Isbn: 9780300039078 - Letters of Carl Van Vechten (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Yale University Press, 1987 1st Very good -.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 301 pages, with photographs. Minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy. Record # 854052.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Correspondence of one of the most influential cultural figures of the early 20th century: essayist, novelist, critic, photographer, and jazz buff. Illus. 301p.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good condition. First edition, first printing. Light soiling on the text block. No internal markings of previous ownership.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Condition: very good(+). very good(+). Selected and edited by Bruce Kellner. Frontis portrait, illustrated with a handful of b/w photos. 301 pages. Tall 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1987). A very good(+) copy, remainder mark, in a very good(+) wrapper, light sunning to rear cover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Page edges have light scuffing and smudging. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Condition: Very Good. 1st. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Light general wear. May have light notes/highlighting. shelf wear. bumped edges. worn cover. Hardcover.

Hardcover. 52p., features a block print by Covarrubias (original strike? we do not know) a futurist portrait of the author, plus an offset photoreproduction of VV in childhood. Rubricated titlepage (in green), number 29 of a run limited to 300 copies. The interior of this item is fine --portraits, hinges, etc.-- but the fine-press mavens who designed the cover did not decree sturdy binderywork, and book's papered green boards and their onlaid spine- and cover-labels are deeply abraded and scratched. As is. Centaur bibliographies; No. 5. Van Vechten is candidly modest about his personal productions; it was near the onset of his serious interest in African Americana, which seems not to be represented here, unless is surfaces amongst the numerous bits of his unsigned journalism and reviews. …

Condition: Very Good. Well kept copy, with jacket, tight and unmarked, little wear. Fast Shipping - Safe and Secure Bubble Mailer.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original fine-ribbed, gilt-blocked cloth. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 301 pages; Description: xxx, 301 p. , 20 p. Of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 --Novelists, American --20th century --Correspondence --Photographers --United States 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 1st EDITION, 1st PRINTING. This copy is NEAR FINE; the text is clear, bright, and unmarked; binding is tight but edges show slight wear . The jacket is VG: absolutely intact in all ways, including perfect color and design, but small mark on rear, signs of rubbing. We have a five star rating because of our fulfilment success and because our descriptions are accurate. We guarantee: NO NASTY SURPRISES. Signed By Author + Message.…

First Edition. Fine copy in the original fine-ribbed, gilt-blocked cloth. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 301 pages; Description: xxx, 301 p. , 20 p. Of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 --Novelists, American --20th century --Correspondence --Photographers --United States 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Tall octavo. 301pp. Illustrated from photographs. Just about fine in very good or better dust jacket with the pink lettering sunned to a clean white on the spine, a bit fugitive (blurring) in two other places, and some unobtrusive creasing on the spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Tall octavo. 301pp. Illustrated from photographs. Fine in very good or better dust jacket with the pink lettering sunned to a clean white on the spine, a bit fugitive (blurring) in two other places, and a tiny crease on the corner.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Top edge slightly spotted, but a nice copy in dsustwrapper. With the (Will Carter, rust) book-label of the bookseller and crime writer George Sims.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 301pp. Illustrated from photographs. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with the pink lettering sunned to white on the spine, and a bit of fugitive blurring to the pink letters as usual.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition on black cloth missing inside end papers + a couple stamps.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 301pp. Illustrated from photographs. Fine in spine faded else near fine dust jacket with a bit of fugitive blurring to the pink letters as usual. Laid in is a postcard from Van Vechtan to artist Prentiss Taylor. Taylor was an artist who created Van Vechten's bookplate, and the jacket art for Van Vechten's book *Sacred and Profane Memories*, both illustrated by Taylor. Taylor enjoyed especially close relationships with Van Vechten and Langston Hughes, with whom he created The Golden Stair Press, and which issued some of Hughes' work, including five rare broadsides and two pamphlets. Letters to Taylor are included in the text of this book.…