Authors starting with V from David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

1796. Jean Joseph Vadé’s “Oeuvres poissardes,”with Four Engraved Plates after Monsiau Printed in ColorsVADÉ, J[ean] J[oseph]. Oeuvres poissardes de J.J. Vadé, suivies de celles de L’Écluse; édition tirée à 300 exemplaires, dont 100 sur grand papier; et ornée de figures imprimées en couleur. Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve…De l’Imprimerie de Didot le jeune, [l’An IV] 1796.Large quarto (13 x 9 1/2 inches; 330 x... more information

1981. first edition. First Edition of “Jumanji”VAN ALLSBURG, Chris. Jumanji. Written and Illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981.First edition of Van Allsburg’s second book. Oblong quarto (9 11/16 x 10 15/16 inches; 246 x 277 mm.). [31], [1, blank] pp. Illustrated throughout in black in white.Original green linen-grain cloth over boards with copper-gold lettering on front cover and spine. Tan endpapers. A fine copy. In the original green printed dust jacket ... more information

1873. first edition. First Edition in English of “Around the World in Eighty Days”VERNE, Jules. The Tour of the World in Eighty Days. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, [July] 1873.First American edition and first edition in English, first issue, with no mention of the translator, George M. Towle, on the title-page. Small octavo (5 13/16 x 4 1/8 inches; 148 x 105 mm.). vii,[1, blank],[9]-291,[1, blank] pp. Frontispiece illustration of “Le Saint Michel” (included in pagination), with ... more information

1911. A Finely Bound Set of The Edition d’Amiens of Jules VerneVERNE, Jules. Works of Jules Verne. Edited by Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. Professor of English, College of the City of New York; Author of “The Technique of the Novel”,” etc. New York: Vincent Parke and Company, [1911].Edition d’Amiens. Limited to 600 numbered copies, of which this is No. 122 and signed by R.G. Lancaster, Registrar. Fifteen large octavo volumes (8 5/8 x 5 13/16 inches; 220 x 151 mm). Hand-colored frontispie... more information