Search Results: Titles starting with V from poor mans books

NY: (D. B. Updike, the Merrymount Press) , Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; [vi], 341, [2]; [vi], 311, [1] pages; Feb 1902 (D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press). 1st/1st. Red cloth. Light shelfwear with minor lean. Edith's first novel. .

London: John W. Parker,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. South America; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; ix, [10]-138, ads [6] pages; Orig publisher's blue-green cloth; spine ends chipped, corners thumbed, front hinge cracked. Pages very good. Includes 'Lady of Potosi' Peru and 'The Leicesters or English in HIndostan' first edition. None found in records, WorldCat locates but 4 copies. Quite scarce. .

Chicago: Normandie House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Marxism; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 63 pages; Dedicated to Comrade Mrs Berger with appreciation for fighting Fascism, signed by author on first blank. One of 400 copies. Only a few were signed. Graphic of signature also available. ; Signed by Author .

Greenwich: N. Y.: Graphic Society. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio 13" - 23" tal; 1/895 numbered copies (from total edition of 1000 copies). Tall 4to, light gray cloth, text with 115 b/w and color reproductions. Tight, clean copy, slight sunning at edges, dust wrapper also quite good. In what appears to be an original clear outer wrapper. .

Skira Art Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; Spr 7" x 8". March 1956. DJ with light edgewear. Loaded with tipped in color plates of various aspects of Venice and it's history. From a du Pont family library. Gifted in pencil, : To Jessie Ball Dupont from John and Diana Ellesmere [Earl and Countess of Ellesmere]." Shropshire England. A little waving to text from the presence of the plates. ; Signed by Notable Personage, Unrelated .

Dillingae: J. C. Bencard. Good with no dust jacket. 1691. Hardcover. 448 pages; 4 x 6.5". Ex- St Alphonsus library. 3/4 black calf over marbled paper. Cover worn. Contents with library markings, otherwise clean and bright. The conversion of the Heretics by the Heretic, OCLC Number: 495221232. Complete in one volume. Authore Adm. R. P. Thyrso Gonzalez De Santalla, e Soc. Jesu, In Salmanticensi Academia SS. Theologiae Primario Antecessore Emerito, Nunc Universae Societatis Jesu Praeposito Generali. Title page in red and black. .

NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Distributed By Harry N. Abrams,. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. B/w and color; 125 [1] pages; Aprx 10.25 x 9.5". Clean and sharp. .

Middlesex , NY: Rochester Art Guild. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Thin 8vo. Boards. Near fine. #487 of 500. Signed and dedicated on first blank. Gourmet egg recipes such as Shirred Eggs, Sicilian, Eggs Omar Pasha, Eggs Bordeaux, etc. .

Privately Printed. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1916. Second Edition. Hardcover. Tipped in card from Mr and Mrs Edwin H Anderson with Christmas greetings. The 1896 original had fifteen poems and this edition adds 4 more written source that date. Not a print on demand, but an original. Some toning to cover edges. .

Paris: Verve. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1940. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; Folio 13" - 23" tall; *Verve, Volume One, Number Three, October-December. [ contains colored lithos Bonnard 2, Rattner, Klee, probably lacking Chagall and Miro] *Verve, No. 8, Vol. 2, September- November 1940[with tipped in note stating it was shipped just days before the German occupation; Roualt etc, tipped in plates]. *Verve, Vol. IV, No. 13. *Stage - February 1936 with George M. Cohan on the cover. [Verve bound without wrappersVol 1 No 3 Oct- Dec 1938Colored lithos Pantheon present Four Seasons- Miro & Chagall missing, Rattner & Klee presentVol 2, No 8 Sept-Nov 1940 Color litho Bonnard 2pp present. Vol IV No 13 1945 Lacking frontis Pp 57-58 and 59-60 present 2 portraits of Angèle Lamotte on Marais]. Bound with "Stage" [wraps present]*Stage - July 1936 *Stage - August 1936 *Stage - November 1936. Uncollated. Clean. Solidly bound in red cloth with fraying to head and… Read More

Naples: Tipografia Di Angelo Trani. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1817. Second Revised Edition. Paperback. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 pages; VIAGGIO A POMPEI A PESTO E DI RITORNO AD ERCOLANO ED A POZZCOLI DELL' AB. DOMENICO ROMANELLI. PARTE SECONDA. Domenico Romanelli was an Italian historian, archaeologist and abbot. Width: 4.75" Height: 7". Latin language, "A JOURNEY TO POMPEII AND PESTO AND A RETURN TO ERCOLANO POZZCOLI OF 'AB. DOMENICO ROMANELLI. PART TWO only" Second edition improved and enriched with all the new discoveries and findings. 4 texturall plans or diagrams with 1 full page. Irregular hand paper with untrimmed edges. .

London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1885. Hardcover. We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B/w; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; viii, 160 pages; ND but circa 1885. Black morocco leather over red marbled boards with wear to extremities. Matching end papers. All edges gilt. Contents VG, over 30 illustrations. Chip to top of spine. .

San Salvador: Dirección General De Publicaciones Del Ministerio De Educación,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1962. Third Edition. Paperback. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384, [6], [1] pages; Publisher's original wraps printed in red and black. This is a facsimile of the 1716 edition. First published 1687. Admirable Virtues of a servant of God. Spanish Language .

A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Co. , Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1866. Hardcover. Steel engraving; v, 468 pages; VIES DES SAVANTS ILLUSTRES. DEPUIS L'ANTIQUITE JUSQU'AU DIX-NEUVIEME SIECLE Since ancient times to the nineteenth century with the summarycommentary and plates. Finely bound in attractive red leatherette with bright gilt spine, gilded edges and bound in silk rmarker ribbon. Contents with scattered foxing, binding solid. Laid silk end papers. .

London: Black, Parbury, and Allen. Fair with no dust jacket. 1817. Third Edition. Hardcover. Anthropology; Religion; Hindu; We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 312, 536, 354 pages; Ct 2 of 2. Contemporary calf binding, front covers detached, Vol I mismatched, endpapers browned, contents generally clean and GOOD. Description of the mythology, religion, philosophy, customs, and ceremonies of India, with sections on some of this history and literature of the region. The text also includes "translations from their principal works. " Archaeology, Religion, Architecture, Ancient History, Middle East, Anthropology, Holy Land, Art, Mythology, . This scarce old work was deaccessioned from Ambassador College Library archaeology department. Adt'l graphics are available. TWO VOLS PUBLISHED IN 1817 IN A 2 VOL EDITION. In 1822 there was a 3 vol edition. There may have been a single volume published in 1820… Read More

N Y, N Y: Cheshire House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1931. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 31 pages; Provenance- from the collection of James Boyce Satcher, a well known book colector. Satcher's collection now resides in the Yale Library. His small bookplate. This is an English rendering of Pervigilium Veneris, a Latin poem celebrating Venus Genetrix. Limited edition of 895. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1895. Hardcover. 218 pages; Short stories, engraved title page. Photo of what is apparently is Wiggin's home tipped to the inside front cover. Inscription and signature undated on frist free ep. Photo is somewhat faded as is the ink- however still eminently legible. "Desire, faith and work is the triple key to the door of attainment." Kate Douglas Wiggn. For -MIldred Nfessill[? ]. Spine darkened but quite legible and covers stained. Binding form and tight. Red designs on first text papge as published. 7 x 4.875". ; Signed by Author .

N Y: Harry N. Abrams , Incorporated. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. The Library of Great Painters Series. ; Color Illustrations; 130 pages; Original clear dustwrapper with short tear at upper L corner. 49 tipped-in color plates with some sepia illustrations as well. With text. Apr 8.5 x 11" . 6 pounds. .

N Y, N Y: Harmonia Publishing and Distributing. Good with no dust jacket. 1944. Paperback. Poland; Ww II; Military; 4 pages; This lot includes the rare piece of sheet music shown in the corresponding image. This work is entitled "Song of the Polish Underground" (dated 1944) , with music by Wladyslaw Eiger and words by "unknown underground author." Front cover bears a striking color illustration of a fist holding a Polish flag smashing through the Swastika-shaped bars of a cell. Text appears in both Polish and English. Sheet is intact and shows folds. Light soiling can be seen on back cover. This piece measures approximately 9" x 12 1/4". This piece measures approximately 9" x 12 1/4". This piece measures approximately 9" x 12 1/4". ..." the day of revenge is approaching. " Scan of back and contents also available. .

Artist. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1940. Comic. 11 x 11.5"; 1 pages; This original cartoon panel was drawn by Ed Dodd, a mid-20th century American cartoonist best known for the popular serial that ran in many daily newspapers, "Mark Trail." Prior to that, Dodd drew a series called, "Back Home." This signed panel, drawn on heavy, stiff paper and dated March 4, 1940, is from that series. With three different sized trial reproductions on white paper. .