Search Results: Titles starting with V from CHARLES BOSSOM

London: White Lion Publishers. Good/Good. 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0856860433 Ex library with usual markings. Dust jacket complete, will be supplied in a clear protective sleeve. Original cloth with bright gilt titling on ffep. Clean and tight. .

Very Good. Illustrated Card Cover. 7" By 9.5" Tall 80 pages clean and tight. .

London: Faber & Faber Limited. Good/No DJ. 1961. Hard Cover. 12 Mo Original cloth boards with bright silver titling. Slightly cocked. Name on ffep. 151 pages clean and tight. .

London: Peter Davies Bradenham edition. Very Good/No DJ. 1927. First Thus. Hard Cover. 8vo The Bradenham Edition of the novels and tales of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield. Vol VII. Venetia. The book has an introduction by Philip Guedalla. Black buckram with bright gilt titling and illustration on spine. Embossed illustration on front cover. Previous owner's book plate on f. paste down. viii prelims, 504pp. Black and white illustrations. Clean and tight. .

Milan: Electa (Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro ). Very Good/Very Good Slipcase. 1971. Hard Cover. Large 4to English text. Blue slipcase with colour plate to front, back slightly rubbed. Blue cloth boards with gilt title. Map end papers. Colour & b/w plates, illustrations / photographs. 536 pages clean and tight Bettini, Caizzi Carpeggiani, Franzoni, Lorenzoni, Pirovano, Puppi, Romanelli, Scire 'Nepi, Tagliacarne Zuliani. .

London: Constable. Very Good. 1914. Hard Cover. 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering and design. Spine slightly faded. Gilt to top page edges. Clean text with 16 coloured plates (some tissue guarded) and 48 black and white illustrations. Rough cut page edges. Previous owners details on ffep dated 1924. 347 pages clean and tight except for a very few light foxing spots. .

London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good. 1934. First Edition (Thus).. Hard Cover. 8vo Red cloth with gilt illustrations and lettering, Spine slightly faded. Previous owners inscription with 11 names signed. on ffep. A few spots on page tips. 470 pages clean and tight. .

Spring Books. Very Good/Very Good. 1990. Hard Cover. Sm 4to 0600562883 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Numerous illustrations. 192 pages clean and tight. The Victorian Nursery Book allows an intriguing glimpse into the nursery of a child in the Victorian age. It is a world of nannies and governesses, special pets and playthings, a world where the younger members of the wealthy Victorian family could enjoy their own games and pastimes and also where they were taught the first lessons in manners, discipline and duty. Drawing their text from diaries, magazines, children's hooks and other contemporary accounts, the authors build up a colourful picture of life in the nursery, starting from the family's first preparations for a newborns arrival to a description of a typical day which included lessons, mealtimes and the obligatory afternoon walk. Beautifully presented with lots of illustrations and… Read More

London: John Murray. Good/No DJ. 1941. Eighth Edition. Full Leather. 8vo VOLUME 1 ONLY. Full leather binding rubbed. Rubbed & chipped title labels on spines. Previous owners name. xv, 556 pages clean and tight. This volume covers France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Greeks and Scaracens, and part 1 of Ecclesiastical power in the Middle Ages. .

Skegness: Stone Printers Ltd. Very Good/No DJ. First Edition. Card Cover. 8vo 0948639156 No dust jacket. Card cover with black and white photographic image and titles to front. No ownership markings. Black and white illustrations and photographs. 24 pages clean and tightly bound. .

London: Putnam. Very Good/Very Good. 1945. Hard Cover. 12mo Dust jacket price clipped. Cloth boards with gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Foxing spots to page tips.m65 pages clean and tight. THIS STORY of the Coming of The Visitor and of His Sojourning and Concerning the Manner of His Going Away has an allegorical setting, and yet remains very real by its firm grasp of the personal matters that provide ordinary men and women with their most important problems. The author was brother of the late widely-loved G. A. Studdert Kennedy, better known as "Woodbine Willie," and came into special notice with his frank and courageous application of religion to the vital topics of the day. "One rises refreshed from its noble teaching."-Church of England Newspaper. "An attractively written piece of allegorical writing."-The Guardian. "An exquisite parable."-Methodist Recorder. .

London: Harmsworth Bros Ltd. Good. 1901. First Edition. Hard Cover. Lge 4to Printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode. Decorated blue cloth covers. Gilt titles. Cloth exposed between front end papers. 396 pages clean and tight. Very heave bookbut will be despatched for the default charge. .

London: Heinemann. Very Good. 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Red cloth cover with bright gilt titling. Previous owner's inscription on ffep. 241 pages clean and tight. .

Oppington, Kent: George Allen. Good. 1882. Three-Quarter Leather. 8vo Three quarters leather, rubbed. Title label chipped through author's name. Spine top slice missing. Name and date on ffep. 230 pages clean and tight. .

London: Angus & Robertson. Very Good/Very Good. 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Sm 4to 0207179166 Dust jacket unclipped. Green boards with bright white titles to spine. Previous owner's address label to FFEP. Numerous colour photographs and black and white line drawings. 194 pages clean and tightly bound. This is a guide for the rose grower and rose fancier, with detailed information on every aspect of rose propagation, cultivation and care. Over 150 roses have been selected on the basis of their appeal, their resistance to disease, the ease with which they can be grown and their availability. The book also includes practical advice for the home gardener on planning a rose garden, planting, hybridization, pruning, and controlling pests and diseases. .

Virgin Books. Very Good/Very Good. 2000. Hard Cover. 4to 1852278498 New edition. Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. 250 colour illustrations / photographs. 228 pages clean and tight. Dimensions: 25.9 x 2.4 x 30.7 cm. In May 1996, a donkey stumbled into an opening in the sand in the Egyptian desert, revealing a vast multi-chambered tomb containing more than 10,000 mummies. The excavation, in what became known as the "Valley of the Golden Mummies", made front-page news across the world. With 250 full-colour photos of the remarkable treasures, this book documents the extraordinary finds at the site. Alongside these images, Dr Zahl Hawass, Field Director at the Bahariya Oasis project, recounts the exciting story of the excavation and the importance of this find. .

London: Robert Hale. Very Good/Good. 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust jacket now in a clear protective sleeve, unclipped, chunks missing to edges. Original cloth boards with bright titling on spine. Darkened ffep. A very few foxing spots on page tips. No ownership inscriptions. 9 illustrations. 192 pages clean and tight. ON AUGUST 5m, 1952, THREE British tourists camping by a farm in Lurs, in the valley of the River Durance, Upper Provence, were brutally murdered by an unknown assailant. They were Sir Jack Drummond, distinguished British nutrition expert, his wife and their ten-year-old daughter, Elizabeth. After a police inquiry lasting over two years, a 77 year old French farmer, Gaston Dominici, was put on trial and found guilty of the murders. But the evidence on which he was sentenced was so flimsy that the verdict resulted in an outcry in France and a re-opening of the investigation. As Special Correspondent for the Daily Mail, Gordon Young, Chief Paris Correspondent… Read More

Spellmount Publishers Ltd. Very Good/Very Good. 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to Dimensions: 28.2 x 22.6 x 2.2 cm 1873376588 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks.Numerous photographs. 192 pages. The Gurkha regiments began in 1815 and have continued their tradition right through to the present in Hong Kong, Cyprus, and the Falklands. The author traces the history of these regiments in this illustrated book. .

Robert Hale Ltd. Very Good. 1990. Soft Cover. 0709042396 Uncreased spine. No ownership marks. 208 pages clean and tight. .

London: Dorling Kindersley. Very Good/Very Good. 1993. Hard Cover. 4to 0863189318 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Illustrated laminated boards. 64 pages clean and tight. .