Authors starting with V from Glenn Books

London The Hogarth Press 1967.. Ink signature on front free endpaper. Near fine in lightly worn dust jacket. First edition.. ... more information

New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1911. Blue cloth, front cover elaborate design is crisp. Illustrated with full-page color plates. First edition was in 1899. Reprint edition.. ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. Blue cloth spine. Inscrfibed and dated Dec. 31, 1917, on front free endpaper. Sections on premonition, the trial as by fire, France and Belgium, interludes in Holland, and enter ASmerica. 52pp.. First Edition. Paper-covered Boards.. Moderate General Wear/No Jacket. Thin Octavo. ... more information

Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1956. Stated on half-title page, Sinica Leidensia Edidit Institutum Sinologicum Lugdano-Batavum Vol. X. "A 13th century manual of Jurisprudence and Detection". Dust jacket is intact but chipped and soiled. Several areas of missing paper, top of front flap and top, middle of the spine. The book itself is in quite nice condition with one small spot of white stain at bottom edge of front coveer only. Some off-setting onto free endpapers. The book was written in the 13th century b... more information

Beirut: Published By Van Gulik, 1958. Front cover has two blemishes, stain from now-missing small label at top and a small brown stain near bottom at free-edge. Otherwise quite clean throughout. Frontispiece illustration. Van Gulik translated this rather obscure treatise, "A Chinese Treatise on Scrolls and Forgers, Shu-Hua-Shuo-Ling", written by Lu Shih-hua, an 18th century collector who devoted his life to the collecting of antique books and pictures. The "Scrapbook" is presented in c... more information

's-Gravenhage: N.V. Adi Poestaka, 1932. Front cover lettered , with central cameo illustration, in red. Front cover has several small spots of soiling. Free-edge slightly chipped in mid portion. Spine worn but intact. Front cover partially detached in bottom 40%. Two small areas of tape repair on front cover. This is quite an early piece of writing by Van Gulik, a translation of an Indian play by Kalidasa. The text is in Dutch. 84pp. with index. Several lines of text have lines through them on pp.13-14,... more information

Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1956. This is Sinica Leidensia Edidit Institutum Sinologicum Lugduno-Batavum Volume X. "A 13th century manual of jurisprudence and detection". Translated from the original Chinese with an introduction and notes by Mr. Van Gulik. One crease at bottom of front cover, minor fraying at spine extremities. Internally clean throughout. Some pages unopened at the top. Written in the 13th century by a Chinese magistrate named Kuei Wan-jung. He had served as a police inspector and "... more information

Beirut: Published By Van Gulik, 1958. Some soiling to covers, no chipping or rubbing. Blemishes to bottom of both covers in the form of a light water-stain-measuring about 1/2" on front, 1/4" of rear cover. No internal evidence of staining, very clean throughout the text. Frontispiece illustration. Van Gulik translated this important but rather obscure book, "A Chinese Treatise on Scrolls and Forgers, Shu-Hua-Shuo-Ling" written by Lu Shih-hua, an 18th century collector who devoted his li... more information

Newtown, Montgomeryshire: The Gregynog Press, 1932. The Prospectus announcing the publication of the book to be ready in November 1932. Very slight darkening of the edges of the sheet.. Single Sheet. Fine. Thin Octavo. Private Press. ... more information

London, Paris, New York: The Hyperion Press, 1939. Designed by Lepage-Medvey. English translation of the text by Mary Chamot. Color pictorial jacket. Forty full-page color plates, each with a captioned tissue-guard. One plate just slightly bumped at the bottom edge. 16 pages of text material followed by the list of plates.. First Edition.. Heavy Card Wrappers. Light Edge Wear./Minor Soiling at Edges. Quarto. ... more information

Fiorenza (Florence): I. Giunti, 1561. Titled and dated in neat hand on spine. Remnants of green cloth ties. Old ink owner's name on front free endpaper "Fra. Maria del Garbo". Old auction catalogue entry glued to front pastedown. Front hinge loosened. Title-page with vignette of the seal of Florence. Loosely translated this is the second part of the lesson which contains five lessons about love. Read by the author publically in the Academia of Florence and in Padua. "La Prima Parte" ... more information

London: Fry's Magazine, Ltd . Circa 1914.Colorful paper onlays front and back covers. Spine extremities frayed. Cover illustrations remain very bright. Illustrated in black and white photographic reproductions. Chapters on such topics as "the art of driving", "on spoon and iron shots", "the push shot", "use of the mashie", "short approaches", and "the art of putting". Advertisements for various golfing apparel and other needs are interspersed. ... more information

Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1970. Brown stain spot on fore-edge first 48pp. Chapters on the family, the scientist, the consultant, the teacher, poems and stories. Lawson (1861-1952) contributed greatly to the study and teaching of geology. He identified and named the San Andreas Fault in 1895, co-authored the 1908 report on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. He enjoyed painting and poetry. 474pp.. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Light Edge Wear./Plain Brown Dust Jacket. Octavo. ... more information

New York: Crown Publishers, 1973. Prtevious owner's name on front free endpaper.Excellent manual devoted to the particular problems that arise at the various stages of tying flies. Well-illustrated with drawings, color frontispiece of feathers. First published in 1970. 124pp.. Second Edition.. Brick Cloth. Nearly Fine./Nearly Fine.. Octavo. ... more information

Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1934. Some rubbing to edges. Spine just a bit faded. This was a school prize from the Ecole Communale Laique with bookplate on front free endpaper. Printed on heavy card paper. Full-page black and white illustrations. 264pp.. Later Edition. Red Cloth. Light Edge Wear/No Jacket. Tall Quarto. ... more information

Paris: Motteroz, 1884. Yellow endpapers. Small armorial book-plate of Henry Bartlett King, English artist, on front pastedown. Title-page lettered in red and black. Frontispiece portrait of Bertrand, with tissue-guard. Wood-engraved chapter heads and tail pieces. One of an edition of 480 copies. 106pp. with 2 pages of advertisements at the end. Vigeant (1844-1916) was a French fencing master, bibliographer and collector of fencing literature. Thimm p.323, Pardoel 2723.. First Edition. Red Pebbled Cloth. Alm... more information

Paris: Imprime Par Motteroz, 1882. Contemporary half vellum with green cloth. Original parchment wrappers bound in. This is copy # 380/480 copies printed. Minor foxing noted only rarely throughout the text. Antiquarian's bookplate on front pastedown (from Barcelona). A lovely copy of this first fencing bibliography. 172pp plus advertisement page. See Thimm p.323. . Limited.. Nearly Fine.. Octavo.. ... more information

Venetia: Giorgio Angelieri, 1575. Nine copperplates. Actually finished in 1560 and published after the author's death at his wish. See Thimm p.324 for details.. Facsimile of the Original Book. Wrappers, Stapled Binding.. Fine./No Jacket.. Quarto. ... more information

New York: Joseph Vince, Publisher, 1937. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. Four small areas of previous tape removal front endpapers. Frontispiece showing the author. Illustrations by Cornel Wilde. The author was US saber champion in 1925, Canadian saber champion in 1927, and was coach of the US Olympic saber squad in 1936. 53pp. Pardoel 2738.. First Edition. Red Cloth. Nearly Fine./No Jacket.. Thin Octavo. ... more information

Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1912. Autographed letter signed by Miller tipped-in at front. Bookplate of Marion Nelson Waldrip on front pastedown. The letter from Mr. Miller is addressed to Mr. Waldrip. Presentation copy signed by the author. 149pp. with 5 pages of photographs.. Limited Edition. 1/4 Gray Cloth. Light Edge Wear and Soiling/No Jacket. Octavo. ... more information