Search Results: Authors starting with V from Nikki Green Books

London: J. Murray, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1926. Hardcover in protective acetate dustjacket. 4to. 208pp with an additional 39 pages of black and white plates. The red cloth boards are in good condition with a few bumps and scuffs and some wear around edges and spine. Inside a lovely clean tight copy.

Suffolk: N. Spearman, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed Copy. 8vo, pp 285 with b/w illustrations throughout. Hardcover with dust jacket.Unclipped DJ in protective sleeve in very good condition with a little rubbing to top edges. Publishers red cloth binding with gilt titles to spine in near fine condition, Inside inscribed by author "Patrick, with love. Elizabeth Van Buren" on half title page, all pages in near fine condition. An excellent signed copy

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. *1st Edition* . sm 8vo, vii+ pp96 and 8 pages of Methuen's publications. Hardcover no dust jacket. Original red cloth binding with black lettering in very good condition with some minor shelf wear to top and bottom of spine. Inside some intermittent foxing on fore edge and throughout, otherwise a nice tight clean copy.

South Africa: Cape Times Limited, 1912. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. With Miners' phthisis act No.19 of 1912 bound in together. Slim 4to. v + pp62 with charts and graphs throughout. 2nd report vii + pp12 with original paper cover bound in. Hardcover no dust jacket. Black cloth spine over Grey paper boards with titles in black to front board in near fine condition. Inside in very good condition. Fascinating original documents detailing with the acts driven by the white Mine Workers Union, South Africa which resulted in this being the first state to compensate miners for silicosis and tuberculosis as occupational diseases. The 2nd report details the paltry amounts received by recipients.

Florida: A.C. Allyn for the Allyn Museum of Entomology, 1973. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Published by A.C. Allyn for the Allyn Museum of Entomology, 1973. Limited edition. one of 1000 copies. Stated as Volume 1 but this single volume is all that was ever published. 4to, ii+ 93 full plates each with tissue guards with descriptive text of birds shown and frontispiece of photograph of the artist. V G L van Someren. Hardcover no dust jacket. Leatherette black binding with gilt lettering to spine in near fine condition , although the tips of the boards have bowed inwards a little. Inside previous owners book plate on front paste down , all pages in near fine condition with a little foxing to fore edge. a very nice copy

London, 1871. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Printed by The Graphotyping company, Ltd. A monthly periodical magazine started in 1870. This Book has all 12 editions of 1871 bound together. Sm 4to, pp142 complete with 26 chromolithographic plates (2 for each month, frontis and title page) and b/w illustrations throughout. Hardcover no dust jacket as issued. Decorative blind stamped green boards with colour inlay to front board of a "Shepard boy" surrounded by gilt decoration. Binding in good condition with a little marking to back board and a little fading to gilt on spine. Inside in very good condition with previous owners signature to ffe paperand the odd spot of foxing and the front hinge starting to crack but binding still tight, all pages with full edge gilt.

London: George E. Eyre & William Spottiswoode, 1879. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Sm 4to -2 Volumes bound together. Volume 1: Commissions and Report, pplxvi. Vol II: Minutes of Evidence, iv + pp699. Hardcover no dust jacket. Dark blue buckram binding with gilt lettering to spine in very good condition with a little fading to gilt. Inside to library stamps from St Andrews house library to ffe paper all other pages in excellent clean and bright condition. A very nice copy

Birmingham : Birmingham School of Printing, 1931. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. In-house production by the Birmingham School of Printing, Central School of Arts and Crafts. Slim Sm 4to. pp31 with illustrations by students attending the Wood Engraving classes accompanying the six poems. Original Soft cover binding with card wraps with paper label to front cover in very good condition with a little rubbing to edges. Inside a lovely near fine copy.

various, 1910. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. A nostalgia album containing a collection of vintage cigarette cards dating from 1910 to 1963. Including Zoo studies by Ogden (1937), Winter Scenes by Senior Service (1937) Wildlife in Danger by Brooke Bond (1963), The World Dreadnoughts( 1910), Wild Flowers ( various years) by Wills and others. A charming collection in very good condition for their age.

London,: Holp Shuppan / The Bodley Head, 1981. Soft cover with Slipcasde. Very Good/No Jacket. 1981, Facsimile Edition from The Osbourne Collection of Early Children's Books. 16mo, unpaginated. Soft covers in Slipcase. The slipcase is a little discoloured some markings. Inside 3 small volumes, each in their own cardboard covers one of which (jack and jill) is a fold out are all in near fine condition .

Amsterdam & New York: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum & Da Capo Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. Facsimile reprint of the 1610 edition. 8vo. Unpaginated. Hardcover, issued without dust jacket. The English Experience No.898. STC No.24603. Bound in original publisher's red cloth with black label to cover and spine with lettering in gilt. The binding is in very good condition with a little fading to spine. Inside a near fine copy.

London: James Veitch & Sons, 1906. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition on handmade paper for private circulation only. 4to, pp542 complete with Fifty Photogravure Plates With tissue guards. hardcover no dust jacket. Half brown morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to spine in very good condition with sunning to spine and a little rubbing to edges. Inside all pages with top edge gilt and others rough cut in excellent near fine condition with the odd spot of foxing to tissue guards and the occasional page. A lovely example of this Limited Edition.

Germany: Steidl, 2010. 1st Edition. 4to full page colour photograps throughout. Hardcover with no dust jacket. The pictorial boards are in excellent condition. Inside a lovely near fine copy.

London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, 1920. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 1920. Hardcover, no dust jacket. 85pp Plates include 5 watercolours and Black white photographs, maps and plans. The blue cloth boards are marked with scuffs and frays around edges particularly at corners. There is a part of the spine missing which also is worn. Inside previous owners bookplate, a newspaper cutting about the unveiling of the Falkland islands battle memorial (circa 1927). Foxing throughout ( more prevalent at the beginning of book). the binding is cracked in several places but pages secure.

København: C. A. Reitzel, 1967. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1967, slim 4to, 227pp with101 figures and 3 tables. Soft cover issued without DJ.Original red pictorial card covers in good condition with small nick to spine and minor rubbing along edges. Inside a lovely clean near fine copy.

Paris: Crepin-Leblond , 1953. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. Limited Edition of 1000, this copy No.924. Slim 40, pp123 plus 12 pages b/w photographic plates of Royal Hunting in the 18th century throughout. Soft cover with wrap around card covers in old glassine sleeve in good condition with a little discolouration, card binding in very good condition. Inside all rough cut pages in very good/near fine condition. Scarce Limited Edition.