Search Results: Authors starting with V from Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. 192 pgs., with index and bibliography, colour and b&w plates. Discusses the influential interdependence of art and photography. How, and to what purpose, artists from Eakins to Warhol, Degas, Vuillard, and Brancusi to Moore, have taken their own photographs. Closed tears on mylar protected dustjacket. Size: Quarto. First American Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Good Plus.

New York: S.W. Frankel, 1931. Half maroon leather, gilt titles and ruling. Unpaginated (introduction, facsimile letter, plates, chronological list and place list; illustrated with 175 tissue-protected, full-page plates. A monumental work documenting Rembrandt works in American collections. Head, spine and corners show light wear, typical browning to paper edge. A clean, tight copy Size: Folio. Half Morocco. Near Fine.

New York: Vendome Press, 1978. Cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. 255 pp., profusely illustrated in color. The author was the director responsible for restoring Versailles after WWII to its former glory. He offers a text rich in knowledge and affection, matched by exceptionally fine illustrations which show many little known and enchanting areas of the palace and grounds. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Quarto. First American Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Thunder Bay Press, 1991. Red cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket, (11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches). 426 pages, plus Vessel Index; illustrated. The sequel to "Great Lakes Ships We Remember." 180 vessels are chronicled with photographs and text. An important contribution to North American Maritime history. A clean, tight bright copy.. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Quarto.

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987. Cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. 1127 pp., with subject and general index. This work is the first history in an encyclopdedic format of a modern American city. A work of enormous scope, containing over 2300 short articles of individuals, events and institutions. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Thick Octavo. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Natchez, Mississippi: Plantation Publishing, 1992. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. "First Edition" stated on copyright page. 104 pages, w/ index; profusely illustrated. This copy SIGNED by Carolyn Vance Smith on title page. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Quarto. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

1869. [19th Century American Magazines]. Six bound magazines in half calf over marbled boards (1869-1884). (9-1/2 x 6-3/4 inches). Eclectic Magazine September, 1869 Vol X., No 3. The Galaxy Magazine August, 1870 Vol. X., No 2 [Mark Twain Article]. The Galaxy Magazine September, 1870 Vol X., No. 3. The Lakeside Monthly January, 1871 Vol. V., No 25. The Atlantic Monthly March, 1884 Vol. LIII., No. CCCXVII. The Atlantic Monthly May, 1884 Vol. LIII., No. CCCXIX. Six issues from iconic American magazines dealing with LIterature, Science, Art and Politics of the day bound as one in leather binding. Just light exterior wear, internally clean and bright. Size: Thick Octavo. Leather. Very Good. Magazine.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. Original publisher's deluxe half morocco leather binding, gilt titles and ruling, (10" x 7"). 864 pages; illustrated. A monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, fashion, finance, and the arts. Showing some general overall wear and rubbing, expected scattered foxing. Remains an attractive volume in leather binding. Size: Quarto. Leather.

Washington D.C.: S. D. Langtree, 1840. Volume Seven, Numbers XXV - XXX. Half calf leather over marbled boards, gilt title and ruling, (8 1/2" x 5 1/1"). 564 pages, w/ Index to volume eight; illustrated with three engraved political portrait. Contains "Apostrophe to Ocean" by William Simms. Expected typical overall general wear and rubbing, hinges tender, scattered foxing heaviest on prelims. Size: Octavo. Leather.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1850. Original publisher's deluxe half morocco leather binding, gilt titles and ruling, (10" x 7"). 864 pages; illustrated. A monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, fashion, finance, and the arts. Showing some general overall wear and rubbing, expected scattered foxing. Remains an attractive volume in leather binding. Size: Quarto. Leather.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1995. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 96 pages; 38 illustrations with 36 color plates. This book documents thirty-six modern masterworks from the Reinhardt collection donated to MoMA. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

London: Holdsworth and Ball, 1832. Three-quarter blue morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt title and top edge, marbled endpapers. (6" x 9"). 409 pages, plus publisher's advert at rear. An exceptionally clean, tight and bright copy of a SCARCE theological work Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Leather. Near Fine.

Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey: La Tierra, 2001. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. "First Edition" stated. 224 pp., Illustrated with photographs by the world's premier photographer of horses, drawings by Roger Bansemer. Epilogue by James A. Michener and Afterword by Tom Lea. A handsome production, handbound. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Folio. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Exton, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1983. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 224 pages, w/ sources and index; color illustrations. A complete step-by-step and species-by-species painting guide for 36 species of waterfowl. Previous owner's blind stamp, else a clean and tight copy in as new condition Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

New York: A. C. Armstrong & Son, 1887. Original illustrated full vellum, copper clasps, deckled edges, (8" x 6"). Number 98 of an unspecified edition. 176 pages; illustrated with 64 woodcuts (some folding) from a Dutch book published by Veldener, A.D. 1483. Letter press printed in black and red ink. Shows some exterior wear and rubbing, internally clean, hinges holding strong, working clasps. Remains an attractive copy of a scarce work. Size: Octavo. First American Edition.. Vellum. Very Good.

Editions Terres Latines Printed wraps in glassine jacket. 170 pages; illustrated with 6 original pochoir engravings. A clean, tight copy Size: Octavo. Limited.. Wraps. Fine. Illus. by Hermine David.

London: Phaidon, 1975. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 256 pp., including notes, bibliography and index. Illustrated with 214 reproduction, many in color. This book traces the development of the Secession Group. A clean, tight copy in a chipped and torn jacket Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Good.

London: Douglas Cleverdon for the Arcadia Press, 1972. Quarter green morocco over marbled boards, gilt title, t.e.g., housed in cloth slipcase. (16" x 11 1/2"). Limited number 53 of 85 copies. 67 pages (french text); illustrated with 15 full page etchings by Michael Ayrton. SIGNED by artist on limitation page. "Designed and printed by the Circle Press Guildford in Monotype Bembo 270. Etchings printed at Studio Prints London. Mould-made paper from Barcham Green Kent 1972. Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) wrote three secret collections of verse, of which Femmes and Hombres remained almost unobtainable even in France until the 1970s. These strangely unrespectable poems celebrate the pleasures of sex, with women and men respectively, in loving detail." A clean, tight and bright copy. Size: Oblong Folio. Signed. Limited.. Leather. Fine. Illus. by Michael Ayrton. Private Press.

Paris: Rombaldi, 1936. Three-quarter black morocco over marbled paper boards, gilt titles, (8" x 6"). 168 pages; illustrated Cinq compositions en coulers by Chimot. Les Contemporians edition, limited 1/3070 copies. French text. First published in 1889; here it is accompoanied by five color plates by Chimot (a frontis portrait of Verlaine, plus four nudes). Bound in simple but handsome black morocco leather with original wrappers bound in. Showing some light general wear, internally clean and bright Size: Octavo. Limited.. Leather. Very Good. Illus. by D'Edouard Chimot.

Paris: Rombaldi, 1936. 3/4 dark blue morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt title, top edge gilt, (8" x 6"). Suivies de La Gegende de Paul Verlaine. Cinq compositions en coleur de A. Calbet. 138 pages; illustrated. Rombaldi's "Les Contemporains" edition, limited to 3070 copies. Includes five color plates of courting couples. A very good copy showing light wear, simply but handsomely bound with original wrappers bound in. Size: Octavo. Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Calbet.