Search Results: Authors starting with V from North Country Books

NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1888. First printing. Hardcover. Good plus. Red cloth backed with marbled paper over boards, visible edge wear, none severe, gilt spine title still bright; small binding lean, one signature slightly loosened but still firmly attached. Paper age toned, uniformly but not brittle. 178 pp., plus advertisements. Scarce title. A novel of the supernatural and reincarnation (from research, also described as science fiction). The term metemephychosis means "the passing of the soul at death into another body either human or animal."

Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1986. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover as new without any marking in lightly worn dust jacket Appears unread.

NY: Clarion Books, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Vladimir Vagin. Hardcover book with dust jacket. Presentation copy from both the author and illustrator with illustration on the front fly leaf; also includes is a Christmas card by Edward Gory, that is also inscribed by the author and illustrator of the book (lacking envelope); the writing is in one hand, so it is either the author or illustrator, but I believe it is the illustrator, Vain. Condition: like new, appears unread, dust jacket with minor wear not price-clipped and now protected in a clear archival sleeve. Further details given, and questions are always welcome. Scans can be made upon request.

NY: Harper Collins, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. VG or better in NF dust jacket. Hardcover with dust jacket; presentation copy from the illustrator with illustration on the front paste-down board. Condition: Minor wear, clean and tight copy. Front fly leaf pulled, o/w clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has minor wear, very clean, not price clipped.

Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991. Paperback. VG++. Trade paperback with light wear, no spine crease; internally fine, unmarked. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.

NY: Delacorte Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in VG+ dust jacket. A very nice unread (very tight copy). Dust jacket has very light wear, spine just a bit faded, not price-clipped and now protected in a clear archival cover. 254 [1] pages. Signed by the author on the title page below his printed name.

National Park Service, US Department of the Interior, 1979. Paperback. VG++. Oversize stapled wraps with light cover wear, tightly bound; internally fine, bright, clean and unmarked. 168 pages, illustrated Experienced full-time used & antiquarian bookseller since 1994. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.

NY: iUniverse, 2001. Paperback. VG+. Trade paperback with light front cover wear only, clean, no spine crease; an unmrked copy with clean pages. An excellent reading copy.

Leiden University Press, 1982. Paperback. Good Plus. The text is in English. Paper wraps, with wear to corners, clean and well bound. Pen and pencil notes to half-title and Contents pages. and a few interior pages also marked, but very limited. Most of the book is unmarked, as well as clean. 463 page. Type in typewirter font style, doube spaced.

Utrecht, A. Oosthoek 1932. Paperback. Good Plus. Wraps with light cover wear, well bound, clean, unmarked. Most leave remain uncut. Text in German

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons / Scribner's Crime Classics, [1967]. First Paperback Printing. Paperback. Very Good (or better). Mass market paperback with light wear, clean, well bound, unmarked with clean pages. Note: the copyright date is the only date given 1967 but this is a later printing and appears to be the first by Scribner's. Other listings state this edition with the colorful cover illustration as being published din 1979.

NY, [1929] 1930. Early reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine in Poor/Fair dust jacket. Textured red hardcover with minor wear, bright and clean, tightly bound, internally -- name on front flyleaf, else fine, bright, clean and unmarked. Uncommon dust jacket is heavily worn/damp stained; it is plain except for the spine which has red printing. viii, 348 pages, frontispiece by Herbert Stoops, fold-out map Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.

Peter E. Randall, 2013. Paperback. VG++. Trade paperback appears unread, light cover wear, clean, no spine crease; free of markings pages clean. Illustrated. Signed by two of the 7 writers: Bob Chamberlin and David Van Wie.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. LIke New in VG++ dust jacket. A well kept copy. A mint copy in reddish hardcover, not faults to note - crisp and clean, free of marking; Dust jacket illustrated by Dennis Lo, very light wear, clean, some sunning to spine, now protected in a clear archival cover. A superb copy in the hardcover book club edition for the fussy reader/collector. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.

Random House Inc., 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. VG+ in VG+ dust jacket. Only light shelf wear, clean and tightly bound, contents free of marking, bright and clean. Only light wear to dust jacket, clean, not price-clipped.

Los Angeles: Earle D. Vandekar, 1981. Paperback. VG+. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch oblong stapled wraps, light wear and discoloration to front cover, minor; tightly bound, text is clean and unmarked. 24 pages, including the covers; postcard stapled in unused, list of exhibition dates in rear. Color illustrated. Mostly selected ceramics, with Russian Chandelier and Sheraton bookcase as well. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome!

Center for Creative Photography/University of Arizona, 1981. Paperback. Near Fine. Oversize wraps with minor wear, no spine crease; internally fine, unmarked. Includes two essays " Imagination, Phototechnics, and Chance: The Work of Barbara Crane" by Estelle Jussim. "Recollections" by Paul Vanderbilt. x, 124, illustrated, color and b/w Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1989. First Canadian Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in NF dust jacket. Hardcover with minor wear, clean, tight, unmarked --- appears unread. Very light wear to dust jacket, clean, not price-clipped.

NY: The Hyperion Press / Harper & Brothers, 1941. First edition?. Hardcover. Very Good Plus in Fair dust jacket. Oversize tan cloth hardcover, age discoloration to spine and cover edges, light shelf wear, rubbing to head of spine, tightly bound, some age toning to end pages, o/w contents bright, clean and unmarked. Dust jacket with moderate wear, including tears and discoloration, quite acceptable in a clear archival sleeve. Because of large format this book ships domestic Media mail only; no extra shipping fees are required. 74pp. including illus. and 16 full-page color plates. Questions welcome. Images can be made upon request.

NY: Farrar, Straus and Company, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. VG+ in NF dust jacket. Hardcover binding look new, tightly bound, a label removed from the blank flyleaf with minor rubbing/discoloration (o/w would grade near fine), clean and unmarked pages. Minor wear to dust jacket, clean, not price-clipped