Search Results: Titles starting with V from Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1990. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 85+(1) pages. First edition. Lightly rubbed dust jacket.

Prague: Spolek Výtvarných Umelcu Mánes, 1929. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. Bruner, Vratislav Hugo. 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 62, (6) pages. (Arno Sáñka IV, 2655). Text in Czech. Comments by a number of Czech literati on the life of artist , illustrator, and typographer Vratislav Hugo Bruner (1886-1928), published the year after his decease. Black and white illustrations throughout. Index of illustrations. Boards and spine sunne. Top of spine has damaged area.

Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, 1885. original cloth, all edges stained red. 16mo. original cloth, all edges stained red. xii, 53 plates and 3 plates of color specimens. Taschenbuch enthaltend 1150 Motive zu Entwürfen in vergrösserter Ausführung mit fortlaufenden Hinweisen in Bezug auf ihre Ausmalung. Written in German by Heinrich Schulze, the art teacher at the Kgl. Realgymnasium zu Reichenbach in Schlesien. With a foreword by the author. Contains an alphabetical index of works, a timeline of art movements, 53 black-and-white plates of various ornamental designs, and 3 plates of color specimens. Extremities bumped and worn, crease on tail of spine, front free endpaper detached.

(Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing Co, 2002. cloth. Astronomy. 8vo. cloth. xxviii, 1144 pages. Reprint of this scarce bibliography, originally published in Bruxelles, F. Hayez, 1882 (Besterman 587), by the author of Bibliographie General de l'Astronomie. Contains 3347 carefully selected and often annotated entries, arranged by subject. The several indexes include: (1) Table Bibliographique/ renfermant, dans l'ordre alphabetique des noms d'auteurs, l'indication des ouvrages et memoires renseignes a titre bibliographieque dans le present volume; (2) Table Alphabetique des Chapitres, Paragraphes et Articles; (3) Table des Differentes Parties de L'Ouvrage.

Madison, NJ: The Golden Hind Press, 1936. cloth over thin boards. Golden Hind Press. large 8vo. cloth over thin boards. (x), 9, (3) pages. First edition. Nine beautiful poems of spring, illustrated with four black and white drawings by Clinton Balmer, including one frontispiece. Title page printed in two colors. Hand-set in Weiss Antiqua and printed on Glenbourne paper from Quincy P. Emery. Minor warping to limp boards, with minor soiling. Minor foxing to preliminary pages. Else very good.

Munich, Germany: Vagabond, 1966. paper wrappers. Vagabond. 8vo. paper wrappers. 35, (1) pages. First issue of this well-known zine that published poetry. This scarce first issue featured authors such as Emily Burch, Louis McCarty, Grant J. Bunch, Heinrich Böll, W. Price Turner, F.D. Van Lingen, and Prose.

New York: privately printed, 1940. cloth, pictorial paper cover label. Christmas Books. 8vo. cloth, pictorial paper cover label. (x), 116, (2) pages. Limited to 550 copies. One of a series of Christmas books issued by Van Sinderen, a famous collector.

Bronxville: Privately printed by the Meriden Gravure Co, n.d.. paper wrappers. Angelo, Valenti. 8vo. paper wrappers. (22) pages. With some designs in red ink. A fine copy.

New York: Scribner, 1966. stiff paper wrappers. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 93 pages. First edition, uncorrected proof. Fine.

(Meriden, CT: The Columbiad Club, 1958. stiff paper wrappers, bottom edge uncut. Columbiad Club. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers, bottom edge uncut. (4) pages. Limited to 40 numbered copies. Columbiad Club Keepsake No. 62. Foreword. A Valentine's poem.

(Ann Arbor, MI): UMI Research Press, 1981. cloth. Dorico, Valerio. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 315+(1) pages. No. 43 in the Studies in Musicology Series. A revision of the author's thesis, UNC Chapel Hill, 1975, on the life of a 16th century Roman music printer. Table of contents, list of illustrations, acknowledgments, preface, endnotes, four appendices, bibliography, index. Black and white illustrations. Covers lightly soiled.

(Paris: René Laurin, Yannick Guilloux, et Eric Buffetaud), 1973. stiff paper wrappers. Larbaud, Valery. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Collection formée par un amateur. Livres, lettres autographes, manuscrits, documents. Text in French. Catalogue of an auction held February 21, 1973. Lists and describes 161 books and documents. Includes ten black-and-white illustrations. List of price estimations laid-in. Wrappers lightly worn and soiled.

London: Maggs Bros, 1915. stiff paper wrappers. Maggs. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 224 pages. Maggs catalogue no. 334. 2467 entries, priced. Offered mostly books on geography, history, and travel Covers worn, soiled. Some loss of paper to the head and tail of the spine.

London, England: Christie's, 1998. stiff paper wrappers. Christie's. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 220, (4) pages. Auction, June 3, 1998. 206 lots. Includes a variety of late medieval and early modern items. Table of contents, bibliography. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. List of realized prices laid in.

London, England: Sotheby's, 1995. stiff paper wrappers. Sotheby's. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 175, (9) pages. Auction, June 22, 1995. 369 lots. Black and white illustrations in text, 16 color plates. Bibliography and index.

Philadelphia: Stan. V. Henkels, 1919. stiff paper wrappers. Rodney, Caesar. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 162 pages. With various portraits and foldout facsimiles of letters tipped- in. Sale no.1236. Black mark on front cover, minor discoloration near spine. A very good copy.

Menasha, WI: George Banta Publishing Company, 1930. stiff paper wrappers. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 45+(1) pages. A study of the effective use of art in advertising. Completed with the assistance of the Barney Link Research Fellowship Committee and members of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, psychololgy department. Foreword and table of contents. Includes statistical tables and the results of field tests. Black and white illustrations. Wrappers lightly faded.

London: Sotheby's, 1984. stiff paper wrappers. Children's Books. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. 3 volumes. Three- volume catalogue for a sale held in three parts of noted Dutch bibliophile Coenraad Frederick van Veen's collection of children's literature. The first sale, held in London on February 28, 1984, comprised 342 lots of French, English and German books and juvenilia. Part II took place in Amsterdam on June 25, 1984 and listed 510 lots of Dutch children's books; part III, also in Amsterdam, on November 28, 1984 with 323 lots of "catchpenny prints, table games, writing sheets and scrapbooks". All three volumes profusely illustrated; some color plates. Detailed descriptions of entries.

Helmond: (Van Vlissingen & Co.), 1948. quarter parchment over gray paper covered boards stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. small 4to. quarter parchment over gray paper covered boards stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. (viii), 179+(1) pages. Honderd Jaren Van Vlissingen & Co., over de Kunst van het Drukken. Issued on the 100th anniversary of the wall paper manufacturer. Filled with illustrations in color including some showing different patterns of wall-paper. Corners slightly bumped. Endpapers foxed.

s'Gravenhage: Rijksmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum/Museum van het Boek, 1985. stiff paper wrappers. Private Press. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. Text in Dutch. Exhibition catalogue of works of private presses from 1890 into the 20th century, held November 1985-March 1986. Table of contents. Foreword by R.E.O. Ekkart. Introductory essay. Two sections: 1890-1940 and after World War II. Black and white illustrations throughout. Index of persons and presses. Listing of catalogues issued by the publishers. Wrappers slightly bent at corners.