Search Results: Authors starting with V from Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

New York: McSpedon and Baker, 1852. Front joint cracked, front cover largely detached, internally clean. 8vo. 88 pages. Superb folding frontispiece "View of the New-York Quarantine, Staten Island," lithographed by G. Hayward for David Valentine's 1851 Manual. Original cloth, gilt letterered on front cover. First edition. A wonderful association copy, inscribed by the author to Alfred E. Beach on the front free endpaper: "To Alfred E. Beach Esq. With the compliments of Alexr. F. Vache." The inventor Alfred Beach designed the Beach Pneumatic Transit, which became the first subway in America. He was an early owner and cofounder of Scientific American and Munn & Co., the country's leading patent agency, and helped secure patents for Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and other innovators. And with the bookplate of his brother, Moses S. Beach, American newspaper owner, editor, inventor, and politician from New York. His papers were the Boston Daily Times and the New York Sun. He… Read More

Milan: Valentino, 2015. A fine copy, the lower corners of final leaves lightly bumped, a few soil-marks and creases to portfolio. 4to. [42] pages. Flexible cloth, laid into branded flexible cloth portfolio. A beautifully produced lookbook for the Pre Fall 2015 season, designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, who collaborated with pop artist Giosetta Fiorini to create a playful and dreamy heart theme.

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. First edition. Fine save a soft crease to the front free endpaper, the jacket fresh and bright. Oblong quarto. Original cloth; original pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, heralded by Publisher's Weekly upon publication: "Two-time Caldecott Medalist Van Allsburg reaches a new pinnacle of excellence in both illustration and storytelling in his latest work.

Phaidon press, 2015. As-new in shrinkwrap. 8vo. 572 pages. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "Twice a year for the last 10 years Fantastic Man has chronicled the world's most stylish and influential men through insightful interviews and the lenses of equally stylish and influential photographers. David Beckham, Tom Ford, Ewan McGregor, Helmut Lang and many others have been cast in a new light by a magazine heralded not only for its witty editorial and award winning design but for the iconic photographers (Juergen Teller, Bruce Weber, Wolfgang Tillmans) who have shot for them as well. Fully illustrated, Fantastic Man represents the best of the magazines's archives, offering a fascinating portrait of contemporary men's style and a unique viewpoint on what defines masculinity in the 21st century. The publication celebrates the ten-year anniversary of Fantastic Man magazine. Elegant and cool, the book reflects the magazine's signature aesthetics" (the publisher).

New York: Crown Publishers, 1966. First edition, inscribed. Front jacket panel with several closed tears, light shelfwear, otherwise fine. Folio. Black-and-white photographs and reproductions. Original cloth-backed boards; dust jacket. A fine presentation copy, inscribed by Lipchitz on the title. A critical evaluation of Lipschitz's work by Dr. Alfred Werner is included.

Zoo Producties, 2007. A near-fine copy. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 160 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original pictoral wrappers.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1980. Hardcover. A near-fine copy with a pale stain on the cloth covers in a near-fine jacket with some light shelfwear. 11 x 11.5 inches. 257 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. Revised edition. "The work of the contemporary American sculptor, known for his true-to- life plaster figures of lower and middle-class Americans engaged in every day activities, is shown in 132 photographs, most in color. The brief text outlines Segal's life and approach to art.

Osfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2006. A near-fine copy. 6.75 x 9.5 inches. 156 pages. Original printed boards. First edition. "The Dutch artist Marcel van Eeden has done a drawing a day for more than a decade, since 1993. Each one interprets photographs or text from before he was born in 1965, source material he gathers through a network of vintage book dealers, archives and libraries. His thousands of small-format works show people and places at once anachronistic and ready to spring to life at any moment; they make the time before his birth seem present in front of the viewer's eyes, as though through the looking glass into a period film. Van Eeden calls his life's work an "encyclopedia" of his death--he imagines a time before he existed in order to imagine a time after he is gone. This collection of approximately 140 of his virtuosic drawings describes a fictitious biography for K. M. Wiegand, who, history verifies, was actually a botanist" (the publisher).

Antwerp: A Publishers, 2014. A very good to near fine copy with modest shelfwear. 4to (11.5 x 9 inches). Printed wrappers. The thirteenth issue of this important fashion magazine, in which designers act as guest editors and use it as a vehicle to express their aesthetic and share their work. "A Magazine is a biannual publication, exploring the creative sphere of a selected designer in each issue. We invite a guest curator - an international fashion designer, group or house - to develop innovative, personalized content that expresses their aesthetic and cultural values. Each issue celebrates this designer's ethos: their people, their passion, their stories, emotions, fascinations, spontaneity and authenticity

New York: Doctor Generosity Press, 1970. Near fine with a pale discoloration along left margin. 13.5 x 8.5 inches. The Doctor Generosity Press was run out of a tavern in New York City at 73rd and 2nd on the East Side.

Paris, New York: Yvon Lambert, 2011. A near-fine copy. 8.75 x 6.5 inches. 80 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original gray wrappers. First edition, one of 1200 copies. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Yvon Lambert, New York, from February 26 to April 6, 2011.

London: IDEA, 2016. A fine copy. Color photographs. Printed black wrappers. One of 300 copies, signed by Willy Vanderperre and dated January 11, 2016. 128 pages of film stills from Vanderperre's film about Belgian Youth.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1834. Third edition, enlarged and improved. Lacks the map, some pale staining internally and to binding, owner's name in ink on front free endpaper. 12mo. 95 pages, advertisements at end. Original salmon muslin, printed paper label on front cover. See Howes V-28; Sabin 98486.

Hatje Cantz, 2011. New in shrinkwrap. 290 x 345 mm. 148 pages. German and English text. Original cloth. First edition. "Depicting the fascinating and horrific ruins of our time, Jörn Vanhöfen (born 1961) travels the world seeking out the places where constant growth and limitless profit were championed. The consequences of this destructive stance are captured in images from the Chicago stock exchange and the townships of Cape Town to the scorched forests of Apulia and abandoned factories of Detroit.

Berlin: Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung, 2015. Hardcover. A fine copy. 9.5 x 10.5 inches. Text in German. Reproductions of color photographs. Original pictorial boards. First edition, printed to accompany the traveling exhibition at Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung, Kunst- und Kulturstiftung Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, and Museum Hans Ludwig.

Ahmedabad: The New Order Book Co, 1983. Very fine, bright copy with some light wear to the acetate. 4to. 71 pages. 16 fabric swatches tipped in. Patterned, dyed cloth boards with gilt-lettering on upper cover; acetate wrapper. FIRST EDITION. This book details the techniques used in India, which has been the "home of patterned cotton cloths since very early times." The title continues: "Traditions of Textile Printing in Kutch; Ajrakh and related techniques." The original fabric swatches are all in fine condition.

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003. In fine, very well preserved condition. 8vo. 381 pages. Original cloth; dust jacket. First edition. "The poet Li Bo (701-762) has long inspired controversy among readers and critics. Known even during his lifetime as the Banished Immortal, he continues to spark imaginations and challenge passionately held convictions about poetic values. In this lucidly and gracefully written volume, Paula Varsano presents the first full-length study of Li Bo in English in half a century and the first extended look at the poet's critical reception. Persuaded that the essence of his poetry lay well beyond the reach of the usual modes of study and description, readers from the ninth to the twentieth century developed a particularly dynamic critical language. Varsano shows how this language answered the need to conceptualize shifting parameters of poetic creativity over hundreds of years. At the same time, she offers an account of Li Bo's entry into the canon and asks how… Read More

Paris: Galerie Pascal Lansberg, 2011. A fine copy. Text in French. Original black pictorial boards. A collection of Victor Vassarely's works from 1933 to 1973.

New York: Samuel S. and W. Wood, 1856. Fourth edition. Bindings somewhat rubbed, but a well-preserved set, hinges tight and internally clean/From the Collection of Allan B. Kirsner, M.D. Three volumes, thick 8vo. Illustrations in text. Contemporary sheep, black morocco lettering-pieces. Provenance: Dr. Otto Juettner (1865-1962), German-born physician primarily responsible for the development and study of medicine in Cincinatti after his emmigration in 1881 (bookplate, ink gift inscription on first text leaf of vol. 2). "In its time this was the most comprehensive work on operative surgery in France" (Garrison-Morton-Norman 5592, first edition in French, 1832). Velpeau was the first to attempt an operative treatment of an aneurysm and he is credited with providing the first accurate description of leukemia. A prolific author, he wrote over 340 titles on surgery, embryology, anatomy, obstetrics and more. The title refers to an atlas volume in quarto containing 22 plates, not present with… Read More

London: IDEA, 2015. A near-fine copy with a small bit of soiling on the rear wrapper. 4to. White printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, one of 300 copies, inscribed by Willy Vanderperre.