411. [Viereck, Peter] Eliot, Alexander.

Proud Youth.

First Edition. New York, Farrar, Straus & Young, 1953. 13 cm x 21 cm. 222 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Marble coloured boards, top edge green. Personal copy of the american poet Peter Viereck, signed and inscribed with a long inscription by his father George Sylvester Viereck: “For Peter – Xmas 1953 – G.S.V. – The most startling book I’ve come across this side of pornography, written by a descendent of President Eliot”.

412. [Viereck, Peter] Levin, Harry.

Contexts of Criticism. With an Appendix: James Joyce et l’idee de litterature mondiale.

First Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1957. 8°. XI, 294 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The jacket in very good+ condition with some minor tear. From the library of american writer Peter Viereck. Inscribed and signed by Harry Levin on the endpaper: “For Peter from Harry with warm regards – Cambridge, 14. IV.57”.

413. [Viereck, Peter] Setterlind, Bo.

Bo Setterlinds Dikter. I Urval Och Med Kommentarer. Teckningar Av Lars Wellton.

Stockholm, Bonniers Folkbibliotek, 1957. 19cm x 12cm. 119 (7) pages. Original illustrated hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by Bo Setterlind to american writer Peter Viereck: “Peter Viereck – Cordially – […] Setterlind – Stockholm, April 28, 1963”.

414. [Viereck, Peter] Williams, Oscar (ed.)

New Poems 1942 – An Anthology of British and American Verse. [Including: Wallace Stevens – “Six Discordant Songs”].

First Edition. New York, Peter Pauper Press, 1942. 16 x 24 cm. 286 pages. With a section of photographs of the poets. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Inscribed by Oscar Williams to Peter Viereck in May 1947. Very good condition with minor rubbing and edgewear on the dustjacket.

415. Villanueva, Tino.

Primera Causa; First Cause. Translated by Lisa Horowitz.

First Edition / Bilingual Edition: Spanish-English. New York, Cross-Cultural Communications, 1999. 14.5 cm x 22.2 cm. 31 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author Tino Villanueva on title page. Very Rare in a signed edition ! [Cross-Cultural Review Chapbook 14 – Series Editor: Stanley H. Barkan].

416. Voigt, Wilhlem.

Hvorledes Jeg Blev Kaptain von Köpenick. Mit Levnedsløb af Wilhelm Voigt (Kaldet Kaptain von Köpenick). Med et Forord af Hans Hyan. Autoriseert Oversaettelse for Danmark og Norge.

First Danish Edition. Kobenhavn, Laurits Eibys Forlag, [1909]. Octavo. 110 pages. Hardcover / Private Cloth binding of the early 20th century. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear (some minor spotting to the cloth and minor lesion to page 5). Even though no sign of it, this book comes from the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator, Erik Haugaard. Extremely Rare !

417. Voinovich, Vladimir.

In Plain Russian. Stories. Translated by Richard Lourie.

New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. Octavo. XV, 299 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. A collection of short stories by the author of “the Soviet Catch 22” The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin. Near fine in dust jacket with mild crease to rear panel, small bump to head of spine. Inscribed / signed by Voinovich to Art Editor Jeff Schaire in 1981.

418. von Horvath, Ödön.

Zeitalter der Fische. Drei Romane und eine Erzählung.

Wien, Bergland Verlag, ohne Jahr (c.1968). 13,5 x 20,5 cm. 383 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Im originalen Schutzumschlag in Brodart. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. Aus der Bibliothek des Literarhistorikers Harry Zohn, mit seinem Namenszug auf dem Vorsatz.

419. Vonnegut, Kurt.

Jailbird. A Novel.

First Edition. New York, Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence, 1979. Octavo. XXXVIII, 246 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Edge slightly dusty. Otherwise in very good+ condition.

420. Walde, Johann Gottlieb.

Thomas Waldauf’s, des Dresdener Schornsteinfegers Lebensereignisse zu Wasser und zu Lande in drei Welttheilen. Von ihm selbst erzählt und als ein wahrhaftes Familienbuch für Jung und Alt in allen Ständen des Volkes herausgegeben von J.G.Walde. [A german Chimney-sweepers Travels and Adventures on the Ocean and in America (California)].

Löbau, J.G.Walde’s Buchhandlung, ohne Jahr [1858]. Klein-Oktav. 304, 236, 220, VI, (1) Seiten. Mit 23 (von 24) wunderbaren, handkolorierten Tafeln von Ferdinand Franke in Dresden, welche Waldaufs Reise zeigen (u.a. im Schaufelrad-Dampfer etc.). Hardcover / Moderner, sehr dekorativer Halblederband mit neuem Vorsatz. Nach der sehr guten Restauration durch einen professionellen Buchbinder, ist dieser Band wieder ein Sammler-Exemplar. Leicht schiefgelesen. Das Papier vereinzelt stärker stockfleckig. Nahezu alle Abbildungen wunderbar und tadellos und vor allem in kräftigem Kolorit erhalten. Zahlreiche Abbildungen auf unserer Webseite. Sehr seltene, interessante Publikation die auch politische Ansichten ueber den amerikanischen Unrechts-Staat des 19.Jahrhunderts, im Bezug auf Rassismus und Rechte der afroamerikanischen Bevoelkerung, anspricht.