Search Results: Titles starting with V from Charles Vivian Art & Antiques

London: Secker & Warburg, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. London: Secker & Warburg, 1945. First UK edition. Very Good/good. D.j. rubbed on spine and edges, small loss to head of spine, interior with foxing to endpapers and foredge, bookseller's ink stamp fbep, otherwise clean.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo, pp. xvi, 399, advertisements on end paper paste downs, original blind decorated green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, cloth lifting to faded spine and splits across the top and down the hinge on back board, corners and edges bumped, boards marked and rubbed, interior with small book seller's label to fep, prelims grubby, marks throughout but perfectly legible, binding fragile.

London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1857. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 16mo, pp. 164, 14 pages of advertising, original blind ruled, gilt decorated and lettered red cloth, damp stained and faded, rubbed and worn, interior with owner's signature erased on ffep causing a small whole, missing Baxter print frontispiece and page between rear end paper and advertisements has been torn out, front paste down is coming away from board, some pencil juvenile scribbles to rear end papers, text itself has a few marks and folded corners but very presentable, binding sound.

Kilkenny: Kilkenny People Ltd. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, pp. XX, 365, original red cloth with black lettering, spine gently faded, corners bumped, some rubbing, interior missing fep, owner's name on top of page 5, otherwise clean and crisp, binding sound. Printed in 1941.

Dublin: The Irish Arichtectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to, pp. vi, 161, pictorial covers, a few light marks and creases, corners mildly bumped, interior with an inscription on fep, again, a few marks and handling creases, binding sound.

Dublin and London : Maunsel & Company, Ltd, 1918. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo, pp. 60, quarter cloth over grey boards, paper label to spine, this lightly tanned, otherwise bright, boards very slightly bowed, interior with toned free end papers, also faintly evident on title page, pencilled owner's name to ffep, some very occasional light foxing but largely clean and crisp, binding tight.

Shanghai: Oriental Press, 1902. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. W.D. Straight. 8vo, pp. vi, 154, original grey cloth with black printing, water damaged to the fore edges, corners bumped, rubbed, ffep inscribed 'D. Rose Esq., from The Author. P.L.' and underneath 'With L.B's Compliments', end papers stained and foxed, occasional marks throughout but largely clean, binding sound but starting to open here and there. Presumably ' L.B.' is Louisa Bland, the author's wife.

Toronto: William Briggs, 1894. Hardcover. Good. Toronto: William Briggs, 1894. First edition. Good. A rare first printing of the life of James Fitzgibbon who had the unusual distinction of receiving the Naval General Service Medal for the action at Copenhagen whilst serving as a private soldier in the 49th Regiment on board HMS Monarch but did not receive a Military General Service Medal for his more significant contribution to the war in Canada in 1812-14, being not present at any of the actions for which clasps were awarded. Gilt decorated and lettered light brown cloth, spine lightly faded and leans slightly, corners bumped, interior largely clean, some minor foxing to prelim pages and one or two juvenile pencil marks, mainly to the back of illustrations, an illustration missing between pages 72 and 73, fold-out facsimile of letter creased

Ormond East, Victoria: Military Historical Society of Australia, 1967. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to, pp. 41 plus bibliography, original buff card wrappers, corners gently bumped, mild handling creases, interior largely clean and bright, errata bound in before ffep, mild foxing to edges, binding tight.

Sydney: Weldon Publishing, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to, pp.292, unclipped dust jacket bright, interior also clean and bright, very mild foxing to top and fore edges, binding tight.

London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, pp. I, folding map, 630; II, 574; III, 628; full leather binding, the spines gilt decorated into six panels, author and title to second panel on red leather labels (these a little chipped), volume number to fifth panel, boards rubbed and a little scuffed, crested bookplate of (Sir) W.E. Leeson (1801-1885), Genealogist of the Order of St. Patrick, interiors largely crisp and clean, very minor tear to map at hinge, some offsetting, occasional toning throughout, binding sound. A most attractive set.

London: John Murray, 1846. Hardcover. Very Good. 8to, pp. I, xv, 556, II, vii, 560, half green calf over marbled boards, gilt decoration and lettering, title on red label to spine, boards rubbed and with small paper loss, corners bumped, interiors clean and crisp, owner's signature in ink to ffeps, tight bindings.

Ramsbury: Privately printed, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Ramsbury: Privately printed, 1986. First edition. Fine/very good. Includes two newspaper cuttings regarding the cutting down of Ramsbury's famous elm and its replacement (in 1989). Signed by the author. A detailed history of the Wiltshire village in the Kennet valley. D.j. spine faded, otherwise virtually as issued.

London: Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1852. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo, pp. 354, original blind stamped green cloth, dulled gilt decoration and lettering to spine, top and bottom of spine frayed, corners bumped, presentation bookplate to fep, interior with mild foxing throughout, free end papers toned, incidental marks also, 1/4" lower corner of page ix/x missing, all illustrations present, binding sound

Boston and London: Faber and Faber, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. Boston and London: Faber and Faber, 1993. First edition. Very Good. Cover with some indentations, top of pages affected by water, particularly at the rear, otherwise clean and with sound binding.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Fair. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1951. First edition. Good/fair. Scarce. D.j. with creases, tears and some losses, interior with foxing to endpapers and edges, binding tight.

London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd Undated (1945?), 1945. Hardcover. Good/Fair. London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, Undated (1945?). First edition (?). Good/fair. A seemingly rare publication. One poem titled 'France 1944' obviously post dates that year and another volume of poetry by Gibbs is dated 1950 so presumably published between those dates. Beatrice Ruth Gibbs was born in 1894. D.j. with wear to edges, portion of top left hand cover missing, some foxing to end papers and page edges

London: A.E. Lamdin, 1868. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo, pp. 29, light brown paper wrappers marked and a little grubby, interior with a few marks to title page, owner's name on front cover and again inside front cover (dated Oct 1887), paper evenly toned but largely blemish free, binding tight. Loosely inserted is a Programme of Prizes for the 2nd Gloucester Engineer Volunteers, held on Dec 15th,1877. Rare.