Search Results: Authors starting with V from Borg Antiquarian

New York: Alfred A. Knopf / A Borzoi Book, 2000. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author, tall 8vo, black cloth over charcoal gray boards, Mylar-protected dust jacket (unclipped) of a spiraling dog collar chain, 333 pages + [1] + [blank] + [4] Notes. Walter Mosley compares the one-eyed author to Charles Dickens. Carl Hiaasen says the author's books are "a fierce crusade for all victims who can't fight back . . . especially imperiled children." SIGNED and in Exceptional Condition!

Paris: Librairie Lecoffre / J. Gabalda et Fils, Editeurs, 1930. Deuxiéme Edition [Second Edition]. Cloth over wrappers. Near Fine/None. 8vo, blue cloth library binding over wrappers, xxiii + 357 pages [French text]. An important translation with commentary in French. Clean, tight copy. Slight uniform age-toning as is typical of French paper. Ex-Marist College stamps & related markings; library pocket with card.

New York: Union Publishing House, 1885. First Edition. green decorated cloth. Very Good +. photogravures. Tall 8vo, green black-&-gilt stamped decorated cloth, numerous illustrations & one large folding map of "The Polar Basin," all edges gilt, 512 pages. Exceptional copy of a Scarce volume that was sold only by subscription. Slightest rubbing to covers; a bit cocked, else near Fine.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition, First Printing: variamt with copyright "1929, 1930," capital "A" & publisher's seal on copyright page. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Small 8vo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2"), black cloth with yellow lettering on spine and front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped; price $2.00) depicting a crinimal file card, 328 pages + [10] Ads for S S. Van Dine mysteries. Seventh Philo Vance mystery. Philo solves a murder in a private home that is also an Egyptian museum using his "unique psychological methods of detection." The book was adapted as The Scarab Murder Case (1936), which starred Wilfrid Hyde-White as Vance.<br /> <br /> S.S. Van Dine was the pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright (1888 - 1939), a U.S art critic and author of murder mysteries. He created the immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance, who first appeared in books in the 1920s, then in movies and… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1929. First Illustrated Photoplay MGM Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good Plus. Small 8vo (7 1/2" x 5 1/2"), black cloth with yellow lettering on spine and cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a skeletal hand holding a red bishop chess piece; PHOTOPLAY EDITION illustrated with photographs from the MGM film starring Basil Rathbone and Leile Hyams with B&W frontispiece, 3 full-page stills from the movie & 2 fold-outs: 1 map & 1 layout of a crime scene; 349 pages + [9] Pages of Publisher's Ads for G&D books. Fourth Philo Vance mystery in which the detective solves a crime committed by the "Bishop" by solving clues based upon Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Published in the same year--1929--as the Scribner's edition.<br /> <br /> "S.S. Van Dine was the pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright (1888 - 1939), a U.S art critic and author of murder mysteries. He created the… Read More

Shelton, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First Edition Library. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. Small 8vo, black cloth with scarlett lettering on spine and cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a red Chinese dragon rearing above newliweds, map endpapers, 311 pages + [6] ads for "Another Philo Vance Story." Seventh Philo Vance mystery. This Very Fine facsimile is based on mystery authority Otto Penzler's rare copy. Exceptional Condition! An Affordable Classic!

London: Heinemann, 1967. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Robert Van Gulik. Small 8vo (8" x 5 3/8"), pale red cloth with gold lettering on spine, with 8 illustrations drawn by the learned author in Chinese style, Mylar-protected B&W photographic dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting a double-gourd--or "calabash"--and necklace, pictorial endpaper drawings of same, vii + 143 numbered pages, [144]. A Judge Dee mystery. (The first to be printed in England was The Chinese Bell Murders [1958] by Michael Joseph.) Robert Hans van Gulik (Chinese: ; 1910 - 1967) was an orientalist, diplomat, musician (of the guqin), and writer, best known for the Judge Dee historical mysteries, Learned Judge Dee arrives in Rivertown for some relaxation and fishing, when the inn cashier is found in the river, tortured and murdered. Next, the judge is summoned to the Water Palace of a princess who wants him to find out who has stolen her precious pearl necklace? "Only by risking his… Read More

London: Heinemann, 1967. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Robert Van Gulik. Small 8vo (8" x 5 3/8"), pale red cloth with gold lettering on spine, with 8 illustrations drawn by the learned author in Chinese style, Mylar-protected B&W photographic dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting a double-gourd--or "calabash"--and necklace, pictorial endpaper drawings of same, vii + 143 numbered pages, [144]. A Judge Dee mystery. (The first to be printed in England was The Chinese Bell Murders [1958] by Michael Joseph.) Robert Hans van Gulik (Chinese: ; 1910 - 1967) was an orientalist, diplomat, musician (of the guqin), and writer, best known for the Judge Dee historical mysteries, Learned Judge Dee arrives in Rivertown for some relaxation and fishing, when the inn cashier is found in the river, tortured and murdered. Next, the judge is summoned to the Water Palace of a princess who wants him to find out who has stolen her precious pearl necklace? "Only by risking his… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1936. Fourth Printing. Pictorial boards. Very Good/Very Good. Van Loon. Oblong 8vo (6 1/2" x 10"), multi-colored pictorial cloth with black lettering on spine & author's illuminated melody on front cover; colored frontispiece & 32 colored illustrative plates each facing its musical score - both drawn by Van Loon; golden endpapers depicting a marching band & dancers beneath a castle, 63 pages + [1] Colophon. Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882-1944) was a prolific, multi-talented, very patriotic and sagacious Dutch-American historian, journalist, and award-winning children's book author with a wonderful command of history. <br/><br/>THE SONGS WE SING (1936) was the second of a special children's series that commenced with Around the World with the Alphabet (1935).<br/> <br/>SCARCE in such a solid, clean copy (published in the same year as the first printing). Its text and illustrations are clean, unfoxed, and… Read More

London etc.: Hutchinson of London, 1961. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo, brown cloth with silver and red lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with sketches of Savonarola before Florence's towering city hall, xxii + 330 pages. Engrossing study of the Inquisitor Savonarola and his dangerous era. <br /> <br /> Remarkably well preserved copy: tight, bright, clean in bright dust jacket (unclipped) with slight edgewear and traces of soil on the rear panel.

Hillsboro, Oregon: Beyond Words Publishing, 1997. First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Fine. B&W photos. INSCRIBED by the Authors on the front free endpaper, charcoal gray cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with several in-text B&W photos of mothers and daughters that accompany texts, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with mother holding hands of two children by seaside, 93 pages printed on heavy semi-glossy stock. Weight: 1 lb 7.7 oz. Charming illustrated collection of loving letters by mums to daughters.<br /> <br /> SUPERIOR OVERALL CONDITION! Nice Inscription on what "Matters." Other than authorial inscription, no marks by previous owners.

New York: Ace Books, Inc, 1968. First Mass Market Paperback, First Printing. Paperback. Very Fine/None. Jeff Jones. SIGNED Presentation Copy by the Author, 16mo, pictorial wrappers of a man reaching upwards illustrated by Jeff Jones, #H92, 223 pages. INSCIRBGED by Van Vogt on the tile page: "...Far-out best wishes." A square, tight, unread copy with exceptional covers and bright, crisp contents: virtually without wear.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1963. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo, light brown cloth with silver lettering on spine, Mylar-protected dust jacket (unclipped), [vi] + 207 pages. Generally Fine/Near Fine Condition! Internally bright, tight, with a solid text block. Previous owner's signature at top of free front endpaper has been blacked out. Dust jacket has some wear to extremities and small scuffs to its upper right corner. This story originally was serialized in Astounding Science Fiction magazine during 1943-44.

U.S. & Ontario, Canada: MIRA, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Very Fine. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the AUTHOR with a stick-figure SKETCH (apparently of herself) & SIGNED again on the title page, 8vo, light blue quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped), 300 numbered pages, + [2] About the Author. New York Times Book Review: "A master of romantic suspense." A Sally Harrington Novel: 5th of 6 in the series. Coming home to California after testifying against a mafia boss, journalist Sally Harrington finds the mob is still after her when she goes to New York to help her uncle untangle his property ownership issues which have become embroiled with speculators and an attempted murder. Laura Van Wormer graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and has spent most of her life in publishing. She is the author of eleven previous novels. The… Read More

New York: The James A. McCann Company Publishers, 1921. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/None. Photographs. 8vo, green publisher's original cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with B&W glossy frontispiece photograph and 60 additional glossies, 1 map, [xii] + 264 pages. Father Vandenberg's well illustrated book records his ethnographic observations on the Wanyika, Wakamba, Wakikuyu, Masai, and Kavirondo, as well as Mambutu pygmies. The book is based on his journey from Mombassa through Kenya, Tanzania,, Uganda, and the Congo Basin during 1919. As distinguished anthropologist Robert Lowie observes, "the value of his offering ... lies not in the exposition of theories but in the presentation of facts recorded at first-hand or at least with the aid of competent witnesses."--Preface Preface by Robert Harry Lowie (1883 - 1957), an Austrian-born American anthropologist. An expert on North American Indians, he was instrumental in the development of modern… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf - Borzoi Book, 1985. First Edition [no printings indicated]. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. B&W photos. SIGNED dashingly by the Author on a publisher's tipped-in front endpaper, 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 7/8" x 1 1/8"), gray cloth with gold lettering on spine, Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and facsimiles, archival mylar-protected pink photographic dust jacket (unclipped: $16.95) with image of young Gloria, B&W photographic endpapers, 301 pages. Krochs & Brentanos' "1st edition circle" bookmark laid in. Gloria Vanderbilt (1924 - 2019) was an American artist, author, actress, fashion designer, heiress, and socialite. Vanderbilt wrote two books on art and home decor, four volumes of memoirs and three novels, and was a regular contributor to The New York Times, Vanity Fair and Elle. Some will also know her a the mother of Anderson Cooper, prominent journalist and broadcaster.<br /> <br /> During the 1930s, she was the… Read More

Milano: Tipografia Editrice Lombarda, 1876. IFirst or Very Early Italian Edition: Text in Italian. Cloth and boards. Good +/None. 12mo (7 1/4" x 4 3/4"), blue-black pebble-cloth spine over marbled boards, well illustrated by J. R. Kazallon with 44 contemporary newspaper-like B&W full-page wood-engravings, 192 pages. SCARCE compiously illustrated and presumed first edition in Italian (1876), translation authorized by Jules Verne. Jules Verne (1828 - 1905) was a French novelist, poet, playwright, and world-recognized Grand Master of science fiction and adventure. His series Voyages extraordinaires, a widely popular series of scrupulously researched adventure novels, included Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). The Survivors of the Chancellor: Diary of J. R. Kazallon, Passenger (French: Le Chancellor: Journal du passager J.-R. Kazallon) is an 1875 novel written by Jules Verne about the… Read More

New York: The John C. Winston Company, 1932. Reprint of Classic. Pictorial cloth with inset colored plate. Very Good. 8vo, green cloth with full color glossy plate of helmeted diver with knife fending off a shark as another sailor hides on the sea bed, illustrated with a glossy color frontispiece and three color plates + several B&W plates and chapter heads, Gossary of Deep-Sea Life, light blue pictorial endpapers depicting a warship with billowing sails approaching the Nautilus breaking waves, x + 385 pages + [386] Ad. "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: A Tour of the Underwater World (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers: Tour du monde sous-marin, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: A Tour of the Underwater World") is a classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne originally serialized (March, 1869 - June, 1970); then published in 1870. <br /> <br /> Cloth is tight with moderate rubbing and a dark stain at bottom of the spine. All… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1924. Early G&D Reprint. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo, tan cloth with dark green rectangular ship embossed on cover, Translator's Note by Cranstoun Metcalfe, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), cover art repeated as full color frontispiece of elephant charging natives, green endpapers with nautical motifs, [xiv] + 272 pages (with publisher's green-staining along upper edges of pages intended to reduce normal discoloration). RARE in the dust jacket (which has only some minor chipping at its periphery). SUPERIOR COPY with a tight text block, clean pages, minor rubbing, small bookseller's tag on rear pastedown. This is the first part of Jules Verne"s, Seconde Patrie, or Second Fatherland (1900), which related "The Later Adventures of the Swiss Family Robinson." Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London, published its companion, The Castaways of the Flag, in 1923. The complete American edition was published in two… Read More

New York: Columbia University Press, 1992. First Edition. Cloth. Near Mint/Near Mint. 8vo, red cloth with silver lettering on spine, photographic dust jacket, viii + [2} + 321 + [5] pages. Exceptional Condition! Very interesting and broad range of opinions by Vidal.