Search Results: Authors starting with V from Gotcha By The Books

Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press, 1997. Signed 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. large 8vo. Signed 1st Edition of this late collection by Val Vallis, bearing the same title as his first collection - Vallis states thus in the foreword 'Walt Whitman gave the title Leaves of Grass to every collection of his poetry...I have decided to give the same continuity to my own poetry.....so i have revived my 1947 title Songs of the East Coast'; flat-signed by Vallis to title page.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1947. Signed 1st Edition. hardbound. G-VG in poor dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Signed 1st Edition of Val Vallis' first collection of poetry; Signed and dated to front endpaper ""To Mercy Griffin with my compliments Val Vallis April 1948""; very scarce signed copy; this being the original Songs of the East Coast, Vallis having used the same title for later collections, stating thus 'Walt Whitman gave the title Leaves of Grass to every collection of his poetry...I have decided to give the same continuity to my own poetry'; tape stains to endpapers and prelims, occasional foxing, occasional minor stains in text, o.w. G-VG throughout; boards rubbed and foxed, gilt titling dulled, some small worn spots; dustwrapper in two pieces, held together in clear archival (removable) dw cover; heavily rubbed, major loss to spine and top rear panel.

Milan: Skira, 2001. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Profusely illustrated survey of earrings from the Ghysels Collection, with earrings from Africa, Asia, and America; hundreds of full-page colour plate illustrations throughout; photos by Mauro Magliani; text by Anne van Cutsem (English translation by Judith Landry); includes a glossary, maps, and index; Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper

Milan: Skira, 2000. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Copiously illustrated survey of rings from the Ghysels Collection, with rings from Africa, Asia, and America; full-page colour plate illustrations throughout; photos by Mauro Magliani; text by Anne van Cutsem (English translation by Susan Wise); includes a glossary of technical terms, maps, and index; Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper; PLEASE NOTE: HEAVY BOOK MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING DEPENDING ON DESTINATION

Utrecht: Oosthoek, 1972. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 4to. b&w plates Study of Medieval music and literature as produced and performed by Troubadours and Trouveres, two closely-related types of aristocratic poet-composer of the High Middle Ages; the text thus includes both poems and musical examples; two major parts: introduction, written and oral traditions, rhythm and meter, melodic aspects, elements of form; and part two the texts and music of the Troubadour and Trouvere Chansons, accompanied by critical notes; 4 b&w plates; former owner's name to half-title page, tiny spot to fore-edge, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper edgeworn and rubbed, one or two short closed tears, o.w. Good.

London: Thames And Hudson, 1978. reprint. hardbound. all volumes Very Good in Very Good slipcase/no dustwrapper. 3 vols 8vo. b&w illustrations Thames and Hudson's definitive English edition of the complete letters of Van Gogh, 3 handsome octavos in blue cloth slipcase, all volumes blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spines and T&H dolphin motif in gilt to front board; all with b&w frontispiece plates showing Van Gogh self-portraits, and all illustrated throughout with the drawings included in the letters; vol I with introduction by VW Van Gogh, preface and memoir of Vincent by Mrs. J. van Gogh-Bonger; most of the volumes consisting of Vincent's letters to Theo, vol iii with letters to various correspondents, and Theo's letters to Vincent, and with some additional documents; the 1978 reprint edition; all volumes Very Good tight and clean throughout with no marks or flaws, all spines with mild reading creases; slipcase a little rubbed, lower lh corner knocked (with worn spot); PLEASE NOTE A HEAVY… Read More

London: Publicity Products, 1951. 1st Edition. stiff card. Very Good. large 8vo. colour pop-ups Pop-up book with travel/transport theme illustrated by Raymond Vartanian; wraps spiral bound, illustrated to both sides, illustrated title page, 5 pop-ups depicting modes of transport from buses/cars/trucks/motorcycles, through trains, ocean lines, aeroplanes, and space rockets, all interspersed with descriptive text; between the pop-ups are further illustrated pages showing trucks, motor cars, and the like; all pop-ups in remarkably good shape, with all components opening clean and sharp; gift-inscription to title page; wraps rubbed and with a little wear to yapp edges, and some worn spots and creases along spiral binding; overall a Very Good copy.

Basel: Galerie Buchmann, 1984. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good tight clean copy. 8vo. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the Emilio Vedova exhibition Galerie Buchmann Basel 1984, limited to 800 copies, this copy with original frontispiece drawing by Vedova, being a profile in black texta; colour and b&w illustrations including 4 gate-fold; texts by Philipp Guyer and Martin Kunz (in German with no English translation).

Ajmer: ARAWLII Publications, 2008. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Selected poems of Satish Verma; foreword by Anuraag Sharma, with other short texts by Sheela Upadhyay, EE Sule, John Kinsella, and Christopher Rollason.

Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1996. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations Series of interviews between Jean Vermeil and Pierre Boulez, with focus on conducting: Choosing the Works, On Gestures, Rehearsing, Recording, Settings, etc; b&w photo illustrations; includes a discography, and selection of programs conducted by Boulez; medium foxing to front endpaper, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout in Very Good dustwrapper.

Gympie: Murray Views, no date (1930's). presumed 1st Edition. paperback. Good. 8vo. profusely illustrated The Brisbane volume in the 'See Australia First' series of photo books showing the best of Australian scenery as it appeared in the 1930's (no publishing date - Trove 1931-39); colour and b&w photo illustrations of 1930's Brisbane, including City Hall, Queen and Adelaide Streets, Botanical Gardens, Hamilton Reach, Jacarandas in New Farm Park, and more; front cover with two die-cut ovals showing through to the colour photos behind; Good throughout with some mild creasing to some pages; wraps a little rubbed, tanned and creased.

London: Anvil Press, 2014. reprint. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Peter Dale's translation of the poems of Villon, including The Legacy, The Testament, and other poems; bi-lingual edition with French and English text on facing pages; includes preface, biographical note, notes and variants; Very Good.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Everyman's Library, 1968. 1st thus. hardbound. Very Good in Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 12mo. Fred Exell dustwrapper 1st Everyman's Library 1968 of the complete poems of Villon, translated by Beram Saklatvala, and with an introduction and explanatory index by John Fox; gift-inscription to half-title page, mild bleeding to top edges of some pages from red topstain, shelfwear to boards, o.w. Very Good; dustwrapper rubbed, toned to spine, o.w. Good.

New York: Liveright , 1924. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in chipped & rubbed dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Complete poems of Villon including The Little Testament and The Great Testament in the translations of both John Herron Lepper and John Payne (and with the respective introductions of both), followed by Payne's translation of Divers Poems and Sundry Poems, and finally followed with English versions by Rossetti, Swinburne, Symons, and Ezra Pound; publication page gives date of 1924 with no other dates or details; black cloth boards with gilt titling/motif to front, blue title label and gilt titling to spine, gilt designs to spine; worn patch to front endpaper, text block foxed, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper edgeworn and rubbed, vertical stain to front panel, spine sunned.

Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 2013. 1st paperback. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. David Georgi's new translation of the poems of Villon; Bequests, The Testament, Shorter Poems; includes list of abbreviations, notes to the poems, works cited, and a map of Villon's Paris; 1st printing (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).

Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1968. 2nd Edition. hardbound. Very Good in edgeworn dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 12mo. The Mahanarayanopanisad volume in the Upanisad Series from Sri Ramakrishna Math, each volume containing the original text in Devanagari, English translation and copious notes and detailed introduction; some tanning to endpapers, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper rubbed, and with 3 x 3cm ragged loss top edge front panel

Perth: Pica Press, 1990. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good tight clean copy. sm 4to. Collection of performance texts by Allan Vinzents.

Melbourne: Fling Poetry, 1982. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. b&w illustrations Cornelis Vleeskens' 5th collection of poems, being no 2 in the Fling Poets series; ink drawings by Jenni Mitchell.

Campbelltown: Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery , 1998. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. square 8vo. colour illustrations Catalogue for the exhibition of hand woven cloth from Laos, including numerous textiles from Laos, and with focus on the work of Lao-Australian artist Savanhdary Vongpoothorn; numerous colour plate illustrations throughout; includes list of Vongpoothorn's works, and biographical dates; texts by Sioux Garside and Benjamin Genocchio; former owner's name to reverse side of front cover, o.w. Very Good throughout; scarce.

Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1961. 1st UK Edition. hardbound. Good-Very Good/no dustwrapper. 8vo. Concise study of the Fibonacci Numbers, being a translation of the 1951 Russian edition; Fibonacci numbers and geometry, simple properties, number-theoretic properties, Fibonacci numbers and continued fractions; being volume 2 in the Popular Lectures in Mathematics Series; medium-heavy foxing to endpapers and prelims, occasional foxing in text, o.w. G-VG throughout; boards rubbed, foxing to rear.