Authors starting with V from marilyn braiterman rare books

Bassano: Remondini .. 1648. Folio. H Vellum and Boards.. Very Good.. Very Good. Architecture & Landscape Design Bassano: Remondini (circa 1648). Folio, vellum spine and corners and blue paste-paper boards. Title hand-written on spine; shaped engraved onlay on front cov er with angel figure and lettering.Engraved title page with portrait; plate of the five orders; plates IIII-XXXII of the orders; plates (XXXIII-XLIV), one more than Fowler, of doors, mantels, two of B ernini's altars at Saint Peter?s,... more information

San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem. 1970. 4to. H TAN BURLAP. Fine.. Press Books and Fine Printing (Grabhorn-Hoyem Press). San Francisco 1970. 4to, tan burlap, pictorial cover label, spine label. Fine. One of 300 printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem with illustr ations by Van Aver. A charming edition of the rhymes. ... more information

Chelsea: James Veitch and Sons at the Royal Exotic Nursery. 1896. 4to. H Cloth. Near Fine. 4to, green cloth lettered in black with contemporary decorative label in Japanese on front cover. Some light aging and occasional spotting else a clean, tight copy. Printed for private circulation, this is the first and only edition. Folding color map of the world with Veitch's route marked in red, nine fine photogravures with tissue guards and many other photographic illustrations. James Herbert Veitch was a memb... more information

Paris: Emile-Paul Freres,. 1913. Large 4to. S Pictorial Wrappers. Fine.. About Fine. Large 4to, original pictorial wrappers; spine replaced with original lettered piece laid down. One of 500 numbered copies. Written before the war and published af terward by André Vera and illustrated with bold modernist woodcut illustrations by Paul Vera and Verdeau. The Vera brothers were landscape architects and designers strongly influenced by Cubism; their designs combine modernist design with the classical gard... more information

Paris: Albert Levy. 1929. Folio. H Leather and Board Portfolio. Near Fine. folio, original black lealther and brown board portfolio, printed labels at spine and upper cover, which bears a mounted pochoir color design. Minor wear and some stains to portfolio. Cloth ties intact. Plates bright and clean with bold coloring (slight marginal aging). Letterpress title sheet and 20 plates with a total of 87 designs, all in intricate and brilliant pochoir coloring by Jean Saudé, the master of that process. O... more information

Paris: Librairie Renouard,. 1892. Thick 4to. H Morocco and Boards. Fine.. Very Good. Costume & Fashion Paris: Librairie Renouard, 1892. Thick 4to, handsome red half-morocco and marbled boards; gilt-ornamented spine. Original pictorial wrappers bound in but loose. Tape remna nt and library stamp with sma ll hole on title page. Chromolithograph frontispiece and 570 full page and vignette illustrations; 822 pages. ... more information

Paris: Editions De Clermont. 1946. Small Square 4to. H Linen And Boards.. Fine.. Small square 4to, nice modern binding of oatmeal linen with large calf spine label; sections of original wrappers laid in. Fine. With 144 pages; chapters on Cappiello's caricatures, posters, paintings, costume and theater design, etc. Well illustrated with mostly full page plates, some in color. Cappiello was a gifted and successful advertising and poster artist, whose work is striking and expressive. ... more information

Paris Le Portique .. 1930. 4to. S Wrappers. Very Nice. very nice. Book Arts Paris: Le Portique (1930). 4to, lettered wrappers; few light spots else very nice. One of 344 copies on vélin d'Arches (of a total edition of 375) of the first and only edition of the bibliiography of books published by Vollard, who set the standard for the modern livre d'artiste. Text by Vollard. Etched frontispiece portrait by Raoul Dufy and one plate after a Renoir lithogra ph. Limited. ... more information

Paris: Hachette et Cie.. 1898. Large Thick 4to. H Leather and Boards. Fine.. Performing arts (Paris) Hachette et Cie. 1898. Large thick 4to, beige leather and marbled paper-covered boards, spine banded and gilt- ornamented. Original decorated wrappers bound in. An attractive bo ok documenting t he history of dance from earliest to contemporary times. Profusely illustrated with 20 photogravure plates and about 400 illustrations in the text. ... more information