Folies Bergere. Paul Derval Presente: C'est de la Folie! Revue en 2 Actes det 30 Tableaux de Michel Gyarmathy...
by [vintage souvenir program, cabaret]; Derval, Paul
(likely, Paris): M. A. E. Whily-Tell, n.d. (c. 1950s?). Paperback. Very Good+. Staple-bound blue wraps; 4to; pp. [32], with ads and illustrations in b/w and full-color. Covers rubbed and lightly scuffed; corners a bit thumbed.
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Les Naturistes -- Le Paradis du Nu, Naked Paradise, El Paraiso del Desnudo
by [vintage souvenir program, cabaret]; Germain German; Luska et Fost
likely Paris: n.p., n.d. (c. 1952). Paperback. Very Good+. Staple-bound wraps; oblong 12mo; pp. [32], with b/w photo-illustrations throughout. N.d., but a previous owner's note on inside front cover indicates Paris, 1952. Rear cover lightly soiled, recto and verso; otherwise contents are fine.
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L'Art et le Nu au Music Hall, No. 6
by [vintage souvenir program, cabaret]
Les Editions Paris-Plaisirs, n.d. (c. 1920s?). Paperback. Very Good+. Staple-bound full-color illustrated wraps; 4to; pp. [36], with b/w and full-color illustrations throughout. Covers rubbed; spine lightly scuffed; corners a bit thumbed. Images from Casino de Paris, Moulin Rouge.
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Paul Derval Presente "Follies-Cocktail," Revue en 2 Actes et 30 Tableaux [La Grande Revue des Folies-Bergere]
by [vintage souvenir program, cabaret]; Derval, Paul; Hermite, Maurice; Gyarmathy, Michel
n.d. (c. 1940s). Paperback. Very Good+. Wraps, printed in red and gold, with painted illustration on "gold" leaf mounted to front cover; 4to; pp. [32], with duotone ads and illustrations throughout. Covers a little wrinkled along yapp edges; some light wrinkling to first and last few leaves.
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Collection of Antique Tins
by [vintage tins; pharmaceutical, medical, cosmetic packaging]
mostly American, mostly early-to-mid nineteenth century. Ephemera. Very Good+. A group of 20, it includes: Antique Tin, Drefs' Mandrake Compound Liver Pills. Albany, New York: Burdick & Son, c. 1916. Yellow tin, printed in black, 48mm diameter. Manufactured by Burdick and Son. Top reads: "New Style Box Adopted July 1, 1916 / Drefs' / Mandrake Compound / Liver Pills / Price 35 [cents] -- 40 Pills / 3 Boxes for $1.00 / Prepared for / Charles A.... Read More
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Histoire D'un Dessinateur, Ou Comment Apprendre a Dessiner
by Viollet-le-Duc, (Eugene Emmanuel)
Paris: Hetzel. Hardcover. Fine. Original Hetzel edition, highly decorative red cloth, gilt. Prize winning academic leaf tipped to front endpaper. A nice copy. Illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations. Color frontis. Nice copy.
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The Cranial Affinities of the Man and the Ape.
by VIRCHOW, Prof. Rudolf
Boston: Lee & Shepard. 8vo. No. 2 in Half-Hour Recreations in Popular Science. Boston: Lee & Shepard, n.d. 54pp. plus four pages of yellow ads at front and rear. Original printed blue wrappers, lacking rear wrap. Scarce.
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Virgilii evangelisantis Christiados libri XIII, in quibus omnia quae de domino nostro Iesu Christo in utroque testamento, vel dicta vel predicta sunt, altisona divina Maronis tuba susvissime decantantur
by VIRGIL -- ROSS, Alexander (1590-1654)
London: Richard Thrale, 1638. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (140 x 92mm). [20], 311pp. (including engraved title but without the printed title, cancelled in this copy). Dedicated to Charles I of England. Emblematic engraved title by William Marshal depicting Virgil as wingless angel, wearing wreath on head, playing trumpet from which hangs banner with crown of thorns encircling sun and surrounded by beasts of the Evangelists and out of which issue the words Iesus Christus Salvator Mundi. 18th-century three-quarter... Read More
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P. Virgilii Maronis Opera In tres Tomos divisa, Cum integris Notis Servii, Philargyrii, nec non J. Pierii Variis Lectionibus, & Selectissimis plerisque Commentariis Donati, Probi, Nannii, Sabini, Germani, Cerdae, Taubmanni, & Aliorum. Quibus accedunt Observationes Jacobi Emmenessii. Cum Indice Erythraei
by Virgil; Emmenessius, Jacobus; Masvicius, Pancratius; Erythraeus; Basso, Antonio; Servius
Lugd. Batavorum / Amstelodami: Jacobum Hackium / Abrahamum Wolfgang, 1680. Hardcover. Very Good+. Early vellum, spine ruled in gilt, with simple gilt-stamped ornament in spine compartments, manuscript title in first compartment; complete set of 3 volumes, 8vo (194x114mm); pp. [384], 704, plus engraved illustrated half-title p., 2 full-page plates; [4], 1124, plus frontispiece and 5 plates; 982, plus frontispiece and 5 plates; each volume with engraved illustrations in text. Vellum a little rubbed and dust-smudged; spine tips... Read More
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Three Screenplays: White Nights, Rocco and his Brothers, The Job
by Visconti, Luchino
New York: Orion Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo. Publisher's cloth in edgeworn DJ . Provenance: Although there is no bookplate or signature to signify it, this book is from the library of George Cosmatos, director and screenwriter, sold at Sotheby's 23 March 2005.
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Black Mammy, A Song of the South, in Three Cantos; and My Village Home
by Visscher, William Lightfoot
Cheyenne, Wyoming: [Sun Steam Print], 1885. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's pictorial grey cloth over bevelled boards, gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on upper board; 8vo; pp. 107, [1], illustrated. Spine a little water-damaged and faded; corners gently bumped. Some browning here and there, but text block is overall nice and clean.
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Lamberto Vitali: Un fotografo fin de siecle. Il conte Primoli
by Vitali, Lamberto
Torino: Giulio Einaudi editore, 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. Orange cloth, black lettering on spine; b/w photo-illustrated dust jacket. Reproduces nearly 300 photographs. Saggi 434. Book is fine. Dust jacket faintly rubbed, with some light chipping at spine tips and corners.
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M. Vitrvvii Pollionis de Architectvra libri decem, cvm Commentariis Danielis Barbari, Electi Patriarchae Aqvileniensis: Mvltis Aedificiorvm, Horologiorvm, et Machinarvm Descriptionibvs & figuris, una cum indicibus copiosis, auctis & illustratis
by VITRUVIUS, Marcus Pollio (d. 15 BCE) – BARBARO, Daniele (1514–1570)
Venice: Apud Franiscum Franciscium Senensem, & Ioan. Crugher Germanum (Francesco De Franceschi & Johann Criegher), 1567. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio (289 x 205mm). Pagination: [20], 375, [1] pages (lacks p. 10). Collation: a(6), b(4), A(5 of 6, lacking A5), B-Z(6), AA-GG(6), HH(8). Title and rear verso leaf with woodcut printer’s device of the virtue of Peace, inscribed Pax, holding olive branch within cartouche border with masks. Title verso with full-page woodcut of the muse of architecture, raising ruler in... Read More
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M. L. Vitrvuio Pollione Di architettura dal vero esemplare latino nella volgar lingua tradotto: e con le figure a suoi luoghi con mirãdo ordine insignito. Anchora con la tauola alfabetica: nellaquale facilmente si potra trouare la moltitudine de vocaboli a suoi luoghi cõ gran diligenza esposti : e dichiarati: mai piu da alcuno altro fin al presente stampato a grande vtilita di ciascuno studioso
by VITRUVIUS, Marcus Pollio (first century BC)
Venice: Nicolo de Aristotele detto Zoppino, 1535. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio (295 x 190mm). [12], I-CX, (110ff.) Signatures: AA6-BB6; A8-N8; O6. Title printed in red and black with woodcut block border depicting strewn armor and dueling knights with wreathed portrait of Cicero at top and plaques with monogram initials of Roman Emperors Fabius Maximus, Julius Caesar, and Alexander Magnus. 136 woodcut in-text illustrations depicting lives of primitive humans, the famous Vitruvian Man on p. XXII, constellations, rules for... Read More
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Persten' Ioanna Groznago [The Ring of Ivan the Terrible, A Story]
by Vitukhin, V.
Berlin: Russkii knizhnyi mag Grad-Kitezh, 1922. Paperback. Very Good. Original wraps; pp. 63, [1] (ads). Spine tips very lightly chipped; some gentle rubbing along edges of covers and text block; some light staining in gutter of text block, from rusty staples. Otherwise a nice, clean copy. An excellent reading copy of the author's first novel.
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[Karneval. Romaneto [Carneval: A Novela]
by Vit zslav, Nezval
Prague: Odeon, 1926. Paperback. Very Good+. A black and white photomontage cover design with red lettering by “A. Don” (a pseudonym for Jindrich Styrsky), with a title page designed by Karel Teige and Otakar Mrkvicka. 7.75x5.5”, 104pp. Original printed wrappers with only lightly worn edges of the covers; small splits and light wear to the spine head/heel. CZECH SURREALISM
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De locis solidis secunda divinatio geometrica in quinque libros iniuria temporum amissos tristaei senioris geometrae
by VIVIANI, Vincenzo (1622-1703) – LORENZINI, Giovanni Antonio (engr., 1665-1740)
Florence: Typis regiae Celesitudinus, apud Petrum Antonium Brigonci, [1701]. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio (330 x 238mm). [24], 164, 128pp., 3 leaves of engraved plates by Giovanni Antonio Lorenzini (2 are double leaves) depicting one of Galileo’s bust, 2 double-page of Galileo’s house, woodcut diagrams throughout. Later mottled calf, spine gilt (lightly spotted; rubbed). First Edition of Vincenzo Viviani’s first written but last published work. Viviani was an Italian mathematician and scientist. In 1639, at the age... Read More
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A Christmas Carol, by Shophound [or] Adventures of Shophound from A to Z
by [manuscript; original artwork; VOGUE]
1931. Paperback. Very Good+. A sweet little hand-made volume, illustrated in full-color throughout; about 4.5-by-6 inches, 20 pages (including front and rear cover) alternately bound with staples or glue. This joyful ode to Christmas booty (as in, presents) features a Schnauzer in holly and red bow, bounding through an alphabet of potential gifts, as though through a store. Perhaps created as a mock-up, story board, or even a potential magazine lay-out (it begins with Shophound sitting... Read More
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La Femme ou les Six Amours
by VOÏART, [Anne Élisabeth] Élise (1786-1866)
Paris: Ambroise Dupont, 1828. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. Six volumes, 12mo (170 x 96mm). This is the revised and expanded Second Edition embellished with six engraved frontispieces depicting Vol. I: "Espère" (or "Hope" as a praying young woman) for "Amour filial"; Vol. 2: "Ma chère soeur je ne refuserai jamais" (Two embracing women reading book on lectern) for "Amour fraternel"; Vol. 3: "Ne m'oubliez pas" (Lovers in a garden) for "Amour"; Vol. 4: "Prions ensemble" (two women praying... Read More
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L'A, B, C, Dialogue Curieux.
by [VOLTAIRE, FRANÇOIS-MARIE AROUET DE.]
[Londres]: Robert Freemann" [i. e2, Geneva], 1762. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Modern leather, scuffed, light discoloration on covers; starry endpapers; contents with varying spotting throughout. Bookplate of Francis John Hughes.
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La Ligue ou Henry Le Grand, Poeme Epique.
by [VOLTAIRE, FRANÇOIS-MARIE AROUET DE.]
[Geneva]: "A Geneve, Chez Jean Mokpak" [i. e., Rouen: Viret], , 1723. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. viii, 231 pages. Contemporary calf, spine ends chipped, front joint partly cracked; Marginal dampstaining at beginning and end. Bookplate of Francis John Hughes
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La Pucelle. The Maid of Orleans: An heroic-comical poem in twenty-one cantos by Arouet de Voltaire: A new and complete translation into English verse revised corrected and augmented from the earlier English translation of W.H. Ireland and the one attributed to Lady Charleville with the variants now for the first time translated by Ernest Dowson.
by VOLTAIRE
London: Lutetian Society, 1899. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Copy 10 of 500, two volumes; original publisher's cloth. Fine bright copies housed in a handsome 1/2 brown morocco box, spines ornately gily. George Zabriskie bookplate in volume one.
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Essay sur Histoire Generale, et sur les Moeurs et l’Esprit des Nations, Depuis Charlemagne Jusqau nos Jours. Nouvelle Edition, revue, corrigee, & considerablement augmentee (8 Volumes)
by Voltaire
n.p.: n.p., 1761. Hardcover. Very Good. Full calf, gilt-stamped lettering in black spine label. Additional shipping charges may apply.
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Zadig and Other Romances. Translated By H.I. Woolf And Wilfrid S. Jackson, With An Introduction And Notes By H.I. Woolf.
by Voltaire
London and New York: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited [and] Dodd, Mead and Company, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good+. Tall 8vo. Bound by Bayntun. Bright cherry calf, spine attractively gilt, labels navy and olive. a.e.g. Some light rubbing to leather along hinge of front board, but still a very nice copy.
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Candide; or Optimism
by Voltaire, Jean Marie Francois Arouet de
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1973. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Copy 81 of a total edition of 1500. 4to. Signed by the illustrator, May Neama. Excellent copy in publisher's slipase.
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