Search Results: Titles starting with V from Nigel Sustins Books

U.K: Wells, Gardner and Darton, 1901. FOURTH EDITION 1901, miniature book approximately 3 x 2½ inches, bound in black leather (some wear and marking), gilt crown and title to upper cover and spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 109 pages including the death of the Queen, plus 1 page of Midget Books adverts. Black and white portrait frontispiece, 13 black and white plates from drawings and paintings. Written for children. Internally sound. Ink inscription to front free endpaper. . Reprint. Leather Covered Boards. Good.

Cardiff: British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1958. Illustrated souvenir guide to the Games held in Wales, July 1958. Covers rubbed, creased and marked but contents good. . Soft Cover. Good.

Bombay: Amita Banerjee, Vaitalik A rare 20-page stapled booklet, undated, many illustrations, for 'private distribution only', inserted is a leaflet for the 'Vaitalik Dance Programme for Tourists' held at the Taj Intercontinental Hotel, Bombay, and a colour postcard showing a single dancer ('Folk Dance of India').. Paperback. Very Good.

UK: Cambridge University Press, 1965. Uncorrected proof in brown wraps, internally good (no bibliography at rear).. Proof. Paperback. Good.

UK: David Fickling, 2003. SPECIAL PRICE REDUCTION. WAS £125. A superb signed set of the Various trilogy, all mint, unread copies, first printings; 'The Various' is signed and dated October 2003 to the reverse of the half-title, with the author's original drawing of a bookworm; 'Celandine' is signed and dated November 3 2005 to the reverse of the half-title; 'Winter Wood' is signed and dated Feb 2008 to page 1 (opposite the Family Tree). All fine copies in fine d/ws. Extra postage/insurance required for overseas posting.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

UK: Charles Knight, 1832 396 pages, brown cloth with wear and soiling, rubbing and splitting to spine ends, gilt lettering and decoration to spine with the number 2 [II] so assume second volume in series, dust and browning to edges (rough-cut), previous owner's name and date (1836) to front free endpaper, many vignette drawings, foxing marks to text throughout, but still a good copy of a scarce title.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2010. 11th in the series. Fine/fine. Signed by author to title page with the blind-stamp, numbered 62 out of 500 copies, also signed specific postcard. Other signed books in the series available. Extra postage required for despatch outside Europe.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

UK: Faber, 1934. First edition, Faber 1934, red cloth in very good condition with slight darkening to the edges, spine ends a little rubbed/pushed, dust to top edge, internally very good indeed; d/w although repaired and reinforced to the verso is predominantly good with some rubbing, browning and small tears, spine is browned and blotched, not price-clipped (3s. 6d.). First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

UK: Warne, 1888. Cary's rather scarce translation, red leather-covered boards with gilt lettering, covers worn and rubbed, front board detached but present, portrait of Dante with tissue guard as frontispiece and other original engravings, internally very good and text sound (some pencil marks to margins and foxing stains to endpapers), blue ribbon marker detached and inserted loosely, affixed to the front pastedown is a newspaper cutting: 'Allusions by Dante to Britain'.. Reprint. Hardcover. Acceptable.

UK: Butterworths, 1986. A very good copy in laminated boards.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Tehran: Imperial Organization for Social Services, 1976. SPECIAL PRICE REDUCTION. WAS £250. Facsimile of the 1819 limited edition, Vols. 1-2 combined in first volume, text in French, with separate 'Atlas' of illustrations, reprinted under the patronage of Her Imperial Highness Princess Ashraf Pahlavi on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Coronation of Reza Shah the Great, first volume in brown boards with gilt decoration, red title strip to spine with gilt lettering, some rubbing to boards, foxing to top edge, vertical external creasing and rubbing to hinges, title and contents in Persian reading from the back with two photographic plates, internally fine; the folio-size 'Atlas' has beautiful coloured reproductions of the original lithographs, and is internally fine, the boards (similarly decorated to vol. 1) have the remains of white labels (?) in small patches, with some rubbing, top of spine is broken with two tears to the top. A sumptuous production. Extra… Read More