Victorians: An Account of Domestic Architecture in Victorian San Francisco, 1870-1890
by Vail, Wesley D.
San Francisco: Wesley D. Vail, 1964. Second Edition, Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. Red cloth; illustrated dust jacket; square 8vo; pp. 47, [1], with illustrations throughout (including free-endpapers). Book is fine, in VG+, lightly rubbed dust jacket.
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Variete
by Valery, Paul
Paris: nrf (Nouvelle Revue Francaise), 1924. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Felt-covered boards, gilt-lettered morocco spine label, original printed wrappers bound in. Limited edition, one of 20 hors commerce copies specially bound, with subscriber's name printed on the limitation page, and with an autograph leaf bound in. Spine a little sunned and scuffed; original wraps slightly age-toned. Nice.
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Charmes
by Valery, Paul
Paris: NRF [Nouvelle Revue Francaise], 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Quarter vellum and marbled paper, lettered in gilt on spine. Limited Edition, one of 30 hors commerce copies with the subscriber's name (Lucien Henaux) printed on the limitation page, and inscribed by Valery to Elizabeth Heunaux on the front flyleaf. Boards and spine just a little rubbed and dust-soiled; some faint foxing throughout. A lovely copy.
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Les Merveilles de la Mer. Les Coquillages 15 Planches en Couleurs d'Apres les Aquarelles de Paul A. Robert. (Signed)
by Valery, Paul (text); Robert, Paul A. (illus.)
Paris: Collection "Iris," Librairie Plon, 1936. Paperback. Very Good+. Heavy cardstock wraps, full-color illustration mounted to front cover; pp. 16, plus 15 plates. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Valery to Sara Thomson Weeks, daughter of American publisher Edward Weeks. Covers lightly worn; internally lovely and clean. A very pretty volume.
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Propos sur l'Intelligence
by Valery, Paul
Paris: a l'Enseigne de la Porte Etroite, 1926. Limited Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. Original printed wraps, in glassine dust jacket. Limited Edition, one of 30 copies reserved for friends of Valery, and inscribed by him to Elisabeth Henaux on the FFEP. Chip at tail of spine, with gatherings exposed; corners gently rubbed. Dust jacket just a little chipped along the edges, with larger chip at tail of spine. An attractive copy, internally bright and... Read More
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Maitres et amis
by VALERY, PAUL.
Paris: Camaieux de Jacques Beltrand, 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. One of 200 copies. Contemporary brown morocco in Art Deco Style with onlays by Canape and Corriez. Illustrated by Jacques Beltrand. Spine lightly faded, spot to front cover, but still a beautiful binding with contents fresh.
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Lavrentii Vallae De lingvae Latinae elegantia libri sex, diligentia haud uulgari ad emendatissima quaeq[ue] exemplaris recogniti: Eivsdem De reciprocatione sui & suus libellus adprime utilis ...
by VALLA, Lorenzo (1407-1457).
Lyon: Seb. Gryphium, 1535. Hardcover. Very Good. MDXXXV (1535). 8vo (170 x 120mm). 493pp., [42]. Signatures: a-z(8), A-K(8), L(4). Colophon on leaf 3r. Woodcut engraved printer’s device of griffin on pedestal and winged orb with motto “VIRTUTE DVCE COMITE FORTVNA” (“Under the guidance of valor, accompanied by good fortune”). 5-line chapter decorative initials throughout. Printed catchwords and marginalia. 19th century half cloth over marbled boards, spine with three raised bands and lettered in gilt “LAURENTIUS VALLA,” endpapers renewed;... Read More
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Histoire d'Adam fils d'Adam et d'Eve fille d'Eve
by Valois, Georges
Paris: Henri Baguenier Desormeaux et Cie pour la Nouvelle Librairie Nationale, n.d.. Limited Edition, 723/1000. Paperback. Very Good+. Stitched wraps, printed in red and black; 12mo; pp. [16], illustrated. Text block unopened. Covers a just a little tanned, dust-smudged, creased. Contents are fine.
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The Few Body Problem: Proceedings of the 96th Colloquim of the International Astronomical Union Held in Turku, Finland, June 14-19, 1987
by Valtonen, M. J. (ed.)
Dordrecht, et al: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988. Astrophysics and Space Science Library Series. Hardcover. Very Good. Laminated paper over boards; 8vo; pp. xvii, [1], 432. Ex-library, with stickers on spine and rear cover; stamp on front paste-down and edges of text block. An excellent working copy -- internally bright and clean.
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Onze Letterteekens en Hun Samenstelling
by van de Vecht, N. J. ; Smits, Joh. B. (illus., voorrede)
Rotterdam: W. L. & J. Brusse, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Publisher's black cloth, gilt-stamped lettering on upper board and spine; dust jacket; small 4to; pp. 88, "met 67 afbeeldingen." Boards lightly rubbed; spine tips and corners gently bumped. In a nice copy of the very scarce dust jacket -- tanned, a little dusty, and with tiny chips at spine tips and corners.
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Mark Van Doren: Selected Poems
by Van Doren, Mark
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. White cloth, gilt-stamped lettering on upper board and spine; green paper-covered slipcase; 8vo; pp. ix, [9], 238. Number 118 from a limited edition of 250 copies, signed by Van Doren on the limitation page. Book is fine. Small chip at one corner of slipcase, otherwise in excellent condition.
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De Nieuwe Beweging in de Schilderkunst [The New Movement in Painting], Theo van Doesburg, Uitgegeven door de Tecnische Boekhandel en Drukkerij
by Van Doesburg, Theo
Delft, 1917. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. J. Waltman Jr., Delft, Netherlands. 68pp. plus covers, 6.25 x 9.5, stiff wrappers with 44pp. in Dutch text and illustrated with 21 black and white plates (one per page on different stock) from modern artists including: Henri Matisse, Jan Toorop, Bart van der Leck, Wassily Kandinsky, Marc Chagall, Gino Severini, Theo van Doesburg, Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, Alexander Archipenko, Vilmos Huszár and others. An early, seminal text on modern art and... Read More
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Prisma der Kunsten, Orgaan van Nederlandsche Kunstenaars Vereenigingen, Mei 1935
by [van Doesburg, Theo]
Zeist: N. V. Uitgeverij de Torentrans, 1935. Paperback. Very Good. Wraps; small 4to; pp. 85-116, illustrated in b/w. Covers a little rubbed and tanned; corners a little dog-eared. Issue is devoted to Theo van Doesburg.
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Physicae Experimentales, et Geometricae, de Magnete, Tuborum Capillarium Vitreorum-que Speculorum Attractione, Magnitudine Terrae, Cohaerentia Corporum Firmorum Dissertationes: ut et Ephemerides Meteorologicae Ultrajectinae
by van Musschenbroek, Petri
Lugduni Batavorum: Samuelem Luchtmans, 1729. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary vellum over boards; 4to (260x192mm); pp. [10], 685, plus folding copper-engraved plates numbered I-XXVIII and a folding table. Vellum a little soiled and rubbed; tail of spine perished, and vellum torn along bottom edge of boards. Early ownership signature neatly excised from bottom margin of title-p.; some marginal foxing, affecting some of the plates, but contents are overall nice and clean. Only plate XXIII... Read More
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Dutch Master Drawings of the Seventeenth Century
by Van Regteren Altena, J. Q.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Paper-covered boards; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. [XVIV], [5], 56 (plates). Previous owner's inkstamp on FFEP, otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket a little rubbed and tanned. A handsome production, works reproduced in b/w heliogravure, and a four-color offset frontis., all on very nice paper.
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Wij Gelooven in Den Film, Een Belijdenis van Onze Generatie
by van Wessem, Constant
Utrecht: Uitgevers-Comp. "De Branding", n.d.. Hardcover. Very Good. Pale orange cloth, lettering stamped in dark blue on upper board and spine; 8vo; pp. [4], 77, [2]. Spine sunned; cloth split along joints (tho binding remains tight); boards faintly rubbed. Text block is clean and unmarked. Uncommon. OCLC locates 4 copies, and differs on the publication date, suggesting 1930 and 1970.
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Collection of approximately 20 real photo postcards. Vaudeville performers.
by [Photography; photo post-cards; Vaudeville]
Collection of approximately 20 real photo postcards, most signed, and many addressed to a Miss Florie (Florrie) Hopkins. First decade of the 20th century. Vaudeville performers. A delightful group. Also included is a large photo of a young woman dated Kansas City 1915.
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Oeuvres Completes de Vauvenargues, precedees d'une notice sur sa vie et ses ouvrages et accompagnees des notes de Voltaire, Morellet, Fortia, Suard; Nouvelle Edition, Tome I [et] II. [Avec] Oeuvres Posthumes de Vauvenargues, precedees de son eloge, par M. Ch. de Saint-Maurice, et accompagnees de notes et de lettres inedites de Voltaire
by Vauvenargues, [Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de]; Voltaire, [Jean-Jacques]
Paris: Chez J. L. J. Briere, 1823. Hardcover. Very Good+. Contemporary marbled paper, backed in gilt-ruled morocco, gilt-stamped lettering in second and fourth spine compartments; 3 volumes, 16mo (132x82mm); pp. [4], 392; [4], 396; [4], 390. Spines just a little sunned; some light scuffing at spine tips and along edges of boards; faint foxing throughout. Rear-endpaper of the "Posthumes" volume torn. A lovely little set.
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A Vegetable Collection: Recipes and Rhymes to Conquer Kids of All Ages
by {Vegetarian Cooking] Linder, Dorothy
New York: Sanctuary Books, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. New. Glossy illustrated paper over boards, backed in bright green cloth; square 8vo; unpaginated (approx. pp. 120), with watercolor illustrations beautifully reproduced in full-color throughout. Numerous recipes placing vegetables front and center, delicious enough to entice the most finicky kid. Includes dishes for all four seasons, as sides or main courses, as well as little poems featuring anthropomorphic veggies. Unique, and good fun.
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Zadacha Rossii [Russia's Historical Task, Nine Essays]
by Veidle [Weidle], Vladimir Vasil'evich
New York: Printed by the Rausen Brothers for the Chekhov Publishing House of the East European Fund, Inc., [1956]. Paperback. Very Good+. Original wrappers; pp. 230, [8] (ads). Covers lightly rubbed; spine a little creased. An excellent copy.
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Kouzlo hracek
by Vejrychova-Solarova, Bozema; Chotek, Karel; Hora, Josef; et al
Praze: Vaclav Nanka, 1945. First Edition. Paperback. Good+/Good+. Plain staple-bound wraps with cloth backstrip; full-color illustrated dust jacket; 4to; pp. [4], 25, [3], beautifully illustrated in full-color throughout. Covers detached, very brittle, and off-set onto illustrated first and last leaves of the text block; the occasional tiny chip or closed tear along edges of text block (in this cataloguer's opinion, inoffensive, and in no way detracting from the appeal of the illustrations or text). Dust jacket... Read More
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Cantiones medii et renascentis Bohemorum aevi
by Venhoda, Miroslav; Herink, Jan (graphic design)
Prague: Artia, 1965. Number 163 from an unspecified press run. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Orange cloth; dust jacket; publisher's pictorial slipcase; square 4to; pp. 73, [3], with full-color full-page illustrations facing musical scores; plus a book of lyrics and a vinyl record (33) in sleeve inside rear board. Spine tips lightly rubbed; bottom corner bumped, resulting in slight wrinkle throughout text block; a few tiny specks of soiling along edges of text block (nowhere infringing into the... Read More
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Collezione delle Principali Vedute di Venezia
by [Venice]
Venice: Eugenio Testolini, n.d. [c. 1830]. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's half brown cloth and printed boards; oblong folio (240 x 343 mm); contains lithographed title-page with inset view of a gondolier and 11 beautifully hand-colored lithographed plates, many with the embossed stamp of the publisher in the lower margin. Boards soiled and scuffed; spine tips, corners, and edge of boards lightly bumped. Nice and bright on the inside! Aside from some faint marginal foxing, plates... Read More
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38 photographs of Venetian monuments and canal scenes circa 1910.
by [Photography - Venice]
Ephemera. Very Good+. Group of landscape photographs in sepia (ca. 19 x 25.2 cm each) mounted on black board, 23.5 x 30.5 cm, all edges gilt, showing the Piazza San Marco from various views; the logetta underneath Campanile Sansovino; Basilica di San Marco and the Battisterio; Porta della Carta; Santa Maria della Salute; Santa Barnaba, signed O. Nayatot(?); Scala dei Giganti; the Arsenale; monuments to Titian and Canova; the tombs of Doge Vendramino and Doge Loredano; the Orologio... Read More
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Catalogue of a Collection of Books on Logic. Presented to the Library by John Venn.
by VENN, John.
Cambridge: C. J. Clay, 1889. Paperback. Near Fine. University Library Bulletin, Extra Series. 8vo. [4], 125 pages + 2 blanks. Brown paper boards. First Edition. $125.
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