Search Results: Authors starting with V from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

Turin, London, Venice, New York: Umberto Allemandi & Co 2002. Large 4to. 250 pp., Hardcover with dust jacket. Sunning to the head and spine with minor marks. Boards clean with slight bumping to the tail. Internally fresh and bright. Mary Vaccaro analyses Parmigianino's paintings and the iconographical themes of the great artist's altar paintings. Illustrated with magnificent colour plates and black and white photographs. Extremely well documented monograph. 110 colour plates and 160 black and white. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 9788842211310 . Near Fine. Hard Cover. 1999.

Paris: Levy Freres 1881. Small 8vo. Presentation copy signed by the author on the second blank. 128 pp. Contemporary dark red morocco. Raised bands to spine with gilt lettering. All edges gilt and gilt turn-ins. Slight rubbing to spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally clean. Text in French. . Very Good. Full Morocco. 1881.

[Paris]: Vallardi [c.1820]. 8vo.Illustrated. 54 numbered plates. Bound in gilt decorated, straight grained morocco with all edges gilt. Bright boards with minor rubbing to the extremities. Some minor scattered spotting to the edges of the plates. Collection of 54 plates bound without a title page showcasing notable Parsian landmarks and several plates published by Colnaghi's of London. English translation of the title is "Collection of the Main Monuments and Views of Paris." . Near Fine. Gilt-decorated Morocco. 1820.

Rome: Ant. Salamanca et Antonio Lafrery 1560. 4to. First Italian edition. (34), 154 leaves (i.e. 308 pp) pp. Early full vellum. Rebacked in full vellum with brown leather title label. In a green cloth portfolio and in green cloth slipcase with gilt lettering to spine. Hinges partially split but binding firm. Stain to upper corner at gutter affecting numerous leaves. Small ex libris label to front pastedown of Leo S. Olschki, antiquarian bookseller, of Florence. Engraved title page. With 42 full-page finely engraved anatomical plates. The copperplate engravings are some of the finest engraved anatomical figures ever produced. Text in Italian. . Very Good. Full Vellum. 1560.

France: A Anvers 1821. 8vo. xv, [fold out charts], 269 pp., Many fold out charts, cloth spine with marbled boards. Slight foxing, edges very rubbed and bumped. Well thumbed but generally good copy FRENCH TEXT THROUGHOUT . Good. Cloth Spine. 1821.

London: Thames and Hudson 1987. 4to. 320 pp. Publisher's full cloth in dust jacket. Minor rubbing to dj. One corner slightly bumped. Internally clean. No ownership marks. Over 200 facsimile pages. With 399 illustrations, including 35 in colour. 9780500091821 . Near Fine. Cloth. 1987.

Brussels: Mercatorfonds 2009. 4to. English language. 6 vols. Hardcovers with illustrated boards in a colour illustrated slipcase. Minor dent to spine of volume 4; otherwise all in near fine condition, clean and bright inside and out. Fully illustrated and annotated definitive collection of van Gogh's surviving correspondence translated into English, dating from 1872 to 1890. Including facsimile reproductions of some of the letters, van Gogh's contemporary paintings and drawings, and much more. An extraordinary set, and an extraordinarily heavy set; it will require additional postage if being shipped outside of the UK. 9789061538530 . Near Fine. Illustrated Boards. 2009.

London: T. Fisher Unwin 1892. Large 8vo. First British Edition. viii, [4], 11-207 pp. Royal octavo (25 x 18cm). Full maroon cloth with gilt decoration and lettering to boards and spine; top edge gilt. Light marks to rear board and slight rubbing to spine ends. Minor toning to pages, otherwise internally clean. Occasional slight splits to the binding, but all held together still. The work having originally been published in the same format in 1890 in New York. With the bookplate of William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney to front pastedown. With 24 plates including a frontispiece, mostly in chromolithography. A cool book. [Horr 1265; Hargrave 369]� . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. First English Edition. 1892.

Great Britain: Angus & Robertson 1968. [xii], 40, [viii] pp., Jacket spotted and slightly rubbed with a couple of short tears. FRENCH AND ENGLISH TEXT Nonsensical French text with pseudo-scholarly footnotes. 0207949913 . Very Good. Decorated Cloth. First Edition. 1968.

London: Chatto & Windus 1924. Small 8vo. First Edition. 144 pp. Blue cloth with paper title label to spine. Deckled edges. Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities, with sunning to spine. Internally clean, save pencil ownership mark to ffep. Fantasy drama about dead passengers on their way to meet 'The Examiner'. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1924.

Farnham, Surrey: Lund Humphries, in association with Osborne Samuel 2013. 4to.Catalogue Raisonne. First edition. 112 pp. Hardcover in illustrated jacket. Internally clean and colours bright. Vann is author of numerous books on modern British artists. With a forward by Gordon Samuel. Power was ibe of the leading lights of the Grosvenor School. 9781848221406 . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 2013.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred Van der Marck Editions 1987. 4to.Catalogue Raisonne. 176 pp., illustrated throughout. A catalogue raisonne of Alberto Vargas, every Esquire Varga girl is represented in this volume along with a biographical essay and many never before reproduced images. His Pin-Ups were hugely popular during WW2, but by 1947, the Varga girl was finished. High quality illustration throughout, including gatefolds, a few small tears to dustwrapper edges. 0912383488 . Very Good. Hardcover. 1987.

London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1939. 8vo. Probably a family presentation copy with inscription to front endpaper from Myfanwy Varley. 63 pp. Publisher's green cloth in printed dust wrapper. Jacket spine darkened & chipped. Cloth clean. Internally clean. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1939.

London: A & C Black Ltd 1926. 8vo. Second edition. ix, double-page map, 243 pp. 32 colour illustrated plates. Half straight-grained morocco over cloth boards; gilt lettering and devices to spine with raised bands; t.e.g. Minor rubbing to extremities and to front board. Ink inscription and illustration pasted down to prelims. Internally clean with plates bright. A well-researched history of the county in very good condition. . Very Good. Half Morocco. 2nd Edition. 1926.

London: Adam and Charles Black 1910. Large 8vo.Illustrated. xi, 201 pp. Deep blue half morocco over light blue marbled boards, with raised bands, gilt stamped decoration and gilt lettering to spine; top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. With 24 colour plates "painted" by Wilfrid Ball. Some light rubbing to extremities, and spine slightly discoloured, although this effect is pleasing; one minor scratch to rear board. Interesting bookplate to front pastedown; otherwise internally clean and bright. Binding very firm. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. 1910.

Paris: Flammarion 2011. 4to. 159 pp. Pictorial hardcover. Photographs throughout. Some crinkling at spine and minor scratching to boards. Interally clean and bright. 9782080201089 . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2011.

Paris: Galerie Denise Rene and Quadrum N.d. [c. 1960's]. 4to. Unpaginated. Large paperback. Light ink & pencil notation to front cover. 16 pages of text by Henri Van Lier titled: 'Vasarely Prisme du Nouvel Age'. Text in French. 16 full-page colour and b&w illustrations by Vasarely. Exhibition catalogue. VG . Very Good. Paperback. 1960.

Oxford: Phaidon 1981. Large 4to.Illustrated. 20 pp., with [71] leaves of plates. White cloth binding with pictorial jacket. Jacket slightly marked and scuffed with tear to the head of the spine and internal tape repair. Internally clean with small crease to page (binders fault). Illustrations throughout in both black and white and colour. Vasarely was considered by many the "grandfather" of the Op Art movement. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 07184821691 . Very Good. Hardcover. 1978.

Palais Farnese: Ecole Francaise de Rome 1988. 8vo. x, 771 pp. Laminated boards. Spine faded, else a fine copy. Clean unmarked copy in unused condition. Illustrations. Tables. Folding map. Text in French. 2728301719 . Very Good. Laminated Boards. Second Edition. 1988.

London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy 1816. 8vo. xv, 502 pp. Half dark green calf over marbled boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. With a fold out map of the Ionian islands after the introduction (between p.12-13). Rubbing to the spine and edges and fading to the boards. Londonderry Literary Association Library plate to the front pastedown. With a tear to the map and rear endpapers and some foxing throughout. . Very Good. Half Calf. 1816.