Search Results: Authors starting with V from Last Exit Books

E-374: Farrar Straus Giroux. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1969. 46 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Jean Valentine (April 27, 1934 – December 29, 2020) was an American poet and the New York State Poet Laureate from 2008 to 2010. Her poetry collection, Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965–2003, was awarded the 2004 National Book Award for Poetry. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages .

E-55: Morning Chronicle Steam Printing Establishment. Very Good. 1891. Paperback. Trade PB. 8vo. Morning Chronicle Steam Printing Establishment, Quebec. 1891. 137-178 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in sewn salmon pink wrappers. Wrappers worn and chipped at the edges with front wrapper split from the binding. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The travel diary by the Chaplain (and later prominent US settler) of the travails of one of the German mercenary units (Hessians) hired by the British during the Revolutionary War. The Reverend Frederick Valentine Melsheimer (September 25, 1749, Negenborn, Brunswick – June 30, 1814, Hanover, Pennsylvania) was a Lutheran clergyman and early American entomologist, called the "Father of American Entomology" by successor Thomas Say. He was the author of the first major entomological work in the United States: A Catalogue of Insects of Pennsylvania (1806) , a sixty-page work… Read More

EB. Very Good. Vellum. Bound in full vellum. 4to. Published by Josephus Cominus, Patavii (Padua) , Italy. 1737. Xl, 608. Engraved title page. Text in Latin. Bound in vellum boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name and bookplate present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "Gian Antonio Volpi, born at Padua in 1686, studied in his native town and became a good Latin and Greek scholar. In 1717 he and his brother Gaetano Volpi established a printing press in their house for the purpose of bring out correct editions of classic authors, and they engaged for their assistant the printer Giuseppi Comino. This press - known by the name Volpi-Cominiana, produced among others a valuable edition of Catullus with copious notes. The edition was much commended by scholars, and the city of Verona struck a gold medal, which was presented to Volpi" EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-014: Peter Lang Pub Inc. Very Good. 1988. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Peter Lang Inc, New York. 1988. 168 pages. American University Studies Book 44. Issued in paper covered pictoral boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. Emmanuel Levinas was born in Lithuania in 1906. He went to France in 1923 and later became the initiator of Husserlian phenomenology in that country. His influence in the works of many contemporary French intellectuals has been great. His most significant contribution has been to reintroduce the question of the existence of God into philosophical debate. This book examines just how Levinas does this. It is a study of his «philosophy of religion, » his «phenomenology of the other person» and his critique of Western ontology. E-014; American University Studies Series VII, Theology and Religion; 0.75 x 9 x 6.25 Inches; 168 pages .

E-184: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. 1983. Unpaginated (32 pgs). Illustrated with color drawings. Signed and inscribed by Chris Van Allsburg on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in red cloth, gilt-stamped central vignette, gilt-lettered spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In 1983, beloved Caldecott-winning illustrator, Chris Van Allsburg, first invited readers to peer over the edge of a cliff to consider the wreck of a small sailboat. Had a churning sea carried the Zephyr up in a storm? Could waves ever have been so impossibly high? And what of the boy who had believed—dared to chase the wind—no matter where it lead? The winds have shifted once again and you’re… Read More

E-281: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. 1983. Unpaginated (32 pgs). Illustrated with color drawings. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in red cloth, gilt-stamped central vignette, gilt-lettered spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In 1983, beloved Caldecott-winning illustrator, Chris Van Allsburg, first invited readers to peer over the edge of a cliff to consider the wreck of a small sailboat. Had a churning sea carried the Zephyr up in a storm? Could waves ever have been so impossibly high? And what of the boy who had believed—dared to chase the wind—no matter where it lead? The winds have shifted once again and you’re invited back to the wreck of the Zephyr, to hear the story… Read More

E-184: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. 1986. Unpaginated (32 pgs). Illustrated with 14 full color drawings. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (scuff mark present to the rear panel of the DJ). Bound in blue cloth, gilt-stamped central vignette, gilt-lettered spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Another beautiful childrens book by Allsburg this one is about a mysterious stranger who changes the lives of a farmer and his family after he is hit by the farmer's truck and is taken to the famer's home to recover. E-184; 10.7 X 9.0 X 0.5 inches; 32 pages .

E-184: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. 1990. Unpaginated (48 pgs). Illustrated with full color drawings. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in blue cloth, gilt-stamped central vignette, gilt-lettered spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. When he has a dream about a future Earth devastated by pollution, Walter begins to understand the importance of taking care of the environment. E-184; 11.3 X 8.9 X 0.4 inches; 48 pages .

A-15: Ashgate Pub Ltd. Very Good. 2004. Hardcover. Bound in illustrated cloth. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A-15.; King's Soas Studies In Development Geography; 8.6 X 6.1 X 1.2 inches; 430 pages .

E-375: Andre Deutsch. Good. 1956. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Andre Deutsch, Londen, UK. 1956. Unpaginated (112 pgs). First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Elsken focuses on the Left Bank of Paris in the 1950s—a time when it was recognised as a centre of creative ferment which would determine the cultural agenda of a generation. With its unconventional, gritty, snapshot-like technique the work has been acclaimed as expanding the boundaries of documentary photography. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages .

A-21: Mathematisch Centrum. Very Good. 1982. Paperback. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A-21; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

A-19: Routledge. Very Good. 1991. Hardcover. Bound in cloth. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A-19. ; International Library Of Psychology; 9.1 X 6.4 X 1.2 inches; 336 pages .

E-133: Visionaire. Very Good. 2010. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Visionaire Publishing, LLC. 2010. 17 loose Color / Black and White plates. First Edition/First Printing. Number 461 out of 1500 numbered copies. Cloth slipcase with light shelf-wear present. No ownership marks present. Foxing Present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In 2003, Alexander McQueen visited the New York offices and gallery of Visionaire to discuss collaborating on an issue of the magazine - an issue that sadly was never to be. "Visionaire No. 58: Spirit" is a tribute to McQueen's genius and legacy. It gathers images inspired by the designer from contributors Craig McDean, David Sims, Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Lady Gaga, Matthew Williams, Mario Sorrenti, Mario Testino, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, Nick Knight, Philip Treacy, Sean Ellis, Sebastian Faena, Steven Klein, and Steven Meisel that have been printed on paper embedded with wildflower seeds, so that when… Read More

E-038: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1939. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Simon and Schuster, New York. 1939. 96 pgs. Illustated. Color title page. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in white paper covered cloth boards with illlustration present to the front board. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Foremost Swedish composer. A troubadour who sang his songs, then forgot them, leaving it to others to bring them out in book form. Reset from lute and guitar for the piano by Grace Castagnetta. Lengthy intro on Bellman's life and career. Illus. With drawings. E-038; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 96 pages .

E-377. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Henry Holt & Co. , New York, 1944. 123 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Mark Van Doren discovered among several pages of an Illinois county history an incident which gave him the start to write "The Mayfield Deer." It may be legend, and if it is, it's a composite history of local myths in America. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-377. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Albert & Charles Boni, New York, 1926. 89 pgs. Laid in card present from the publisher. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has heavy shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped at the extremities). Bound in 1/2 cloth and paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Mark Van Doren (June 13, 1894 – December 10, 1972) was an American poet, writer and a critic, apart from being a scholar and a professor of English at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, where he inspired a generation of influential writers and thinkers including Thomas Merton, Robert Lax, John Berryman, and Beat Generation writers such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. He remained literary editor of The Nation, in New York City (1924–28) , and its… Read More

C5c: Pentagram Design. Very Good. 2001. Paperback. Trade PB. 8vo. Published by Pentagram Design, New York. 2001. 36 pgs. Pentagram Papers No. 30. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Part of the very nice Pentagram series of small pamphlets with a look on the pop and kitsch motels in the Jersey shore town of Wildwood. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-372. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by The Pencil Points Press, New York, 1925. 215 pgs. Illustrated with 100 Plates from Manumentos Arquitectonicos De Esana. Introduction in English plate descriptions in Spanish. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-297: Red Hook Editions. Very Good. 2014. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Red Hook Editions, New York. 2014. 274 pgs. Illustrated with 188 plates, 19 gatefolds. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in black cloth with color pastedown present to the front board. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Presents Peter van Agtmael's "Disco Night Sept 11". His ironically titled masterwork. The casualty of 9/11, the Disco Night event was obviously cancelled, the parking lot deserted. But its billboard announcement was still standing, brightly lit, for van Agtmael's camera to capture for posterity. "A chronicle of America's wars from 2006-2013. The photographs shift back and forth from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the USA, unsparingly capturing the violent, ceaseless cost, but also the mystery and the madness, the beauty and absurdity at the core of each… Read More

E-030: Red Hook Editions. Very Good. 2014. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Red Hook Editions. 2014. 274 pgs. Illustrated with 188 plates, 19 gatefolds. First Edition/First Printing. Signed and inscribed by Peter Van Agtmael on the title page. Bound in black cloth with color pastedown present to the front board. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. Lacking the FFEP. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. He has also patiently transcribed the text from actual interviews and conversations, and they accompany each photograph. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Italy to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Peter van Agtmael's "Disco Night Sept 11". His ironically titled masterwork. The casualty of 9/11, the Disco Night event was obviously cancelled, the parking lot deserted. But its billboard announcement was still standing, brightly lit, for van Agtmael's camera to… Read More