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, 4 of the 5 Volumes Signed)
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 the publisher's blindstamped, bevelled... Read More
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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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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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Emphyrio (The Signed/Limited Edition)
by Jack Vance
Lancaster, PA: Charles F. Miller, 1995. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A pristine copy of the 1995 signed/limited and true 1st edition. #284 OF 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY JACK VANCE at the limitation. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Also includes an all-but-immaculate copy of the publisher's unprinted blue-cloth slipcase.
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The Man in the Cage
by Jack Vance
San Francisco: Underwood-Miller, 1983. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. The 1983 1st trade edition, limited to 480 copies. Tight and Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with one closed, hairline tear running 3/4 of the length of the rear panel. Still though, very presentable. Octavo, illustrated by Stephen Fabian.
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The Lone Wolf's Son
by Louis Joseph Vance
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1931. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1931 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. A touch of wear at the spine crown, otherwise crisp as could be. 12mo, 304 pgs.
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Courage at Sea
by Marguerite Vance
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1963. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Lorence Bjorklund. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR LORENCE BJORKLUND on the title page. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1963 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with mild fading along the spine. Octavo, nicely illustrated throughout by Lorence Bjorklund.
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Esther Wheelwright, Indian Captive
by Marguerite Vance
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1964. Pictorial cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Lorence Bjorklund. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR LORENCE BJORKLUND along the half-title page. A tight, very sharp copy to boot of the 1964 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with very mild fading along the spine. Octavo, nicely illustrated throughout by Lorence Bjorklund.
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Esther Wheelwright, Indioan Captive
by Marguerite Vance
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1964. Pictorial cloth. Fine/Very Good +. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1964 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with one small cloed tear --ad just a bit of creasing-- along the rear flap-fold's upper edge. Still though, very presentable. Octavo, nicely illustrated in line-drawing by Lorence Bjorklund.
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The Social History of Flatbush, and Manners and Customs of the Dutch Settlers in Kings County
by Gertrude Lefferts Vanderbilt
Brooklyn: Frederick Loeser and Co, 1909. Cloth. Very Good. Early 1909 re-issue of this impressive social history of Flatbush, originally published in 1881. Solid and VG+ in its blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. Mild chipping at the spine crown, very light staining at the foot of the preliminaries. Thick 12mo, several portraits of the elder statesmen of Flatbush, in lovely condition, with their accompanying printed tissue-guards.
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Gaetano Pesce: Architecture Design Art
by France Vanlaethem
New York: Rizzoli, 1989. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. A sharp copy of the 1989 1st American edition (published simultaneously in Italy). Crisp and VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with neat former owner name and address at the half-title. Thin quarto, striking color and black-and-white rerproductions throughout.
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Eddy Merckx: The Greatest Cyclist of the Twentieth Century
by Rik Vanwalleghem
Boulder, CO: VeloPress, 1996. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A well-preserved copy of the 1st English language edition, translated from its original Dutch by Steve Hawkins. Solid and VG+ in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light creasing aliong the spine crown and at the panel edges. Tall quarto, 215 pgs.
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The Pilgrimage of Henry James
by Van Wyck Brooks, Ed
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1925. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1925 1st edition, IN THE UNCOMMON DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG in its red cloth. And in a bright, VG- dustjacket, with light chipping to the panel edges, light soiling along the spine and light chipping at its crown. Still though, a very presentable copy. Octavo, 170 pgs. Small, neat 1925 inscription on the front free endpaper.
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Thermophysical Properties of Neon, Argon, Krypton, and Xenon
by V.A. Rabinovich, A.A. Vasserman, V.I. Nedostup and L.S. Veksler
Washington/New York: Hemisphere Publishinbg Corporation (Harper & Row), 1988. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. The 1988 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very light creasing along the spine crown. Thick octavo, 604 pgs. #10 in the "National Standard Reference Data Service of the USSR -- A Series of Property Tables
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In the Pink: Dorothy Draper, America's Most Fabulous Decorator
by Carleton Varney
Pointed Leaf Press, 2006. Laminate boards. Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 2006 stated 1st edition, 2nd issue (with the number line reading 2 through 10). Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, hundreds of lovely black-and-white and color illustrations throughout.
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The Historical Method of Flavius Josephus
by Pere Villalba I Varneda
Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1986. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. An immaculate copy of the 1986 1st edition. Tight and Fine in its light-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering along the front panel and spine. Octavo, 295 pgs.
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Cy Twombly: A Retrospective
by Kirk Varnedoe
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1994. Cloth. Fine/Fine. An immaculate copy of the catalogue based on the September 1994-January 1995 exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. "180 pages, 187 illustrations (94 in color)
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Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185-1365
by Istvan Vasary
Cambridge University Press, 2005. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 2005 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (with very light spotting at the fore-edge) in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 230 pgs.
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The Stoned Apocalypse
by Marco Vassi
New York: Trident Press, 1972. One of the classic early '70s underground novels. The 1972 1st edition. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR MARCO VASSI on the title page. A solid copy to boot: Tight and Near Fine (several tiny spots at the panels) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very mild soiling and darkening to the panels.
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