Search Results: Authors starting with V from Legacy Books

New York: Thomas Yoseloff, Inc. Book. VG. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1949), xii, 492pp, index to the appendix. Very light wear, else VG in a G, lightly chipped DJ with a small tear at bottom of rear panel. From the DJ: "This volume, containing the series of lectures delivered at the University of Pennsylvania under the auspices of the A. S. W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography, is a dramatic account of the literature produced on the American frontier from the beginning of settlement of this country to the year 1800. It also offers an extensive bibliographical appendix of the works by those living on the frontier on what is now the United States or by agents interested in the promotion of frontier lands." Includes an extensive bibliography of North American Frontier literature..

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Very Good. Soft cover. pp521-530, plus thirteen plates. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1938. VG. In plastic report covers. From the introduction: "Indian Mexico has a past, but not a history. Thousands of mounds are scattered over the country, and in regions suitable for agriculture the plow constantly produces the shattered vessels and tools of vanished people. The modern Mexicans also show their heritage from the past. Thirty-nine percent of them are pure Indian, and another 53 percent are liberally infused with Indian blood. Even as in Italy, where both the citizens and the land which gives them life bear witness to the background of the Roman Empire, so in Mexico one feels and sees the all-pervading influence of the Indian.".

Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp208-211, double columns, illustrated, large 8vo. Removed from OUR CONTINENT MAGAZINE, Volume 2, No. 7, August 23, 1882. In report covers. VG. The author was a doctor who learned the sign language while in Guatemala..

Toronto: Royal Society of Canada Book. Good. Soft cover. pp97-101. Removed from PROCEEDINGS AND TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. THIRD SERIES, VOLUME XIV. MAY, 1920. VG. In report covers. In French..

New York: Random House Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1949), 371pp, index, illustrated, bibliography. Light wear, else G. Francisco Goya, (1746 - 1828) ,was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker, who is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He is often referred to as both the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns..

New York,: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers Book. Very Good. Hardcover. N.D., [1962], 4to, 328pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w, index, bibliography. VG+. From the preface: "Thus, this book is a first attempt to present Rousseau's art in historical perspective. Needless to say, our primary concern was to collect all the paintings which can unhesitatingly be attributed to Rousseau and to discard those which, as it appears to us, are not his. It would, however, be improper to claim that we have established the definitive catalogue of his works; unfortunately, there is no rigorous scientific basis for such an undertaking. Too much of Rousseau's life and painting remains in shadow." A very heavy volume; will require additional domestic shipping charges and prohibitive international shipping charges..

Indiana University Book. Good. Soft cover. pp255-276. Removed from INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, Volume 48, No. 3, September, 1952. In report covers. G. An article about political and economic issues during the period 1844-1848, and how those issues were perceived and how they played out, in the state of Indiana..

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Book. Good. Hardcover. (1934), 394pp, index, illustrated. Extremities lightly worn, else G+. Howes V27. Custer High Spot 2..

Fair Lawn: Essential Books Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1958, 237pp, index, one hundred eighty four heliogravure illustrations. VG. Translated by Ethel Whitehorn. Versailles was the residence of three French kings, Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI, their courts, and the French government from 1682 to 1789. The Trianons referred to two palaces on the grounds of the great estate at Versailles: the larger was built by Louis XIV in 1687; the smaller, built by Louis XV 1762¿68, was used first by his mistress Madame du Barry (1743¿1793) and afterwards by Marie Antoinette. Versailles was the palace and favorite residence of the Sun King, Louis XIV..

Louisville: The Filson Club Book. Good. Soft cover. pp338-346. Removed from THE FILSON CLUB HISTORY QUARTERLY, Vol 26, No. 4, October, 1952. In report covers. G. May include a first or last copied page. A brief biography of one of Kentucky's outstanding statesmen and the person who had a great influence on Abraham Lincoln. The author makes the interesting point that three statesmen of the English-speaking world died in 1852. Henry Clay was one, the Duke of Wellington another, and Daniel Webster, the third..

New York : The Literary Guild of America Book. VG+. Hardcover. 1927, small 8vo, 93pp, bibliography, three illustrations. Very light wear, previous owner's bookplate at front pastedown, else VG+ in G dust jacket which is lacking one-half inch at the top of the spine..

New York: The Viking Press Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1930, 279pp, index, illustrated. Covers moderately sunned and discolored, else G. Jonathan Swift, (1667-1745), the great English satirist, although best remembered for GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, wrote many scathing political and religious satires..

New York: The Viking Press Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1943. First edition, 288pp, index, illustrated. Spine sunned, else G. Subtitled: "The Story Of A Crisis In The Continental Army now for the first time fully told from many hitherto unknown and neglected sources both American and British.".

New york: The Mentor Association, Inc. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1913, 12pp, plus six plates. Salvaged from a damaged volume containing the first 24 issues, bound without their covers, now in plastic protective covers. VG. The Mentor Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 17, June 9, 1913. Includes: The Night Watch, by Rembrandt; The Laughing Cavalier, by Hals; The Christening, by Steen; The Young Bull, by Potter; In A Courtyard, by De Hooch; The Avenue, by Hobbema..

New york: The Mentor Association, Inc. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1917. The Mentor Magazine for April 2, 1917, Serial No. 128, Volume 5, Number 4, 12pp, illustrated, plus six plates laid-in. Wrps. VG..

New Amsterdam: Horace Liveright Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1930. First Edition, xxvi, 570pp, twenty four illustrations. Front inner hinge neatly reinforced, moderate wear and soiling, else G..

New York: Simon and Schuster Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1936, xx, 525pp, index, numerous color and b&w drawings by the author. Corners fraying, covers faded, spine sunned, contents G. This book is not just a geography textbook but a combination of history and geography. A heavy volume; may require additional shipping charges..

Louisville: The Filson Club Book. Good. Soft cover. pp76-86. Removed fron FILSON CLUB HISTORY QUARTERLY, Vol 72, No. 1, January, 1998. VG. In report covers. May include a first or last copied page. George Meriwether was one of the early hunters, explorers, and settlers who came to Kentucky from Virginia in the 1770's..

Louisville.: The Filson Club Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp223-250. Removed from THE FILSON CLUB HISTORY QUARTERLY, Vol 59, No. 2, April, 1985. Stiff wrps. VG. In report covers. May include a first or last photo-copied page. Nicholas Meriwether, (1749-1828), was born in Louisa County, Virginia. About 1779 he came to Kentucky and was one of the early settlers at the Falls of the Ohio. He was related to Dr. Thomas Walker and to Meriwether Lewis, of Lewis and Clark fame..

Columbus: Segner & Condit Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1868, viii, [9]-775pp. Old decorative leather covers, rebacked in cloth, inner hinges neatly reinforced, extremities badly worn, good reading copy. Howes 43. Graff 4462. Rader 3523. Wagner-Camp 312, for earlier editions. This version appears to be similar to Wagner-Camp 312:8, which is in two parts. Part I is a collection of excerpts from narratives of various travelers and explorers. Part II is the View of the States, that treats all the states west of the Alleghenies. ..