The New American Ghetto
by VERGARA, Camilo José
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1995. First Edition. Quarto (29cm); black cloth boards stamped in blind and foil, in pictorial dustwrapper; xvii, 235pp. Dustwrapper shows moderate shelving wear, some scuffs and scratches, rolling extremities; heel and crown of spine bumped with small tears. Textblock slightly soiled on fore edge, else clean and sound. Near Fine in Very Good+... Read More
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Paul Verlaine: His Life and Work. Illustrated
by [VERLAINE] LEPELLETIER, Edmond; E.M. Lang, transl
London: T. Werner Laurie, [1911]. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Early 20th-century three-quarter calf over tan linen-covered boards, with gilt spine titles; top edge gilt; 465pp; frontispiece and 8 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates (halftones). Review clipping laid down to rear fly-leaf. A tight, clean copy in an attractive binding, Near Fine.
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Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa
by VERNE, Jules
New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co, 1874. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original green decorative cloth embossed in blind and gilt; viii,232pp.; frontispiece, 47 plates. Light shelf wear, spine a hint cocked and gilt very slightly dulled, ownership signature effaced on front free endpaper, else a Very Good or better copy.
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Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa
by VERNE, Jules
New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co, 1874. First American Edition. Myers printing A, with two titles listed on the t.p. verso, but in a variant binding cloth. Octavo (19.5cm). In brick red cloth, titled in gold on front and on spine; yellow endpapers; one-page ad on verso of title page and 2pp of ads at rear; viii, 232, [ii]pp;... Read More
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Soviet Perceptions of War and Peace
by VERNON, Graham D.
Washington DC: National Defense University Press, 1982. First Edition. Octavo. 23cm. Publisher's original illustrated card wraps. [xvi]; 185pp. Some light wear to edges and extremities, clean and bright; internally clean. A very good copy indeed. An extremely illuminating and varied analysis by a group of qualified observers, of the fundamental differences in perception between the US and the... Read More
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![Cleaning the Bones [Samisdat, Vol. 40, no. 2]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/753/916/1128916753.0.m.jpg)
Cleaning the Bones [Samisdat, Vol. 40, no. 2]
by VERNON, William
Richford, VT: Samisdat, 1984. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's blue pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 20pp. Light soil to rear cover and a few internal leaves, wrapper extremities slightly faded, else Very Good.
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![Praising the Sand [Samisdat, Vol. 34, no. 4]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/457/915/1128915457.0.m.jpg)
Praising the Sand [Samisdat, Vol. 34, no. 4]
by VERNON, William
Richford, VT: Samisdat, 1983. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's yellow pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 11pp. A few tiny chips at bottom edge of rear cover not approaching text, spine edge a bit toned, old price sticker inside upper cover, else Very Good and sound.
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An Anniversary Discourse, Delivered Before the New-York Historical Society, December 7, 1818
by VERPLANCK, Gulian C.
New-York: James Eastburn & Co, 1818. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); removed but retaining half title; [2],121pp. Light spotting, else Very Good and fresh. Lengthy address delivered by a member of the DeWitt Clinton opposition, later elected to the New York Assembly in 1820. SABIN 99265; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 46648.
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A Letter to Col. William Drayton, of South-Carolina, in Assertion of the Constitutional Power of Congress to Impose Protecting Duties
by VERPLANCK, Gulian C.
New-York: E. Bliss, 1831. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); removed; 31pp. Faint vertical fold, some light dust-soil, bottom margin rather crudely trimmed; still, Very Good overall. Letter by the New York congressman and chairman of the Ways and Means Committee addressed to William Drayton, an opposer of the 1828 protectionist tariffs and state nullification. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 10483; SABIN 99270. ... Read More
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The Real Story of the Whaler: Whaling, Past and Present
by VERRILL, A. Hyatt
New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1923. Octavo (21cm). Black cloth stamped in gilt; [xvi],[296]pp; black and white plates and in-text illustrations. Gently rubbed, spine gilt faded, a few leaves lightly creased: Very Good.
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Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner (1855-1920): A Bibliography
by VERSTER, Evelyn
Cape Town: University of Cape Town Libraries, 1972. Second Printing. Octavo (23cm.); original green pictorial staplebound wrappers; faint contemporary rubberstamp price to upper cover; Fine. Bibliography of South African author, anti-war activist, and suffragist, best remembered for her first novel The Story of an African Farm (1883), considered to be one of the first feminist novels. Bibliography first published... Read More
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![Poster: Spaar de wereld. Red het oerwoud. Kap dus deze jungle [Save the world. Save the jungle. So cut down this jungle]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/303/636/943636303.0.m.jpg)
Poster: Spaar de wereld. Red het oerwoud. Kap dus deze jungle [Save the world. Save the jungle. So cut down this jungle]
by VESSER, Louis
The Netherlands: Aktie Strohalm and the World Wildlife Rangers, n.d., ca. 1982. Original pictorial poster (59.5x30cm.) printed offset in black on white glossy stock; very shallow crease to top right-hand corner, light wear from handling, else Very Good or better. Poster issued by the Aktie Strohalm, founded in 1970 and today known as the STRO), promoting environmental responsibility. The... Read More
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An Exposition of the Reasons for the Resignation of Some of the Professors in the University of the City of New-York
by [VETHAKE, Henry, John Mulligan, and John Torrey]
New-York: Jas. Van Norden, 1833. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); disbound; 24pp. Light toning and dust-soil, short closed tear at spine edge of title page not approaching text, else Very Good. Vitriolic letter signed by three of the four full-time professors who resigned from the University of the City of New York (i.e. NYU) following the mismanagement of... Read More
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Magic and Religion; Their Psychological Nature, Origin, and Function
by VETTER, George B.
New York: Philosophical Library, 1958. First American Edition. 8vo. 21.5cm x 15cm. Publisher's light blue cloth spine over blue marbled paper covered boards. Dustjacket. Titled in dark blue to spine with publisher's emblem to front board, strong and clean with some light bumping to spine ends, ina bright pictorial dustjacket with some light wear to extremities. A very good... Read More
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Les Pèlerinages de Suisse
by VEUILLOT, Louis
Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, 1877. Seizième Édition. Octavo (21.5cm.); contemporary maroon morocco-backed cloth, gilt spine in five compartments, marbled endpapers; 400pp.; engraved frontispiece and added title page, two plates, all retaining tissue guards. Boards a bit scuffed with brief exposure at corners, leather somewhat dried, else Very Good and sound. School prize copy with contemporary (1884) presentation bookplate... Read More
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Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of William Lloyd Garrison, December 10 and 11, 1905
by [GARRISON] SUFFRAGE League of Boston and Vicinity
Boston: Suffrage League of Boston and Vicinity, [1905]. Souvenir Program. Quarto (27cm); staple-bound, coated paper wrappers; 16pp; illus. Printed photographic portrait of Garrison inside front cover. Moderate external wear and soil; scattered spotting to contents; center 4-pp gathering pulled loose from staples but otherwise undamaged; complete and Good. The two-day festival included remarks by Clement Morgan, Francis... Read More
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Religion and Welfare Recovery Handbook
by VICKREY, Charles V. (ed)
Chicago: [National Committee for Religion and Welfare Recovery], 1938. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound printed wrappers; 31pp. Minor creasing to covers at corners, else Near Fine. Handbook distributed to attendees of the National Stewardship Convention in Chicago, Nov. 1-3 1938. Numerous allegorical illustrations in text. Religious revival as a cure for economic depression. Uncommon; 2 only in OCLC, no others... Read More
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The City and The Pillar Revised
by VIDAL, [Eugene Luther] Gore
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1965. Revised Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); red cloth-covered boards, with blocking and titling stamped in black and red; dustjacket; 249pp. Modest shelfwear, spine ends gently nudged, dampstains to spine panel, foxing to edges of textblock; Very Good. Dustwrapper, designed by Muriel Nasser, unclipped (priced $4.95) with modest shelfwear and fading, and foxing... Read More
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Duluth [Signed]
by VIDAL, Gore
New York: Random House, 1983. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24.5cm); navy blue cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in copper on spine; dustjacket; 214pp. Signed by author on title page. Light sunning to spine ends and board margins, else Near Fine. Dustwrapper, designed by Robert Aulicino with artwork by Carol Wald, unclipped (priced $13.95), with trivial surface wear, else... Read More
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Lincoln: A Novel [Limited Edition, Signed]
by VIDAL, Gore
New York: Random House, 1984. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 350 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.230. Octavo (24.25cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and silhouette of Lincoln embossed on front cover; publisher's original paper-covered slipcase, [viii],657,[7]pp. Fine in a Fine slipcase, with some gentle sunning at... Read More
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![Empire: A Novel [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/171/043/1361043171.0.m.jpg)
Empire: A Novel [Limited Edition, Signed]
by VIDAL, Gore
New York: Random House, 1987. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 250 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.34. Octavo (24.25cm); maroon cloth, blocked and titled in black and gilt on spine and front cover; [viii],486,[4]pp. Fine in a Fine slipcase, still housed in the partially-opened publisher's shrinkwrap. Historical novel centered around the... Read More
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Edgar Box Trilogy: Death in the Fifth Position, Death Before Bedtime, Death Likes it Hot (Signed, Limited Editions)
by VIDAL, Gore (writing as Edgar Box)
New York: Armchair Detective Library, 1991. First Thus. First Thus (originally published 1952-54). Octavo (23cm.) 3 volumes, each one of 26 lettered, signed copies of a total edition of 126. Bound uniformly in maroon cloth, titled in gilt on covers and spines; slipcases; publisher's clear acetate dustjackets. All three volumes Fine in the original clear acetate jackets and slipcases.... Read More
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Williwaw
by VIDAL, Gore
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1946. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Original black cloth, titled in blue on spine and front cover; 222pp. Pinpoint traces of rubbing at base of spine and board corners; endpapers mildly toned as usual; still a straight, tight, very Near Fine copy, lacking the dustwrapper. Vidal's first book, a novel of suspense... Read More
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![Die Befestigung von Wien gegen anrükende Feind... [The Fortification of Vienna Against Opposing Enemies...]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/735/425/1042425735.0.m.jpg)
Die Befestigung von Wien gegen anrükende Feind... [The Fortification of Vienna Against Opposing Enemies...]
by [VIENNA UPRISING] LÖVE, Paul
[Wien]: Gredruckt bei Joseph Ludwig, [1848]. First Edition. Broadside (50.75x42cm.) printed blackletter; previous folds, two corners neatly clipped not approaching text, else Very Good to Near Fine. Proposal issued shortly before the Vienna Uprising of October, 1848, during which violence broke out between the laboring class of the city and the Hapsburg army as the latter was trying to... Read More
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Die Gärten in der Exosphäre
by [VIENNESE ACTIONISM] BRUS, Günter
[Hamburg]: Das Hohe Gebrechen, 1979. First, Limited Edition. Limited to 600 copies. Oblong quarto (31cm x 42cm). Original pictorial paper-covered boards; [97]pp, chiefly illus. Very mild wear and a touch of toning to extremities; Near Fine. A compelling artist's book by the founder of Viennese Actionism and early member of the NO!Art movement, reflecting Brus' post-Actioniste preoccupation... Read More
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