Search Results: Titles starting with V from Goodbar Books

Tight, square, uncreased spine has some sunning. Clean, unmarked interior. A one-inch crease to the front cover at the foot, but no other notable shelf-wear. Paglia is supported by an all-star Italian-American cast in the production of this book, with a cover by typographic master Louise Fili featuring an image by fashion photographer and former Lauren Hutton–paramour Luca Babini. Fili first found her enthusiasm for design as a child, when she etched letterforms into her walls, and then taught herself calligraphy in her teens, using Bob Dylan lyrics as the inspiration for a hand-illuminated manuscript. She later discovered European modernists such as Lucian Bernhard and A.M. Cassandre, and in her mid-20s, became senior designer for Herb Lubalin before migrating to Random House's Pantheon Books, where her jacket for Marguerite Duras's The Lover cemented her success. A highlight of this collection is its Cartoon Personae Appendix, a typically egomaniacal and completely delightful testament to the… Read More

'Reprinted from Bulletin of the Pacific Orchid Society of Hawaii Vol. 9, No. 3'. Saddle-stitched binding remains sound. Unmarked interior. Some foxing to the last leaf. Some rubbing, sunning, and other light to moderate wear to the covers. Includes B&W plates. Natural History.

Spine is square, tight, and uncreased. Interior is clean and unmarked besides some notes in ink to the final page. There is some fading and tanning to the spine and back cover, as well as some light edge-wear and a couple very small areas of soiling to the fore-edge, first leaf, and inside front cover. 442 pp. Politics & Philosophy.

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. There are areas of rubbing, light edge-wear, and very light creasing to the covers. Intro by Colin Wilson. 395 pp. Fiction.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Gilt to spine and front board remains bright. No notable wear. Printed on high-quality Butten Zerkall paper. Cover design by Beppe Assenza. 35 pp. Spirituality.

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. There is a subtle 1" x 4" cosmetic dampstain affecting around the first 20 pages at the head. Only very light shelf-wear. Design by Karen Embertson. Includes bibliographical references (p. 141). 141 pp. Esoterica.

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior except for some permanent marker markings to the inside front cover. Some areas of light soiling to the back cover, but very little wear overall. Includes B&W photos, figures, and illustrations. 196 pp. Miscellaneous.

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some minor shelf-wear. Design by Jim Cook. Cover design by Francine Rudesill. Inscribed by Sanders to poet John Witte to the title page. Noel Young, a printer and designer for Black Sparrow Press who struck out on his own and founded Capra Press in 1969, adopted the following publishing philosophy: 'Approach writers you admired, acquire book rights to their shorter and offbeat works, and turn them into books.' This release, Volume I of Capra's Back-to-Back Series (two titles with their ends meeting in the middle) embodies that method as it presents two works of fictionalized biography: Sanders's account of John Audubon's childhood and Le Guin's 'autobiography of a future Californian', which is an excerpt from her novel, Always Coming Home.

Tight, square spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. There is some heavy tearing to pp. 53– 56, but the entirety of the pages remain attached. Former owner name to the front cover and bookplate to the inside front cover. Toning and moderate to heavy edge-wear to the wraps. Includes B&W plates and a foldout map tipped in to the last leaf. Natural History.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior except for a former owner name and date in ink to the half-title and a number written on the inside front cover. Some moderate shelf-wear. Crafts/Skills/Trades.