Including Horace
by Untermeyer, Louis
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. First Edition. Hardcover. SCARCE. Louis Untermeyer (1885-1977) was an American poet, critic, and editor. In his early days, he held Marxist beliefs, writing for magazines such as The Masses,The Liberator, and The New Masses. He was a co-founder, in 1916, of The Seven Arts, a... Read More
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The Rural Muse: Studies in the Peasant Poetry of England
by Unwin, Rayner
London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Rayner Unwin (1925-2000) was an English publisher. He was the son of Sir Stanley Unwin, who founded the publishing firm George Allen & Unwin, of which Rayner eventually served as chairman. As a young boy, Unwin served as a test reader for the firm, as his father... Read More
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To tou Epictetou Enkeiridion Ex Editione Joannis Upton Accurate Expressum
by Upton, Joannis
Philadelphia: Impensis Mathaei Carey, 1793. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Later edition. Text in Greek with Latin notes to rear. Bound in full dark brown leather boards with remnants of paper title to spine. Leather on front hinge is cracked. Writting in both pen and pencil to endpapers. Toning to pages and occasional spots of soiling. 22 pages Greek... Read More
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Watling's for Worth
by Vachell, Horace Annesley
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1925. Paperback. Very Good -. Paperback. Very good- in off-white paper wraps with black title to front and spine panels. Light water stains to exterior and the edges of the first and last few pages. Text remains bright and clean. 285 pages. Literature. LIT209261.
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Manual of the Corporation of City of New York for 1863
by Valentine, D.T. (David Thomas)
1863. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very good in the original dark green publisher's cloth with gilt title to spine and gilt emblem to front cover. Chipping to book cloth along the spine ends and hinges. Both hinges are starting to split with cracks starting on the tops and bottoms of both. Minor wear to corners and edges of... Read More
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Manual of the Corporation of City of New York for 1856
by Valentine, D.T. (David Thomas)
1856. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very good in the original black publisher's cloth with gilt title to spine and gilt emblem to front cover. Chipping to book cloth along the head of the spine and bottom of the front hinge. Minor wear to corners and edges of boards. With numerous illustrations including a fold out map of New... Read More
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Manual of the Corporation of City of New York for 1850
by Valentine, D.T. (David Thomas)
1850. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very good in the original dark brown publisher's cloth with gilt title to spine and gilt emblem to front cover. Chipping to book cloth along the spine ends and hinges. There is a three inch split to the book cloth along the front hinge and a five inch split along the rear hinge.... Read More
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Manual of the Corporation of City of New York for 1862
by Valentine, D.T. (David Thomas)
1862. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very good in the original black publisher's cloth with gilt title to spine and gilt emblem to front cover. Chipping to book cloth along spine ends and minor wear to corners and edges of boards. There is a two inch split to the book cloth along the bottom of the front hinge and... Read More
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Manual of the Corporation of City of New York for 1853
by Valentine, D.T. (David Thomas)
1853. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very good in the original black publisher's cloth with gilt title to spine and gilt emblem to front cover. Chipping to book cloth along spine ends and minor wear to corners and edges of boards. Minor dampstaining / discoloration to rear board. With numerous illustrations including several large fold out maps of New... Read More
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Lectures Faites a la Sorbonne
by Valentin-Smith, M.
Paris: A L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half title page. This is a printing of two lectures given at the Sorbonne, a historical house in Paris that used to part of the University of Paris. The lectures include: Etablissement de La Monarchie Temperee given in November 1861 and... Read More
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Existence du Symbolisme
by Valéry, Paul
Maestricht: A.A.M. Stols à l'enseigne de L'alcyon, 1939. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. One of 650 copies, unnumbered. This appears to be on Antique de Luxe paper of the Maison Spalding & Hodge de Londres. French poet, essay writer, and philosopher Paul Valéry (1871 - 1945) was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 12 times. Cream paper wrappers... Read More
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Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods
by Vallance, Aymer (author); Salaman, Malcolm C. (note); Wilfrid Ball, Harry P. Clifford, E. Arthur Rowe and William Twopeny (drawings)
London: Offices of the Studio, 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Bound in three quarter tan leather over marbled paper covered boards with black and gilt title label to spine. Bump to top edge of board, wear to edges of boards, and small loss of paper to front board. Binders sticker to front pastedown - Bookbinders and Ruling Company,... Read More
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Norman's New World Cuisine (First Edition)
by Van Aken, Norman with John Harrisson
NY: Random House, 1997. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto, Fine in an About Fine dustjacket. Cooking. COO1/4022.
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Men, Women, and War: Do Women Belong on the Front Line
by Van Creveld, Martin
Cassell and Co, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. "In this ground-breaking and controversial new book, Marin van Creveld argues that while sexual equality might be desirable in the civilian world, the job of waging war should be left exclusively to men. In the army, traditional gender roles are there for a reason, and political correctness not only puts national... Read More
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The Diocese of Beaumont. The Catholic Story of Southeast Texas
by Vanderholt, Father James F.; Carolyn B. Martinez; Karen A. Gilman
Texas: Catholic Diocese of Beaumont, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. Quarto. Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front panel. Maroon dust jacket with gilt title to spine and front panels. Scuffing to rear panel of jacket nnd light wear to edges. 468 pages. REL/061820.
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La Bibliophilie Nouvelle. Chroniques du Bulletin. 1922-1939
by Vandérem, Fernand
Paris: L. Giarud-Badin, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Fernard Vandérem (1864 - 1939) was a French author, critic, bibliophile, and playwright known for his impressive book collection. He was director of this Bibliophile Bulletin. SCARCE. One of 500 copies. Three volumes in printed wrappers spanning 1922-1926; 1927-1932; 1933-1939; all bound in modern brown cloth with black... Read More
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Het Wereldorgel (The World Organ)
by Van Duinkerken, Anton; Charles Eyck (illustrator)
Utrecht: De Gemeenschap, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Oblong. Poetry with illustrations, printed in black with red titles and two-color illustrations. Tan cloth over brown paper covered boards with gilt title to front board and black title to spine. Light soiling to rear board. Ex-library with sticker to front board and stamps to endpapers and verso of title... Read More
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Bilzenkruid Gedichten door
by Van Hattum, Jac. [Jacob]
Ursa Minor, Maastricht, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Number 40 of 300 copies. The seventh volume in the series "Ursa Minor" that is a collaboration between J. Greshoff, M.B.B. Nijkerk, and A.A.M. Stols. Each book is the series is by a different author. Jacob van Hattum (1900 - 1981) was a Dutch author and poet. Bound in yellow... Read More
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Op Reis
by van Looy, Jac
Leiden: A. W. Sijthoff's, 1929. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. [IN DUTCH] Jacobus van Looy (1855-1930) was a Dutch painter and writer who worked as a literary editor and had approximately a dozen publications. Op Reis was one of his later works, published in 1929, one year before his death. This volume is #148 of a limited edition of... Read More
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De Ar een Berijmd Verhaal [The Sleigh a Rhymed Story]
by van Looy, Jac
Arnhem, The Netherlands: Hijman, Stenfert Kroese & van der Zande, 1920. Good. [IN DUTCH] Jacobus van Looy (1855-1930) was a Dutch painter and writer who worked as a literary editor and had approximately a dozen publications. Very scarce outside of The Netherlands. The Rhymed Story of the Sleigh is the second of the New Annexes to the Wonderful... Read More
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Peter Paul Rubens. The Battle of the Amazons. Harper's Art Library, Form and Color Series
by Van Puyvelde, Prof. Leo [introduction], [Peter Paul Rubens]
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1950. Paperback. Very Good in Wraps in Very Good dust jacket. Paperback. FIRST US EDITION. Very good paper wrappers in very good dust jacket. Oblong 4to. 7 full-page color reproductions of the painting. Housed in an illustrated slip case with wear to the top edge. Art. ART/1153.
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The Best Indoor Game
by Van Sinderen, Adrian
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. Number 71 of 250 copies signed and numbered by the author. The text contains an address delived by the author at the university of the occasion of given an annual library award to the member of the senior class who presented the best private collection of books made... Read More
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A Yuletide Phantasmagoria
by Van Sinderen, Adrian
New York: Printed for Adrian Van Sinderen by William E. Rudge's Son, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited to 525 Copies. A Christmas book with color photographic illustrations from a years worth of vacations, mostly state parks. Red cloth boards with small white stars to spine and blue title in shape of a tree to front board. Fading... Read More
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Gleanings From Old Engravings
by Van Wyck, Frederick
Boston: A.A. Beauchamp, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. SIGNED, PRESENTATION COPY. ONLY 150 COPIES PRINTED. Frederick Van Wyck (American, 1853–1936) was born and lived in Manhattan. He was the son of a silk merchant and lamented the changes brought by modern culture to the manners and niceties of business practices of old New York, on which he expounded... Read More
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Alfred Conlon, 1908-1961 [A Memorial]
by Various
New South Wales: Benevolent Society of New South Wales, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Alfred (Alf) Conlon was an important and controversial figure in Australia during World War II. He was the head of the Australian Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs and was an influential figure in the Pacific region after the war through the Australian School... Read More
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