Search Results: Authors starting with V from Pazzo Books

Moscow: Mir, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Wear and chipping to jacket edges; first English language edition, from the 1986 Russian. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; ISBN: 5030007512. ISBN/EAN: 9785030007519. Inventory No: 038799.

Nancy: Hissette, 1815. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition. Leather backed marbled boards, very light edgewar. 3 works bound in one, 1815, 1810, 1817 respectively. 165; [4], 137; 120, [2] pp. With 7 folding plates in sepia. Inscription to final half title, unmarked and very clean. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Inventory No: 046436.

Madrid: Julian Viana Razola, 1834. Later Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Good Condition. Full vellum, browned, marks (pencil?) inner hinge cracked and text block coming loose, old signatures to title, notes to endpapers, otherwise clean internally. New Edition. 504pp Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Reference; Language & Linguistics. Inventory No: 045436.

Venice: Bonetus Locatellus, for Octavianus Scotus, 1493. Early Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Bound in an old manuscript parchment leaf, vellum spine, degraded, stained. An old, ca 17th or early 18th century, rebinding. Pastedowns wormed, Dampstain to first 20 leaves, scattered browning, heavy to some leaves, minor ink stains. Notes, manicules and underlining in a contemporary hand throughout but not pervasive. (3), 206 leaves (0f 210, lacking rear blank). Rear blank replaced with laid paper with fleur de lis watermark. A finely printed incunable edition of Valerius Maximus's stories of Roman society. Set in a humanist typeface with the commentary of Oliverius Arziganensis which first appeared in 1487. Maximus's collection of around 1000 short tales and anecdotes of Roman life was foundational to the Renaissance as it provided often the sole pool of information about aspects of Roman life that were being widely emulated, especially in Italy and France. This edition was printed 9… Read More

Lyon: Widow of Antoine de Harsy, 1615. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf, cover neatly detached, old library label inside front cover, embossed stamp to title, old withdrawn stamp to title verso, endpapers and title a bit rumpled, scatterred minor foxing and wear, generally very good internally. (24), 336, (8)pp. Gorton, in his biographical dictionary describes Vanini as "a writer stigmatized with atheism". Vanini published this in 1615 this work which though mystical in nature, wasn't heretical and it was licensed - his next work, the next year, was burnt and he was sentenced to have his tongue plucked out and himself burned which he was on Feburary 19, 1619. Brunet 5 1075, Ferguson II 726 Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Magic, Paranormal & Occult. Inventory No: 046711.

Paris: Joseph de Boffe, 1798. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Volumes 30-31 of the seminal French scientific journal, still published today. Early blue paper wraps, worn and discolored, volume 31 split cleanly down the middle. Page edges worn and a little soiled, partially unopened - scattered light foxing but largely clean. Dated year VII of the Jacobin calendar. 344pp; 336pp with 1 plate. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042674.

Paris: Hachette, 1888. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition. 1/4 red leather over marbled boards. Moderate wear at the edges, scattered foxing. Large folding map at the rear. Les Derniers Cannibales; Iles de Terres Oceaniennes; La Race Polynesienne; San Francisco. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Inventory No: 045070.

Lyon: Deux-Collines, 1951. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Original purple wraps over card covers, slightly sunned, browning from wraps on endpapers. Inscribed by Varille. 113 of 500 copies. 113pp Charming little illustrated history of vinegar. Size: 12mo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000832.

London: various, 1800. First Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Very Good Condition. Volumes of uniformly bound up reports from the early to mid 19th century (w/ one bill from 1792). Volumes on Hop Duties (with folding tables of land under cultivation for hops, report of the select committee appointed to inquire into the operation of the excise and customs duties upon hops, etc.), light tide mark to much of the volume, unmarked otherwise; 3 bound volumes of Reports from the Select Committee on Sale of Beer from 1833, 1850, 1855, 1 volumes Report from the Committee on Public Breweries (1818), 1 volume of Bills on licensing of Alehouses, Trade of Victuallers from England and Scotland - ca. 42 bills from 1792 to 1854, most shorter than 20 pages, the final Report from the Select Committee on Public Houses 347pp - the final vol is a Report on Public Houses from 1853, 770pp, and reprints of sale of beer reports. Large collection of reports and data on the 19th century beer trade in Britain - just a… Read More

1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Seven books from Sante's library, four with her fingerprint ex-libris stamp on the title page, all with various wear, "Boss" Tweed with a separated textblock. Various previous owner marks, a few with old Strand prices (where Sante worked), one with a NYC YMCA discard stamp. A nice group of NYC histories from the library of the great historian of New York's underbelly. Author of Low Life, Evidence, etc. The books are: Master of Manhattan by Stoddard (in a library rebinding) "Boss" Tweed by Lynch Manhattan Kaleidoscope by Weitenkampf Daughter of the Tenements by Townsend (these first with Sante's stamp) The Belgins, First Settlers in New York by Bayer Astor Place RIot by Moody Tammany Halll by Werner Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 047828.

Haarlem: Erven F. Bohn, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Near Fine Condition. Bauer, M.A.J.. A lovely edition, one of 200 copies on Van Gelder (this one unnumbered and unsigned) with a profusion of color illustrations by Bauer. In a fine art deco binding of blue morroco with gilt decoration, turn ins; unsigned. SLight browning from turn ins to decorative endpapers, spine faded to teal - a lovely binding on a fine edition of this tale from the Arabian Nights. 174,(2)p. Top edge gilt, original wrappers bound in, in a morocco tipped slipcase matching the endpapers. Slight soiling to slipcase. 174 (1)pp. Size: Quarto (4to). Illustrator: Bauer, M.A.J.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Myths, Legends & Folklore; Inventory No: 048091.

Newton Highlands, MA, 1895. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Small booklet, light dampstain to upper corner, cover discolored, generally clean internally. Published in connection with their fair and a limited souvenir edition. 24pp with advertising interspersed. One copy in OCLC, not in Cook (America's Charitable Cooks). Nicely printed pamphlet with the contributors credited. Mock oysters, Spanish Cream, Bride's Cake,Maple Sugar Frosting, Doughnuts. Size: 12mo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000785.

52 issues plus supplements bound up in half leather, neatly respines. SOme loose pages, but generally clean and unmarked internally, scattered foxing. With all or nearly all the weekly color illustrations. A nice run of this important fashion magazine. With all 52 4 page supplements. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Inventory No: 048428.

Rome: Editalia, 1967. Hardcover (Full Leather). Near Fine Condition. 5 volumes in brown leather in a matching leather slipcase with base. Poetry, stories, proverbs of Milan. Slight fading to spines. Each 1 3/4" x 1 1/2" Size: Miniature. 5-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 048486.

Rome: Editalia, 1967. Hardcover (Full Leather). Near Fine Condition. 5 volumes in brown leather in a matching leather slipcase with base. Poetry, stories, proverbs of Milan. Slight fading to spines. Each 1 3/4" x 1 1/2" Amore di Roma, Stornelli Romani, Pasquinate, Poesia Romanesca, Proverbi Romani Size: Miniature. 5-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 048489.

Paris: Rosa y Bouret, 1872. Later Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Fair Condition. Orignal black cloth, worn at edges, corners rounded, front joint reinforced with cloth tape and rear weak, evidence of having been reglued at some point, wear to page edges, one page encapsulated in japanese paper at some point, a bit shaken overall with some loose signatures, but still a complete and usable example of this cookbook, originally published in 1845. Not in Cagle, Bitting, Vicaire, etc. 966pp arranged alphabetically with 6 place setting and carving plates at the rear.Nuevo Cocinero serves as a sort of counterpoint to the Nationalistic aspirations of El Cocinero Mexicano (1831). Earlier editions castigated readers for serving tamales (poor people's food) and though later editions removed this exhortation, it remained an upper-class French cookbook going so far as to invoke Careme and Beauvilliers on the title page (written in the shape of a wine glass). But, for all that, the author heaps praise on… Read More

Madrid: Villalpando, 1807. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary acid sheep, modest wear, still very sound. Unmarked internally. xiv, 280pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Cooking, Wine & Dining. Inventory No: 045527.

Paris: Librairie Schwarz, 1916. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Undated, ca. 1916 - issues 1-52, 55 & 56 in 5 portfolios with ties. Portfolios variously worn, rubbed, one missing spine strip - individual issues with mild uniform browning, but otherwise very good. Each with maps, photos, and a section of narrative. Size: Octavo (8vo). 5 volumes of the 10-volume set. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Inventory No: 046347.

Milan: Canadelli, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Heavy wear to edges of the decorative boards, a few loose pages, wear to the fore edge of a few plates, scattered foxing. 23 often striking engravings - a lovely collection. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: 040683.

Trenton, NJ: Trenton Potteries, 1915. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition. Moderate general wear toblack buckram, a little shaken and binding loose but intact. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Heavy foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Engineering, Industrial & Trades; Inventory No: 041557.