Search Results: Authors starting with V from Dark and Stormy Night Books

Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus Reprint, a Division of Kraus-Thompson Organization Limited, 1970 The original works were published between 1915 and 1929 by the Milanese firm of Ulrico Hoepli. Hard cover, folio (7 ½ x 11 ÂĽ inches), in red buckram with titles in gilt to spines, 719, 646 ,368, and 325 pp. In Italian, with numerous full page black and white reproductions. Printed in Germany. A reprint of the well-illustrated cultural survey of social life, customs and artistic output of the second half of the Italian Quattrocento, produced under the auspices of Lodovico Maria Sforza (1452-1508), Duke of Milan, Lord of Genoa, and one of the Italian Renaissance's great patrons of the Arts. Each volume includes an index of names as well as an index of illustrations. Art historian Francesco Malaguzzi Valeri ( 1867-1928) wrote this work while Director of the State Archives of Milan and, later, while Director of the National Art Gallery of Bologna. Condition: Near Fine, tight clean and bright, with one… Read More

Hartford, Conn.: The Connecticut Quarterly Company, 1897 pp 502 [10] Scarce issue of The Connecticut Magazine, with articles/illustrations titled: Battle of the Hartford and the Tennessee, Norwich Bean Hill, Connecticut's Soldiery, Connecticut and Virginia a Century Ago, The Convention Troops in Connecticut, Copper Mining in Connecticut, A Daughter of Puritans, Early Rules of Yale, The Enfield Shakers, An Escape from Newgate, The Fair Trader's Voyage, The Farmington River and its Tributaries, Hillhouse Avenue New Haven, Boston Street Madison, A Ministry of a Hundred Years Ago, Old Time Music and Musicians, Music Vale, Miss Sally, A New Haven Church, Newington, New London - A Daughter of Puritans, The Old Whaling Port, The Parks of Bridgeport, A Trip to Paradise, Prehistoric Remains of the Tunxis Valley, In Satan's Kingdom, Three Killingly Boys, Traffic on the Connecticut River, Waramaug Lake, The Wolcott Plateau. With poetry by: Ellen Brainerd Peck, Grace Appleton, Annie Laurie Lynde, James Dixon,… Read More

London: Barnard Quaritch, 2005 Soft Cover, 8vo. Staple-bound catalog of books for the New York Book Fair. Condition: Near Fine.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1969 Folio book with color illustrations of the art produced by the Aztecs et al. Condition: About Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Taipei: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 1986 Soft cover, quarto, 55pp. Condition: Near Fine. Some light creases to covers. ** Exhibition catalog featuring textile works by modern artists. Text in English and Japanese. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

London: Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1876 Soft cover, 8vo, in blue paper wraps, 519 pp + 14pp appendix. Condition: Good. Covers cracked at hinge. Some dog-ears to first few pages. Signed by owner to front cover and title page (dated 1880). ** Book of tables showing the position of the moon, planets & stars throughout 1880. Also, describes a partial eclipse of the sun visible at Greenwich, on December 31st, 1880. Provenance: Bought from Newburyport sea-captain's house.. Soft Cover. Good .

Newton, New Jersey: Henry C. Kelsey (privately printed), 1910 40pp. Octavo. Condition: A few light pencil marks to pages. Covers dust soiled. ** Scarce local history, of the Episcopalian church in Newton, New Jersey. It was established in 1769, when the congregation first met. The church is now on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+.

New York: Theatre Museum, 1984 44pp unnumbered. Scarce catalog of an exhibition for The Theatre Collection of the Museum of the City of New York. Includes many photos from the stage and from movies. Condition: Very Good with some shelfwear to covers and scuffing to the front cover. Pages age-toned.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Stamford, Conn.: The Advocate and The Ferguson Library, 1991 151pp. Hiistory with photographs. Condition: Shelfwear to dustjacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Torino: Vedova Pomba e Figli, 1818 Hard cover, 24mo, in what seems to be a contemporary rebinding, in three quarter vellum over marbled paper-covered boards, the titles to the spine in in gilt with an onlaid morocco label with additional gilt decoration banding in imitation of raised bands, and gilt floral vignettes to the faux compartments. Page edges are stained yellow, and there is a multicolored silk ribbon bookmark. In Italian. xii, 297 pp. [3pp.] CONDITION: Very Good Plus. Slight soiling to vellum, light rubbing at corners. Some fading to the gilt ornament on the spine. (A vertical mark seen near the foot of the front joint is just a mark, not a split.)The marbled paper has minor area of rubbing on the rear board. The binding is firm, pages bright, no signs of foxing. The engraved bookplate of a Scottish gentleman is on the front pastedown. The title page seems to have been trimmed as there is a cut off signature in old ink to the top corner, with "Naples 18--" below. **This collection, meant… Read More

London: Maggs Bros Ltd, 1997 Soft Cover, 102pp. Catalogue from the famed Maggs Bros., established in 1853 by Uriah Maggs and still a going concern. Condition: Near Fine, with very light shelf-wear.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Kirkwall: Orkney Herald, 1973 56pp. Orkney and the King Hakon Conference. Norwwegian Consolidation and Expansion During the Reign of King Hakon Hakonsson. Norwegian Court Literature in the Middle Ages. King Hakon the Old Before the Bar of History. The Battle of Largs. Hakonair Saga - Portrait of a King. Light wear to covers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Washhington DC: Government Printing Office, 1893 158pp + foldout color map of the Indian Reservations in the US. Includes writing on the Education of Native Americans, mission schools, Women's Indian Association, etc. Condition: Pages age-toned with the occasional small tear to the edges. Covers lightly marked with the remains of a paper sticker to front cover. Small tear to edge of foldout map. Corners of covers bumped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut Historical Society, 1895 340pp. Includes a facsimile of the 1658 publication by Abreham Peirson: "Some Help for the Indians. Shewing them How to improve their natural Reason, to know the True GOD, and the tru Christian Religion". Condition: About Good, with wear/fraying to edges of covers. Ex-library Connecticut Historical Society.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

Fincastle, Virginia: Bicentennial Publications Committee, 1977 99pp + supplement + orthography explanation sheet. History of Botetourt County, Virginia. Condition: Very light age-toning to covers. Near Fine. OCLC 3276959.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

London: John Weale, 1857 Card covers, 12mo, pp [4], 412, 12. Condition: Good. A little wear to the covers. Front hinge cracked. Old repair to title page. ** A History of Everything, by date. A book like this is a treasure-trove for any student of history. OCLC 81983749.. Card Covers. Good.

London: Spink & Son Ltd, 1976 Soft Cover, quarto. Illustrated catalog of almost all of Richard Burton's works. Condition: Very Good, with light shelfwear and light marks to covers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Northumberland Fusiliers, 1886 Hard cover, quarto, pp145-288 +double-page Fusiliers' Almanac for 1887. Covers January to December, 1886. In publisher's green pebbled cloth binding with gold lettering and regimental insignia. Condition: Very Good Minus. Covers heavily sunned, with heavy staining to the back cover. Binding tight and text block clean. ** An informative and entertaining regimental publication, with promotion notices, letters, advertisements, articles on shooting competitions with the name & rank of the winners listed, and historical accounts mentioning the Battle of Toulouse, the "Great Battle of Waterloo". Articles include "A Week's Leave in the Himalayas", "Introduction of Bayonets into the Army", and "How I Bought My Dog". ** The Northumberland Fusiliers became part of the British Army after their part in the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688, when William of Orange (William III), deposed James II to become king of England, Scotland and Ireland. They fought during many… Read More

Surrey, England: Wentworth Club, 1993 166pp. Condition: Book is about Fine, dustjacket has light wear at corners and a few marks/creases.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Boston: Charles R. Osgood and Company, 1881 Hard cover, folio (measuring 8 x 11 ÂĽ inches), Finely Bound in three-quarter calf over marbled boards, with marbled pastedowns, marbled edges to text, the gilt-decorated spines in six raised compartments, two featuring red leather labels with title and vol. nos. Printer's logo of John Wilson & University Press, Cambridge, MA on copyright page. Collation: Vol. 1 (xxxiii) 596pp.-lacking frontispiece, but with the two -page color map intact; Vol.2 (lviii) 575 pp. Complete; Vol. 3 (xii) 689pp. Complete. Vol. 4: (x) 711pp. Complete. (Note: the identical frontispiece print of Gov. Shirley is used in both Vols. I and II). Ex -library with faint identifier to spines, ghosted label removals to pastedowns, the remains of library bookplates and withdrawal stamps. Condition: Very Good. While the exterior has some wear to tips, corners and edges, the joints remain firm. Some slight wear to the foot of spine, and sunning to face, of Vol. 4. The interior of each… Read More