Authors starting with V from Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.

Rouen: J. Lemonnyer, Libraire.. 1879. 12mo. (4),46,(2)pp. Illus. with 4 copper engraved headpieces. Editions limited to 290 numbered copies on papier velin teinte (total printing of 350). Finely bound by Brentanoís New York in 1/2 dark blue morocco over marbled boards, orig. green printed wrappers bound in. T.e.g. ... more information

Venice: Gregorio de Gregorii.. 1526. 8vo. ff.215. With the final blank. Title within a decorative woodcut border. Early vellum and boards, calf spine label. ... more information

Lyon: Apud Seb. Gryphium.. 1548. 16mo. 308,(2)pp. With the final blank. Woodcut printer's device on title. Small pictorial woodcut capitals. Cont. calf, gilt tooled spine compartments & diamond shaped design on both covers. Hinges repaired some time ago, front hinge now cracked but cords holding soundly. A.e.g. Text entirely ruled in red. Bottom corner of one leaf (I3) torn, but only touching the catchword. Cont. ownership inscription on front free endpaper dated May, 1607. ... more information

Paris: Editions du Sagittaire.. 1931. First edition. Wraps. Fine. First edition. 4to. (6),164,(2)pp. Unopened. Edition limited to 1,000 numbered copies on velin de rives (out of a total printing of 1,050). Orig. printed wrappers. ... more information

Lyons: Thomas Amaulry. 1705. 12mo. (24),168,(20)pp. Index. Plus 14 (of 15) copper engraved plates, 1 text engraving and numerous text woodcuts. Title printed in red & black and with a woodcut vignette. Cont. calf, gilt decorated spine, brown calf label. Extremities of spine chipped and with small (3/4î) splits at outer hinges. ... more information

Breslau: In Officina Andree Vingleri.. 1546. y First edition. Pigskin over wooden boards. Very Good. Sm. 8vo. (388)pp. With the final blank. BOUND WITH: Pezel, Christoph. ORATIO DE GENERATIONE HOMINIS, in Qua Recitantur et Miracula Praecipua & Imagines Insigniores, Quae in Opere Generationis Humanae Lucent ac Conspiciuntur, Edita. Wittenberg: Apud Haeredes Georgii Rhau. 1565. (80)pp., including the final blank. Both works bound together in cont. 1/2 roll tooled pigskin, hand lettered spine, over wooden ... more information

Venice: Gli Heredi di Piero Ravano & Compagni. 1543. 8vo. ff.(8),71,(1). Complete with the final leaf, blank except for the large woodcut device on the verso. Title within a woodcut border illustrated with military scenes. Text with 21 woodcuts (many full-page) illustrating fortifications, weapons & machines, battle formations, etc. Modern brown morocco over marbled boards. Some occasional text soiling, but a very good copy. ... more information

Rome: A spese di Biagio Deuersin, e Felice Cesaretti. Nella Stamperia di Vitale Mascardi.. 1663. First edition. Vellum. Very Good. 4to. (8),508,(18)pp. Index. Woodcut device on title. Large woodcut capitals. Illustrated with 4 full-page woodcut plans in the text. Cont. vellum, spine hand lettered, with minor worming. Round red rubber stamp on title page and first leaf. Some worming (pages 267-329) at inner blank margin (text unaffected). Some foxing of outer leaves. ... more information

Rome: A spese di Biagio Deuersin.. 1658. First edition. Vellum. Very Good. 4to. (12),492,(24)pp. Index. Armorial woodcut device on title. Cont. vellum, hand lettered spine (minor worming). Title lightly soiled. Small round red rubber stamp on first two leaves and final leaf. Title lightly soiled. Old oil stain on last 8 leaves of the index. ... more information

Los Angeles: The Book Club of California.. 1939. Sm. 4to. 12,(4)pp. Plus a 23pp. facsimile. With an original leaf from Benjamin Franklin's edition of the "Church of Scotland Prayer Book," Philadelphia, 1745. Edition limited to 250 copies printed by Ward Ritchie. Green cloth, gilt. Fine. ... more information

New York: Privately Printed.. 1952. Lg. 8vo. 180pp. Profusely illustrated with facsimiles, some folding. Edition limited to 700 copies. Red linen, gilt, over marbled boards. Fine. The author's Christmas Book for 1952; a catalog of his amazing rare book collection of "American nuggets. " ... more information

London: For Stephen Austin.. 1736. [remaineder of title]...The Foundations of Dialling... Originally Written in Latin... Since Improved and Illustrated by Sir Isaac Newton and Dr. Jurin; and Now Translated into English... by Mr. Dugdale... The Third Edition with Large Additions. In T wo Volumes. 8vo. 2 vols. xxiv,528;xvi,(529)-898,(14)pp. Index. Illustrated with a copper engraved frontispiece and 12 folding plates. Orig. calf, somewhat rubbed; volume I with the top 2" portion of the spine mostly chippe... more information

Paris: Joannem Marchant.. 1511. Later printing. Vellum. Very Good. Folio. 3 parts in 1. ff.(6),lx;(2),xl;xxiii,(1, blank). First 2 parts are double column. Title printed in black & red Gothic type within an elaborate border of woodcut vignettes, and a large central device of Parisian bookseller Hemon Le Fevre. White-on-black woodcut initials throughout. Later limp vellum, spine stamped in gilt. A.e.g. Housed in a custom made brown linen slipcase. Title page lightly soiled, and with a repair at top fore-... more information

Washington): Published by the [Geological] Society [of America].. August, 1935. Lg. 8vo. viii,184pp. Illustrated with 8 text figures and 10 plates (including 5 folding geologic maps in color and a folding correlation table). Orig. burgundy cloth, gilt. Small rubber library stamps in a few unobtrusive places. "Geological Societ y of America, Memoir 3." ... more information

Leyden: Ex Officina Plantiniana.. 1592. Later printing. Vellum. Very Good. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, each with a title page. (16),320;(16),480,(32)pp. Index. Woodcut printer's device on both titles. Illustrated with 51 finely executed text woodcuts (some full-page) and a large folding plan of Roman troop deployment (often lacking). Cont. vellum, soiled & darkened, hand- lettered spine. Some old minor underlining. Several old ownership signatures on title. Engraved armorial bookplate on front pastedown of M... more information

New York: Printed by J. W. Bell.. 1850. 36pp. Illus. with 7 text drawings of Central American ruins. Orig. printed front wrapper, lightly soiled, back wrapper lacking. ... more information

New York: Roberto McDermut. 1810. 432pp. Cont. sheep, a bit scuffed & soiled, red calf spine label. Some browning throughout. ... more information

Madrid: en la Oficina De Antonio Sanz.. 1752. First edition. Vellum. Very Good. 4to. (16),164,(6)pp. Plus 20 copper engraved plates. Copper engraved title page vignette and copper engraved head & tail pieces. Cont. vellum, some soiling. Blind stamped designs on both covers. A later red morocco spine label has been partially chipped to reveal the underlying original calf label. Engraved bookplate of English historian & book collector William Stirling-Maxwell (d. 1878) on front pastedown, and his book... more information

Paris: Chez Durand.. 1767. y First French edition. Full Calf. Very Good. 12mo. 3 vols. (2),xxii,360;viii,376; viii,354,(2)pp. Copper engraved folding map of California. Cont. mottled calf, elaborately gilt spines (some rubbing, and a small gouge near the top of Vol. III), red morocco spine labels. Ownership signature of H. Jacquemet and his rubber stamp on the title pages. Each vol. with several bookplates, but most notably that of author/historian Carl I. Wheat. ... more information

Venice: Guilelmus Anima Mia, Tridinensis.. Aug. 11, 1486. Later printing. Pigskin over oak boards. Very Good. Folio. 117 (of 118) leaves, lacking the first blank. Double column text. Text (particularly the first half) with numerous cont. marginal annotations. Following the text, this copy with 3 pages of cont. manuscript index. Original oak boards, spine re-covered with modern white pigskin. Orig. front and rear binder's blanks cut out. Some light text soiling. Housed in a green morocco spine over marbl... more information