Search Results: Authors starting with V from Monkey House Books

SunStorm Publishing Co., 1998. Softcover magazine. Very Good. Arts publication printed 10 times per year. Ken Kenan, Sheila Isham, Gerald Geltman, Marco Sassone, Luciano Ramposo. Volume XIII, number 3. Light cover wear, rubbing.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1920. Brown cloth boards, black stamped cover and spine. Good+/No Dust Jacket. Author of numerous novels and several plays. 336 pages, unmarked. Very slight browning, one page dog-eared. Scarce copy of the Doran edition. Binding loosening a little, but hinges good. Ends and corners a bit worn and frayed.

New York: Atheneum, 1989. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket condition good. Imaginative, modern fantasy tale for adults, along the lines of Phantom of the Opera or Beauty and the Beast. 275 pages. BCE, book club edition. Bookplate on front endpaper removed, ding/crinkle to front of jacket.

New York: Atheneum, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket condition good. Exploration of the victim/captor relationship, 'hypnotically seductive novel of sexual obsession.' 289 pages, previous owner's bookplate stuck to jacket flap, tear to rear jacket panel, text clean & bright.

Paris: Librairie Academique, Perrin 35, Quaides Grands-Augustins, 1956. Softcover. Good. Covers and frontispiece well-spotted. Frontispiece portrait par Mme. Vigee-Lebrun. Plate portrait of Marie-Antoinette in prison par Kocharsky. 126 pages, text in French, unmarked and solid. Edges uncut.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955. Black cloth boards. Very Good/Dust Jacket condition very good. Jacket cover design by Robert Galster.. Presumed first, ""A"" on title page verso. Story of a the formative years of playwright Teddy Attridge. 187 pages, clean & bright & square. Light wear overall. Dust jacket has edgewear, small chips & tears.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. Dark green cloth boards, gilt-stamped spine. Good/No Dust Jacket. Frontispiece etching by G. Mercier.. Cameo Edition, small cameo affixed to front cover. 278 pages, index. Top edge gilt. Last few leaves unopened. Some wear and soiling to covers, ends chipped and corners frayed. Front hinge loosening. Early pages spotted.

Boston & London: Shambhala, 1991. First Edition. Large format softcover. Very Good. Legendary exploits of Tibetan Buddhism's most renowned saint, Mil-la-ras-pa, 1040-1123. Graphic novel, comic format. 78 pages, bottom corners bumped.

A Delta Book, 1971. Softcover. Good/No Jacket. Photographs by Hugo van Lawick. Reading copy with moderate wear. Early work by the famous chimpanzee researcher, as she was beginning her study of chimp behavior & society and establishing the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve. 296 pages, b/w photos.

Woodstock & New York: The Overlook Press, 2004 [1994]. Softcover. Very Good. Story of one family in a white working-class neighborhood in South Africa that serves as a microcosm of Apartheid and transition. 528 pages, corners lightly bumped. Translated from the Afrikaans by Leon de Kock.

Westport, Connecticut: Bergin & Garvey, 1993. Trade paperback. 276 pages, index, bibliography. Edge and corner wear, pencil underlining and marginalia.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1912. Red cloth boards, gilt-stamped cover and spine. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Frontispiece and illustrations by Arthur I. Keller.. Vance, 1879-1933, was an American screenwriter, short story writer, and novelist, best known for his character known as The Lone Wolf, who appeared in multiple works. Spine faded, otherwise light wear. October printing, first? 325 pages, clean, square and unmarked. Nice, bright copy.

Boston et al.: Ginn and Company, 1897. Gray-green cloth boards, green stamped cover, gilt-stamped spine. Good/No Dust Jacket. With introduction, notes and glossary by John Matthews Manly. The Atheneum Press Series. 590 pages. Pencil notes. Covers worn and soiled.

Editions des Horizons de France, 1927. Purple cloth boards, gilt-stamped cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Translated by Rosette & Charles Hargrove. Preface and text on American Cemeteries & French Monuments by Julian M. Thomas. Prepared under the direction of the American Legion in France. Illustrated with sepia-toned photos. 204 pages, front hinge cracked, backstrip worn & frayed, some pencil underlining.

New York: Edwin F. Kalmus. Green stapled paper wraps.. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Dramatis Personae, Story of La Traviata, libretto, several pages of musical notation at back. Text clean and unmarked. 32 pages. Tight, light wear. Light stain at top of front cover.

New York: McGraw Hill, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket condition very good. 2nd Edition. 1264 pages, 110 illustrations, index, bibliography. Planning, pricing, research, sales, customer service, etc. International chapter. Light wear.

Ronkonkoma: SunStorm, 1999. Softcover magazine. Very Good. 94 pages. Features Shao Kuang Ting - An Artist for the Ages; American Masters of the 60s; Martiros Manoukian exclusive interview.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1952. Black cloth boards. Good/No Dust Jacket. Early work by the late 20th century master of historical fiction. 2nd printing. Some wear and fraying to covers, some spotting on back. Ex libris. Textblock clean and square. 375 pages.

Golden, Colorado: Fulcrum Publishing, 1993. Softcover, trade paperback. Very Good. The Classic Work Updated, originally published in 1972. Previous owner's name inside cover, else nice. 313 pages, index. Flagship work on Native American spirituality, with an interpretation of Christianity, contrasting a naturalistic religion with European Christianity.

Upper Saddle River: Prentice-Hall, 2001. 2nd Edition. Trade paperback.. Very Good.. Examines how international relations and global concerns impact our daily lives. Includes information for companion website. 528 pages, index. Very brief highlighting.