Windeler Bernard (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Black cloth, decorated and titled in green and white. A very good copy. Inscribed by the author.

19x14.5cm. First edition. Collection of poems by Bernard Windeler, written under pseudonym W. Bernard. pp53(3). Original black cloth boldly titled in green together with period geometric design in green and white. Binding a little mottled & faded towards edges of front cover, and to lesser effect & extent towards edges of rear cover and at backstrip. No dust jacket. Untrimmed fore-edge of text-block a little toned. The whole slightly bowed. Binding sound and of decent appearance. Contents clean, tight and near fine. GOOD+ copy. Inscribed "To my friend Endean from W. Bernard Xmas 1933" on front pastedown.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4to. Quarter cream buckram over orange cloth boards, gilt device to upper cover and spine lettering in gilt, no dust jacket as issued, but lacking the original slipcase. Corners lightly rubbed and the spine ends lightly bumped, some unfortunate surface staining to the spine, and light soiling to the orange cloth, clean and fresh inside, printed on really nice paper and the illustrations hand-coloured, limited to 450 numbered copies, this is no. 62.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 4to. pp xv, 79, xvii, plates. Original publisher's white cloth over orange cloth boards, lettered gilt on spine with gilt decorations. A series of Copper Plates engraved in the Line manner by Edward Wadsworth and coloured by hand, with an introduction and brief descriptions by Bernard Windeler. One of 450 numbered copies, this 115. A departure for Wadsworth from wood-engraving and is one of only a few books printed by the Curwen Press from copper-engravings. It contains some fourteen large hand-coloured engravings of sailing vessels, several vignettes, an engraved title page and a fine engraved map of the area covered, between Alicante and Trieste. The marriage of Wadsworth's Òspare and gracefulÓ (Gilmour) engravings and the equally light Koch Kursiv typeface is a resounding and unexpected success. With the small attractive bookplate at rear pastedown, showing a bookish owl, of 'Oz' publisher, later media tycoon, Felix Dennis (1947-2014). He was also a distinguished poet, philanthropist, book collector and lover of trees (the Forest of Dennis.) Ownership signature on the front pastedown of Betsy Drake (1923 Ð 2015) American actress and writer and also known for being the third wife of actor Cary Grant. Mild fading to the edges of the upper cover, head and tail of spine a little bumped but generally a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Orange cloth hard cover with cream spine - fading to top front and back corners/a couple of blemishes/Good. In blue card slip case with title on front cover - some age discolouration/overall Good. This Edition number 116, printed on Zanders hand-made paper, at the Curwen Press, 450 numbered copies. Content Good+. (671g) Photo on request.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Edward Wadsworth; Bernard Windeler (illustrator). First edition. The first limited edition work by Edward Wadsworth, comprising of eighteen detailed plates of sailing ships. The first limited edition of this work, limited to 450 copies, of which this is numbered 71.After this work was printed the copper plates were destroyed.In the original slipcase, in a good condition.A series of eighteen detailed plates depicting sailing vessels by Edward Wadsworth.Complete with eighteen plates and one map, seventeen of which are hand coloured, as well as hand-coloured vignettes.Wadsworth was a notable artist associated with the Vorticism movement, best remembered today for designing the dazzle camouflage for the Royal Navy during the First World War.Coloured by hand and with an introduction and descriptions by Bernard Windeler.Including a glossary to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original slipcase. Externally, with discolouration and tide marks to the boards. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Slipcase is discoloured also with some marks, including a tide mark to the head, in a good condition. Good. book.

Etchings by Edward Wadsworth colored by Bernard Windeler, 12 x 8", two- tone gilt-dec cloth, unpaginated, covers worn, soled and stained, hinges loose, end papers toned unevenly, textblock edges tone, with some minor finger soil, still the 18 etchings are in very nice condition. LIMITED TO 450 NUMBERED COPIES ON ZANDERS HAND-MADE PAPER (this is number 15).