Search Results: Authors starting with V from Great Expectations Rare Books

New York: Warner Books, 1995. Book. Fine. Laminated Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in laminated pictorial boards, complete with original wrap-around printed banner containing price, letterpress, and portrait of author on inner rear flap. Banner is about half the size of a normal dust-jacket. 196pp., Essay on "Child Sex Tourism" by David Hechler appended at rear. First edition, first printing with number line intact. Very mild bowing to laminated boards, else a clean crisp copy. A rather disturbing story, even for the brooding protagonist of comic book fame. Fine in a very fine banner..

New York: George Braziller, 1966. Trade paperback. 253 pages. Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading. Third printing. A treatise on the second phase, as one critic opined, of "...the period post-mortem Dei", [replaced] "by bourgeois religiosity and a theology of 'immanentism', with the desperate effort of Western culture to shake off the 'crippling shackles' of a superannuated piety." No previous ownership marks. White covers age toned and mild spine crease from use, else a clean, square, unmarked copy. Good. . Softcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: New Amsterdam Books, 1991. Hardcover, black cloth in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 134pp., Notes, Index. First edition, stated first printing. An introduction to Greek tragedy. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh copy. Unread and near as new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. Hardcover, large format quarto bound in black cloth with white lettering, in pictorial publisher's dust-jacket. 167 pages. Chronology, Bibliography. Illustrated with 76 color reproductions of art works and numerous color and duotone photographs. First edition. Essentially a catalogue of a traveling exhibition which toured the USA from August of 1999 through September of 2000, organized by the Royal Academy of Arts, London. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. Priority and International orders will require additional postage. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Westport, CT: Praeger, 2001. Large trade paperback. 198pp., Further reading [bibliography], Index. Illustrated. First edition, first printing with number line intact. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, copy with no spine crease. Appears unread. Near fine.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Calla Editions / An Imprint of Dover Publications, Inc. , 2017. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format hardcover, folio size volume bound in light russet cloth stamped in gold and forest green, no dust-jacket as issued. 96 pages. Containing three chapters of 32 pages each, printed in double-column format, on Sir Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, and Walter Crane. Profusely illustrated throughout in color and black and white. First edition thus. An unabridged republication of the edition first published by The Art Journal Office, London, 1900. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. An attractive book. As new. .

Firenze [Florence, Italy]: Felice Le Monnier, 1963. Slim paperback, bound in cream colored wrappers, printed in red and black. Text in Italian. 73 pages. A title in the Bibliotechina Del Saggiatore, No. 19. Ex-library with raised seal on title and number on copyright page. Minor wear to lower spine and cream covers toned from age. A tight, clean copy with brief notes in red ink on blank verso of last page of text. Good. . Softcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Beechhurst Press, 1947. First American edition. Deep blue cloth in original non price-clipped dustjacket. Light soiling to cloth and general age wear and soiling to jacket. Page edges beginning to brown. A very scarce novel, especially in its American printing, by the author of "Out of the Night." Though his fourth book, this is the first work of fiction by the German born author and tells the story of one married couples flight from Europe in 1938, and their impecunious arrival into the United States, scared but full of hope. A near very good copy in worn but good dustjacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Military Press / Crown Publishers, 1984. Hardcover, large format folio in red cloth and dust-jacket. 192 pages, Index. Profusely illustrated with more than 260 photographs and maps. First edition thus. Dust-jacket protected by reinforced mylar covers that have been pasted to inside of front and rear boards. Not an ex-library copy, from a private collection. No previous ownership marks. A study of the colossal campaign in the East which involved hundreds of divisions and millions of troops, and whose outcome sealed the victory for the Allied powers. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. . First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover in black cloth, lettered in gold, in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 32 pages. Introduction by author/artist Chris Van Allsburg. Illustrated with 14 drawings, printed on rectos, with facing versos containing the title and brief descriptive caption. The pictures were purportedly brought to a publisher some thirty years ago, meant to illustrate 14 children's stories. The artist left them and never returned, hence the mystery and the lingering question, just what were these stories about. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. .

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Anniversary Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, Collector's Lifetime edition bound in genuine burgundy leather lettered and decorated in gold. All edges gilt. 221 pages. Contains Taxonomic Notes, Glossary, Dental Formulae, Bibliography and Index. Bound-in silk ribbon marker, smyth sewn binding and archival quality paper mark this as quality Eastern Press book. Illustrated with 20 colored and 12 black and white plates, in addition to multiple vignette drawings and maps by Paul Barruel. Translated and edited by Hans Kruuk and H.N. Southern. Fiftieth Anniversary edition, first printing thus. Special blank, unused Easton Press book-plate, especially produced for this edition, tipped in loose. No previous ownership marks. Corners sharp, gilt bright and covers tight and sound, A clean, fresh, unread and like new copy. Fine. .

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1983. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, full genuine brown leather binding, heavily gilt stamped with elaborate decorations and multiple rules. 845 pages. Bibliography, Index. All edges gilt. Sewn in silk book-mark, marbled paper end-sheets and smyth sewn book block complete this work as a quality Franklin Library production, "privately printed and bound exclusively for subscribers to The Franklin Library of Pulitzer Prize Classics." Illustrated with portraits of Benjamin Franklin. First edition thus. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1939. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and as new copy. As new. .

Collector's Books, 1996. Hardcover in pictorial laminated boards, no dust-jacket as issued. 335pp., Glossary, Index. Extensively illustrated with color photographs. No name, no book-plate, etc. A clean, as new copy. We also have other titles in this series for sale.. Hardcover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover, black cloth in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 174 pages. Bibliography. Foreword by Thomas W. Leavitt. Introduction by Judith Wilson. Illustrated with 39 color plates and 96 black and white pictures. Abbreviated Biographies of artists included. Stated first edition, first printing. Drawing by 135 women artists from the 1940's [Louise Bourgeois] through the 1960's [Eva Hesse], including such notables as Mary Frank, Nancy Graves, Marisol , Joan Mitchell, et alia. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, unread and as new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. .

Ontario: Mira, 1998. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 378pp. Ex library book with pocket on fly and stamp along top edge. Spine slightly cocked, dust-jacket in protective accetate covers. A sound, clean good reading copy.. First Edition. Cloth with Pastedowns. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Hensonville, New York: Black Dome Press, 1997. Trade paperback. 381pp., Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with photographs. First edition, first printing. Edited by Virgina Hughes Kaminsky. Chapter Introductions by Joseph C. Quinn. A collection of 197 letters, one of the largest collections of Civil War letters written by a single soldier, chronicling three years of war, including the author's baptism of fire at Gettysburg. No pevious ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Near fine. . First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berlin, Germany: Bruno Gmunder Verlag GmbH, 2013. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Hardcover. large folio case bound in pictorial printed paper covered boards. in publisher's pictorial dust-jacket repeating the same art-work. 112 pages. Introduction by Vance and profusely illustrated by him throughout with highly stylized and classically inspired full color photographs of nude and semi-nude men. First edition. A master of classical male nude photography, Vance as published a dozen coffee-table style art books including Visions, The Ultimate Book of Nudes, The Woods, David Vance/Photographs, Attractions, Timeless, Heavenly Bodies, Erotic Dreams, et alia. Men and Gods is arguably the scarcest of these, long out of print and no longer available even from his own web site, on which it was priced at $750 before selling out. No previous ownership marks, A clean, fresh, and unmarked copy. Pristine and like new. As new in an as new dust-jacket. A large, heavy… Read More

Berlin, Germany: Bruno Gmunder Verlag GmbH, 2015. Book. As New. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format folio size volume, case bound in pictorial printed paper over boards, in publisher's pictorial dust-jacket repeating same image. Unpaginated (128 pages). Several pages of text include: prefatory essay by Grady Harp; an interview with the photographer David Vance and a brief biography of same. Profusely illustrated with color photographs of Davidesque male models with muscular bodies and expressive faces, all beautifully posed employing Vance's unique aesthetic. No indication of edition, only date on colophon page is copyright, 2015. First edition (?). No previous ownership marks. A pristine, fresh and crisp copy, unmarked and like new. Dust-jacket shows very mild scuffs to matte black finish, nearly invisible. As new in a fine dust-jacket. A very large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual… Read More

New Jersey: Park Lane Press, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format hardcover, folio, bound in black cloth and white pictorial non price-clipped dust-jacket. 240 pages. Foreword by David Halberstam. Illustrated with over 200 color photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, fresh and pristine copy, like new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. .

New York: Vintage Books, 2007. Trade paperback. 212 pages. First paperback edition, first printing thus with full number line. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A clean, square, unmarked copy, appear unread. Very good. . First Edition Thus. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.