Selected Addresses and Orations of William F. Vilas
by Vilas, William F.
Madison: Printed for Private Distribution, 1912. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. William Vilas was an American politician who served in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1891 to 1897. He was a also a Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a regent of the University, a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and Postmaster... Read More
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![[Examen] Y Pratica [Practica] de Escrivanos, Y Indice de las Provisiones que se Despachan por Ordinarias en el Consejo](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/036/454/332454036.0.m.2.jpg)
[Examen] Y Pratica [Practica] de Escrivanos, Y Indice de las Provisiones que se Despachan por Ordinarias en el Consejo
by [Villarroel, Diego Gonzalez de]
Madrid, 1661. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Uncommon early Spanish law book originally printed in 1631. The book is a review and practice for scribes, early officials of the courts, written by the Camara scriviner of "His Majesty." Bound in later marbled boards with leather spine. Gilt partial title and decorations to spine separated by gilt lines. Front and back... Read More
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Life & Times of Niccolo Machiavelli
by Villari, Pasquale, Linda Villari [translator]
London: T. Fisher Unwin. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth covered boards with black title to front board and gilt title to spine. Tear to cloth at foot of spine has been repaired with glue which has left a slight dark spot. Wear to spine ends and corners. Previous owner's book plate to front paste down. Light... Read More
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Intimate Recollections of the Village Press
by [Village Press] Ransom, Will; Charles E. Park; Mitchell Kennerley
Marlborough, NY: The Village Press, 1938. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. 1 of 200 copies. Written on occasion of the Village Press's 35th anniversary, and printed as a keepsake for presentation to pilgrims to "Deepdene," the home of Frederic W. Goudy, at Marlborough, New York, upon the occassion of the press's anniversary celebration. Sewn in brown paper wrappers with... Read More
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Bibliographie Methodique et Raisonnee Des Beaux-Arts. Esthetique et Histoire de l'Art Archeologie, Architecture, Sculpture, Peinture, Gravure Arts industriels, etc. etc. Deuxieme livraison
by Vinet, Ernest
Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Doe, 1877. Paperback. Very Good -. Paperback. Volume 2 Only. SCARCE. Very good minus in original green paper wrappers with heavy chipping and tearing to edges. Blue paper spine. Chipped along both hinges. Interior remains quite tight and intact, no foxing or staining. Previous owner's name in ink opposite first page; bookplate to... Read More
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The Handbook of Hindu Economics and Business
by Vinod, Hrishikesh D. (editor)
2013. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. "This innovative handbook offers 23 state-of-the-art peer-reviewed essays by leading international authorities. They summarize evidence-based research on ancient and modern India ... Hindu India topics include: beef eating, astrology, rituals, sacraments, pilgrimages, guilt-free pursuit of wealth and pleasures, caste system's huge costs and benefits in nurturing entrepreneurship, charity, Hindu Law, gender issues, overpopulation... Read More
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The Lamentations of a New Jeremiah
by Vivian, Herbert
New York: Brentano's Publishers. Hardcover. Very Good +. Hardcover. Very Good+ brown hardcover. Description on title page: Translated Out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. Religion. REL/6272.
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Lines Written after reading Mrs. M. B. M. Toland's Three Poems, "Stella," "Sir Rae," and "Iris, or the Romance of an Opal Ring
by V. L. F.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1879. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 12mo. Flexible brown cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board. Minor soiling to boards. Minor foxing throughout. Damp stain to top corner of last 7 pages, does not effect text. 17 pages. Poetry. POE/120308.
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Geschichte der Deutschen Litteratur von den ältesten Zeiten bis zur Gegenwart
by Vogt, Prof. Dr. Friedrich and Prof. Dr. Max Koch
Leipzig and Wien: Bibliographisches Institut, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. History of German Literature from Ancient Times to the Present. with 126 illustrations in the text and 25 chromolithographs. Includes reproductions of medieval illuminated manuscript pages. Very good in three quarter black leather over black cloth boards with maroon leather title label to spine. Gilt bands and rules... Read More
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Very Wicked Wolf
by Voight, Margot
Kenosha, WI: Samuel Lowe Company, 1941. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. An uncommon shape book. The tale of the three little pigs, but from the perspective of the wolf. After failing to blow down the brick house of the third pig, he goes down the chimney and lands in a boiling pot of water. He vows to never again... Read More
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The Works of Voltaire. VOLUME VI (6) ONLY. Ancient and Modern History (England, 1661 - China, Japan, 1690)
by Voltaire
Roycrofters; The St. Hubert Guild, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Volume VI ONLY of forty-two volumes. Number 23 of 1000 in the Edition Louis XIV featuring "Design No. 9" by Borain. Bound in "308 full blue Persian Morocco with beautiful floriated toolings bordered by white dentails inlaid in gold." Wear to hinges, edges, and corners. Clean and bright... Read More
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Voyages en France et Autres Pays, en Prose et en Vers. Troisieme Edition, Augmentee
by Voltaire, La Fontaine, Berenger, et. al
Paris: Chez Briand, Libraire, 1818. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 5 volumes. Size: 16mo. Third edition, expanded. Illustrated with 36 engravings. Very good with brown leather spines and tips and marbled paper covered boards. The front cover of volume 1 is present but detached. Remaining hinges are fragile but holding. Marbled endpapers and page edges. The laid paper interiors... Read More
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Der Alte Schweizerbund: Ursprung und Aufbau
by von Castelmur, Anton
Erlenbach-Zurich: Eugen Rentsch Verlag, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Bound in tan cloth boards with black title to spine and front cover. Illustrated with 21 facsimile illustrations of medieval Swiss documents. A few spots of foxing to interior, but clean and bright overall. In cream colored dust jacke with red title to spine and front panels. Jacket has... Read More
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The Russian Image of Goethe. Goethe in Russian Literature. 2 volumes
by von Gronicka, André [Goethe]
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in grey cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Clean and bright. Both are in white dust jackets with black titles to spine panels. The spine panel of first volume is turquoise and the second volume is maroon. Light wear to edges of jackets, else... Read More
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Autograph Manuscript of "Mrs. Algy's Delightful Morning
by Von Hutten, Bettina [Baroness von Hutten]
1907. Very Good. An original six-page holograph manuscript from the prolific author Bettina Von Hutten (1874-1957), probably best remembered for the "Pam" series. She was born in the United States as Bettina Riddle. She married the English Shakespearean actor Henry Ainley, and later married Baron von Hutten, Chamberlain to the King of Bavaria, in 1897. They divorced twelve... Read More
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Grossgreichenland
by Von Matt, Leonard
Wurzburg: Echter Verlag, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good + in Good + DJ. Hardcover. 4to. Beige cloth covered boards with gilt illustration to front board and gilt title to spine. Previous owner's signature to front free end page. Many b&w images of Greece and Grecian art. Brown illustrated dust jacket with white titel to front and spine panels. Chipping... Read More
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The Magic of Cranes
by von Treuenfels, Carl-Albrecht, Matthew D. Gaskins and Ben Posener [translators]
New York: Abrams, 2006. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. 4to. Fine in light blue paper covered boards with white title to front board and to spine. Pristine interior with beautiful full color photographic illustrations on every page. Black and blue illustrated dust jacket with white title to front and spine panels. Light rubbing to dust jacket. 239 pages. NAT/072017.... Read More
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Der Freischütz
by Von Weber, Carl Maria
London: Augener and Co. Very Good. Best known for his operas, Carl Maria Von Weber (1786 - 1826) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist, and critic. Der Frischüz (The Marksman) is an opera written with spoken dialogue in three acts, based on a romantic story by Johann August Apel and Friedrich Laun. It is considered to be... Read More
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Feuillets de Chirurgie et de Gynecologie
by Voronoff, S.
Paris: Octave Doin Et Fils, Editeurs, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good+. Hardcover. SCARCE. 4to. Dr. Serge-Samuel Voronoff (1866 - 1951) was a Russian-French gynecologist, surgeon, immunologist, and physiologist. An uncommon work on gynecology with photographic illustrations. Maroon leather backed marble paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Leather corners. 5 raised bands to spine. Minor fading to spine... Read More
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Favourite Fairy Tales
by Vredenburg, Edric, editor; M. Bowley, S. Jacobs, E.J. Andrews, illustrators
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, n.d.. Hardcover. Fair. Hardcover. A surprisingly scarce title. No date, but the ownership signature on the free front endpaper is dated Christmas 1908. This charming collection of illustrated fairy tales, including Beauty and the Beast, Tom Thumb. Snow-White and Rose-Red, and Rapunzel among others, has fortunately or unfortunately been well used and read.... Read More
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My Father Made Toys
by [Incline Press] Sjölin; illustrated by Geraldine Waddington
Oldham, England: Incline Press, 2006. Softcover. Fine. Softcover. One of about 200 copies published as the twelfth New Year booklet by the press. Bound in a multicolored paisley design paper covers. With two pages of text and five charming color wood engravings by Waddington printed on rectos only. Printed on Zerkall paper in Monotype Baskerville type. With gift... Read More
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Land Utilization in Australia
by Wadham, Sir Samuel and R. Kent Wilson, Joyce Wood (eds.)
London: Melbourne University Press, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 4th Edition. Very Good in an About Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is faded at spine and along lower edge, with a few small edge tears. Australia. AUS1/11211.
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A Forgotten Friend of India: Sir Charles Forbes 1st Bart
by Wadia, Ruttonjee Ardeshir
Baroda: Padmaja Publications, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. SCARCE. Small 8vo. Grey paper coverd boards with black title to front board and to spine. Small spot of browning to front board and to spine. Minor browning to end pages. Else is clean and bright. Green and blue dust jacket with green and white... Read More
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The Mayor's Bicentennial Ball for the Benefit of the Arts. October 30, 1976. "Program Plus Four
by Waesche, James F.
Baltimore: the Mayor's Bicentennial Ball Committee, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Very good in blue paper covered boards with gilt title to front board. Minor edgewear and rubbing to hinges. Previous owner's address sticker to top edge of front free end page. Else is pristine with illustrations and advertisements throughout. Includes the supplement and folio collection laid... Read More
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From Gaul to De Gaulle: An Outline of French Civilization
by Wagner, Monique
New York: Peter Lang, 1989. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. SCARCE. American University Studies, Series IX: History, Vol. 43. Fine in white and green glossy paper covered boards with black title to front board and to spine. Pristine interior with illustrations throughout. Index, 326 pages + photgraphic illustrations at rear. French History. FREHIS/102915.
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