Search Results: Titles starting with V from DuBois Rare Books

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. 293pp. Black cloth and paper over boards with gilt spine lettering and author's holograph stamped on front cover. Red end papers. Book Condition: Fine. Boards and edges are clean and square, binding is tight and pages are white and unmarked. Dust Jacket condition: Very Good +. Light rubbing to front of jacket, crinkle at the head of the spine and some linear indentions on back.

Chicago: Printed for the author by De Vinne Press, NYC, 1891. First Edition, First Printing. Good. 288pp. [p. iii-xi List of subscribers: , xii-xxi, 3-287, printer's colophon]. 19cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original cream colored vellum and pale green silk over boards, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Book Condition: Covers worn to the boards at the corners and edges, spine cracked at the joint for 1" from head; titling visible on spine and front cover but just so on the spine. Binding quite sound. Previous owners bookplate to front paste down, text block otherwise unmarred. This is the true first edition, a 300 copy limited edition published for subscribers only. This is no. 177of 300 copies printed. Signed by the author, Harriet Monroe, on the limitation page. Harriet Monroe is probably best know as the Founder of Poetry (founded as, Poetry: A Magazine of Verse). Poetry has been published in Chicago since 1912. It is one of the leading monthly poetry journals in the English-speaking… Read More

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 129 pages illustrations (some color) 21 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original cloth over boards, clear plastic DJ with pictorial slipcase. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: small closed tears, wrinkled spine, a little grotty. Slipcase faded and abraded in spots. Series Title: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich masters of art series.

London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. About Fine/About Fine. 192pp. Oblong Folio. Pale blue linen covered boards with gilt spine lettering. Produced in conjunction with the Smithsonian American Art Museum Exhibition of the same name which took place between April 13 - July 27, 2007. Book Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: About Fine. A sharp copy. Lavishly and copiously illustrated (over 70 paintings represented) on quality paper.

Trieste, Italy: Edizioni Lint, Trieste, 1975. Reprint of original 1961 edition. Hardcover. About Fine/Very Good +. 1025pp. Illustrations, folding maps, indexes (e.g. index of artists, index of places, index of illustrations, index of chief burial grounds and monuments, etc.). 18 cm. 12mo. Hardcover, flax colored linen over boards, lettering and decorations in black and blue. Book condition: faint tide mark to covers else fine, pristine and unread. Dust Jacket condition: Very good+ with light wear from shelfage. Translation of: Venezia el il suo estuario.. A seminal travel guide to a city it would be very sad not to visit at least once before it is swallowed up by the sea.

New York: Canongate Books, 2003. First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 279 P. Small 8to. Black paper over boards, silver spine lettering. Pristine. Winner of the Booker Prize. First issue with no award notices on DJ. A sharp copy.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1993. First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 327 pages ; 23 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original deep wine-colored cloth and paper over boards, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover. Book Condition: fine and most certainly unread. Dust Jacket Condition: freakishly bright and fresh and unmarred by virtue of the fact that this copy has had an extra jacket since it left the presses. As nice a copy as any out there. Linda Cloverdale's translation of the 1991 Prix Interallie-winner "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" ; basis for the 2004 Jean-Pierre Jeunet film.

Tel-Aviv: Lewin-Epstein, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good +. 168 p. : Ill. 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original grey linen over boards, gilt lettering to spine, brown photo illustration to front cover. Book Condition: Faint toning to edges of covers, inscription in Hebrew to ffep, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Lacking. Copiously illustrated with b&w photographs by a plethora of photographers.

Fribourg/Suisse: Office du livre, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 400 p. : il. ; 34 cm. Folio. Hardcover. Publisher's original wheat color linen over boards, lettering stamped in walnut to spine. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: light wear to the extremities; nicks to edges hear and there, tips frazzled at the front panel, but bright and fresh. Copiously illustrated with 48 full color plates, 200 in-text illustrations both color and b/w, and 1900 illustrations accompanying catalog listings (b/w thumbnails). In French. The first of the truly comprehensive Catalogue Raisonne for Goya, from which the subsequent editions in English and German were translated.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 128pp. : illustrations. 31cm. Tall 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original tan cloth over boards. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very light wear to the extremities. A sharp copy. Copiously illustrated with over 60 illustrations, 42 of them full color plates.

Paris: Valhermeil, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good -. 223pp. including bibliographie choisie and repetoire des noms cites. illus. [some color]. 29 cm. 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original green cloth over boards, stamped in blue to spine. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine; interior unmarked and unmarred. Dust Jacket Condition: wear to the extremities, including some peeling laminate and chipping with loss, creases to both flaps. Additional title: Sur les chemins de Vincent van Gogh, 20 mai-29 juillet 1890. May 20th to July 29 1890 at the area of France known as Auvers-sur-Oise was Van Gogh's explosive period of creative output that in the end produced over 70 paintings; including most of the paintings we think of when we think of him.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965. Third Printing December 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. xii, 291 p. : ill., facsims., maps (part fold.) ; 30 cm. 4to. Red paper over boards, gilt spine lettering. Book Condition: Gently pushed spine ends, edges a bit dusty, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very minor wear with some small chips and tears to edges.

New York, 1920. Pen & Ink Original Drawing. Very Good+. Original signed Ernest Fiene watercolor/pen & ink on wove heavyweight cream colored stock. A whimsical nature scene created as the front panel of this home made holiday greeting card by artist Ernest Fiene, with sentiments from Fiene and his wife, Jeanette, to his brother's family- Paul Fiene and his wife (Rosella Hartman), and thier child Schnick. "Greetings To Paul, Rosella and Shnick From Ernest and Jeanette". "Jeanette" was Fiene's wife, Jeanette Fiene (nee Jeanette Etare), who was married to Ernest Fiene from 1921-1945 (thus dating the piece). "Paul" refers to Paul Fiene, Ernest's older brother and an artist in his own right (sculptor). "Rosella" refers to Rosella Hartman, Paul Fiene's wife and also a highly recognized artist. "Schnick" is (presumably) the child of Paul and Rosella. Front panel, with image, measures 7 1/2" x 5 3/4" (sheet) with the oval bordered nature scene measuring approximately 6 1/4" x 4 3/4". Signed by the artist… Read More

New York: Pace Gallery, 1967. First Edition. Screenprint. Very Good. Silkscreen on heavy textured full rag paper. Dimensions: composition: 25 1/16 x 25 1/16" (63.7 x 63.7cm); sheet: 25 7/8 x 25 7/8" (65.7 x 65.7cm). Technically, since this print (originally titled "Four Figures on an Orange Square" when created in 1965") now is functioning as the Exhibition Poster for Trova's "Recent Sculpture..." exhibition at Hayden Gallery at MIT Feb-March, 1967 the new name that distinguishes between the two prints is: "Recent Sculpture, January 1967, Pace Gallery, New York" (according to MOMA, which owns both prints) Print Condition: some compression creasing virtually invisible in normal lighting; easily seen in a strong, raking, light: for the photo we took to illustrate the issue we used a high intensity halogen lamp shining directly 90 degress across the surface of the print; the most merciless, revealing lighting possible. Otherwise, the print is in gorgeous condition, never framed, rolled or folded, and… Read More

New York: Pace Gallery, 1972. First Edition. Screenprint. Very Good+. Silkscreen on heavy wove stock. Sheet measurements: 31 1/2" x 24 7/8". From the Falling Man Series; title: "Target". Print Condition is very good with some trimming to margins, small superficial abrasions, difficult to see. Colors are brilliant, intense and unfaded, print never framed or hung. Please see photographs as part of condition report. Provenance: From the Charles Foley Gallery Collection (Columbus, OH). The original exhibition ran from January 19th to February 28th of 1972 in Columbus, Ohio. This poster depicts a unique cross/spiral like design in the center that is comprised of four different human figures, which has a colorful palette featuring red, yellow, green, and blue shades with various text regarding the exhibition along the bottom.

New York: Pace Gallery, 1977. First Edition. Lithograph. Fine. Original stone lithograph published in an unnumbered edition of 2000 in 1977. Artist: Jack Youngerman. Title: At Pace-Columbus. Year: 1977 Medium: Lithograph Paper Size: 29 x 23 inches Image Size: 25 x 20.25 inches Edition Size: 2000 Condition: Fine, very light signs of handling. "People of a certain age all know the work of Youngerman, as he was in cahoots with Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin et al. as part of the Coenties Slip microcosm at the seaport in Lower Manhattan. I respect him even more today for the quietude he keeps-he shies away from the art market circuit." Calder Foundation President Sandy Rower.

Screenprint. Good. Vintage Hoxie Bros Big Three Ring Circus Poster approx 29" x 28". Myerstown (Pennsylvania?) circa 1970's. Poster condition: Good+; fold marks, chipping to edges, occassional wrinkle, and a few small stains. Still, a bright, vibrant piece of circus ephemera. Shipped completely protected in large cardboard tube.

London: Edward Arnold, 1913. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. vii, 120pp. 20cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original quarter parchment over boards, green lettering to spine. Book Condition: perished at the spine ends, corners bent with some board showing, various bumps and bruises. Foxing to the endpapers which were not printed on the same lovely, handmade, watermarked, laid paper as the book proper was. With rough cut edges all round the text block is bright and pristine. Introduction by the author explaining that the first edition was published 20 years prior and out of print almost immediately. Includes poems not in first edition. It is interesting that the second edition is more scarce than the first with Worldcat showing no institutional holdings of the print version of this second edition, only e-books.

Richmond: Baughman Co, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Very Good +. xix, 323 pages 5 maps (4 folded in pocket) 23 cm. Softcover. Book Condition: wear to extremities, covers show bits of chipping with finger soiling to top, fore and bottom edges, light toning to pages and covers. Text block intact and unmarked, sound binding. Maps collated and perfect with no evidence of having ever been removed from pocket. A sharp copy of a title rarely found to offered by the trade. Designed to serve as a reference or source book for all high school grades in Virginia.

Paris: F. Hazan, 1973. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good -. 287 pp. including bibliography and index. Oblong 4to. Red cloth over boards, gilt lettering. Book Condtion: Lightly soiled else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Nicked around the edges with chips and tears, a bit grotty.