LONG ISLAND COLONIAL PATENTS, ANCESTRY OF GOVERNOR DONGAN, HOURS WITH OLD ENGRAVINGS, GLEANINGS FROM OLD ENGRAVINGS, and SELECT PATENTS OF TOWNS AND MANORS (5 titles)
by Van Wyck, Frederick
Boston: A. A. Beauchamp, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 5 titles, printed 1935-1938, by native Gothamite and historian hobbyist Frederick Van Wyck (1853 - 1938?), author of "Recollection of an Old New Yorker" (NY: Liveright, 1932). Each title focus on some aspect of New England or New York colonial history, printed in uniform format, illustrated, each limited to 150 copies for private distribution, each copy inscribed by Van Wyck to the same owner on the ffe, each... Read More
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LOT OF FOUR EPISODES OF STAR TREK DEEP SPACE 9 SEASON 1
by various
LA: Paramount Pictures Corporation, 1992, 1992. Soft cover. Fine. 1) Fields, Peter Allan (story by). Fontana, Dorothy C and Peter Allan Fields (teleplay by). "DAX" .Copy of final draft dated November 17, 1992 for the first season of DEEP SPACE NINE. 2) Behr, Ira Steven.(written by). Lynch, Paul (directed by). "BABEL" Copy of final draft dated October 7, 1992 for the first season of DEEP SPACE NINE. 3) Sanford, George and Michael Pillar (story by). Piller, Michael (teleplay... Read More
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LOT OF 13 FARMER'S ALMANACS for MAINE from 1820s and 1850s
by various
various places in Maine: various, 1822. Soft cover. Fair. A stack of a 13 old Farmer's Almanacs "particularly intended for the State of Maine" or "calculated for the State of Maine'; 1822, 1823, 1824, 1826, 1847, 1848, 1849 (2 copies), 1850, 1851, 1852, and 1853 and a general one for 1854. Toned as typically seen, some restitched, one lacking cover (1826), some loss to a few pages here and there. Most published in Portland by various printers: the... Read More
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BERLIN SOCIETY
by Vasili, Count Paul. (Princess Catherine Radziwill). Leonard, Marie (trnslated by)
London: Sampson KLow, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1885. First English Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Uncommon first English-language edition in publisher's cloth binding. 8vo, xi, 236, 32, brown pebbled cloth pressed in black and gilt. Vasili was the pen name of Princess Catherine Radziwill (1858 - 1941), s a Polish-Russian aristocrat. In 1884, Nouvelle Revue published a series of articles written as letters to a young diplomat by the elderly Count Paul Vasili. The articles were critical of Berlin society... Read More
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DANZAS ARGENTINAS (Argentine Dances)
by Vega, Caros (text and music by). dePietro, Aurora (coloured plates by)
Buenos Aires: Carau, 1962. 1st Edition - Limited. Soft cover. Very Good +. Small folio, limited edition this #337 of 500 copies. Six lithographs, hand-coloured and signed by the artist Aurora de Pietro, loosley set in folder signed by both artist de Pietro and composer Vega on the limitation on rear folder. Original illustrated wrappers, hand-coloured by the artist. The second folder, labeled Second Series, is text in parallel English and Spanish and the score for 7 dances.... Read More
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Triptico
by Velarde, Hector
Lima, Peru: Instituto Cultural Italo Peruano, 1953. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. Slight darkening around lightly rubbed panel edges. Clean pages, text in Italian. Black and white photographs throughout. Tight copy.
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VER BECK'S BOOK OF BEARS
by Ver Beck, Frank, Hanna Rion and Hayden Carruth
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Ver Beck, Frank (illustrated by).. First edition, INSCRIBED BY BOTH VER BECK AND CO-AUTHOR RION on dedication page "To our dear Will Roberts" (in VerBeck's hand). With an ANS by Ver Beck with an original sketch of a bear on stationary of the Editorial Rooms of the Literary Digest, 44-60 East 23rd Steet, New York City, laid in. On a folded sheet, Ver Beck in blue correcting pencil writes to... Read More
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La Cite Ideale En Occident
by Vercelloni, Virgilio
Paris: Editon Du Felin, 1996. First French Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine -. just the slightest wear to dw corners and spine ends, else fine, clean and tight with no previous owner markings.
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The American Woman's Garden
by Verey, Rosemary; Samuels, Ellen
NY: Bulfinch Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine -. Fine clean copy in sl rubbed near fine dw. With Rosemary Verey's nameplate pasted-in on the free front endpaper and inscribed on it by her, and underneath dated, in a separate hand, November 1984, the year of publication. Uncommon thus.
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LITTLE NOVELS OF SICILY
by Verga, Giovanni. Lawrence, D. H. (translated by)
NY: Thonas Seltzer, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First US editiom. Red cloth, spine paper label. Spien slightly faded, some wear at ends, stamp of the Paul Burke-Mahoney Memorial Library, The American School of Florence on the title page. No other library markings, and an owner bookplate on pastedown. Good reading copy.
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Five Tales
by Verhaeren, Emile
New York: Albert and Charles Boni, Inc, 1924. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/No Dj. Masereel, Frans. Some wear at spine ends. Light rubbing of spine edges. Bottom right corner of front panel and bottom left corner of rear panel slightly worn. Text clean. Masereel woodcut engravings throughout.
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Petits Contes de Chez Nous
by VERITÉ, Marcelle
Bruges: Desclee de Brouwer, 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. HEBBELYNCK Jeanne. Oblong 4to, presumed first edition or early printing. Pictorial paper over boards a tad soiled and chipped about edges, but internal near fine. No names, inscriptions or bookplates.
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FÊTES GALANTES
by Verlaine, Paul. Barbier, Georges (illustrator)
Paris: H. Piazza, 1928. First Edition Limited. Soft cover. Near Fine. Limited edition. Printed paper covers with illustrations on front and back, title on spine, and tissue guards. Exceptionally rare, this is numbered VI of XXV copies that were printed on imperial Japanese paper, containing 20 colored illustrations by Barbier. (The remaining two hundred copies numbered from 26 to 225 were printed on imperial Japanese paper, containing a black version of the illustrations; and eight hundred copies numbered... Read More
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Michael Strogoff or, the Courier of the Czar
by Verne, Jules
Chicago: Donnelley, Loyd & Co 0. Early Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +/No Dustjacket. green boards with black and gold decoration, some wear at spine ends and edges, top corner of front board very bumped, previous owner stamp on fep (2x), else clean, no date, but presumed to be an early edition, possibly first.
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THE TOUR OF THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
by Verne, Jules
Boston: James R. Osgood and Co, 1873. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First US edition and first English-language edition in the uncommon, variant blue cloth. Some "threading' to the cloth at spine ends, moderate wear at corners and moderate lean to spine.Lacking tissue guard over frontispiece. No previous owner names or such; stamped in oval surround in red ink on title page is "DORCHESTER ATHENEUM/ Books Sold/ By Order of the Trustees/ Jan 1881/ WM. A. HAYES PRES.
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THE BERMUDA ISLANDS: Part IV - Geology and Paleontology and Part V An Account of the Coral Reefs
by Verrill, Addison E.
New Haven: Yale University, 1907. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. The first appearance of Parts IV and V of Verrill's study of Bermuda that first appeared in Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volume XII, 1904-1907. 8vo, page 46 - 348, full page Plates XVI - XL, pages 407 - 418. Laid-in is TLS from a member of the staff of the lower invertebrates department of the Americna Museum of Natural Museum, NYC, to a... Read More
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UNDER THE FLAG: AN ILLUSTRATED STORY OF THE GREAT CIVIL WAR (salesman dummy)
by Vickers, George M (edited by)
Chicago: C.F. Beezley & Company (Colonial Publishing Co.), 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Suibtitle on title page is "A Panorma of the Great Civil War". Large 8vo, blue faux leather stamped in gilt. Sample pages, random page runs up to page 592, with captioned inserts bound in, lots of duotone photographs, and blank subscription sheets in rear. Front pastedown has backstrip faux leather samples in blue and crimson with gilt title. Book heavily soiled, front cover in blue,... Read More
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UNDER THE FLAG: AN ILLUSTRATED STORY OF THE GREAT CIVIL WAR (salesman dummy)
by Vickers, George M (edited by)
Chicago: C.F. Beezley & Company (Colonial Publishing Co.), 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Suibtitle on title page is "A Panorma of the Great Civil War". Large 8vo, blue faux leather stamped in gilt. Sample pages, random page runs up to page 592, with captioned inserts bound in, lots of duotone photographs, and blank subscription sheets in rear. Front pastedown has backstrip faux leather samples in blue and crimson with gilt title. Book heavily soiled, front cover in blue,... Read More
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Ballades de Villon. Ymaigiées par messire Hérouard, bellement escrites par messire Raymond de Rigné
by Villon, François. Hérouard (illustrator)
Paris: Chez Cres, 1919. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. #234 of the 315 copies on Hollande paper signed by the artist (of the total of 550 copies). Double wrapped, French-style, so that the original glassine over printed, paper covers, although browned, is perfectly extant. Top edge soiled, but internals quite nice. Fragile binding still solid. An unusually well-preserved copy.
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MOMENT OF LIGHT: PHOTOGRAPHS BY CLARA SIPPRELL
by Vining, Elizabteh Gray. (Sipprell, Clare)
NY: John Day, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Sipprell, gifted member of the Stieglitz circle of photographers and, in her later years, neighbor of Robert Frost. 153 photographic reproductions, lithographed in echotone and printed on laid paper. Top edge a wee dusty, else near fine all around. No names, inscriptions or bookplates.
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Surrey's Fourth Boke of Virgill
by (Virgil). Hartman, Herbert (essay by). Pforzheimer, Carl (owned by). Johnson, John (printed by)
London: Oxford University Press, 1933. 1st Edition, limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Paper by scholar Hartman on Surrey's Fourth Book of Virgal followed by a facimile reproduction, the original being then owned by banker and bibliophile Carl H. Pforzheimer. Inscribed "with affectionate regards" to an unidentified person by Pforzheimer on the ffe, and dated 19562. This copy #133 of 250 copies for public distribution. 8vo, gray linen, gilt to upper cover and spine, gte. xvii, 54, plus facsimile, printed... Read More
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Chicago
by Visalli, Santi (photographs). Kurtis, Bill (forward)
NY: Rizzoli, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. In publisher's shrinkwrap, as new in as new dustjacket.
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Eisenstaedt: Germany
by Vitiello, Gregory A. (editor); Honnef, Klaus and Taylor, Joshua C. (appreciations by)
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, 1981. Black Cloth. Fine/Fine. Eisenstaedt, ALfred. Black and white photographs throughout. Exemplary condition. Clean text. Glossy dj not priceclipped.
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Card
by Vliet, Claire Van
Hardcover. Very Good. Handwritten note and example of Vliet's paper illustrations.
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Paperwork
by Vliet, Claire Van, Ruth E. Fine
West Burke, VT: Janus Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. With personal illustrated note from author. Includes tipped in example of work.
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