Titles starting with V from marilyn braiterman rare books

New York: New York: Boni and Liveright. 1927. 4to. S Color Pictorial Wrappers. About Fine.. Fine. New York: Numbers One to Four (June 1942-February 1944) in three volumes, complete. 4to, original color pictorial wrappers with original designs by Ernst, Duchamp and Matta. Near fine set of this scarce surrealist magazine with chicken wire insert on rear cover of the Double Issue, Two/Three, intact. Very light wear; spine of Volume One faded, thumb crease to right edge of cover. One of the best and most luxuri... more information

London: Day and Son. 1854. H Decorated Boards.. Fine.. First Series (all published). London: Day and Son, 1854. Folio, original decorated boards, rebacked and recornered in morocco with a gilt-lettered spine. Edges of boards worn. Hand-colored lithograph frontispiece of the Pompeian Court , tinted pictorial engraved title page and 22 tinted lithograph plates of interior, exterior and park views of the Crystal Palace , which featured a series of "courts", each illustrating the art and architecture ... more information

Paris: Imprimerie Imperiale. 1808. Folio and 8vo. F 1st Edition. H Calf.. Fine.. Paris: De l’Imprimerie Impériale, 1808. Four volumes, complete. Three 8vo text volumes in recent calf, spines gilt, red morocco labels, contained in marbled slipcases. Atlas volume in modern quarter-calf and blue cloth boards with early 19th century gilt spine with red morocco labels laid down. Minor scattered spotting. A handsome set of the first edition of this comprehensive account. Atlas volume with 97 engravin... more information

New York. 4to. S Color Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Numbers One to Four (June 1942-February 1944). Complete in three volumes. 4to, original color pictorial wrappers with original designs by Ernst, Duchamp and Matta. Near fine set of this scarce surrealist periodical with chicken wire insert on rear cover of the Double Issue, Two/Three, intact. Light spine wear, spine of Vol .One faded, thumb crease to right edge of cover. One of the best and most luxurious of the Surrealist periodicals, edited by David H... more information

Paris. 1923. 4to. S Stiff Wrappers. Fine.. Fine. Preface by Louis Delluc and Commentary by André Daven. Paris 1923. 4to, stiff wrappers in mauve with all-over swirl design in deep blue, black and darker mauve; paper cover label. Fine. Of 92 copies, this is #54 of the Japan Imperial paper issue with coloring retouched by the artist. With 32 clever color caricatures of "world stars of the screen" by SPAT, pseudonym for Gabriel S. Patlagean, who is described in the preface as a young Russian s... more information

Toledo: Isaac D. Smead,. 1889. 4to. H Cloth. Very Good. Very Good. publisher's plain green cloth. Rubbed at edges, inner hinge cracked, internally clean. An American color plate book and a record of contemporary school architecture across America and of technological expertise. With 154 pages, profusely illustrated with diagrams of the systems, plates of public buildings and school buildings (many grand and gothic) in which the units were placed. Fourteen color lithographs of Smead's designs, which ... more information

Rochester: Printing House of Leo Hart,. 1931. H Calf and Boards.. Fine.. Near Fine. Large 8vo, maroon calf spine and tan linen boards. Very slight rubbing to top of spine leather; else fine copy of an often deteriorated binding. One of 250 copies signed by Rockwell Kent with vignette illustrations throughout in black and red. Printed on double fold pages, on one side only. A lovely book. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Signed by Artist. Signed: I Signed ... more information

Leningrad. 1928. Oblong 4to. S Lithographed Wrappers. Fine. Oblong 4to, yellow-ochre wrappers, the upper wrapper lithographed in black with scenes of equestrian acrobats and clown. A rare and extraordinary album in excellent condition of circus spectacles. Eight full page original lithographs in black depicting bears in a horse-drawn carriage, a female rider on a dancing horse, a Spanish rider on a bull, clowns on a donkey, a horse trainer, dressage, and equestrian acrobats and dogs. Their elongated figures... more information

Oblong 4to. H Portfolio.. Blue cloth portfolio, with blindstamped patterns and gilt lettering. Portfolio with wear but plates very fine. Twenty fine photolithographic plates of buildings, street scenes, people, etc. No date or publisher but circa 1895. ... more information

Paris: Paris: Camille Block & Jues Meynial, 1927. 1927. Large 4to. S Stiff Wrappers. Fine.. Fine. Paris: Chez Camille Block & Jules Meynial, 1927. Large 4to, original pictorial stiff wrappers. Fine. One of 275 copies. Frontispiece portrait of Barbier by Charles Martin and 25 mounted, richly colored pochoir plates of costume design for "Casanova", "Le Tapis Persan", "Marion de Lorme", "Madame Paulette Duval", "Lysistrata", and "Amarylla", ea... more information

Munich & New York: Stroeser & Kirchner. 1876. Large 4to. H Decorated Cloth. Fine. Printed in Paris by Lemercier. Large 4to, rust cloth with decorative black borders, gilt lettering and device of a gilt cherub with pansy face bearing a cartouche with the initials F.P. fine copy, extraordinary in this condition. From the collection of Ch. M. Nebehay, first president of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of Austria. Anthropomorphic pansy figures; considered a forerunner of Surrealism. Decorat... more information

New Rochelle: Elston Press, 1901. 1901. Small Folio. H Linen And Boards.. Fine.. Thin small folio, linen-backed boards. Fine copy in a poor, plain dust jacket. One of 210 copies with large illustrated chapter headings and floriated opening initial by Helen M. O'Kane, influenced by William Morris and his Kelmscott Press. Set in Satanick type in double columns by Clarke Conwell, proprietor of the press and husband of Helen O'Kane, with red shoulder-note running titles. Thompson, "American Book De... more information

1997. 4to. H Cloth and Boards. Fine. 4to, silver-cloth and spine and boards. Fine in original shrink-wrap. Guest editor Mario Testino. Color and black and white photographs. Full page fabric samples , including a small piece of the Versace dress that Madonna wore to the "Evita " premier in London, December 1996. Other tipped in pieces from Paul Smith, Pucci, Missoni and others and a Paloma Picasso lipstick imprint on a cocktail napkin. ... more information

1998. 4to. H Cardboard Case. Fine. Fine in original shrink wrap. The landmark 25th anniversary issue in an op- art inspired case the size of a standard twelve inch album cover. With a sound track CD produced by Towa Tei. Contributors include Helmut Lang, Karl Lagerfeld, Yamamoto, Wantanable, David Bowie, Twyla Tharb, Isabel and Ruben Toledo ... more information

1998. H Circular Box. Fine. Fine. Circular black box containing a leather and silk mask by Hermès and work by Mario Testino, Isaac Mizrahi, Manolo Blahnick and others and a special section curated by Isabella Blow. Many wore the mask to the masquerade ball launch party for the issue, but here it remains unused. ... more information

Sevenoaks James Payne .. 1839. 8vo. F 1st Edition.. H Cloth. Very Good.. Sevenoaks: Printed by and for James Payne, 1839. 8vo, neatly respined with original cloth laid down (gilt lettering and ornament intact). Small modern bookplate. Very good copy of the first edition of the second guidebook (the first was by John Bridgeman in 1817) to the splendid Elizabethan house in Sevenoaks, seat of the Sackville family. Full page frontispiece of the mansion, vignette illustrations, folding genealogical chart, errata... more information

Florence: Filippo de Giunta .. 1513. Small 8vo. F 1st Edition.. Vellum... Fine.. Fine. Architecture & Landscape Design (Colophon) Florence: Filippo de Giunta, 1513. Small 8vo, 18th century vellum, gilt spine label. Bound with FRONTINUS' De Aqueductibus as issued. Title page with e rased penciling at top and small clean tear; faded early ink ownership signature. (i-iv), 1- 187 and (1)-24 (last leaf misnumbered 34) + (24) index. Zii and ziii repaired in margin with loss of text to zii only. Woodcut ti... more information

Amsterdam: Tresling. 1904. Square 8vo. H Cloth and Pictorial Boards. Very Good.. Square 8vo, original blue cloth spine and lithographed pictorial and lettered boards. Little shaken else fine. Title page and 36 pages of color lithograph plates with captions by a fine Dutch artist who specialized in bird and animal illustration in a style combining Art Nouveau with a touch of japonisme. Each plate with large image on top of a small one which contains the lettered text. ... more information

Leningrad and Moscow: Ogiz/Molodaya Gvardia, 1931. 1931. Small 8vo. S Pictorial Wrappers. Fine.. Fine. Illustrated by G. Bibikov. (Leningrad & Moscow): Ogiz/ Molodaya Gvardia, 1931. Small 8vo, color lithograph pictorial wrappers. About fine. Sixteen pages of agitprop verse by Marshak and tonal lithographs by Bibikov in the Soviet Social Realist style of the construction of the great dam and hydroelectric station on the Dneiper River. Cotsen 11459; Cotsen Catalogue II: 6971. ... more information

Berlin: Bauwelt,. 1918. 8vo. H Boards. Fine. Fine. Berlin: Bauwelt, 1918. 8vo, yellow paper-backed yellow boards, black lettering. Later endpapers and possibly rebacked (nicely done, if so). With 79 pages and 17 text illustrations and diagrams. Behrens was a founder of the Deutsche Werkbund, a leader in early 20th century functional architecture and as artistic director of AEG (the German General Electric Company in Berlin), an exponent of corporate identity, responsible for the company’s advertisement... more information