La Mosquea Poetica Inventiva, en Octava Rima
by Don Joseph de Villaviciosa
Madrid: Por D. Antonio de Sancha, 1777. Very Good. Madrid: Por D. Antonio de Sancha, 1777. Third Printing. Octavo. xlvii, 351 pp. Frontis. Contemporary calf; gilt decorating and red leather title label to spine; edges stained red; marbled endpapers; blue ribbon. Light wear to edges with general scuffing; mild staining; corners bumped. Binding sound. Private library label to... Read More
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All New Book 2 Cracker Barrel Tales and Other Stories
by Errol Vincenty Coy
Shippensburg, PA: News-Chronicle Company, 1979. Very Good. Shippensburg, PA: News-Chronicle Company, 1979. First Edition. Octavo. 94 pages. Black and white photographs. Light green printed wraps. Wraps are toned with some light wear along edges. Secure in binding. Pages unmarked. Tales the author had heard as a boy including "Saga of Simon Girty," "Danger in Dark... Read More
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![The Civil War at Sea [Three volume set, with] Volume I: January 1861-March 1862 - The Blockaders; Volume II: March 1862-July 1863 - The River War; Volume III: July 1863-November 1864 - The Final Effort](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/704/602/1626602704.0.m.jpg)
The Civil War at Sea [Three volume set, with] Volume I: January 1861-March 1862 - The Blockaders; Volume II: March 1862-July 1863 - The River War; Volume III: July 1863-November 1864 - The Final Effort
by Virgil Carrington Jones; Admiral E. M. Eller [fwd.]
New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1962. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1960-1962. First Editions. Three octavo volumes. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Printed dust jackets. Gray and blue boards stamped in gilt, silver, red, green, and yellow. Dust jackets lightly edgeworn; minor patchy staining; toning to edges and spine. Boards show light wear to... Read More
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![The Eneis, Books I. and II. Rendered into English Blank Iambic, with new interpretations and illustrations [Autograph Note Signed by Henry Pasted in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/989/026/1657026989.0.m.jpg)
The Eneis, Books I. and II. Rendered into English Blank Iambic, with new interpretations and illustrations [Autograph Note Signed by Henry Pasted in]
by Virgil; James Henry [trans.]
London: Taylor and Walton, 1845. Very Good. London: Taylor and Walton, 1845. First Edition. Slim octavo (23cm.); later brown cloth over decorative paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine; vi,126pp. Very light wear to boards, textblock rather darkened and foxed, later (1928) ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound. Autograph note signed by the author mounted to... Read More
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![Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales [Signed by Hamilton]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/351/886/1694886351.0.m.jpg)
Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales [Signed by Hamilton]
by Virginia Hamilton; Leo & Diane Dillon [illus.]
New York: The Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc, 1995. Very Good/Very Good. New York: The Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 1995. First Edition, stated First Printing with full numberline. Signed by Virginia Hamilton dated in the year of publication at title page. Quarto. 112; [2]pp. Color illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket with Laura... Read More
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Pointz Hall: The Earlier and Later Typescripts of Between the Acts
by Virginia Woolf; Mitchell A. Leaska [ed.]
New York: University Publications, 1983. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: University Publications, 1983. First Edition, stated. Octavo (23.6 cm), xiv, 576pp including appendices. Light green publisher's dust jacket with dark green printing. Dark green cloth bound boards with gilt stamping on spine. Dust jacket sunned at all edges and on the spine. Lightly soiled at the top... Read More
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Annual Communication of the Auditor of Public Accounts Containing a Synopsis of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Commonwealth's Funds During the Fiscal Year Ending 30th September 1854. Also, the Condition of the Treasury so far as Related to Said Funds, on the 1st October 1854
by [Virginia] Auditor's Office, Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, VA: Auditor's Office, Richmond Virginia, 1854. Very Good. Richmond, VA: Auditor's Office, Richmond Virginia, 1854. First Edition. Octavo. 8 pp. Stringbound printed wraps. Light wear and creasing to edges with general soiling and a few folds. Binding sound and pages unmarked, about Very Good. This report gives a one page synopsis and follows with statements... Read More
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Afterimage, Vol. 1, no. 4, November, 1972
by Visual Studies Workshop; Yukio Mishima, Jean-Luc Godard et al [contrs.]
Rochester, NY: Visual Studies Workshop, 1972. Very Good. Rochester, NY: Visual Studies Workshop, 1972. First Edition. Tabloid format; pictorial self wrappers; 20pp.; illus. throughout. Wrappers rather toned and worn along margins, "Complimentary Copy" rubber-stamped to upper cover, rear wrapper postally used (see below). Overall Very Good and sound. Early issue of this important bimonthly newspaper devoted... Read More
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0 to 9: Number Five, January 1969
by Vito Hannibal Acconci and Bernadette Mayer [eds.]; Clark Coolidge, Sol LeWitt, Hannah Weiner et al. [contributors]
New York: Vito Hannibal Acconci, 1969. Very Good. New York: Vito Hannibal Acconci, 1969. First Edition. Small quarto; staple bound wrappers; 96pp. printed mimeograph; black and white illustrations throughout. Front wrap wrinkled with a few scrapes; binding sound; pages unmarked; Very Good. Late issue of this experimental mimeographed magazine, exploring the role and use of language and... Read More
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![All Round Hong Kong [Signed to William Safire]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/583/164/1294164583.0.m.jpg)
All Round Hong Kong [Signed to William Safire]
by Morgan J. Vittengl
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1963. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1963. First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper to journalist William Safire with inscription "To Bill Safire -- In the hope that this book may recall for you some of the pleasant memories that I have of your visit... Read More
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Speech at Anti-McCarran Act Rally, New York City, June 1963
by Reverend C. Tyndell Vivian
Hollywood, CA: Reprinted as a public service by Constitutional Liberties Information Center, 1963. Near Fine. Hollywood, CA: Reprinted as a public service by Constitutional Liberties Information Center, 1963. First Edition. Photo-illustrated bifolium (23.5 x 10 cm.) 4 pp. Touch of rubbing and faint toning to edges. Near Fine. American minister Vivian was a close friend and... Read More
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Love Is the Heart of Everything: Correspondence between Vladimir Mayakovsky and Lili Brik, 1915-1930
by Vladimir Mayakovsky and Lili Brik; Bengt Jangfeld [ed.]; Julian Graffy [trans.]
Edinburgh: Polygon, 1986. Very Good/Very Good. Edinburgh: Polygon, [1986]. First English Language Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in white unclipped photo-illustrated dust jacket; [8],294pp.; 16 leaves of photographic plates, text illus. throughout text. Moderate wear and soil to dust jacket, corners bumped, else Very Good and sound. Complete correspondence between the Russian Futurist poet and playwright Vladimir... Read More
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Esercito Borbonico
by [Bourbon Armies] M. Vocino
Napoli: Montanino Editore, 1960. Very Good +. Napoli: Montanino Editore, ca. 1960. Slim octavo; pictorial card chemise containing [6]pp. of text and eight color plates. Light wear and soil to chemise, else Very Good, contents clean and fine. Collection of costume plates depicting the various uniforms of 18th century Bourbon army regiments, all by the same, unattributed... Read More
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![Small Town D.A. [Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/213/411/1693411213.0.m.jpg)
Small Town D.A. [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Robert Traver [pseud. John D. Voelker]
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1954. Very Good/Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. 1954. First Edition Stated. Octavo (20.5cm); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket by Laurence Hoffman retaining original price ($3.00); 253pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins, corners nudged, else a Very Good, bright and sound example. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. ... Read More
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La Philosophie de l'histoire par feu l'Abbé Bazin
by Abbé Bazin [Voltaire]
Amsterdam: Chez Changuion, 1765. Very Good. Amsterdam: Chez Changuion, 1765. Octavo; viii + 268pp. Marbled calf with matching grisaille marbled textblock edges. Double-ruled gilt panel borders with ornaments at panel corners; gilt-embossed spine and title-lettering-though spine title now largely chafed away. Gilt inner dentelles, vestiges of gilt edge tooling. Both panels stamped with gilt crest. Striking endpapers of... Read More
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Voltaire par Lui-Même
by Voltaire; René Pomeau [ed.]
Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1957. Fine. Paris: Éditions du Seuil, [1957]. Small octavo (17.5cm.); later brown cloth, spine stamped in red and gilt, original card wrappers bound in; 190pp.; illus. throughout. Spine gilt a bit dulled, else a Fine copy in sturdy binding. Forms part of the series "Ecrivains de Toujours.
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![Hocus Pocus [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/780/399/1722399780.0.m.jpg)
Hocus Pocus [Limited Edition, Signed]
by Kurt Vonnegut
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. Near Fine. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. First Edition, Limited Issue of 250 copies specially bound and signed by Kurt Vonnegut at limitation, this being #141. Octavo; red-orange cloth stamped in gilt; gray endpapers; 302pp. Housed in publisher's linen slipcase. Spine a trifle sunned; binding sound; pages unmarked. Slipcase lightly worn... Read More
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![Galapagos [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/249/396/1722396249.0.m.jpg)
Galapagos [Signed]
by Kurt Vonnegut
New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1985. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1985. First Trade Edition. Signed by Kurt Vonnegut at title page without inscription. Octavo; illustrated dust jacket $16.95 price present; gray and black cloth with silver titling; 295pp. Very mild rubbing to edges of dust jacket and boards; edges a... Read More
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![The Moscow Kremlin: Its History, Architecture, and Art Treasures [Inscribed and Signed to William Randolph Hearst, Jr.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/888/807/1446807888.0.m.jpg)
The Moscow Kremlin: Its History, Architecture, and Art Treasures [Inscribed and Signed to William Randolph Hearst, Jr.]
by Arthur Voyce
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1954. Very Good +/Very Good. Berkeley: University of California, 1954. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's cloth in cream pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($10.00); xiii,[1],147pp.; tipped in color frontispiece, 111 illus. printed on 46 leaves, including two additional tipped in color plates, pictorial endpapers and text illus. throughout. Shallow chipping along the upper... Read More
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![Jaroslav Vrchlicky mrtev! [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/582/043/1511043582.0.m.jpg)
Jaroslav Vrchlicky mrtev! [caption title]
by [Jaroslav Vrchlicky]
Praha: Vydal Portretni ustav J. Ptacek, 1912. Very Good. Praha: Vydal Portretni ustav J. Ptacek, 1912. First Edition. Folio, unpaged; 6 black and white photographs mounted to thick maroon paper, loose as issued in tan printed wrappers (a few minor ink spots); edge wear, else very good. Memorial portfolio produced upon the death of one of... Read More
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![Through the Fields of Clover [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/228/683/1547683228.0.m.jpg)
Through the Fields of Clover [Signed]
by Peter De Vries
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1961. Very Good +/Very Good +. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1961. First Edition. Signed by De Vries at front free endpaper without inscription, though with previous owner's stamp directly above. Octavo. 275 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in light blue. Unclipped dust jacket rubbed along edges with a... Read More
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The Handsome Heart
by Peter De Vries
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1943. Very Good +. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1943. First Edition. Octavo. 216 pp. Orange boards and spine lettered in green. No dust jacket. Boards rubbed and edges, corners bumped, and light soiling to edges. Binding is sound. Off-setting to endpapers, previous owner's gift inscription to front free endpaper, and pages otherwise... Read More
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![No But I Saw the Movie [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/460/566/1547566460.0.m.jpg)
No But I Saw the Movie [Signed]
by Peter De Vries
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1952. Very Good/Very Good -. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1952. First Edition, stated. Signed by De Vries without inscription at title page. Octavo. 248 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Red boards with spine stamped in black. Dust jacket chipped with several tears to edges and tape mending to edges; surface scratches... Read More
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![The Glory of the Hummingbird [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/464/686/1547686464.0.m.jpg)
The Glory of the Hummingbird [Signed]
by Peter De Vries
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1974. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1974. First Edition. Signed by De Vries without inscription at title page. Octavo. 276 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt and black. Unclipped dust jacket rubbed along edges with a few minor nicks and mild dust soiling with a... Read More
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![[Drop title] A Farmer for Congress](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/777/473/1340473777.0.m.jpg)
[Drop title] A Farmer for Congress
by Carl Vrooman
[Bloomington, IL]: Democratic Agricultural Committee for 17th Congressional District, 1946. Near Fine. [Bloomington, IL: Democratic Agricultural Committee of 17th Congressional District, n.d. but 1946.] Octavo (23cm.); bifolium. Light toning to extremities, else Near Fine. Campaign flyer supporting the (failed) congressional bid of Carl Vrooman, former Assistant Secretary of Agriculture under President Woodrow Wilson. The text is comprised... Read More
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