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Van De Water, Frederic F.: The Real McCoy. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1931. First Edition, First Printing. Very good in decorated green cloth covered boards with three yellow on black title blocks on the spine and the orange title surrounded by a black circle on the front board. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/2 inches with rubbing, light wear and fading to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and over the tips of the boards. The hinges and joints are tight and strong. The contents are free of any damage and remain tight to the binding. 305 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Bill McCoy and 8 double sided plates of 23 black and white images from photographs. Bill McCoy, the subject of this rousing true story of rum running during the Prohibition years (1920-1933), was a notorious ship owner who ferried booze from the Bahamas to the edge of International waters off the United States where he would heave to and wait for smaller, faster boats to come out to pick up orders than race back at high speed to avoid Coast Guard patrols out to bust the practice. Because Bill McCoy was scrupulous about not cutting his stock with water, unlike many of his competitors, his name became synonymous with honesty in the trade which gave rise to the expression "The Real McCoy". A collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
TB30356 $225.00

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Van de Water, Frederic: Lake Champlain and Lake George. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1946. First Limited Edition. Near fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board with map end sheets. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 3/4 inches. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with shallow chipping across both ends of the spine area and several small chips to the edges of both boards. A special limited edition signed by the author on the decorated, tipped-in, second free end page. The seventh volume in The American Lakes Series edited by Milo M.Quaife. 381 pages containing an index and bibliographical notes. (Fitzgerald, AL1a)
TB32983 $135.00

Van Den Brink, F. H. : Mammals of Britain and Europe. Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1986. Limited Edition. Fine in full dark brown leather covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board, with all edges of the text block gilt and a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 4 1/2" ontaining 221 pages including an index. Extensively illustrated Paul Barruel.
TB25632 $20.00

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Van Dine, S. S.: The Dragon Murder Case. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons and by The First Edition Library, 1933. Facsimile First Edition Library Reprint. Fine in black cloth covered boards with red text on the spine and front board with illustrated end sheets. A 12mo measuring 7 3/8" by 5". In a fine, facsimile, unclipped dust jacket with the "FEL" logo on the rear flap. Without a slip case. 311 pages of text followed by six pages of ads by the publisher. This is the First Edition Library's exact (facsimile) reproduction of the first edition of the book to include all the issue points that were present in the original first printing.
TB28339 $50.00

Van Doren, Carl: Mutiny in January. New York: The Viking Press, 1943. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping, minor fading around the board edges & a prior owners name on 1st FEP. In a very good+ dust jacket with a price clipped front flap and moderate light wear at the ends of the spine area and soiled on the rear panel. The story of a group of soldiers from the Pennsylvania Line who mutinied in January of 1781 and whose actions threatened to create a crisis for the entire American Army.
TB11939 $28.00

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Van Dyke, John C.: The New New York A Commentary On The Place And The People. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1909. First Edition. Good in its original red cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine and with gilt text and borders on the front board. An octavo of 8 3/16 by 5 7/8 inches with the fore edges of the front and rear boards dampness stained to a depth of one inch with no further damage beyond the first free end page. There is a more recent gift inscription on the recto side of the frontispiece. The contents are in fine condition. Without a dust jacket. 420 pages illustrated with a color frontispiece and 25 color plates and 98 plates in black and white by Joseph Pennell.
TB30918 $25.00

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Van Dyke, Henry: The Ruling Passion Tales of Nature and Human Nature. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. Reprint of 1906. Very good in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and designs on the spine and on the front boards. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 4 7/8 inches with the top edge of the text block gilt. The cloth at the corners of the head and heel of the spine are rubbed as are the tips of the boards and the black third free end page is missing. There is a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page. The contents are clean and tight to the binding There is no dust jacket. 296 pages of text. A collection of eight short stories and illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 plates from drawings by Appleton Clark. The spine and front board show a very elaborate Art Nouveau design in gilt, and green created by Margaret Armstrong.
TB32162 $25.00

Van Dyke, Henry : The Broken Soldier and the Maid of France. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1919. Early reprint. Very good+ in gilt decorated blue cloth covered boards with mild rubbing at the head and heel of the spine and with slight foxing of the end papers. With a gift inscription and date of 1919 on the front end paper. 66 pages of text with illustrations by Frank E. Schoonover one of which is a tipped-in color plate as the frontispiece.
TB15677 $18.00

Van Gieson, Judith: Raptor. New York: Harper & Row, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. The author's second book of mystery to involve Neil Hamel.
TB02279 $35.00

Van Gieson, Judith: Mercury Retrograde. Huntington: James Cahill Publish, 1994. Sigend Limited Edition. Fine, In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by author, illustrator and introducer, Walter Satterthwait, on the title page. Numbered "PC" of 124 numbered and 26 lettered limited edition copies. The sixth book by this author of mystery fiction.
TB02544 $35.00

Van Gieson, Judith: The Lies That Bind. New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine jacket with a tiny black pen mark at the lower quarter of the front panel near the spine. Signed by the author on the title page. The fifth Neil Hamel mystery book.
TB01904 $14.00

Van Gieson, Judith: The Wolf Path. New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The fourth Neil Hamel mystery.
TB01905 $14.00

Van Gieson, Judith: The Other Side of Death. New York: HarperCollins, 1991. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with a gift inscription on the first free end paper, else fine. In a fine dust jacket. The author's third Neil Hammel mystery.
TB02278 $10.50

Van Gieson, Judith: Parrot Blues. New York: HarperCollins, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The sixth Neil Hamel mystery.
TB02910 $10.00

Van Gieson, Judith: Hotshots. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. The author's seventh Neil Hamel mystery.
TB03383 $8.00

Van Gieson, Judith: The Lies That Bind. New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
TB02773 $7.00

Van Gieson, Judith: Mercury Retrograde. Huntington: James Cahill Publish, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine with illustrated paper covered boards. Without a dust jacket. The author's sixth book. With an introduction by Walter Satterthwait. A collection of short stories and poems.
TB05511 $7.00

Van Gieson, Judith: The Wolf Path. New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. The author's fourth Neil Hamel mystery.
TB02774 $5.60

Van Sickle, Dirck: Montana Gothic. New York: Harcour Brace Janovi, 1979. First Edition. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine In a near fine dust jacket with a hint of rubbing at the top flap edge. Raised in Montana this is the author's first book.
TB05222 $45.00

Varg, Paul A.: New England and Foreign Relations 1789-1850. Hanover: University Press of New England, 1983. First Edition, First printing. Fine in burgundy cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. Without a dust jacket. 260 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text.
TB16982 $10.50

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Various Authors: Lakeside Classics from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin to Nurse and Spy In The Union Army - A Complete Unbroken set of the 118 volumes. Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1903 to 2019. . The first 26 volumes (which includes the 1915 reprint of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin) of this complete set are in very good+ to near fine condition and are all bound in dark green cloth covered boards. None of the dark green volumes have prior owner's names or markings in them. The 25 volumes bound in red are all in at least very good+ condition or better and none of them have any prior ownership markings of any kind. All 25 volumes of the "blues" are in fine condition; although four of the years (1974-1977) have a prior owner's raised, embossed seal on the front end pages. All of the "browns" are in fine condition; however, two volumes (1978 and 1980) have a prior owner's raised, embossed seal on the front end pages; and, 1979 has the ghost of a removed book plate from the front paste down. The last seven volumes of the "browns" are still within the publisher's original shrink wrap. The final 25 volumes in the teal cloth binding are all fine and all are still contained in the publisher's shrink wrap. This is a remarkable collection as it is a complete run of the Classics and each of the volumes are in such attractive, collectible condition.
TB33156 $12500.00

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Various Authors: The Washingtoniana: Containing A Biographical Sketch Of The Late Gen. George Washington, With Various Outlines Of His Character. Baltimore: Samuel Sower, 1800. First Edition, First Issue. Recently rebound in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A 16mo of 6 1/2 by 4 inches with new end sheets. The contents are uniformly tanned with only occasional spots of foxing. Without a dust jacket. 298 pages (the pagination conforms to Howe's U.S.Iana 7-258 271-298) followed by six pages of "subscriber's names". Illustrated with a frontispiece of Washington from an engraving by Tanner. This copy conforms to Sabin's statement in his bibliography regarding the first issue of this title: "At the foot of the last page of the first issue listed: "The list of subscriber's [sic] names for Easton, and parts of Ann Arundel, &c is not come to hand." (Howes W-151; Sabin, 101900)
TB32257 $800.00

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Various Authors: Homes Of American Statesmen: Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches. New York: G. P. Putnam And Co., 1854. First Edition. Very good in 1/2 black leather and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with faded gilt text and gilt tool work in the compartments and double gilt borders on the boards with the edges of the text block marbled and with marbled end sheets. An octavo of 8 3/16 by 5 3/4 inches with the leather rubbed and worn at the head and heel of the spine as well as over the tips of the boards. There is an early prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. With the exception of tanning to the engraved title page (a result of offsetting from the frontispiece even thought there it was interleaved) the contents are clean and free of foxing and tanning. The hinges and joints remain tight and strong. 469 pages of text followed by a fold-out facsimile letter. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph (more on that in a moment) with images throughout from wood engravings and facsimiles of correspondence. The frontispiece represents an early application of using a photograph to illustrate a book. In this case beneath the image in pencil is written: "Hancock House Boston: An Original Sun Picture" which refers to an early form of transferring a photograph to paper. The image was cut out and pasted to the leaf facing the engraved title page.
TB32252 $480.00

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Various Authors: Records And Papers Of The New London County Historical Society, Volume II. New London, Conn.: The New London County Historical Society, 1895-1904. First Editions. This listing covers the five original parts which ultimately comprised Volume II of the Records And Papers Of The New London County Historical Society. Each part is contained within its individual printed wraps over adhesive bindings. (The front cover for Part I is supplied in facsimile.) The pages for each part are numbered sequentially so that the entire volume contains 528 pages. Items of historical interest for each of the parts is as follows: Part I: Early Whaling Industry of New London, Famous Old Taverns of New London, Fact and Reminiscence. Part II: Historical Sketch of the Schools of New London, New London Society for Trade and Commerce, The Preston Separate Chruch. Part III: Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of The Settlement of New London. Part IV: Memoir of Hon. Charles Augustus Williams, Memoir of Hon. Benjamin Stark, Memoir of Hon. John T. Wait, Memoir of Elisah Turner, Benjamin Fletcher and his Reception in Hartford in 1693. Part V: Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Conn.,Griswold, Conn., Highways, Holdings and Landmarks in the Ancient Town of Lyme, A Letter to My Great-Great-Grandmother, Memories, memoir of Rev. John Avery, Memoir of Rev. Samuel George Willard. An index for Volume I is contained at the end of Part V. Each part is a small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches and each is in near fine condition with a prior owner's name appearing at the upper fore corner on the covers for each part. No complete sets of Volume II in either original or reprints are presently listed on-line. An extremely scarce item.
TB30048 $200.00

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Various Authors: Southern Historical Society papers : Vol. V, January To June, 1878. Richmond, Vir.: Rev. J. Wm. Jones, 1878. First Edition. An ex-library copy in very good+ condition in a heavy duty, black, buckram cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and with library stamps, notations and plates throughout this copy. An octavo of 8 5/8 by 5 1/4 inches with stamps on the upper and lower edges of the text block. Without a dust jacket. This volume V contains 304 pages which are numbers 1-2 (Jan-Feb, 1878). It is interesting to note that throughout this volume someone with significant interest or knowledge has made a number of notations in ink correcting issues within the text. At the upper edge of the title page as small section of the page has been cut out and replaced with a page upon which has been written in ink the name of "W. J. Wathall (or Watshall)".
TB32045 $150.00

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Various Authors: 50 Authors : 50 Classics A MeadWestvaco Anthology. n.p.: Westvaco Corporation, 2007. Limited Edition. A two book set both volumes of which are in fine condition within a near fine paper covered clamshell box with minor bumping to the corners of the box. The primary volume in this set is in bright red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and blind embossing on the front and rear boards. The end sheets are illustrated paper. The second volume is printed heavy red paper wraps over an adhesive binding. Both are octavos measuring 9" by 5 1/2". The Christmas 2007 issue by MeadWestvaco which is the 50th and last volume in Westvaco's` annual American Classic series. 478 pages of text in the primary volume which contains short sections from the 49 previous limited edition volumes. The smaller, secondary volume contains (40) pages which is a compilation of color photographs of each of the 50 volumes and a summary of the bibliographic features of each volume in the series.
TB26053 $125.00

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Various Authors: Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. New York: Random House, (2000). Second Edition. Fine in full bright red bonded leather, covered boards with bold, gilt text on the spine. A thick and heavy small quarto of 11 by 8 1/2 inches with seven thumb notches on the fore edge of the text block and the end sheets are printed with references to foreign alphabets, pronunciation key, etymology key and weights and measures. Without at dust jacket as issued. 2,230 pages of text with small illustrations and maps throughout. A very clean and handsome copy with no spine lean, damage or prior ownership markings of any kind.
TB33151 $75.00

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Various Authors: Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume XLIX, 44, June to November 1874. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1874. First Edition. Very good+ in 1/2 black leather and brown, pebbled cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text in two of the compartments. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 inches with light rubbing to the leather at the head and heel of the spine, the leather at the tips of the boards is worn through and a one inch section of the cloth is worn through at the edge of the front board. There is a dampness stain to the margins of the preliminaries and the first ten pages of the text. The end sheets show some foxing, but none is present in the contents. 904 pages of text illustrated through out with vignettes from engravings.
TB31981 $50.00

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Various Authors: An Anthology of American Classics Selections From Twenty-Four Volumes. No city stated: Westvaco, 1982. Limited Edition. Fine in decorated black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine, blind embossed stars on the front board and illustrated end sheets. Without a dust jacket; however, the book is contained within a fine illustrated paper covered slip case. Laid-in is a gift card signed by two Westvaco employees. "A quarter of a century of limited editions published for friends of Westvaco at Christmastime 1958-1982." The Christmas 1982 issue by Westvaco which is the 25th volume in Westvaco's annual American Classic series. 343 pages of text with illustrations from the original volumes throughout.
TB22898 $40.00

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Various Authors: Voices from an Earlier America. No city stated: Westvaco, 1980. Limited Edition. Fine in decorated light orange cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with illustrated end sheets. Without a dust jacket; however, the book is contained within a fine illustrated paper covered slip case. An anthology of American Poetry from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries. The Christmas 1980 issue by Westvaco. The 23rd volume in Westvaco's annual American Classic series. 308 pages of text illustrated with contemporary steel engravings throughout.
TB28356 $40.00

Various Authors: A Treasury of American Humor. n.p.: Westvaco Corporation, 1996. LimitedEdition. Fine in light gray cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine, illustrated end sheets and a maroon, silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained with-in a near fine illustrated paper covered slip case with a minor dent at the upper edge of the opening. A collection of short stories, prose and poetry by ten famous American humorists. The Christmas 1996 issue by Westvaco which is the 39th volume in their series of American Classics. 261 numbered pages of text.
TB24213 $35.00

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Various Authors: America: An Affirmation of Faith. n.p.: Westvaco Corporation, 1984. Limited Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with blind embossed military medals on the front board with a blue silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a fine paper covered slip case. Laid-in is a presentation slip signed by two officers of Westvaco. 286 pages of text and illustrated by four color plates by Norman Rockwell. The Christmas 1984 issue by Westvaco which is the 27th volume in Westvaco's annual American Classic series.
TB23091 $30.00

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Various Authors: Innovation & Achievement. n.p.: Westvaco, 1987. Limited Edition. Fine in 1/4 dark blue leather and tan paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and gilt text on the front board with decorated end sheets. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is within a fine paper covered slip case. 271 pages followed by three un-numbered pages. The thirtieth volume in the Westvaco Christmas series. A collection of essays about thirteen American innovators to include: Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Samuel F. B. Morse; Elias Howe, Jr., Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas A. Edison, The Wright Brothers, Henry Ford, James D. Watson and Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
TB28265 $30.00

Various Authors: All Aboard For Yesterday! A Nostalgic History of Railroading in Maine. Camden, Maine: Down East Books, (1979). . Very good+ in heavy, printed, paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto measuring 11 by 8 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 168 pages illustrated throughout with photographic reproductions.
TB25572 $20.00

Vaughn, Stephanie: Sweet Talk. New York: Random House, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and decorated paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. A collection of 10 short stories. The inside flap contains a glowing review of the author by Wallace Stegner. This is her first book. Many of her stories have appeared in The New Yorker and in the O.Henry and Pushcart Prize collections.
TB05481 $28.00

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Veit, Richard F.: The Old Canals of New Jersey A Historical Geography. Little Falls, NJ: New Jersey Geographical Press, (1963). First Edition. Good in light blue cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and rubbing to the cloth around all edges of the covers. Without its dust jacket. 106 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with maps, line drawings and images from black and white photographs.
TB31256 $20.00

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Verlaine, Paul: Epigrammes. Paris: Bibliotheque Artistique & Liettereaire, 1894. First Edition. Very near fine in 3/4 dark brown leather and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work in the compartments and gilt double rules at the edges of the leather on the boards. The top edge of the text block is gilt and the end sheets are marbled paper. The joints and hinges are tight and strong and the contents are free of foxing, but do show some age toning. A thin 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 1/2 inches with light rubbing and scuffing to the fore edge of the leather on the lower edge of the front board and with a prior owner's name and address on the second free end page. 76 pages followed by a two page index. Illustrated with a frontispiece from art by F. A. Cazals. Printed entirely in French.
TB31501 $250.00

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Verne, Jules: From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1970. Limited Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in fine condition in 1/4 gold colored cloth and printed paper covered boards with gilt text on green title blocks on the spines. Both volumes are small quartos measuring 10 1/2" by 7". Without a dust jackets as issued; however the books are contained within a fine, paper covered slip case with a printed label on the spine end of the slip case. With an introduction by JeanJules-Verne and illustrations by Robert Shore. One of only 1,500 copies printed with this copy identified as number 969 and signed by the illustrator, Robert Shore. From the Earth to the Moon 206 pages with 8 color plates. Around the Moon contains pages 207 to 425 and is illustrated with 8 color plates. A beautiful copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
TB28041 $175.00

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Verne, Jules: The Wreck Of The Chancellor. Boston: James R. Osgood And Company, 1875. First American Edition. Good+ in original decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board and with blind embossing to the front and rear boards. A 24mo measuring 6" by 4" with all edges of the text block stained red, rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the cloth at the fore edge of the front board. There is an early prior owner's name in pencil at the upper edge of the first free end page and the rear hinge is broken. Translated from The French by George M. Towle. 285 pages of text.
TB27843 $140.00

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Vestal, Stanley: Short Grass Country. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1941. First Edition, First printing. Fine in decorated beige cloth covered boards with a gilt on brown title block on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches. In a good, price clipped dust jacket with heavy wear and narrow chips to the folds and with and wear and rubbing to the upper and lower edges of the panels. The third volume in the American Folkways Series and one of the most difficult volumes to locate in the series. This series was edited and managed by Erskin Caldwell. 304 pages including an index. A very clean and neat copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
TB32631 $125.00

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Vestal, Stanley: The Missouri. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1945). First Edition. Very near fine in light green cloth covered boards with a gilt on purple title block on the spine and decorated end papers. The top edge of the text block is slightly dust stained. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with 3/4 inch deep chip from the upper edge of the rear panel and two 1/4 inch chips from the upper corners of the spine area which is very slightly faded. The 26th volume in The Rivers of America Series. 368 pages including an index, bibliography and chapter notes. Illustrated by Getlar Smith. The contents are clean, tight and free of any prior ownership markings.
TB32966 $75.00

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Vestal , Stanley[W. S. Campbell]: Joe Meek The Merry Mountain Man. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caston Printers, Ltc., 1952. First Edition. Near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with bold silver colored text on the spine and the outline of a beaver on the front board. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket with a 1/3" deep chip from the upper edge of the spine area, shallow chipping at the base of the spine area, heavy wear to the folds and several tape repairs to the recto of the jacket on the rear panel and numerous tape repairs on the verso of the jacket.. Signed by the author using both his real name (W. S. Campbell) and his nom de plume on the fly title page. 336 pages including a bibliography and text. Illustrated with black and white photographs.
TB29862 $150.00

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Vestal , Stanley[W. S. Campbell]: Kit Carson The Happy Warrior of the Old West. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, c1928. Reprint. Near fine in brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and an oval emblem stamped on the front board. An octavo of 8 3/16 by 5 5/8 inches. In a very good, unclipped (no price) dust jacket 1/4 inch deep chips from the ends of the spine area and heavy rubbing and wear to the fold to t he front flap. Signed by the author using both his pseudonym and his real name, "W. S. Campbell" in parentheses on the front paste down. 297 pages of text.
TB31391 $100.00

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Victor, Mrs. Frances Fuller: The River Of The West Life and Adventure In The Rocky Mountains And Oregon Embracing Events In The Life-Time Of A Mountain-Man and Pioneer. Hartford, Conn.: R. W. Bliss & Company, 1870. First Edition. Very good+ rebound in dark green, leather like cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 3/8 inches with rubbing and wear to the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards. There is a prior owner's stamped name and address on the first free end page and a 1910 gift inscription on the second free end page. The recto and verso sides of the frontispiece show dampness staining which did not progress any further into the book. 602 pages of text. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece of Joseph L. Meek and with 30 vignettes and engraved plates. The title page goes on to read: "...Including An account Of The Fur Traders, The Indian Tribes, The Overland Immigration, The Oregon Missions, And Plains; Its Inland Waters, And Natural Wonder With Numerous Engravings."
TB33315 $250.00

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Villiers, Alan: Stormalong The story of a boy's voyage around the world in a full-rigged ship. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1937). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in its original, decorated light green cloth covered boards with white and black text on the spine and white text and the black image of a square rigger on a high sea on the front board. A small octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with a tanned spine area and light rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine and at the fore tips of the panels. 188 pages of text followed by an illustration of a full-rigged three master naming each sail. This is a true story of two 14 year old boys who are signed on a crew members of the Joseph Conrad (a ship which is now on display at Mystic Seaport) and then under the command of Captain Alan Villiers, the author of this title. Illustrated with images from black and white photographs and sketches. The water color painting of the Joseph Conrad on the front panel of this dust jacket was painted by one of these two young lads.
TB33380 $50.00

Villiers, Alan J.: The Sea In Ships The Story Of A Sailing Ship's Voyage Round Cape Horn. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1932. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in light blue cloth covered boards with a paper label on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4" by 7 1/4" with a Christmas gift inscription on the first free end page in pencil. The spine and for a distance of 1" on to the boards the cloth is faded. The book is otherwise in very collectible condition with the pages tight and clean. Eleven pages of text followed by 112 black and white photographs taken by the author. Tipped-in at the rear of the book is a fold-out line drawing of a four-masted barque which is in fine shape.
TB24729 $30.00

Villiers, Alan: Captain James Cook. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in gilt decorated dark blue cloth covered boards with only hints of rubbing at the head and heel of the spine. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with several tape stains to the lower quarter of the spine area. 307 pages including an index, bibliography, appendices, text and illustrated with contemporay art and maps. The author, who had an extensive background sailing square rigged vessels in all the oceans of the world, an in-depth provides biography of Captain James Cook.
TB15919 $14.00

Viola, Herman J.: It is a Good Day to Die. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1998. First Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. "Indian Eyewitnesses Tell the Story of the Battle of the Little Bighorn." 101 pages containing an index, notes on sources, chronology, biographical notes, text, maps and photographs.
TB13166 $20.00

Viola, Herman J.: Exploring the West. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1987. First Edition, First printing. Fine in brown cloth covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. 256 pages with index and acknoledgements with text, and hundreds of pictures, photographs, maps and prints of paintings.
TB06936 $17.50

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Virga, Vincent, and Diana Ross McCain: Connecticut Mapping the Nutmeg State Through HIstory Rare and Unusual Maps from the Library of Congress. Guilford, Conn.: Globel Pequot Press, (2011). First Edition, First Printing . Fine in printed paper covered boards with a facsimile of an early Connecticut map on the front and rear boards. A small quarto of 9 3/4 by 8 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 117 pages including chapter note, acknowledgments and text. Illustrated throughout with color reproductions of maps of towns, cities and the State of Connecticut dating from 1736 unward.
TB33277 $50.00

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Vollenhoven, Hanna Van with illustrations by G. G. Drayton: The Night Before Christmas A Spoken Song. Boston: Boston Music Co., n.d. [1923]. . Near fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over a stapled binding. A quarto measuring 11 7/8 by 8 7/8 inches with a gift inscription written across the upper edge of the front cover and with a faint and very slight abrasion to the upper fore corners of the pages. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 14 pages of music. The first page in this copy contains the poem "The Night Before Christmas" with credit given to the author, Clement C. Moore. The balance of the publication is the musical score written to the words. The color illustration on the front and rear of the covers and the six line art drawings within are by G. G. Drayton. As pointed out in Nancy H. Marshall's bibliography: The Night Before Christmas, G[race] G. Drayton was "famous for her illustrations of the Campbell Soup Kids. Quite scarce. (Marshall, 255)
TB28855 $125.00

Vollmann, William T.: An Afghanistan Picture Show. New York: Farrar, Straus & Gir, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine, fine,
TB01988 $31.50

Vollmann, William T.: Butterfly Stories. New York: Grove Press, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
TB02100 $26.95

Vollmann, William T.: The Rifles. New York: Viking, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
TB02280 $24.50

Vollmann, William T.: Whores For Gloria. New York: Pantheon Books, 1991. First Edition, First printing. Fine, fine,
TB01987 $22.05

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Volo, James M.: Blue Water Patriots The American Revolution Afloat. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, (2007). First Edition, First printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. A small octavo measuring 9 1/2" by 6". In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/4" closed tear to the upper edge of the rear panel. 307 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes, appendix and text. Illustrated with maps, line drawings and reproductions of contemporary works of art.
TB25673 $15.00

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von Hutten, Baroness [Bettina]: Araby. New York: The Smart Set Publishing Co., 1904. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with an elaborate, multi-colored image of a woman dressed in a cloak leaning against the railing of a ship with an orange sky behind her with gilt text on the spine and front board. A 12mo of 7 1/16 by 5 9/16 inches with just hints of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with a rubber stamped star on the rear paste down. 214 pages of text followed by 6 pages of ads by the publisher. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates by J. C. Budd. A clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings other than stated above with a very attractive cover art by an unknown artist.
TB31490 $100.00

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von Loesecke, Harry W.: Outlines of Food Technology. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1942. First Edition. Very good in light blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches with light soiling and tanning to the back strip and rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket. 505 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with line drawings and images from photographs.
TB31415 $30.00

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Voris, Emma Frances: The New Columbian White House Cookery. n.p.: Monarch Book Company, n.d. c1893. . Very good in its original blue-gray cloth covered boards with black text and decorations stamped on the spine and black text with an image of the White House on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 7 inches with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine which also has a number of spots and stains. The cloth over the tips of the boards are worn through. The first free end page was loose, but is now tipped back in. The contents are tanned throughout due to the poor quality of the paper; and the rear hinge is starting. 527 pages including an index. Illustrated with a frontispiece from a photograph and four plates as well as vignettes throughout from drawings. The four plates illustrate buildings at the World's Columbian Exposition.
TB32255 $250.00

Vydrova, Jirina: Italian Majolica. London: Peter Nevill, 1960. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in decorated white linen covered boards with faint tanning around the edges. In a very good dust jacket with very mild edge wear but not chips or tears. 37 pages containing a bibliography and text followed by 64 black and white and colored plates.
TB14446 $15.00

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