Search Results: Authors starting with V from Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA

1870 1870. F. Bronze plaque, 20 cm diameter with a relief portrait of Charles Dickens with a small hanging hook soldered to the rear. Signed A L Vago and dated 1870. Ambrose Louis Vago (14 Apr 1839 - 7 Jul 1896) was born in London, the son of Ambrose Vago (1803-1860) a figure maker and artist. Ambrose Louis Vago worked as a modeller and phrenologist, publishing a number of texts on phrenology. A good quality finely rendered image. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Frederick Warne & Co., nd (c1873) 1873. VG-. 22.7 x 26.9 cm pink printed soft card covers, unpaginated (20pp) with 6 full page chromolithographic plates by Kronheim & Co. showing farm animals with an accompanying page of text concerning the animal on the page facing. Printed on one side of the page only. The boards are a little dust stained and there is rubbing to the spine which is rubbed through in places and corners. There are the remains of a gift inscription dated 1873, partially erased, on the inside cover and occasional ink spots and finger print marks but, all in all, a very good copy. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Frederick Warne and Co., 1867. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG. 22.7 x 27 cm red cloth with gilt stamped decoration and titles to the front and spine unpaginated with four 'stories' each with six chromolithographic illustrations by Kronheim and Co., twenty-four in total as called for. There is evidence of some previous repairs to the spine and there is a 1/2 cm hole in the cloth on the front hinge and a 1 cm split at the top of the rear hinge. Internally there is no name, inscription or bookplate but there is reinforcement to the inner hinges. The first plate in A Apple Pie has obviously come loose at some point and has been later reinserted thus there is creasing to the edges with repairs to a number of closed tears of 1 -7cm. There is some occasional spotting and ghosting from the images on to the blank pages facing. All in all a very good book with a particularly nice early Railway A B C. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or… Read More

Random House, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF/VG++. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 13.2 20.7 cm brick red cloth with a photographic illustration with black line borders, a publishers device and gilt stamped titles to the front and gilt stamped titles on a black background to the spine. Top edge black, [vi] 182[4] pp with a double page photographic title page and two photographic illustration taken from the first production. Laid in is also a theatre programme for the first UK production of the play staring Dorothy Tutin and Michael Gwynn. A near fine book, bright boards with firm sharp corners. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate. The dust jacket is very lightly dust marked with a touch of toning to the spine and a little creasing at the head. All in all a beautiful 1st Edition, 1st Printing of this Award winning play based on Christopher Isherwood's Berlin novels of the 1930s, and which in turn formed the basis for the musical 'Cabaret.' With the added bonus of a programme… Read More

Birn Brothers Ltd, nd (1948) 1948. VG++/VG-. A set of 6 original illustration for the rhyme 10 Little Kittens together with the Birn Brothers book in which they appear. 20.5 x 28 cm cloth backed pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers 124pp with original price clipped dust jacket. The illustrations are shown on pp78-83. The original illustrations are clean and bright with the date 1948 pencilled on the rear. The book is very good plus with bright boards with a hint of dust staining and a little shelf wear along the bottom edge. Internally the book is clean and bright without name inscription or book plate The dust jacket is lightly dust stained with a small half chip to the bottom of the rear panel and minimal loss to the corners together with a few closed tears along the top and bottom edges of 0.5 - 4cm. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Cupples & Leon Co., (1929) 1929. 1st Thus. Hardcover. NF/VG. GRUELLE, John B; GOOCH, Thelma; HARTLEY, Dick; KIRBY-PARRISH, L; HALL, Gladys. 1st edition thus, orange cloth with black titles to the front 63pp with 100 colour images including a full page frontispiece and original bright pink dust jacket with images taken from the book. A near fine book that has been well protected by it's dust jacket, the bright orange cloth is unfaded and there is only touch of dust staining to the spine tips and a hint of a bruise to the top corner of the upper board. Internally the book is clean and bright without name, inscription or book plate and a hint of toning to the endpapers only. The dust jacket is in very good condition considering its age with a hint of toning to the spine, minor loss of less than � cm to the spine tips and minimal loss to the corners. There are a couple of small tears and one larger of 3cm to the bottom of the front panel. All in all an excellent copy of this much sort after volume… Read More

George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1924 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++. 13.7 x 25.5 cm brown cloth with gilt stamped titles to the spine. Uncut bottom edge, [viii] 248pp. A dated gift inscription from one of the authors RBJ to his sister Alice. The boards are clean with bright titles. There is a little pushing to the spine tips and a little shelf wear with a bruise on the bottom edge of the lower board. Internally clean, with just the author's inscription and a little toning to the free endpapers. An interesting signed early twentieth century reassessment of Austen and her work. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, nd [1927] 1927. Hardcover. VG+. 19.3 x 25.8 cm red paper covered boards with full colour illustration pasted down to the front and titles to the front and spine. Unpaginated with 2 full page colour, 30 bi-colour and numerous black and white illustrations by numerous artists including Louis Wain, G H Thompson and Ernest Arles. A hint of rubbing to the spine tips and corners with a 1cm split to the rear jointsat the foot of the spine. There is a gift inscription on the front free endpaper and traces of ownership name on the 'This Book Belongs To...' page together with a touch of spotting to the front free endpaper. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.