Authors starting with V from Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA

Washington Government Printing Office 1873 Hardcover Good 720 pp. Ex-library. Original black cloth with gilt title to the spine. Illustrations, charts, tables and folding maps and profiles. Library bookplate on the front pastedown. Some wear along the edges, corners and spine ends. Minor losses to the spine ends. Rear, inner hinge is cracked; front, inner hinge is starting. The binding is loose and shaken. Internally very good. Hardcover. Very good. (4647) ... more information

Salt Lake City, UT Oxide Books 2006 Paperback First Edition As NEW White wraps with photographic front cover. Valdez's book is "the true story of how a poor, fatherless, westside Latino paperboy - destined to be a respected judge - is plucked off a cold, wintery street corner by an Anglo businessman who mentors and fathers him . . . [and how] nearly forty years later, Judge Andrew A. Valdez, returns the favor when he finds Keller on the street, alone and destitute, a victim of Alzheimer's Dise... more information

New York G. P. Putnam's Sons 1894 Hardcover The Incognito Library 232pp. Duodecimo [17.5 cm] Rose colored cloth covered boards with blue ink stamped titles and designs on the spine and front cover. The covers are concave. The cloth of the rear board is slightly rippled. The edges of the spine and covers are lightly bumped and rubbed. The endsheets are darkened. There is a former owner's small ink stamp on the front free endsheet. Pages mildly browned. The text block is cracked at p. 97. Oswald Vale... more information

Berkeley And / Or Press 1979 Hardcover First edition SIGNED. 243pp. Octavo [22 cm] Beige cloth with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Near fine condition. There is a light stain on the front cover. There are two very small stains on the top edge of the front free endsheet. Illustrated. Signed by Vallee on the half title page. Topics include The Case Against the Spacecraft and The Venusian Candidate.... more information

Amsterdam University of California Press 1978 Hardcover First edition 339pp. Large octavo [26 cm] Dark red cloth with silver stamped title on backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Light rubbing to corners of jacket. Blind stamped former owner initials on half title. ... more information

Salt Lake City, UT E. Martin Photgrapher 3 1/2" by 2 1/4" Carte-des-visite of map of Great Salt Lake Valley. Albumen photograph on mounted card of an illustrated map of the Great Salt Lake Valley. By early pioneer photographer, Edward Martin. See item #129. ... more information

Flammarion 1982 Hardcover First edition 304pp. Folio [33.5 cm] Light blue cloth covered boards with light gray ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Very good plus. The spine ends are gently bumped. There is a gift inscription on the front free endsheet. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Subtly scratched. The edges are lightly bumped, and the edges of the inside flaps are subtly yellowed. French text. Dora Vallier is a prominent specialist in modern art. She is the author of L'Art a... more information

Copenhagen Vilhelm Priors Forlag 1945 Leather bound Danish 362; 347pp. Very thick octavo [20.5 cm] 3/4 brown leather with striped paper covered boards, raised bands, and a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. The covers are rubbed. The underlying boards are peeking through at the corners. The book is sturdy. ... more information

Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 1991 Hardcover First Edition [32pp.] Quarto [28.5 cm/] 1/4 blue cloth over blue boards gilt stamped title on backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Small scuff on front board. ... more information

Utah State University 2011 Paperback NEW 504pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated wraps. A Field Guide with Identification Keys to Native and Naturalized Trees, Shrubs, Cacti, and Vines.... more information

New York Grosset & Dunlap 1929 Hardcover A Philo Vance Story 349pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Black cloth covered boards with light green ink stamped titles. Very good plus. The edges of the covers are very gently bumped. The pages are subtly yellowed. The top fore edge of the text block is lightly soiled. The dust jacket is in very good condition. The edges are rubbed and slightly chipped. With illustrations of the actor in the movie version, Basil Rathbone, on the rear panel of the dust jacket.... more information

New York Grosset & Dunlap Publishers 1926 Hardcover First edition 243pp. Octavo [19 cm] Orange and dark blue cloth covered boards. Very good. The edges of the covers are very slightly bumped and rubbed. The spine is subtly rolled. There is a contemporary owner's name, along with a date, on the front free endsheet. Half of the free endsheets are darkened. The pages are mildly yellowed. The dust jacket is in very good condition. There are brief notations on the internal, non-visible side of the jacke... more information

New York Walker and Company 1988 Hardcover First edition SIGNED. Octavo [21.5 cm] Light blue paper covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. Fair amount of bumping at the head of the spine and a very faint bump at the tail. Nice tight binding. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with a very faint wrinkle at the head of the spine and nearly unnoticeable rubbing at the tip of the upper rear corner. There is a 1 inch long closed tear in the bottom edge of the front panel. Sign... more information

New York Harper Collins 1996 Hardcover First edition VG+/NF SIGNED BY AUTHOR - Light brown boards quarterbound in black cloth are clean and bright. Very slight rubbing at the head and tail of the spine. Pages are a very light cream color. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page in light black pen: "---- - Thanks again for your help - Judy," as well as a full name right under printed one. Dust Jacket - has a wrinkle at the head of the spine. Part of the series of stories with the... more information

New York Harper Collins 1995 Hardcover First edition NF/NF SIGNED BY AUTHOR - Tan boards quarterbound in navy blue paper are clean and bright. Very slight bump at the head of the spine and light bumping at the tail. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page in light black pen: "To ----" on the upper edge of the title page. Signed by the author on the title page in black pen. Dust Jacket - has just the faintest trace of rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the extreme ti... more information

New York Harper Collins 1998 Hardcover First edition NF/NF SIGNED BY AUTHOR - Black boards quarterbound in maroon paper are clean and bright. Very faint bump at the head and tail of the spine. Signed by the author on the title page in blue pen. Dust Jacket - has just the faintest trace of rubbing at the tail of the spine and at the extreme tips of the lower corners. Part of the series of stories with the character Neil Hamel. ... more information

Albuquerque, NM University of New Mexico Press 2003 Hardcover First edition F/F SIGNED BY AUTHOR - Bright red cloth spine and boards are clean. Signed by the author on the title page in blue pen. Dust Jacket - has no noticable flaws. Part of the series of stories with the character Claire Reynier ... more information

Greenwich, CT New York Graphic Society Hardcover Illustrated 559; 625; 625pp. Small quarto [26 cm] Black cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles and vignettes on the spines. In an illustrated paper covered slipcase, with dividers. Very good. The covers are gently rubbed. The front pastedowns have a former owner's bookplates. The spines are faded. The top edges of the text blocks are lightly foxed. The pages are mildly rippled. There is a tiny closed tear in the cloth at the head of spine of volum... more information

Urbana, IL University of Illinois Press 1988 Hardcover First edition 335pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Green cloth with gilt stamped on backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. After the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, a small group of saints headed by James Strang headed north and eventually settled at Beaver Island on Lake Michigan. James Strang ran the island as a personal kingdom even being dubbed "King James". ... more information

Urbana, IL University of Illinois Press 1988 Hardcover First edition 335pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Green cloth with a gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed and bumped. The dust jacket is in very good condition. The edges are bumped and rubbed. The rear panel is mildly soiled, and has a small abraded patch in the surface. There is an old price sticker on the internal side of the jacket. There are two 3/4 inch closed tears in the bottom edge. Protected with a plastic ... more information