Ballades de Villon. Ymaigiées par messire Hérouard, bellement escrites par messire Raymond de Rigné
by Villon, François. Hérouard (illustrator)
Paris: Chez Cres, 1919. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. #234 of the 315 copies on Hollande paper signed by the artist (of the total of 550 copies). Double wrapped, French-style, so that the original glassine over printed, paper covers, although browned, is perfectly extant. Top edge soiled, but internals quite nice. Fragile binding still solid. An unusually... Read More
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MOMENT OF LIGHT: PHOTOGRAPHS BY CLARA SIPPRELL
by Vining, Elizabteh Gray. (Sipprell, Clare)
NY: John Day, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Sipprell, gifted member of the Stieglitz circle of photographers and, in her later years, neighbor of Robert Frost. 153 photographic reproductions, lithographed in echotone and printed on laid paper. Top edge a wee dusty, else near fine all around. No names, inscriptions or bookplates.
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Surrey's Fourth Boke of Virgill
by (Virgil). Hartman, Herbert (essay by). Pforzheimer, Carl (owned by). Johnson, John (printed by)
London: Oxford University Press, 1933. 1st Edition, limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Paper by scholar Hartman on Surrey's Fourth Book of Virgal followed by a facimile reproduction, the original being then owned by banker and bibliophile Carl H. Pforzheimer. Inscribed "with affectionate regards" to an unidentified person by Pforzheimer on the ffe, and dated 19562. This copy #133 of... Read More
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Chicago
by Visalli, Santi (photographs). Kurtis, Bill (forward)
NY: Rizzoli, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. In publisher's shrinkwrap, as new in as new dustjacket.
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Eisenstaedt: Germany
by Vitiello, Gregory A. (editor); Honnef, Klaus and Taylor, Joshua C. (appreciations by)
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, 1981. Black Cloth. Fine/Fine. Eisenstaedt, ALfred. Black and white photographs throughout. Exemplary condition. Clean text. Glossy dj not priceclipped.
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Card
by Vliet, Claire Van
Hardcover. Very Good. Handwritten note and example of Vliet's paper illustrations.
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Paperwork
by Vliet, Claire Van, Ruth E. Fine
West Burke, VT: Janus Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. With personal illustrated note from author. Includes tipped in example of work.
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KURT HANS VOLK 1883-1962
by (Family of Kurt Volk)
NY: Family of Kurt Volk, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Privately published memorial album, unknown limited edition, distributed as keepsake to family and friends. Large 4to, rough cream-colored cloth, gilt cover titles, sides untrimmed w/ full page mounted b&w photo of typographer and publisher Volk, 18pp. Internals as new, cloth tad foxed at spine. In printed box... Read More
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Happy Birthday, Kurt Vonnegut: A Festschrift for Kurt Vonnegut on His Sixtieth Birthday
by (Vonnegut, Kurt). Kremetz, Jill (editor). John Irving, John Updike, E.L. Doctorow, Norman Mailer, Truman Capote, Jerzy Kosinski, et al (contributors)
NY: Delacorte Press, 1982, 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited edition, this #104/ 500 copies privately published, not for commercial sale or public distribution, on the occasion of Vonnegut's 60th birthday. With tributes from close friends, family and fellow literati put together by Vonnegut's wife, photographer Jill Krementz. Red cloth in red cloth slipcase, fine all over. ... Read More
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Russian Architecture: Trends in Nationalism and Modernism
by Voyce, Arthur
New York: Philosophical Library, 1948. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good -. Chipping jacket edges, edge wear and light soiling. 189 black and white plates. Slight toning first few pages.
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THE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN PARIS: AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH
by Wackernagel., Rev. William
Philadlepha: The General Council Publication House, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo, light green cloth stamped in darker green, 64 pages, illustrated in duotone photographs. The history of Lutheran church in Paris, Eglise Saint-Jean, 147 Rue de Granelle. Printed to promote American and French Lutheran cooperation post World War 1. Fine copy Scarce.
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The Plains and the Rockies: A Bibliography of Original Narratives of Travel and Adventure 1800-1865
by Wagner, Henry R.; Camp, Charles L. (Revised By)
Columbus, OH: Long's College Book Company, 1953. Third Edition. Gray Cloth. Near Fine -/No Dj. Minor crease down center of spine, edges slightly rubbed. Cover edges sharp with extremely lightly rubbed corners. Binding tight. Text clean. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions.
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An Edmund Wilson Celebration
by Wain, John
Oxford: Phaidon Press Ltd, 1978. First UK Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Clean copy. Not priceclipped. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions.
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Edmund Wilson: The Man and his Work
by Wain, John
New York: New York University Press, 1978. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Gilt title along spine. Text clean. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions.
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WALDMAN ON DANCE
by Waldman, Max (photographs). Barnes, Clive (introduction by)
NY: William Morrow, 1977. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Loose sheets place in clamshell box. Inscribed by Waldman to a close friend and patron: "To George In appreciation for your commitment to the arts. All the very best Max Waldman NYV 3/78" This edition limited to 200 copies, this copy numbered 41. 125 b&w photographs on 99 plates by... Read More
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ELEMENTS OF GEOGRAPHY, AND OF NATURAL AND CIVIL HISTORY
by Walker, John
Printed and sold by Darton and Harvey: London, 1795. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 19thc quarter-leather over marbleized boards, 516p, with binder's instructions and errata and addenda after table of contents. Dedicated "To the Female Sex"; Walker writes, "to enforce the equality of the sexes, some pages of this wrok have been devoted.in asserting the rights of... Read More
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The Chariot Race from Ben-Hur
by Wallace, Lew
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908. Later Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Dustjacket. Ivanowski, Sigismond. bound in cobalt cloth with beautiful stamped pictorial cover, spine a bit faded with some rubbing at the ends, binding tight, a small water stain to prelims, does not affect text.
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An Examination of The Ancient Orthography of the Jews, and of the Original State of the Text of the Hebrew Bible (2 vols)
by Wall, Charles William
London: Whittaker and Co, 1835. Presumed First Edition. Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles Spin. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Part I (Vol 1, 1835): Part the First, Containing an Inquiry into the Origin of Alphebetic Writing; with Which is Incorporated an Essay on the Egyptian Hieroglyphs. x + 378 + 3 foldout charts; Part II: (Vol 3, 1841): Part the Second,... Read More
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SHAKESPEARE'S HOME AND RURAL LIFE
by Walter, James. (Rev. Howard Ward Beecher). (Liverpool). (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers)
London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1874. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poor. COPY OWNED BY REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER WITH ALS FROM AUTHOR PRESENTING THE BOOK. First edition, large 4to, purple cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, aeg, with numerous, full page "illustrations of localities and scenes around Stratford Upon-Avon by the helioytype process". Disbound copy, covers worn, spine browned.... Read More
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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
by Walton, Izaak. Thorpe, James (illustrations)
Toronto: Musson Book Company, 1911. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Canadian edition of the trade edition with the Thorpe illustrations, on same British plates, printed by Constable in Edinburgh. Wide 8vo, green cloth, gilt pictorial and title front cover, gilt titles to spine, xvi (1) 166 (1). Plates mounted on heavy green stock w/ printed tissue... Read More
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LEAVES OF GRASS
by Walt Whitman, Walt. Weston, Edward (photography). Van Doren, Mark (introduction)
NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1942. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. VG+. Very nicely preserved, 2 volume set, in brown cloth slipcase. Signed by photographer Weston. Slightest wear at spine tips, more noticeably at top of spine.
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GODS' MAN A NOVEL IN WOODCUTS
by Ward, Lynn. (Tyng, Lila Hotz Luce)
1st Edition. VG+. Second printing, December 1929 after the first printing November 1929. Spine label browned. Internals near fine. Ownership copy of Lila Hotz Luce Tyng, the first wife of Henry R. Luce, founder of Time Inc., a leading figure in New York's social and philanthropic circles for decades with her note in pencil at the top of... Read More
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Institute of Contemporary Arts, University of Pennsylvania. October 8th to November 21st, 1965. (Andy Warhol)
by Warhol, Andy. Green, Samuel Adams (introduction). Birillo, Ben (book design)
Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Catalog of Warhol's first museum show, with the compliments card of Sam Green, who curated it. 8vo, illustrated stiff covers, black cloth backstrip, perfect bound, 27 full page illustrations. Housed in a phase box with an enameled medallion - with the Warhol image of... Read More
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THE EXPERIENCES OF A BARRISTER
by Warner, Warren
NY: Cornish Lamport, 1852. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Elaborate blind stamped brown cloth, front and back, gilt spine titles. Double, 2-tone chromo forntispieces with tissue guard. 240 pages. Edges and covers moderately worn. Intermittent foxing. Solid binding.
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Selected Poems New and Old 1923 - 1966
by Warren, Robert Penn
NY: Harper Collins, 1966. First Edition - Limited - Lettered Copy. Hardcover. Near Fine. 250 copies, this #250, signed by Warren. In slipcase a tad soiled, spine a wee rubbed, else near fine.
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