![AN AFGHANISTAN PICTURE SHOW: OR HOW I SAVED THE WORLD [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/392/239/1715239392.0.m.jpg)
AN AFGHANISTAN PICTURE SHOW: OR HOW I SAVED THE WORLD [Signed]
by Vollmann, William T.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992. Hardcover. Octavo, 264 pages. In Very Good condition in a Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine pictorial with yellow and green lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, price uncut: "$22.00". Quarter bound in green cloth with tan paper boards, mild shelfwear to edges of boards and head and tail of spine.... Read More
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![THIRTEEN STORIES AND THIRTEEN EPITAPHS [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/078/371/1676371078.0.m.jpg)
THIRTEEN STORIES AND THIRTEEN EPITAPHS [Signed]
by Vollman, William T.
New York, New York: Pantheon Books, 1991. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 318 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is black with white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$24.00" on front flap, and has mild shelving wear along head edges. Boards have mild shelving wear along... Read More
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![YOU BRIGHT AND RISEN ANGELS [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/450/820/1671820450.0.m.jpg)
YOU BRIGHT AND RISEN ANGELS [Signed]
by Vollmann, William T.
New York, NY: Atheneum, 1987. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, xvi, 635, [5] pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Peach spine with black lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$22.95", has mild shelving wear, and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along... Read More
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![THE WORKS OF VOLTAIRE : A CONTEMPORARY VERSION : FORTY-TWO VOLUMES [24 VOLUMES ONLY]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/612/570/1499570612.0.m.jpg)
THE WORKS OF VOLTAIRE : A CONTEMPORARY VERSION : FORTY-TWO VOLUMES [24 VOLUMES ONLY]
by Voltaire, 1694-1778 [author]; Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771 [notes]; Fleming, William F. [translator]; Leigh, Oliver H.G. [introduction]; Morley, John, 1838-1923 [critique and biography]
Paris: E.R. DuMont, 1901. Collectors' edition, Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo; Limited edition, 517/660; Collectors' edition; 24 of 42 volumes only; G; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print, raised bands; Boards half bound with red leather to spine and corners and marbled paper to boards, light wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spines with wear to hinges, light... Read More
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HISTOIRE DE L'EMPIRE DE RUSSIE, SOUS PIERRE-LE-GRAND
by Voltaire, 1694-1778
Paris: Daguin Frères, Libraires, 1842. Hardcover. Octavo, 430 pages. In Good minus condition. Ex-library with bookplate on front flyleaf. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown leather with gold print. Light wear to spine caps and corners, light shelf wear. Text block has marbled endpapers and edges, green ribbon marker. Mild foxing throughout. Illustrated: engraved portrait frontispiece.... Read More
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RECUEIL NÉCESSAIRE. AVEC L'EVANGILE DE LA RAISON
by Voltaire, François Marie Arouet dit
Londres, 1776. Hardcover. Octavo, 280 pages; VG; bound in quarter red calf, gilt lettering and tooling to paneled spine, marbled boards, marbled endpapers; half-title present, verso of sfep has two early math equations; wide margins; scarce; shelved case 10. The imprint is false; probably printed in the Netherlands. Contrary to the title, this edition does not contain "L'evangile de... Read More
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![CANDIDE, OU L'OPTIMISME [Two Parts in One]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/896/837/1561837896.0.m.jpg)
CANDIDE, OU L'OPTIMISME [Two Parts in One]
by Voltaire
Geneve: [n.p.], 1761. Pirated Edition. Hardcover. 12mo., 234, [4], 133, [3]. In Very Good condition. Bound in full contemporary acid-washed calf. Spine paneled with gilt tooling. Some light wear, primarily to the hinges, corners, and head and tail of spine. Edges of text block dyed red. Marbled endpapers. Light age-toning to interior. Part One with a woodcut title vignette... Read More
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![EXAMEN DU PRINCE DE MACHIAVELLI [ANTI-MACHIAVEL]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/674/021/1472021674.0.m.0.jpg)
EXAMEN DU PRINCE DE MACHIAVELLI [ANTI-MACHIAVEL]
by Frederick II; [Voltaire]
The Hague: Jean Van Duren, 1741. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xxxii, 354 pages. In Good plus condition. Fully bound in calf leather, banded spine with gilt graphic and lettering. Boards have moderate wear to edges and corners, moderate plus wear to joints and bands, and significant chipping to leather near tail of spine. Text block has light age toning... Read More
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ZADIG
by Voltaire, M. DE [Author]; Sauvage, Sylvain [Illustrations]
Paris, France: The Limited Editions Club, 1952. Limited Edition #301/1,500. Hardcover. Octavo, 171 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus condition. Spine is brown and navy with gilt lettering and details. Slipcase has moderate shelving and rubbing wear along extremities. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine head and leather label, spine mildly cocked. Shelved in hallway... Read More
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![NOTEBOOKS [From the Institut et Musée Voltaire series THE COMPLETE WORKS OF VOLTAIRE: Volumes 81 and 82] [Two Volumes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/242/926/1654926242.0.m.jpg)
NOTEBOOKS [From the Institut et Musée Voltaire series THE COMPLETE WORKS OF VOLTAIRE: Volumes 81 and 82] [Two Volumes]
by Voltaire, M. de
Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1968. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavos, two volumes. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jackets. Dust jackets with moderate age toning; light shelf wear to edges of dust jacket and light marking to surfaces of jackets. Light rubbing to lower edges of text blocks; top edges of text blocks dusty.... Read More
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![CANDIDE OR OPTIMISM [Signed by Illustrator]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/925/800/1665800925.0.m.jpg)
CANDIDE OR OPTIMISM [Signed by Illustrator]
by Voltaire [Author]; Aldington, Richard [Translator]; Broyard, Anatole [Introduction]; Néama, May [Ilustrator]
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1973. Limited Edition #1154/1500. Hardcover. Octavo, 123 pages. In Very Good condition. Housed in publisher's mildly worn maroon faux leather slip case. Protected with glassine. Bound in publisher's quarter white leather and maroon cloth boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Mild general shelf wear. Signed by Néama and enumerated on limitation page in rear.... Read More
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CANDIDE AND OTHER ROMANCES
by Voltaire [Pseudonym] [François-Marie Arouet]; Aldington, Richard [Translator/ Introduction]; Tealby, Norman [Illustrator]
London, UK: John Lane The Bodley Head LTD, 1928. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xxxiii, 220 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with blue lettering and motif. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, has mild shelving wear. Boards have fraying along the rear head edge, mild bending wear... Read More
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![CANDIDE OR OPTIMISM [Signed by the Illustrator]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/934/320/1686320934.0.m.jpg)
CANDIDE OR OPTIMISM [Signed by the Illustrator]
by Voltaire [Pseudonym] [François-Marie Arouet]; Smollett, Tobias [Translator]; Barnes, Julian [Introduction]; Blake, Quentin [Illustrator]
London: The Folio Society, 2011. Limited Edition, #539/1000. Hardcover. Quarto, 204 pages. In Very Good condition. Housed in publisher's gray slipcase. Bound in full dark red leather with gilt lettering along the spine and front board. Boards and textblock have mild shelving wear. Signed by Quentin Blake on the publisher's limitation page. Shelved in Room A. 1399111. Special Collections.... Read More
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![DE OFFICIO HOMINIS ET CIVIS JUXTA LEGEM NATURALEM LIBRI DUO [2 VOLUMES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/867/518/1525518867.0.m.0.jpg)
DE OFFICIO HOMINIS ET CIVIS JUXTA LEGEM NATURALEM LIBRI DUO [2 VOLUMES]
by von Pufendort, Samuel; Scott, James Brown [Editor]; Schucking, Walther [Introduction
New York: Oxford University Press, 1927. Hardcover. 2 Volumes; Octavos; 167/152 pages; G+; Bound in tan cloth with black text; Covers have mild edgewear and shelfwear, library lettering on spines; Textblocks have age toning, bookplate on front pastedowns; RWO. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Wegewood Section. 1365528. Special Collections.
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Russian Gold and Silverwork, 17th-19th Century
by von Solodkoff, Alexander; English translation by Holme, Christopher
New York: Rizzoli International Publications Inc, 1981. First US Edition. Hardcover. Oblong Quarto; G/G; off-white spine with black text; first US edition; dust jacket exterior shows modest soiling wear; some foxing to spine; slight foxing inside dj; cloth exterior shows slight wear; minor white scuffs to edges; good, sturdy binding; text block exterior edges have slight foxing; interior good;... Read More
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A THEOLOGY OF HISTORY
by Von Balthasar, Hans Urs
New York: Sheed and Ward, 1963. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, vi, viii, 149 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine violet with purple lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Exterior shows slight shelf wear with lightly age toned rear/flaps. Minor edge wear. Boards have very mild wear. Text block shows light... Read More
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HISTORY OF ROCKETRY & SPACE TRAVEL
by Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977; Ordway, Frederick I., III (Frederick Ira), 1927-2014 [authors] ; lange, Harry H-K [illustrator] ; Durant, Frederick C., III [introduction]
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1966. Hardcover. Quarto, xi, 244 pages. In Good condition. Spine is brown with black print. Boards “bound in handcrafted mission leather”— title page, illustration on front panel; wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has speckled edges; peripheral toning to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w and color. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary... Read More
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Every Man A Murderer
by von Doderer, Heimito; translated from the German by Winston, Richard and Clara
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, 1964. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; G+/fair; red/black spine with beige text; first American edition; dust jacket exterior has general, modest wear; slightly age toned rear; tape mend to rear; some minor chips to edges; price clipped front flap; dj as is; cloth has sunned slightly; tape mend offsetting to rear board; sturdy... Read More
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![CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/251/285/1664285251.0.m.jpg)
CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL [Signed]
by Von Doviak, Scott
London, UK: Titan Books, 2018. First UK Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 383 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is white with red and black lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering and has mild shelving wear along spine head and tail. Boards have mild shelving wear along extremities. Signed flat on title... Read More
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![ST. PETERSBURG AND LONDON IN THE YEARS 1852-1864: REMINISCENCES OF COUNT CHARLES FREDERICK VITZTHUM VON ECKSTAEDT, LATE SAXON MINISTER AT THE COURT OF ST. JAMES' [2 VOLUMES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/279/087/1546087279.0.m.jpg)
ST. PETERSBURG AND LONDON IN THE YEARS 1852-1864: REMINISCENCES OF COUNT CHARLES FREDERICK VITZTHUM VON ECKSTAEDT, LATE SAXON MINISTER AT THE COURT OF ST. JAMES' [2 VOLUMES]
by von Eckstaedt, Charles Frederick Vitzthum; Reeve, Henry [Editor]
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 Volumes. Octavos. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on spines. Boards show mild edgewear and shelfwear, Volume 2 has small black marks along front joint. Textblocks have light age toning, mild foxing on textblock edges and some pages, and writing in pen from... Read More
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![ORIGINAL "THE MISFITS" ART PRINT [signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/598/041/1676041598.0.m.jpg)
ORIGINAL "THE MISFITS" ART PRINT [signed]
by Von, Eerie
Limited Edition, #3/15. Print measures 12 in. x 12 in. Signed by artist in black ink to lower right border. Condition is Very Good with light wear corners. Shelved in Rockville, D9. 1395940. Special Collections.
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![JOURNAL OF THE DAVID COLLECTION [TWO VOLUMES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/154/298/1722298154.0.m.jpg)
JOURNAL OF THE DAVID COLLECTION [TWO VOLUMES]
by von Folsach, Kjeld and Meyer, Joachim [Edited by]
Copenhagen: The David Collection, 2005. Hardcover. Quarto, two volumes. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jackets. Dust jackets protected with mylar coverings. Spines black with white lettering. Exteriors have slight wear including minor edge wear and mild scuffs. Boards have very light wear. Text blocks have very slight wear including faint age toning and minimal soiling... Read More
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![JOURNAL OF THE DAVID COLLECTION [VOLUME THREE]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/428/298/1722298428.0.m.jpg)
JOURNAL OF THE DAVID COLLECTION [VOLUME THREE]
by von Folsach, Kjeld and Meyer, Joachim [Edited by]
Copenhagen: The David Collection, 2010. Hardcover. Quarto, 184 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine black with white lettering. Exterior has very slight wear including faint scuffs. Boards have very light wear including faint sunning. Text block has very slight wear. Illustrated. Volume three only. NOTE:... Read More
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Diane: A Signature Life (inscribed)
by Von Furstenberg, Diane with Francke, Linda Bird
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/VG-; light blue pictorial spine with black text; first printing; dust jacket exterior shows slight handling wear; cloth exterior has few, tiny white spots to front; otherwise little exterior wear; good, solid binding; text block exterior edges show mild wear; interior clean; illustrated; pp 237; inscribed by Diane Von... Read More
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FOUNTAIN OF FORTUNE: MONEY AND MONETARY POLICY IN CHINA, 1000-1700
by Von Glahn, Richard
Berkeley and Los Angeles; London: University of California Press; University of California Press, Limited, 1996. Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, viii, x, xii, 338 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine light blue with black lettering. Exterior has very slight wear including mild sunning, faint soiling to the spine and minor edge wear.... Read More
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