Canon of the Five Orders of Architecture
by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
New York: Acanthus Press, 1999. Hardcover. Collectible; Fine. A pristine copy of the 1999 American re-issue of this seminal 16th century text in architectural history. Clean and Fine in its 1/4 cloth over laminate boards. Tall quarto, 118 pgs. "Translated into English, with an introduction and commentary by Branko Mitrovic
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Reigle des Cinq Ordres D'Architecture
by Jacques Barozzio de Vignole
Paris: Chez Nicolas Bonnart, 1665. Full leather. Very Good. Jacques Barozzio de Vignole. Handsome 1665 edition of this monumentally important 16th century (originally 1552) textbook in architecture. In a contemporary-to-the-period, full dark leather, with 7 raised bands (decorative gilt-tooling within each compartment) and title label along the spine. Forgiveable wear, with some scuffing and abrading at the panels, and a bit of chipping and loss along the spine ends. Folio, 51 of Vignole's legendary engraved plates (#s 43-51... Read More
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Guide to Indian Periodical Literature (Social Sciences and Humanities) --Vol. 4, 1967
by Vijay Kumar Jain, ed
Gurgaon, India: Prabhu Book Service, 1968. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1968 1st edition of Vol. 4 of this guide to Indian Periodical Literature. Solid and VG in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of offsetting along the rear panel. Quarto, 518 pgs.
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Mediaeval Italy from Charlemagne to Henry VII
by Professor Pasquale Villari
New York: Charles Scribner, 1910. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1910 1st American edition, IN THE VERY UNCOMMON ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG+, with bright gilt-design and lettering to front panel and spine. And in a bright, VG/VG+ pictorial dustjacket, with very light chipping at the spine ends and along the tips. Thick octavo, 392 pgs. Very light offseting at the endpapers, small former owner blindstamp to front free endpaper.
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Report of a Tour of Inspection of Irrigation Works in Southern France and Italy, and of Some of the Principal Masonry Dams in France in 1881
by Claude Vincent
1882. Very Good. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, CLAUDE VINCENT, on the front free eendpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1882 1st edition of this report of a tour of inspection of irrigation works in Southern France and Italy. Pasted-on "Corporation of Rochdale" plate at the front panel, otherwise solid and VG in its blue boards, with decorative blindstamping to the panels. 17 plates (a number of them large fold-outs) and 7 sketches, including a pasted-on sepia... Read More
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The First Editor: Aldus Pius Manutius
by Thedore Low De Vinne
New York: Targ Editions, 1983. Decorative Boards. Fine. Antonio Frasconi. An all-but-pristine copy of the 1983 signed/limited. #5 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY BOTH THE ILLUSTRATOR ANTONIO FRASCONI AND THE PRINTER LESLIE MILLER at the colophon. Clean and Fine in its off-white cloth over decorative blindstamped boards. Quarto, also includes a sturdy, VG+ to Near Fine example of the publisher's unprinted card slipcase.
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Look Out for Pirates!
by Iris Vinton
New York: Beginner Books (Random House), 1961. Laminate boards. Near Fine/Very Good. H.B. Vestal. A sharp copy of the 1961 presumed 1st edition (with its "$1.95" price on the inner front flap, its B-22 code and the 24 titles listed {19 in the "Books for Beginners" series and 5 in the "Beginning Beginners" series} on the rear cover). Clean and Near Fine, with no writing or markings of any kind internally. And in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with... Read More
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Texas Medical History in the Library of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
by Violet M. Baird, Ed
Dallas: The Friends of the Medical School of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 1972. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. A clean, fresh copy of the 1972 1st edition. Bright and VG+ in its original beige wrappers. Tall quarto, 91 pgs. Of a limitation of 600 numbered copies, this is the publisher's copy.
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The Works of Virgil, Translated into English Verse by Mr. Dryden (In 3 Volumes)
by Virgil
London: Vernor, Hood and Sharp, 1806. Full calf. Very Good +. The 1806 new edition, "revised and corrected by John Carey, LL.D". Complete in 3 octavo volumes, each in full, contemporary-to-the-period calf with rebacked, contemporary-to-the-period, gilt-bordered and titled spines. A handsome, well-preserved set, with very light rubbing to several of the boards. Internally very clean, with just a touch of light spotting to the preliminaries but no writing or other markings to speak of. Very solidly bound as... Read More
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A Vanished World (Signed by Roman Vishniac)
by Roman Vishniac
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED BY ROMAN VISHNIAC on the first pictorial endpaper. A tight, very sharp copy to boot of the 1984 stated 2nd printing.. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Square quarto, Vishniac's deeply moving, heartfelt portraits of Eastern European Jewry, taken between 1934 and 1939. Foreword by the formidable Elie Wiesel.
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Di Architettura
by Marcus Vitruvius Pollo (Vitruvius)
Venice: Niccolo Zoppino, 1535. Boards. Very Good. Vitruvius. Edited by F.L. Durantino. Venice: Niccolo Zoppino, March 1535. Tall 4to (290 x 200 mm). Title within an elaborate historiated woodcut border and printed in red and black, 136 woodcut illustrations and diagrams, figured initials. (Some pale marginal staining and light worming at end.) Early Italian boards, sewn (upper cover fragile but still firmly holding). "Duplicate" bookplate from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Department of Prints) at the front pastedown.... Read More
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De Architectvra Libri Decem Ad Caesarem Avgvstvm
by M. Vitrvvii Pollionis (Vitruvius)
Lyons: Jean de Tournes, 1552. Full leather. Very Good. Bernard Salomon. Edited by Guillaume Philander. Lyons: Jean de Tournes, 1552. De Tournes's device on title, 83 woodcuts, one folding plate of a monumental inscription, head-pieces, initials, a second printer's device on verso of last leaf. First de Tournes edition of Vitruvius with the revised and expanded commentary and notes by Philander (1505-1563) and illustrations by Bernard Salomon. Philander studied with Serlio in Venice and worked on Vitruvius in... Read More
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I Dieci Libri Dell'Architecttura (The Ten Books of Architecture)
by Vitruvius
Venice: Francesco Maredini, 1556. Vellum. Very Good. Andrea Palladio. Translated and with a Commentary by Daniele Barbaro. Venice: Francesco Maredini, 1556. 132 woodcut illustrations and diagrams, 11-line woodcut initials, numerous 6-line initials, later parchment over contemporary vellum. 1st edition of Barbaro's translation and commentatry, with illustrations by Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) and possibly Guiseppe Porta Salviati (1520-1575) and Giovanni Antonio Rusconi (1520-1579). Barbaro's edition "is widely considered to be the most significant Italian edition of the treatise, the illustrations... Read More
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Constantino Morosin
by C. Morosin. Paolo Portoghesi and Cesare Vivaldi
Calcata, Italy: Self-published, 1993. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. An immaculate copy of the 1993 1st edition. Bright and Fine in its original pictorial wrappers. Quarto, 93 pgs.
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The Wines of the World Characterized & Classed: With Some Particulars Respecting the Beers of Europe
by Henry Vizetelly
London: Ward, Lock & Tyler, 1875. Original wraps. Very Good. The 1875 1st edition, with its original pictorial wrappers bound-in. Clean and Near Fine in its recently-bound wine-red cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. New endsheets as well. The original 1875 text --and covers-- have held up well. Solid and VG to VG+, with light rubbing to the panels and one very small chip at the front panel's upper tip. 12mo, wonderful wine-related period ads at the... Read More
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The Don't Be Scared Book: Scares, Remedies and Pictures
by Ilse-Margret Vogel
New York: Atheneum, 1964. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. Ilse-Margret Vogel. A solid, well-preserved copy of the 1964 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with one small closed tear (and a bit of creasing) at the front panel's lower-edge and several tiny closed tears along the spine crown. Still though, very presentable. Oblong octavo, nicely illustrated throughout in a charcoal black-and-white by the author herself, Ilse-Margret Vogel.
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Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways -- Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-1978
by Essay by Ellen R. Goheen; Photographs by Wolfgang Volz
Abrams, 1978. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1978 1st edition. VG+ in a bright, VG+ dustjacket with 2 small closed tears along the top edge of the back panel. Quarto, oblong, unpaginated. A nice copy of this early monograph on Christo.
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Michigan Flora: a guide to the identification and occurrence of the native and naturalized seed-plants of the state (3 Vols.)
by Edward G. Voss
Cranbrook Institute of Science. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A handsome copy of this exhaustive study of "Michigan Flora", complete in 3 volumes. All 3 volumes clean and Near Fine in bright, VG+ to Fine dustjackets. Vol. I is the 1980 2nd printing and is subtitled "Gymnosperms and Nonocots"; Vol. II is the 1985 1st edition and is subtitled " DICOTS (Saururaceae--Cornaceae); and Vol. III is the 1996 1st edition and is subtitled "DICOTS (Pyrolaceae--Compositae). Uniform octavos, over 2,300 distribution... Read More
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Vostell: Environments/Happenings 1958-1974 (With a Signed Serigraph)
by Wolf Vostell
Paris: Editions du Chene, 1974. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near-pristine copy of the uncommon catalogue based on the December 1974-January 1975 exhibition at Paris' Arc 2/Musee D'Art Moderne de la Ville. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto, crisp, high-quality black-and-white plates thruout. THE DELUXE EDITION (#488 OF 500 COPIES ISSUED), WITH A SERIGRAPH ("La Beaute est un acte moral!") SIGNED BY WOLF VOSTELL IN PENCIL AND NUMBERED.The serigraph also includes its... Read More
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Voltaire and Candide: A Study in the Fusion of History, Art and Philosophy
by Ira O. Wade
Princeton University Press, 1959. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very appealing copy of the 1959 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with very mild fading along the spine. Octavo, "The La Valliere" manuscript of "Candide" published at the rear.
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The Gentleman Giant: The Life of Robert Wadlow
by Frederic Fadner (Harold F. Wadlow)
Boston: Bruce Humphries Inc, 1944. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. A very solid copy of the 1944 1st edition of this biography of Robert Wadlow (1918-1940), the "gentleman giant" from Illinois, considered at 8' 11" the tallest man in human history. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with fading along the spine and light rubbing to the front panel. Octavo, 206 pgs. "Thousands of pictures were taken of him in his travels all over the country... Read More
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED
by W.J. Funk (President of Funk & Wagnalls)
1931. 1 pg. TLS from W.J. Funk, President of Funk & Wagnalls Publishers, to Edward T. Stotesbury, senior partner at the Drexel & Company banking house of Philadelphia, associate of J.P.Morgan and one of the wealthiest men in the country. Drawn on Funk & Wagnalls stationary and dated December 2nd, 1931. Clean and bright and well-preserved, the signature strong and legible.
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Catherine Wagner: Cross Sections
by Catherine Wagner
Santa Fe: Twin Palms Publishers, 2001. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER CATHERINE WAGNER on the title page. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the catalogue based on the November 2001-January 2002 exhibition at the San Jose Museum of Art. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket.
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Iron & Steel in Ancient China
by Donald B. Wagner
Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1993. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED BY DONALD WAGNER on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1993 1st edition. Fine (with unflecked gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine) in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 573 pgs. Part of Brill's wonderful "Handbook of Oriental Studies" series. Signed by Author.
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Merry Go Round in Oz: Founded on and Continuing the Famous Oz Stories By L. Frank Baum
by Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren McGraw Wagner
Chicago: Reilly and Lee, 1963. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. Another first-rate installment in the Oz series, lovingly carried-on in this example by mother and daughter Eloise McGraw and Lauren Wagner. 1963 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket. Several small, minor chips along the jacket tips and one small closed tear along the jacket front fold. The date-of-publication, "1963", also written neatly in felt-tip across the spine of the jacket. Still though,... Read More
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