Search Results: Titles starting with V from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

London: Jonathan Cape, [1963]. 8vo. 492 pp. Black boards, silver lettering on spine (very slight shelfwear), w/ d.j. (minor shelfwear, very slight toning to white on front cover, price-clipped), NF/VG copy, w/ former ownership signature on ffep. First British edition, of the author’s acclaimed first novel incorporating Pynchon’s final revisions which were not incorporated into the U.S. editions.

[New York]: Oxford Univ. Press, 1993. 8vo. xiv, 201, [1] pp. Frntsp., numerous photos, illusts. Half-blue over gray boards, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. NF/NF. First edition.

Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, [ca. 1925]. 8vo. 612 pp., plus 12 pp. publ. ads. Photo frntsp., numerous illusts., colour map on front endpapers. Green cloth, black lettrng (minor shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art by Kurt Wiese (minor chipping head & foot of spine, minor creasing), still NF/VG- copy. Reprint edition of this great adventure through Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina.

New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, [1983]. 8vo. [10], 228 pp. Half-blk boards, gilt lettrng (slght shlfwr), w/ d.j. (vry mnr shlfwr), NF/NF. First edition of this 13th Spenser mystery.

Milan, et al: Valentino Atelier by Carnet, Elegance, Exclusive Distributor for North America, 1994. Thick 4to. 12.75 x 12.25 in. [106 pp (assorted pagination).] With 51 colour fashion designs, 136 tipped-in cotton, silk, wool, acrylic, and blend fabric sample swatches, several printed fabric samples. Black silk cloth, gilt lettering stamped on front cover, numbered on colophon at rear (very minor rubbing, edgewear), still VG bright copy. First edition, No. 970, of this sumptuously illustrated sample fashion catalogue from one of the greatest Italian Couturiers, Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani, the incomparable fashion designer. This collection was representative of many of Valentino’s collections of the 1990’s integrating themes of revival and self-reference-flounces, embroidery, and dots, partly as a way of highlighting his 30 years of fashion designs. In addition, these designs and their fabrics reflect a foreshadowing of the later mid-1990’s shift towards a more bohemian style drawing… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [c. 1927 (ca. 1945)]. 8vo. [6], 244 pp. Green cloth, blk lettrng (minor shlfwr), w/ d.j. (vry mnr shlfwr, rubbng, drkng to cvrs), w/ seated Zane Grey on bk cvr, NF/VG. Reprint edition of this western about Panhandle Smith.

[Portland, OR & Vancouver, W.T.: Vancouver Transportation Co., ca. 1880]. Oblong boudoir-sized albumen photo 7.5 x 4.25 in. mounted on cream-coloured studio board sized 8.5 x 5.25 in., ink manuscript caption at lower fore-edge, rounded corners (very minor dustsoiling), still a superb exemplar, from the library of from the library of Caroline Augusta Gray Kamm (1840-1932), noted socialite and philanthropist in Portland, built home for poor women & girls with the YWCA, and was daughter of PNW pioneer William H. Gray (1810-1889) who traveled to the Lapwai Mission in Lewiston, ID in 1836 where he was the Nez Perce secular agent, and she subsequently later married Jacob Kamm (1823-1912), pioneering Oregon steamship builder, industrialist, entrepreneur, and owner/operator of the Vancouver Transportation Co. This exceptional original boudoir-sized albumen photo was issued as a promotion for the recently formed Vancouver Transportation Co., and newly launched Steamer Lurline. First built and launched by… Read More

Vancouver, W.T. & Portland, OR: Vancouver Transportation Co., Geo.[rge] H. Himes, Steam Book and Job Printer, 1874. Oblong 8vo. 9.75 x 5.5 in. [2 pp (unpaginated).], with woodcut-engraved illustration of the steam sternwheeler, decorative borders, printing on recto & verso, perforated edges at left gutter margin, NF copy, from the library of from the library of Caroline Augusta Gray Kamm (1840-1932), noted socialite and philanthropist in Portland, built home for poor women & girls with the YWCA, and was daughter of PNW pioneer William H. Gray (1810-1889) who traveled to the Lapwai Mission in Lewiston, ID in 1836 where he was the Nez Perce secular agent, and she subsequently later married Jacob Kamm (1823-1912), pioneering Oregon steamship builder, industrialist, entrepreneur, and owner/operator of the Vancouver Transportation Co. An exceedingly scarce original Washington Territory stock certificate issued originally in 1874 at the capitalization of the Vancouver Transportation Co. Jacob Kamm was one… Read More

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., [1953]. 8vo. ix, [1], 213, [1] pp. Illustrated endpapers showing robots, flying saucers and spacesuits, & rockets by Schomburg. Red publisher’s cloth, black lettering (minor shelfwear, rubbing), w/ d.j. wraparound cover art by Schomburg (minor scuffing, edgewear, couple very slight closed tears, old tape repairs), still VG-/G copy, w/ former ownership markings on endpapers & title. First edition, stated, of this installment in the Winston Science Fiction series, against the backdrop of space pirates.

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1946. 8vo. [10], 297, [1] pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering (slight shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art by Tate (minor edgewear, slight scuffing to corners, 1 very small tear at fore-edge, price-clipped), NF/G copy. First edition, A & medallion on verso, of this horror/fantasy set in middle Michigan in 1944 featuring a haunted house, a talking ape, and Beulah the gigantic cat.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc., 1933. 8vo. xii, 620, [2] pp., with 1 large folding chart at rear. Blue cloth, silver lettering & pictorial illustration on front cover (faint tidemark at upper fore-edge), w/ d.j. cover art by Edward A. Wilson, featuring photo illustrations of Walpole’s Derwentwater cottage and the surrounding countryside (minor edgewear, creasing, sunning, faint tidemark to upper fore-edge), G-/G- copy. First edition, stated, of this fourth title in the Herries Saga, which served as the basis for the 1935 MGM film of the same name, directed by William Howard, produced by David O. Selznick, starring Robert Montgomery, Helen Hayes, May Robson, Otto Kruger, and others.

[North Vancouver, BC]: Whitecap Books, Ltd., [1990]. Folio. 208 pp. Double-page colour-illust. title, numerous colour plates, illusts., photo illusts., map. Blue boards, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. NF/NF copy, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on ffep. First edition of this fascinating collection of watercolour paintings of historic homes and buildings executed in the 1980s as the city began to develop and grow beyond its traditional base.

New York: Dover, [1963]. 8vo. viii, 222 pp., plus 10 pp. publ. ads. 6 figures. Colour-illust. softcvrs, VG. First Dover edition of this scarce work in applied mathematics.

[Stockholm: Broderna Lagerstrom, 1947]. Folio. 189, [1] pp. Quarter-red cloth over colour-illust. boards (wear, chppng to fore-edges, mnr soilng, some warpng to boards), still a G- copy, w/ ownrshp signature on ffep. First edition of this wonderful anthology of Swedish folk music for young and old, including over 100 songs & music compiled for the Vasa Ordens Grand Lodge in New York for use in their Children’s Clubs.

[Zanesville, OH & Detroit, MI: Schultz & Co., The Soap Boilers; Calvert Lithograph Co., ca. 1880]. Oblong 8vo. 6.4 x 4.25 in. Colour chromolithograph images, printed on thick paper stock, retaining borders, and register lines at margin, w/o text which would have been added later (slight edgewear), NF exemplar. Beautifully rendered printer’s proof for the famed pink laundry soap, which was touted to have been one of the best on the markets, and drawing upon the pride in German heritage. The Calvert Lithograph Company was founded in 1863 by Thomas Calvert, and by the 1870s had become one of the largest lithographers in the U.S., and later by the 1890s employing over 300 employees. In addition, they were very successful in printing many different iterations of advertising cards, trade cards, and labels for Schultz & Co. at the end of the 19th century.

Cambridge: Constable and Co., Ltd., Houghton Mifflin Co., 1929. Two vols. Tall 8vo. xxiv, [2], 175, [1]; vii, [1], 162, [2] pp. Colour frontisp. first vol., black & white frontisp. vol. II, 6 plates. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine (slight shelfwear), w/ d.j.s. (minor chipping head & foot of spines, edgewear, couple closed tears), still NF/VG- set. First edition, thus, 1 of 1000 sets printed, of this Gothic Orientalist fantasy novel set in the 9th century Middle East. Filled with demons, djinn, human sacrifice, lust, and power, this work originally published in 1787 in French heavily influenced and inspired Lord Byron, Robert Southey, H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, and others.

London: Scientific Book Guild, [1961]. 8vo. 214 pp. Numerous plates. Colour-illust. boards, minor bmpng to crnrs, creasng frnt cvr, still G copy. First SBG edition of this famed work on plant physiology first published in 1727, describing the loss of water in plants by evaporation.

Shushan, NY: Jerome B. Rice, Jr., Inc., [Bert Boice, Commercial Photographer], ca. 1925]. 4to. [24 pp (unpaginated).], on thick gray paper stock, w/ 72 colour lithograph seed packets carefully mounted throughout, including 2 blank flyleaves, and with 2 linen-backed silver gelatin photographs, photographer imprint stamped on versos and lower blank margin, mounted on white linen hinges. Contemporary gray textured board 3-ring binder, printed label on front cover (partially torn, remnant of NY typed, wear, rubbing, bumping to corners), still good exemplar, with the photos and seed packets all in excellent condition. First edition of this remarkably scarce seed packet sample catalogue, featuring two photographs illustrating the wire racks supplied the company and how they should be displayed. These beautiful seed packets include Hibiscus, Blue Lace Flower, Calliopsis, California Poppy’s, Portulaca, Pansy’s, Marigolds, and many more. Founded originally in 1832 as a wholesale seed Company by Roswell… Read More

Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, [1931]. Two works. Tall 8vo. 3.5 x 8.5 which folds out to oblong folio accordion-style to 14 x 8.5 in. w/ [8 pp (unnumbered)], w/ 15 paint samples tipped-in, self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers, (minor dustsoiling, shelfwear); 19, [1] pp. Numerous photo illustrations, text illustrations, self-printed softcovers in tan & black (minor dustsoiling, shelfwear), still VG set from the library of Henry A. Heider (1892-1969), and Russell E. Heider (1919-2005), Portland, OR carpenters & building contractors. First edition, thus, of these scarce paint sample catalogues on the eve of the Great Depression. The paint, colour chart, and instructions offer an invaluable guide for design choices at the onset of the 1930s, and the instruction guide offers excellent tips in using Velumina Wallhide paints. The colour names include Sea Foam Green, Blossom Pink, Horizon Blue, Cascade Blue, Palmetto Green, Mist Gray, and more. No copies located in Worldcat.

Paris & Chicago: Geo. F. Crowley & Co., 1-3 West 37th St., 1915. Oblong folio bifolium portfolio (14.5 x 7 in. when closed, 14.5 x 14 in. when opened). 54 original silk sample swatches including silk velvet & velveteen with all of them attached at upper-fore-edge, each w/ printed label at lower corner identifying inventory no., printed price-list below samples. Purple cloth, decorative gilt lettering & decoration inside above and below the samples (slight wear, minor dustsoiling to fore-edges), still VG copy, w/ silk braid to hang the advertising piece. First edition of this very scarce and beautiful Edwardian silk salesman sample advertising piece. This sample catalogue offers an incredible historical reference for the vibrancy and tremendous variety of silk velvets, velveteens and rich fabrics before World War I for American fashion. Most of these silks and silk velvets were intended for the high fashion industry at the time, encompassing dresses, gowns, capes, scarves, hats, ties, and much… Read More