Search Results: Titles starting with V from Lux Mentis, Booksellers

Albuquerque, NM: Cleave Press, nd. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine in Wraps.. First Edition. Original Wraps. "2/The Last Time It's Free in NM" Tight, bright, and unmarred. Glossy printed wraps. 4to. Illus. (b/w plates).

Fresno, CA: Karen Stahlecker, 1995. Unique. Hardcover. Fine. Unique. Hardcover. Limited ed. of 55 unique, but related pieces in this series. "Between covers of kozo lace paper, laminated to a flax and linen base sheet, rests a playful, accordion-folded text. This 'pulp painting' (pigmented pulps manipulated during formation of the paper) incorporates bright colors and a heart motif across the ten pages. Gampi and kozo fibers, both natural and with artists' pigments, were used to create this one-of-a-kind art work."--Slipcase. "This piece can be displayed by opening covers to a distance of 14" to 18" and standing the form up on a flat surface. It is, in fact, a tiny paper screen disguised as a book. Depending on the light source, it will reflect and transmit available light."--Slipcase. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Handmade multicolor paper boards, accordion fold, handmade multicolored paper with hearts, slipcase. 66x67mm. 8pp.

San Francisco, CA, 1999. First Printing. Fine. First Printing. David Goldstien is an SF artist of some fame. Goldstien is arguably one of the more original thinkers working today. A strangely powerful image. Signed by the artist. Bright and unmarred. 5"x7" Color print.

Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with 233 photographic illustrations, including some folding plates and sixteen in color. Nine maps including a large color folding map at rear. The author was the Director of the National Geographic Expeditions to the Mt. Katmai region of Alaska from 1917-19. The Mt. Katmai region was the site of one of the world's largest volcanic eruptions. The dramatic effects of that eruptions are photographically and scientifically documented in the detailed report. The folding map shows the Katmai National Monument, Alaska, est. in 1919. The Katmai region is noted for its Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and for its brown bears. Light shelf/edge wear, light toning to gilt at spine, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, fold-out frontispiece. 8vo. 340pp. plus advert. Illus. (color and b/w plates).

Austin, TX: University Of Texas At Austin Humanities Research Center, 1970. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine in Wraps in Near Fine Archival Case.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Exhibition catalogue covering the books and manuscripts from the Van der Poel Collection at the Miriam Lutcher Stark Library. A handsome copy in a lovely archival case. Tiht, bright and unmarred. Printed paper wraps, mustard ink lettering, black ink pictorial elements. Green cloth slipcase, matching green cloth sleeve, black leather spine, gilt lettering and decorative elements. Square 8vo. 48pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

New York: American Publishers Corp, 1897. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Noted flaws notwithstanding, a rather pleasing copy in a striking publishers binding. Light shelf/edge wear, bit of fraying/loss at head, light even toning focused at preliminaries, stamped library mark on the title page, small paper pull at bottom of frontispeice and title page, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Green cloth binding, black in decorative elements, gilt lettering, frontispiece. 8vo. 322pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

London: Sampson, Low, Son, and Marston, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderate soiling/toning to boards, light foxing on ffep and title pages, hinges and joints partially split, else bright and unmarred. Red decorated cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering and black rules on front boards. Frontispiece. 8vo. 341pp. 16pp list of publications.

New York: Macmillan, 1936. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ. First American Edition. Hardcover. Published simultaniously with the British edition. A very handsome copy by this noted author/physician. Very minor shelf wear, spine shows touch of sun/toning, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red textured cloth boards, gilt lettering, in blind decorative elements. 8vo. 111pp. Charts. Index.

Czech Republic: Archa Publisher, 2012. Fascimile/Binding. Hardcover. Fine. Fascimile/Binding. Hardcover. Limited edition of 799 copies. Jan Sobota was commissioned to bind 10 copies in 'period' style. Soboto passed away, however, after completeing only two of them. One remains with his wife/archive, this is the only copy publically available. It is also the final binding he worked on prior to his death. The bible has 376 pages and nearly eight hundred paintings. It is the largest illustrated medieval manuscript in central Europe. Sobota's binding is a facsimile of the original binding. "Most comprehensive illustrated medieval manuscript in central Europe was created around the mid 14th century thanks to the initiative of Velislav, who is portrayed on fol. 188r as kneeling before a statue of St. Catherine, the patron saint of theologians and philosophers. This seems to be evidence that he was a member of the clergy, although he is not wearing a tonsure and his clothing is rather secular. He can be… Read More

New York: William Wood and Co, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Part of Wood's Library of Standard Medical Authors Series. We do offer a discount on the purchase of multiple volumes from the Wood's Series. Light shelf/edge wear, minor foxing at preliminaries, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, black ink lettering and decorative elements. 8vo. 348pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Apparently purchased as a set just as Vol. 4 was being issued (based on ephemera laid in). Each volume includes approximately 150 types. Ultimately, this series spanned 6 volumes. Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred; DJs show minor shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt lettering. 4to. 448, 360, 348pp. Illus. (b/w and color plates). Index(es). Laid in ordersheet.

London, 1769. First Printing (presumed). Print. Very Good+.. First Printing (presumed). Print. Engraving with etching. Among the best English engravers was Robert Strange, born in the Orkney Isles 1721, and died, after receiving knight-hood, in 1792. His engravings are chiefly after the works of the most eminent Italian artists, this piece is after Titian (Tiziano Vecelli). Light, even toning, very minor spotting in lower right corner of text, else clean. Approx. 16x23" plus mat.

Paris: Harrison of Paris, 1930. First Edition Thus/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine Slipcase.. First Edition Thus/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Designed by Monroe Wheeler and printed by Decros & Colas. The first volume printed by Harrison of Paris. Tight, bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows very minor shelf/edge wear, else tight and clean. Quarterbound, black paper spine, silver gilted paper boards, black ink lettering, teg; slipcase in black paper with silver paper label. 8vo. 71pp. Numbered limited edition, this being 228 of 475.

London: Hutchinson & Company, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of poems by a witty if staunchly conservative writer of philosophical fiction; Mallock once declared that the purpose of his writing was to expose the fallacies of radicalism and socialism. Included here are translations from Hugo and Baudelaire, and a poem addressed to the poet "Violet Fane;" some of the pieces had appeared in an earlier volume called Poems (1880). This copy includes book plate from "The Library at Carolands" from the estate and mansion constructed for wealthy heiress Harriett Pullman Carolan in Hillsborough, California. Some wear on extremities, otherwise tight, bright, and umarred. Bound in full red calf with gilt lettering and blind stamped decoration to cover and spine, raised bands, includes marbled end papers. 8vo, 159 pages.

Los Angeles, CA: MarMichel Press, 1997. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Light brown paper boards, brown cloth spine, tipped in stamp frontis. 73x55mm. 12pp. Limited edition of 504.

Los Angeles, CA: MarMichel Press, 1997. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate of M Grahm. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Tan paper boards, gilt title on spine, postage stamp frontis. 71x52mm. 9pp. Limited edition, this being one of 504.

Barcelona, Spain: Comissariat de Propaganda, Generalitat de Catalunya, 1937. Near Fine. Propaganda poster listing 21 wartime rules of behavior to help the republican side achieve victory over the fascists during the Spanish Civil War. As follows: As with most of the Republican posters, the colors of the anarchists and communists (black and red) figure prominently in the poster. Many of the prescriptions seem geared toward inexperienced soldiers. This feature of the prescriptions is no surprise since much of the soldiers fighting on the side of the Republicans were volunteers or militiamen, who were not professionally trained soldiers. The prescriptions on the poster are as follows: "Revolutionary enthusiasm, plus discipline and good military organization, will defeat the enemy. Without discipline, the army is not powerful. Discipline is the unquestioning execution of the commander's orders. The commander should be the first in giving an example of discipline and making everything possible so that… Read More

Boston: B.W.Thayer & Co, 1841. First Edition Thus. Fine in Hinged Mat. First Edition Thus. One of a significant series of early lithographic views of Massachusetts, richly hand-colored. Cf. S.Pierce & C. Slautterback, Boston Lithography 1825-1880, Boston, 1991, p.62. Hand-colored, else bright and clean. Small Quarto. B/W litho, hand-colored.

Boston: B.W.Thayer & Co, 1841. First Edition Thus. Near Fine/Fine in Hinged Mat. First Edition Thus. One of a significant series of early lithographic views of Massachusetts, richly hand-colored. Cf. S.Pierce & C. Slautterback, Boston Lithography 1825-1880, Boston, 1991, p.62. Very minimally toned, hand-colored, else bright and clean. Small Quarto. B/W litho, hand-colored.

Boston: B.W.Thayer & Co, 1841. First Edition Thus. Near Fine in Hinged Mat. First Edition Thus. One of a significant series of early lithographic views of Massachusetts, richly hand-colored. Cf. S.Pierce & C. Slautterback, Boston Lithography 1825-1880, Boston, 1991, p.62. Two tiny spots of foxing, hand-colored, else bright and clean. Small Quarto. B/W litho, hand-colored.