A Sammelband of 10 Speeches on Chinese Immigration, US Life-Saving Service, National Debt, Native Americans, Etc. (From the Library of Confederate Congressman and US Senator George Graham Vest)
by Vest, George G.; Cox, Samuel S.; et al
Washington DC: Various, 1880. First Edition. Very good. First editions, 1880 - 1882; bound in marbled paper over boards and 3/4 brown morocco; five raised bands, gilt title, and gilt initials (G. G. Vest) to spine; marbled page edges; occasional, very-minor spots to text; a few of the publications with uniform age-toning; a bit of rubbing to leather on corners and tips of spine; very good condition. A collection of speeches on relevant for the time subjects, they were... Read More
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La femme enceinte devrait-elle etre mise en jugement? Precautions a prendre envers une femme enceinte accusee. These presentee et publiquement soutenue a la Faculte de Medecine de Montpellier, le 17 mai 1830...
by Viauld, Jean-Baptiste-Leon
Montpellier: Chez Jean Martel aine, seul Imprimeur de la Faculte de Medecine, 1830. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 10 x 8; pp. [1], 4-11, [1]; removed; laid paper; illustrated with a woodcut at the beginning of the text; a few minor spots of foxing; several faint, penciled-in notes and underlining to text; in very good condition. The thesis, presented to obtain the author's Doctor of Medicine degree, vehemently defended the idea that pregnant women should not be put... Read More
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Our National Songs. American Patriotic Melodies with Words
by Vickers, Geo. M.
Cleveland: White Sewing Machine Company, 1897. Very good. Latest revised edition; 6 x 4 1/2; pp. [8]; light-brown, pictorial wraps, printed and decorated in blue; small personal stamp of previous owner to upper margin of front wrap; small cut and some creasing to fore-edge of first leaf; in very good condition. A beautiful little booklet, it was published as an advertisement for the White Sewing Machine Company's products and contained the scores and text of C"olumbia, My country," "The... Read More
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Toxins, Anti-toxins, and Serums
by Victor Koechl & Co.
New York: Victor Koechl & Co., 1910. Very good. First edition, n. d. (ca 1910); 6 1/2 x 4; pp. 1-23; off-white wraps, printed and ruled in red and black and tied with a decorative string; textured, semi-transparent-paper dust jacket; a bit of age-toning and a small cut to top edge of DJ; faint outline of an erased manuscript note and the stamp of a pharmaceutical company to front panel; several additional prices penciled-in in manuscript; in very... Read More
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Sushchestvitel'nye-Sinonimy v Angliiskom Iazyke. Uchebnoe Posobie [1 of 300 Copies]
by Viliuman
Leningrad: Leningradskii Gosudarstvennyi Pedagogicheskii Institut Imeni A. I. Gertsena, 1972. First edition; 5 1/4 x 8; pp. 3-55, [1] including text to last page; white stapled wraps printed in orange and black; chip to head of spine; minor age-toning to margins; illustrated with large fold-out tables; signed and inscribed by author; very good or better. A tutorial on the synonyms in the English language.
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Konsonantizm i Vokalizm Ruskogo Iazyka. Prakticheskaia Fonologia (Consonantism and Vocalism in the Russian Language. Practical Phonology)
by Vinogradov, Viktor A.
Moscow: Moskovskogo Universiteta, 1971. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition; 8vo; pp. [2], 3-81, [3]; original green and white pictorial wraps; slight crease line to lower right corner of front cover; head and tail of spine worn; overall in very good condition. Signed/inscribed by the author to Anatoly Liberman, a professor of linguistics, etymology, and folklore at the University of Minnesota. He, himself, is the author of several books and hundreds of smaller scholarly works.The book comprises... Read More
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Leksicheskie voprosy perevoda hudozhestvennoj prozy (Lexical Questions Pertaining to Literary Translations)
by Vinogradov, V. S.
Moscow: Moskovskogo Universiteta, 1978. Soft cover. Good. First edition; 8vo; pp. 3-173, [1]; original green wraps; chipping to tail of spine; 1" piece missing off head of spine; upper two corners of covers show some rubbing; text uniformly age-toned; staples bounding pages showing on title page; overall in good-/acceptable condition. 1 of 1650 copies. The present work analyzes the functions and connections between the words and phrases of the original language and the one into which the... Read More
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Sovremennyia zapiski. Ezhemiesiachnyi obshchestvenno-politicheskii i literaturnyi zhurnal (Contemporary Annals. Monthly Socio-political and Literary Magazine)
by Vishniak, M.; et al
Parizh (Paris): s. n., 1920. First Edition. Very good. First editions, twenty isues - I, II (1920), III, V, VI, VII, VIII (1921), IX, X (1922), XIII, XIV, XV, XVII (1923), XVIII, XIX (1924), XXV (1925), XXXV (1928), XXXVIII, XXXIX (1929), L (1932); beige wraps, printed and ruled in black; several of them partially unopened; condition varies, from fair (closed cuts to edges of wraps, spine cover perished, foxing) to very good or better condition, with minor aging... Read More
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Black Mammy. A Song of the Sunny South, in Three Cantos; and "My Village Home" [A Presentation Copy]
by Visscher, William Lightfoot
Cheyenne, WY: By the author (Sun Steam Print), 1885. First Edition. Good. First edition; 8 1/4 x 5 1/4; pp. [9], 12-107, [3]; blue cloth over boards, titled and decorated in gilt and black; rubbed spots to tips of spine and corners; cloth faded and worn, especially to back board; loss of paper to last two leaves and rfep, affecting the last few lines of the last poem; illustrated with portrait frontis and full-page, engraved plates; good condition.... Read More
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Les confidences du general Vlasov. J'ai choisi la potence (...I Chose the Gallows)
by Vlasov, Andrei
Paris: Editions Univers, 1947. Very good. First trade edition; 7 x 4 3/4; pp. [5], 8-251, [5]; textured beige wraps, printed in red and black; a bit of dust-dulling to wraps; glue showing at hinges (text block solidly attached); penciled-in note to ffep; some spotting mostly to last few leaves; overall in very good- condition. According to Paul Blackstock in "Books for Idiots: False Soviet Memoirs" - the current work was written, under the pseudonym Cyril Kalinov, by Grigorii... Read More
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How to Give a Vodka Party with Smirnoff the Party Spirit
by Smirnoff Vodka
Hartford: Ste. Pierre Smirnoff Fls., Division of Heublein, 1959. First Edition. Near fine. First edition; 6 x 3 1/2; pp. [12]; pictorial wraps; illustrated with drawings and from photographs; minor wear to tips of spine and edges; in very good to near fine condition. A delightful booklet of cocktail recipes, featuring Smirnoff vodka, it also contained recipes for appetizers and a suggestion for a Smirnoff "oddball" contest.
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Ivanʹkiada ili Rasskaz o Vselenii Pisatelia Voinovicha v Novuiu Kvartiru. Posviashchaetsia Sergeiu Sergeevichu Ivanʹko i Ego Tovarishcham, Bezvozmezdno Predostavivshim v Rasporiazhenie Avtora Bogateishii Fakticheskii Material u Pishchu dlia Razmyshlenii
by Voinovich, Vladimir
Ann Arbor: Ardis, 1976. Softcover. First printing; 5 x 7 1/2; pp. [7], 10-112; red wraps printed in black; two small rubbed spots to spine and minor wear to corners; internally clean; very good to near fine condition. Russian dissident writer and, at one time, radio personality Vladimir Voinovich is well-known for the variety of literary genres of his works, including satirical fiction, poetry, and dystopian literature. Singled out by the Party for his style of writing and for his... Read More
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Pamiatka 350-letiia Tsarstvennogo Doma Romanovykh
by Volkov, Aleksandr Ivanovich
New York: Ispolnitel'nogo Biuro Obshcherossiiskogo Monarkhicheskogo Fronta, 1963. First edition; 6 x 9 1/4; pp. 64; glossy beige wraps illustrated with the crest of the Romanovs; a few faint spots to margins; some rubbing to tips of spine; pages mostly very clean; profusely illustrated with photographs; very good to near fine condition. Published as a memento in honor of the 350-year reign of the Romanov Family, the book represents a remarkably well documented chronology of the rulers - completed with... Read More
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A View of the Principles of the Lutheran Churches; Shewing How Far They Agree with the Church of England: Being a Seasonable Essay Towards the Uniting of Protestants Upon the Accession of His Majesty King George to the Throne of These Kingdoms
by Von Pufendorf, Samuel; [Translated by] Dorrington, Theophilus
London: Printed for John Wyat, 1714. Good. Second edition; 7 3/4 x 5; pp. [10], 1-270 + pp. [2] of advertisements; tooled calf over boards; spine with six raised bands; illustrated with engraved headpieces at beginning of chapters; some wear along edges and corners; old repairs to leather along spine, with front starting to separate at the top margin; in about good condition. First written in Latin by German jurist, historian, and philosopher Samuel von Pufendorf (1632 - 1694),... Read More
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Sinee Oblachko (A Blue Cloud)
by Voronkova, L.
Moskva: Detgiz, 1954. Soft cover. First edition; staple-bound 8 ½†x 11’ pp. 1-15, [1] including text to first and last page; original pictorial wraps; wear along spine with small cuts to head and tail; slight curl to upper right corner; full-page and in-line color illustrations; good or better. The story of Russian peasant children and a beautiful blue cloud in the summer sky.
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Vsevidiashchee Oko iz Byta Russkoi Armii
by Voronovich, N.
New York: Published by the Author, 1951. First edition; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. [2], 1-75; illustrated beige wraps; minor rubbing to tips of spine; a few small spots to bottom edge; illustrated with photographs and drawings by the author; very good to near fine condition. Voronovich, Captain in the Russian Army in the early 1900s and later emigre writer in New York, describes the lives of the Russian military officers at the beginning of the century.
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Nostalgia for the Present (An Association Copy)
by Voznesensky, Andrei
Garden City / New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 8 x 5 1/4; pp. [7], x-xvii, [4], 2-268; white wraps, printed and illustrated in black and purple; minor wear to corners and edges; mild age-toning to spine and margins; very good or better condition. Signed and inscribed by the author. In Russian and English. Simultaneously published in cloth over boards and in wraps, this collection featured translations by Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti,... Read More
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There Will Always Be an England (Map of England Collage of Pre-decimal Queen Elizabeth II Stamps)
by V. R. (Richards, Vera)
S. l. (Tiverton): By the author, 1957. Very good. Collage of die-cut stamps on a white stock, affixed to a larger card stock sheet, 1957 - 1963; map approx. 8 1/2 x 4 1/2; sheets 10 x 7 and 10 3/4 x 8 1/4; subtitled and initialed in manuscript in black ink; two very minor spots and a slight ripple to bottom margin of paper; in very good to near fine condition. A wonderful, somewhat quirky design - vintage,... Read More
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Lektsii po istorii novoi filosofii. Do Kanta i Kant (Lectures on the History of Modern Philosophy. Up to and Including Kant)
by Vvedenskii, A. I.
S. l. (St. Petersburg): lit. Bogdanova Ertelev, 1899. Hardcover. First edition presumed, n. d. (ca 1899 - the National Library of Russia has a record of a similar title, but with a shorter text); 11 1/2 x 7 1/2; pp. [1], 2-169, [9], 3-160; 1/4 polished brown calf and textured paper over boards; gilt title to spine; 1"- piece of leather to head of spine chipped; a few rubbed spots along edges; text typed and lithographed; several manuscript notes... Read More
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Etika preobrazhennago Erosa (The Ethics of a Transfigured Eros)
by Vysheslavtsev, B.
Paris: YMCA Press, 1931. Softcover. First edition, n. d. (ca 1931); volume I, although subsequent volumes does not appear to have ever been published; 7 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. [2], V-XII, 1-273, [1]; light-brown wraps, printed in blue; thin, closed cuts to tips of spine (repaired by previous owner (?)); personal stamps of the owner to ffep and title page; several penciled-in notes to margins; overall in very good condition.Boris Petrovich Vysheslavtsev (1877 - 1954) was a Russian... Read More
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Trotskyism. In the Service of Fascism Against Socialism and Peace. From the Court Proceedings in the Case of the Trotsky-Zinoviev Terrorist Center
by Vyshinsky, A. Y.
New York: WorkersLibrary Publisher, Inc., 1936. First Edition. Good. First edition; 7 1/4 x 5; pp. 3-67; stapled wraps, printed and ruled in black; wear to wraps, with back wrap with a closed cut to lower corner and several old pieces of tape; text block clean; in good condition. Taken from the official court documents of the Moscow Trials during Stalin's Great Purge, it was compiled by politician, jurist, diplomat, and prosecutor at the above trials Andrey Vyshinsky (1883... Read More
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SSSR bez masky (USSR without a Mask)
by Vysochenko, A. (Pseud. for Vashchenko, Oleksandr)
Vinnipeg (Winnipeg): Nakladom i drukom novogu shliakhu, 1952. Second Edition. Very good. Second edition (first published in 1951 in Buenos Aires); 8 3/4 x 5 3/4; pp. [2], 5-196; pictorial wraps in black, red, and white; small nicks to tips of spine and a bit of wear along edges; staples showing at gutter (hinges solid); overall in very good condition. Oleksandr Vashchenko (1909 - 1974), writing under the pseudonyms A. Vysochenko and Mykhailo Kylymny, was a Ukrainian author and... Read More
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Mamin Trolleibus
by Vysotskaia, O.
Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Detskoi Literatury, 1954. First edition in this format; 8 3/4" x 11"; pp. 2-18 including text to first and last page; original pictorial wraps; closed cut to tail of spine; minor wear to covers; illustrated; good to very good. "Mother's Trolley" - a delightful book, written in rhymes, about a little boy and his mom, the driver of a trolley car. Beautiful full-page and in-line illustrations.
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Excursions in North America, Described in Letters from a Gentleman and His Young Companion, to Their Friends in England
by Wakefield, Priscilla
London: Printed and Sold by Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1810. Second Edition. Good. Second edition; 7 x 4; pp. [5], iv-x, [2], 2-420, [2]; polished roan, with gilt ruling to spine; boards detached, with no loss to boards; frontispiece folding map and publisher's advertisement also detached, but present; a bit of wear to leather; small previous owner's signature to back board verso; a solid, good candidate for rebounding. Priscilla Wakefield (1751 - 1832) was a British Quaker philanthropist and... Read More
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A Pension Office Document, Related to Bounty Land Grants under the Act of March 3, 1855
by Waldo, L. P., Commissioner; (Mason, Charles)
S. l. (Washington, DC): s. n., 1855. Very good. Printed document, partially filled in manuscript; 9 3/4 x 7 1/2; single sheet, text to recto only; two horizontal creases, else minor wear; in very good to near fine condition. From 1775 until 1855, the United States granted bounty-land warrants for military service - both to encourage enlistments and to reward military veterans of the Revolutionary War, the Mexican War, the War of 1812, and so on. There were... Read More
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