Le Bonheur: Principe et fin de la morale aristotelicienne
by Jean Vanier
Paris: Desclee de Brouwer, 1965. Very Good. Paris: Desclée de Brouwer, 1965. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's grey card wrappers printed in brown and black; 498pp. Moderate wear from handling, spine a bit toned, textblock very slightly starting to separate from wrappers along front gutter, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good. The late Catholic... Read More
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Gara-Yaka: The Story of a Cheetah
by Desmond Varaday
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1964. Very Good/Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1964. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 192pp.; color photographic frontispiece and four leaves of plates, half-tone text illus. throughout. Dust jacket quite cockled from exposure to old plastic jacket covering (now removed), tiny chip at spine foot,... Read More
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![The Art and Politics of Science [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/916/057/1686057916.0.m.jpg)
The Art and Politics of Science [Inscribed and Signed]
by Harold Varmus
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; publisher's two-toned boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price; xii,[2],315pp.; four leaves of halftone photographs printed on rectos and versos. Light shelf wear and a few faint surface scratches to dust jacket, textblock... Read More
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Nasser and his Generation
by P.J. Vatikiotis
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. Very Good/Very Good. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. First Edition. Octavo. 375pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket rubbed along edge with some minor scuffing. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding sound. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown and interior otherwise unmarked; Very Good.
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The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions
by Thorstein Veblen
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. Very Good. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. Third Printing. Octavo. 400 + 2 pp. advertisements. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine; top edge gilt. No dust jacket. Boards worn along edges with brief exposure and minor fraying; light chipping to spine ends. Binding gives a little and hinges starting but... Read More
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The Two Mrs. Carrolls; A Play in Three Acts
by Martin Vale [pseud. of Marguerite Veiller]
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1938. Very Good. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1938. Stated Second Impression. Octavo; 95 pp. followed by one page of advertisements. Bright orange wrappers with text in black. Covers show some general smudging and a bit of rubbing at spine ends. Opens easily between gatherings but binding is holding soundly. Pages... Read More
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Velleii Paterculi Quae Supersunt
by Velleius Paterculus; Johann Georg Walch [ed.]
Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Sumpt. Ioh. Lud. Gleditschii & M.G. Weidmanni, 1712. Very Good. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Sumpt. Io. Lud. Gleditschii & M.G. Weidmanni, 1712. First Walch Edition. 12mo (14cm); full contemporary parchment, neat manuscript spine titling, all edges stained black; [10],450,[114]pp. (collated, presumed complete); engraved frontispiece of the goddess Minerva, title page printed in red and black. Some staining to... Read More
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Practical Reflection
by J. David Velleman
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989. Near Fine/Near Fine. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, [1989]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in dark green pictorial dust jacket; x,332pp. A hint of shelf wear, boards very slightly bowed, else a Near Fine copy.
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The Theatrical Adventures of Edward Gorey: Rare Drawings, Scripts, and Stories
by [Edward Gorey] Carol Verburg
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2024. Very Good. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2024. First Edition, with full numberline. Quarto (28.5cm); 256pp; color illus. throughout. Publisher's illustrated boards with debossed silver lettering and maroon velvet curtain spine. Boards are sturdy and square, with one shallow line impression at bottom front. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
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Post-Biblical Jewish Studies
by Geza Vermes
Leiden, Netherlands: E.J Brill, 1975. Very Good. Leiden, Netherlands: E.J Brill, 1975. First Edition. Octavo. 246pp. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Ex-library. A touch of rubbing to edges; ghosts of labels to spine and rear. Binding sound. Institutional bookplate to front pastedown; remnants of library pocket and bit of adhesive to rear endpaper; stamp... Read More
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![Hillsboro People [Inscribed and Signed by Canfield]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/217/929/1592929217.0.m.jpg)
Hillsboro People [Inscribed and Signed by Canfield]
by Dorothy Canfield [stories]; Sarah N. Cleghorn [verses]
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1915. Very Good. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1915. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's maroon gilt-lettered cloth; v,[1],346,[2],[4](ads)pp. Light shelf wear to cloth extremities, textblock margins a bit dust-soiled, else a Very Good, bright and sound copy. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper, "For Jon Amy [?] /... Read More
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Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book
by Kate Greenaway [illus.]; Mrs. Sale Barker [verses]
London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1900. Very Good. London: Frederick Warne & Co., ca. 1900. Small square 16mo (9.5cm.); full contemporary reddish-brown gilt-tooled morocco by Bayntun-Rivière, elaborate gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; [4],126pp.; color frontispiece, eleven leaves of plates, illus. throughout text printed in brown within green border. Front cover leather a bit discolored, brief ink... Read More
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![La pensée de Jonathan Edwards: Avec une concordance des diferentes editions de ses Oeuvres [with two TLS from Veto laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/253/662/1537662253.0.m.jpg)
La pensée de Jonathan Edwards: Avec une concordance des diferentes editions de ses Oeuvres [with two TLS from Veto laid in]
by [Jonathan Edwards] Miklos Veto
Paris: L'Harmattan, 2007. Very Good. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2007. New Revised Edition. Octavo; 556pp. French-language throughout. Printed white glossy wraps. Covers lightly shelfworn but with no chips or tears. Spine straight and unbroken. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Two typed, signed letters by Veto to Edwards scholar Wilson Kimnach laid in -- the first, dated December... Read More
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Alfonso XIII Unmasked: The Military Terror in Spain
by Vicente Blasco Ibanez; Leo Ongley [trans.]
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1924. Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1924. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 121 pages. Red cloth lettered and ruled in gilt. Lacks dust jacket. Better known for his novels, Ibanez was also active in politics, as evidenced by this full-throated attack on the King of Spain and the... Read More
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The Minerva Club: The Department of Patterns and Others
by Victor Canning; John Higgins [ed.]
Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2009. Near Fine/Fine. Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2009. First Edition, stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 223pp. Boards very slightly bowed at fore-edge, else a Fine copy. Collection of 24 short stories for the first time in book form, most of which first appeared in Ellery... Read More
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![The Battle of Waterloo: A Romantic Narrative [Limited Edition, Signed by Middleton]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/423/871/1619871423.0.m.jpg)
The Battle of Waterloo: A Romantic Narrative [Limited Edition, Signed by Middleton]
by Victor Hugo; Drew Middleton [intro.]; Reginald Colby [epilogue]; Edouard Detaille [illus.]
Westport, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1977. Near Fine. Westport, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1977. First Thus, Limited to 1600 copies of which this is no. 1495. Quarto (28 cm); [8], 99pp. Publisher's olive green calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt, in original paper-covered slipcase and glassine jacket; frontispiece, five (5) leaves of plates, additional illus. throughout... Read More
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![Homage to Daniel Shays: Collected Essays 1952-1972 [Signed by Vidal]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/183/659/1695659183.0.m.jpg)
Homage to Daniel Shays: Collected Essays 1952-1972 [Signed by Vidal]
by Gore Vidal
New York: Random House, 1972. Very Good -/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1972. First Edition Stated. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's cloth, red topstain, in black price-clipped dust jacket by Irving Bogen; viii,449pp. Shallow dampstaining to jacket verso along bottom edge, not visible to exterior. Boards lightly shelfworn with a touch of fading along bottom rear edge;, cloth and... Read More
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![Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, Consisting of Twenty-Four Views: Accompanied with Descriptions of the Scenery and of the Costumes, Manners, &c. of the Inhabitants of Those Cities and Their Environs [Facsimile]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/573/814/1306814573.0.m.1.jpg)
Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, Consisting of Twenty-Four Views: Accompanied with Descriptions of the Scenery and of the Costumes, Manners, &c. of the Inhabitants of Those Cities and Their Environs [Facsimile]
by E[meric] E[ssex] Vidal
Buenos Aires [London]: Editorial Viau SRL [R. Ackermann], 1943. Very Good. Buenos Aires: Editorial Viau SRL, 1943; facsimile of volume originally published by R. Ackermann in London in 1820. Limited Reprint Edition of 3470, of which this is No.1489. Quarto; xxviii + 115pp. Twenty-five full-color watercolors reproduced on 24 bound-in plates, including four landscape-format fold-out plates. Broché in... Read More
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In a Yellow Wood
by Gore Vidal
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1947. Very Good/Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1947. First Edition, stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in gray and yellow pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.75); 216pp. Light wear to jacket margins, rear panel a bit dust-soiled, small bump to bottom margin of front cover, else a Very Good or... Read More
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![The Judgment of Paris [Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/833/893/1689893833.0.m.jpg)
The Judgment of Paris [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Gore Vidal
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1952. Very Good/Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1952. First Edition Stated. Octavo (21cm); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket by George Salter; 375pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins, shallow chipping at spine crown, top edge of front flap neatly trimmed not approaching text, spine ends bumped with brief exposure,... Read More
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In a Yellow Wood [Signed]
by Gore Vidal
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1947. Very Good/Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1947. First Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on title page. Octavo; 216pp. Pictorial dust jacket. Black coated boards with gold spine lettering. Unclipped jacket flaps were once glued to pastedowns. Large chips missing on all jacket edges; bottom... Read More
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![Matters of Fact and Fiction: Essays 1973-1976 [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/197/958/1586958197.0.m.jpg)
Matters of Fact and Fiction: Essays 1973-1976 [Signed]
by Gore Vidal
New York: Random House, 1977. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1977. First Edition. Signed by Gore Vidal without inscription at title page. Octavo. 285 pp. Printed dust jacket with "$10.00" price present. Black and yellow boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket rubbed and foxed along edges; spine sunned; ghost of a sticker to front flap verso.... Read More
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![Lincoln [Limited Edition, Signed by Vidal]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/237/407/1573407237.0.m.jpg)
Lincoln [Limited Edition, Signed by Vidal]
by Gore Vidal
New York: Random House, 1984. Very Good. New York: Random House, 1984. First Edition, Limited Issue of 350 copies signed by Vidal, this being #309. Additionall signed by Vidal in a later hand at title page with brief inscription to previous owners. Large octavo. 657 pp. Black boards stamped in gilt. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Boards... Read More
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![Visit to a Small Planet and Other Television Plays [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/206/958/1586958206.0.m.jpg)
Visit to a Small Planet and Other Television Plays [Signed]
by Gore Vidal
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956. First Edition. Signed by Gore Vidal without inscription at title page. Octavo. 278 pp. Printed dust jacket. Black and orange boards. Unclipped dust jacket dampstained along top quarter of jacket; lightly chipped and creased along edges. Boards show light to moderate edgewear. Binding... Read More
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![L'Algérie du Sud et ses Peintres 1830-1960 [The Painters of Southern Algeria 1830-1960]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/263/366/1279366263.0.m.jpg)
L'Algérie du Sud et ses Peintres 1830-1960 [The Painters of Southern Algeria 1830-1960]
by Marion Vidal-Bué
Paris: Éditions Paris-Méditerranée / EDIF 2000, 2003. Very Good/Very Good. Paris: Éditions Paris-Méditerranée, 2003. First Edition. Folio; 214pp. Text in French. Pictorial dustjacketover textured ochre boards with brown stamping on spine. Jacket very lightly rubbed along bottom edge. Boards square with light bumps to corners and spine ends. The third in a series of three volumes by... Read More
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