Search Results: Titles starting with V from Quirky Used Books & More

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Hardcover. 10-digit ISBN: 0374282331. 13-digit ISBN: 9780374282332Faded dust jacket, sunned on the spine, darkened on fore-edge. Chipped and worn along edges of DJ. Blue cloth wraps with light wearing on tips and spine ends. Upper right front corner tip, and lower rear corner tip are bumped. F/O name has been torn away from the top edge of FEP. Very firm binding. Two small smudges to outside edge of textblock. 223 pages.

The Viking Press, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. Full title: Venus in the Kitchen (or Love's Cookery Book). No dust jacket. Filled with interesting recipes guaranteed to horrify any vegan. Faded blue cloth boards, with gray cloth at spine. Small pictorial design in pink on the front board of a cupid holding a serving dish. Boards are stained front and back, with darker staining on outer edges. Bumped corner tips, wearing to cloth on bottom of boards. Crumpled head and heel of spine. Pages are age-toned, and darker toning on the outer edges of paste downs and end pages. Pages fall open in the gutters of each signature segment, but all remain well attached to the binding. Outside text block is yellowed. 192 pages.

American Museum of Natural History, 1972. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Yellowing on spine and on edges of wraps, which are also faded. Library stamp on front wrap.

Reistad and Son, 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. In Norwegian. Red boards with black lettering. Worn and bumped tips. Dented and worn spine ends. Book bows upward, cocked spine. Previous owner name on FFE. Age-toned pages with very light and faint foxing. Brown circular stain on bottom of text block. Sewn binding. All pages intact. Acceptable reading copy. 206 pages.

Tiden Norsk Forlag, 1950/1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. Norwegian encyclopedias. Volumes 1 & 2. Half leather binding with raised bands. Well worn leather along spine edges and tips, split from spine heel. Scratched. Faded. Leather board tips, worn through to cardboard. Paper overlay over rest of boards. Design faded. Scraped. Yellowed. Sewn binding remaining firm, no loose pages. Age-toning to pages, end pages and paste downs. Writing on FEPS. IN NORWEGIAN. Vol. 1, 416pps.Vol.2, 416pps.

Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy leather covered boards, with gilt border on front board, gilt title and designs on spine. Raised bands on spine. Wearing to leather at tips, spine edges and spine ends. Leather on front and back sports lightly scratches. One inch split to leather at top edge of spine. Beautiful marbled end papers and paste downs. Paste downs are beautiful, lace-like design on all edges. Age-toned pages. Light foxing to tissue guard, with darkening to the FEP from the black and white plate. The gilt text block is nice and bright. Photos gladly supplied upon request.

Hutchinson of London, 1969. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Dust jacket is protected by clear archival jacket which is scuffed and scratched. The corners of the DJ are lightly bumped with shelf wear to bottom edges. Rubbed along fore-edge. Pages are free of markings. Tight binding. Nice copy.

UNK. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. IN VIETNAMESE. Dust jacket is extremely rubbed and scratched, with crimping to edges and bumped tips. Pictorial boards duplicate DJ. Boards have minimal scuffing. Good binding. 855 pages.

Leidykla Mokslas, 1976. Hardcover. Acceptable. Poor condition. IN LITHUANIAN. DJ is scraped, scuffed, with crimping, scraping and small tears to edges. Light indentions on DJ. Page 159 was miscut and protrudes ever so slightly from bottom of text block. Black cloth boards are fading around edges. Board tips are bumped. Front board is split in the gutter between title pages, revealing binding cloth. Board pulls away somewhat, but it still intact. Title page is torn where an old price sticker was removed. Light toning on rear end paper. 316 pages.

Editions Robert Laffont, 1990. Softcover. Acceptable. Softcover. IN FRENCH. Scratched, creased wraps with scraped edges. Bumped corner tips. White portions of the wraps are yellowed. Owner name at top of FFE. Light stains on text block. 253 pages.

SVRA, 1995. Softcover. Good. Softcover magazine. Scuffed/scratched wraps. Large ding at bottom of front cover. Scraping all the way around. Bumped and creased corner tips. 82 pages.

Harry N. Abrams, Inc. , 1982. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. Scuffed DJ, w/shelf wear to edges and light crimping. Baby blue cloth covers with white titling and design. Stain on front and back boards and bottom of spine. Does not transfer to pages, end pages or paste-downs. Light age-toning to pages (faintly yellowed). Board corner tips are square and heel of spine is lightly bumped. Unpaginated. 9.25'w x 11.25

Consejera Profesional Certificada, 1998. Softcover. Good. In Spanish. Reading crease along spine. Gently bumped tips. Shelf-wear along edges of covers. Free of markings. Light scratches and rubbing to covers. 152 pages.

University of New Mexico Press, 1988. Paperback. Good. Edited by Rudolfo Anaya. Paperback is in good shape. Lightly bumped corners. Scuffing on bottom of covers. Rubbing along back spine. Outer page block has some dirty spots and a light pen mark. Bottom of page block has red stamp which appears to be similar to the logo at the bottom of the spine. Pages are unmarked.

Doubleday, Page & Co. , 1902. Hardcover. Acceptable. Illustrations/photographs by Henry Troth. Cream cloth boards, w/dark green titling and border, and gilt and red floral design. Very dirty boards with smudges and stains. Edgewear. Mashed head and heel of spine, dented corner tips. Light foxing and age toned pages. Owner name on FFE. Tissue guards intact. FFE and fly page creased at corners. 3 inch horizontal tear on fly page. Readable copy. Binding remains intact. 444 pages.

New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 1958. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Rubbed wraps and spine edges. Lightly yellowed. Bumped tips. Maps present in rear pocket. Free of markings.

New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 2001. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Nice condition. Lightly scuffed covers and bumped corners. Free of markings. Tight binding. Very nice reading copy. 150 pages.

New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 2001. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Nice shape. Gently bumped tips.

R. Oldenbourg Munich, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable. IN GERMAN. English translation: Economic Control Processes in Comparison to Control Processes of Technology (Google translation). No DJ. Lightly textured greenish/grayish boards with centered title, and at top: "Beihefie zur Regelungstednik." Bright gilt lettering on spine. Bumped and worn corner tips, scraped board edges, dented heel and head of spine. Boards are lightly dirty. Age toned pages, with darker toning on outside of pages. FFE has pencil marks at top right and what looks to have been a removed sticker. In Norwegian. 147 pages.