Search Results: Authors starting with V from JWMah

New Delhi: Penguin Viking, 2006. (IND) First printing. No markings, Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Boards, 268pp, index. No illus. This book looks at the Tamil politics in Tamil Hadu, a state very different from the rest of India, bith culturally and historically. It has retained a separae identity for itself in language and caste sructure and this is most evident in its politics. (1.7 JM HOJ 300/b2. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NY: M. Hohner, 1951. (USA) Edition Not Stated No markings, cover panels ribbed, solid Good copy. Wraps with yellow and burgundy design to front, 218pp. Music, scales and instruction for the Hohner Piano Accordion. (2.0 JM HOZ 401/3. Paperback. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Buenos Aires: Viau, 1945. (ARG) Owner's name in pencil, the hinges have been reinforced with brown cloth tape, signature split betweepages 140 and 141, book is slightly bowed, moisture intrusion to lower edges, Fair only with tattered glassine Dj. This is number 463 of an edition of 1500 copies. 25.5 x 19 cm, wraps with Dj, [150]pp. B&W full-page illustrations. A collection of Valery's poems with text entirely in FRENCH. (1.5 Jm HOQ 100/2. Numbered. Paperback. Acceptable. Illus. by NEIRA, Pedro Dominguez. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1992. (CAD) First Edition, 1st printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page. no other markigns, slight toning to edges of pages, about Fine in complete Fine Dust jacket. Maroon bds, 214pp. This novel is a story of a man who goes searching for a young woman, a waitress at his favourite cafe, who suddenly goes missing. Blurb by W.P.Kinsella on the rear Dj. (1.8 JM HOQ 103/b5. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine (-)/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2011. (USA) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page and dated 2011, no other markings, a touch of rubbing to base and head of spine, Near Fine in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket with a tiny nick to the leading edge of the rear falp fold edge. Boards, 196pp, monochrome illustrations by Van Allsburg. A heavy book. (2.5 JM HOJ 301/4. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2011. (USA) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page and dated 2011, no other markings, a touch of rubbing to base of spine, otherwise Fine in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to base of spine panel. Boards, 196pp, monochrome illustrations by Van Allsburg. (2.5 JM LVR 201/b1. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. (USA) 3rd edition. There is an owner's faint name stamp to the front fly, there are some stains to the cover boards (not bad), some faint spots to page edges, some wear to spine edges and edges of cover, consistent with the books age, pages generally clean, Good copy; no dust jacket perhaps as published. Putty coloured boards with titles in brown, pattenred end papers, xiv, 643pp, index, decorative chapter headers, no illus. per se. This book is copyright 1890; this the third edition 1908 with a new chapter and index. The author writes her preface from Antwerp, Belgium. This is a tremnsoud collection of recipes (perhaps 1000) drawn from French culinary traditions. The recipes are presented in the style of older cookery books , quite brief without the ingredients lists and presumes some fore-knowledge of cookery methods. The original preface includes a list of sources consulted from Mrs. Beeton, Mrs. Rorer and Miss Parloa to Careme and Soyer. Additionally the… Read More

[Canada]: Lemeac, 1983. (CAD) Later Printing Wraps, 201pp. A guide in French for correspondence and spelling. Owner's signature, spine rubbed, Good used copy. (1.1 JM HOX 2a/16. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 1997. (NETH) 2nd printing of the First hardcover edition, No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with touch of rubbing to panel surfaces. Hardcover, 340pp, index, over 330 colour and B&W illus. Rembrandts paintings have been admired throughout centuries because of their artistic freedom. But Rembrandt was also a craftsman whose painting technique was rooted the tradition. Rembrandt—The Painter at Work is the result of a lifelong search for Rembrandt's working methods, his intellectual approach to the art of painting and the way in which his studio functioned. Ernst van de Wetering demonstrates how this knowledge can be used to tackle questions about authenticity and other art-historical issues. (5.0 JM LVR 201/b4. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Port Credit ON: Self Published By Author, 2011. (CAD) INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, no other markings, there is a hand-made quality to this book and the inside cover consists of illustrations glued together and this has made the paper wavy, hint of spine slant, otherwise Fine; in Fine dust jacket with pastedown of a sculptural face, the dust jacket is deliberately shorter than the height of the book. Patterned cloth hardcover, sewn binding, 108pp. The author is an English tutor and a writer, who lives in Port Ceredit Ontario. Holland and Jaime: A Novel in Twelve Stories is a collection of short stories that follows the lives of two men from young adulthood to middle age. Each story is told from the perspective of someone in Jaime's or Holland's life; the stories explore how relationships affect the individuals involved, and the individuals' struggle with acceptance and understanding in modern society. (2.6 JM HOZ 401/3. Inscribed By Author. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Netherlands: Netherlands Design Inst, 2002. (NETH) No markings, Fine; no dust jacket published. Pictorial boards, 138pp, colour reproductions of theatre posters, one per page showing ten years of prizing winning poster design. The text is in Dutch and in English. (2.5 JM HOJ 300/6. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Paris: La Palme, 1951. (FR) No markings, about Fine; no dust jacket perhaps as published. Light blue-grey cloth with pastedown of praying nun, 241pp,index of illustrations. 94 reproductions in B&W and 18 colour plates tipped-into the book. This history of 15th century Flemish art is entirely in French. (3.2 JM HOJ 300/b3. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1945. (USA) Possibly the 2nd printing (1945) This association copy bears the names of "Doris+ Jack Shadbolt" and a signature to the back of the front cover "Shadbolt", no other markings, Very Good; lacking the dustjacket. Jack Shadbolt was a Canadian westcoast painter and Doris Shadbolt, a noted art historian. Brown tweedy cloth, 128pp, 14 colour plates over 100 B&W plates. This is a book on the Flemish massters: Jan van Eyck, Petrus Christus, Roger van der Weyden, Dirk Bouts, Hugo van der Goes, Hans Memling, Gerard David, Jerome Bosch, Peter Bruegel. Van der Elst was was a Belgian diplomat, art collector and writer. He died in 1971. 3.3 JM 0732. Signed. Very Good/Lacking the Jacket.

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1960. (USA) Stated 1st edition. No markings, the lower portion of the leading edge of front and back covers have been abraided, resulting in a series of edge faults where the cover boards are showing through the small abrasions, pages clean, hinges strong, thus Acceptable copy in Poor dust jacket with loss of half od the frotn flap, chips to head and foot of spine and the lower portions of the flap folds worn away. Boards, illus end papers, 211pp. THe illustrations are by the author. I believe this was the third book in the series featuring Judge Dee, a 7th century magistrate working in Imperial China. (1.8 JM HOQ 101/3. 1st. Hardcover. Acceptable/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Tokyo / Rutland VT: Sophia University / Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969. (JPN) Second edition (1969) , original first published in 1940. No markings, just a touch of rubbing to the lower cover corner tips, otherwise Fine in price-clipepd Near Fine dust jacket in mylar sleeve. Lovely patterend black cloth with gold titles on red spine title block, xx, 271pp, index, B&W illus and photographic plates. This book presents the entire history and cultural signaficance of the Chinese lute. The author has collected an enormous amount of material relating to this musical instrument: rare books, old manuscripts, antique Chinese and Japanese lutes, scrolls, etc. He was taught to play the lute by the late Yeh Ho-fu, a famous Chinese master. (2.5 JM HOJ 300/b1. 2nd. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Tokyo / Rutland VT: Sophia University / Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969. (JPN) Second edition, original first published in 1940. No markings, two small faint spots to back cover, else Near Fine in price-clipepd Very Good dust jacket with a couple of small tears to edge of Dj; DJ in mylar sleeve. Lovely patterend black cloth with gold titles on red spine title block, xx, 271pp, index, B&W illus and photographic plates. This book presents the entire history and cultural signaficance of the Chinese lute. The author has collected an enormous amount of material relating to this musical instrument: rare books, old manuscripts, antique Chinese and Japanese lutes, scrolls, etc. He was taught to play the lute by the late Yeh Ho-fu, a famous Chinese master. (2.5 JM HOJ 300/b2. 2nd. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Amsterdam / Toronto: Amsterdam Historisch Museum / Art Gallery of Ontario, 1977. (NETH) Presumed 1st eidtion. No markings, Fine; lacking the dust jacket. Blue cloth hardcover, 272pp, line map and small B&W reproductions of paintings. This is a monograph on the cityscape in Dutch topographical art of the 17the cnetury with dual text in Dutch and in English written by various contributors. The book accompanied an exhibition. (2.5 JM HOJ 302/0. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Lacking the Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Rotterdam: Nai Publishers, 2008. (NETH) Presumed 1st edition, No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Hardcover, 128pp, colour reproductions of paintings. Published concurrently with Holland's inaugural Apeldoorn Garden and Landscape Architecture Triennial, The Discovery of the Netherlands explores how the genre of Dutch landscape painting has played a role in the viewer's appreciation of the landscape. Editor Henk van Os, Department Chair of Art and Society at the University of Amsterdam, contends that the function of landscape painting is to educate the viewer to appreciate, through the artists' skill, the view that the artist has chosen to portray. Van Os echoes a key tenet of nineteenth century landscape painting--that framing nature frees it for aesthetic appreciation. (2.2 JM HOZ 402/b1. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NY: Wehman Bros, 1954. (USA) Presumed 1st American edition. No markings, Very Good used copy; lacking the dust jacket. Black cloth, [208]pp, 19 B&W photo plates and 5 line diagrams. Sydney James Van Pelt (1908 -1976) was an Australian medical practitioner and a pioneer of modern medical hypnosis and hypnotherapy. He was the founding editor of the British Journal of Medical Hypnotism, President of the British Society of Medical Hypnotists, and a member of the (U.S.) Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. This book has Methods of Indcing Hypnotism, use of Hypnotism in treatment of Psycho-Neurosis and in the treatment of bad habits, stress deiseases; how hypnotism can be used for Medical purposes. (1.6 JM HOJ 301/2. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Lacking the Dustjacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

North Vancouver: Fairy Press, 1997. (CAD) Presumed first edition. No markings, Fine in Fine rich red dust jacket with colour pastedown of fiary and mouse on a swing, [28]pp counting end papers, sewn binding. 12 pages have colour ilustrations; the other pages have line drawings andhand-lettered text. "Fairies brew summer wine from elder flower nectar and dew drops..." Uncommon (1.0 JM hoq 101/a3. 1st. Paperback. Fine/Fine. Illus. by VAN SANDWYK, Charles.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.