Titles starting with V from A. Parker's Books, Inc.

MEXICAN FOLK ART AND TOYS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT K. WINN. San Antonio, TX: Trinity University Press, ( 1977 ). Inscribed and signed by several persons, including Lady Bird Johnson. Numerous full color illustrations. Unpaginated. Hardcover. Square 8vo size. Dark orange cloth. Nice, clean copy in spine-faded dust jacket. Very good/Very good.... more information

And How to Spend Them. Chicago, IL: American Publishing Co., 1897. Profusely illustrated in b/w and duo-tones, with a color frontispiece. Unpaginated. Hardcover. Small 4to size. Brown cloth backed, pictorial paper covered boards. Head and heel quite bumped and lightly frayed. Corners heavily split. Board edges moderately to heavily rubbed and worn. Spine darkened. Boards lightly scuffed and soiled. Top edge dust soiled. Edges and pages lightly to moderately toned with minimal scattered staining. Form... more information

London: John Murray, 1898. FIRST EDITION. 308 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo size. Green cloth. Top edge gilt. Minor vertical crease in spine; covers slightly soiled; some very light, scattered foxing. Overall, a very nice copy. Very good/No dust jacket.... more information

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1959. First edition. Numerous color illustrations by Leonard Weisgard. Unpaginated. Hardcover. Small 4to size. Light pink cloth. Nice copy in mildly worn d.j. Very good/Very good-. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)... more information

And Other Studies. London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1903. Two b/w plates and a frontispiece. x, (4), 366 pp. Hardcover. Large 8vo size. Sangorsky & Sutcliffe binding in full crushed crimson morocco. Five raised bands ruled in gilt, gilt lettering and devices tooled in compartments, boards decoratively ruled in gilt with corner devices, gilt edges and turn-ins, top edge gilt. Original covers bound in at rear. Extremities lightly rubbed. Spine darkened. Edges and pages mildly toned with minimal scatte... more information

N. p.: None given, N. d. Illustrated with 16 b/w photos on 18 panels. Contents bound accordian-style, with 12 panels, printed on both sides; 3 panels are of text pp. Softcover. 16mo size. Light green stiff wrappers. Gift inscription on inside of front wrapper, else crisp and clean. Very good+/No jacket issued.... more information

NY: M. Evans & Co., Inc., (1975). Signed “cordially” by the author. 339 pp. Hardcover. Large 8vo size. Blue cloth backed, ivory paper covered boards. Head, heel and corners mildly bumped; rear head joint starting to fray. Board edges lightly rubbed and quite sunned. Boards, edges and pages uniformly yellowed with minimal scattered foxing and staining extending only to preliminaries. Gift inscription in ink to ffep. Still quite good. Interior clean and tight. Very good-/No dust jacket.... more information

Philadelphia, PA: D. V. Randall, 1996. One of an edition limited to 100 copies. Signed and inscribed by the author. 279 pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. Ivory over red cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and front board. Minor bumping to pressure points. Clean, tight and bright. Very good+/No dust jacket. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)... more information

London: W. Nicholson & Sons, nd. Numerous b/w illustrations. 253 pp. Hardcover. 16mo. Dark green cloth. Gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front board. Head and heel bumped and worn; corners lightly bumped and rubbed; light insect damage to boards, more so to front; top edge lightly soiled; former owner’s book plate to front pastedown. Interior clean. Very good/No dust jacket. ... more information

NY: St. Martin’s Press, (2000). First American edition. 269 pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. Black paper covered boards. Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities. Very good+/Very good+.... more information

New York: George H. Doran Co., ( 1914 ). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, preceding the first U K ed.. Seven duotone plates by Arthur I. Keller. 320 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark red cloth. Spine darkened, gilt somewhat dulled, cloth rubbed at head, heal, and hinges of spine and worn through at corners of spine, cloth rubbed at corners, interior tight and clean. Over all, a much better than average copy. Very good/No dust jacket. (Insurance required to ship this item).... more information

A Sherlock Holmes Novel. Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. Some black and white illustrations, with frontispiece in duotone. Illustrated by Arthur I. Keller. 320 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth. Gilt lettering to front board. Professional restoration to head, heel and corners. A nice, solid copy. Very good/No dust jacket.... more information

Vol. 26, No. 1. Including The Bill of Rights Yesterday and Today: A Bicentennial Celebration Symposium Issue. Valparaiso, IN: Valparaiso University School of Law, 1991. 435 pp. Softcover. Small 4to size. Light lavender paper wrappers. Wrappers rubbed, creased, lightly foxed and unevenly sunned; edges lightly foxed as well. Interior clean, bright and tight. Very good/.... more information

Chicago, IL: Appraisal Institute, (1999). Numerous b/w figures. 120 pp. Softcover. Large 8vo size. Illustrative stiff wrappers. A very clean and sound copy. Very good/No jacket issued.... more information

Paris: Editions Cercle D’Art, 2006. Translated from the French by David Macey for the texts and Datasia for the captions and descriptions. Copious full color and b/w photographs. Photography by Guy Lucas de Peslouan. 191 pp. Hardcover. Folio. Silver cloth. Silver lettering to spine and front board. Front board minimally bumped at center; bottom corners lightly bumped; otherwise, a great copy in excellent condition. Housed in a lightly edge bumped dustjacket. Interior remains very clean and bright... more information

Catalogue to accompany a special loan exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago 1949-1950. NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1949. A few color and numerous b/w reproductions. 96 pp. Softcover. Large 8vo size. White illustrated paper wrappers. Wrappers worn and damp-stained with light damage to spine; wrappers and edges lightly soiled. Interior clean and bright. Very good-/.... more information

A Special Loan Exhibition. [Np]: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1949. Copious b/w illustrations. 96 pp. paperback. Small 4to size. Illustrative paper wrappers. Cover soiled to rear wrap, spine sunned, corners & head/heel of spine bumped; edges toned; light scattered foxing throughout; else clean & sound. Very good/No jacket issued.... more information

New York: S. Martin’s Pr., 1991. FIRST EDITION. Signed by both authors. Copious b/w photographs. 340 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Tan cloth backed, paper covered boards. Nice copy in like d.j. Very good+/Very good+. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)... more information

London: Selwyn & Blount, Ltd, 1921. Introduction by A. Martin Freeman. 216 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo size. Burgundy cloth. nice, unopened, untrimmed copy in a Niced.j. Very good+/Very good+.... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1983. Wiesel, Elie. First edition. Copious b/w photographs. Photography by Vishniac, Roman. 180 pp. Hardcover. Oblong Large 8vo size. Dark brown paper covered boards. Gilt lettering. Book and d.j. in excellent condition, beautifully depicts the artist’s work Very good+/Very good+. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)... more information