Search Results: Titles starting with V from Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB

Antwerp/New York: Ludion/Abrams, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. van Eyck, Jan. First Printing. 255 pp. Foilo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

London: John Murray, 1875/1888. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume I: Second Edition, Revised. Four Thousand. 1875. xi, 473 pp. 8vo. Volume II: Second Edition, Revised. Sixth Thousand. 1888. x, 495 pp. 8vo. Greern cloth publisher bindings with blind embossed borders to covers, gold embossed titling to spines, which has faded slightly. Light wear and scuffing to covers, small losses at corners. Light foxing to prelims and final pages of each volume. Volume I has previous owner's name in ink dated 1881 on second free endpaper. Volume II has a library bookplate on front pastedown, but no library markings within or on spine. Both volumes very clean within.

Switzerland: Éditions du griffon Neuchâtel, 1974. Fourth Edition. A pristine copy of a work that celebrates the work of Hungarian/French artist Victor Vasarely (1906-1997). Vasarely was well known for his geometric abstract art in various media that led to optical illusions: fascinating, vibrant work. Originally published in 1965. 194 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Text in German.

Switzerland: Éditions du griffon Neuchâtel, 1973. Third Edition. A pristine copy of a work that celebrates the work of Hungarian/French artist Victor Vasarely (1906-1997). Vasarely was well known for his geometric abstract art in various media that led to optical illusions: fascinating, vibrant work. First Printing. 206 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Text in German.

Boston, MA: Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A fascinating publication by the Olmsted Firm that includes a short report by Eliot but is illustrated by 51 photographic plates that illustrate current conditions at the time of the report. Following the photograhs are six drawings, four of which included a flap that shows current condition and view -- when the flap is folded back it reveals the impact to the view by the selective removal of overgrowth. A stunning way to illustrate the impact of changes that Eliot proposed. 23 pp. 57 Plates. Oblong 8vo. Crisp green cloth boards with gold embossed titling to cover. Interior very clean with two ownership stamps on front pastedown and copyright page of Marvin I. Adleman (1933-2017), longtime professor of landscape architecture at Cornell University. Three folding maps at rear tipped in: Stony Brook Reservation, Middlesex Fells, and Blue Hills. Stony Brook Reservation has a small tear at crease and in Very Good condition; two… Read More

Huntington Beach, CA: James Cahill Publishing, 1995. First Edition. Manuscript. Fine. The published version of Ventures in Editing included two essays, "My Advice to Young America" and "The Writer and His Machine," which takes a hard look at kidney failure. The book featured two versions of each essay, together with an introduction by Michener about the machinations of the editing process, and published in a limited edition of 300 numbered copies plus a lettered edition. xi, 95 pp. 8vo. Proof Edition: Proof copy bound in maroon cloth and with the colophon of the 26 copy "Lettered Edition" with "Proof Copy" written where the number of this copy would be written. Produced in an edition of 50 copies. Fine in a fine slipcase. Signed by the author and with Michener's red JAM "chop" stamped on colophon. [Groseclose A.069a] According to the Groseclose bibliography (James A. Michener: A Bibliography), Michener only signed 148 copies of the Limited Edition.

Huntington Beach, CA: James Cahill Publishing, 1995. First Edition. Manuscript. Fine. The published version of Ventures in Editing included two essays, "My Advice to Young America" and "The Writer and His Machine," which takes a hard look at kidney failure. The book featured two versions of each essay, together with an introduction by Michener about the machinations of the editing process, and published in a limited edition of 300 numbered copies plus a lettered edition. Original manuscript material by Michener is quite scarce as he donated much of his manuscript material to various institutions during his lifetime. Archive includes a ten page computer printout of "The Writer and His Machine," which varies slightly from the published edition. The 17 page computer printout varies from all versions. Unsigned Michener note says about this second version ("This Fourth Version of the manuscript, the final version"): "We have indicated by bold face the new material..." His note covers several options for… Read More

Boston, MA: Charles E. Lauriat, 1926. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 326 pp. Blue cloth covered boards, with blind embossed borders to cover boards, gold embossed titling to spine. Clean and crisp within.

Amsterdam, Netherlands/New York: Atheneum-Polak & Van Gennep/David Zwirner Books, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Dumas, Marlene. 151 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. Text in English and German.

Woodbridge, Sullolk, UK: The Boydell Press, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First Printing. xi, 324 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued.

Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2006. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Shulman, Julius. Published in an edition of 1,000 copies as signed by Julius Shulman (1910-2009) on the title page. 77 pp. 4to. Light green cloth covers with black embossed titling to cover and spine, black & white photographer of a diver inset into front panel. Shulman's signature is also black embossed onto the rear board. Very light bumping to corners. No dust jacket as issued.

London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Printing. ix, 421 pp. Dark blue cloth boards with gold embossed titling to spine. Corners bumped with minor losses, minimal creasing at head and foot of spine. Slight lean to volume, clean within.

London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Printing. ix, 421 pp. Dark blue cloth boards, gold embossed titling to spine has faded completely. Corners bumped with tiny losses, ealy book shop sticker on lower left corner of front pastedown, clean within.

New Britain, CT: G. Bridge and E. Cunningham, 1968. Limited Edition. Wraps. Fine. 10 pp. Monocolor ills. Tiny little book ( 1.5" ) written by a 9-year old was printed in an edition of 100. Printed in purple on lavendar paper, it's a poem about her favorite color, violet. Stock wraps covered with self jacket in tiny checkerboard pattern in purple on white. Silver-spattered white eps. By hand, at back "Designed and Executed by Robert E. Massmann," (a noted name in miniatures).

London: Allen Lane, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This book was sent to Eric Homberger with the request from The Economist to write a review of the book. Also laid in is a handwritten note from the author to Eric Homberger thanking him for providing a citation for an article Weskey found helpful. First Printing. 376 pp. 8vo. Slight scuffing to dust jacket from shelf wear, now in mylar cover. Light penciled notes within.

Crown Ring Press, 2006. Limited Edition. Wraps. Fine. Owen, Sara G. H.. Printed at the University of Alabama by writer and illusrtator, Sara G.H. Owen. Signed by her on the colophon. Unpag. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with pamphlet stitched binding, terracotta paper wraps. Large, folding four-color illustration at center. Card of printer laid in.

New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First Printing. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued.

Leipzig, Germany: Verlag Von Veit & Comp, 1911. Hardcover. Good. vii, 288 pp. 8vo. Burgundy cloth covered boards with gold embossed titling to cover and spine. Light scuffing to covers, minor sunning to spine. Front pastedown split at gutter, first signature of text block loosening from bock, tender. Light foxing within. Text in German.

London: Printed for the Author, 1791. First Edition. Three Quarter Leather. Very Good. Although nothing is known of John Long outside of this self-published volume, scholars have been impressed with his work and knowledge of First Nations people and language. Long's work over nineteen years (1768-1787) as a trapper across Canada introduced him to many of the different languages and this publication is often cited for its extensive Chippewa (Ojibwa) vocabulary as well as key words and phrases in what were then referred to as Iroquois, Mohegan, Shawnee, and Esquimeaux. The Vocabulary section at rear encompasses pp. 183-295. His descriptions of his travels, tense situations, and observations of life as one who spoke multiple languages is very engaging. [2], x, [2], 295 pp. 4to. Three quarter brown leather binding with five raised bands at spine, gold embossed titling and flower insets to panels without titles, light brown cloth insets to front and rear boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Very… Read More

London: The Argonaut Press, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. First Argonaut Press Edition. Faux vellum spine, red gray cloth covered boards with color embossed crest on front boards. Light scuffing to boards, interior clean and crisp, with some pages uncut. Limited edition printed on Japon Vellum in an edition of 1050 copies, this copy not numbered.