Search Results: Titles starting with V from Bibliope by Calvello Books

N. p.: Caesar-Augustae, 1803. Hardcover. Ex-libris with minimal insitutional markings. A few small worm holes to outer margin of approximatley twenty pages; minor external edge-wear to binding; else a very tight and crisp very good+ copy.. Large octavo in full brown leather (calf), raised bands and gilt to spine; 179 p.; 20 cm. Sewn. In Latin. Contains author's best known work, the Psychomachia. Ex-libris with minimal insitutional markings. This edition is very rare. Only one copy located via WorldCat.// Aurelio Clemente Prudencio (348 - c. 410). Allegorical poetry. Christian poetry. Mysticism.

Beograd: N.P., 1930. Paperback. Wraps sunned else very good.. Octavo in offwhite printed stapled wraps; 8pp, entirely musical notation, RARE. WorldCat lists but one copy. Rukoveti, no. 5. In Serbian // Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts), Unaccompanied. Songs, Serbian. Music. Musical scores.

Petrograd: Kn-vo "Sotsialist", 1917. Paperback. Paper brittle; front wrap cracked and detached at fold. Good thus. Pages uncut.. Small octavo in pale pink-orange printed wraps; 96 p. In Russian. Very scarce. OCLC lists but one copy. || Labor unions -- Germany.

Leningrad: Sovetskii pisatel, 1949. Hardcover. The Institute of Slavic and East European Studies Languages and Civilization stamp and Printed in the Soviet Union stamp to title page. Moderate to heavy rubbing and chipping to edges of boards. Moderate sunning, soiling, and rubbing to boards. One 3 cm skuff to front board. Pages moderately yellowed. Few pages lightly torn at hinge. Overall good(-).. Hardcover octavo with red cloth spine and illustrated paper boards. 198 pages : plate ; 21 cm. In Russian || Contents: Zolotoiskatel'nitsa (povest') -- Rasskazy: Bol'shoi Lotsman -- Pavlusha-provodnik -- Medvezhatniki -- V kolkhoze -- Sasha.

Budapest: Europa Konyvkiado, 1977. First Hungarian translation(?). Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine lightly edge-worn and lightly-soiled DJ. Small bookseller price in pen to rear free endpaper.. Handsome 12mo in red-orange cloth; white printed dust jacket. Russian poetry translated into Hungarian. / Uncommon. / Text in Hungarian.

Arleta, Calif: Clymer Publications, 1978. Paperback. About very good with minor wear and a few small stains to wraps; tight and clean within. Small quarto in color illus wraps; 116 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm. Index. Volkswagen automobiles. Automobiles -- Bodies -- Maintenance and repair. Automobiles -- Bodies -- Maintenance and repair. Volkswagen automobiles.

Tallinn: Valgus, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Inscribed by author. Medium creasing to wrappers' edges and all pages. Else overall, Very Good.. Octavo in tan wrappers; 187 p. ; 22 cm; bibliographical references (p. 184-187). Text in Estonian. Votes (People) -- Folklore. Legends -- Russia (Federation).

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1945. Later printing. Hardcover. Moderate sunning to DJ spine. Heavy chipping to head and foot of DJ spine, edges, and corners. One medium chip to back cover (3 x 7 cm). Mild soiling to DJ back cover. Moderate sunning to head and foot of book spine. Book plate to front free end paper. Gift inscription in ink to title page. Else pages clean and binding tight. Very good book in good(-) DJ.. Hardcover octavo with blue cover and green spine. 114 pages including frontispiece, illustrations 20 cm. Author signed poem laid in. || "Thirty-fifth printing, February, 1945."|| Illustrations by the author.

Tahiti: NP, 1980. VHS. Like New. Possibly never played. In original illustrated case.. VHS tape, 30 min. In original case with original color artwork. Very scarce. English language version. NTSC. Description: "Come discover 11 superb young ladies who are living evidence of the beauty and charm of Polynesia. A trip to Tahiti, Tetiaroa, Huahine, Bora Bora and Moorea exposing you to the cool waterfalls, the warmth of its beaches, the pleasure of water activities and magic of underwater excursions. A complete film, superb pictures and dream girls sharing with you the beauty of their bodies."

Rasht: Farhang-i Ilya, 2007. Chap-i 1. Paperback. A fine, bright copy with minimal shelf-wear and faint marks.. Pale brown octavo; 160 p ; 21 cm. In Persian. || Poetry.

San Francisco, CA: Gray Sky Micro Press, 2011. First edition, first printing (stated). Paperback. Near fine copy with a light crease to cover spine joint from reading and very light soil from handling; wrappers are lightly edgeworn but no major tears; o/w pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; binding is tight; a gently used copy.. Duodecimo in white wrappers with b&w illus.; 160 pages; 19 cm. In English. || Signed limited edition #31 of 50. Contents: Broken payphone on Valencia near twenty-third -- God is telling me to kill myself -- Secrets and secrets (we don't care) -- Road -- Downtown (Chester, Amber & me) -- Gin on a formica table -- The smoking bong -- Sunset over LAX -- Rewrites -- A ghost take -- Walking towards papalote -- Medium rare -- Romance -- Trash -- Repetition -- Juice of the barley -- Two nights at the Estrella Inn -- Monkeys and umbrellas -- Words I've written and have been told not to share -- Jumbo's clown room (opens at 2 p.m.) -- Edgar the Nazi --… Read More

Los Angeles: Taschen, 2007. Seller's sample edition. Hardcover. Lacks the original clamshell box and has some soiling and spotting to boards. Aside from small smudges and stains to boards, this is a tight and, overall, very good copy. However, being that it is a seller's sample copy, the title page clearly states "Not For Sale" and the stated limitation number is "0000". Additionally, pages 177- 369 have been intentionally left blank, making this a rather odd exemplar.. Large folio in white silk and cotton cloth backed boards; 733 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 48 cm. In English, French, German and Italian. || "This luxurious limited-edition publication renders homage to Valentino's illustrious career via a copious selection of images from his archives, including drawings, magazine shoots, advertisements, portraits of Valentino, and documentary photographs; presented chronologically, the visual material is accompanied by a vast array of newspaper and magazine articles about Valentino throughout the… Read More

Milano: Skira, 2000. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Exceedingly gentle rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely mild rubbing to corners, faint soiling to covers, bright pages, binding is tight, else Near Fine(+).. White octavo, black spine, 184 pages, chiefly b&w illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm. Text in Italian and English. || Architecture -- Italy -- Piedmont -- History.

Milano: Galleria d'arte di Edmondo Sacerdoti, 1959. First edition. Paperback. Some spotting to wrappers. Minor writing in pencil to first page and minor foxing to textblock. Minor chipping to page 2 and 3. Else overall, Very Good+.. Octavo in white illus. wrappers; 20 pages; 21 cm. Several b/w ill. Painting, Italian -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2000. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Very fine in very fine DJ; as new.. Small folio in black photo color illus DJ; 224 p. : ill. (some col.), map, 30 cm; bibliographical references (p. 214-215) and index. "Presents a photographic chronicle of the 1996 discovery and ongoing excavation of an ancient burial ground in the middle of the desert 230 miles southwest of Cairo that contains at least sixty gilded mummies from the first and second centuries A.D., when Egypt was ruled by Rome." || Contents: Valley of the golden mummies: Donkey's take, the discovery -- Day at the dig -- Golden mummies -- Artifacts from the tombs -- Mr. X goes to Giza -- Curse of the child mummies -- Egypt-ancient to Greco-Roman: Bahariya oasis, past and present -- Egyptian religious beliefs -- History of mummification -- Excavations in Bahariya oasis: Roman settlement of El Haiz -- Wine factory -- Temple of Bes -- Temple of Hercules -- Other Bahariya temples and tombs --… Read More

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1997. Paperback. Fine to near fine(+) with fainest of edge-wear.. xxii, 272 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, map ; 25 cm. "The oral histories collected for this book were conducted for the Ghost Ranch History Project"--Page xiv./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-263) and index. Inscribed and signed by author. Contents: Avéshu pije: "up Abiquiu way" -- Abiquiu and La Tierra de Guerra -- Pioneers of the Piedra Lumbre -- The fearing time -- The old Spanish trail -- isenchantment and disinheritance -- A land of beauty and evil -- Land of beginnings and endings -- Between green and dry -- Ghost Ranch -- The good country -- Bombs and bones. Reading almost like a novel, this book, says writer Marc Simmons, "gives the reader not only the history but the feel of this unusual place." Georgie O'Keeffe captured on canvas as the valley's cliffs, canyons, and turquoise sides, but her life and death here are only a small part of the… Read More

[London]: Christie's, 1996. First printing. Paperback. Fine. Small 4to in color-illus glossy wraps; 190p; numerus b/w & color reproductions of illustrations from sale items; bibliography.

Washington, D.C.: Inventors Publising Company, 1933. Hardcover. Very good(+) copy. Boards have mild discoloration spots from possibly liquid; "Invention and Passion in Drawing" neatly written on front endpaper; with the exception of leaf. 5/6, which has a 5" crease along the edge and a small closed tear, all the pages are clean, bright, crisp and free of marks and creases; binding is tight; a gently-loved copy.. Small quarto in maroon cloth with gilt text along spine; 94 p., 20 cm. Includes laid-in, folded promotional leaflet for this book. Scarce.

Vestal, N.Y.: Emprise Pub, 1996. First edition, first printing (presumed; no earlier dates or printings stated). Hardcover. Fine copy, some sunning to top DJ edge; else fine in fine DJ.. Octavo in a grey DJ (white spine); xi, 274 p : b&w illus ; 24 cm. Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography -- Vampires.

New York: C. Potter, 1990. 1st American ed., first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Fine in near fine t near fine(-) mildly rubbed jacket. Please see photos.. Oblong quarto in color illus jacket; 159p; numerous color reproductions of Van Gogh's paintings; bibliographical references (page 158). Painters -- Netherlands -- Correspondence. Peintres -- Pays-Bas -- Correspondance. Homes. Painters. Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890 -- Correspondence. Homes and haunts -- France -- Provence. Autobiographies. letters (correspondence) personal correspondence. Correspondence. Autobiographies. Personal correspondence. Autobiographies. Correspondance privée. France -- Provence. Netherlands.