Search Results: Titles starting with V from Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA

Buenos Aires: Editorial Albatros, 1943. First Thus. Hardcover. VG +. 8vo. Pp. 176. Bound in half-leather over purple cloth boards; original wraps bound-in. Four raised bands with gilt lettering stamped on spine. Boards a bit splayed; leather, which has now been treated, was dried. Previous owner's initials "R. P." stamped on spine. Very Good +. A reprint of the author's 1868 publication (London: RIchard Bentley) "A Long Vacation in the Argentine Alps, or Where to Settle in the River Plate States". Scarce in any edition.

(New York): Thames & Hudson with the Art Institute of Chicago and the Van Gogh Museum, 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Large 4to. Pp. xii, 418. Laden with 510 illustrations, over 300 of them in full color. Bibliography. Index. Bound in grey cloth with red lettering stamped on spine. Thumb smudge on fore-edge, else Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket now encased in a removable clear, archival protector. A lavish catalog published in conjunction with the exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago. Includes a section of correspondence from the painters. An appendix examines thread counts of canvases used by the artists, as well as other minutiae. A superb production.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1968. Second Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 280. Beige patterned paper covered boards, black cloth backstrip with titles printed in gold, family snapshot illustrated endpapers. Edges minimally soiled, slight loss to spine titles, crisp and square with tight binding. In the photo illustrated dust jacket, unclipped, with print date 6801: light edge-wear. Second printing of the first edition. The semi-autobiographical novel that became Kerouac's last to be published in his lifetime.Jacket is now preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Will Carter (dust jacket design). 8vo. Pp. vii, 156, (1). Includes a bibliography. Bound in full black cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. In the printed dust jacket. MacNeice dazzling overview starts with Bunyan and Spenser and quickly incorporates (near-) contemporaries, including Franz Kafka, Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, et al. The book is composed of lectures delivered by MacNeice, lightly edited, and published here soon after his death. A bright, fresh copy, with the dust jacket now preserved in a clear, removable archival protector.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1972. First Edition. London. Near Fine/Fine. Agriculture. Stout 8vo. Pp. xii; 525. Bibliography, index. Intertextual line drawings throughout. With unobtrusive ink marks to five pp., else Fine in Fine dust jacket. A splendid overview of consumable crops from a region now celebrated in the West for its cuisine.

London: The Falcon Press, 1949. First Thus. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good-. C. Stewart (dust jacket design). 12mo. Pp. [4], 5-87, [1]. Translated by Roland Gant. Illustrated with reproductions of old photos, letters and artwork. Bound in full blue cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. Foxing to endpapers. In the printed dust jacket that shows light edge-wear, and foxing to rear pane. Price of 7/6 intact on front panel. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper from Derek Patmore. The 1954 gift inscription from Derek Patmore, the journalist and author, is to a "Mrs. Strauss." Although we have only supposition, the recipient would seem likely related to C. A. Strauss, the Oxonian poet whose was killed in WWII Italy; Patmore wrote the introduction to A Soldier Looks Back The Journals of Cyril Anthony Strauss (1951). Indeed, Patmore wrote his own book on Proust, Homage to Marcel Proust (1971), for which Bibesco wrote the introduction. Bibesco's chosen title, the Veiled… Read More

Garden City: The Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Very Good. Whitney Bender (dust jacket illustration). 8vo. Pp. 189. Bound in black cloth with light blue lettering stamped on spine. Pages a bit age-toned due to inferior paper stock. In the illustrated dust jacket that shows just a touch of edge-wear, price $2.50 intact on front flap. The Whitney Bender dust jacket illustration presents a noir-ish street intersection in a block-print style. Dust jacket now enclosed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

Boston: Bullfinch Press at Little, Brown and Company, 1994. First North American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Pp. 207. With an introduction by John Julius Norwich. Lavishly illustrated throughout with scads of b&w photos, including many full-plate. Includes capsule biographies of photographers. Bibliography. Index. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. The introduction by Norwich provides erudite historical and cultural context for the ample variety of photos. Dust jacket is now protected in a removable clear, archival sleeve.

New York: The M. S. Mill Co. and William Morrow & Co, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Isabel Dawson (dust jacket illustration). 8vo. Pp. 211. Bound in finished red cloth with black lettering stamped on spine. Slight scuff to corner front ffep where a price was partially erased. In the dust jacket, price-clipped. In sum, a handsome, well preserved copy. First edition of this popular mystery featuring lurid dust jacket art by Isabel Dawson: a comely full-lipped woman with long golden locks with a cocktail in hand. According to the jacket blurb, author Benson served as a machine gun squad leader in the Battle of the Bulge, where he was injured, and turned to writing as therapy. HUBIN, p. 30. Dust jacket is now protected in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

Rochester: Leo Hart, 1934. First Thus. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good+. Rockwell Kent. 8vo. Pp. 81. Illustrations printed in brown. Brown cloth, titles and decorations in gilt on the cover and spine, brown topstain, fore-edge untrimmed: tail edge minimally rubbed. In the two-color illustrated dust jacket with "Low Price of $2.75" intact on the front flap: spine minimally darkened, slight edge-wear. First published in 1931 in a leatherbound limited edition; this copy of the trade edition is quite fresh. Dust jacket is now preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

New York: Alliance Book Corporation and Longmans, Green & Co, 1931. First American Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Ernst Reichl (dust jacket design). 8vo. Pp. 275, [1]. Translated by Wills Thomas. Bound in coral cloth with black border, a vignette of a gold ring stamped in gilt on the front board, gilt lettering on spine. A bright, fresh copy in the dust jacket that has a slight chip at bottom of rear panel. Scarce in the dust jacket, exquisitely designed by Ernst Reichl. Dust jacket now enclosed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

NP: NP, 1948. First Edition. Stiff Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo. Unpaginated. German language. Sage green art paper covers, titles printed in black, saddle stapled, letterpress printed on textured leaves. Edges rubbed, cover color faded around the perimeter, light stains. Leaves bright and unmarked. Twenty poems written on scraps of paper while the German art historian, poet and translator was imprisoned at the Terezín concentration camp where she died in April 1945.A handsome, dignified production. OCLC identifies 10 institutional copies worldwide. Scarce on the market. Now protected in a clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing.

Leipzig: C. G. Boerner, 1932. First Edition. Stiff printed wraps. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 149 followed by 26 plates. Stiff printed wrapper with titles in border printed in brown on the cover and illustration on back, side-stapled leaves. Illustrated with black & white rotogravure reproductions. List of prices realized and order blank laid in. Covers moderately age toned and edges rubbed, erasure abrasion at center of cover. Stinnes was born into a wealthy entrepreneurial family and retired from the Prussian civil service around 1910, devoting the rest of his life to collecting prints and limited editions. This auction catalog is for part of his collection, held on 10 and 11 November 1932 in Leipzig. Presented in three sections: 1. Early prints from Corot, Degas, Delacroix, Van Gogh, Maillol, Matisse, Picasso, Pissarro, etc. 2. Works of Toulouse-Lautrec formerly owned by A. W. Heymel. 3. Illustrated books and maps, French bibliophilia, Max Slevogt editions. In short order the Nazi Party would declare… Read More

Seattle: R. L. Polk & Co, 1918. Stiff printed wrappers. Good-. Tall 24mo. Pp. 258. Stiff paper wrap printed orange and black, side stapled. Commercial advertising on the covers and at the head of each page. Covers creased, edges rubbed and soiled, map not present. Apartments, banks, buildings, halls, clubs, markets, newspapers, etc. listed with paid advertisers in bold.

Nambour, Qld: The Author (Roebuck Society), 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Nambour, Qld.: The Author (Roebuck Society), (1996). First edition. Fine/fine. Large 8vo. Pp. x; 417. A reproduction of Cook's chart of the region tipped in at the front and rear endpapers. With five pages of color plates. With many b&w illustrations throughout. Index. Appendices, including a chronological list of early passages. Bibliography. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine, the original stiff paper wraps bound in. In exemplary condition with no detracting qualities. An idiosyncratic maritime history of the strait, the product of the authorís years of study on the subject ñ his profusion of knowledge readily evident. This copy specially bound by Aflex Pty., Caboolture, Queensland. Regrettably, the printing quality and layout is fairly poor. Fortunately, the writer's passion overrides the aesthetic disappointment. A volume in the Roebuck Society Series, publication number 48.

London: John Van Voorst, 1843. First illustrated edition. Full morocco. Very Good. William Mulready. 8vo. Pp. xv, [1], 306, [2]. All edges gilt. Bound in brown pebble-grain morocco, cover borders in gilt around an inner panel, in a faux-Cambridge manner, board edges and turn-ins gilt, five raised bands on spine with gilt borders and lettering. Free endpaper edges with offsetting corresponding to leather turn-ins, some light thumbing to fore-edge margins, corners just a tad worn. A sumptuous binding. An uncommon edition of Goldsmith's opus, with only two copies appearing at auction the last thirty years. Vicar first appeared in 1766 through the machinations of Samuel Johnson, who sold the novel at the author's behest: Goldsmith was unable to leave his house without being beset by creditors, while at the same time being threatened with eviction by his landlady.Mulready's illustrations, engraved by John Thompson, ably capture the spirit of Goldsmith's era.

New York: Carleton, 1863. First Edition in English. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo. Pp. 175. Brown textured cloth, titles in gilt on the spine, blind stamped decorations and borders on the covers, pale blue endpapers, text in two columns. Covers sunned and stained, owner signature in pencil on ffep, dampstain to two rear endpapers, otherwise crisp and binding tight. Translation of Victor Hugo raconté par un témoin de sa vie from which the translator has "omitted some portions of the original, which are dependent for their interest upon an intimate acquaintance with the author's poems and plays.

New York: H. Huntington, Jr. for subscribers, 1827. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. Pp. iv, 204; 239. Frontis. engraved portrait of Bolivar with tissue guard. Contemporary calf binding with gilt decoration and lettering on the spine. Edges trimmed. Cover edges rubbed, spine ends chipped. Leaves and endpapers moderately foxed. Owner ink markings on free endpaper illegible, ink signature Abel Dickinson June 1830 on preliminary leaf. Identified on the title page only as "A Citizen of the United States," author Niles was a lawyer, editor and politician from Connecticut.

Butte, Montana: McKee Printing Co, 1950. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 269. Includes a couple black & white photographs, including one of the author, and a fold-out map of Montana. Bound in crimson cloth with lettering stamped on cover. Light white stain on rear board; rear joint with one-inch slit. Leaves a bit age-toned due to inferior paper. First published in 1866, Dimsdale's narrative is the standard, foundational text concerning the lawlessness, capture and execution of Henry Plummer's Road Agent Band. Ramon Adams wrote that "perhaps no other book excels Dimsdale's in presenting the picture of the lawless conditions that characterized the mining camps of the Rocky Mountain country. See Six-Guns, 308.

London: The Scolar Press, 1978. First Edition Thus. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Thomas Bewick. 12mo. Pp. 167. Illustrated with reproductions of engravings printed recto following 25 pages of text. Half cloth binding over light green boards, gilt title in black label printed on spine, light green laid endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket printed on laid paper, unclipped. Top corner bumped, dust jacket edges faintly rubbed, else fine. Reprint of the 1827 collection, supplemented with additional tail-pieces. Introduction, notes and appendix by foremost Bewick scholar Iain Bain who headed the Tate Gallery publications department 1972 - 1994. Dust jacket preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.