Search Results: Titles starting with V from Blue Sky Rare Books

Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2005. First Edition. Near fine. Paperback, couple of neat pencil marks, else fine.

Hollywood: The Marcel Rodd Co, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+/very good. Book has just a couple of pencil marks, otherwise free of markings. Inner hinge paper split but binding is still nice and tight (probably glued down a little tight to begin with). Jacket is an attractive VG -- some small chips but clean and attractive in the mylar protective wrap.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Strong VG book, inscribed by Lane on the front blank fly. The book was given to his friend George A. Boyd and Boyd's wife gave the book to Richard H. Brown, who has written a full-page explanation of the provenance in pen on the front pastedown, along with his bookplate. Otherwise, the book is free of all marking, nice clean copy.

Hamburg: Raamin-Presse, 1997. first edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Roswitha Quadfleig. Roswitha Quadfleig. Gorgeous bi-lingual edition, 32,5 x 20,5 cm. No. 144 of 160, signed by artist Roswitha Quadfleig. Illustrations on handmade Japanese paper, text on Heritage archive paper. Fantastic printing from polymer plates with synthetic-resin engraving and etching. Bold Slipcase (beautiful stripped matching case) is fine, as is the book. The typography on the title page is first-rate and the frieze illustrations are very striking. Superb fine-press work. Wonderful book.

New York University Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Book and DJ as new.

University of Chicago Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Book and jacket about as new. Nice book.

Oxford University Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Book and jacket fine, jacket in protective mylar. Neatly inscribed by author to a Boston University colleague.

Cosimo Classics,, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Facsimile reprint of the hard-to-find Dent edition. Hardcover with printed illustrated boards, no jacket as issue. Some neat pencil underlining (moderate).

Portland, Maine: Romulus Editions, 1989. first edition. Near Fine. Thomas Cornell. A Coyote Love Press book, handsomely printed with rich sepia etchings which include portraits of Franz Kafka and Charles Ives [6], 38, [1] pp With 5 etched plates by Thomas Cornell 32x19 cm (11æx7 "), quarter niger morocco & boards Copy No VIII of 75 roman numeral copies printed on mouldmade Arches paper Book is in near fine condition, just a tiny touch of edge wear Lovely book No DJ, as issued Book is set in Monotype Bembo, beautifully printed

Lausanne: Èditions AndrÈ Gonin., 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Marcel North. Copy No. 4 of 6 "exemplaires sur Verges surfin blanc a la main filigrane Guarro Molivell, comprenant une suite sur Chine, un cuivre barre et une etude originale signee, justifes de B a G." One of six copies with an exrta suite of the intaglio illustrations and an original copper intaglio plate in a folder. Loose in sheets as issued, the set in vellum backed folder in slipcase. Signed by the publisher and Marcel North, with an additional proof strike of one of the plates and an original full-page pen-and-ink illustration (a preliminary sketch) on what looks like japanese vellum paper. Lovely copy, minor wear to the slipcase and dab of what looks like binders glue on the spine.