Search Results: Titles starting with V from BookAddiction

Trafalgar Square, 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 144pp. Colour illustrations. In as new condition throughout barring previous owner's name and bookplate on front paste down endpaper. In its original dust jacket (very slightly bumped at edges). Inspired by the treasures of the Victoria and Albert Museum, this book presents a new look at the art of needlepoint : 23 original needlepoint projects, including for firescreens, chair seats, stool covers, bolsters, pictures, panels, etc; glorious photography of historical and traditional needlepoint; full instructions to work projects, information on tools, materials and techniques and a brief introduction to the history of needlepoint. Large format and heavy book which may require an additional charge for overseas delivery.

Moscow, Soviet Union: Progress Publishers, 1975. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 36pp stapled booklet in light card covers. 12mo. Covers a little faded, gently rubbed around spine. Page margins tanned. Previous owner's name inked on title page. A collection of articles by Lenin on Tolstoy selected from Lenin's Collected Works. Articles include Lev Tolstoi as the Mirror of the Russian Revolution; L N Tolstoi; Is This The Turn of the Tide?: L N Tolstoi and the Modern Labour Movement; Tolstoi and the Proletarian Struggle, etc. Now a hard to find collection.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode , 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. xiv, 306pp, generously illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, mostly in text. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine and blue and gilt titles and decoration on front.; bevelled edges. Well-rubbed spine ends with cloth wearing through in a couple of places. Covers have general wear. Corners rubbed and edges gently bumped. Decorated endpapers. Gutter strained at end papers. First page and free end paper tanned. Previous owner's stamp on first page. First pages show signs of being fingered; otherwise internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A large and heavy volume which will require an additional charge for overseas delivery. Folio.

London, UK: Dalton Watson, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 112pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has 1cm closed tear top of rear, light shelf wear, chipping to top edges. 8vo. Excellent pictorial survey with over 200 photographs looks at the vehicles which have employed the V8 engine.

England: DPR (Navy) for the Ministry of Defence, 1995. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 20pp. Laminated printed card covers, stapled. Illustrated. Bump to spine head. 4to. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. A series of contributors reflect on and analyse VJ - Victory in Japan - towards the end of the second world war.

New York, USA: Orion Books, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 248pp; illustrated throughout, mainly with black and white photographs. Laminated pictorial paper-covered boards. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, chipping to edges, price unclipped. A large and heavy volume which will require an additional charge for overseas delivery. 4to. Comprehensive history of the vertical take-off and landing aircraft with every one of the diverse types of VTOL included, from tail-sitters and ducted fans to tiltwings and vectored jets.

London, UK: Geoffrey Bles, 1935. 1st Edition 4th Impression. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. viii, 208pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Spine cover has been re-attached. Wear to covers. Bumped spine ends, cloth fraying. Map endpapers. Gutters cracked and stretched. Cocked. Previous owner's name on first page. Internally neat, clean and bright, barring occasional foxing. No dust jacket. 8vo.

London, UK: CentreHouse Press, 2017. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition, 1st impression. [vi], 286pp. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. 8vo. Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original dust jacket, lightly bumped on edges. What happens to the Vagabond Lover, the legendary broadcasting and Variety star Cavan O'Connor, is a central theme and issue of Garry O'Connor's autobiographical account of his father and himself up till his father's death in 1997.

London, UK: Routledge, 2017. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 250pp, with occasional black and white illustrations. In laminated, illustrated card covers 8vo. Card covers a little edge worn along fore-edge, very gently rubbed at corners, short mild flat crease over rear upper corner. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Examination of the complicated Poor Laws system for dealing with poverty and vagrancy in 18th century England, and its impact, with detailed references to particular cases drawing on Quarter Session records from Westmorland, Cambridgeshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Lancashire and Middlesex.

Port Washington, NY, US: Kennikat Press, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 242pp. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Very lightly bumped spine ends. Pencil markings on front free endpaper. Internally very neat, clean, bright and tight.

London, UK: Fleetway Publications, 1963. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Unpaginated. Pictorial laminated light card covers. 4to. Chipping to edges, mild delamination at spine on front. First page price clipped. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight. Feature articles on Elvis and Cliff Richard.

London, UK: Harrap, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Lannoy, Alain de. 128pp, with occasional line drawings in text. Green cloth-covered boards, with silver titles on spine. 8vo. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and slight fading to spine and bottom edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, lightly bumped along edges and a few light marks

IPC Magazines, 1974. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 158pp; illustrated throughout, mainly in black and white. Laminated pictorial paper-covered boards. spine ends and corners bumped. Pages starting to tan. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 4to. A Fleetway Annual. Popular children's annual for 1975.

Mills & Boon, 1955. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st edition, 1st impression, 192pp. Brown cloth boards with Mills and Boon motif in corner (lightly worn at edges, a few marks). Slightly cocked. Lending sheet on front free endpaper, no other library markings. Occasional spotting. In its original dust jacket (bumped along upper edge, spine crease, shelf wear, ink runs on verso suggesting old water damage). Dust jacket supplied in archival-quality mylar wrapper to protect and prolong the life of the jacket. It is not adhered to the book or to the dust jacket. Scarce title, especially so in its dust jacket (although there was a later paperback reprintin 1975). Catherine Airlie was the pseudonym of Jean S Macleod. She also wrote romantic fiction for Mills and Boon under her real name and was a member of the Romantic Novelist's Association, where she met Barbara Cartland who was by all accounts, none too friendly towards her.

New York, NY, USA: Tom Doherty Associates, 1988. 1st Thus 1st Impression. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 276pp, [2]pp publisher's ads, [2] blank. Signed by author on title page. Pictorial light card covers. 12mo. Very slight wear and chipping to covers. Page margins just starting to tan else internally, neat, clean and tight.

London, UK: Piper, a division of Pan Macmillan, 1988. Reprint . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 202pp. In laminated card covers (two short, flat creases, very lightly chipped around spine). Internally a little marginal tanning else neat, clean and tight. The third title in Enid Blyton's 'Adventure' quintet, in an unusual and now hard to find cover illustration from the late 1980s. We have many vintage Enid Blyton paperbacks in stock. Please inquire for generous discounts if considering ordering more than one.

Kingswood, Surrey, UK: World's Work, 1949. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 166pp plus publishers adverts at rear. Quarter bound in green cloth on cloth (severely rubbed, marked and faded at edges with loss of cloth and and upper rear corner worn completely away). 12mo. Pages are soft and some dog-eared, but basically clean and complete. Stamp on front endpaper indicating that the book was once part of the Apostolio Library at Mungret College (a Jesuit college and day school near Limerick). We would not normally offer a book in this condition but this novel is very hard to find this copy is perfectly readable, so would make a good filler for a gap in a Fearn collection until a better copy can be found.

Mills & Boon, 1950. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st edition, 1st impression (true first). 190pp. Red cloth-covered boards ( slightly worn and faded around spine, minor marks). Ex library, with lending marks on front endpaper only, else internally neat, clean and tidy. In its original period dust jacket (chipped on corners, short tears and fold from head of spine) Jean S Macleod also wrote under the pen name, Catherine Airlie

London, UK: Armada, 1968. 1st Thus . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st thus. 176pp. Illustrated with line drawings. In pictorial card wrappers (a little worn at edges, lightly chipped around spine, corner crease on verso). Internally a little marginal tanning else neat, clean and tight. The third title in Enid Blyton's 'Adventure' quintet. Original price on cover, 2'6, has been overprinted with the decimal price of 20p. 12mo. We have many vintage Enid Blyton paperbacks in stock. Please inquire for generous discounts if considering ordering more than one.

New York, NY, USA: Harper Torchbooks, 1966. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xlii, 278pp,10pp publisher's ads. Pictorial light card covers. Chipping and creasing to corners and edges, wear to covers, sunned spine. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo. Looks at life in mid-West America in the run up to the Civil War.