Search Results: Titles starting with V from Second Life Books Inc

NY: Holt, 2011. First Edn., Uncorrected Proof Copy. 8vo, pp. 437. Bound in illustrated wraps, a fine copy. A Kinsey Millhone mystery.

NY: Scribner, 1974. First US edition. 8vo, Pp.192. Fine in dj. Includes a bibliography of her printed work. OP.

NY: Dutton. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 262. Illustrated with photos. VG copy insribed by the author: "To Harry Chaffin | in appreciation for the work at Dutton" ... " also inscribed: "likewise I say how do you do Harry. Elliott B Macrae" (President of Dutton). An autobiography.

NY: Dutton, 1930. First Edition. 8vo. 262pp, 8 illustrations. Large paper edition, Limited to 299 copies, signed by the famous crooner. Laid in is camera portrait by Hal Phyte for the frontispiece. Boards, cloth spine. Small corner bumps, o/w a nice copy.

NY: Dutton. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 262. Illustrated with photos. VG with most of the dj. An autobiography.

Boston: West for Greenleaf and West, 1800. First American edn. from the fourth English. 12mo, xii, 228. Bound in contemporary calf, spine rubbed, some offsetting to the title-page, contemporary bookseller's ticket and contemporary and later ownership signatures, small tear on pp 82/83 affecting a couple of letters, a very good copy. Evans 38973. The first three English editions appeared in 1799 and Godwin read the novel in January of 1799. According to Marshall's "William Godwin" p. 218 this is "a powerful and witty indictment "of Godwin here characterized as "Stupeo." Walker paraphrases and deliberately misinterprets Wollstonecraft's "Vindication of the Rights of Women" and Godwin's "Political Equality." Stupeo advocates gambling as a way to equalize assets and eventually Stupeo founds a utopian republic in America and it is a failure. St Clair, in his "The Godwins and the Shelleys" (p. 187) summarizes the central episode of the novel as when "the hero stands before a burning house in which the girl… Read More

Azul, 2009. First printing. 8vo, pp. 141. Author's presentation to poet William Jay Smith on half-title; " For Bill Smith | & Sonja | with respect | & admiration | Jim Scully | 1x.09" Paper wraps. As new.

NY: Harper & Row, 1967. First Edition. Large 8vo, pp. 435. Index, illustrations. Fine in very slightly chipped dj. A chronicle of Yiddish theater through five continents and more than 300 years.

London: Incunabula, 1992. First Edition. Periodical. 4to, pp. 81. Paper wraps. Short articles and pieces, with illustrations. Cover slightly chipped, a few spots on first page, o/w a VG tight copy.

Melbourne: Heinemann, 1952. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 241. VG in somewhat chipped and soiled dj.

NY: Doran, 1915. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 525. TEG. Illustrated. A nice copy in little chipped dj.

NY: Delacorte, 1977. Second printing. 8vo, pp. xvi, 280. Illustrated with photographs. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Donor's presentation on flyleaf. VG in chipped dj. Interviews with celebrities.

Lincoln: Universitry of Nebraska, 2008. First Edition. Robert Hanna. 8vo, pp. 47. Fine in dj. Kooser was a winner opf the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. These are the poems, written for valentine's day, one year at a time for 21 years.

NY: Gracie Mansion, 1923. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xix, 386. Index. Editor's presentation on flyleaf. Illustrated in B&W and color. Blue cloth, stamped in gilt. TEG. One hinge tender, cover little worn at corners and spine, o/w VG. Inscribed by the author.

Windsor Publications, 1988. Small 4to, pp. 144. Paper wraps. Sponsored by the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum. Cover very slightly scuffed, o/w a nice copy. The Merrimack Valley is in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and was a center of textile manufacture.

Windsor, 1988. First paperback edn. 4to, pp. 143. Suggested reading, index. Copiously illustrated in black and white, a few color plates. Paper wraps.A nice copy.

Washington, DC: Anderson House, 1934. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 169. VG in torn and repaired dj.

North Wales PA: W. H. Burk, 1928. 8vo, pp. 160. Fold-out map on flyleaf, illustrated with photographs and several drawings. This is an abridged version of the seventh edition of the author's "Valley Forge Guide." Blue cloth, stamped in white. Cover slightly scuffed at corners and ends of spine, o/w a nice copy. Copies of this book were given to members of the International Association of Fire Chiefs by the Philadelphia Bureau of Fire at the Association's convention in that city in October 1928.

NY: Transcontinental Music Co, 1939. Sheet music. 4to, pp. 2. English translation by Babette Deutsch. In Hebrew and English. Slightly dog-eared, cover little soiled, o/w VG. One of three Palestinian Prize Contest songs.

NY: Crown, 1982. Eighth printing. 8vo, pp. 502. One 2250 copies signed by the author. A nice copy in dj with two slight tears.