Search Results: Authors starting with V from Church Street Books

London: Hutchinson, 1955. One man's life-long quest for true "independent" flight. First English translation from the French (Homme-Oiseau) by Mervyn Savill. Blue covers with silver, 127pp with b/w illustrations. Covers have light bumping to head and foot of spine, but very little wear, Dusty, lighty foxed page edges and prelims. Gift inscription on ffep, otherwise internally clean and tight. Ref:104442. First UK Edition. Cloth. VG/G. 14.5x22cm.

London/Mainz: Ernst Eulenburg, 1987. Complete score for "Eroica". Yellow covers with black lettering and decoration to front and spine, 176pp. Book shows only light signs of use. Ref:093098. P/back. VG/N/a. 13.5cmx19cm.

London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1961. In the Car Maintenance series, covers all technical details and routine maintenance. Blue covers with black lettering to spine and Jaguar emblem to upper front board, 260pp inc index, plusd adverts. Covers have sunned edges, but virtually no wear and a tiny dint to top edge. Page edges and prelims yellowing and small top fore corner of ffep (and part of bookshop stamp) has been neatly removed. Otherwise book is internally very clean and tight. Price-clipped DJ has light general wear (particularly head of spine) and a 2cm closed tar (repaired) at top front. Overall a decent copy. Ref:093630. First Edition. Paper-Covered Boards. VG/VG-. 12.5x19cm.

London: Cassell, 1996. Psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists and educationalists contribute to a broad view of manging children with problems. 128pp (inc index). Spine slightly faded, otherwise only very minor sgns of use. Ref:07850. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. VG++/N/a. 17cmx24.5cm.

London: The Religious Tract Society Red/brown covers with gilt, blind-stamped rules on spine and decoration on both boards, 381pp plus 6pp of adverts, yellow endpapers. ND, but mid-Victorian with neat gift inscription on ffep dated 1867. More modern ownership name below and owner's sticker (inscription writer) on front pastedown. Covers have rubbing and bumping to extrems, especially head and foot of spine. Very small splits at head of spine. Page edges dusty, light foxing to prelims, covers faded, most of rfep missing, hinges cracked but holding well, eight-page section partially detached, otherwise binding is secure. Ref:104216. Cloth. G+/N/a. 10x16cm.

London: Macdonald and Co, 1945. Erudite survey of Dutch history by former MP and leading political economist. Pale beige covers with black lettering to spine. Book solid, but with bumping to extremities and foxing to page edges. Price-clipped DJ has a couple of short closed tears and a few small nicks as well as some wear at edges. Ref:06741. Cloth. G++/G-. 12.5cmx19cm.

London: The Heirloom Library, 1956. Illustrated covers with gilt on blue spine panel, 256pp with eight full-page colour illusrrations, inc frontis, illustrated endpapers, blue top edges. Covers have very little wear, bumping to head and foot of spine and discoloured top edges. Page edges dusty and foxed, with minor foxing to prelims. Otherwise book is clean and tight. Unclipped DJ has general wear to edges, is delicate at lower joint and has a 12cm closed (neatly repaired) tear on front. Neat gift inscription o front flyleaf. Ref:104320. Reprint. Cloth. VG-/G+. Illus. by Peter Henville. 14x21.5cm.

London: Century, 1993. In the National Trust Classics series, card covers, 179pp inc index, plus 4pp of adverts, with two blocs of b/w illustrations. Book has only the lightest signs of use and no spine creases. Ref:082211. Reprint. Card Covers. VG+/N/a. 13.5cmx21.5cm.

London: Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford, 1934. Victorian childhood in the 1870s. Terracotta covers with gilt, 173pp with b/w illustrations, inc frontis portrait. Red top edges and rough-cut lower edges. Covers have moderate bumping and wear to extrems, particularly head and foot of spine, with several small (paint?) marks. Dusty page edges slightly foxed, as are prelims. Previous owner's name erased from front pastedown, otherwise internally clean and tight and overall a decent copy. No DJ. Ref:104445. First Edition. Cloth. G+/N/a. 14.5x21.5cm.