Search Results: Authors starting with V from Biblioctopus

New York: Harmony, 1978. First Edition. fine/near fine. 1st edition. Fine in near fine dustjacket. Signed and inscribed, in ink, on the half-title, "Best Wishes to you / Alberto Vargas" and not a common 1st edition when it's signed. 60 color plates, twice that many more in black and white, comprehensive, and inclusive, spanning the entirety of Vargas' career.

Genève (Geneva): Cramer, 1759. First Edition. Hardcover. very Good. 3 vols. in 1. 1st edition, 1st printing (in French) of the great 18th century philosophical narrative. The 2 sequels are nice to have but do not really increase value. All the Candide points are correct, the 3 usual cancels, the right title page ornament repeated (pages 193 and 266), the misprints of "que ce ce fut" (page 103 line 4) and "précisément" (page 125 line 4), the correction removing a paragraph break (page 31), the rewritten lines about the Lisbon earthquake (page 41), etc. Contemporary full calf, red calf label, rebacked with the original spine saved and laid down, recornered, marbled endpapers, gilt rubbed, inner paper hinges strengthened, old ink signatures on the endpaper and front blank, tiny signature on the title page, one tissue strengthened tear at the bottom of A2 touching the last 3 lines of text without any loss, otherwise internally quite nice, clean, and very good. Bound without N7 (a blank) and N8 (a… Read More