![Peter Whiffle: His Life and Works [Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/105/800/1423800105.0.m.jpg)
Peter Whiffle: His Life and Works [Inscribed]
by VAN VECHTEN, Carl
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); rebound in hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; [viii],247,[1]pp. Inscribed by the author in green ink on the front endpaper: "Inscribed for Amos T. French Jr by Carl Van Vechten / December 28, 1937 / New York." Modest wear to extremities, faint dampstain... Read More
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![The Dance Photography of Carl Van Vechten [Review Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/886/837/880837886.0.m.jpg)
The Dance Photography of Carl Van Vechten [Review Copy]
by VAN VECHTEN, Carl; Paul Padgette, ed. & intro
New York: Schirmer Books / Macmillan Publishing Co, [1981]. First Edition. Folio (30.75cm.); two-toned cloth in gilt photo-illustrated dust jacket; vii,[3],212pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Jacket extremities rubbed with clear tape reinforcement to bottom edge and spine crown, else Near Fine in About Very Good jacket. Review copy with two original promotional photographs and typed letter from the publisher laid... Read More
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My Grandparents, My Parents and I: Jewish Art and Culture
by VAN VOOLEN, Edward
Munich: Prestel, 2006. First Edition. Quarto (30.5cm); light blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 191,[1]pp; illus. Some trivial wear to spine ends, else Fine in a Near Fine, lightly shelfworn dustjacket. Visual survey of 2000 years of Jewish contributions to the visual arts.
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African Painted Houses: Basotho Dwellings of Southern Africa
by VAN WYK, Gary N.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1998. First Edition. Quarto (26.75cm); brown paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in red on spine, and decorative emblem embossed to front cover; dustjacket; 168pp; illus. Fine in a Near Fine, lightly shelfworn dustjacket. Photographic study of Basotho painted houses in Southern Africa.
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A Preliminary Account of the Physical Anthropology of the "Cape Coloured People" (Males)
by VAN WYK, G.F.
Capetown: Nasionale Pers, 1939. First Edition. Quarto (25cm.); original tan printed wrappers; [2],62pp.; graphs and tables throughout. Fine. Anthropometric study of the descendents of the "Hottentots," a moniker 17th-century Dutch settlers gave the Khoikhoi people of southwestern Africa.
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![Some Gentlemen of the Renaissance: Giotto, Michelangelo, Galileo, Richelieu [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/310/411/860411310.0.m.1.jpg)
Some Gentlemen of the Renaissance: Giotto, Michelangelo, Galileo, Richelieu [Limited Edition]
by VAN WYCK, William
Paris: Edward W. Titus, 1928. First Edition. Limited to 250 copies of which this is no. 87. Slim quarto (26.5cm.); original paper-covered boards; 37pp.; 4 portrait plates. Extremities a bit toned, else Very Good and sound.
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Background of the Plymouth Trial
by VANZETTI, Bartolomeo
Chelsea, MA: Road to Freedom Group, (1927). First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed red thick-paper wrappers; 38pp. Signed in type at close of text, "Bartolomeo Vanzetti." Mild toning to wrapper edges, else a tight, clean copy, solidly Very Good. A summary of the trial, written by Vanzetti in an attempt to win public sentiment and raise funds... Read More
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The Evolution of the Conscious Faculties
by VARENDONCK, J[ulien]
New York: Macmillan, N.D. [1923]. First U.S. Edition. First American edition, bound from the British sheets. Octavo. Blue cloth boards with gilt spine titles; 259pp. Cloth somewhat spotted; ink hand stamp of the Institute for Psychoanalysis to to endpapers, with card pocket to rear pastedown; else a Good, solid copy. Varendonck was a Belgian psychoanalyst best known for his... Read More
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The Evolution of the Conscious Faculties
by VARENDONCK, J[ulien]
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, [1923]. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 259pp. Boards quite rubbed with exposure, especially along bottom margins, contemporary pencil marginalia and underlining throughout. A Good reading copy only. Varendonck was a Belgian psychoanalyst best known for his works on forensic psychology and daydreams.
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Abstract of The Proceedings of The Grand Lodge of The Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania.
by [FREEMASONRY] VARIOUS
Philadelphia: Masonic Publishing Company, 1876. First Edition. Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's coated pale blue paper wraps, titled to front wrap in dark blue. 233pp. Some light edgewear and marginal creasing, some wear to the spine ends and some slight but not terribly significant wear to the spine panel, with a small triangle of loss at the head. A very good... Read More
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Northern Numbers; Being Representative Selections from Certain Living Scottish Poets. First and Second Series, Single Volume Edition
by [VARIOUS] BUCHAN, John; McDiarmid, Hugh, JACOB, Violet; MUNRO, Neil et al.
Edinburgh: T. Foulis, 1922. First Thus. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth titled in gilt to spine, over blue paper covered boards. Lacking dustjacket. 130pp.; 142pp. [1pp.] ads to rear. Pagination essentially the result of two sets of first edition sheets being bound together, including original title pages and the ads to the rear of the Second Series. Light... Read More
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Northern Numbers; Being Representative Selections from Certain Living Scottish Poets. First and Second Series
by [VARIOUS] BUCHAN, John; McDiarmid, Hugh, JACOB, Violet; MUNRO, Neil et al.
Edinburgh: T. Foulis, 1920; 1921. First Editions. Two volumes. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's blue coth spines, over drab paper covered boards, titled in gilt and dark grey to spines and front boards. Lacking dustjackets.130pp.; [2pp] ads to rear; 142pp. [2pp] ads. Light wear and some scuffing and soiling to the lower edges, the grey paper covering the boards has a... Read More
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Policy Concerning Homosexuals in The Armed Forces: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate
by [LGBTQIA+] VARIOUS
Washington, DC: US Government Printng Office, 1994. First Edition. Octavo. 23cm. Original printed green card wraps titled in black to spine panel and front wrap. 1075pp. Some light creasing to corners, and some very slight sunning to the spine panel, a very good, strong, clean copy. Internally clean. The report and findings of the Committee on Armed Services under... Read More
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Bod Kyi Thang Ka [Ga] [= Tibetan Thangka]
by [Various Authors] WANG Lusun Quizhang, photo
[Beijing: Cultural Relics Press, 1987]. Second printing (first published in 1985). Quarto (35cm); beige cloth hardcover stamped in red and gilt; unprinted plastic protector and slipcase; 19, 200pp (chiefly illus). Light bump to base of spine, else a tight, Fine copy. Inscribed in ink in Umē script (illegible to this cataloguer); ink hand-stamp, "Souvenir of the Potal Palace" to... Read More
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La Estructura de la Clase Obrera: el impacto de las nuevas tecnologias
by [FUNDACION de INVESTIGACIONES MARXISTAS] Various Authors / Autores Varios
Madrid: Fundacion de Investigaciones Marxistas, 1986. 12mo. Printed card wrappers; 109pp. Clean, tight, unmarked - Very Good. Essays by Andrés Bilbao, J. José Castillo, Daniel Lacalle, others.
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Earth Photographs from Gemini III, IV, and V.
by VARIOUS
Washington, DC: Science and Technical Information Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administratio, 1967. First Edition. Large Quarto. 30cm. Publisher's bright red cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. 266pp. Clean and strong, slight dulling to spine, otherwise a very good copy indeed. Internally clean, map endpapers, inscribed to the front pastedown by a NASA employee: ... Read More
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Official Story of The Italian Air Cruise; Rome to Chicago - New York to Rome - July 1933
by [VARIOUS]
Chicago: Cuneo Press, 1933. First Thus. Oblong Quarto. 21cm. Publisher's pale green card wraps titled and decorated in dark green, red and blue to front cover. 32pp. A little sunned and lightly worn to the extremities of the green card covers; internally clean, old price label to upper left corner of title page with some traces of tape residue,... Read More
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Children Who Stumble; Being the report of a committee appointed by the chairman of a conference convened by the Middlesex County Council to consider a memorandum issued by The Home Office and Board of education on Juvenile Offences
by [VARIOUS]
Middlesex, UK: For The Committee, 1941. First Edition. Octavo. 18cm. Publisher's pale blue card wraps titled in black to front cover. 64pp. Front panel and spine uniformly faded to pale grey, with only the rear wrap retaining its original color, a little rusting around the staples and some mild soiling; internally clean with the ownership, notes and in text... Read More
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Report of The Secretary of The Navy In Relation To Armored Vessels
by VARIOUS
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1864. First Edition. Octavo. 23cm. Contemporary half brown morocco over marbled paper covered boards. 607pp. Some light scuffing and wear to binding extremities, with some signs of cosmetic conservation to the fore-edges of the binding, and some rubbing to the paper covered boards. All edges marbled. Strong and solid, a very good copy. Internally... Read More
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![AMERICAN POETRY: Seventeen & Eighteenth Centuries; Nineteenth Century [Two Vols.]; Twentieth Century [Two Vols.] [Total: Five Volume Set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/899/095/1598095899.0.m.jpg)
AMERICAN POETRY: Seventeen & Eighteenth Centuries; Nineteenth Century [Two Vols.]; Twentieth Century [Two Vols.] [Total: Five Volume Set]
by Various
New York: Library of America, 1993. First Edition. Five volume set, three first printings; Nineteenth Century Vol. 1 & Twentieth Century Vol.1 are third printings; blue cloth with ribbons in slipcases, which were available to subscribers only. Fine copies in rubbed, else Fine slip cases.
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The Original Hoosier Hot Shots Album of Songs and Photographs
by [MUSIC][PERFORMING ARTS] VARIOUS
Chicago, ILL: Hoosier Hot Shots, 1938. First Edition. Quarto. 30.5cms. Publisher's decorative printed paper wraps, magazine format. 48pp. Light dog-earing and creasing to extremities, some minor soiling and ink spotting to the wraps, some chipping to spine panel, but no appreciable loss; internally clean. A very good copy with light wear. A collection of musical numbers, photographs,... Read More
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Black Art Pamphlets; Four works on Fortune-Telling and Mesmerism in sammelband
by [MESMERISM] [ESOTERICA] VARIOUS
Leipzig; Paris: Friedrich Boigt; Albert Berger; Chamuel etc., 1890's. 21cm. The whole bound in a functional dark brown cloth titled in white to spine. Some wear to the cloth, cosmetic fraying to spine ends and some general wear, a good, solid binding performing a practical rather than aesthetic function. A rather complex little collection, with two German pamphlets on... Read More
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The Case For and Against Psychical Belief
by VARIOUS [Sir Oliver Lodge; Arthur Conan Doyle; Frederick Bligh Bond; Mary Austin; Harry Houdini; Margaret Deland et al.]
Worcester, Massachussetts: Clark University, 1927. First Edition. 8vo. 24cm x 16cm. Publisher's ribbed deep burgundy cloth, titled in gilt to spine and front board, with a list of the contributors in gilt. Light bumping to spine ends and with some minor signs of wear, bright, clean, and remarkably handsome. A very good copy. 365pp. Internally clean. Lacking the top... Read More
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The Testimony of Kolchak - Memoirs of the Red Partisan Movement in the Russian Far East (by A.Z. Ovchinnikov) - The Nikolaevsk Massacre - The Vladivostok Incident, April 4-5, 1920
by VARNECK, Elena and H.H. Fisher (eds); A.Z. Ovchinnikov
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1935. First Edition. Octavo (23cm). Black cloth hardcover; gilt spine-titles; xii,466pp. Tight, square copy; a few faint spots to cloth on spine and rear cover but internally clean, tight, and free of markings; Very Good. Published as No. 10 in the series "Hoover War Library Publications.
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![Galerie von Bildnissen aus Rahel's Umgang und Briefwechsel [Vol. I]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/980/223/1507223980.0.m.jpg)
Galerie von Bildnissen aus Rahel's Umgang und Briefwechsel [Vol. I]
by VARNHAGEN VON ENSE, K. A.
Leipzig: Gebrueder Reichenbach, 1836. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). Blue glazed paper boards, with remnants of manuscript paper spine label; [xii],300pp. One of two volumes only. Multiple ownership marks, stamps, and plates, including the "Lesezirkel von Fr. Frommann"; and two booksellers' tickets, of Rente'sche, Gottingen, and Max Harrseitz, Berlin. Sound but binding much rubbed and scuffed, with... Read More
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