Search Results: Authors starting with V from Scraps of American History

New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1924. Original Cloth. Good/No jacket . 204 pages, black and white frontispiece and advertisements in back of book. A collection of sermons that use nature as themes. Green cloth binding with white lettering on front cover and spine. Some wrinkling and spotting of cloth, some edge wear, corners and spine bumped, lettering on spine faded, page edges darkened, binding a little shaken, former owner's name on front free end paper and half-title, interior pages lightly tanned.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. Not stated. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 432 pages. Personal reflections and history of a complicated period of French history. Blue cloth binding with gilt eagle decoration on front cover and gilt emblem and titles on spine, gilt top edge, rough cut leading edge. Cover heavily worn and spotted, spine cocked, spine ends and corners heavily bumped, edge wear, stain on front end papers with pencil notation, taped repair to both hinges, which are a bit loose, interior pages lightly tanned and binding otherwise tight.

Chatsworth, California: Windsor Publications, Inc., 1991. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 184 pages with index, illustrated with black and white and color photographs. The author tracks the history of the Niagara Falls area with the stories of the colorful people that built the region. A section by Mitch Flynn covers the histories of businesses and organizations that shaped the area economy. Pictorial research by Nancy Knechtel and produced in cooperation with the Niagara Falls Area Chamber of Commerce. Brown cloth binding with silver titles on front cover and spine, gray end papers. A little spotting of cover, minor shelf wear with slight bumping of corners and spine ends, signed by author with small gift inscription nearby on front free end paper, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Illustrated green jacket with blue and green titles on front cover and white titles on spine shows a little edge wear, spotting and a little scrubbing on back jacket, $27.95 price… Read More

London: Ingram, Cooke and Co., 1853. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. An interesting volume, possibly rebound, that is a collection of diverse biographies. Each section has a title page as if from a separate book. Contains The History of Charles the Twelfth, King of Sweden, by M. de Voltaire; The Life of Edward Lord Herbert, of Cherbury, Written by Himself. With a Prefatory Memoir; Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson by Lucy Hutchinson; The Life of Luther by M. Micheletm Translated by G. H. Smith; The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man: Relating Particularly His Shipwreck Near the South Pole, By R. S., A Passenger in the Hector; A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1740, 41, 42, 43, 44 by George Anson, to Which Are Prefixed A Memoir of Lord Anson, and Preface. Some Frontispieces and illustrations to title pages, main text in double columns. Half leather over marble boards with gilt bands and gilt title "Biographies" on spine, tan end papers. Some wear to… Read More

New York: The Literary Guild, 1929. Reprint. Hardcover. Good +/fair. Kent, Rockwell. 111 pgs., illustrated with black and white drawings throughout. The classic tale of an innocent young man whose adventures illustrate Voltaire's criticism of the philosophical school of Optimism. This Literary Guild edition is a resetting of the limited Random House Edition, made under the supervision of the Pynson Printers of New York. Blue cloth binding with silver lettering and imprint on front cover, silver titles and decorations on front cover and spine. Top and bottom edge of cover faded with tanning, spine a little faded, small stain at base of spine, pages tanning with a little spotting, binding tight. Mylar covered lightweight jacket with black titles and blue borders is chipped at top and bottom edges, has a few light creases, tanned, not clipped. Very handsome edition in nice conditon. Measures 7 1/2 x 11 inches.