Authors starting with V from Reading Cat Books

New York: Atheneum, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 8vo: over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. Double Elephant: over 25" - 50" tall.Dust jacket is lightly rubbed on the edges; NOT price clipped; remains of sticky label on spine; shelf worn. Boards are brown with green cloth half binding and gold print on the spine; author's initials blind stamped on front; corners are square and sharp. Page edges very slightly browned; otherwise pages are clear and unmarked. 326 pages. ... more information

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New York: The Viking Press, 1938. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Biography. Second Printing. Boards are brown with gold print on the spine and front; corners, edges and top and bottom of spine bumped and worn; spine is sun faded; a few stains and soiled spots. Binding is clean and tight. Price, in pencil, on ffep; price and mark, in pencil, inside back cover; page edges are soiled and browning; print areas starting to brown but otherwise clear and unmarked. 845 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾&q... more information

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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1940. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Non-fiction. Dust jacket is bumped and worn on corners and at top and bottom of spine; jacket is soiled and spine and edges are browned; inside of jacket is a drawing by the author " suitable for framing"; stains on the back. Boards are red cloth with brown print on the spine; corners are bumped. Binding is clean and tight. Pages are browning on the edges but are otherwise clear and unmarked. 387 pages. 8vo - over 7¾"... more information

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New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Fiction. Publication date not stated; circa 1944. Boards are green cloth with white print on the spine; corners, edges and top and bottom of spine quite worn; stained and soiled. Binding is good although it feels slightly fragile. Pages are browning, especially on the edges; writing, in pencil, on ffep; ffep has two vertical creases; next three pages have creases where top front corners were bent; otherwise pages are clear and unmarked. 241 ... more information

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New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1961. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library - Fair to Good. Walker, Nedda. 8vo: over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. Boards are red cloth with black print on the spine and front; corners, edges and top and bottom of spine bumped and quite worn; library label stuck to lower spine; apparent damp damage at bottom of spine and on several spots on lower part of boards. Binding is good. Typical ex-library has things stuck in, things ripped out, writing in pen and p... more information

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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., Circa 1954. Possible Book Club. Hardcover. Good. 8vo: over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. Boards are grey cloth with black half binding and red and yellow print on the spine; corners, edges and top and bottom of spine bumped and lightly worn; dges and spine are browned; stained and soiled. Binding is tight but somewhat shaken. Top page edges dyed red; other edges are browned; pages are lightly browned but otherwise clear and unmarked. Price includes h... more information

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Toronto, Ontario: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2002. Probable First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/good. 8vo: over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. Dust jacket is lightly bumped on the corners and edges; NOT price clipped; one brown spot on inside top of spine; lightly soiled. Boards are grey cloth with gold print on the spine; bottom of spine is bumped; edges seem slightly faded. Binding is clean and tight. Front page edges have light blue marks; otherwise pages are clear and unmarked. 394 pages. ... more information

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New York: Picador USA, 1997. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Historical fiction. First Picador USA Edition. Dust jacket is bumped and slightly worn on the corners and at top and bottom of spine; NOT price clipped; edges are a bit rubbed; remains of a sticker in top right corner. Boards are purple with black half binding and gold print on the spine; corners and top and bottom of spine very slightly bumped. Binding is clean and tight. Pages are clear and unmarked. 333 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&frac3... more information

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London, England: Peter Davies Ltd., 1976. First Published. Hardcover. Good/good. 8vo: over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. Dust jacket is bumped and lightly worn on the corners, edges and top and bottom of spine; it is price clipped; shelf worn; lightly foxed and soiled. Boards are light green with black print on the spine; corners and edges are bumped and slightly worn; edges are faded. Binding is clean and tight. Pages are clear and unmarked. 180 pages. ... more information

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London, England: The Folio Society, 1993. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. Biography. Three volumes are in a very sturdy cloth covered cardboard slip case; cloth cover is dark brown with gold titling; corners are lightly rubbed. The boards of the three volumes are lighter brown cloth with gold and dark brown print and design on the spine and front; spines are slightly faded and a bit soiled. Bindings are clean and tight. Top of page edges dyed dark brown; pages are clear and unmarked. Vol. I: ... more information

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Toronto, Ontario: Coach House Books, 2000. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Card wraps are clean and shiny; very slight amount of shelf wear; no creases. Binding is clean and tight. Pages are clear and unmarked. Looks unread. 71 pages. No Jacket - As Issued ... more information

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Lisse, the Netherlands: Rebo Publishers, 2004. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. Non-fiction. Reprint of 2nd Edition. Dust jacket very slightly rubbed on bottom edge; price sticker on back; a small amount of shelf wear. Laminated, illustrated boards have same photos as dust jacket; bottom edge slightly bumped. Binding is clean and tight. Pages are clear and unmarked. Beautiful condition; looks unread. 312 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Cleveland, Ohio: The World Publishing Company, 1946. A Rainbow Classic. Hardcover. Good/good. Wiese, Kurt. 8vo: over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. Dust jacket is bumped, worn and chipped on the corners, edges and top and bottom of spine; is price clipped; edges and spine are browned. Boards are multi-coloured with gold print in a black rectangle on the spine; corners, edges and top and bottom of spine lightly bumped and soiled. Top page edges are dyed blue; name, in pen, inside ffep; name stamp on ha... more information

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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co. Inc, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Historical fiction. Dust jacket is bumped, worn and chipped on the corners, edges and top and bottom of spine; 1" by 1 1/2" open tear at bottom of spine; NOT price clipped; spine and edges are browning. Boards are red cloth with gold print on the spine; corners and top and bottom of spine bumped. Binding is clean and tight. Pages are clear and unmarked; bottom page edges have red spotting that looks like ... more information

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London, England: CollinsWillow, 1997. Revised. Softcover. Good. 12mo: over 6 3/4" - 7 3/4" tall. Card wraps are bumped and worn on the corners, edges and top and bottom of spine; spine is creased; small creases on the front and back; scarred and shelf worn. Binding is clean and tight. Pages are browning, especially on the edges; otherwise pages are clear and unmarked. 256 pages. No dust-jacket - as issued. ... more information

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London, England: Century Hutchinson Ltd., 1989. First Published. Hardcover. Good/fair to good. 8vo: over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. Dust jacket is bumped and worn on the corners, edges and top of spine; bottom of spine is badly bumped with several closed tears; NOT price clipped; bottom back corner near flap has 2" closed tear; shelf worn. Boards are brown cloth with gold print on the spine; corners and top and bottom of spine lightly bumped. Binding is good but it is such a heavy book is ap... more information

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New York: Warner Books, 1984. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket - As Issued. Non-fiction. First Warner Books Edition. Card wraps are bumped and worn on the corners and slightly bumped at the top and bottom of spine; spine is sun faded; slight soiling. Binding is good. Occasional underlining, in pen, and address and numbers, in pen, on inside back cover; pages are browning, especially on the edges, but otherwise clear. 447 pages. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Biography. Dust jacket clean and unmarked; very slightly corner bumped; not price clipped. Has purple boards with blue cloth half binding and gilt red lettering on spine. End pages are dark purple. Remainder marks on top page edges; otherwise pages are white and unmarked. Binding is clean and tight. 274 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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London, England: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1928. Hardcover. Good. 12mo: over 6 3/4" - 7 3/4" tall. People`s Library Edition in Three Volumes. Boards are blue cloth with black print on the spine and design blind stamped on front; corners, edges and spine bumped; spine slightly darkened. Binding is good but somewhat foxed and browned. Top page edges very browned and foxed; other edges lightly browned; pages are otherwise clear and unmarked. 351 pages. No dust-jacket. ... more information

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New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1925. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Dictionary. Revised Edition. Boards are grey cloth with blue and green print on the front; spine is blank; corners, edges and top and bottom of spine worn, bumped and chipped. Binding is still fairly good but somewhat fragile and starting to break at the back. Pages are browned but otherwise clear; evidence of slight insect damage to bottom back. 79 pages plus ads. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. ... more information

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