Search Results: Authors starting with V from THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY

FLOOD by Vachss and A ROMAN TALE by Baker, D. Fine, 1985, first edition., some tanning to the spine and front cover margins, else fine in wraps. Advance uncorrected excerpts from both novels. Vachss first book. SIGNED by Vachss.

BATMAN - THE ULTIMATE EVIL, Warner Books, 1995, first edition., fine in wraps. Uncorrected proof.

A HISTORY OF THE MCGUFFEY READERS, Privately Printed / Cleveland, 1910, first edition., head of spine chipped, light wear to lower section of spine, some wear to the r.p.d., else a near vg copy. #4/350 copies.

A COLORSLIDE TOUR OF THE ACADEMIA GALLERY - VENICE, Abrams, 1961, first edition., head of spine bumped else a a vg+ to near fine copy. The 32 color slides are present,however the record by Basil Rathbone, which likewise is present, is broken.

CACTUS LEAGUE ROAD TRIP, Penguin, 1990, first edition., very fine in wraps. Review copy with review slip laid in.

SHAKESPEARIAN TALES IN VERSE FOR CHILDREN, McLoughlin, 1882, first edition, some wear to the board edges, fore edge corner tips and spine extremities, else a good to very good copy with near fine contents bound in full color pictorial boards with color illustrations on every page. Apparently quite scarce as we can only locate holdings at both Yale & Princeton, each who report undated issues (stating circa 1890) while ours is clearly dated 1882 at the base of the front cover.

LITTERATURE, Librairie Gallimard, 1930, first edition., fine in wraps and lightly worn glassine dust-wrapper. 1/4,050 copies. Text in French of course.

AMERICA'S TROUBADOUR! RUDY VALLEE JIG-SAW PUZZLE, Einson Freeman Company, Inc. / The American News Company, ca. 1933, first edition, a bright vg+ or better copy in full color pictorial box.

THE BOY WHO SAVED THE STARS, O'Quinn Studios, 1978, first edition., fine in dust-wrapper. Text by Doris & numerous full color illustrations by Boris. INSCRIBED by both Vallejos to a small press publisher. Quite uncommon.

THE POLAR EXPRESS, Houghton MIfflin, 1985, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper with one short closed tear. A CALDECOTT winner and the source book for the film of the same name.

MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYMES, Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1970, first edition, a fine copy with untrimmed fore edge and b.p.e.'s. The colophon page states a limited edition of 300 copies but the Harlan bibliography of Grabhorn-Hoyem lists only 200 copies. That bibliography further states that only "A few copies [were] bound in blue decorated boards, blue cloth back, title in blue on front cover and in blue on blue label on spine." This is one of those copies.

A BOY OF OLD JAPAN, Lee & Shepard, 1901, first edition., some light dust-soil to the covers, else a tight vg+ copy in the publishers original white, red, black & Torquoise stamped pictorial cloth. Illustrated with colored photos. A tale of 19th century Japan.

THE WORLD OF JAMES VAN DERZEE: A VISUAL RECORD OF BLACK AMERICANS, Grove Press, 1969, first edition., fine in near fine dust-wrapper with some light fraying to the upper margin. Illustrated with photographs. Compiled by Reginald McGhee.

THE GRACIE ALLEN MURDER CASE, Scribners, 1938, first edition, wear to the lower corner tips and bottom edge of the rear cover, else a bright vg copy. Philo Vance. 

THE CASINO MURDER CASE, Scribners, 1934, first edition, a bright vg+/near fine copy in an equally bright vg+ dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear, mostly to the base of the dust-wrapper spine. Philo Vance. Successfully filmed in 1935.

THE CANARY MURDER CASE, Scribners 1928, a tight vg copy in a like dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. Philo Vance of course.

THE KENNEL MURDER CASE, Scribners, 1933, first edition., foxing to the end-papers and paste-downs, else vg+ in a bright vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. Philo Vance. 

THE BISHOP MURDER CASE, Scribners, 1929, first edition., a near vg copy. Philo Vance of course.

THE GREENE MURDER CASE, Scribners, 1928, first edition, f.e.p. wanting, some lettering on spine dulled, else a bright vg+ copy. Philo Vance of course.

THE BENSON MURDER CASE, Scribners, 1928, slight wear to the upper spine extremity, else a vg copy of this, the first Philo Vance mystery. HAYCRAFT/QUEEN corner-stone.