Search Results: Titles starting with V from Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts

New York: Random House, 1991. First American Edition. Hardcover. pp. 1319. Thick, heavy 8vo. Publisher's quarter light-blue cloth over teal boards with gilt rules and lettering to the spine and front board. Lightest rubbing to the extremities, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; very good+ and housed in original, unclipped, dustjacket showing wear chips, and short closed tears along the edges of the panels (dustjacket now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good+.

Vita, Manitoba: The Boundary School Division No. 16 under the Auspices of the Mantioba Department of Education, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 30. 8vo., measuring 7.5" x 10.25". Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. Rich with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, maps, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; very good+.

East Village, New York: KARMA, 2011. Limited Edition. Softcover. Unpaginated [pp. 112]. 8vo. Plain stiff card covers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, and illustrations. Entirely without blemish with bright, clean, adn unmarked; fine. Scarce in commerce in this, the limited edition.

Quebec, Canada: L'Instant Même, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 245. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding. Appears unread; as new. SIGNED, and inscribed by the author in ink to the title page. Summary:Ce don pour le chant, c'est le sien, elle le sait, elle pense que je lui ai volé ce talent et que je ne suis pas à ma place. Comme elle est orgueilleuse, Valderi se dit qu'elle aurait été soliste si elle avait poursuivi dans cette voie. En effet, ma sœur aurait pu devenir quelqu'un d'autre. Entre elle et moi, il y a toutes celles que nous rêvions d'incarner, divas et tragédiennes, et autant de secrets qui nous lient que d'aveux qui nous séparent.Valdera découvre que sa sœur néglige un talent qu'elle lui a toujours envié. Elle apprend donc à chanter, elle intègre même une chorale et courageusement, en dépit de son filet de voix, s'attaque au Cantique des Cantiques de Palestrina. Valdera vit enfin la vie que Valderi méritait,… Read More

New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. 603. 4to. Publisher's black boards, red lettering to the spine. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, illustrations, etc. No detectable flaws: extremities and contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; very good+ and housed in very good+, unclipped, dustjacket. Scarce in commerce, in this edition, and state.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Department of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources | National Museum of Canada, 1954. First printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 35. 8vo. Beautifully illustrated stapled card covers. Black and white and colour maps, photographs and illustrations. Very good+. Includes sections on, The People, Hunting and Fishing, Cooking, Travel, Material Culture, Warfare, Trade, Disposal of the Dead etc. Series: National Museum of Canada Bulletin--Anthropological Series No. 33; National Museum of Canada Bulletin 130Anthropological Series No. 33.

New York: The Mallard Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. 112. Tall Slim 4to. Navy-blue boards, silver lettering to the spine. Gorgeous colour illustrations. Lightest bumping to spine ends, else, extremities in near fine condition, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in near fine dustjacket (now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good+, to, near fine. "Packed with stunning illustrations, Varga tells the poignant story of both the popular 1940's pin-up icon and her creator, Alberto Vargas. This beautiful color collection presents the Varga Girl in all her enchanting guises and illustrates her unique place in American pop-culture as a collector's item."

[Ottawa, Ontario, Canada]: Ontario Department of Agriculture, Women's Institutes Branch, August, 1925. Bulletin No. 312. Stapled Wraps. pp. 13. 8vo., measuring 6.5" x 9.5". Stapled card covers. Pamphlet encouraging the consumption of vegetables as part of a family diet outlining their medical benefits, their use in the aiding of "eliminating poisons", as well as "Household Rules for the Use of Vegetables". Provides for a rich list of the various methods of vegetable cookery including "baking, boiling, steaming, buttering, creaming, escalloped, au gratin" et al. Also includes several pages of recipes making use of various vegetables divided into: "Special Vegetable Recipes", "Salads", "Garnishes", "Salad Dressings". Neat in name to the corner of the title page, lightest age-toning to the margins otherwise, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked; very good+.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Manitoba Animal Rights Coalition, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Spiral Bound. pp. 49. Small 8vo., measuring 6" x 9". Illustrated textured card covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Lovely selection of vegetarian recipes compiled by Winnipeg-based animal rights group. Sections include: Appetizers, Sauces & Spreads, Soups and Salads, Main Dishes, Desserts, etc. At time of cataloguing not in Peel, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, BAC/LAC, Guelph, McMaster, or McGill. Rare in commerce.

Reykjavík, Iceland: Ársæll Árnason, 1937. First Edition. Leather Bound. pp. 319. 8vo., measuring 6" x 9". Bound in three-quarters textured black leather over patterned boards, featuring gilt rules and lettering to the spine; speckled page edges. Four rasied bands to spine, five compartments. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of Stefánsson. Richly illustrated with black-and-white in-text maps (including one fold-out map), remarkable photographs capturing the Arctic landscape, the Indigenous Peoples of the region etc., additional photographic reproductions, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Only the faintest edgewear present to the extremities (chiefly confined to the bottom edge), light creasing to the lower margin of the fold-out map, neat ink name to the front-free endpaper which has been discreetly covered with a white sticker, otherwise, the text-block remains without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and tight, sound binding. Near fine. An exceptionally handsome, and… Read More

Montréal, Quebec: Dazibao, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 73. Slim, square 8vo., measuring 18 cm. Illustrated covers. Black-and-white photographs, illustrations. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as new. "Venir après est une fable amoureuse sur le savoir, sur le mythe de la connaissance. Joseph Jean Rolland Dubé s'y empare d'une voix féminine, d'un je incarné par une femme. Une femme trouble au passé obscur, vivant intensément le présent. À ce texte étonnant, fourmillant de menus détails sur le rapport amoureux, se juxtaposent les images énigmatiques de Suzan Vachon. Une série d'images dont le personnage féminin est aussi le leitmotiv. Venir après suggère une voie autre, un exutoire à la froideur du monde moderne. Réunis sous la bannière de Trilogie urbaine, les trois titres Venir après, Piercing, et Déviances poétiques proposent des œuvres profondément ancrées dans la réalité urbaine. Les artistes et écrivains réunis partagent un… Read More

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan: Sisters of the Presentation of Mary | Printed by St. Peter's Press, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. x, 523. Thick, heavy, 8vo. Pictorial covers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding. Appears unread; as new. Comprises of a detailed history of the wide-ranging activities of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary in more than twenty communities spread throughout Western Canada; with detailed sections devoted to each. A rich and scarce history of the organization. Rare in commerce. Corresponds to OCLC #914222014. Not found in Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, etc. "Venturing into the Prairies is a 504-page softcover book filled with archival photos from the 23 communities where the Sisters of the Presentation have worked in Western Canada."

Vatican City & Ottawa: Libreria Editrice Vaticana | Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 200. 8vo. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine.

Sherbrooke, Québec: Albums Souvenirs Québécois, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 263. 4to., measuring 29 cm tall. Original green cloth over boards, gilt lettering and decoration to the front board, and spine; pictorial endpapers. Rich with many black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Remarkably well-preserved showing no detecable flaws to the cloth extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding. Appears unread; as new. Rare to be offered in commerce. Corresponds to OCLC #19395940. Not found in FHL.

Market Drayton, United Kingdom: Jonh Lockett , 1863. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 10. 12mo. measuring 6.5" x 4". Deep lilac stapled card covers. Light rubbing to the extremities, neat period ink name to the title page else contents bright, clean, and unmarked. No extant copies available in commerce at time of cataloguing, and rarer still amongst institutional holdings with only one known copy housed at the Unviersity of Manitoba. Corresponds to OCLC #184792409. Rare. Comprises of eleven poems attributed to "C.I.W.": The sailor's child --On leaving Llanfair --Faith --Hope --Love --On hearing the clock strike twelve on the 31st December, 1861 --Sunrise --The wreck of the Neptune --Written for my brother G.H.W. --The nun --On L.Z.'s birthday.

Market Drayton, United Kingdom: Jonh Lockett , 1863. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 10. 12mo. measuring 6.5" x 4". Deep lilac stapled card covers. Light rubbing to the extremities, neat period ink name to the title page else contents bright, clean, and unmarked. No extant copies available in commerce at time of cataloguing, and rarer still amongst institutional holdings with only one known copy housed at the Unviersity of Manitoba. Corresponds to OCLC #184792409. Comprises of eleven poems attributed to "C.I.W.": The sailor's child --On leaving Llanfair --Faith --Hope --Love --On hearing the clock strike twelve on the 31st December, 1861 --Sunrise --The wreck of the Neptune --Written for my brother G.H.W. --The nun --On L.Z.'s birthday.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Michael Ewanchuk Publishing, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 129. Small 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Replete with black and white photographs, portraits. Lightest rubbing to the covers, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; very good+. Signed and inscribed by Ewanchuk to the title page.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Michael Ewanchuk Publishing, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 122. Small 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Replete with black and white photographs, portraits. Lightest rubbing to the covers, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; very good+.

[Victoria, British Columbia]: University Of British Columbia Press, 1973. Softcover. pp. xii, 151. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Appears unread; as new.

Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. xv, 268. 12mo. Quarter black cloth over navy-blue boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Near fine and housed in near fine dustjacket.