Authors starting with V from Rulon-Miller Books

Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag. 2006. First edition, 8vo, pp. 166, [1]; maps and tables throughout; fine in original printed wrappers. ... more information

Rio de Janeiro: B.L. Garnier & Paris: E. Belhatte. 1879. Second edition, 12mo, pp. viii, 851, 4; orig. green cloth stamped in gilt and black; very good. Part II only, without the separately published English-Portuguese section. No edition earlier than 1881 in OCLC. ... more information

New York: G. Vale,. 1841. First edition, 8vo, pp. 192, i-xxix, [5]; frontispiece; quarter calf green paper covered boards, morocco label on spine, rubbed, corners bumped, some water staining, bookplate, and owner's inscription on front free endpaper; else very good or better. This is the first printed appearance of his critical letters to Washington. ... more information

London: William Miller. 1809. First edition, 3 vols., 4to, 3 engraved vignettes, 69 plates and maps (10 folding), full contemporary calf neatly rebacked, new red morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines; a very good, sound, and clean copy. A survey of the east coast of Africa, and an investigation into the possibilities of trade with Abyssinia and neighboring countries. Henry Salt was a member of the expedition and a large part of the text contains his narrative of the expedition. Many of Salt's drawings... more information

[Publication information in Bulgarian]. 1950. Quarto, pp. 31-[32]; 60 color lithographed and 20 color photographic plates; ex-library copy loose text signature and plates, as issued, in original brown cloth-backed portfolio, worn and soiled, joints and hinges tender and fraying. ... more information

Parisiis: apud Simonem Colinaeum. 1538. Octavo, ff. [14], 249 (without final blank); title within decorative engraved border incorporating the monogram of Francis I and the mark of Geofroy Tory; 15 large and 6 small decorative initials (probably by Geofroy Tory of Bourges; cf. Updike, Printing Types, I, 197) throughout text; full contemporary vellum, stained, with overlapping fore-edges, paper label in manuscript adhered to lower spine; the front joint and hinge cracked through, the covers stamped in blind ... more information

Dublin: printed by and for S. Powell. 1772. Apparently the second issue of the author's Prospectus of a dictionary…, Dublin, 1802; First edition of the author's first book, 8vo, pp. x, [2], 63; removed. While he was employed in a military survey, Vallancey "became interested in the history, language, and antiquities of Ireland. He never acquired the vernacular or a real knowledge of the Irish of the old manuscripts of which he says he made himself 'master as far as his leisure would pe... more information

London: Studio editions. 1986. 4to, pp. x, [2], 462; 33 full-p. black & white illustrations, 16 color plates, 20 illustrations in the text; a fine copy in the dust jacket. ... more information

London: John Murray. 1906. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, [2], 410; original blue cloth, spine gilt; a few tears to cloth at spine, upper hinge cracked; a good, sound copy. Vambéry argues against the accepted notion that the Russian, being semi- Asiatic themselves, were better fitted to "civilize" Asia than were the "stiff, proud" English. ... more information

New York: Minton, Balch & Co.. 1924. First edition, 8vo, pp. [104]; spine ends of the dust jacket slightly rubbed, else generally a fine copy. The jacket states rather emphatically, "This is not a cross word puzzle book." contains 50 puzzles, about 6 lightly filled in in pencil. Pencil holder attached to rear pastedown, but original pencil lacking. Scarce in jacket. ... more information

[New York]: printed for the College. 1876. First edition, small 8vo, pp. [2], 243; vignette title-p.; slightly rubbed, but a very good, sound copy in contemporary half brown morocco, gilt lettering on spine. Includes an apendix containing the original charter and the acts of the legislature altering and amending the same. ... more information

San Francisco: Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc.. 1932. First edition, 1 of 400 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press, 8vo, pp. [8], 156, [1]; frontispiece portrait, 6 plates; fine in original gray cloth backed boards, printed paper cover and spine labels. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. ... more information

Chicago & New York: American Historical Society. 1921. First edition, 3 volumes, 4to, 1247pp. (continuous), portraits, plates, numerous illus. throughout, many full-p.; a fine copy of one of the scarcest of Minnesota county histories, with much on the important mining industry that sprung up on the Mesabi Range, the world's largest deposit of iron ore. ... more information

[Minneapolis: Harrison & Smith, printing house. 1888.]. First edition, with copyright notice slip pasted to verso of title, 8vo, pp. 176; gravure frontis portrait; some spotting and wear, but a good, sound copy in orig. green cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover. Charlotte Van Cleve (nee Clark, b. 1819) was the first white child born in Wisconsin, and as a child accompanied the troops who established Fort Snelling at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. Howes V-21; Graff 4455. ... more information

Minneapolis: Harrison & Smith. 1888. First edition, signed by the author, 8vo, pp. 176; frontispiece photogravure portrait of the author; frontispiece partially water-stained, extremities and covers worn, some water-staining to upper and lower cover, else very good in original green cloth gilt. Charlotte Van Cleve (nee Clark, b. 1819) was the first white person born in Wisconsin and, as a child, accompanied the troops who established Fort Snelling at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi river... more information

[Minneapolis: Harrison & Smith, printing house]. 1888. First edition, first edition, with copyright notice slip pasted to verso of title, 8vo, pp. 176; gravure frontispiece portrait; light rubbing, else very good in original green cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover. Charlotte Van Cleve (nee Clark, b. 1819) was the first white child born in Wisconsin, and as a child accompanied the troops who established Fort Snelling at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. Howes V-21; Graff 4455. ... more information

Minneapolis: Harrison & Smith. 1888. First edition, 8vo, 176pp., frontispiece photogravure portrait of the author; Mounted newspaper clipping opposite title page and leaving stain, covers warn and spotted, spine ends chipped; good. Charlotte Van Cleve (nee Clark, b.1819) was the first white person born in Wisconsin and, as a child, accompanied the troops who established Fort Snelling at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers. Howes V-21, Graff 4455. ... more information

Grins / Groningen: Stifting FFYRUG. 1985. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 286; near fine in original white printed wrappers. A loose sheet with "Stellingen" inserted, as issued. Presentation copy from the author, signed and dated April 15, 1986. ... more information

Iowa City: The Prairie Press. 1951. First edition limited to 1400 copies, 8vo, pp. 28, [1]; woodcut by J.J. Lankes; fine in orig. patterned pink printed wrappers. Cheever 99. ... more information

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. [1928]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 211, [9] ads; spine of jacket a little soiled and with some minor wear at corners and edges, but generally a very good copy, or better. Illustrated with scenes from the Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer picture starring Joan Crawford. ... more information