Search Results: Authors starting with V from Robin Bledsoe, Bookseller

New York: George H. Doran, 1923. First American edition. Hardcover. Good. 287p + 1 color plate. Lacks jacket. Opening pages heavily foxed as shown; otherwise a nice clean copy. Romantic hunting novel. The author was a prolific English writer who published over 70 novels and plays. He lived in California for many years in the late 19th century and "is said to have introduced the game of polo to Southern California" (Wiki). Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

New York: Curt Valentin Gallery, 1955. First edition. Soft cover. Very good (covers lightly browned). Klee, Paul. [12]p, 14 mostly small ills. Exhibition catalogue, April 11-23, 1953. The drawings date from 1914 through 1940. No text except for the list of drawings. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

New York: Curt Valentin, 1954. First edition. Unbound sheet. Very good (shallow crease to upper corners). One sheet, folded once, no ills. Lists the 37 books and portfolios published by Curt Valentin from 1940 into 1954. A nice piece of art publishing ephemera. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

London: unpublished, 1900. Mounted photograph. Good. Van der Weyde, Henry. Mounted albumen photograph, ca. 7 x 11 1/2 inches. Stamped in gilt on the mount: "The VanderWeyde Light" and 182 Regent St. W. "VanderWeye" is also blind-stamped in the lower right of the photo. Neatly mended closed tear to right of the man's thighs; light foxing; surface scratches. The dark line at his feet looks like a retouched scratch under the surface. The gentleman stands before a painted studio backdrop of a forest, holding hunting whip and horn. He was probably a follower of hounds on foot. Van der Weyde (1838-1924), a founding member of the Linked Ring Brotherhood, was known for his studio portraits of royalty and prominent men and women in many fields. He pioneered in the use of electric light for portraiture. The Regent Street address dates from 1877.

Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1975. First edition. Soft cover. Very good (trace of small sticker on front cover). Van der Vaart. 16p, 9 large black-and-white plates. In Dutch. Exhibition of ceramics grouped in multiples, all made in 1975. The text consists of a conversation between Van der Vaart and renowned collector Achterbergh. Bibliography and chronology. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

San Francisco: John Howell--Books, 1980. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine/good. 135p, 43 large plates, almost all in color. Jacket sunned, shelf-smudged, edges torn. One of 2500 copies designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. Excellent overview. The paintings are chiefly landscapes, scenes of daily and camp life, and some indigenous subjects. Large and heavy; shipping/handling will be extra. Please keep this in mind when ordering.

Mason, MI: C.W. Van Slyke, "Artistic Photographer, 1880. First edition. Unbound. Good. CDV of a painting or print of Greenbacks. Removed from an album, with glue stains on back. Photographer's name printed on back. Front is lightly stained and rubbed. Ca. 4 x 2 ½ inches. No racing record found for Greenbacks 2480 (b.h. 1882, Princeps-Lorette), but he sired several horses listed in various Wallace volumes. The inscription at his feet reads "Property of ---"; the owner's name is cut off. According to Wallace, he had various owners. Van Slyke (1840-1917) operated a studio in Mason for many years and also served as the town mayor. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 1986. First edition. Soft cover. Good (cover soil, light handling wear). 56p, many ills. (renderings, plans, models), some in color. Catalogue of a traveling exhibition that was shown at The Architectural League of New York, Harvard, and elsewhere. Twelve then-young landscape designers each describe their plans for an "ideal garden, embracing a personal philosophy" and addressing "the flower as a design element." "Without actual clients, the proposed gardens are speculative and conceptual." The designers include Van Valkenburgh, Martha Schwartz, Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, and Pamela Burton and Katherine Spitz. Scarce.

Baltimore: Montee Pub. Co, 1958. First edition. Soft cover. Good (storage and handling wear to covers; one long taped tear to a front cover; a few marginal tears; some crossword puzzles lightly filled in with pencil). Overall internally clean, complete.. Complete year, variously paged and illustrated. Coverage of a great racing year--Bold Ruler, Gallant Man, and Round Table in their 4-year-old handicap seasons, Kentucky Derby winner Tim Tam and California phenom Silky Sullivan, 2-year-old Intentionally, and undefeated 2-year-old filly Dark Vintage. Cover photos or paintings of all three handicappers, plus covers showing Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, Jimmy Jones and Citation, and tough little Eddie Schmidt. Regular features were a "Horse of the Month," "Stars of the Month," "Pacific Coast Notebook," Horace Wade's "Tales of the Turf," a monthly short story, historical articles about people and places, and the handicapping form (track analyses, jockey and horse ratings, etc.). The January issue surveys the… Read More

Buffalo and New York: W.B. Perkins, 1895. Unstated edition. Hardcover (sewn chromolithographed boards, cloth spine). Fair. [12]p + text on both inside covers. Printed in brown. No title page or jacket, as issued. It looks, unfortunately, as though a center spread has been removed. Handling stains, but the 4 half-page chromolithographs are very good and brighter than they look in the photos. Front cover is chipped and torn, as shown. Back cover is rubbed and stained along the sides. Ca. 9 x 16 inches at its widest. The pony's head moves up and down (ears chipped off). "Designed & Printed by Koerner & Hayes, Buffalo, N.Y." Collection of stories and verse about animals and nature by M.A. Hoyer, E. Nesbit, Clifton Bingham, Emily Bennett, G.R. Glasgow, and Miss Fenwick.  Some pieces are uncredited.  The titles are "Ungrateful Mike," "The Nodding Mandarin," "The Train" (Nesbit poem), "Sindbad," "Buttercups and Daisies," "Little Simplicity," "The Snowman," "Not Envious," "The Foreigner," and "The… Read More

Washington DC: GPO, 1862. First edition. Hardcover (original blind-stamped brown cloth; stamped "U.S. Government Bindery" on spine). Very good (spine faded, endpapers foxed, else clean). 656p, many line ills.(chiefly insects), several charts. A nice sturdy copy of this fat book. Includes "The Horses of New England" by C.L. Flint and "A Few Words on Horses" by Ruth Hall. Flint discusses the Morgan, Naragansett Pacer, and Hambletonian strains. Hall discusses the horse in general and as found in various U.S. regions, based on Youatt, Herbert, and others. Many other articles on the culture of flax and hemp, sheep and wool, berries, hog cholera, agriculture of San Bernardino County in California, fruit orchards, "worn-out lands of New Jersey," noxious insects and entomology in general, Indian corn, sorghum and sugar making, grape culture and wine making, dairy farming, "select breeds of cattle," manures, etc.

London: J.A. Allen, 1985. Reprint edition (1st pub. 1974). Hardcover. Very good/very good. 242p, many charts + 7 photos. Detailed introduction to the dosage theory of Thoroughbred breeding, which classifies runners into 7 groups (brilliant, intermediate, etc.) and identifies the leading sires, or chefs-de-race. A very influential book. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate.

Norwalk, CT; Princeton, MA; New York; Athens, GA; Montague, MA; Smithtown, NY: the various firms, 2019. First edition. Soft cover. Very good (light wear and soil, a few address labels). A collection of booksellers' first catalogues, filled with hope and ambition. Variously sized, paged and illustrated. (1) Felix Paws: Children's Books for the Modest Collector [Sonja Bay]. Catalogue Number 1 [ca. 1975]. 12p no ills. (2) James Gray. Short Catalogue One: Incunabula & Post (new series), 2019. 27 items, a few ills., a few in color. (3) Lathrop P. Harper. Catalogue No. 1: Rare Books and Manuscripts, 1953. 115 items, many ills. (4) Providence Rare Books [Peter Masi and Barbara Walzer], Catalogue One: Old Books on Contemporary Issues [1992]. 204 items, no ills. (5) Henry Ramsey, Old Books. Catalogue 1: Americana Plus a Miscellany: Dogs, Horses, Firsts and Technology. 197 items, no ills. (6) The Veatches. Catalogue One: American Bookmaking [etc.], [1987?]. 119p, no ills. Sold as a group of early efforts or… Read More

Venice: Luigi Pavino, 1712. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. [20], 417, [34]p, 2 decorative woodcut initials. Printed in italics and Roman. Although ex-college library (bookplate, perforated stamp on title page), a very good sturdy copy in old vellum (old stain, soil). Early ink notes on front endpaper. First published in 1710. A three-part treatise on the virtues of societal meritocracy, by the Enlightenment philosopher, dramatist, soldier, archaeologist, antiquarian, and Fellow of the Royal Society. Presented in the guise of a treatise on chivalry. (WorldCat locates very few copies in the U.S.) Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate.

Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1962. First edition. Hardcover (half leather). Very good. 6 volumes, including the 2-volume supplement (Nachtrãge). Ca. 3300 pages, no ills. Covers shelf-scuffed and rubbed. One backstrip loosening but binding is sturdy. With Wittenborn Art Books ticket in some volumes. Sturdy set of the "most comprehensive, scholarly dictionary of artists working in the 20th century" (Arntzen-Rainwater E52). Supplements Thieme-Becker. Heavy; shipping/handling will be extra. Please keep this in mind when ordering.

Unpublished, 1852. Soft cover. Good (bottom of covers partly chewed away as shown, not affecting any content). [34]p, 25 of them filled in. No ills. Blawenburgh is in Somerset County. Some arithmetic sums penciled on inside back cover. Photo 2 is a little cropped. Handwritten mating record for the two stallions. In April-June 1829 Brown Highlander served 56 mares. In May-September 1850 Knickerbocker served 42 mares, and in April-August 1852 he served 61 mares. The mares are identified only by color and owner, with one exception: a Chickasaw mare was bred to Brown Highlander. There is no indication of the stallions' breed. Stud fees all noted (usually $8), and whether the mare missed. Written in ink in a rapid but usually clear hand. More details on request, such as owners' names. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1847. Reivsed edtiion (1st pub. 1841). Hardcover. Very good (joints rubbed). Alken, Henry. iv, 172p + 8p of publisher's ads, 3 line ills. + 11 pls., chiefly two-tone lithograph pls. by Henry Alken. No jacket, as issued. Publisher's ads pasted to front and rear endpapers. Spine gilt stamped with hunting and saddlery motifs. Nice bright copy of "one of the ablest practical treatises on foxhunting extant today [which] should be in every hunting man's library" (Higginson, British and American Sporting Authors). Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.