Search Results: Titles starting with W from Howard S. Mott, Inc

[WHITMAN, Walt]. KURTZ, William, photographer. Original photograph of Walt Whitman, a 2 x 1 1/2" circular head and shoulder image of the white-bearded poet looking directly ahead, mounted in original decorative brass case, cloth back, with two "feet" for standing up, and loop at top for hanging up. With photographer's name stamp on verso. The cloth stand on verso has been mended. N.p., n.d. [New York, ca. 1867-69].

Kurtz (1834-1904), was born and raised in Germany. He went to London after serving in the German army, left to fight in the Crimean War, after which he was a lithographer in London; came to this country when serving on a ship bound for California which was wrecked, but whose crew was saved. He made his way to New York, and opened his gallery on Broadway in 1865. "...WW, in an 1869 notebook, records Kurtz's name and the address of his Madison Square studio; several very striking portraits of WW were done by Kurtz in the… Read More

[WHITMAN, Walt]. Original photograph of the white-bearded poet, 4 x 2 3/4", in later wooden frame. N.p., n.d. [New York? 1860s?]. $700.00
Probably William Kurtz, or possibly Matthew Brad or Alexander Gardner? Label on verso of Charles M. Heritage, picture framer, 424 Broadway, Camden, New Jersey, where he operated his business for many years, beginning in 1930. A manuscript note pasted on verso by noted Whitman collector, Harriet Chapman Sprague: "This picture of Whitman belonged to Herman Livesey (first curator of the Walt Whitman House in Camden). He gave it to Mrs. Martha L. Davis, his successor--she sent it to me March 31, 1950. Have seen none like it but it may be taken from Saunders 99 or from W W in Camden, p. 378. HCS." There is no image of WW at p. 378, and we do not find it anywhere else.

[DOUGLAS, The Brothers]. The Wanderers, or Horatio and Laetitia. A Poem in Five Epistles. [Illustrated. with 2 full-page wood engravings, including frontispiece & 2 vignettes, by William Williams]. 12mo, contemporary tree calf, gold stamped black leatherlabel, pp. 138, [1] + engraved frontispiece, 1 other plate & 2 vignettes, by William Williams. Utica [N.Y.}: Printed for the Authors by Seward and Williams, 1811.Only Edition. Complete with frontispiece sometimes wanting. Except for some minor browning, a fine copy of an early American poem. The last leaf is blank, except for the note: "The engravings on wood, by William Williams." See John Camp Williams, An Oneida County Printer (1906) for a full account of Williams, in which it is suggested that he is our third American wood engraver, after Anderson and Lansing. Stoddard & Whitesell 971, where four of the eleven copies examined lack the frontispiece. Hamilton 1293a. Wegelin 1378. American Imprints 24360.

[LINCOLN, Abraham]. National Union Ticket. For President, Abraham Lincoln. For Vice-President, Andrew Johnson. For Electors…State Ticket. Second District. For Congress, William Higby… Illustrated electoral ticket, pp. [2], 3 x 7". [Sacramento: 1864].

Headed: "We will Defend it Forever! Over an Amercian flag and cannon, with smoke coming out of the barrel after firing. Verso printed in red, "The Union Forever" printed in red on verso, with the representation of America, and the American flag. Fine.

THE DEDICATEE'S MANUSCRIPT REVIEW + SMALL ARCHIVE
WILSON, Angus (1913-1991), English novelist, short story writer and reviewer. [KING, Viva, (1893-1979) 1920's Bohemian]. Small archive relating to the publication of scandalous London hostess Viva King's autobiography, The Weeping and The Laughter. London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1976, the archive includes Wilson's manuscript book review & more. London, 1976.

King writes the Preface to her autobiography, "...Angus Wilson offered to write this book for me. However, I decided to try my luck myself...Illness and other interruptions caused delays in finishing this book, and, but for Angus Wilson's encouragement, I might never have come to 'Finis'; and so, to him with love and gratitude I dedicate this work." With the archive we include a first edition of the book, in dust jacket, whose blurb describes Viva King as "for many years one of London's best-loved hostesses," who "now in her eighties, Mrs. King looks back on the Bohemian-smart world of the… Read More

LAMB, Charles. The Works. 4 vols., 12mo, full green morocco by Bayntun, gilt borders and spine (spines uniformly faded to a pleasant brown), inner gilt dentelles, marbled end papers, a.e.g. London: Edward Moxon, 1850.
Edited by T. N. Talfould, vols. I-IIare "New Editions" of Letters and Final Memorials. With the portrait of Lamb, and all half-titles. A handsome set. NCBEL III-p. 1224.

WITH A WATERCOLOR MINIATURE OF LADY MONTAGU PAINTED FOR PRESENTATION

MONTAGU, Mary Wortley.
The Works of...Sixth Edition. Vol. II only (of 5). 8vo, presentation (?) brown morocco, elaborately gilt, inner gilt dentelles, purple silk end papers, pp. xi, [1] blank, 339, [1]; 103, a.e.g. London: Longman et al, 1817.
A composite volume made up for presentation being comprised of volume II plus signatures B-H4 of volume III, so as to include only Lady Montagu's letters written from her husband's embassy to the East. Tipped-in is a lovely watercolor miniature measuring 3 7/8 x 3", with manuscript calligraphic caption, "Copied from an Original Miniature of Lady Wortley Montague [sic] at Harrington House-by Lady Caroline Stanhope." The copyist was the daughter of the 3rd Earl of Harrington, later the wife of E. S. Stanford, M. P. The watercolor depicts Lady Montagu in Turkish costume and was copied by Lady Stanhope from the original painting by Christian Zincke which was owned by her father, the Earl… Read More

"ONE OF THE EARLIEST ATTEMPTS TO PRODUCE A TRUE PHONETIC SYSTEM": A SCARCE PROVINCIAL IMPRINT
HERVEY, Thomas, Rev. The Writer's time redeemed, and speaker's words recalled. By a Pen shap'd both for oral Expedition, and the most legible Plainness and Punctuality; or, Annet's short hand perfected. Further enlarged and improved, in a Method strikingly easy, and engaging to the meanest Capacity. In two parts. Part I. Containing the Characters classed in their alphabetical and derivative Order, together with the Rules of their Application...Part II. Contains the Rules and Examples, with a special View to the following of a Speaker--Together with sufficient Copper-plate Specimens to both Parts... 12mo, contemporary 1/4 morocco backed marbled boards (rubbed), pp. [5]-v-xvii, [1], 92, [4, subscribers' list] + 4 plates on 2 folding leaves, uncut. Kendall: Printed for T. Pennington [1779?].… Read More

[SHORTHAND]. HERVEY, Thomas, Rev. The Writer's time redeemed, and speaker's words recalled. By a Pen shap'd both for oral Expedition, and the most legible Plainness and Punctuality; or, Annet's short hand perfected. Further enlarged and improved, in a Method strikingly easy, and engaging to the meanest Capacity. In two parts. Part I. Containing the Characters classed in their alphabetical and derivative Order, together with the Rules of their Application...Part II. Contains the Rules and Examples, with a special View to the following of a Speaker--Together with sufficient Copper-plate Specimens to both Parts... 12mo, contemporary 1/4 morocco backed marbled boards (rubbed), pp. [5]-v-xvii, [1], 92, [4, subscribers' list] + 4 plates on 2 folding leaves, uncut. Kendall: Printed for T. Pennington [1779?]. First Edition of a substantial revision of Peter Annet's Shortland (1750) by Rev. Thomas Hervey, curate of… Read More