Authors starting with V from Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1885. First American edition.. Small octavo. Original publisher's cloth, titled in gilt; xlii, 300, 4pp. Slight rubbing to spine ends and joints, still a tight, clean, nicely-preserved copy. ... more information

New York: Pamphlet Press, 1935. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial wrappers; 21pp; illus. Final three leaves creased and toned in outer margin, else a fresh copy of the apparently uncommon pamphlet issue. ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. Later Printing.. Octavo (20cm). Maroon ribbed cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; 400pp. Occasional light pencil marginalia; very light external rubbing; a tight, Very Good copy. Attractive copy of Veblen's important second book, following his landmark work Theory of the Leisure Class (1899); an important early critique of capital markets and the tendency of modern business to concentrate ownership. First published in 1904; this is a later but compar... more information

New York: The Viking Press, 1934. First Edition.. Octavo (18cm). Green ribbed cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; 472pp. Minor external soil and wear; bit of dusting & soil to page edges; still a tight, Very Good copy. Lacking the scarce jacket.Posthumous collection of economic essays and miscellaneous pieces. ... more information

New York: Doubleday, 1955. Later Printing.. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 301pp. Inscribed on front endpaper: "To Bernarda and Ben Shahn a book of unrest for peaceful reading from friends Elis and Immanuel Velikovsky," dated 1964. Very good in slightly edge-worn dustjacket with 1/2" loss at base of spine. A later installment in Velikovsky's series of pseudo-scientific ruminations on the origins of the universe. Shahn an Velikovsky would probably have known one another throu... more information

New Delhi: New Literature, 1961. Staple-bound pamphlet; 16pp. Pencil date to cover sunned along edges, wear to bottom right corner, else near fine. ... more information

Detroit: Broadside Press, 1993. First Edition Thus.. Broadside, 11" x 8.5". Printed in black on pink card stock. Broadside Poets theater, No. 2; previously published in Sorrow's End. Fine, unworn copy. The Broadside Poets Theatre, established by Dudley Randall in 1980, is a weekly reading/performance series featuring the work of young Black writers. ... more information

San Juan: Ediciones Alba, 1974. First Edition.. Small square quarto. Inscribed by the photographer's father Jack Delano to Bernarda Shahn: “For Bernarda with love, Jack.” Fine in about fine dustwrapper with a tiny tear and a little rubbing. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with estate label tipped on to front pastedown. Both Ben Shahn and Jack Delano worked as photographers for the FSA during the depression. Delano married Shahn&#82... more information

Washington DC: Vietnam Moratorium Committee, 1970. Tabloid. First three issues (probably all issued); each issue 8pp. Bi-weekly. Old folds; slight browning to paper; address labels; Very Good. Short-lived periodical devoted to ending the Vietnam War. No institutions appear to have more than the first three issues, so we would surmise that publication ceased after no. 3. ... more information

New York: Avon, 1976. First Edition.. 12mo. Printed wrappers; 95p. Floyd's first book, a collection of Vietnam battlefield poems. Warmly and lengthily inscribed inside front cover to Ralph de Toledano, co-founder and editor of the National Review (addressed only as "Ralph"), thanking him for his support, requesting reviews, and communicating plans for his Vietnam trilogy. Excellent, clean copy with mild rubbing at spine ends, else Fine. ... more information

Washington, D.C: Public Affairs Press, 1965. First Edition.. Octavo. Glossy card wrappers; 112pp. Covers spotted; ownership signature, scattered ink marginalia. A sound reading copy. Includes 20-pp chronology at rear. ... more information

New York: Fund for the Republic, 1965. Second Printing.. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed card wrappers; 80pp. Clean and unmarked, with just a hint of external wear; Near Fine. ... more information

New York: Mainstream Publishers, 1962. First Edition.. Staple-bound printed wrappers; 127pp; Mild soil to covers; else Fine.On the imperialistic origins of the Vietnam conflict. ... more information

New York: Whittlesey House, 1949. First Edition.. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 310p. Tight, near Fine copy in unclipped, lightly edge-rubbed jacket, slightly spine-darkened, lower edge of rear panel creased, still bright and attractive. ... more information

Richmond: Dietz Press, 1939. First Edition.. Octavo. Original cloth; 408pp. Ex-library copy, with ink call number on spine, stamps to page edges and to copyright page; tape remnant to front pastedown. Still a tight, lightly worn copy, with text complete and unmarked. Uncommon. ... more information

Winchester, VA: By the Author, 1994. First Edition.. Quarto (11" x 8"); original blue cloth boards; 201pp; illus. Fine copy, SIGNED by both authors on title page. Authoritative study of local decorative interior carpentry styles from 18th mid 19th century. Now uncommon. ... more information

Fredericksburg: By the Author, N.d. (ca 1925). Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 12pp. Slight toning to wrapper edges. A small keepsake, written, published and issued by the proprietor of the Princess Anne Hotel. Includes capsule biographies of famous Virginians from John Smith to Woodrow Wilson, each illustrated with a small halftone portrait. Rear cover illustration of the Princess Anne Hotel. Finely printed on laid paper with textured glassine endpapers. ... more information

Alexandria: By the Author, 1931. First edition.. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Illustrated wrappers; 52pp; illus. Wrappers sl. toned. Oft-reprinted. ... more information

Arlington, Virginia: Lineage Search Associates, 1988 - 89. First Edition.. Five quarto issues. Staple-bound illustrated wrappers; mimeographed contents. Library markings; contents complete and fine. Privately-issued journal of genealogical and historical research pertaining to Frederick County, Virginia, including its historical boundaries from the North Branch of the Potomac River to the South Branch of the Shenandoah, including most of the Shenandoah Valley and all of what is now called the Northern Panh... more information

Strasburg, Virginia: By the Author, 1955. First Edition.. Quarto. 255pp; mimeographed sheets, stab-bound with card covers. Library markings; contents clean and unmarked. Title page includes the following statement: "Assembled in 1952-53. Revised in 1954. Copyright, 1955." Privately-issued genealogy. ... more information