Authors starting with V from Bauman Rare Books

1922. SIGNED. (GEORGE V). Printed document signed, with paper seal of King George V. No place, no date. Quarto (measures 8 by 12 inches), printed on both sides. Entire framed piece measures 14-1/2 by 18 inches. $1600. Royal investiture signed by George V, with his paper seal, granting Lieutenant Colonel Leslie the rank of Companion of the Order of the Bath. "George the Fifth, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland… King Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India and... more information

1927. FIRST EDITION. VALERY, Paul. Album de Vers Anciens. Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1927. 12mo, orange paper wrappers. $300. Limited edition of Valery's Album de Vers Anciens, limited to 3478 numbered copies, of which this is number 3015. This copy is from the collection of American artist and illustrator Emlen Etting, with his signature stamp in purple ink. "Valery's verse flows in traditional metres and verse-forms, with a delight in sound-patterns which fully explain... more information

1981. FIRST EDITION. VAN ALLSBURG, Chris. Jumanji. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. Quarto, original green cloth, original dust jacket. $750. First edition, first printing of this winner of the 1982 Caldecott Medal. Jumanji is about a magical board game that conjures real animals and other jungle elements as the participants play the game. They encounter problems that must be overcome, not only in the board game, but in real life. It was made into a 1995 film of the same name. First issue dust jacket, wit... more information

1963. FIRST EDITION. VAN DER KEUKEN, Joan. Paris mortel. (Hilversum.), Netherlands: [C. de Boer Jr., 1963]. Quarto, original gray cloth, original blue cloth-effect dust jacket. $4800. First edition, the third photobook by award-winning photographer/filmmaker van der Keuken, with 65 finely screened black-and-white photogravures of Paris, strikingly printed on French-fold leaves, scarce in original unrestored dust jacket. "Arguably Europe's most important documentary filmmaker" (New York Time... more information

1887. SIGNED. VANDERBILT, Cornelius. Document signed. New York: December 5, 1887. Five typed pages, measuring 8 by 13 inches, secured with brass fastener to a heavier paper wrapper. $600. Original land title signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt the younger, purchasing land in the Twenty-third Ward of New York City. Vanderbilt had become chairman of the Vanderbilt railroads in 1883, when his father turned over the role to him. Paper wrapper split along seam, light chipping to edges; document fine, with red sea... more information

1975. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. VAVRA, Robert. Curro: Reflections of a Spanish Youth. [Sevilla]: (Imprenta Sevillana, 1975). Folio, original black cloth, original photographic slipcase. $800. First edition, one of 850 copies, of Vavra's photo-essay on matador Curro Camacho, with text by Camacho. Boldly inscribed by Vavra and artist and matador John Fulton on the half title in the year of publication, "For Stuart and Barbara—through the kindness of Gary and Deborah—who have visited and enjo... more information

1836. SIGNED. (VESTRIS, Eliza) GRIFFINHOOFE, Arthur, alleged pseudonym of COLMAN, George. Memoirs of the Life, Public and Private Adventures, of Madame Vestris; Formerly of the Theatre Royal San Carlos; and Now of the Theatres Royal Drury Lane & Covent Garden. London: John Duncombe, circa 1836. Octavo, contemporary full brown morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. $1800. Early edition of this biography of one of 19th-century London's most famous ... more information

1937. (GEORGE VI). The Illustrated London News. Coronation Record Number. WITH: Coronation Double Number. London: Illustrated London News & Sketch, 1937. Two volumes. Folio, original stiff pictorial wrappers. Housed in custom half green morocco slipcase. $600. Lovely special coronation issues of the Illustrated London News, with 24 plates and hundreds of portraits and illustrations, many in color. George VI ascended to the British throne in 1937 upon the abdication of his brother Edward. Laid in is a... more information

1964. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. VICKREY, William S. Metastatics and Macroeconomics. New York and Burlingame, California: Harcourt, Brace & World, (1964). Octavo, original green cloth. $850. First edition, inscribed by Nobel Prize-winner Bill Vickrey to a fellow economist, antitrust expert Donald Dewey: "To Donald Dewey with cordial good wishes Bill Vickrey." In this work, Canadian economist William Vickrey sets forth a conception of macroeconomics as an extension of microeconomics, a framing t... more information

1919. SIGNED. EDWARD VIII. Autographs of the Prince of Wales Edward Windsor and his staff with accompanying letter. H.M.S. Renown, 1919. Two octavo sheets measuring 7-1/2 by 9-1/2 inches. Housed in a custom chemise and half morocco slipcase. $1750. Autograph of Edward VIII as Prince of Wales (signed "Edward P.") as well as the autographs of each member of his personal staff, headed by Rear Admiral Lionel Halsey. Accompanied by a letter of presentation from Admiral Halsey. Both documents are on t... more information

1950. FIRST EDITION. VINER, Jacob. The Customs Union Issue. New York and London: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Stevens & Sons, 1950. Octavo, original burgundy cloth, original dust jacket. $450. First edition of this work introducing "the distinction between the trade-creating and the trade-diverting effects of customs unions" (Concise Encyclopedia of Economics). This work deals with the idea of customs unions as a partial solution for the economic and political problems tha... more information

1987. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. VOLLMANN, William T. You Bright and Risen Angels. (London): Andre Deutsch, (1987). Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. $500. First edition of the author's first book, signed by him on the title page. "The story is an epic brew of technology, magic, politics, history and entomology, by turns fiercely satiric and good-naturedly humorous, a ferociously talented first novel" (Publishers Weekly). This English first edition precedes the American. Fine ... more information