Author:Winter, William

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Life and Art of Joseph Jefferson; Together With Some Account of His Ancestry and of the Jefferson Family of Actors

By: Winter, William

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Macmillan and Co. 1894. New York.: 1894

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 1916

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

BAL 23106, large paper edition, one of 250 copies with illustrations on plate paper. Uncut page edges. Some unopened pages. Frontispiece. 319 pages. Slight browning to end papers. From the Preface: "The Jefferson family has been upon the stage, continuously, for five generations.", in England since 1727 and in America from 1794 to the present. A history of Joseph Jefferson and his family.
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Life and Art of Richard Mansfield; With Selections From His Letters; Two Volumes

By: Winter, William

Price: $47.50

Publisher: Moffat, Yard and Company. 1910. New York.: 1910

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 1922

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Two volumes. Illustrations. Magazine photos of Mansfield pasted to front end papers. Gilt edged page tops. 361 and 353 pages. From the Preface: "The chronicle of Mansfield's career tells the story of a man of aspiring genius who, during many years and against many obstacles, strove for the achievement of noble results in the administration of the Theatre; gained brilliant victories; encountered grievous disappointments; and, after a gallant struggle, died, exhausted in the endless contest that seeks to make intellect triumphant over materialism and the great art of acting a prime incentive...
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Life and Art of Edwin Booth

By: Winter, William

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Macmillan and Co. 1893. New York.: 1893

Seller ID: 1929

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Illustrations. Gilt edged page tops. Gilt decoration front cover. Offsetting on title page from tissue over frontispiece. Top outside corner missing rear end paper. In the Preface, the author states Booth was ".the best of American actors and one of the greatest tragedians that have ever lived". Booth: His life, his art, his major roles and memorials upon his death.
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Vagrant Memories; Being Further Recollections of Other Days

By: Winter, William

Price: $25.00

Publisher: George H. Doran Company. 1915. New York.: 1915

Seller ID: 1932

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

First edition. BAL 23155. Slight spotting to cover. Illustrations. Untrimmed pages. As noted in the Preface, the author wrote this book to depict and commemorate "leading representatives of the Stage". He writes about: William Warren, laura Keene, Matilda Heron, Lester Wallack, 1James W. Wallace, Mark Smith, Edward Adams, Henry J. Montague; Edwin Booth, Augustin Daly, Henry Irving, Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Edward H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe, Illustrated. Index.
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Edwin Booth in Twelve Dramatic Characters

By: Winter, William

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Boston, James R. Osgood & Company: 1872

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 4482

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

BAL 23011, binding "b" (no priority). Abundant gilt decoration front cover, gilt edge pages. Illustrations. Book measures 11 x 14 1/4. Slight chipping to spine top and bottom. Edwin Booth was born in 1833. His father was an actor and Edwin often accompanied him as attendant and dresser on his dramatic tours. Biographical sketch of the life of Edwin Booth. The biographer also provides sketches of Booth's many performances with full-page illustrations of the actor in costume as: Hamlet; Richelieu; Othello; Bertuccio; Richard III; Brutus; King Lear; Shylock; Macbeth; Benedick; Don Caesar ...
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The Poems of William Winter with a Portrait

By: Winter, William

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Moffat, Yard and Company: 1909

Seller ID: 5324

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

First edition. No. 124 of 150 copies printed. BAL 23132. Paper over boards. A fine copy in a somwhat worn and soiled slipcase. Inscribed by Winter to Elihu Root: "To Eilhu Root, with admiration for a noble mind (and) of grateful rememberance of a signal kindness, from the author May 15, 1917." Root (1845-1937) was United States Secretary of War (1899-1904); Secretary of State (1905-1909) and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1912. Winter was the leading theatre critic of his day and the author of many biographies of actors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Old Shrines and Ivy.

By: Winter, William

Price: $37.50

Publisher: New York, Macmillan and Co.: 1892

Seller ID: 5628

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Essays in England, Scotland, France, and especially Warwickshire. "The study of Shakespeare is the study of life. There can be no broader or higher subject." 296 page book with wide margins, cloth backed boards, unopened pages. Binding somewhat soiled and paper label on spine faded. Internally clean. First edition, large paper edition, 250 copies printed. BAL 23094.
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Gray Days and Gold in England and Scotland.

By: Winter, William

Price: $17.50

Publisher: New York, Macmillan and Company: 1892

Seller ID: 5683

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

New edition. BAL 23095: "This edition is revised slightly." 335 pages, navy cloth with gilt title, 5.5" x 4". Traveling about London, York, Bath, "Land of Wordsworth", Shakespeare, Bosworth, Dr. Johnson, Walter Scott.
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The Life of David Belasco.

By: Winter, William

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Moffat, Yard and Company: 1918

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 6249

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

2 stout volumes: xxxiii, 530, xvi, 563 pages, plus many portraits in photogravure and in halftone, gilt stamped cloth, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, inscribed "To My dear friend, Oliver Orr with affectionate greetings, David Belasco, May 18th, 1923". Nearly fine, light shelf wear to bottom edge. A biography of the "leading theatrical manager in the United States" by the renowned drama critic. They were friends for more than 30 years. Completed by Winter's son Jefferson after his death in 1917.
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Autograph Letter Signed to His Son Charles - William Winter

By: Winter, William

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Gloucester, Mass., 1830

Inscription: Inscribed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 6715

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Four page sheet, 11 3/4 x 7 1/4", with one page letter, dated Feb. 4th, 1830 to his son in New York on board the Brig Suffolk, with news from home. Fritz sailed in his old Ship Eugene for Savannah, Mr. Brown and J Woodbury built a house and had just moved in when Mr. Brown sickened and died, your Mother hopes you will come home from New York, etc. On reverse side Eugene has added a note to Charles that "Anna Marie is one of the most pritee Little creaturs you ever saw. She often speeks of her Uncal Charles. You will see Fritz arrival in paper." Folded and addressed. Age toned, soil...
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Gray Days and Gold in England and Scotland: New Edition Revised with Illustrations

By: Winter, William

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York and London, The Macmillan Co.: 1896

Edition: First Illustrated Edition

Seller ID: 6955

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Attractive decorated cloth. Illustrated with photos and small drawings in text. Presentation copy from the author to his wife: "To my Lizzie, an affectionate rememberance on her birthday. December 19, 1896." All edges gilt. 323 pages plus 4 page catalog of "Books of William Winter" at end. Literary travels by the leading theatre critic of his day.
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English Rambles and Other Fugitive Pieces in Prose and Verse

By: Winter, William

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Boston, James R. Osgood and Company: 1884

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Inscribed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 8693

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Full leather binding with raised bands and gilt decorations on spine. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Inscribed by the author to his wife: "To my beloved wife--My Lizzie, on her birthday, December 19, 1883. William Winter." Signed "Elizabeth Winter" on front end paper. Bibliography of American Literature number 23052, first state: "According to publisher's records first printing of 520 copies Nov. 12, 1883." Text consists of Winter's literary travels in England, a tribute to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Winter's early literary patron) and poems, some of which concern...
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Gray Days and Gold: In England and Scotland. New Edition, revised, with Illustrations

By: Winter, William

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York and London, The Macmillan Company: 1896

Seller ID: 8731

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Publisher's dark gray cloth heavily decorated with gilt floral pattern. Inscribed by author with slip on front pastedown: "To my dear Louis. An affectionate rememberance on Christmas Eve 1896. With his father's love and blessing." (Not signed). William Winter was the leading theatre critic in America from the 1870's through the mid 19 teens. His son Louis was an actor. This is the first printing of the revised and illustrated edition. 324 pages, plus advertising of other of Winter's books at end.
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Old Shrines and Ivy

By: Winter, William

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York and London, Macmillan and Co.: 1892

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 8732

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. The first trade edition. Bibliography of American Literature number 23094. Inscribed by the author to his son: "To Louis, with his father's love. July 17, 1892." (Also signed in 1905 by William Winter's daughter Viola Winter Stilson). An early inscription, since BAL notes that the book was deposited for copyright July 18, 1892. Literary travel in England, Scotland and the United States. William Winter was America's leading theatre cirtic and also was a poet and travel writer. 296 pages, plus advertising section of other books ...
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The Queen's Domain and Other Poems

By: Winter, William

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston and New York, E.O. Libby & Co. (and) Charles Scribner: 1859

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 8733

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Publisher's pebble cloth with gilt lettering and sprine ornament of large shoot of flowers with a tear drop pendant (BAL 22997, state B of binding "no priority"). Some wear to extremities and offsetting to title page, but a nice copy of a fragile book. This is an early book of Winter's. He started his writing career as a poet, but later became America's leading theatre cirtic. 144 pages.
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Shakespeare's England

By: Winter, William

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Moffat, Yard & Company: 1916

Seller ID: 8737

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

"Shakespeare Tercentennary Edition." Number 144 of 450 copies, signed by Winter. Additionally with a four line autograph poem signed on the front end paper and dated August 22, 1916 and with the illustration on page 73 initialled by Winter. Bookplate on front pastedown of Frederick W. Skiff. Attractive publisher's black cloth with gilt and green pattern on fron cover and gilt lettering. Illustrated 344 pages.
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Gray Days and Gold

By: Winter, William

Price: $47.50

Publisher: New York, Moffat, Yard & Company: 1911

Seller ID: 8739

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Uncommon, early dust jacket moderately chipped along top and bottom edges. Publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering and tooling over front cover design in grren and gilt. Bibliography of American Literature number 23141: "This edition contains a new 'Preface,' dated July 15, 1910. In spite of Winter's statement in this 'Preface,' most if not all of the material is reprinted from Gray Days and Gold, 1896, or Old Shrines and Ivy, 1892. It has, however, been heavily revised." Largely unopened. Illustrated. 371 pages.
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Poems

By: Winter, William

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Boston, George W. Briggs & Co.: 1855

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 8740

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering and impressed design front and back cover. Bibliography of American Literature number 22993. First edition of author's first book. BAL's state "A" of binding. Slightly chipped top and bottom of spine. Internally clean and fresh. Winter's early writing career was as a poet. He later became the leading theatre critic in America and was the author of many biographies of the leading actors and actresses of the day. 143 pages.
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My Witness: a Book of Verse

By: Winter, William

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, James R Osgood and Company: 1871

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 8741

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Publisher brown cloth with gilt lettering. Some internal and external soiling. Slightly chipped and rubbed top and bottom of spine. Bibliography of American Literature number 23009: ."1020 copies printed." 128 pages.
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Wanderers, the Poems of William Winter, New Edition, with Portrait

By: Winter, William

Price: $47.50

Publisher: New York and London, Macmillan and Company: 1892

Seller ID: 8742

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Publisher's gray cloth with title label on spine. Bibliography of American Literature number 23096. Nine of the poems and "notes" (;ages 265-8) appear in this edition for the first time Limited to 250 copies printed on hand made paper. 268 pages.
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Author:Winter, William