Search Results: Authors starting with V from Odyssey Books

Paul List Verlag, 1930. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 325 pp. taupe cloth bdg. with blind-stamped front board, light brown and gilt-stamped spine, tec. Without a dust jacket. Illustrated with b/w phototype frontispice. (slightly scuffed egdes spine & corners, paper slightly yellowed, top corners of 41 to 67 are creased)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

National Museum Of Modern Art, 1990. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Type: Book Type: Exhibition Catalogue 163 pp., photo-colour illus. cartonage bdg. with gold titling on front board and spine. Published in 1990 to accompany the first exhibition in Japan of Van de Welde's works, one of the most remarkable Art Nouveau designer. Illustrated with 138 full colour phototypes and on 91 plates, as well as aprox. 60 b/w in text phototypes. Text in Japanese, and English. Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Verlag Von Bruno Cassirer. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book Circa 1930, no date, 155 pp. cobalt blue cloth bdg. with black-stamped front board & spine, tec. Without a dust jacket. Illustrtaed with b/w reprod. auto-portrait of Van Gogh, as well as vignette Van gogh sketches as head and in text pieces. (slightly scuffed edges spine & corners, spine lightly faded, paper lightly browned at edges) Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Sanard et Dangeon, Éditeurs, 1892. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Type: Book 546 pp., midnight blue chagrin leather at spine and corners with marbled paper covered boards with gilt-stamped edges of leather and gilt-decorated with titling on spine, 5 raised bands on spine, teg, marbled end papers. Text in French; abundantly illustrated with 263 in text engravings, 48 plates, 5 colour maps etc. (scuffed edges spine, boards & corners of boards, pages yellowed at edges, otherwise very clean without any markings) In custom-made high gauge mylar DJ; will require extra monies to ship at a whopping 3.2 kgs. Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Cambridge, U. K: Polity Press/Blackwell Publishers, 1993. 1st Edition - Stated. Hardcover. As New/No D/J as issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 192 pp., glazed forest green paper covered hardback bdg. with white titling on front board and spine. Gianni Vattimo, In this highly original book the author addresses the question of how we are to conceive of human reasoning in a situation where there are no global, privileged points of view. Drawing on the work of Nietzsche and Heidegger, Vattimo proposes a conception of thought based on a differencea -- a conception which accepts the fragmentation of knowledge and renounces the quest for totality. He also argues for an a ontology of declinea -- a conception of being which renounces all the strong characteristics attributed to it by traditional metaphysics and which instead, following Heidegger, links being to time, life and the rhythm of birth and death. AS NEWPhoto scan available upon request. Books sold to the… Read More

Bureau Général De La Petite Bibliothèque Des Théatres, 1785. 1st Edition Vol.II. Hardcover. Very Good +. 16mo - over 5. Type: Book 305 pp., brown mottled calf skin leather bdg. with gilt-stamped edges of boards and spine, titling in Vol.II only,bordeaux box on spine, marbled end papers, silk ribbon bookmark. A history of Theatre and drama in France; text in French. (scuffed edges and corners, spine slightly faded, paper slightly yellowed at edges, otherwise clean tight book)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Coach House Press, 1975. 1st Limited Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Type: Book Limited edition to 1500 copies, 179 pp., matte illustrated sienna cartonage bdg. with blue grey and black titling on front board and spine. Graphic novel beautifully illustrated by the talented Martin Vaughn-James, the first soft cover edition. (slight small faint spots and small scratches on front board near spine, slightly scuffed edges spine, 2 small closed tears on spine, innards pristine)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Muhka, Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book Type: Exhibition Catalogue 136 pp. Green paper covered hard binding with gilt stamp on the front board and spine, image printed on the front cover. Illustrated throughout with colour phototypes.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1988. 1st Facsimile Edition Thus. Full-Leather. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 260 pp., burgundy calf skin bdg. with gilt-stamped design on boards and titling on spine, 4 raised bands on spine, aeg, marbled end papers, red silk bookmark. Illustrated with b/w figures on plates and in text. Absolutely AS NEW in a custom made high gauge mylar DJ.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

State Of New York University Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 328 pp. HC (gloss paper over hard binding). This volume explores the emergence of what is called social affinity - the bringing together of classical ideas of social cohesion with contemporary social psychology.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Marval /Galerie Fanny Guillon-Lafaille, 1989. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 155 pp. + iv index etc., illus glazed cartonage bdg with black tilting on front board and spine. Text in French, illustrated with 30 full colour & 33 b/w reprods and phototypes on gloss paper plates as well as lots of b/w phototypes of the artist, both full page and in text. Peter Klasen is a German born artist working in France and an artist of note in the artistic waves 'Nouvelle Figuration' and 'Figuration Narrative'; his works are in major museum worldwide. The essay is by Franck Venaille, a poet/ essayist who wrote it withnthe full collaboration of KlasenPlease contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Corvina Press, 1977. 3rd Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 369pp., yellow ochre cloth bdg with red on white-stamped front board & red on spine. Illustrated throughout with full colour phototypes on plates. (apart from an owner signature on front end paper this is a FINE copy)DJ(slightly scuffed edges, faded at spine)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Switzerland: Edita Lausanne, 1965. 1st Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Type: Book 279 pp., crimson red cloth bdg. with knight on horse gilt-stamped on bottom corner front board and titling gilt-stamped on spine. Lavishly illustrated with full page colour plates, tipped-in colour reproduction on card plates, as well as some b/w illus. AS NEW in AS NEW DJ in crimson paper covered hardcase: VG+(scuffed at edges: shelf wear)Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Alfred Mame Et Fils, Editeurs, 1866. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book dark brown leather bdg. with blind-stamped boards, gilt-stamped boards & spine, marbled edges, marble end papers. Illus. with 3 tissue-guarded b/w steel plate engravings, & 1 small vignette on title page. Text in French. VG(suff ed edges & corners, chipped bottom back board 1/2"x1/4", dedication paper plate front board, paper lightly foxed)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Montreal, Canada: John Lovell & Son, Limited, 1907. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 309 pp., cobalt blue cloth bdg. with gilt-stamped titling on front board and spine. Illustrated with frontispice b/w phototype portrait of author and 68 b/w phototypes and reproductions on semi-gloss paper plates. Fascinating book that takes you from Crimean battlefields to life in the garrison towns of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in the 1850s, hunting and fishing in Nova Scotia at the turn of the 20th century. The author served with the 63rd West Suffolk Regiment and the 11th Halifax Regiment of the Nova Scotia Militia. VG+(lightly scuffed edges spine and corners of boards, one tiny pin size dent middle front board, spine very slightly soiled, otherwise avery clean, tight copy)In a custom made high gauge mylar DJ.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Collection De L'Escarfel, 1959. 2nd Edition Stated. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 167 pp., illus. cartonage bdg. with black titling on front board and spine. The poetry of Gilles Vigneault a celebrated French Canadian poet and songwriter: text in French. (scuffed edges with tiny chips edges spine, spine & edges bdg. lightly yellowed, previous ownerès signature top front end paper, edges pages slightly yellowed) In high gauge custom-made mylar DJ.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 252 pp., pine green buckram bdg. with gold-stamped spine. Illustrated with 16 b/w reproductions and phototypes on gloss paper plates. A history of the century and a half leading to the First World War witnessed a transformation in European transport: canals, railways, steam shipping and motor vehicules all major new inventions that reshaped economies.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Editions Corvina, 1963. 1st French Language Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 270 pp., white linen cloth bdg. with blind-stamped edges front board, bl;ue-stamped spine, silk ribbon bookmark. Illustrated with 30 full colour phototypes on plates.Text in French. (bdg. slightly soiled, clean and tight copy)DJ( scuffed edges with tiny chips, 2 closed tears top front and back, very slightly soiled) Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Cowstone Press, 1969. Limited Edition. Wrapper. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book Limited (1000) 32 pp. b/w phototypes illus. cartonage bdg. with black and titling on front board. (slight shelf wear, slightly yellowed at spine & edges, VG++) In glassine envelope.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

First Edition, 1967. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s)I. Signed by Author(s) Type: Book Signed by Author 275 pp. crimson red cloth bdg. with gilt-stamped front board & spine. This copy bears a full colour illustration of a rooster and dedication on front end paper by the author/illustrator. Illustrated throughout with one b/w phototype and several b/w vignette sketches. (scuffed edges spine & corners, paper lightly yellowed)DJ(scuffed edges and corners, not price clipped)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.