Search Results: Titles starting with V from Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)

Chicago, IL: published by author, 1937. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). [iv], 35 pages of text. Hardcover binding with a red cloth spine and grey paper-covered boards and a printed front cover label; minimal shelfwear and minor soiling. Inscribed and signed on the front endpaper by the author "For William A. Baehr with my sincere regard [signed] Harry Boyd Hurd." Included is a typed letter, signed by Hurd, on Pam & Hurd stationery, presenting the book to Baehr. There is a small paper clip crease to the title page..

Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden Netherlands): Apud Franciscum Hackium, 1651. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Early edition. frontispiece, [xvi], 855 pages of text, [1] page colophon, followed by 32 un-numbered pages containing an index. Original un-restored full leather binding with vertical creasing/cracking, and minor shelfwear, remaining intact and attractive. The engraved title page (by R. A. Persyn) has a handwritten ex-libris at the top margin. The first page of text has a large chip with loss to about a dozen words. The inner margin/gutter of the first dozen pages have minor staining. The closed page edges have a few minor spots of staining, and there is minor scattered foxing, but the text is relatively clean and unmarked. Early edition..

London: Open House, 1980. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. 127 pages of text. Original hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; in almost new condition; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated in full color. Minor foxing on the closed page edges, slightly affecting the edge of the page margins; otherwise the text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1962. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 208 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor sunning to the extremities. Price-clipped dustjacket is slightly sunned on the spine, with a few small chips, tears and creases; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated by line-drawings by Paul Frame..

Glasgow: Printed for Chalmers & Collins, 1824. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 224 pages of text followed by [iv] pages of publisher's advertisement. Original maroon three quarter leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards and bright green spine label; moderately rubbed and slightly darkened. Illustrated by a frontis of Richard Gordon drawn by A. Henderson and engraved on steel by J. Swan. Original Wm. Collins bookseller ticket on the inside front cover. Lacks the front endpaper. The first 24 pages are very slightly foxed, and this quire is slightly loosened. An attractive little volume, with no copies in worldwide library holdings as shown on WorldCat. First edition..

New York: New York University Press, 1920. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). x, 197 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. No dustjacket. Previous owner's bookplate neatly on front endpaper..

North Vancouver, British Columbia: Whitecap Books Ltd, 1984. Book. Illus. by paintings by the author. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong quarto (4to). 239 pages. Black hardcover cloth binding. Pictorial dustjacket with minor wear to extremities..

New York, NY: Presbyterian Hospital, 1947. Book. Very good+ condition. Paperback. First Edition. Quarto (4to). [12] page publication, plus the inside of the wrappers contain text. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs by Victor Keppler. This staple-bound paperback binding is in excellent condition, except for minimal soiling to the rear cover, one tiny spot of minor discoloration to the front cover, two corners with minor creasing, and a very minor paperclip crease to the top edge. The text is clean and unmarked. Dated: March, 1947. First edition..

New York: C. A. Alvord Printer, 1867. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 175 pages of text. Original green hardcover cloth binding has moderate rubbing to the extremities, mainly affecting the spine. Illustrated with an engraved frontisportrait of Matthew Vassar, and numerous in-text vignettes. Affected by moderate foxing throughout the text. Ex-libris, with institutional discard label on the inside front cover, a remnant of a check-out label on the rear endpaper, four small numerals on a page of preface, and minor call number removal evidence at the bottom of the spine. First edition, with the ornate gilt stamped "V" on the front cover bright, crisp and attractive..

Unknown place: Agapito Franzetti, 1820. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Early edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 130 engravings on 65 sheets. Each sheet (page) meausures 113mm x 140mm. No title page (if issued). No date of publication is listed, circa 1820. Original 3/4 leather binding with moderate shelfwear, spine worn with minor loss to extremities, but intact and attractive. Mottled decorative paper sheets cover the boards, and the pastedowns are marbled. Many of the plates are loose, and several pages are lightly to moderately stained. The engravings are strong and clean impressions, showing views of buildings of ancient and modern construction. Most of the engravings are signed in the plate either "A. Franzetti" or "A. F." Many of the plates are titled and show similar views to many by Piranesi, though they are not identical. If this is a pocket version of Piranesi's "Vedute de Roma" it is either lacking 5 images, or it was… Read More

New York: Random House, 1987. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong folio. Unpaginated; 55 color plates including several fold-out panoramas of landmarks. Includes explanatory text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Stated "First American Edition.".

New York, NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1991. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First American edition. Oblong quarto (4to). 252 pages of text, including an index. Hardcover binding in about new condition with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. 430 color photographs by Jerome Darblay illustrate the book. Translated by Alexandre Bonfante-Warren..

New York: Printed by R. Craighead, 1856. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 218 pages. Original red hardcover binding stamped in gilt and blind; minor to moderate shelfwear and soiling. The first several and a few scattered pages have minor foxing; the remainder of the text is generally clean and unmarked. The closed page edges have a dozen light pencil lines. It is stated that the author is from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Two stories. First edition..

Chicago, IL: Murdock Brothers, 1938. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 36 pages. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. No dustjacket. Introduction states "This little booklet is limited to just a few more than two hundred copies..." Printed by [Joseph and Gene?] Murdock Brothers. First edition..

New York: Rizzoli, 1982. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Oblong octavo (8vo). 190 pages of text. Paperback binding with minor shelfwear, including small creases to the corners. Signed and inscribed by the author/architect on the half title page in the year of publication. The text is clean and unmarked. First paperback edition..

Neapoli: Typis Francisci Sauii Typolgraphi Curiae; Sauius, 1634. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). [xvi], 400 pages of text, followed by [xi] pages of index. Original vellum binding is moderately worn and is heavily darkened on the spine; stamped "AA" on the boards over which is stamped a crown. Previous owner's name on the title page "T. Fletcher". A few small previous owner markings on the front endpapers. Several pages are slightly browned, the final page of index has a wormhole in the margin, and the closed page edges have minor staining. The text is quite clean and is unmarked. There are three sections of the book, Vesuvius Praemonens, Terrens, and Perdens which provide instruction on the volcano giving warning, spreading terror, and waning or dying. First edition..

Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington , 1924. Book. Very good+ condition. Paperback. First Edition. Quarto (4to). 151 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Original paperback binding with minor shelfwear. Protected in a linen clamshell box with a leather spine label. Contains 24 black-and-white plates and 98 in-text figures. Publication No 339. The text is clean and unmarked. Measures 11 11/16" x 9" (297mm x 227mm). First edition..

Romae, Italy: Ex Typographia Guilelmi Facciotti, 1632. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). [viii], 317 pages of text followed by [iii] pages. Uncommon work on Vesuvio by Croce (born circa 1570). Full vellum binding is excellent condition with minor soiling and minor shelfwear. The first half of the text has a small area at the edge of the top margin affected by worming and minor loss from what appears to be predation. Previous owner's heraldic bookplate on the inside front cover: Nordkirchen. Minor browning and minor soiling to the title page. The text is clean and unmarked. There is a 2nd work bound in after the text, which was printed in the week following the Vesuvius eruption and is quite rare. It is "DELL'INCENDIO Del Monte di Somma, Compita Relatione E di quanto e succeduto insino ad hoggi" by Giovanni Orlandi, published by Lazzaro Scoriggion in 1631. 15pp. The final page of this text is creased and a bit soiled on the blank side. 200mm x 157mm… Read More

Bedford Park, Chiswich, Great Britain: Caradoc Press, 1903. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set. Bound by Wood in London in gilt-stamped and decorated leather, with minor shelfwear, and minor cracking to the hinges at the top of the spine. Both volumes are illustrated with a frontisportrait signed in pencil "H. Geo. Webb. Sculpt". Printed in red and black. Number 303 of 360 copies printed on paper; 14 additional copies were printed on vellum. Minor toning and foxing to the endpapers. Vol. I: [iv], 107 pages. Vol. II: 211, [i] page. First edition..

London: Bradbury, Evans, and Co., 1870. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). [iii]-xvi, 481 pages of text. Original brown cloth binding with moderate rubbing and bumping to the corners, and minor shelfwear. The spine has several wrinkles; protected in archival mylar. The first edition in book form. Illustrated with 23 full-page plates and 12 vignettes by H. Woods. Endpapers are a bright yellow. Previous owner's name neatly on the inside front cover. Several pages have minor soiling or tiny spots of soiling. This copy without publisher's advertisement. .