Lear's Nonsense Verses
by Ungerer, Tomi; Lear, Edward
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1967. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Tomi Ungerer. Black boards with green spine; 4to; unpaginated. Boards worn along edges, reading smudges to some pages; a book enjoyed repeatedly by a young reader or two, as such a classic book should! A good reading copy still.
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Rabbit at Rest
by Updike, John
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed by Author(s). Limited first edition signed by the author on first blank leaf, full leather with banded spine, decorated in gilt with all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, silk bookmark, 8vo, 512,[5] pages, two page color illustration. Tiny white spot on spine under first band.
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Charades and Celebrations: Poems
by Urdang, Constance
October House, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition stated. Brown paper-covered boards, 9" x 5.75", 83 pp. Original price of $4.50 on DJ flap; minor fading to spine panel of jacket. First poetry collection by Urdang.
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The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
by Van Allsburg, Chris
Houghton Mifflin, 1984-09-24. hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 9x0x10. Van Allsburg, Chris. Signed. Orange cloth boards under black dust jacket. 5th printing. Closed tear to rear panel of DJ. Signed (name only) by Van Allsburg on title page.
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Transportation Uniform Buttons: Volume I: Railroad. Volume 2: Transit
by VanCourt, Don
Spencerport: Gross Publications. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 11x8x1. Two hardcover volumes, blue cloth with gilt lettering under white & black dust jackets. Both volumes signed & inscribed by author. Volume 1 with errata. Clean & solid copies, quite nice. Tear and small chip to DJs. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping.
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Make Believe
by van der Veen, Adriaan; Roy Edwards (trans)
Bodley Head, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Red boards with gilt lettering to spine under Stephen Russ dust jacket priced 18s. Previous owner has written name, date, and place in a very small & neat hand to inner margin of title page. Otherwise a very nice copy indeed. Woman is abducted and raped, and joins with the gangsters.
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The Transients
by Van Doren, Mark
William Morrow and Company, 1935. hardcover. Very Good/Good. Brown cloth boards under illustrated dust jacket priced at $2.50. Minor discoloring to endpapers; chipping to DJ at head of spine, moderate wear. Second printing. A nice reading copy. Van Doren was a Columbia University professor and influenced many writers from Thomas Merton to Jack Kerouac.
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Story of the Other Wise Man
by Van Dyke, Henry
Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6. McCrea, Ruth. 62 pages, blue and gold illustrations throughout. Small chip out at bottom rear edge of dust jacket near spine. An attractive copy of one of the beautiful Peter Pauper Press vintage books.
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Nigger Heaven
by Van Vechten, Carl
Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover, brown cloth boards with black lettering & decoration, 8vo, 286 pp. Modest fading to spine, light wear, clean & sound copy. Despite its unfortunate name (against which he was advised), it was well received by the Black population it describes.
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Firecrackers: A Realistic Novel
by Van Vechten, Carl
Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Full black cloth under black & yellow illustrated dust jacket (same cover design at the first edition by Knopf). Slight wear to DJ at spine ends. Published the same year as The Great Gatsby, and largely dealing with the same smart set & ennui, this one adds some gay intrigue (Van Vechten himself was gay). F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote to Van Vechten that Firecrackers was his favorite of his (VV's) novels.
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Imagines Praepositorum Generalium Societatis Jesu. Delineatae et Exculptae ab Arnoldo Van Westerhout
by Van Westerhout, Arnold (engraver)
Rome: Venantium Monaldini, 1748. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. Scarce publication of plates only. Normally found with biographical text by Niccolo Galeotti, with an alternate subtitle. The 1748 edition was published with 15 portraits, with a new one each edition until the fourth (1758) which had 18 plates. All 18 are present here. Engraved title page dated 1748. All 19 leaves are tipped in to a modern hardcover binding. Discoloration to top edge of title page; plates themselves fine.
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!["German Textbook of Tailering" [sic] Grundlehre der Schneiderei in vernacular dust jacket](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/487/613/1622613487.0.l.jpg)
"German Textbook of Tailering" [sic] Grundlehre der Schneiderei in vernacular dust jacket
by Vavra, Hilda
Hardcover, 10" x 7.5", 130 pp., pocket at rear, illustrated throughout. Under vernacular dust jacket made from pink & black bird-print wrapping paper, taped to itself, with handwritten paper label to front panel. Clean & solid binding, very good. Dust jacket torn at edges including a bit of loss at rear edges, but still in good condition with bright vibrant colors. There are things in the rear pocket, but they are kind of under the jacket and I haven't taken them... Read More
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Endless Pressure Endlessly Applied: The Autobiography of an Eco-Warrier
by Brock Evans; George Venn
Wake Robin Press, 2020. Like New. Trade paperback, oversize, still in original shrink wrap. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping.
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Off the Main Road
by Venn, George
Portland, OR: Prescott Street Press, 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Gray, Don. Signed by Author(s). Linen over boards with illustrated paper paste-down on front board. 60 pages. One of 100 limited copies signed by the author and illustrator.
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The House by the Medlar Tree (I Malavoglia)
by Verga, Giovanni; Mosbacher, Eric (translator)
Grove Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Blue cloth boards with white lettering under Roy Kuhlman dust jacket, 247 pp. DJ is somewhat faded to spine, modest rubbing, price-clipped. Jacket blurbs by Geoffrey Grigson and D.H. Lawrence. First US edition.
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Head, Heart and and Hand: Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters
by Via, Marie; Searl, Marjorie; Hubbard, Elbert III
University of Rochester, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. Quarter leather over green cloth-covered boards, illustrated throughout, signed on limitation page by Elbert Hubbard III, housed in cloth-covered slipcase. Fine copy in slightly rubbed case. Exhibition catalog giving a good overview of the many aspects of the Roycrofters and their manufacturing and publishing. Includes a roster of Roycrofters, which--lengthy as it is--the authors say is preliminary. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping.
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![Heartsnatcher [L'Arrache-coeur]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/676/073/1734073676.0.l.jpg)
Heartsnatcher [L'Arrache-coeur]
by Vian, Boris; Chapman, Stanley
Rapp & Whiting, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Red boards with gilt spine lettering under Lawrence Edwards dust jacket priced 30s. Very slight toning to edges of DJ. Vian's last novel. Odd fact about Vian: he died after yelling about bad acting while watching a screening of the film adaptation of his novel "I Will Spit on Your Graves.
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River of the West. Life and Adventure in the Rocky Mountains and Oregon, etc. etc
by Victor, Frances Fuller [Grinnell, George Bird association]
Hartford: Columbian Book Company, 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. Full brown cloth with gilt stamped bear to front cover, brown clay-coated endpapers, frontispiece of Joseph Meek and both plate and in-text illustrations, 602 pp. + ad for Kane at rear. Professionally restored joints & hinges. Ownership inscription of George Bird Grinnell in pencil to first blank page. Grinnell was deeply interested in both natural history and Native Americans, and this book certainly fits in with his main areas of interest.
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![The River of the West. Life and Adventure in the Rocky Mountains and Oregon; Embracing Events in the Life-Time of a Mountain-Man and Pioneer, etc. etc. [Joe Meek]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/829/472/1638472829.0.l.jpg)
The River of the West. Life and Adventure in the Rocky Mountains and Oregon; Embracing Events in the Life-Time of a Mountain-Man and Pioneer, etc. etc. [Joe Meek]
by Victor, Frances Fuller
Hartford: Columbian Book Company, 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Full dark brown textured cloth blindstamped decorations on both covers, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, plate illustrations, 602 pp. + publisher's ads, 9" x 6". Spine restored with original backstrip laid on. Most of the original lettering is present, the color match is excellent. Bookplate to front endpaper, probably 19th century. I've read this book, and am happy to report that it's a great read. Frances Fuller Victor gathered... Read More
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The Best Man: A Play About Politics
by Vidal, Gore
Little, Brown and Company, 1960. hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed. White cloth spine over blue cloth boards, under white & blue dust jacket priced at $4.95. Fourth printing stated. Inscribed by author on title page. Book itself near fine, DJ has two small dings to front panel, and rubbing to rear panel.
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Revolution
by Vinograd, Julia
Berkeley, California: Oyez, 1970. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong trade paperback, lime green with blue & pink lettering and decoration. First edition. Fine. Poetry from the "Bubble Lady" of the People's Park demonstrations in Berkeley.
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Flying Ebony
by Vinton, Iris
Dodd, Mead & Company, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Simont, Marc. Green cloth boards with blue lettering under illustrated dust jacket priced at $2.50. Gift inscription to front endpaper; light wear and small chips to jacket near head of spine panel. Basis for the 1962 Walt Disney production Mooncussers.
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![Swami Nirmalananda the Unique Apostle of Sri Ramakrishna [orig: His Life and Teachings]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/201/824/1614824201.0.l.jpg)
Swami Nirmalananda the Unique Apostle of Sri Ramakrishna [orig: His Life and Teachings]
by Vishadananda, Swami
Singapore: Tulasi Books, 2011. Near fine. Trade paperback, orange illustrated wraps. A revised edition of the 1943 book, Swami Nirmalananda, His Life & Teachings.
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Hands-On Chaos Magic: Reality Manipulation through the Ovayki Current
by Vitimus, Andrieh
Llewellyn Publications, 2009-01-08. paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Trade paperback. Some kind of perfumed scent, else VG indeed.
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![Ulla von Brandenburg, A Color Notation. [Exhibition Catalog]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/756/441/1533441756.0.l.jpg)
Ulla von Brandenburg, A Color Notation. [Exhibition Catalog]
by [von Brandenburg, Ulla] Julie Enckell Julliard; Stephanie Serra
Musee Jenisch Vevey, 2018. Hardcover. Near Fine. 0x0x0. Hardcover, illustrated paper-covered boards, 12-1/2" tall, 116 pp. Full color reproductions and essay "Ce 'grand theatre de fous': le dessin cathartique d'Ulla von Brandenburg." Near fine, no flaws to note.
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