Search Results: Authors starting with V from Albion Books

Hamburg, NY: Boncraft Arts Publications, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG- (Very Good Minus). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Flat signed by both author and editor to title page. Black cloth with trace wear and sharp spine ends and corners. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has trace edgewear and a few tiny tears; slight toning along edges; front flap price-clipped. Binding sound, interior clean. Color illustrations. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 152 pp.

New York: Hippocrene Books, 2000. Soft cover. VG- (Very Good Minus). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Glossy illustrated wraps with minor edgewear and a long crease to rear cover. Light soil to text block. Binding sound, spine not creased, text clean. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 288 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Signed by author to ffep with personalized inscription. Navy cloth dec in gilt and green, designed by Margaret Armstrong. Spine a bit darkened, with gilt thereon mostly rubbed away. Minor edgewear and soil, and lightly bumped spine ends. Binding shaken, text clean. Interior lightly toned, with light foxing to only a few pages. Hinges cracked with webbing exposed. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 391 pp.

Greenleaf/Dupont Corp., 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. G+ (Good Plus). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Adult material, no international shipping. Signed by Vance to title page in bold black marker without inscription. Illustrated wraps with minor edgewear, rubbing and creasing. Binding sound, spine not creased, interior clean. Small, faint waterstain to lower fore corners of some pages. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. Unpaginated, ~70 pp. B/w and some color photography of nude men and women.

Citadel Press, 2007. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. VG- (Very Good Minus). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ADULT READING ONLY. Matte wraps with light edgewear and creasing. Binding sound, spine not creased, text clean. Interior toned. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. USA shipping only.

Philadelphia, PA: American Philosophical Society, 1993. 4th Printing. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Glossy wraps with minor edgewear and partial sticker to rear cover. Minor soil to text block. Binding sound, spine not creased, text with scattered light pen underlining. No prev owner names or stamps. Not ex-library. 233 pp.

Indian Academy of Sciences, 1988. 1st English Language Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Tan cloth covered boards with trace edgewear and soil, and bumped spine ends and corners. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has mild edgewear and soil, lightly sunned spine, crimping at spine ends and corners, and several small nicks to edges. Binding sound, text clean. Interior slightly toned. Illustrated with color and b/w photos and b/w diagrams. Trace soil to text block, and top edge lightly foxed. No previous owner names, bookplates, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library.

Boston, MA: Henry L. Shepard & Co., 1874. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Ferat. 1st (pirated) US edition. Russet cloth with elaborate lettering and decoration in gilt and black. Boards moderately edgeworn, frayed, dampstained and dented (interior not affected by water). Dark blue eps lightly creased. Binding sound, text clean. Interior toned, with light foxing and soil. Tissue guarded frontis. B/w plates. Gift inscription to second blank. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 190 pp.

Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1887. Hardcover. G+ (Good Plus)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The "Caxton Edition". Maroon cloth with elaborate decoration and lettering stamped in black and gilt. Minor edgewear and rubbing; spine ends and corners lightly bumped. Minor soil to text block. Binding a little tender (front hinge also cracked), text clean. Interior quite toned. Brown/cream floral eps. Not illustrated. Gift inscription to second blank. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 349 pp.

Falcon, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Glossy wraps with trace edgewear and creasing. Binding sound, spine not creased, text clean. Color photos. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 183 pp.

Signet / New American Library, 1984. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. VG- (Very Good Minus). 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Freya Tanz. Glossy pictorial wraps with minor creasing and rubbing. Binding sound, spine not creased, text clean. Interior toned. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 189 pp.

University of Toronto Press, 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/VG- (Very Good Minus). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Terracotta boards with lightly bumped spine ends. Jacket has light edgewear, rubbing and toning; a few tears <1/2"; flaps not clipped. Binding sound, text clean. Interior toned. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 197 pp.

New York: Rizzoli, 2021. Hardcover. Very Good/NDAI (No Dust Jacket As Issued). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 2nd printing. Matte black boards with trace wear and lightly bumped spine ends and corners. Binding sound, interior clean. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 256 pp.

USA: Eestlaste Kirjastuse Valjaanne. Early Edition . Soft cover. G+ (Good Plus). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Salome Trei'lt. No date, but c. 1947. Possibly the 1st US edition. Not numbered. Tan wraps with light edgewear, creasing and soil. Spine ends and corners bumped, with small tears to the former. Light soil to text block. Binding sound, spine not creased, text clean. Text in the original Estonian. Interior toned. Pen-and-ink b/w illustrations; tipped-in frontispiece portrait of the author is lightly creased. No previous owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 237pp. Scarce!

Chicago, IL: Vitak-Elsnic Co.. Soft cover. VG- (Very Good Minus). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Set of four booklets. 1930s-1940s. Matte wraps with trace edgewear, soil and creasing. Light sunfading to edges. Price stickers to front covers. Stapled bindings sound, interiors clean and lightly toned. No pen/pencil marks inside. No prev owner names or stamps. Not ex-library. 35+39+40+32 pp.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/VG- (Very Good Minus). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black cloth with trace wear and lightly bumped spine ends; slight sunning along lower edge. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has light edgewear, toning, rubbing and soil; a few small tears <1"; flaps not clipped. Binding sound, text clean. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 213 pp. This is the purely Nabokov version of the screenplay and not the same version which was produced as the motion picture Lolita, distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

University Press of America, 2014. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/NDAI (No Dust Jacket As Issued). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author to title page with personalization. Crisp glossy boards with trace wear. Binding tight and unread, text clean. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 424 pp.

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. G+ (Good Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Light edgewear and scuffing, and bumped spine ends and corners. Top edge foxed. Binding cracked at title page, otherwise sound. Text clean. B/w illustrations. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 119 pp.

Irving, TX: Spring Publications, Inc., 1980. Soft cover. VG- (Very Good Minus). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 3rd printing. Pictorial wraps with minor edgewear, rubbing, soil, toning and creasing. Binding sound, spine not creased, text clean save for a small pen mark to one page. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 284 pages.

New York: Delacorte Press. BCE (Book Club Edition) . Hardcover. Very Good/VG- (Very Good Minus). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Early book club edition c. 1969. Turquoise blue cloth with gilt and black lettering. Trace wear and slightly bumped spine ends. Trace soil to text block. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has light edgewear and rubbing; a few small waterspots to spine panel; a few tiny tears; flaps not clipped. No sunning. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 217 pp.