Search Results: Authors starting with V from Books of the World

Budapest: Kartogra?fiai Va?llalat. Map, folding. 1989. As New. 1989. Folded map in a plastic case. Printed on two sides. Color. 66 x 92 cm , folded to 22 x 13 cm. Road and travel map of northern Libya. Relief shown by contours, shading, gradient tints, and spot heights. Depths shown by co ntours and gradient tints. English, German, French, and Hungarian. Distingu ishes roads ranging from expressways to desert paths. Extensive index on re verse. As New condition. Not from a library. No remainder mark. No markings . No tears. Contents: Libya * Libyen * Libye * Libia 1:2,000,000 : Tara?bulus (Tripoli) City Map * Stadtplan * Plan de Ville * Varosterkep 1:27,000; Bangha?zi? (B enghazi) City Map * Stadtplan * Plan de Ville * Varosterkep 1:33,000; Vicin ity of Tripoli * Umgebung von Tripoli * Region de Tripoli * Tripoli Kornyek e 1:1,000,000; Administrative map * Karte der Verwaltungseinteilung * Carte s de unites administratives * Kozigazgatasi terkep 1:7,500,000 Authors: Domokos Gyo?rgy; Ra?to?ti,… Read more

First Edition! New York: Grosset & Dunlap, July 2009. Paperback. First Edition / full number line. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not a remainder. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 48 pages.

New York: Metropolitan Books. Hardcover. September 27, 2011. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xii+269 pages. From a State Department insider, the first account of our blundering efforts to rebuild Iraq. A shocking and rollicking true-life tale of Americans abroad, and a vividly rendered tale of ineptitude and corruption.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. January 1971. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover by Kelly Freas for "The Telzey Toy" [Telzey Amberdon] (novelette) by James H. Schmitz. Includes "Sprog" (novelette) by Jack Wodhams; "Homage" by Tak Hallus (Stephen Robinett); "The Enemy" by M. R. Anver; "The Tactics of Mistake" [Childe Cycle] (serial, part 4 of 4, nominated for Locus Award) by Gordon R. Dickson; "The Scientific Gap in Law Enforcement" (science fact) by James Vandiver; "The Baby in the Bath Water" (editorial). Illustrated by Kelly Freas, Vincent Di Fate, David Cook, and Leo Summers.

Vientiane, Lao PDR: Lao Youth Press. Hardcover. No date. Very Good. Interior pristine. Spine is straight, tight, and uncreased. Light foxing to covers. 141 pages.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. Digest-size Magazine. 1979. 1st Edition. Very Good. John Varley's novel Titan is the first book in his Gaea Trilogy. It first appeared in print when it was serialized in the January, February, March, and April 1979 issues of Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact magazine with cover art (Jan) and eight interior illustrations by Paul Lehr. It won the 1979 Analog Award for Best Serial Novel or Novella, the 1980 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, was runner-up for 1980 Hugo Award for Best Novel, and was nominated for the Nebula and Ditmar awards. Also includes "Breaking the Game" [Tales of Capitol] (#2 in Analog poll for 1979 best short story) by Orson Scott Card; "Songs of a Sentient Flute" (novelette) by Frank Herbert; "Can These Bones Live?" (Best Short Story in 1979 Analog poll, second runner-up for Hugo) by Ted Reynolds; "Duty, Honor, Planet" (novelette) by Michael McCollum. Cirrocco Jones, captain of the spaceship Ringmaster, and her crew are captured… Read more

Harmondsworth, England: Penguin. 1972. Paperback. Very Good. Interior is tanned but unmarked. Dog-ear creases to front and rear covers. Spine is straight and very tight. Light edgewear. 188 pages. Contents: "Diary of a Madman", "The Nose", "The Overcoat", "How Ivan Ivanovich Quarrelled with Ivan Nikiforovich", "Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt".

Freetown, Sierra Leone. Trade Paperback. First Edition (not stated). Place, date, and publisher not listed. Freetown, Sierra Leone: Government of Sierra Leone. April 27, 1988? Paperback in illustrated card wrappers. Monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 8vo. 6 x 8 inches. 111 pages. Muctaru R. A. Kabba - Editorial Consultant; Professor C. Magbaily Fyle - Historical Consultant; Joseph Opala - Historical Consultant and Adviser on Historical Drawings; Vera Viditz-Ward - Consultant on Historical Photographs; Josef Marker & Munir D. Mohamed - Drawing.

First Edition! New York: Condé Nast Publications. Digest-size Magazine. February, March, April 1978. Very Good. Joan D. Vinge's novel The Outcasts of Heaven Belt, the first book in her Heaven Chronicles series, first appeared in print when it was serialized in three parts in the February, March, and April 1978 issues of Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact magazine with cover art (Feb) and six interior illustrations by Vincent di Fate. It was #2 in the 1978 Analog poll for Best Serial and #13 in the Locus poll. Also includes "Call Him Moses" (novelette) by George R. R. Martin. .

London: Bloomsbury, 2002. Hardcover. First U.K. Edition / full number line. Fine. Sticker from original bookseller (Giggles Bookshop, Madras) on rear endpaper. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 242 pages. Patricia Volk's delicious, charming, and wildly funny memoir of everyday life growing up in a New York Jewish family that ran an old-fashioned restaurant.

New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, May 1973. First Edition. "First printing—1973" on copyright page. $7.95 price on front flap. Date code "0573" on back flap. Orange linen over boards with gilt facsimilie signature on front board and black and gilt printing to spine. Very Good book in a Good jacket. Price and prior owner's name penciled to first blank page. Text block unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Jacket spine faded. Edgewear with several short tears and chipping at spine ends. Not a Book Club Edition. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 295 pages. A discourse on the nature of truth written when America was in the throes of Nixon, Watergate, and the unraveling of the Vietnam War. Itinerant science fiction author Kilgore Trout learns that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. What follows is an examination of war, sex, racism, success, politics, and pollution.

New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, October 1982. First Trade Paperback Edition (no additional printings listed). Very Good. Prior owner's name penciled to half-title page. Personal note penciled to dedication page. Text block unmarked. Spine faded, but straight, tight and uncreased. Dust stains to edges. No tears, creases or folds. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xvi+240 pages. A chillingly satirical look at the death of innocence involving novelists, painters, Haiti and neutron bombs.

New York: Dell / Laurel, November 1988. Mass Market Paperback. Dell 11149-8. First Laurel Edition (stated). Rare! Good+. Underlining and notes in ink. Doodling to bottom edge. Bookstore stamp inside front cover. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Adhesion specks to rear cover. Not from a library. 191 pages. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, featuring a midget as the protagonist; a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer; and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilarious. Vonnegut submitted Cat's Cradle to University of Chicago as his thesis for his master's degree in anthropology.

New York: Dell, November 1966. Mass Market Paperback. Second Dell edition, first printing. Dell 7948. 75¢. Copyright page states: "Previous Dell Edition #B138; New Dell Edition: First Printing--November, 1966". Very Good. "22" stamped to top edge, otherwise unmarked. Interior lightly tanned. Spine creased, but straight and tight. Covers show light reading wear, including edge wear, light hinge creases, creasing to lower front corner, and several light creases to rear cover. See photos. Not from a library. Not clipped. No tears. 319 pages.

New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, May 1971 [c. 1965]. Hardcover. First Delacorte printing (stated). Turquoise linen over boards with silver facsimile signature to front board and silver/black printing to spine. Front flap has $7.95 price and 2929 catalog ID. Rear flap has 0571 date code. Good book in a Good+ jacket. Front and rear hinges cracked. No markings. Dust stains to edges. Jacket has edgewear and several chips and tears, the longest of which is three-quarters of an inch. Not the Book Club Edition. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. See photos. 217 pages. The story of a millionaire who develops a social conscience, abandons New York City, and establishes a charitable foundation in Indiana, where he attempts to dispense unlimited amounts of love and limited sums of money to anyone who will come to his office. The result is an etched-in-acid portrayal of universal greed, hypocrisy, and follies of the flesh.

New York: Random House, 2014. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 414 pages. A richly imagined story of a woman's awakening in the south of Vichy France—to the power of art, to the beauty of provincial life, and to love in the midst of war.