Search Results: Titles starting with V from Adelaide Booksellers

London: Wrens Park. 2001. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good+ condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A very nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 160 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.

London: Michael O'Mara Books. 1990. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 360 pages. . Reprint. Trade Paperback.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1967. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ is lightly rubbed at corners and spine ends with closed tear to rear panel and very mildly sunned spine. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. 106 pages. Mary McCarthy was a notable American novelist, critic and political activist. This is her controversial account, as an anti-war proponent, of her visit to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1970. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ has a couple of small tears to edges which have been home-repaired with sticky tape by previous owner and is now portected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages whited out. [xix]348pages.. A history of the Crimean War. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

New York: Parkstone Press. 2012. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with colour reproductions. Text in German. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 199 pages. Valentin Serow was a Russian painter, and one of the premier portrait artists of his era [late 1800s and early 1900s]. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Sydney: NewSouth Publishing. 2016. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good+ condition in Very Good+ Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Signed by Peter Brune. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 493 pages. Chester Wilmot was a renowned Australian war correspondent, broadcaster, journalist and writer. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Blake Publishing Ltd. 1998. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 289 pages. The true story of a British agent's battle against the world's deadliest arms dealer. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Lancashire, UK: Barrowford Press. 2006. Small Quarto Size [approx 19x25cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 204 pages. Covers the local history of East Lancashire and Pennine West Yorkshire from pre-history to the Norman invasion of 1066. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

London: Hodder Children's Books. 2004. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations by Christopher Crump. Maps to endpapers. Signed by the author. 386 pages. A delightful story about orphan Stephen who inherits a stately home in a secret valley in Cornwall, which is populated by Amazonian rainforest creatures. How this came about is revealed when he reads his great uncle’s journals. Includes a bibliography, List of Species (and where they are found in the Book). . 1st thus. Hardback.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1951. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Dj is lightly chipped at spine ends and upper corners. Small gift card pasted to front free endpaper. 276 pages. 4th book of 'The Australian Saga'. Based in 1841 and features Caroline Chisholm and other historical persons. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Mile End, SA: Wakefield Press. 2018. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine condition. This is a new book which has a tiny professionally repaired tear to the half-title page. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and Plates. This is a heavy book and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. 400 pages. Close to 35,000 South Australians enlisted for service overseas during the Great War. Around 5500 never came back. Countless more returned with physical and psychological injuries that would affect them for the rest of their lives. This book brings together for the first time the stories of the campaigns and battles in which South Australians served, set against the backdrop of the South Australian home front. . 1st thus. Softcover.

Mile End, SA: Wakefield Press. 2018. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Mint copy in a Mint Dustjacket. A New Copy. Dustjacket protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and Plates. This is a heavy book and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. Only 200 copies printed. 400 pages. Close to 35,000 South Australians enlisted for service overseas during the Great War. Around 5500 never came back. Countless more returned with physical and psychological injuries that would affect them for the rest of their lives. This book brings together for the first time the stories of the campaigns and battles in which South Australians served, set against the backdrop of the South Australian home front. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . New. Limited Edition. Hardback.

London: Sotheby's. 1988. Quarto Size. Very Good condition. Colour and black & white illustrations and photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 205 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1996. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 180 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1991. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. xvii, 284 pages. Part of the Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy series. Looking at the full range of appeals to life's value the author considers a variety of issues. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 2nd Printing. Hardback.

Millers Point: Pier 9. 2010. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. 196 pages. Vampire Kisses Book 1. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.

Lantzville, BC: Oolichan Books. 1993. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. A Near Fine copy in card wraps. Excellent condition. 295 pages. A novel portraying a family's experience of immigration. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

Melbourne: Black Inc.. 2008. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. B/w maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 388 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Collins. 1947. Folio Size [38x28cm approx]. Very Good condition in a Fair dustjacket [now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve]. The dustjacket is complete but with age-toning, chipping to the upper edge and some tears to the DJ spine (now repaired). The book has some mild age-toning to the edges with some very faint scattered foxing to fore edge. Illustrated with black & white plates and 18 tipped-in stunning colour plates (all present). Translated from the Frecnh by Doris I. Wilton. 121 pages. A descriptive history and interpretation of the famous 15th century Van Eyck polyptych also known as 'Adoration of the Mystic Lamb'. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.

Oxford: Phaidon. 1981. Quarto Size [approx 22x30cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Spine a little sunned. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. Previous owner's name to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 31 pages + 96 pages plates & notes. Phaidon Colour Libary . Reprint. Softcover.