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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The Presocratics at Herculaneum: a Study of Early Greek Philosophy in the Epicurean Tradition. With an appendix on Diogenes of Oinoanda's criticism of Presocratic Philosophy [Series: Studia Praesocratica]
by VASSALLO, Christian
Berlin: Walter De Gruyter, 2021. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; printed, paper-coverd boards (hardcover); xxii,763pp. Tight, clean, unmarked - a Near Fine, new-appearing copy. Volume 11 in the publisher's series "Studia Praesocratica.
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Beauty in Exile: The Artists, Mideks, and Nobility Who Fled the Russian Revolution and Influenced the World of Fashion
by VASSILIEV, Alexandre; Antonina W. Bouis and Anya Kucharev (translation from Russian to English)
New York: Harry N, Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 2000. Quarto (31.5cm); cream cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and blind embossed to spine and front cover; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; 48pp; black-and-white photographic (halftones) illustrations to frontispiece and throughout. Remainder mark to upper edge of textblock, light rubbing to board edges, and tiny marginal mark to p.394; Very... Read More
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The Ochrana: Russian Secret Police
by VASSILYEV, A.T.; MILLER, René Fülöp
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1930. First American Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's original buff cloth titled and dramatically decorated in blue and red to spine and front board. 305pp. Bumping and softening to spine ends, some light bumping to extremities, and some tape residue and areas of soiling to the cloth. Internally clean, with free library discard stamps to the... Read More
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Do König Vassilakis
by VASSILAKIS, Do König; Igor Mitoraj, Giorgio Soavi, & Thomas Schröder, texts
Florence: Edizioni Polistampa, 2004. First Edition. Quarto (29.5cm x 21cm). Green wrappers (softcover) with titling embossed in silver on cover and spine; 64pp; illus. Fine copy; appears new. An exploration of German-born, Greece-based sculptor Do König Vassilakis work, particularly focusing on her sculpture, lights, and jewelry created in the 1990s and 2000s. 40 reproductions in color.
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The Great-souled Gandhi
by VASWANI, T.L.
Poona: East and West Series, 1969. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed thick paper wrappers; 32pp. Mild aging to wrappers; scattered marginal markings in ink; Very Good. Gandhi as Buddhist exemplar, by the noted Buddhist author and educator.
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A Hot Time in the Old Town. As Sung by Josephine Sabel
by [VAUDEVILLE] HAYDEN, Joe (lyrics) and Theo A. Metz (music)
New York: Willis Woodward & Co, 1896. Sheet music. 4to; pictorial coated thick-paper wrappers; 6pp (including covers). Mild creasing and external soil; partial split at folded margin; Very Good. Owner's name in ink at upper front cover ("Lora Mae Powell"). Racist dialect song, and an early hit for the French-born American vaudeville star Josephine Sabel, popular in... Read More
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The Reynolds Campaign on Powder River
by VAUGHN, J.W.
Norman: Universitiy of Oklahoma Press, (1961). First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xvi,[1]-239pp; illus. In original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $5.00 on front flap); lightly rubbed at spine ends and folds, Very Good or better.
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Indian Fights: New Facts on Seven Encounters
by VAUGHN, J.W.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1966). First Edition. First printing. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 250pp; illus. Fine, straight copy in original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $4.95 on front flap); barely rubbed at extremities, Near Fine.
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5 éves az A38 Hajó / 5 Years of A38 Ship
by VAZÁK, Benedek (et al)
Budapest: A38 Kulturalis Kht, 2008. First Edition. Small quarto; thick card wrappers; [152]pp; illus. Fine. Bi-lingual text (Hungarian & English). Anniversary volume for the A38 "Culture Ship", a repurposed Ukrainian rock barge now moored on the Danube and used as a performing arts space. Extensively illustrated with color portraits of concerts and performers.
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On the Nature and Uses of Sabotage
by VEBLEN, Thorstein
[New York]: Oriole Chapbooks, ca. 1971. First Thus. Small octavo (19cm.); publisher's tan staplebound double wrappers printed in red; [2],26pp. Near Fine.
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DRUNK ON A GLACIER, TALKING TO FLIES
by Vega, Janine Pommy
Santa Fe, New Mexico: Tooth of Time Books, 1988. First Edition. Paperback in illustrated covers; 8vo.; 84pp. Inscribed on the title page: "11-96. For _____: for the mountains + the cities of this world. Love, " Limited to 750 copies. Edge wear and slight crease to cover; price sticker on the back. About very good. Inscribed by Author(s). ... Read More
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![Mad Dogs of Trieste: New & Selected Poems [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/003/698/1687698003.0.m.jpg)
Mad Dogs of Trieste: New & Selected Poems [Signed]
by VEGA, Janine Pommy
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Edition. One of 100 copies umbered and signed by the author, of which this is no.2. Octavo (23.5cm); red cloth spine over pictorial tan paper-covered boards, with paper title label on spine; 272pp; black-and-white photographic (halftone) illustration. Signed by author on front fllyleaf. Cover drawing by David Wojnarovicz. A Fine copy. ... Read More
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![[Text in Russian] Sovetskoe Izobrazitel'noe Iskusstvo: Khivopis'; Skul'ptura; Grafika; Teatral'no; Dekoratsionnoe; Iskusstvo. 1917-1941](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/516/796/1113796516.0.m.jpg)
[Text in Russian] Sovetskoe Izobrazitel'noe Iskusstvo: Khivopis'; Skul'ptura; Grafika; Teatral'no; Dekoratsionnoe; Iskusstvo. 1917-1941
by VEIMARN, B.V. and O.I. Sopotsinskii
Moskva: Iskusstvo, 1977. First Edition. Quarto (29.5cm.); publisher's maroon cloth-backed pictorial boards in matching cloth slipcase, red topstain; [2],212pp. & [172] leaves of illus. printed on rectos and versos, nearly all printed in color. Just About Fine. Text entirely in Russian. Massive reference work on all aspects of Soviet graphic arts, including painting, scultpure, posters, and set design. ... Read More
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![Henry E. Sigerist: Orientalist [Inscribed & Signed to Therese Benedek]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/933/030/1103030933.0.m.jpg)
Henry E. Sigerist: Orientalist [Inscribed & Signed to Therese Benedek]
by VEITH, Ilza
N.p.: Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 1958. Offprint. Octavo (25cm.); publisher's blue staplebound card wrappers; [199]-211pp. Shallow crease at bottom right-hand corner, else Near Fine. Inscribed and signed by the author to the Hungarian-American psychoanalyst Therese Benedek on p. [199]. Paper first published in the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume... Read More
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Hysteria; The History of a Disease
by VEITH, Ilza
Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1965. First Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's black cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket. [xv]; 301pp. Clean and strong with minor bumping to spine ends; internally clean, ink ownership to front pastedown, with numerous neat underlinings in pink pencil throughout; in a clean, strong pictorial dustjacket with some marginal creasing... Read More
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![Güzel Sanatlar [No.] 4](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/689/049/919049689.0.m.jpg)
Güzel Sanatlar [No.] 4
by MAARIF VEKILLIGI
[Istanbul?]: Maarif Vekilligi, 1939. First Edition. Folio (36cm.); original cream decorative wrappers lettered in black and gilt, yapp edges; 123pp.; nine color plates mounted to brown stock, additional text illus. and photographs throughout. Wrapper extremities quite chipped and worn with some small paper flaws not approaching text; contents fine. About Very Good and sound overall. Quite attractive and substantial... Read More
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Peoples of The Sea
by VELIKOVSKY, Immanuel
New York: Doubleday, 1977. First Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt and blue to the spine; dustjacket; 261pp. Very light wear to the edges of the cloth, in a clean bright dustjacket with some isolated marginal scuffing. A Very Good copy. Internally clean. Velikovsky's typically divisive take on the circumstances surrounding the Bronze Age Collapse. ... Read More
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Ages in Chaos; A Reconstruction of Ancient History from the Exodus to King Akhnaton. Volume I.
by VELIKOVSKY, Immanuel
New York: Doubleday, 1952. First Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine, upon a bright blue title label. Dustjacket. 35opp. + [4pp] ads/reviews to rear. Light wear and scuffing to edges and extremities, some minor bumping to the spine ends in a clean, strong example of the dustjacket with some light fraying and wear to... Read More
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Manual For Revolutionary Leaders
by VELLI, Michael [Pseud: PERLMAN, Lorraine and Fredy]
Detroit: Black & Red, 1972. First American Edition. Octavo. 23cm. Publisher's illustrated bronze card wraps. 261pp. Light edgewear, a little scuffing to the glossy card surface in places, with some wear to the spine ends resulting in two short closed tears at the head and tail of the front joint, strong and solid; internally clean, illustrated throughout. An about... Read More
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1986 Festival of American Folklife: Program Book
by VENNUM, Thomas (Jr), ed; Robert Cantwell (contrib)
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1986. First Edition. Quarto. Pictorial heavy card wrappers; 104,[30]pp; illus. Tight, clean and Near Fine. A substantial program for the Festival's 20th incarnation. In addition to the festival program, includes an introductory essay by Robert Cantwell, and lengthy pieces on the participants, including articles by Archie Green ("Championing Crafts in the Workplace"); Richard Blaustein ("Moonshining... Read More
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Missonologia: The World of Missoni
by VERCELLONI, Isa Tutino, ed.; Steve Piccolo, trans
Milan / New York: Electa / Abbeville, 1995. First American Edition. Quarto (33cm x 25cm). Pictorial paper boards (hardcover); 166pp; illus. Near Fine copy; shelf wear to corner tips, else clean and tight. U.S. edition of the volume originally publised on the occasion of the Pitti Immagine Prize, awarded in Florence in 1994 to Ottavio and Rosita Missoni and... Read More
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![[Text in Russian] Georgii Semenovich Vereiskii](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/436/248/1264248436.0.m.1.jpg)
[Text in Russian] Georgii Semenovich Vereiskii
by [VEREISKII, Georgii Semenovich] VORONIKHINA, L.N.
[Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987]. First Edition. Slim quarto (29.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 143pp.; illus. throughout, some in color. Light dust-soil to jacket extremities, else Very Good to Near Fine. Catalog of the works by the Soviet painter and graphic designer. Text entirely in Russian.
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