261. Wight, Thomas.

Colophon Woodcut: “Welcom The Wight That Bringeth Such Light” – Titled in a tablet: ‘Imprinted at London by T. East for Iohn Wight [In lilac ink below this line is also the name ‘W. Shawe’]. Wight’s effigy holds ‘Scientia’ and flanking him are ‘Rhetorica’ and ‘Gramatica’.

London, T.East for Iohn Wight, 1584. 17 cm x 11.8 cm. 1 sheet. Mounted on 19th century paper. Very good condition with only minor signs of a faded dampstain.

262. Wood, Christopher.

Victorian Painting.

First North American Edition. Boston, Mass./New York, N.Y./London, Bulfinch Press, 2000. Quarto (27 cm wide x 29 cm high). 384 pages with 500 illustrations (mainly in colour) and an Index. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. With a private gift-inscription.

263. Woodroffe, Patrick / Greenslade, Dave.

The Pentateuch of the Cosmogony: The Birth and Death of a World.

Surrey, Dragon’s World Limited, 1979. 31.5cm x 32cm. 47 pages. With unique illustrations. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear, such us bumped edges.

264. Wootton, David / Margaret Winifred Tarrant, Helen Mary Jacobs, Beatrice May Goldsmith etc.

The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1780-1996 / 1880-1997. [With many short biographies and listings of women illustrators].

2 volumes (complete set). London, Chris Beetles Limited, 1996-1997. 21 cm x 21 cm. 543 pages includes hundreds of colour-illustrations. Original Softcover with colour illustrations on both front and back cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Loosely inserted is the Price-list for the illustrations for their Sale on November 30th – January 25th 1996).

265. Wright, Rev. G.N.

A Guide to the County of Wicklow. Illustrated by Engravings, after the Designs of George Petrie, Esq. and a Large Map of the County [the large map is missing].

Original, true first edition from 1822. London, Printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1822. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, XII, [1],159, [7] pages. With 4 [of 5] illustrations, including Frontispiece. Original Hardcover of the early 19th century. Binding in poor condition. Illustrations slightly stained only. First layer of the bookblock slightly detached. Even though the large folding map and one of the iillustrations is missing , a rare and important, early tourguide through Wicklow with romantic descriptions of Bray, Glendalough,Luggelaw etc.

266. Wright, Richard.

Richard Wright.

Newcastle, Locus+, 2000. 19,5 cm x 27 cm. [96] pages. Original Softcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

267. Yoshida, Tetsuro.

Das japanische Wohnhaus.

Erste Ausgabe. Tübingen, Wasmuth, 1954. 4. 204 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Originaler Leinenband mit illustriertem Schutzumschlag. Der Umschlag angeraendert und mit kleinen Einrissen. Mit kleinem, eingeklebten Geschenk-Schildchen auf dem Vorsatzblatt. Selten in dieser sehr guten Erhaltung mit dem originalen Umschlag.

268. Youngs, Susan (Editor).

‘The Work of Angels’ – Masterpieces of Celtic Metalwork, 6th-9th Centuries AD. With contributions by Paul T. Craddock, Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Raghnall Ó Floinn, Michael Ryan and Leslie Webster.

London, British Museum Publications Ltd., 1990. 22 cm x 27.5 cm. 223 pages. 185 black and white and 56 colour illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.