Search Results: Authors starting with V from AARDWOLF Fine Books

Vaccari’s Language Institute, Tokyo, 1966; Eighth Edition; 8vo, 451 pages plus a 45-page Vaccari catalog of Japanese language books at the back. Entirely reset, revised, and enlarged. A complete guide to Japanese characters, with six thousand character-words used in everyday literature and an additional list of ninety-two characters used in writing personal names. Near Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket.

, 1860; Circa 1860 photograph of Joel Valentine of Bennington, Vermont, together with 1856 mortgage deed and 1866 certified probate court copy of Valentine’s last will and testament. Photograph is approximately 8" x 6 1/2", edges trimmed to fit an oval frame, and is accompanied by a 7" x 10" steel engraving on heavy paper, modeled after the photo. Both photograph and engraving are in excellent condition. The mortgage deed is handwritten by town clerk D.F. Squire, bears the signatures of two witnesses, and is signed, sealed, and dated by Elisha B. Day on March 6, 1856. There is some paper damage at the fold ends, with minor text loss. The will is the town clerk’s copy ( D.F. Squire), likewise handwritten, and executed in the court of Judge Thomas White on August 14, 1866. It contains the complete text of Joel Valentine’s last will and testament and bears the probate court’s official seal and five-cent U.S. Internal Revenue certificate tax stamp. There is some paper damage… Read More

The Leyden Museum, Leyden, Netherlands, 1889; Color lithograph of the reclusive Liberian Maned Owl (Bubo Letti Butt. or Jubula Letti Butt.), found only in small sections of lowland West African rainforests from Liberia to Republic Of Congo. An original plate from Notes From The Leyden Museum, official zoological periodical of the Reijksmuseum of Natural History, Vol. XI, No. 1, January, 1889, the issue in which Buttikofer first described and named the species. Drawn and lithographed by Theodoor Van Hoytema (1863-1917), renowned for his realistic natural history studies for the Reijkmuseum, as well as for his later art nouveau style commercial work. Excellent condition. Clean, bright, colors vivid. Archivally hinged and matted acid free with 100% rag museum board, ready for framing. Sheet size 6" x 9 3/8", window 5 1/2" x 8 1/4", outside matte dimensions 11" x 14". A beautiful and scarce print of an uncommon avian subject.

Lucien Vogel, Paris, 1914; First Edition; octavo (7 1/2" x 9 3/4"); 3 pages; Illustrated. A review of Lucienne peignoirs, written by Jean Louis Vandoyer for Lucien Vogel’s trend-setting Parisian fashion journal, La Gazette Du Bon Ton. Recognized world wide as the epitome of good taste and style, the Gazette was issued monthly between November 1912 and December 1925, minus a hiatus during The First World War. It employed the foremost designers, artists, writers, and critics of its age, and each of the magazine’s illustrated articles was impeccably designed and finely printed in individual single-fold folios on heavy handmade paper, then loosely laid into an outer printed folder. All artwork was produced using the costly pochoir, or stencil, technique of hand coloring. Fine, with six beautiful in-text color pochoir illustrations in Art Deco style by Zyg Brunner. From the 1914 Gazette. Not a reproduction. Text in French.

Lucien Vogel / Conde Nast, Paris, 1922; First Edition; octavo (7 1/2" x 9 3/4"); 4 pages; Illustrated. A look at Bianchini fabrics, authored by Vaudreuil for Lucien Vogel’s trend-setting Parisian fashion journal, La Gazette Du Bon Ton. Recognized world wide as the epitome of good taste and style, the Gazette was issued monthly between November 1912 and December 1925, minus a hiatus during The First World War. It employed the foremost designers, artists, writers, and critics of its age, and each of the magazine’s illustrated articles was impeccably designed and finely printed in individual single-fold folios on heavy handmade paper, then loosely laid into an outer printed folder. All artwork was produced using the costly pochoir, or stencil, technique of hand coloring. Fine, with three beautiful in-text color illustrations by Pierre Mourgue. From the 1914 Gazette. Not a reproduction. Text in French.

Lucien Vogel / Conde Nast, Paris, 1921; First Edition; octavo (7 1/2" x 9 3/4"); 4 pages; Illustrated. A discussion of Mousseline, Foulard, and Crepe fabrics, authored by Vaudreuil for Lucien Vogel’s trend-setting Parisian fashion journal, La Gazette Du Bon Ton, recognized world wide as the epitome of good taste and style. The Gazette was issued monthly between November 1912 and December 1925, minus a hiatus during The First World War. It employed the foremost designers, artists, writers, and critics of the age, and each of its illustrated articles was impeccably designed and finely printed in individual single-fold folios on heavy handmade paper, then loosely laid into an outer printed folder. All artwork was produced using the costly pochoir, or stencil, technique of hand coloring. Fine, with three stylish in-text fashion illustrations by Pierre Mourgue. From the 1921 issue of the Gazette. Not a reproduction. Text in French.

Osborne Publishers, Inc, Santa Clara, CA, 1987; First Edition; 8vo, 314 pages; illustrated blue cloth boards. Biography of pioneer American aviatrix Bobbi Trout (1906-2003), who came to California in 1920 and at age 22 solo’d at Burdett Fuller’s airport on South Western Avenue in Los Angeles on April 30, 1928 . Trout went on to become holder of countless aviation records and distinctions such as the woman’s solo endurance record. She competed in the very first cross country "Powder Puff Derby" from Santa Monica-to-Cleveland, and was a founding member of the pioneer women’s flying organization, the "Ninety-Nines," as well as an influential member of the Zontians. Profusely illustrated with vintage photographs. An informative and entertaining book, with much on the history of early California aviation. Inscribed and signed by Bobbi Trout to a fellow Zontian on the front paste down. Additionally signed on the facing page by author Skip Mazzio, publisher of the Aviation… Read More

Ekdotikos Oichos Patris E.P.E., Athens, 1960; 8vo (7" x 9 3/4"), 520 pages; illustrated. Landmark translation of Thucydides’ fifth century B.C. History, from the original Classic Greek into Modern Greek, by eminent Greek scholar and statesman Eleutherios Venizelos, seven times Prime Minister of Greece, who was instrumental in the formation of the modern Greek State. Painstakingly written over a period of seven years, Venizelos’ translation is noted, among other aspects, for his use of katharevousa, a modern Greek style closer to classic Greek than the demotic vernacular, in order to correct later accretions and bring the language closer to that of Thucydides’ original. Copious commentary and analysis by Venizelos, plus substantive prefaces by Stefanos I. Stephanou, Dimitrios Kaklamanos, Andreas Mikalopotaos and Konstantin D. Stergiopoulos. Illustrated with frontispiece Venizelos portrait plate, five color fold-out maps, six full-page b&w photo plates of various associated Greek… Read More

Random House, New York, 1974; First Edition; 8vo, 244 pages. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket. A sparkling copy, crisp, clean, bright, and sharp.

Random House, New York, 1983; First Edition; 8vo, 215 pages. The book that "took Duluth off the map." Fine, in a Fine dust jacket.

Random House, New York, 1990; First Edition; 8vo, 437 pages; Signed. Gore Vidal’s novel of the Hollywood film world of the 1920’s. Very Good Plus in a Very Good Plus dust jacket. No chips, tears, or price clipping. Neatly signed by the author on the title page. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind.

Goupil, Paris, 1880; Large woodburytype photograph by Francois Marie Louis Alexandre Gobinet de Villecholles, ( "Franck") of influential 19th century drama critic and author Francisque Sarcey (1827-1899), whose authoritative pronouncements on French stage productions went fearfully unchallenged. Photo measures 7 1/4" x 9", mounted on 11" x 14" card. Accompanied by four 11" x 14" pages of background text by Charles Flor, in French. From the eminent French 19th century "Galerie Contemporaine" photographic collection of leading figures from the arts and sciences, published by Goupil and issued in parts from 1876 to 1884. Fine condition.

Orion, London, 1992; Limited First Edition publisher’s numbered proof; #120 of a total of 500; 8vo 755 pages. Celebrated author Penny Vincenzi’s epic saga of love, sex, greed, and financial ruthlessness among the amoral generations of two wealthy aristocratic families, one English, one American. Her second novel. Fine, in illustrated heavy wraps.

Belknap/ Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1969; First Edition; large 8vo, 733 pages; illustrated. Seminal anthropological study of the Tzotzil-speaking highland village of Zinacantan, covering geographic and cultural setting, material culture and economics, social structure, religious beliefs and rituals, etc. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket that has a single 1" closed edge tear. A very attractive copy.

J.M. Dent & Co./ E.P. Dutton, London/ New York, 1928; First Edition; 8vo, 214 pages. Detailed study of the portrait miniature and silhouette, from 15th through 18th centuries, with chapters on history and technique, discussions of the English, French, and German schools, and uses in brooches, jewelry, fans, personal belongings, china, furniture, etc. Profusely illustrated with forty color plates and nearly two hundred b&w illustrations. Five page list of the artists and sitters represented at the back. First English language edition, translated by E. K. Walker from the German original published at Munich in 1917. Attractively bound in light green cloth with decorations in gold, red and green. Very Good Plus. Clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, binding tight, sound, and square. No ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. A handsome copy.

Walders Wittib und Rauschische Erben, Wirtzburg, Bavaria, 1758; octavo (6 5/8" x 3 5/8"), 555 pages; illustrated; full calf. Eighteenth century Catholic instructional, with prayers for Morning and Evening, Stations of the Cross, Confession, Communion, Church Feast Days For The Entire Year, Litanies, Procession to the Holy Trinity, Pilgrimages, a Special Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, and more. Authored by renowned German theologian and ascetic, P. Martin von Cochem (1630-1712), Capuchin friar celebrated for his piety and dedication to those in both spiritual and temporal need. Full leather binding, some decorative tooling. Illustrated with eight wonderful full-page copper engravings. Leather aged yet retains resiliency, hinges supple and uncracked, a few chinks along the spine shoulders, some board corner wear. Text clean and bright, binding perfectly tight, sound, and square. Blank end papers inscribed with early family history entries.

Inselverlag, Leipzig, 1908; octavo (4 3/4" x 7 1/4"); 959 pages in all; three volumes; vellum; yapped edges; gilt spine titles; top page edges gilt; red silk headbands; red silk marker ribbons; illustrated. "Simplicissimus," a sweeping picaresque epic set in the violent period of the Thirty Years War, was first published at Mompelgard in 1669 and is universally regarded as one of the greatest works in German literature, and its author, Hans Jacob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621-1676), the greatest German novelist of the 17th century. A handsome three-volume edition, published by Insel Verlag at Leipzig in 1908, with four aquatint illustration plates by Max Klinger, two of them fold-outs. Text in German. Blackletter title page design by E. R. Weiss. Very Good Plus. Clean, crisp, bright, titles brilliant. A fine set.

Breitkopf & Hartel,, Wiesbaden, 1968; 5 Auflage; 4 volume set; illustrated. An exhaustive history, 1542 to date, of the legendary German publishing house Breitkopf & Hartel, contracted publishers of such musical giants as Beethoven, Brahms, Bach, Liszt, Meyerbeer, Handel, Mendelssohn, and Wagner. Includes much interesting material on the firm’s relationships with its world renowned composers. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. A monumental work in four octavo volumes, totaling 1,276 pages, published in-house by Breitkopf & Hartel and beautifully bound in woven gray cloth with embossed titles in red. Text in German. A Fine set.

Frederick A. Stokes Company, NY, 1928; First Edition; 8vo, 323 pages. Legendary Maui author Armine von Tempski’s story of a young man’s efforts to reclaim the despoiled Hawaiian island of Kahoolawe and restore it to its original splendor. True first edition, first printing. Very Good, with moderate external soiling. No previous owner signatures or any other markings of any kind. No dust jacket.

G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY, 1991; First Edition; 8vo, 240 pages. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, no previous owner signatures or any other markings of any kind, not price-clipped. An attractive copy.