Titles starting with V from Margolis & Moss

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856. 344 pages + 8 pages of book ads. 7 3/4 x 5 inches. Publishers black cloth; head and foot of spine rubbed. With the signature of L. F. Olmstead. First American edition, originally published in Paris the previous year. The author, whose real name was Eugene Louis Ferry Gabriel de Bellemarre (1809 - 1852) spent seven years in Mexico, riding 4,000 miles via horseback. His enthusiasm for Mexico is self evident. ... more information

Phoenix: Valley National Bank, (1947). Colored folding map measuring 20 x 28 inches. Folding to 4 x 9 1/2 inches. Self wrappers. On the recto is a city map of Phoenix by Rand McNally, while on the verso is a pictorial map "Valley of the Sun. A Pictorial Guide of Phoenix and Central Arizona" drawn by George M. Avey. ... more information

(Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1939). [51] pages. Octavo, 9 x 6 inches. Blue printed wrappers; a bright copy. Issued as an off print from the New Mexico Historical Review. On the cover is a warm inscription from the author, Lansing Bloom to Dr. Edgar Hewett, director of the School of American Research. ... more information

Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, (1961). 150 pages. Profusely illustrated with some plates ion colored papers. Folio, 13 x 10 inches. Beige cloth with dust jacket. One of 1000 numbered copies. A fine, bright copy. ... more information

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. 604 pages. Illustrated from photographs and with a nice folding map of the railroads of Venezuela. 9 x 5 1/2 inches. Leather backed red cloth; front hinge split at head of spine; some staining to covers. Issued by the House of Representatives, 58th Congress, Doc. No. 145, Part 3. An extensive overview of the country at the opening of the twentieth century. ... more information

St. Albans, 1898. Vol. 4. Nos. 1 - 12. 232 pages. Profusely illustrated. 4to ( 12 x 9 inches); cloth backed boards; a few leaves with a small tear. Articles include: Rudyard Kipling in Vermont; Swanton, Vermont; Steam Navigation on Lake Champlain and others. ... more information

Concord, N.H.: D. & J. Lancaster, 1854. 13 pages. Octavo, embossed yellow wrappers. An uncommon work, by the author of THE POETS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (1883). ... more information

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879. 191 pages. Twelvemo, (6 x 4 1/4 inches). Embossed green cloth with gilt lettering; a bright copy. Later printing, originally issued in 1870, This copy has two neat ink manuscript poems signed H.H., written on the front and rear blanks, but most likely not in the author's hand. ... more information

Puebla, Mexico. A beautiful. large chromolithgraphed die cut advertisement piece for "EL NUEVO SIGLO" Almacenes De Ropa Y Novedades. Esquina De Los Calles 1a. De Mercadores y Independencia. B. Rodriguez Y Cia. Puebla. 16 x 11 1/2 inches. c. 1910. This beautifully printed German die cut was great advertising in turn of the century Mexico ... more information

Puebla, Mexico. A 1908 advertisement for "LA BARATA" Gran Almacen de Ropa y Novedades. Esquina M. Arista Y Sto. Domingo. Puebla Rebattu Hnos. 16 1/2 x 13 inches. Undoulbtley printed in Germany but an appropriate advertisement for this Mexican department store in 1908. ... more information

c. 1890. A large (11 1/2 x 8 inches) of a young girl with a wreath of pink and red roses. There is a tiny hole by her right forefinger and a crease at the top of the wreath on the same side, Still vibrant and lovely. In beautiful chromolithography. ... more information

c. 1890. A large (9 x 9 3/4 inches) die cut picturing a horseshoe (with the legend "Good Luck" surrounded by roses, pansies, forget-me-nots and other flowers along with a bluebird. A tiny bit of wear on the bottom. In beautiful chromolithography. ... more information

c. 1890. A large ( 8 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches) die cut picturing two entwined swans surrounded by fruit and flowers. In beautiful chromolithography. ... more information

c. 1890. A large (10 x 5 3/4 inches) die cut picturing a beautiful baby boy holding a biscuit or cookie in one hand and wrapped in beautiful bunting with lace and blue ribbons. In lovely chromolithography. ... more information

c. 1890. A large die cut (8 x 7 1/2 inches) depicting two white kittens in a basket. One kitten has bleu bows on its ears and around its neck and the other has pink. In beautiful chromolithography. ... more information

c. 1890. A large ( 9 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches) of a bouquet of flowers in a blue footed bowl. This was distributed as an advertisement for Famous Shoe House in Leadville, Colorado. In beautiful chromolithography. ... more information

c. 1890. A large (6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches) die cut of a young girl feeding a pug dog with her fork from her plate. In beautiful chromolithography. ... more information

c. 1890. A large ( 8 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches) die cut of fruit in a basket. In lovely chromolithography of unusually soft colors. ... more information

c. 1890. A large ( 8 x 5 inches) die cut of a child in a decorative ceramic pitcher. In lovely chromolithography. ... more information

New-York: Printed for E. Bliss and E. White, 1821. 387 pages. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches); contemporary leather backed blue boards; spine worn, front hinge cracked, boards rubbed. "Second American from the First London Editions, with additions and corrections by the author." "Francis Wright had faithfully recorded her travels in a series of long, self-consciously literary letters to a Glasgow friend... The results was VIEWS OF SOCIETY AND MANNERS IN AMERICA, one of the most celebrated tr... more information