Search Results: Authors starting with V from Lux Libri

NY: Covici, Friede. 1930 on the title page, but this is the 3rd printing from 1931. An early printing of the best-selling sex manual of all time. An unusually frank work on human sexuality and the art of physical love for married couples. Written by a Dutch gynecologist and supposedly for sale only to "physicians, lawyers, ministers, educators, and social workers." In practical effect, it became a bestseller with the general public for decades, despite (or partly because of) being added in 1931 to the Vatican's list of banned books. Clothbound 8vo in dust jacket. xxvi, 323 pp. Illustrated by 8 plates, some folding and in color. A slip is bound into the front of the book with the notice: "The sale of this book is strictly limited to members of the medical profession, Psychoanalysts, Scholars, and to such adults as may have a definite position in the field of Physiological, Psychological, or Social Research." Clothbound hardcover in dust jacket. VG overall, as shown. Some spotting of the outer… Read More

Chicago: Brett Van Emst, 2003. The sixth and final (?) issue of this offbeat literary magazine. Various contributors. Crime fiction from the outer boroughs of New York city, along with poetry, interviews, reviews, fiction and "odd fiction," etc. 145 + ix pp. Paperbound, 4to. 10 x 8 inches. VG with light edge wear and rubbing.

Three unused bookplates, "From the Collection of Carl Van Vechten." 2x3 inches. Clean and unmarked. Blank, gummed versos. Provenance: Van Vechten estate. Van Vechten (1880-1964) was a writer, photographer, patron of the Harlem Renaissance, and literary executor of Gertrude Stein. His notable novels include Peter Whiffle, Firecrackers, and the controversial Nigger Heaven. He turned to photography later in life, making accomplished studio portraits of many leading artists, writers, and celebrities.

London: The Poetry Society. Vol. XLIV. April-June 1953. No. 2. The front cover promotes a poem on the new monarch – "Sonnet on the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II" by William Kean Seymour. Also featured is "Dylan Thomas For and Against," two competing reviews of his Collected Poems, 1934-1952. Journal pagination: 305-365 pp. 8vo in original paper wraps. Good with general wear but intact and securely bound. Publisher's complimentary slip laid in.

NY: Red Dust, (1978.) 1st edition. An anthology of experimental poetry and prose. Contributions by Thomas Fallon, Bruce Woods, Anna Holmes, F.W. Willetts, Thomas Kerrigan, Julie Keitges, and James Keet. Cover photo by Yosunari Shinoyama. 8vo clothbound hardcover. 174 pp. Near Fine in VG dust jacket with light wear, small chip to lower rear panel. Clean and securely bound. Appears to be unread.

A decorative German edition of Vasari's classic study of the great artists of the Renaissance. Berlin: Verlag von Julius Bard, 1923. First published in 1550. Frontispiece and 15 double-sided plates. All text is in German. 446 + (6) pp. 12mo hardcover in printed paper boards. VG with light wear, minor darkening at the spine. Text pages, but not the illustrations, are browned due to paper quality. Well-preserved otherwise.

[NYC]: Bridge and Tunnel Press, n.d. 1st edition. Signed and inscribed in 2009 by the author, a Greek-American writer and teacher from Queens, NY. Poems includes odes to Kariotakis and Bukowski. 80 pp., b&w photos. 8vo, stiff pictorial wraps. VG+ with minor signs of age. Scarce.

(Athens, Greece): Vakxikon.gr, 2015. 1st edition. A nicely produced collection of poems by a Greek-American. Signed/inscribed by him as "Anthony" on the front free endpaper. Parallel text in English and Greek. Paperbound 8vo. Stiff wraps with inner flaps. 91 pp. + index. 16 pp. of b&w photos. Laid-in promotional bookmark. Fine.

NY: Paul S. Eriksson, Inc. (1961.) 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by Viscardi, a noted disabled activist, "To my friend Dr. Draper" on the first blank page. The personal stories of 15 people who worked for Abilities Inc., the company founded by the author which employed only handicapped people. 338 pp. VG hardcover in dust jacket with some rubbing and edge wear. Endpapers, including signed page, show some browning and spotting but text pages clean and unmarked. Sound, tight binding. DJ protected by a new clear archival cover. (Henry "Hank" Viscardi, Jr., 1912-2004, overcame his own severe physical challenges to become a pioneering leader in integrating disabled people into the American workplace. He founded the National Center for Disability Services and the Henry Viscardi School for the Disabled. He advised every president from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Jimmy Carter.)