Search Results: Authors starting with V from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Philadelphia: The Centaur Press, 1932. One of 300 hand-set copies printed for the Centaur Book Shop by Burnley Weaver, the Gollifox Press, at Biltmore, N.C., this copy unnumbered. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY ARTIST at front end page -"For V(?) La Tour . Emlen Etting". Very Good, light wear at edges, spine rebacked with black cloth tape, some toning at end pages. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY ARTIST. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.

Madrid: Imprenta Helénica, Imprenta Rivadeneyra, 1917. Published 1917 and 1928 respectively. 218, (2), 233 pp. Bound in contemporary embroidered cloth over boards, paper labels, a lovely and unique binding. Very Good, hinges starting, pages browning. . Later Edition. Embroidered Cloth . Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Madrid: Perlado, Paez y Cía, 1914. Two illustrated title pages engraved in red and black inks, 223, (6) pp.. Bound in contemporary quarter black morocco over marbled boatds, 4 raised bands with gilt lettering back, dark brown end papers. Very Good, pages uniformly browning at edges, slight rubbing to boards, small stamp front end page. Volume XII in his Opera Omnia, a lovely edition, and uncommon in contemporary fine binding. . Second Edition. Quarter Morocco. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

No Place: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Publisher's poster for the release of the book in 1992, 13 3/4"w x 22 3/4"h. Near Fine, small crease at bottom edge. Distributed in limited numbers by the publisher at theABA trade show in 1992. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 13 3/4" x 22 3/4".

No Place: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. Tri-fold publisher's promotional poster on stiff card stock, each panel 13"w x17 1/2"h, folds out to 39"w x 17 1/2"h. Near Fine, a few faint rubs. Distributed in limited numbers by the publisher at the ABA trade show in 1987. Well suited for framing, will be shipped flat.. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 39"w x 17 1/2"h..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. Publisher's promotional poster, 18 1/2 " w x 25 1/4" h distributed at the ABA trade show in 1991. Near Fine, faint crease near edge. With a wonderful Van Allsburg illustration, different than the one seen on the dust jacket. Well suited for framing. All posters will be sent loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 18 1/2" x 25 1/4".

New York: The Silent Partner Co., 1920. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"To Hon. Will H. Hays Van Amburgh 1921". Will H. Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. Van Amburgh was the publisher of "The Silent Partner," a monthly magazine of inspiration and human interest, and author of several books on the same subjects, rather a "self-help guru" of the early part of the twentieth century, and an author whose quotations turn up surprisingly often today ! Book is Very Good, small damp spot front board, small paper residue rear board. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Third Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Association Copy.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. Scribner's "A" on copyright page, price of $2.00 front flap. Near Fine, top edge dusty, pastedowns age-toned, nice period prior owner bookplate front pastedown, completely hidden by front flap. In a Very Good dustjacket, front and rear panels rubbed and with small chips at spine tips and flap folds. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good.

Iowa City, IA: The Prairie Press, 1951. Fine in Wraps, as Issued. Designed and printed by Carroll Coleman, woodcut by J.J. Lankes. Cheever 99, one of 1,400 copies. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps, as Issued/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: William Sloane Associates, Inc. , 1947. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR Mark Van Doren AND ILLUSTRATOR Waldo Pierce on front end page. Near Fine, gilt front board a bit dulled, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, spine a bit sunned, small chip at head of spine. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Waldo Pierce . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1895. SCARCE SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "Inscribed with best wishes, Henry Van Dyke, Dec. 13, 1922". Very Good Minus, front hinge cracked, cloth covers rubbed and soiled, small chip bottom corner title page, light foxing and toning to end pages. Letters K-W copyright page indicating Oct. 1922 publication for this printing. Uncommon in any printing SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR.. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Later Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paris: Gallimard/ Grasset, 1960. #997 of an edition limited to 7,000 copies. Text in French. Four volumes in three, bound in lime green buckram, stamped in green, orange, brown, and black. 580, 563, 532 pp. with 205 illustrations. In publishers matching buckram slipcase. Translation by M. and L. Beerblock Roelandt, introduction and notes by George Charensol. All volumes Near Fine, very faint foxing to endpages only, spine lightly and evenly sunned. In a Near Fine slipcase, 1 bottom corner a bit bumped. A quite lovely set. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1877. Vol. I published 1878, Vol. II, 1877, Vol. III, 1880. Three volumes in contemporary half polished calf over marbled boards, backs elegantly gilt with red and green morocco labels, marbled end papers and edges. Bookplates lettered: 'Ex libris / Susanna. B. Holmes. / CC Snow". Susanna B. Holmes was the wife of Albion Bernard Emery, part-owner in the Silver King Mining Co. of Utah. Susanna became known as the "Silver Queen", and was at one time the richest woman in America. Near Fine, light wear to calf. A clean and lovely set. . First American Edition. Half Calf. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Merrell Holberton, 1994. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket with a tiny rub at the bottom edge rear panel. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950. Bottom edge a bit shelf rubbed. Dustjacket has 1/4" paper loss at head and heel of spine and light wear at tips, and is price-clipped. Great dustjacket art by Lew Glanzman.. First Printing. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at title page -"For Stuart Wells, Fred Pohl thinks I should do a sequel. A. E. Van Vogt". Association Copy, Stuart Wells was the author of the 1978 Purple Unicorn Books publication "The Science Fiction and Heroic Fantasy Author Index". Near Fine, pages uniformly browning, front hinge just starting, in a Very Good dust jacket, old internal tape mends at folds, spine sunned, bottom corner front flap price-clipped. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.

London: Gerald G. Swan, 1957. Near Fine, one corner small bump, edges of page block light browning, "Duplicate" stamp rear endpage ( "Duplicate" stamp came from the Kinsey Institute Library, where this title was recently acquired. No other library markings.) In a Very Good and SCARCE THUS dustjacket, bottom corner front flap clipped, small chips and tears along top edge. "This book is the story, enthrallingly told, of four thousand years of whipping !" (exclamation mark mine !). 5th Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good.

Amstelodami: Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1650. Illustrated title page, 22 preliminary leaves, 786 pages : 4 folded tables, 1 folded diagrams, two illus. in text. 12.7 cm. (5" x 3") Very Good Minus, in contemporary calf, front joint opening at both ends, rear joint just starting, gift inscription dated 1931 at front end page to noted Indiana geologist Henry J. Gray, interior clean and bright, foldouts are Fine. Bernhardus Varenius (1622-1650) developed a new geography based on empirical discovery and measurement. His Geographia Generalis was disseminated and translated by Isaac Newton, among others and is a classic of geographical literature. . First Edition. Calf. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Row, 1984. His 3rd book, translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. First Printing, with complete Harper number row last white endpage. Near Fine, top edge soiled, in a Near Fine dustjacket with a bit of rubbing at the spine tips. . First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine.

1862. A large Civil War archive dated 1862-1865 featuring a Company Morning Reports ledger for Company B, 52nd Regiment of Indiana Volunteers (with reports dated January 1862 to September, 1863), and 22 separate documents, including two discharge papers, orders to conduct an investigation into missing medical supplies, medical inventory lists, travel documents, orders establishing an ambulance corps, manuscript letters, sick and wounded reports, a list of soldier's names, a period newspaper clipping and an envelope. The documents Very Good Plus to Near Fine, the Morning Reports book about Very Good, a 2" hole to leather at spine, loss of leather at spine ends and corners, and hinges broken with 2 loose pages. "The 52nd Indiana Infantry was organized at Rushville and Indianapolis, Indiana and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on February 1, 1862. The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to March 1862. Garrison Forts Henry and Donelson,… Read More