Search Results: Authors starting with V from Charles Lewis Best Booksellers

Madrid: Aguilar, 1968. Sexta Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [17.5cm/7inches], full gilt-embossed Cordovan-coloured cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 2044, indexed. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.

Tijuana y San Diego: Casa Valencia, 2012 . Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/In exceptionally good condition. Demy table, [8.25 by 9.75inches], full ebony cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 74. Illustrated with colour plates &tc. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The San Diego Reader noted: "If you want to get a glimpse of the bustling art scene in Tijuana, you need go no further than Liberty Station. This is where, in the summer of 2012, Aida Valencia opened Casa Valencia: Galería Baja as part of her “Un paso al norte” (A step to the north) project, with a mission to expose more San Diegans to Baja artists. Valencia was born in San Diego and raised in Tijuana and is herself an artist, specializing in mosaics. Each show at Casa Valencia features more than one artist, and there are new exhibition receptions the first Friday of every month."

London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1999. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full blanc-embossed black cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 167, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &tc... Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. 

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. VG Very Good/VG Very Good. Octavo, [23.75cm/9.5inches], full gilt-embossed london grey cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. xiii, 270, indexed. Illustrated with mauvish halftones vignettes &ct. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... One reviewer observed: "A cookbook that captures the nostalgia of the neighborhood bake shops of the "good old days" provides 125 decadent recipes for America's favorite desserts, breads, and rolls from bake shops from around the country."

Poway,California : Poway Historical Society, 1983. First Edition. Paperbound. In exceptionally good condition/No Dust Jacket. Octavo, [23cm/9inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 140, indexed. Fully Illustrated with sepia halftones, &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The original name of the valley is derived from the Kumeyaay language of the Kumeyaay people who roamed the area for several hundred years before the Spaniards colonised the region. American settlers began to come to the valley for farming purposes in the late antebellum period. Few records of this time have survived, and not until 1894 and the inception of the Poway Progress did the town's history become a thing of record. In 1887, about 800 people lived and farmed in Poway. Around the start of the 20th century, Poway farmers had moderate success in the production and vending of fruit, grain, and dairy products. The expansion, however, failed to follow agricultural success Read More

Edinburgh: Berlinn, 2000. First Berlinn Edition. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [23.125cm/9.25inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 205. Fully Illustrated with b-w halftones, &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... SMS Emden ("His Majesty's Ship Emden") was the second and final member of the Dresden class of light cruisers built for the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). Emden spent the majority of her career overseas in the German East Asia Squadron, based in Tsingtao, in the Kiautschou Bay concession in China. In 1913, she came under the command of Karl von Müller, who would captain the ship during World War I. At the outbreak of hostilities, Emden captured a Russian steamer and converted her into the commerce raider Cormoran. Emden rejoined the East Asia Squadron, after which she was detached for independent raiding in the Indian Ocean. The cruiser spent nearly two months operating in… Read More

Amsterdam: Christie's, 1999. First Impression. Paperbound. In exceptionally good condition. Royal octavo, [27.75cm/10.5inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 123; 141 lots, indexed. Fully illustrated with colour plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. In quite good condition./No dust jacket. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed rose-coloured cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 424. Illustrated with colour plates &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... John Charles Van Dyke (1856–1932) was an American art historian, critic, and nature writer. He was born at New Brunswick, New Jersey, studied at Columbia, and for many years in Europe. He was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1908. In 1901, Van Dyke published "The Desert" through which Americans "'discovered' the Southwest, its Indians, strange plants, and exotic animals. Discovered, too, the first and still the best book to praise the arid lands. After nearly a century Van Dyke remains the grandfather of almost all American desert writers,

Washington D. C.: National Gallery of Art, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/In exceptionally good condition. Demy table, [27.75cm/11inches], full ebonyt-embossed terra cotta-coloured cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 256. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &tc. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The National Gallery of Art's November 2008 press release noted: "Dutch Cityscapes Exhibition Premieres to U.S. Audiences at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, February 1 through May 3, 2009 ... Washington, DC. Visitors will travel back in time to Dutch cities of the 17th century during Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age, on view February 1 through May 3, 2009, in the West Building, National Gallery of Art, Washington. The exhibition of 48 paintings and 23 maps, atlases, and illustrated books will offer a breathtaking survey of the Dutch cityscape, from wide-angle panoramas depicting… Read More

Lewiston, Maine: The Author, 1999. A limited Edition of 200 Copies. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy table, [9 by 11inches], full pictorial cloth w/ slipcase, pp. 77. Fully illustrated with pen and ink sketches, &ct. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Claire Van Vliet (born 1933 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a fine artist, illustrator and typographer who founded Janus Press in San Diego, California in 1955. Van Vliet received the Bachelor of Arts in 1952 from San Diego State College, and the Master of Fine Arts from Claremont Graduate School in 1954. In 1955 she moved to Europe, shortly after her first publications, then returned to the United States in 1957. She worked for John Anderson of Lanston Monotype Company in Philadelphia before moving to Madison, Wisconsin. She made several trips back to Europe and continued her education in hand typesetting and compositing. She taught drawing and printmaking classes at the Philadelphia… Read More

Los Angeles: Historican Society of Southern California, 1986. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [20cm/8in], staplebound reprint.from The Southern California Quarterly Volume LXVIII, Number 1, [Spring 1986] pp. 37-61. ... Jump to searchRancho Valle de Pamo (also called Rancho Santa María) was a 17,709-acre (71.67 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Diego County, California, given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to José Joaquín Ortega and Edward Stokes.[1] The grant occupied the Santa Maria Valley and was centered on present-day Ramona.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Cowles Aviation History, 1996. First Impression. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy table, [23.75cm/9.5inches], full gilt-embossed cerulean-blue cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 176. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &tc... Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs.

Hicksville, New York: Exposition Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. in quite good condition./in quite good condition. Octavo, [20cm8.25inches], full gilt-embossed aquamarine cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 237. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Bernice Vanderbilt was a resident of La Jolla, California

Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson Book Company, circa 1970. Fascimilie Copy. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full gilt-embossed navy blue cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 404, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, &tc.. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. Being a finely bound photoreproduction of the original 1947 edition published by the Tuttle Publishing Co.

London: Sotheby's, 1995. Paperbound. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 74; 184 lots, indexed. Fully illustrated with colour plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.

La Jolla, California: Parenthesis Writing Series, 1989. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [22cm/8.5in], paperbound, pp. [12]. Pen & ink sketches by Italo Scanga. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Pasquale Verdicchio has taught courses in literature, film and writing in the Dept of Literature at UCSD since 1986. Considered a leading translator of major Italian writers, he has englished the work of Pasolini, Merini, Caproni, Porta, and Gramsci among others. His poetry, reviews, criticism and photography have been published in journals around the world. As an author his books include Devils in Paradise: Writings on Post-Emigrant Cultures (Guernica, 1997), Bound by Distance: Rethinking Nationalism through the Italian Diaspora (1998), and the poetry collection This Nothing's Place (Guernica, 2008). He is a founding member and past president of the Association of Italian Canadian Writer and a founder and Associate Director… Read More

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop.. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Royal octavo, [25cm/10in], staple-bound, with fancy pictorial covers. Lots 1-170 comprise prints, drawing &c.; Lots 171-255 comprise illustrated books. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones.

Rennes, France: Ouest-France, 2011. Broché. En excellent état /No dust jacket. Octavo, [25cm/10inches], avec des couvertures picturales, pp. 127. avec des plaques de couleur, &tc. S’il vous plaît n’hésitez pas à demander des détails et / ou des photos supplémentaires ... La faïence de Quimper est produite depuis 1708 dans le quartier faïencier historique de Locmaria, près du centre-ville de Quimper. Sa production s'est développée en faisant venir l'argile de Bordeaux et Rouen 1, bénéficiant de la présence de deux cours d'eau, l'Odet et le teir et des forêts environnantes pour le combustible. L'important développement de la faïence de Quimper au xviiie siècle puis au xixe siècle entraînera au xxe siècle une concurrence acharnée des deux manufactures locales qui s'exprimera autant dans la… Read More

Townsville, Queensland: Australian Institute of Marine Science, 2000. First Impression. Hardcovers. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folios, [30cm/12inches], full pictorial cloth sans dust jacket, pp. xi, 463; viii, 429 & viii, 490, indexed (by volume). Illustrated with colour plates, b-w halftones, maps scematics &tc.. Set weighs 16 lbs. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... John Veron (1945 -), credited in research as J. E. N. Veron, and in other writing as Charlie Veron was the chief scientist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and he has many professional awards including the Scientific Diving Lifetime Achievement Award (American Academy of Underwater Sciences), the Darwin Medal (International Society for Reef Studies) and the Silver Jubilee Pin (Australian Marine Sciences Association). He has named about 20% of reef corals and built a taxonomic framework for corals that is used throughout the world. He founded the Orpheus… Read More

San Diego: Yuri Vetohkin, 1984. Second Russian Edition. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed blue cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 493. Illustrated with b-w halftones. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Yuri Vetokhin, a former computer programmer from Leningrad, escaped to Indonesia from a Soviet cruise ship in December 1979. Of which thia is an account of his escape (as well as of two previous, failed, escape attempts on the Black Sea) in his memoir. In his study of defections from the Soviet Union, Vladislav Krasnov mentions a similar escapes from a Soviet cruise ship on a "cruise to nowhere" in the Southwestern Pacific. An unnamed member of the biology faculty at Moscow University, who was 26 at the time, escaped from another Soviet cruise liner (MV Rus) off the Philippines, in a rubber raft. He was picked by Filipino fishermen.