Search Results: Collectibles from Veery Books

35 pp. small folio, (10.75 x 13.25 in.). Black-line (diazotype) folded leaves bound with cloth tape. Probably dates to the late thirties. Songs in an unknown professional scribal hand. Lyrics and additional verses in typescript, some songs with notes regarding singers and sources. To my knowledge, these songs were never published except in this form.

296 pp. Octavo, 6.5 x 9.5 in. First edition, first printing, a fine volume with no flaws, black textured paper-covered boards with metallic blue stamping and a Little Brown blind stamp. In a fine dust jacket, black, with iridescent blue ruling, in an archival cover, signed "To Tom" by Mosley on the title page below his name.

Washington, D.C.: Union Panamericana, 1950. 127 pp. 75 songs are presented in simple piano arrangements with lyrics between staves. Adios, florecita blanca, Mi carino, Adelita, Mi dicha lejana, E1Aguinaldo, Mi pollera , Amenca, The Beautiful, Naci en la cumbre, Bainyin, Old Folks at Home, Angelique, o!, Pajarillo barranqueno, El arroyo que murmura, EI palito, Ay ay ay!, La paloma, Ay! Mama Ines!, La pampa y la puna, Ay tituy, Pobre corazon, Caminito, La pastora, Caminito de tu casa, La perica, Cancion del marinero hondureno, Po ru beso de tu boca, Cantemos, cantemos, Punto guanacasteco, Cana dulce, Quiereme mucho, El carbonero, Quisieria, A casinha pequenina, La pupusera, Cielito lindo, Rio-Rio, La cumparsita, Romance de mi destino, Las cuatro milpas, La rosa y el clavel, Chacarera, Roseas flores d'alvorada, Cholita, Al rumor de las selvas hondurenas, Dixie, El San Pedro, Esta nocha serena, Santa Marta, Estilo, Serenata, El dia que yo noce, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, Guarare, La… Read More

New York: Scribner Book Store unpag., 388 items. Circa 1938 or 1939. Wrappers are bright, but much chipping where they extend beyond the text block, else the text is bright and unmarked. Overall a dramatic effect, faults not yet overwhelming the startling design. Interesting, relatively long descriptions of classic books from a legendary book store.. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

150 Nassau Street, New York: American Tract Society 52 pp. + adv. Blindstamped cloth with gilt titles on spine. A curved depression and associated stain to front board, causing a curve in bottom of spine with short tears to cloth, otherwise light wear to corners of boards. A dampstain of bottom third to half extends throughout volume causing browning. P.O. inscription on ffep., which has a 1-inch piece torn out. 6 plates, sharp, nicely inked, possibly missing frontis. With all its faults, still a pleasing volume. Sixteen stories: Ishmael, Moses, Samuel, Obediah, The Forty-two Wicked Children of Bethel, Naaman's Little Maid, Joash, Josiah, Jeremiah, Daniel and his Three Companions, Jesus Christ, The Daughter of Jairus, Little Children Brought to Christ, Children of the Temple, John the Baptist, Timothy. ''And he went up from thence unto Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and siad unto him, Go up, thou bald head! Go… Read More

New York: New York Philharmonic, 1999. 47 pp. Wraps are rubbed at edges, inside fine. Many wonderful pictures of Copland and others. Contents: Carlos Moseley: Fanfare for the Uncommon Man, Chairman Emeritus, former Managing Director and President of the New York Philharmonic, salutes Aaron Copland; Michael Steinberg: The Voice of America, Aaron Copland didn't just define American music in this century--in many ways he embodied it; Copland: 100 Years: A timeline tracing the history of Copland's connection to the philharmonic, compiled by the staff of the New York Philharmonic Archives; Vivian Perlis: The Man Behind the Music: We all know the music--but what of the spirit behind the scores; Leonard Bernstein: ''Aaron and Moses'': Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland shared a friendship that began in 1937 and ran through the rest of their lives. In 1975, to mark Copland's 75th birthday, Bernstein wrote an appreciation of his friend and colleague; Completely Copland: A complete listing of all the… Read More

Chicago: Northwestern University, 1971. pp. 338. Like new but for two nearly invisible bumps to wraps. This issue was 'not for sale outside the continental United States.' Includes D. M. Thomas, David Jones, Anselm Hollo, Hugh MacDiarmid, Ken Smith, Basil Bunting, Peter Whigham, Charles Tomlinson, Lee Harwood, Ted Hughes, John Daniel, Christopher Middleton John Montague, George MacBeth, Harry Guest, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Nathaniel Tarn, Gael Turnbull, TomRaworth, Roy Fisher, Matthew Mead, Christopher Logue, Gavin Bantock. All poetry but for the foreword by John Matthias and the introduction by Peter Jay.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1940. 66 pp. Some chips from wraps, soiling. Toned throughout. Nudes, Cartoons, El Artes segun Leo Tolstoi; Argentinian composer Juan Jose Castro. Bali: Los Ninos, las mujeres, las ceremonias nupciales. De cayena a los Andes. Leandre Charles Lucien. 'Del natural, teatrales, cinematograficos, de viajes, literarios, humoristicos, etc.'. Wraps. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1940. 66 pp. Some chips from wraps, soiling. Toned throughout. Nudes, Cartoons, Oscar Nicastro on Stradivarius. 'Del natural, teatrales, cinematograficos, de viajes, literarios, humoristicos, etc.'. Wraps. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Leipzig: Hermann Seemann Nachfolger, 1901. 4 volumes bound together: Kunstgewerbliches Sendschreiben 1901 (24 pp.); Die Kunst und die Schönheit der Erde 1901 (31 pp.); Ein paar Winke über das Musterzeichnen 1902 (50 pp.); Wahre und falsche Gesellschaft 1902 (46 pp.); Letterpress printed on paper of Berthold Siegismund, Leipzig, and composed and printed by E. Haberland, Leipzig. Bound throughout in their original places are the colophons and original advertising. Green Cloth with gilt lettering, Corners bumped, rubbing on extremities. Price sticker damage to ffep. Some foxing to the initial leaves of the first 1901 imprint, the 1902 imprints have age toning that the 1901 imprints do not have. M. Schwabe, Julius Zeitler, translators. . Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Revue d'Art de France et de l'Etranger, 1927. pp. 217-252 + adv. Chipping to spine, soiling and pencil to wraps. Pages are attached but loosening. XXIe Annee--Sommaire du Numero 76: Maurice Quentin de la Tour (9 illus.)--Armand Dayot; Gaston Balande (7 illus.)--A. Schneeberger; Jose Gutierrez Solana (7 illus.)--Jean Cassou; L'Evolution de l'Architecture Moderne (9 illus.)--Ernest Tisserand; l'Actualite et la Curiosite: Paul Helen (2 illus.)--Les Expositions, Echoes des Arts.--Le Mouvement artistique a l'Etranger: Lettre d'Espagne.--Les Livres. En hors texte: J.-J. Rousseau Jeune, par La Tour. La Tour's portrait of Rousseau is laid in.. Wraps. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1967. 199 pp. The bookplate of writer Helen Barolini on FFEP. Priced-clipped dj w/ short tears and rubbing. Treats the Background of the Modern Italian Novel; Alessandro Manzoni: The Historical Novel; Ippolito Nievo: History as Confessions; Emilio De Marchi: The Pathos of Existence; History as Novel: Federico De Roberto; The Tragic World of Verga's Primitives; Matilde Serao: The Chronicler of Memory; Between Mysticism and Science: Antonio Fogazzaro; Italo Svevo's Antiheroes, with a selected bibliography and index. . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1953. xiv, 235 pp. Dust soiling to top of pages, and a dull spot on otherwise unspoiled front board. Dust jacket all-present with a few small tears and one-two inch reparable tear, and some rubbing. Collectible. Contents: Islands for Sale; Islands of the Maritime Provinces; Islands of Ontario and Quebec; Coastal Islands of New England; Lake Islands of New England; The Thousand Islands and Others in New York State and Southeastern Ontario; Coastal Islands from Connecticut to Virginia; South Sea Islands--North Carolina to Texas; Lake Islands of the Mid-continent; West Coast Islands; Coastal Islands of British Columbia and Alaska; Appendices: Naming Your Island; Public Lands of the United States; United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Maps; Electric Power; Boat Prices; Boat Builders; Index. Waldron Island, Washington; The author is grateful for the help of, and thanks islanders, including Hon. John Foster Dulles, of Inner Green Island, Maine; Wallace Island, British… Read More

278 pp. Octavo, 5.5 x 8.5 in. Advanced reading copy with "First Atria hardcover edition," for printing in January 2003, with full number line on verso of TP. A fine copy, signed by Mosley boldly in black marker directly below his name. Protected by a sturdy archival cover. A collection of related stories, "Smoke," "Crimson Stain," "Silver Lining," "Lavender," "Grey-Eyed Death," and "Gator Green." Plus a previously unpublished addition, "Amber Gate," to make seven stories.

272 pp. Octavo, 5.5 x 8.5 in. A fine book, quarter cloth, with gilt stamped titles on spine, with a fine dust jacket in archival cover. Nicely signed in blue ink on the half-title. White Butterfly is Mosley's third Easy Rawlins novel. A delightful exemplar

London: Kegan Paul & Trench & Co, 1885. A reprint in smaller format than the first edition. Printed by the Chiswick Press. 12mo. Beveled green cloth with gilt stamping is worn at extremities. Overall a very charming impression. Title page in blue with a china mark reproduced below the title. The previous owner's signature, William J. De Forest, Oxford, 1896 on ffep. Dedicated to Austin Dobson. Contents, the 32 Ballades and one Dizain, plus 14 verses and translations. "Theocritus! thou canst restore / The pleasant years, and over-fleet; / With thee we live as men of yore, / We rest where running waters meet; / And then we turn unwilling feet / And seek the world—so must it be— / We may not linger in the heat / Where breaks the blue Sicilian sea!" . Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.