Search Results: Titles starting with V from Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller

Rochester, N.Y.: James Vick's Sons, 1896. Wraps. Very good +. [HORTICULTURE / GARDENING] [SALES CATALOG]. Small 4to (10" x 7 7/8"); xxx [ii], 37-112pp, numbering of pages is not continuous although none are missing and collation agrees with those in OCLC institutions; color pictorial stiff wrapper, front printed with a wreath of flowers around the title lettering, rear wrapper color pictorial of blackberries in pint containers with a Cornell University testimonial; 3 b&w glazed plates printed recto & verso; 1 color plate printed recto and b&w verso; illustrations with text advertising throughout; light wear and chipping to wrapper with loss of front bottom corner; inside bright and binding tight; very good plus. Laid in are two unused order forms, an envelope addressed to the publisher, and a letter with pricing. A lushly illustrated plant and seed catalog for the gardening enthusiast. Seed advertisements for flowers, vegetables, lawns and other grasses, clover seeds, grains, and small fruits. Farm… Read More

Germany, 1895. Print no binding. Near fine. [HOLIDAY]. [Victorian Cupid-Ship Valentine.] 9 3/8" x 5 7/8". Embossed, die-cut, color-printed, 3-dimensional Valentine greeting card with honeycomb pop-out and red transparent light-window, marked "Printed in Germany." Bottom stand printed, "To My Valentine," and printed on the heart of roses die-cut, "A Message of True Love." Three die-cut children sail on the boat. An inscription in pen on the verso reads "From Room 19" and "about 1895." Age-toning of the card stock and a few light creases, one small break with old repair to top of right side of forget-me-not flowers.

No place listed: No publisher listed, 1884. Leather bound. Very good. [PHOTO ALBUM]. Folio; 64 cream-colored mat board leaves; three-quarters black pebbled-leather over dark green textured cloth, gilt-stamped title to front board, beveled edges; 5 raised band spine, blind-stamped ornaments, gilt-stamped date "1884"; all edges gilt; gray marbled endpapers; 161 albumen and collotype photographs mounted on cream-colored mat board, some signed, sizes vary from the smallest, 3" x 4" to largest 7" x 9", although most are in a mid-range of about 3 ½" x 5"; laid in is a 10pp manuscript with photograph descriptions corresponding to the hand-numbered mat boards; five mat boards have been removed as evidenced by the skip in pagination from the small pencil numbering of pages in the upper right corner, and from the owner's written listing of images; scuffing to boards, a few finger smudges, one photograph with a creased edge; very good. A large photography album of natural scenery, street scenes, buildings and… Read More

Munich & New York: The Art Lithographic Publishing Company, 1890. Wraps. Near fine. Marian CHASE. [GIFT BOOK] [NOVELTY BOOK] [POETRY] [RELIGION] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Marian CHASE, illustrator. Printed in Germany. 48mo oblong (3 15/16" x 4 7/8"); [8]pp; stiff chromolithographed wrapper die-cut in the shape of a church with a bell tower, rear wrapper pictures a small wood fence with garden pergola and tree; publishers red silk ribbon binding; "No. 2472" on title page; lithographic illustrations in gray tones throughout; decorated letters; light rubbing to bottom edge, small stain on rear wrapper; near fine. Not recorded. A small gift or novelty book of the type first made popular in the late 19th century. This booklet features a rhyming verse about longing for the comfort of the local church. The poem finishes with a quote from Psalm 100 verse 4, "Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise.".

London: Journal of Horticulture, 1900. Fourth Edition. Cloth. Very good. 8vo; xvi, 202 + viii pp ads; gilt-stamped green cloth over board, grape cluster, title and author to front; relief printed illustrations throughout; shelf scuffing to cover, bumping to corners; very good. An extensive discourse on grape growing.

[Germany]: None identified, 1950. Ephemera no binding. Fine. 9 ¼" wide x 13 ¾" long x 2 ½" high; 80 blocks. An interesting vintage German child's woodblock building toy. The wood case measures 9 ¼" wide x 13 ¾" long x 2 ½" high, and contains a total of 80 blocks.  It has dovetailed corners and the sliding top has a color printed label of two boys playing with building blocks.  There are two layers of building blocks, 50 blocks of different shapes in the top layer, some with decoration to the wood, and 30 plain various-sized blocks in the bottom layer. No maker is noted on the box, although there is a small logo featuring a block-style castle inside a small oval on the label.  Many toys of this type were made in the Erzgebirge region of Germany.  The blocks are in fine and unused condition, the box is in fine condition with some wrinkling and small stains on the label.  This is a heavy wood toy.

Praze [Prague]: Nakladatelství Jos. R. Vilímek, 1930. Boards. Very good. Artuš SCHEINER. [JUVENILE] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [CZECH LANGUAGE]. Artuš SCHEINER, illustrator. English: Aquarius Ivan, Prague: Jos. R. Vilimek, Publisher 4to, 76, [1] pp; color pictorial front board depicting a dancing boy waving an American flag, watched by a man and woman sitting on a couch; red cloth shelf-back; blue and cream pictorial endpapers; title page in red and black ink, vignette of Ivanek in red; thick paper stock; tinted head and tail pieces; fp + 7 color plates tipped in; light edge wear to boards, age-toned paper and foxing throughout; very good. OCLC locates only 2 copies, one at Princeton University and the other at the National Library of the Czech Republic. This book is based loosely on the Czech legend of Vodník, the underwater creature living in the Vlatava River running through the city of Prague. In this tale, an underwater family, with a boy named Ivánek, lives under the Vyšehrad rock. Ivánek has… Read More

New York: The Conde Nast Publications, Inc, 1930. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. First edition. 8vo; 90pp; blue cloth over board, stamped silver lettering to front cover; illustrated with drawings and black and white photographs; light scuffing and sunning to cover, light age toning to endpapers; very good.