Search Results: Titles starting with V from Brillig Books

New York: George Braziller, 1968. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Imperial octavo, black cloth spine over green paper covered boards with gilt spine titles. 128 pp. including index and list of illustrations. Illustrated throughout with 78 black and white photographs drawings and diagrams of village structures and plans. An examination of the patterns of construction and organization in primitive societies with chapters on the Mbuti, Bushmen, Cheyenne, Haida, Mailu, Tobriand, South Nias, Yoruba tribes. A tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unblemished volume with bright gilt spine titles in a very tight, crisp, clean, glossy, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Virtually As New..

New York: Viking, 1973. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Trade paperback, photo-illustrated wraps. 175pp. including list of credits ("compiled by Val Lewton himself"). Illustrated with blackand white photographs. A very scarce title in the Cinema One series. A very tight, square, clean, unmarked volume with a light barely noticeable soft crease along lower front corner, else fine. Exterior shows some faint marks of fading or discoloration but interior is perfectly unblemished. An attractive unread copy with a flat uncreased spinel. Very good plus..

Washington, DC: Anderson House, 1934. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, grey cloth covered boards. 169pp. Map endpapers. Top edge stained grey. A very tight, fresh and crisp copy with very slight toning to edges of boards, else fine. Near fine..

Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1922. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Large octavo, navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles and spine titles. 341pp. including index, plus ad and folding map. Illustrated with 8 maps, 3 folding of which the rear map is multifold and in color. 233 illustrations mostly black and white photographs but some color. A very tight sound copy with minor soil to exterior page edges and some interior soil else fine. All maps are crisp, uncreased and untorn. Light corner bump at lower forecorner. A very attractive copy and overall very good plus..

New York: Scribner, 1999. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, grey cloth spine over blue paper covered boards. 110 pp. A perfect copy. Very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread, in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW..

Canton, Michigan, U.S.A.: Visible Ink Pr, 1998, 1998. Book. As New. Soft cover. F. First Edition, first printing. Very thick small quarto, black printed stiff wraps (paperback). 852pp. including index. A true encyclopedia, alphabetically arranged with every possible fact and source for information on Vampires and the "undead". A very tight, clean, bright, crisp, square, stiff, unmarked, undamaged and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. Fine. AS NEW..

Culver City, CA: Murray & Gee, (1948),, 1948. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo, brown cloth covered boards. 424pp. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and movie stills. A very tight, clean and unmarked volume with slight offsetting near front and rear hinges (glue?) in a dust jacket with slightly sunned spine and frayed top of spine. Small chip at forecorner. Despite the defects noted, a very attractive copy of this title. Near fine in very good dust jacket..

Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1916. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Quarto, green cloth covered boards with elaborate gilt and color decoration and gilt spine titles. Top edge gilt. 212pp. including index. Illustrated with color plates of paintings and drawings by author. A beautiful copy with bright gilt decoration and fresh, clean, pristine interior. Spine gilt just a bit less bright and some light inconspicuous soil on spine else fine. A really crisp near fine copy and uncommon thus..

New York: Harry N Abrams, 2001. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto, grey coated paper covered boards with white title and spine titles. 207 pp. including index and list of World Historic Monumet Watch Sites. Generously illustrated throughout with full color and black and white photographs of endangered cultural and historic monuments throughout the sorld. 1 double page and 3 full page maps. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked, unblemished and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, glossy, bright, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

NY/Philadelphia: Amphoto/Chilton, (1965). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Quarto, grey buckram spine over glossy dark green paper covered boards with gilt Japanese title characters. Top edge stained dark green. Illustrated endpapers. 160pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs, watercolors,sketches and pastels, many full page plates. The author and his Japanese wife set out to paint, draw and photograph an ancient and traditional Japan and japanese way of life. Many picturesque people and customs which have passed with Japanese modernity are captured. Essentially a picture book with generous commentary. A very fresh, tight and fine volume in a crisp, sharp, brilliant dust jacket with one minute very closed edge tear. A beautiful copy. Fine in very near fine dust jacket..

Prescott, AZ: Wolfe Publishing Company, 1993. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. Quarto, olive green illustrated stiff wraps (paperback). 226 pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A series of articles by the leading authorities on the various special rifles and cartirdges for this booming area of small game hunting. Discussses, loads, velocities, gauges, game, targets etc. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine and a sparkling exterior. FINE. BRAND NEW..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Childrens Books, 1997. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, grey cloth covered boards. 120 pp. Illustrated throughout with full page full color illustrations by Chris Van Allsburg. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a tight, crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Koln: Konemann, 1987. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition Thus. Large thick quarto, tan cloth covered boards with maroon titles. 497 pp. including index plus a map. Very generously illustrated throughout with 463 photographs of which 438 are in gorgeous full color, showing interiors, exteriors, gardens and details of some 80 villas in the province of Veneto by such illustrious architects as Palladio, Sansovino, Comaro etc. A tight, clean volume with very fresh cloth and an unmarked, unread and unblemished interior in a very tight, clean, glossy, bright, crisp, sharp, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

Berlin: Paul Cassirer Verlag, 1925. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Quarto, dark blue cloth covered boards. 66pp. of text plus 91 collotype plates with titled guard pages. A tight sound and generally very clean copy with short felt tip mark on pastedown and quite minor soil to half title. One top forecorner rubbed and bumped and two short scratches near spine title. With all defects noted, still an attractive and overall very good plus or better copy with all plates in fine condition. TEXT IN GERMAN..

NY: Coward-McCann, 1928., 1928. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition. Slim octavo, blue cloth spine over hand-painted mulitcolored daisy design on paper covered boards. 90pp. Nine illustrations by Ruth Jonas. LIMITED and SIGNED by Author #122/500. A lovely delicate production. A tight clean and fine copy slightly rubbed at the extremities. A near fine copy..

New York: W H Freeman & Co, 1987. Book. As New. Cloth. Quarto, black cloth covered boards. 698 pp. including very extensive index and appendices. A tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume in a crisp, glossy, unclipped dust jacket. Top front edge of dust jacket slightly rolled, else fine. Fine in very near fine dust jacket..

NY: Charles Scribner's, 1956., 1956. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo, red cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 256pp. with index and appendix of "The Autocars of 1904". Fine in dust jacket with light edgewear and tape repair at spine tips. A very tight volume in very fresh bright boards in a very good plus dust jacket..

New York: David McKay, 1929. Book. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. Very Good. Vellum. Signed by Illustrator(s). Limited Edition. New York, David McKay, 1929. Full vellum with gilt titles, spine titles, borders and spine decoration. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges. Decorative endpapers. 232 pp. No. 160 of 200 copies of the American Edition. LIMITED, NUMBERED AND BOLDLY SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR ARTHUR RACKHAM. The total number of this deluxe illustrated edition was 775 of which 200 were for America, making this American edition the scarcer of the two. Illustrated with 12 full mounted color plates. Also many in text line drawings. This copy is very sound and complete, generally very bright, white, clean pages, of which approximately 1/3 remain unopened. The frontispiece is lightly foxed at margins as are the following five illustrations, but the frontispiece (see photos) is clearly the more foxed and each following illustration shows less and less marginal foxing. The remaining 6 illustrations are unfoxed,… Read More

Montreal: Canadian Center for Architecture/MIT Press, 1996. Book. Fine. Original Wraps. First Edition. Quarto, white stiff self wraps with black and white photo-illustration on front cover. 119pp. Illustrated throughout with full page photographs of the works of Frederick Law Olmsted in color and black and white by photographers Lee Friedlander, Robert Burley and Geoffrey James. Includes Central Park, Parc du Mont Royal, Franklin Park, Prospect Park, arboreta and cemeteries as well as a couple of residences. A photographic meditation and memorial to the works of the great American urban architect. Includes interviews with the photographers by David Harris and essays by Paolo Costantini and John Szarkowski. A very tight, internally clean, fresh, bright, square, crisp, stiff and unmarked volume with a flat uncreased spine and all images very fine. A very slight bump to the lower forecorner and a couple of very faint very minor touches of soil to the all white wraps, else fine. Very near fine. A… Read More

NY: George Braziller, (1962). Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, brown cloth covered boards. Top edge stained terracotta. 193pp. Translated from the Spanish by Jose Yglesias. A novel whose protagonist is raised in a Spanish brothel and in which the narrative continues with scenes of daily life there. Wrap around dust jacket illustration by Antonio Frasconi. A very tight, very fresh and apparently unread volume in a spectacular, crisp and brilliant dust jacket. There is a tiny nick to the top back edge of the jacket but this is virtually a pristine jacket which shows off Frasconi's illustration vibrantly. Fine in fine dust jacket..