Search Results: Authors starting with V from Andrew James Books

Methuen, 1924. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Claude Shepperson. Green cloth boards with gilt titles to front and spine, spine faded. Foxing to edges of text block and early and latter pages with only occasional blemishes to the majority of the text. With 12 colour illustrations by Claude Shepperson.

Martin Lawrence, 1932. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. soft back with thin paper covers. Covers discoloured and spine has reading creases. Some discolouration to front and rear end papers otherwise the text is clean throughout. Contains the speeches of the Soviet delegates to the International Planned Economic Congress held in Amsterdam in 1931 which aroused significant interest at the time.

UK: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing. In very good condition with very good unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears but with some light handling wear. Boards and interior very clean throughout. With 12 pages of black and white photographs. Vyshinsky was Stalin's most pliable tool in his ruthless war against his enemies, as Prosecutor General of the Supreme Soviet. He insisted that all opposition to Stalin was criminal and on this principle 'purged' academic and professional institutions and presided over Stalin's show trials in the 1930's based on confessions extracted by terror.

Frederick Warne. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. undated circa 1890. In very good condition, pictorial boards lightly rubbed to top and tail of spine and to corners otherwise in very good condition. School Prize plate to front paste down dated 1894 and some age toning to front and rear end papers and occasional blemish to pages otherwise clean throughout. A collection of tales of gallant and noble deeds with some illustrations

London: Victor Gollancz, 1933. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st paperback edition with fold over flaps, unclipped, grey marble effect covers with slight fade to spine and spine edge to front and rear. Neat name to blank fep otherwise very clean throughout

Shooting Star Press, 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. No inscription or markings very clean throughout. Includes a brief life of William Morris and then features some of the examples of his work in stunning colour photographs, with a description and history behind each exhibit.

Naval and Military Press, 2009. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Naval and Military Press paperback reprint of the original 1914 edition. Very good in only good card covers. Crease to top and bottom front fore edge corners and laminate to covers is failing along both front and rear fore edges, Internally the book is in very good clean condition. The history of the Durham Light Infantry from 1756 to just before the First World War. 329pp 24cm x 19cm approx.

Longmans, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Andrew Dodds. With price clipped dust jacket. A couple of small (1cm) closed tears to top of spine. Christmas inscription to blank ffep otherwise clean throughout. A truly delightful book which in effect is Vaughan Thomas's autobiography. The Welsh writer and broadcaster wittily and charmingly relates the story of a long pony trek through the remote mountains, valleys and countryside of his native Wales

undated circa 1919 authors copyright edition. Fair to good only. Pictorial green cloth boards with black titles. Corners bumped backstrip has been reaffixed to spine at some stage with partial loss to top, lean to spine. Binding remains secure. Internally clean with fading to page edges and some foxing to end papers. Somewhat scruffy.Colour frontispiece illustration and introduction by W H Kingston

Collins Harvill, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing, with unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears, light fade to jacket spine. Some foxing to top edge of text block otherwise very clean throughout. The letters of Von Moltke, an aristocratic lawyer who worked in German Military Counter Intelligence during the Second World War, and planned a replacement government which could assume control on the removal from power of Hitler. He also did much to prevent the execution of foreign prisoners of war.

Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Volumes I & II soft cover. Ex library copies with usual stamps in otherwise very good condition other than small blemish to front of Volume II. 599pp 28cm x 21cm approx. Forms part of the Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology series. Please note additional postal charges will apply. (UK + £3.00 approx)