to margin only. [Kirkpatrick A11a] The true first edition, preceding the Hogarth Press edition by nine days. Virginia Woolf's "Orlando: A Biography" is a novel first published in 1928. The book is a fictional biography that spans four centuries, tracing the life of the protagonist Orlando, a nobleman who mysteriously transforms into a woman. The novel is often described as a work of feminist and queer literature because it explores issues of… Read More