Search Results: Titles starting with V from Chartwell Booksellers

New York: Villard, 1998. First American Edition . Hardcover (in Slip Case). Very Good. 8vo (118 pages). This is a mint good copy of a rare publisher’s slipcased First Edition bound in full red cloth, and signed and inscribed by the author in black ink on the half-title: “To Jacques -- a most vagina friendly man. All my love, Eve 2004.” Jacques LeSourd was chief drama critic for the Gannet chain.

Anaheim, CA: Robinson Typographics, 1985. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. The leading fighter squadron in the 13th Air Force, in combat from 7 December, 1941 to the end; the author flew 121 combat missions with the 44th. Scarce. A very good copy, corners slightly worn, in dust jacket with worn corners. (208 pages, profuse photos, cartoons & maps, KIA, aces, index.)

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (543 pages, 48 photographs, chronology, index.). An account of the secret wars and other covert activities that were the centerpiece of American foreign policy throughout the 1980s. Drawing on extensive interviews, hundreds of secret documents and other primary sources, Woodward presents an account of the C.I.A., its director William J. Casey and the Reagan administration that reveals, among other things, the repeated and arguably obsessive attempts on the part of two men to eradicate communism in Latin America. A very good copy in mylar covered dust jacket.

New York: Sarah Morthland Gallery, 2001. First Thus . Softcover. Very Good. Small 8vo (56 pages). As-new, in wraps, as issued, still in publisher’s original shrinkwrap.

New York: Hill and Wang, 1991. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo(690 pages, 25 illustrations, glossary, chronology, notes, bibliography, index.). The arms for hostages deals; Draper cites incompetence and a complete breakdown of internal safeguards in this exhaustive study. A very good copy, in dust jacket.

Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. American Reprint . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. Novelization of the author's service with the British 1st Div. at Anzio and the battle for Rome. Foreword by Martin Blumenson not present in the 1st ed., though this ed. lacks the 1st’s maps. A very good copy, in slightly worn dust jacket. (190p.)

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1960. First American Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. Secession, Grant’s advance and siege, the city’s surrender and occupation. A very good copy, in price-clipped dust jacket with worn spine head. (235p., 14 illus., notes, biblio., index.)

London, England: Chatto & Windus, 1992. Reprint . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). As New. (32 pages, 44 plates). As new, in dust jacket.

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1984. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (354 pages, 8 tables, notes, bibliography, index). The formation of the French Republic in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian war, including universal military conscription, compulsory education, etc. A very good copy, in dust jacket.

London: Cassell and Co., 1946. First English Edition (Cohen A223.1.a) (Woods A112aa). Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (338 pages, with frontispiece and five internal photographs). This is a beautiful copy of the Second State of the First English edition (per Cohen), in a lovely, unclipped dust jacket with a few faint rubs and creases. The book is virtually mint, the contents fine. First State copies of this title lack the numeral 1 on page 177. Second State copies have it.

New York: Hatje Cantz, 2011. First Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4to (272 pages, 289 illustrations, 276 in color). As-new, in publisher’s original shrink-wrap.

U.S.A.: West End Publishing, 2005. (1 of 150 “Special Proofs”) . No Binding. Very Good. 23 x 20 1/2 inches. Winston Churchill was captivated by Chartwell from the moment he laid eyes on it, purchasing the stately house overlooking the Weald of Kent in September 1922. His home and surrounding property became the subject of numerous paintings by Churchill. “View From Chartwell” was completed and first displayed in the studio at Chartwell in 1938, the year of Hitler’s Anschluss. 1938 also was a year of such personal financial peril for Churchill that in March he seriously considered selling Chartwell. On April 2, The Times actually announced that Chartwell was for sale. A few days later, however, Churchill withdrew his beloved home from the market. Throughout the spring and summer he spent as much time as possible there, laboring to complete the final volume of his monumental biography of the first Churchill, Lord Marlborough. During much needed respites from writing, he painted. “View… Read More

Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1980. First American Edition sp. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (182 pages, profuse color illustrations, glossary, appendices, stereoscopic viewer in pocket on rear paste-down.). “By the Viking Orbiter Image Team,” these were selected from the over 46,000 images sent back by the Viking probes. A very good copy, issued without dust jacket, slight shelf wear to edges.

New York: Thames & Hudson/Van Gogh Musem/Huygens Institute, 2009. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jackets. Very Good. 4to (Six volumes, 2,500 pages; copiously illustrated with color and black & white reproductions, with CD). As-new, in dust jackets, and publisher’s handsome pictorial slipcase, as issued.

Novato, Ca.: Presidio Press, Inc., 2000. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). As New. As new. 312 pgs., 32 illus., few maps

Boston: Little, Brown and Company , 1990. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. (385 pages). As-new copy of the First American edition in an unclipped dust jacket. Mint.

London, 1911. “Valentine’s Series” . No Binding. Very Good. (8 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches). Winston Churchill was Home Secretary in Prime Minister H.H. Asquith's government on 3 January 1911 when he received word that a group of heavily armed “anarchist” burglars, who had earlier killed three policemen, were now trapped in a house in the East End of London at 100 Sidney Street. Churchill immediately raced to the crime scene himself, while ordering in a detachment of Scots Guards. When the building caught fire Churchill gave the order to let it burn. “I thought it better to let the House burn down,” Churchill later wrote to the Prime Minister,“ than spend good British lives in rescuing those ferocious rascals.” “The Siege of Sidney Street” became a titanic media event in Great Britain. Postcards of it were sold in large numbers and the fire fight was even filmed and screened as a newsreel in early cinema. This card is in very good condition, the verso unmarked.

London: Cortenberg Ltd., 1911. No Binding. Very Good. 8 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches (Sepia-toned photograph). Winston Churchill was Home Secretary in Prime Minister H.H. Asquith's government on 3 January 1911 when he received word that a group of heavily armed “anarchist” burglars, who had earlier killed three policemen, were now trapped in a house in the East End of London at 100 Sidney Street. Churchill immediately raced to the crime scene himself, while ordering in a detachment of Scots Guards. When the building caught fire Churchill gave the order to let it burn. “I thought it better to let the House burn down,” Churchill later wrote to the Prime Minister,“ than spend good British lives in rescuing those ferocious rascals.” “The Siege of Sidney Street” became a titanic media event in Great Britain. Postcards of it were sold in large numbers and the fire fight was even filmed and screened as a newsreel in early cinema. This card is in very good condition, the verso unmarked.

Unknown: Works Progress Administration, 1942 circa. No Binding. Very Good. (16 x 20 inches) (Framed: 22 x 27 inches). A rare vintage WPA poster original of Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt in bust-length, hand-drawn portraits beneath their respective national flags. An image of the Statue of Liberty appears with the headlines (above): “United for Victory - Liberty for All,” and (below): “Democracy Shall Not Die. God Gave Us Courage. America Gave Us Strength.” The artist, GLENN OSBORN, whose signature appears printed beneath the two portraits, was active in the world of hand-drawn first day stamp covers for the U.S. Postal Service.

London: Cortenberg Ltd., 1911. No Binding. Very Good. 8 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches (Sepia-toned photograph). Winston Churchill was Home Secretary in Prime Minister H.H. Asquith's government on 3 January 1911 when he received word that a group of heavily armed “anarchist” burglars, who had earlier killed three policemen, were now trapped in a house in the East End of London at 100 Sidney Street. Churchill immediately raced to the crime scene himself, while ordering in a detachment of Scots Guards. When the building caught fire Churchill gave the order to let it burn. “I thought it better to let the House burn down,” Churchill later wrote to the Prime Minister,“ than spend good British lives in rescuing those ferocious rascals.” “The Siege of Sidney Street” became a titanic media event in Great Britain. Postcards of it were sold in large numbers and the fire fight was even filmed and screened as a newsreel in early cinema. This card is in very good condition, with a brief ink message on verso.