A Treasury of Great Adirondack Stories
by Vinton, John
Utica, New York: North Country Books, Inc, 1991. First Edition. Large Softcover. Good. 8x0x11. Miller, Larry. First edition. Edge wear, creases, light water damage, ink gift note. 1991 Large Softcover. 155 pp. John Vinton ably captures the history and culture of the Adirondacks in this collection. These are the stories people told each other when, as long ago... Read More
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The Georgics (The Heritage Press)
by Virgil (Publius Virgilus Maro); Dryden, John; Whicher, George F
New York: The Heritage Press, 1953. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 10x6x0. Bramanti, Bruno. Includes slipcase and publisher's Sandglass Number III:18. Spine lightly toned, otherwise an excellent copy. 1953 Hard Cover. xv, [1], 155, [1] pp. Virgil's epic poem, translated into English verse by John Dryden, with an introduction by George F. Whicher, and illustrations by Bruno... Read More
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The Eclogues (The Heritage Press)
by [Virgil] Maro, Publiu Virgilius; Calverley, C. S.; Hadas, Moses
New York: The Heritage Press, 1960. Large Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 14x10x1. Vertes, [Marcel]. Includes slipcase and Sandglass insert number X:26. Slipcase and spine lightly toned and lightly soiled. 1960 Large Hardcover. xxvii, 96 pp. Two-color illustrations by Marcel Vertes. Translated into English verse by C.S. Calverley, with an introduction by Moses Hadas. "Publius Vergilius Maro (70-19 B.C.),... Read More
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The Aeneid
by Virgil; Fagles, Robert; Knox, Bernard
New York: Viking, 2006. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First thus. Jacket price clipped, related newspaper clipping laid in, ink gift note on front flyleaf. 2006 Hard Cover. 486 pp. Translated by Robert Fagles, with an introduction by Bernard Knox. Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles' mighty foe in the Iliad, begins an incredible journey... Read More
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Lake Placid (Then & Now Series) [New York]
by Viscome, Laura Russell
Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2008. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. An excellent copy. 2008 Trade Paperback. 95, [1] pp. Black-and-white photographs throughout. It is called 'the Olympic Village,' and rightly so. In 1932, Lake Placid hosted the third Winter Olympics and hosted 13th edition of the famed event of 1980 when arguably the biggest upset in sports... Read More
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The Rabbit's Gift
by Vitalis, Jessica
New York: Greenwillow Books, 2022. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x0x8. First edition. An exceptional copy. 2022 Hard Cover. When the delicate balance between the people of a small country and the mythic rabbits of age-old lore is broken, putting everyone at risk, a young rabbit and a young girl must overcome their prejudices and learn... Read More
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Run to the Waterfall
by Vivante, Arturo
New York: Scribners, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. First edition. Foxing to page ridge, faint edge wear. 1979 Hard Cover. This collection of stories portrays the members of a Sienese family--a philosopher-patriarch, a determinedly domestic mother, and a son who has abandoned medicine for painting--as they struggle to save the family estate.
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Traite De La Paralysie Generale Des Alienes [FRENCH TEXT]
by Voisin, Auguste
Paris: Librairie J.-B. Bailliere Et Fils, 1879. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Boards a bit rubbed, front and end matter lightly foxed. 1879 Hard Cover. xvi, 540 pp. French text. Morocco spine over marbled boards, five raised spine bands, gilt titles, marbled endapers. 11 plates (2 including color) following text. A treatise on the general paralysis of the... Read More
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A Trilogy of Dubrovnik
by Vojnovich, Ivo
Leykam, Graz: S.N, 1921. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. First edition. Wrapper edges rubbed with small tears and chips. 1921 Soft Cover. 143, [1] pp. Printed wrappers, photograph mounted on front wrapper. A play describing the fall of the Dubrovnik Republic, by an author who claimed to be of Serbian royal descent, and was imprisoned for this... Read More
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Nomina: Sonnets [Poems] (American Poets Continuum Series, No. 109)
by Volkman, Karen
Brockport, New York: BOA Editions, Ltd, 2008. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x0x9. First edition. An exceptional copy. 2008 Hard Cover. 71 pp. Karen Volkman’s first book, Crash’s Law, was a National Poetry Series selection, published by W.W. Norton in 1996. Her second book, Spar, received the Iowa Poetry Prize and the 2002 James Laughlin Award from the... Read More
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The Dying Grass: A Novel of the Nez Perce War (Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes, Volume 5)
by Vollmann, William T
New York: Viking, 2015. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x2x10. First edition. Stain on jacket spine base. Bottom edge of front board bumped. 2015 Hard Cover. 1356 pp. In this new installment in his acclaimed series of novels examining the collisions between Native Americans and European colonizers, William T. Vollmann tells the story of the Nez... Read More
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Season of Ash: A Novel in Three Acts
by Volpi, Jorge
New York: Open Letter, 2009. First US Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 88x16x134. First US Edition. Cover edges lightly worn. 2009 Trade Paperback. 413 pp. The Soviet biologist Irina Granina has experienced the worst of Communism, struggling to free her husband from the gulag for years. Following the rise of Gorbachev, her husband finally emerges a changed man,... Read More
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Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Alte Deutsche Lieder
by von Arnim, L. Achim; Brentano, Clemens
Ottobrunn bei Munchen: Franklin Bibliothek, 1984. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket. Loffler, Berthold. An exceptional copy. 1984 Full-Leather. 563, [1] pp. Full dark red leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. German text. A collection of German traditional legends and folk songs, by two leading figures in German Romanticism. First published in... Read More
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The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl
by von Chamisso, Adalbert; Barea, Ilsa
Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Story Classics, 1950. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Rudland, Peter. Limited edition, #1957 of 3000 copies. Includes publisher's slipcase and original clear acetate jacket. A few spots on slipcase, 2 inch tear and a couple tiny chips along jacket edges, spine a bit toned, slipcase edges faded. 1950 Hard Cover. x, 87, [1] pp. A novella... Read More
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The Essential Clausewitz: Selections from On War
by Von Clausewitz, Carl; Greene, Joseph I. (editor)
Mineola, New York: Dover, 2003. 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 5x0x8. First printing. A fine copy. 2003 Soft Cover. 140 pp. Succinct edition of the influential work, from its observations on the nature and theory of warfare to its outlines of strategic policies: moral force and military virtues, duration and decision of combat, effects of victory and... Read More
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Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
by Von Drehle, David
New York: Grove Press, 2003. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. First printing. Bottom page ridge scuffed. 2003 Trade Paperback. 340 pp. It was a profitable business in a modern fireproof building heralded as a model of efficiency. Yet the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York City became the deadliest workplace in American history when fire broke... Read More
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Hara: The Vital Centre of Man
by Von Durckheim, Karlfried Graf; von Kospoth, Sylvai-Monica; Healey, Estelle R
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1985. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x7. Reprint. Sticker remains on rear cover. 1985 Trade Paperback. 208 pp. The classic text on balance, inner calm, and the cultivation of tranquillity using the age-old techniques of Zen masters Reveals the psychosomatic underpinnings of Zen, Taoism, and other Eastern traditions Provides an alternative to the... Read More
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Mother Courage (The Folio Society)
by von Grimmelshausen, Johann [Hans Jakob Christoffel]; Wallich, Walter
London: The Folio Society, 1965. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x1x5. Wegner, Fritz. First thus (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #210). Includes publisher's slipcase. Spine slightly toned, two tiny spots on top slipcase edge. 1965 Hard Cover. 151 pp. A novel by the author of Simplicius Simplicissimus, which is regarded as the first adventure novel in the German... Read More
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Cat's Cradle
by Vonnegut, Kurt
New York: Dial Press Trade Paperbacks, 2010. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x7. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 2010 Trade Paperback. xiii, 287 pp. Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso... Read More
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Player Piano
by Vonnegut, Kurt
New York: Dial Press Trade Paperbacks, 2006. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. Reprint. Minor wear to spine ends. 2006 Trade Paperback. 341 pp. 8vo. Vonnegut's first novel, an unforgiving portrait of an automated and totalitarian future, was published in 1952. Vonnegut's spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in... Read More
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Player Piano: A Novel
by Vonnegut, Kurt
New York: Dial Press Trade Paperbacks, 2006. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. New. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 2006 Trade Paperback. 341 pp. Kurt Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely by machines. Paul's rebellion is vintage Vonnegut... Read More
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Slapstick or Lonesome No More!
by Vonnegut, Kurt Jr
New York: Delacorte Press, 1976. First Trade Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8x6x1. First trade edition. Chips and tears to jacket edges, jacket soiled. Front free endpaper missing. 1976 Hard Cover. 243, [1] pp. Slapstick presents an apocalyptic vision as seen through the eyes of the current King of Manhattan (and last President of the United States), a wickedly... Read More
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Slaughterhouse-Five; or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death
by Vonnegut, Kurt
New York: Dell, 2007. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 4x0x6. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 2007 Mass Market Paperback. 215, [1] pp. The book follows a young man, Billy Pilgrim, through his entire life. Billy believes aliens, tralfamadorians to be exact, have abducted him. We assume that it's through these aliens that he learns to time travel, a skill... Read More
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The Sirens of Titan
by Vonnegut, Kurt
New York: Dial Press Trade Paperbacks, 2009. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 2009 Trade Paperback. 326 pp. "The richest and most depraved man on Earth takes a wild space journey to distant worlds, learning about the purpose of human life along the way.
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Slaughterhouse-Five; or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death
by Vonnegut, Kurt; Powers, Kevin
New York: Modern Library, 2019. 50th Anniversary Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 5x0x8. Reprint of 50th anniversary edition. An exceptional copy. 2019 Hard Cover. xii, 220 pp. Foreword by Kevin Powers. The book follows a young man, Billy Pilgrim, through his entire life. Billy believes aliens, tralfamadorians to be exact, have abducted him. We assume that it's through these... Read More
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