Search Results: Authors starting with V from Chartwell Booksellers

London: Collins, 1955. First English Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (510p., 10 illus., notes, biblio., index). The years immediately preceding the English Civil War, including two wars against Scottish Covenanters, and the usual Irish struggles. A very good copy, spine a bit faded, corners bumped, without dust jacket.

Berkeley & Los Angeles, Ca: University of California Press, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4to (354 pages, roughly 100 plates). As-new, in dust jacket.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1964. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. The last of four volumes covering 1754 to 1845. A good ex-library copy, usual markings, in dust jacket (378 pages, 11 maps, bibliography, index).

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1928. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Fine overall account, much operational detail. A very good copy, without dust jacket. (385p., 16 maps, index. )

New York: Sotheby’s Publications, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 4to (224 pages, glossary, chronology, index). As-new, in dust jacket. Rare and important.

New York: Clarkson Potter, 1990. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (160 pages; illustrated with color reproductions). A very good copy of the First American edition in a price-clipped dust jacket. There is a dated gift inscription to a previous owner written in black ink on the front free endpaper; contents fine.

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1984. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (218 pages). As-new copy of the First American edition in an unclipped dust jacket. Virtually mint.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. First American Edition (Cohen B38.3) (Woods B12b). Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (290 pages, illustrated with 8 leaves of plates). Elegant, large-format literary anthology, published under the auspices of the Prince of Wales. Contributors included P.G. Wodehouse, Paul Nash, Muirhead Bone and Winston Churchill, whose appreciation of Earl Haig appears on page 21. This is a very good copy of the First American edition, without dust jacket. A previous owner's inkstamp appears on the front free endpaper. The contents are fine.

New York: Library of America, 2001. First Printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. As-new, in publisher’s original shrink-wrap. The definitive American literary series encompassing all periods and genres of American writing, published in exceedingly handsome hardcover volumes with sewn bindings and ribbon markers, printed on a premium acid-free lightweight opaque paper that exceeds the requirements for permanence set by the American National Standards Institute.

New York: Library of America, 1998. First Printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. As-new, in unclipped dust jacket. The definitive American literary series encompassing all periods and genres of American writing, published in exceedingly handsome hardcover volumes with sewn bindings and ribbon markers, printed on a premium acid-free lightweight opaque paper that exceeds the requirements for permanence set by the American National Standards Institute.

New York: Library of America, 1997. First Printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. As-new, in publisher’s shrink wrap. The definitive American literary series encompassing all periods and genres of American writing, published in exceedingly handsome hardcover volumes with sewn bindings and ribbon markers, printed on a premium acid-free lightweight opaque paper that exceeds the requirements for permanence set by the American National Standards Institute.

MN: Motorbooks International, 2005. Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. This is a very good copy in an unclipped dust jacket.

Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge, 1963. First Edition [1 of 1,000 copies] (Cohen B177). Hardcover. Very Good. 2 1⁄4 x 1 1⁄4 inches (30 pages). This is a very good copy of the scarce and beautifully produced limited edition miniature book published to commemorate Winston Churchill’s honorary U.S. citizenship bestowed by President John F. Kennedy on April 9, 1963. The texts of the Act by Congress designating Churchill an Honorary Citizen of the U.S.; President Kennedy’s remarks on the occasion; the Presidential Proclamation and Churchill’s letter to the President in response are reproduced in full. The book measures 2 1⁄4 x 1 1⁄4 inches and is one of 1,000 copies leatherbound in full crimson crushed morocco, all edges gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. The leather has very nominally darkened, else fine. ACHILLE J. ST. ONGE (1913–1978) was the greatest maker of miniature books in the 20th Century. Based in Worcester, Massachusetts, he began producing them as a hobby in 1935. By the… Read More

New York: Library of America, 2007. First Printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. As-new, in publisher’s original shrink-wrap. The definitive American literary series encompassing all periods and genres of American writing, published in exceedingly handsome hardcover volumes with sewn bindings and ribbon markers, printed on a premium acid-free lightweight opaque paper that exceeds the requirements for permanence set by the American National Standards Institute.

New York: Crestline Books, 2015. First Thus . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (160 pages). This is a very good copy in an unclipped dust jacket.

New York: Library of America, 2013. First Printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. As-new, still in publisher’s shrink-wrap. The definitive American literary series encompassing all periods and genres of American writing, published in exceedingly handsome hardcover volumes with sewn bindings and ribbon markers, printed on a premium acid-free lightweight opaque paper that exceeds the requirements for permanence set by the American National Standards Institute.

New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1987. First American Edition . Softcover. Very Good. Large 8vo (128 pages; illustrated with black and white photographs). This is a very good copy of the Whitney’s tribute volume to the daughter of museum founder Harry Payne Whitney, Flora Whitney Miller, who served as its president from 1942-1966, and continued to serve as chairman and honorary chairman until her death in 1986.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1987. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4to (220 pages; illustrated with color and black & white reproductions). This is a very good copy of the First American edition, in an unclipped dust jacket with the firmly fixed remnant of a store sticker at the bottom of the front jacket flap. There is a dated gift inscription written in black ink on the half-title. The contents are fine.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (249 pages). The better & the lesser known.

Switzerland: Chronosports Editeur, 2004. First Thus . No Binding. Very Good. This is a very good copy in an unclipped dust jacket. The contents are fine.