Rabbit, Run
by John Updile
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. The 1960 stated 1st edition of John Updike's second published novel. Solid and VG (very light creasing and staining to the foot of the spine) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light wear at the spine ends and light fading and abrading along the spine. A bit of inconspicuous staining as well to the inside of the dustjacket. Nonetheless, a pleasing, very presentable copy.
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A History and Register of the S Boats
by Compiled and Edited by Kenneth B. Upham
Kenneth B. Upham, 1994. Leatherette. Very Good +. Uncommon, self-published 1994 examination of the S Boats, which was "assembled for the severnty-fifth anniversary of the design of the Herreshoff 'S' Boat, the first marconi rigged one design. One hundred and three of these boats were known to be built". Solid and VG+ in its dark-brown leatherette, with bright gilt-design and titling along the front panel. Very light wear to the rear panel, otherwise clean as could be, with... Read More
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The Golliwogg's Fox-Hunt
by Florence K. Upton (Bertha Upton)
London and New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. Florence K. Upton. A tight, well-preserved copy of the 1st edition of this early entry in the legendary turn-of-the-century "Golliwoggs" series, c. 1902. Solid and VG in its wonderful pictorial boards, with light soiling to the panels. Lavishly illustrated in color by Florence K. Upton, the verses supplied by her mother Bertha Upton. Oblong octavo, the rich illustrations uniformly bright and clean.
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The Golliwogg's Desert Island
by Florence K. Upton (Bertha Upton)
London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. Florence K. Upton. The 1st edition of this early installment in the legendary "Golliwogg" series, c. 1902. Wonderfully illustrated in rich color by Florence K. Upton, verses by her mother Bertha Upton. An oblong quarto, solid and VG in its pictorial boards, with light soiling to the panels. The binding is very firm, the color illustrations are uniformly clean and bright. A handsome, very presentable copy.
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The Golliwogg's "Auto-Go-Cart
by Florence K. Upton
New York, London and Bombay: Longmans, Green & Co, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. Florence K. Upton. A solid, presentable copy of the 1901 1st edition. Tight and VG (small chip at the front endpaper, rear endpaper torn and re-taped) in its pictorial boards, with light soiling to the panels and very light staining along the rear panel's upper tip. Oblong octavo, wonderfully illustrated in rich color by Florence K. Upton, the verses supplied by her mother Bertha Upton.... Read More
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Emil Nolde: Catalogue Raisonne of the Oil-Paintings (Complete in 2 Vols.)
by Martin Urban
Munich and London: Verlag C.H. Beck/Sotheby's Publications, 1990. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. The sweping catalogue raisonne of Nolde's oil paintings, complete in 2 volumes. Vol. I is the 1987 original edition in its native German and Vol. II is the 1990 1st English language edition, published out of London by Sotheby's Publications. Both volumes clean, tight and Near Fine in crisp, VG+ dustjackets, with very light creasing and several small closed tears along Vol. II's rear panel, and... Read More
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Emil Nolde: Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings and Graphics
by Martyin Urban
London: Fischer Fine Art Ltd, 1976. Original wraps. Fine. A pristine copy of the catalogue based on the 1976 exhibition at London's Fischer Fine Art. Clean and Fine in its wine-red wrappers.
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Cancer and the Nervous System: The Neurological Manifestations of Systemic Malignant Disease
by R.A. Henson & H. Urich
Oxford, England: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1982. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A crisp, clean copy of the 1982 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket. Thick octavo, 657 pgs. Internally immaculate, with no writing or markings of any kind.
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La Danse Hindoue
by Usha Chatterji (Srimati Usha)
Paris: Les Editions Vega, 1951. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A clean, crisp copy of the 1951 1st French edition, IN A LOVELY EXAMPLE OF THE PUBLISHER'S PRINTED WRAPAROUND BAND. Solid and Near Fine in its glassine dustjacket. Octavo, 145 pgs. plus bibliography. Text in French.
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La Danse Hindoue
by Usha Chatterji (Srimati Usha)
Paris: Les Editions Vega, 1951. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO LEGENDARY BOOK PUBLISHER, ANTON SCHUTZ (FOUNDER AND PUBLISHER OF NEW YORK GRAPHIC SOCIETY) on the front free endpaper. 1st French edition, 1951. Bright and clean and VG in its original pictorial wrappers. Light creasing along the spine with a bit of wear at the foot of the spine. Octavo, 145 pgs. plus bibliography. Signed by Author.
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Condition Red: Destroyer Action in the South Pacific
by Commander Frederick J. Bell USN
New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1943. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A handsome copy of the 1943 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (very light foxing along the spine) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with one very small closed tear --and just a touch of creasing-- along the front panel's bottom-edge. Octavo, "illustrated with photogravures and two maps" at the rear.
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Countdown: Sex Bombs (Complete in 6 Volumes)
by Hiroyuki Utatane
Seattle: Eros Comix, 1995. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. Hiroyuki Utatane. The 1995 1st American editions, complete in 6 volumes. All 6 volumes clean and Near Fine to Fine in their stapled, pictorial wrappers. Skillfully illustrated throughout. Uncommon in its full run.
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Pictorial Chinese-Japanese Characters: A New and Fascinating Method to Learn Ideographs (In Dustjacket)
by Oreste Vaccari and Mrs. Enko Elisa Vaccari
Tokyo: Oreste Vaccari, 1950. Felt. Very Good +/Very Good. The January 1950 stated 1st edition, in its uncommon pictorial dustjacket. Tight and VG+ in its light-brown felt. And in a crisp, VG example of the fragile dustjacket, with very light chipping along the panel edges and mild creasing --with one or two tiny closed tears-- at the flap folds. Octavo, a detailed study of "Pictorial Characters" and "Phonetic Characters
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Modern Golf
by P.A. Vaile
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. The 1909 1st edition. Presented in a handwritten inscription on the front free endpaper to the June 1909 medal winner at the New Birklands School, St. Albans, Scotalnd. Tight and VG in its wonderful gilt-pictorial front panel. Very light foxing to the preliminaries, otherwise no writing or markings of any kind internally apart from the school inscription. Thick octavo, top-edge gilt, deckled fore and bottom-edges. "One hundred full-page... Read More
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Grammaire De La Langue Serbo-Croate
by A. Meillet et A. Vaillant
Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honore Champion, 1924. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. The 1924 1st edition. VG in its light-green wrappers, with light foxing along the top-edges. Octavo, 302 pgs. Text in French.
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The County Regiment: A Sketch of the Second Regiment of Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Originally the Nineteenth Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War
by Dudley Landon Vaill
Litchfield County, CT: University Club, 1908. Full leather. Very Good. The 1908 1st edition. Solid and VG in its dark-green pebbled leather, with bright gilt-titling and insignia at the front panel. Light scuffing to the panels, light wear at the spine crown. 13 illustrations --including the frontispiece-- complementing Dudley Landon Vaill's text.
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Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York for 1855
by D.T. Valentine
New York: D.T. Valentine (The Common Council of New York), 1855. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. An impressive copy of the 1855 issue of Valentine's Manual of New York. Solid and VG+ in its chocolate-brown cloth, with decorative blindstamping and bright gilt-design and titling along the panels and spine. Small, neat 1914 inscription from a former owner to his father on the front free endpaper, otherwise very sharp internally, with light offsetting to a small number of the... Read More
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The Messerschmitt 109 in Italian Service 1943-1945
by Ferdinando D'Amico & Gabriele Valentini
Boylston, MA: Monogram Aviation Publications, 1985. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp, bright copy of the 1985 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Fine pictorial dustjacket. Tall quarto, 128 pgs.
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Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York
by D.T. Valentine
New York: D. T. Valentine, 1863. Decorative Boards. Very Good. The 1863 issue of D.T. Valentine's epic 19th century manual of New York City. Tight and VG to VG+ in its navy-blue cloth, with lavish blindstamping and gilt-design and titling to the panels. Dozens of fold-out maps, charts and crests throughout, a number of them in chromolithography. A gennereous amount of engravings as well, all designed to give a deep visual sense of a city which by the... Read More
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Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York (5 Consecutive Years, The Civil War Years)
by D.T. Valentine
The Corporation of the City of New York, 1865. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. The complete run of the Civil War years of the highly-influential mid-19th century history of New York City, universally known simply as Valentine's Manual. 4 of the 5 volumes are inscribed by the author, D.T. Valentine, to his good friend, White Plains, NY lawyer S.L.A. Ward. All 5 of the volumes --thick, uniform 12mos-- are solid and easily VG+ in their blindstamped bevelled boards,... Read More
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The Four-leaved Shamrock and Other Tales
by Sinead De Valera
Dublin: Fallons, 1964. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A very sharp copy of the 1964 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine (with just a touch of wear at the spine ends) in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping at the spine crown. Octavo, 120 pgs.,
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CAHIER B. 1910
by Paul Valery
Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1926. Numbered. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1 of 62 numbered hors commerce copies, 1926. A PRESENTATION COPY AS WELL, WARMLY INSCRIBED BY PAUL VALERY on the front free endpaper. Clean and VG+ in its original wrappers AND including a VG+ example of the uncommon glassine dustjacket. Octavo, 85 pgs. Signed by Author.
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Beyond Description: Abstraction in the Oil Paintings of James Fitzgerald
by Valerie Livingston, PhD
Monhegan, Maine: Monhegan Museum, 2001. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. The catalogue based on the June-September 2001 exhibition at Monhegan Museum in Monhegan, Maine. Bright and Near Fine in its stapled pictorial wrappers.
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Costumes & Coiffes Du Perigord
by Ginette Valpremy
Perigueux, France: Editions Pierre Fanlac (Bibliotheque du Bournat du Perigord), 1987. Original wraps. Near Fine. Claude Sarlat and Pierre Valpremy. A handsome copy of the 1987 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its decorative wrappers. Tall quarto, dozens and dozens of crisp black-and-white photos and detailed line drawings thruout. Text exclusively in French.
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Instituciones de Arquitectura
by Francesco Antonio Valzania
Madrid: La Imprenta de Sancha, 1792. Full leather. Very Good +. The 1792 1st edition of this general work concerned with public and private buildings, and the architecture of beauty, symmetry and decorum. Handsome mid to late 19th century re-bind, in its laminate, decorative full-leather. Very light chipping at the top corner of the front free endpaper, small, neat former owner names to the blank verso of the title page and one light, neat former owner stamp along... Read More
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