Search Results: Authors starting with V from Quiet Friends

NY: Frankel. VG 3/4 Morocco cover. FINE plates BUT: outer margins aged a bit.. 1931. 1st trade ed.. Hardcover. VG book. Folio. 8 page intro, plates, 24p list of plates, 6p location list of paintings. Plates w captioned tissue guards. . Marroon morocco. Marroon cloth boards. Leather edges gilt ruled. 6 gilt dotted & ruled ribs. Each panel w 3 gilt ruled edges. Tips w minor wear. Spine ends frayed. Cover extrems worn but NEAR FINE inside. Plate margins faintly aging. Preceeded by a limited edition. .

Boston: Moughton Miff. VG book, VG D/J. SIGNED.. 1979. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, VG D/J(in Brodart). SIGNED & inscribed. Book's spine ends wrinkled. DJ whole & clean, rubbed extrems. 8vo, 400pp. .

Cambridge: Harvard U Press. VG+ book, GOOD DJ. SIGNED, inscribed presentation copy.. 1961. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG+ book, GOOD DJ(in Btodart). Earle C. Clements bkplt, the inscribee. Vali's neatly inked note to Clements faces bkplt. . Clements was a KY congressman, senator and governor. He was involved in LBJ's vice presidential run. Book's outer surfaces with minor flaws. Strictly FINE inside. Bright but worn DJ complete with $9.75 price. Long closed tears on front panel bottom & a 2" chip in upper rear. .

Dublin: Faulkner, Ewing, Moncrieffe.. VG book. FINE text. 1st ed. Text block edges tinted a light red.. 1773. 1st edition. Hardcover. VG book. FINE text. Modern rebind in black leather. Tight. (8),(i),ii-li,(1)-7,plt 1,8-148,plts 2-8,149-192pp. . Leaves are 227mm high. Collated complete. Leaves as bright as new. No aging or foxing. A few leaves with a spot of very light soiling. There are two bits of relevant marginalia. Page 28, titled "Of the Modern Alphabet" lists 17 letters, numbered 1-17. Letters numbered 13 and 14 have a pencilled note between them: "omitted R". After the number 17 is the pencilled note: "eighteen". The first plate stands by itself after page 7. At the top of the 2nd plate, which is positioned just after page 148, is a pencilled note about plate 1's exact location. About 6 leaves with short closed margin tears, one of which with an associated 1/2" chip. .

NY: Richard R Smith. GOOD+ book, GOOD+ DJ(in Brodart). Clean. Tight. VG text.. 1931. 1st edition.. Hardcover.

NY: Morrow. VG+ book, VG D/J. SIGNED.. 1981. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, VG D/J(in Brodart). SIGNED fep. Bright DJ but corners worn, bottom 1/8" @ spine worn away. .

Washington, NY: Robert Luce. VG book, VG DJ(in Brodart). SIGNED. Bright book & DJ.. 1972. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, VG DJ. SIGNED fep. Several p corners turned down. Fair amount of neat inked underlining. DJ w 1/2" & short tears. .

New York: Viking. VG book, no DJ. SIGNED on fep. Clean & tight. Faded cover.. 1945. 1st edition.. Hardcover.

NY: Knopf. VG book, no DJ. Near flawless but rubbed extrems & faded spine.. 8vo. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. Crisply & clearly SIGNED "Carl Van Doren" on first blank ep. Gilt lettered black cloth. 8vo, 262pp. . A really nice book. Very tight, stays closed when stood on its spine. Red stained top edge and all three edges are as clean & spotless as new. Black cloth cover with few 1/8" scraped spots. A newspaper photo of Van Doren has lightly browned inside cover. .

NY: Crowell. VG+ book, no DJ. Orig green ribbed cloth. Gilt & red lettering.. 1903. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG+ book, no DJ. TEG. Tight. FINE inside BUT: neatly inked gift card on fep. Bright cover. Extrems w minor wear. 8vo, 74pp. .

Saranac Lake: Adirondack Yesteryears. 1986, (1967cp). 2nd printing.. Hardcover. AS NEW book, AS NEW DJ. This book was from an unopened box in the Adirondack Mountain Club archives. .

Phila & NY: Lippincott. AS NEW book, FINE DJ(in Brodart).. 1972. 1st edition.. Hardcover. AS NEW book, FINE DJ. DJ spine sunned a bit, spine top w few 1/8" tears. Two page list of published works, 18 page index. .

Phila & NY: Lippincott. AS NEW book, FINE DJ(in Brodart).. 1972. 1st edition.. Hardcover. AS NEW book, FINE DJ. DJ spine sunned a bit, spine top w few 1/8" tears. Two page list of published works, 18 page index. .

Albany: Southwick. GOOD(badly worn) books. Orig full polished brown calf. Tight.. 1813. Hardcover. GOOD(badly worn) books. Red leather spine labels. Most of vol 1 is a summary of pre 1813 laws, most of vol 2 is 1813 laws passed . 8vo, 592, 570pp. Vol 1 front cover hinge strengthened with archival tissue. Light aging, soiling and foxing. Few page margins of vol 2 damp stained. .

NY: Dday. GOOD book, VG DJ. SIGNED.. 1978. 1st edition.. Hardcover. GOOD book, VG D/J(in Brodart). SIGNED FEP. FINE inside but book's top edge soiled. DJ edgeworn. .

NY: Knopf. VG book, FAIR DJ. Neatly inked name/address inside. 7.5"x5".. (1928). 2rd printing.. Hardcover. VG book, FAIR DJ(in Brodart). Bright book & DJ. Tan cloth with faded gilt spine lettering. Blue/green stained top edge. . Book FINE inside. Spine sunned a tiny bit. Top edge slightly discolored. Bright but worn DJ, complete with $2.50 price. All fold edges with small holes worn through. Front panel almost totally detached from spine, internally repaired with archival tissue. Other 3 fold lines have been selectivly reinforced. DJ spine end wear into author & publisher lettering. .

NY Chicago: Bedford Clarke.. GOOD book. Colorful cover. Spine, edges, extrems with minor wear. 1884. 1st or early.. Hardcover. GOOD book. Paper covered boards. Color litho wraparound design by Central Litho & Eng Co, Chicago. Square 8vo, viii, 9-314pp. . Spine & front cover with author/title publisher & litho info. Front a geometric/palm design with inset vignette of camels on river bank. Rear of colorfully dressed Indian women. FEP w neatly inked note & name dated 1888. Front inner hinge cracked. Rear sound. Text age browned but no soiling, foxing, dampstaining, etc. Several signatures starting but not yet loose. Illustration index is double columned on two pages. .

Paris: Executive Liason section. VG book. 1st ed. Vandenberg's crisp signature on intro page.. (1945). 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book. Unpaginated. Primarily a picture book. Almost 50 pages of reproductions of action paintings by Capt. Milton Marx. . Bright book. 4 flaws. (1) Rubbed edges. (2) Top 2" of spine starting to separate. (3) Intro page with a 1"x2" stain. (4) Three text sentences underlined in red. Contents otherwise flawless. All painting repros as bright & colorful as new. After WWII Vandenberg became the CIA's 2nd director. Wikipedia: Vandenberg was a handsome man who Marilyn Monroe said would be one of three she'd choose to be on a desert island with. .

NY: printed by J&J Harper. GOOD (worn) book, with Hudson River accordian map. 6"x4", 59pp.. 1830. 1st edition. Hardcover. GOOD booklet. 6" X 4", 59 pages. Howes V-28. Frontis map unfolds to 40". Salmon spine. Paper label on yellow boards. . (title continues) "comprising also the Routes to Lebanon, Ballston, and Saratoga Springs". Title has no mention of Niagara Falls as found in later states. This 1830 1st edition scarce. Last ABPC sale of an 1830 in late 1940s. Last Rare Book Hub entries in 1989, 1980, 1942 & 1929. Cover soiled & worn but paper cover label lettering still clear. Map lightly aged and foxed, text more so. BUT ZERO damp staining, names, address, marginalia, etc. Map with few fold line tears. The inner most sections with many extra fold lines. Map titled: "An Improved MAP of the HUDSON RIVER ((with the)) Post Roads Between N.York and Albany Published by the ? Mahon & Co Drawn & Engraved Expressly for the Tourist 1830". .

NY: Hnopf. VG book, no DJ. SIGNED .. 1930 (1930cp). 1st likely.. Hardcover. VG book, no D/J. SIGNED on 2nd blank. FINE inside but: inked name. Cover a little dull. 12mo, 139pp. .