Search Results: Authors starting with V from Old Saratoga Books

Milan: Amilcare Pizzi. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Lacks slipcase. Jacket scuffed.. 1989. Hardcover. Tan cloth binding. Many photos and illustrations. Documents the restoration of the famed equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius in Rome's Campodiglio. Text in English. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 277 pages .

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn and soiled.. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Yellow illustrated cloth. Delightful children's book in French (but for the jacket flaps) featuring three stories about a young boy named Henri and his cat Michel. Color illustrations by Virginia Kahl. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 62 pages .

Prague: Vysehrad. Very Good; Price sticker liftoff on front covers.. 1990. Softcover. 807021046X . Czech fairy tales. Color illustrations by Jiri Trnka. Text in Czech. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

NY: Harper and Brothers. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered, owner name on front . pastedown endpaper.. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 235pp. Red cloth spine with navy cloth sides. Map endpapers. Photos, index. Profile of the Graf Zeppelin, its global travels, and its commander, Dr. Hugo Eckener. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: Broadway Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. First Printing. Hardcover. 0767904206 . Inscribed and dated by the author on the title page. Index, bibliography, notes, photos. A detailed biography of dancer and choreographer Jerome Robbins. ; 675 pages .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Rear endpaper creased, jacket . price-clipped and rubbed.. 1998. First Printing. Hardcover. 0395652413 . Signed by the author on the title page. White paper quarter-bound in white cloth. viii, 470pp. Black and white photo section, acknowledgments, notes, bibliography, and index. Drawing on a hitherto untapped wealth of family diaries, photographs, letters and other papers, as well as on archival research and interviews on two continents, Vaill has documented the pivotal role of the Murphys in the interplay of cultures that gave rise to the Lost Generation. (from front jacket flap) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New Canaan, CT: Splendid Gardens Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly scuffed.. 2007. Hardcover. Bibliography, many color photos. Royal blue cloth. History of Moravia and brief histories of many gardens in Moravia. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 206 pages .

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edges foxed.. 1973. Hardcover. 0802001688 . Xxxviii, 305pp. Mauve cloth binding. Illustrations, catalogue of Unamuno's readings, appendices. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Southampton, NY: Valiunas Publishing Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped.. 1988. First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth. Black and white photos, index. History of Lithuania focusing on the WWII and Soviet occupation era and the period’s inherent political turmoil. Inscribed by the author to former US Senator James L. Buckley. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages .

Washington, DC: American Literary Accents / Acentos Literarios Americanos. Very Good; Covers toned, staples rusted.. 1966. Softcover. Stapled white card covers printed in red and black. Translated by Helen Wohl Patterson. Index, biographies of the translator and author. Bilingual collection of poems by the Chilean author. Inscribed to Victor Coleman on front free endpaper and beneath is Valjalo's Hollywood, California address stamp. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 24 pages .

Washington, DC: American Literary Accents / Acentos Literarios Americanos. Very Good; Covers toned, staples rusted.. 1966. Softcover. Inscribed by Valjalo to Beat poet/playwright Michael McClure on the front free endpaper. Beneath is Valjalo's Hollywood, California address stamp. Stapled white card covers printed in red and black. Index. Translated by Helen Wohl Patterson. Index, biographies of the translator and author. Bilingual collection of the Chilean author's poems. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 24 pages .

Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Good; Edges rubbed.. 1981. First Printing. Softcover. 0919812147 . xi, 114pp. Foreword, abbreviations list, notes, and bibliography. Vallee analyzes the arguments of each of the three heresiologists in order to discern the central concerns of each. A volume in the Studies in Christianity and Judaism series. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: Ballantine Books. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, jacket flaps clipped, owner address label on front jacket flap, jacket lightly tattered.. 1982. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Introduction by Boris Vallejo. Poetry by his wife, Doris Vallejo, accompanying color illustrations of his erotic fantasy art. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press. Very Good; Bookplate ghost front free endpaper, pink paint on lower corner . of front boards.. 1982. Leather. Black leather binding titled in gilt. Many color and black and white illustrations and photos. All edges gilt. Silk ribbon marker. Monograph on the life and work of French artist Henri Rousseau. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 95 pages .

Edinburgh, Oakland, And West Virginia: AK Press / Nabat. Very Good; Remainder stripe on page bottoms.. 2004. Reprint. Softcover. 1902593863 . Reprint of this memoir, first published in 1941, by German-born revolutionary, "the best cautionary tale of political fanaticism ever written." Includes discussion of Krebs' years as a Communist agent, time in German and American prisons, fought Stalin, and survived the Great Depression. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 674 pages .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket rubbed at corners, spine and . edges.. 2002. First Printing. Hardcover. 0618253963 . Another imaginative and mind-bending children's picture book by the two-time Caldecott Medal winner. The book was the basis for the 2005 film of the same title. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket rubbed.. 1995. Hardcover. 9780395673478 . Delightful cowboy story written and illustrated by two-time Caldecott medalist Chris van Allsburg. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket scratched and rubbed.. 1982. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9780395320846 . Fantastic adventures beset a little boy in this picture book by the two-time Caldecott medalist, Chris Van Allsburg. ; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket rubbed.. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9780395533079 . Dazzling illustrations by the two-time Caldecott medalist. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9780395533086 . Young Walter is not very concerned about protecting the Earth until he has a strange dream. Written and illustrated by the two-time Caldecott medalist. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .