Search Results: Titles starting with V from Walnut Valley Books/Books by White

Spartinsburg, SC : Honoribus Press, 1986 Honoribus Press, Spartinsburg, SC. 1986. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition Thus. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for bookstore stamps on inner rear wrap. Book Condition: Good; crease on front wrap; crease to spine; rubbing to wrap surfaces. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wrap is creased in front and on spine. 270 pp 12mo. This book is based on the personal diary of CPT Hall of the Advisor Team 100, Military Assistance Command-Vietnam and of his part in the transition fron July 1966 to July 1967 in III Corps and the Rung Sat Special Zone in Vietnam. . This is a different account of one man's tour in Vietnam as a member of the "Armed Peace Corps". The life of an advisor in Vietnam has not been told and it certainly is nothing like what is on TV and in the movies. This book will tell you how much the Americans cared, how hard they worked, the positive things they tried to do to make the lives of the poor Vietnamese villagers better, and the sheer… Read More

Lincoln, NE: A Bison Book / University of Nebraska Press, 1965 A Bison Book / University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. 1965. Hardcover. 6th Printing by Line Number. This book is a facsimile copy of the 1941 original by D. Appleton - Century Co. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a remainder mark on the textblock bottom edge. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; light splash stain to spine and front board. No DJ. Olive cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. 574 pp 8vo. This book is a companion to The Sod-House Frontier only it occurs much before the sod house days. Long before there were settlers on the Great Plains, the feet of marching figures had tread the ground. This volume strives to bring these people back from unfamiliarity to reality. It seeks to discover their manner of living, their dress, food, ways of enjoying themselves, methods of labor, and their mode of life in general from the Mississippi to the Rocky… Read More

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers , 1989 McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, NC. 1989. Hardcover. Corrected version 1989. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; small smudge on front board. No DJ as issued. Brown cloth boards and spine with white lettering on spine and front board. 215 pp 8vo. This book is the definitive record of the players and productions of Mascot Pictures, a film company that specialized in chapter plays and "B" movies and that became highly influential in winning an ever-widening public for the kind of films it innovated such as the musical Western. This is cinema history at its best--written with careful attention to detail, and based on thorough research and exhaustive personal interviews--The Vanishing Legion offers critical treatment of every serial and feature produced by Mascot during its nine years of operation. Tom Mix, Gene Autry, John Wayne, Rin-Tin-Tin and other Western heroes ride and bark… Read More

Stockholm, Sweden: Natur och Kultur , 1978 Natur och Kultur, Stockholm, Sweden. 1978. Hardcover. First Edition. In Swedish. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; bumping at head and tail. DJ: Very Good; light edge bumping and small closed tears at head. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and the front board. Pictorial endpapers. 559 pp 4to. A concise history of Sweden from pre-Viking cultures to the Vikings to the present and all in-between; art; politics, leadership, athletics, kings, movie stars, and more. A clean very presentable copy.

Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 2005 U of Calif Press, Berkeley, CA. 2004. Hardcover. First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. Green boards with turquoise cloth overlay on spine with bright silver lettering on spine. 442 pp. In this searing indictment of current administration policy, the author argues that President George W. Bush methodically manipulates the law to promote right-wing causes. Accessibly written, legally rigorous and meticulously documented. This book presents eye-opening evidence that ultra-conservatives could achieve previously unimaginable successes during a second Bush term. A clean pristine copy.

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004 Cornell Univ Press, Ithaca NY. 2004. Soft Cover/Trade Wraps. First Edition in Paper/ First Printing. Book condition: Near Fine; bumping to top and bottom front tips. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not cracked or split. 392 pp. The author reconstructs the turbulent history of a Soviet campaign in the 1930s that sought to end the seclusion of Muslim women. In Uzbekistan it focused above all on a massive effort to eliminate the heavy horsehair and cotton veils worn by many women and girls. This campaign was emblematic of the larger Soviet attempt to being the proletarian revolution to Muslim Central Asia. A pristine and clean copy.

New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2015 Little, Brown and Company, New York. 2015. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($28.00); slight bumping to tail and top of rear panel. Red paper over boards and spine with bight silver lettering on the spine and front board. 377 pp 8vo. This book is an exciting and compelling account of the giant struggle between the Attorney General, Bobby Kennedy and the Head of the Teamsters Union Jimmy Hoffa. This became one of the great battles between good and evil in recent history. They channeled their powers into destroying each other as one fought to improve the lives of Americans and the other who felt he had already done that. Based on new documents this is an epic of crime and punishment. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1984 Simon & Schuster, New York. 1984. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to tail. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($17.95); chipping to head and tail; light shelfwear to tips. Gray boards with black cloth overlay on the spine with bright red lettering on the spine. 376 pp 8vo. This is an account of five ordinary young Israelis, selected to vanish into 'the cold' of espionage secrecy with the mission to hunt down and kill the PLO terrorists responsible for planning the massacre of eleven Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

London, UK : Gerald Duckworth and Company, 1965 Gerald Duckworth and Company, London, UK. 1965. Hardcover. Stated First Published October 1965. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O bookplate on the FFFP verso. Book Condition: Very Good; waviness to the FFFP from bookplate application; small moisture stain on bottom edge of front board. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped (30s net); suntoned spine; missing small piece at head, light wear to upper tips; closed tear to top of rear panel. Green cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. Pictorial endpapers. 69 pp 8vo. Few writers have so full a knowledge of Venice, her history and architecture, her daily life, as the author, who lived there for many years. Here his haunting and evocative text supports Piper's spirited lithographs in a joint work which will give the deepest satisfaction to all who love Venice, the mother of cities, and are not afraid to see her with contemporary eyes. A clean very presentable copy in a… Read More

LaVergue, TN: iUniverse, 2010 iUniverse, LaVergue, TN. 2010. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition not stated. Inscribed by Vern Miller on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O address label on the FFFP. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased; text is secure in binding. Laid-in are several newspaper clippings on Vern Miller.158 pp 8vo. This is the story of a unique Kansas lawman whose escapades and charisma are now legend. In his more than 50 years in law enforcement he rewrote the book on justice and public service; pursuing criminals with the same gusto he pursued order, social fairness, and public service. A clean very presentable copy.

LaVergue, TN: iUniverse, 2010 iUniverse, LaVergue, TN. 2010. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition not stated. Inscribed by Vern Miller on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bump to textblock with slight edge turn. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased; text is secure in binding. 158 pp 8vo. This is the story of a unique Kansas lawman whose escapades and charisma are now legend. In his more than 50 years in law enforcement he rewrote the book on justice and public service; pursuing criminals with the same gusto he pursued order, social fairness, and public service. A clean very presentable copy.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1938 Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA. 1938-1957. Hardcover. Book Club Editions. Books are tight, square, and unmarked. Book Conditions: All are Very Good with light sunfading to spine and light shelfwear to bottom edges; two volumes have a few dogeared pages. No DJs. Red cloth boards and spines with bright gilt lettering and decorations on the spine and front board; brown shadowbox on titles on front boards and spines. Deckle fore edges. 1324 pp in total (Vol.1-I'm a Stranger Here Myself, 1938, 283 pp; Vol.2-Many Long Years Ago, 1945, 333 pp; Vol.3-Good Intentions, 1945, 180 pp; Vol.4-Versus, 1949, 169 pp; Vol.5-The Private Dining Room, 1953, 169 pp; Vol.6-You Can't Get There From Here, 1957, 190 pp. 8vo. Nash was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote over 500 pieces. With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was declared by The New York Times the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry. These books are… Read More

New York, NY: W.W. Norton and Company, 1976 W.W. Norton and Company, New York. 1976. Hardcover. 2nd Printing by Line Number. Flat signed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear; insect damage (hole) through first three pages near spine tail. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($9.95); toning to peripheral edges of DJ; bumping to top and bottom edges of DJ. Charcoal gray cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 402 pp 8vo. This is a first-hand account of the LBJ presidency by the aide who knew him best. This is a story of how LBJ manages his White House, an inside account of his handling of the Congress, his sensitivity to the human ego, his irritation with the press, his appetite for facts and information, and his passion for knowing all that was going on in the government. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955 Houghton Mifflin Company, New York. 1955. Hardcover. First Edition (matching date on title page and copyright). Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on FFFP in pencil. Book Condition: Good; shelfwear to board edges; flaking to spine title; light wear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Fair/Good; NOT Price Clipped ($3.00); moisture stain to spine and rear panel bottom; chipping and small missing pieces at head, tail, and panel edges; missing section to front panel at title. Blue boards with black cloth overlay on spine with silver lettering on spine.Tinted text block top. 146pp 8vo. This is the story of a Kansas boy who suffered a broken back in 1951 in a car accident and became a paraplegic (waist down). This book is his story and the stories of some other men in Paraplegic Ward 5 and their world of physical limitations and spiritual loneliness. A story of faith and the potential greatness of man. A clean presentable copy in a Brodart mylar… Read More

New York, NY: William Morrow & Company, 1981 William Morrow & Company, New York. 1981. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($13.95); light bumping to edges at head and tail. Marbled boards with tan cloth overlay on spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Marbled endpapers. 428 pp 8vo. This book is limited to those Americans worth $50 million or more, this book is composed mostly of lists and short essays on an astonishing range of matters related to the very rich as well as the bizarre stories behind the numbers. A virtual one-volume encyclopedia of wealth in America. A clean very presentable copy.

Chicago, IL: Flynn Publishing Company, 1920 Flynn Publishing Company, Chicago, IL.1920. Hardcover/Flexible Boards. Stated 3rd Edition (Revised). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; rubbing through board coating to fabric at edges and on spine shoulders; scratching to gilt on textblock edges. No DJ. Brown leatherette boards and spine with embossed titles on front board. Gilt textblock edges. marbled endpapers. 360 pp 16mo. This is a handy non-technical legal guide based on American Standard Law. This book gives the general guiding principles of the law. In ordinary cases, it will show one what to do and what to avoid and how to draw up common legal forms. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Gallery Books, 1990 Gallery Books, New York. 1990. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Very Good +; light bumping to top edge of DJ; light rubbing to panels. Blue paper over boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 184 pp 4to. The Vicksburg Campaign was set in the West, in Mississippi, and the winner of the battle would gain control of the Mississippi River. Grant's victory at Vicksburg was a great victory for Union forces and showed Grant's strategic abilities. In this book, the author tells of the long and grueling struggle for Vicksburg and includes a detailed study of the fight for Port Hudson, Mississippi River naval battles, and many interesting and important fragments of the Civil War absent from most history books. A story of tragedy and triumph on both sides in one of the greatest battles of the war. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. No International Shipping.… Read More

New York, NY : Abelard-Schuman, 1967 Abelard-Schuman, New York. 1967. Hardcover. Stated First Published in the USA in 1967. Retired Junior High School copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for library stamps on the front and rear endpapers and the top and bottom textblock edges. Book Condition: Very Good; light bottom board edgewear. DJ: Good +; light wear to head, tail, and tips; missing small piece at top of front panel; slight suntanning to spine. Yellow cloth boards and spine with blue lettering on the spine. 192 pp 8vo. The story of Vicky is based in 1885 on the experiences of the author when she was a child in Simla, a town in the Himalayan foothills when many British went to escape the heat of Southern India. There Vicky meets other children but also Chela who looked after the monkey temple and the monkeys. A good look at the pampered lives of the British in India at the turn of the century. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

New York, NY: Pergamon Press, 1980 Pergamon Press, New York. 1980. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light bumping and shelf wear to head, tail, tips, and board bottom edges; light rubbing to panels. No DJ. Pictorial purple front board; purple spine and rear board; white and gold lettering on the spine and front board. 170 pp 4to. This book celebrates the three types of artists that documented London in the Victorian era (1820s-1914), the Wood Engravers, the Sketchers, and the artists. The purpose of this collection is to fill a gap in the contemporary study of Victorian art and Victorian urban studies. This book focuses mainly on London which was the major urban center of England and how it has been greatly ignored in urban art and urban studies. A clean very presentable copy

New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1942 Simon and Schuster, New York. 1942. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good+; suntoning to spine; sunfadint to tips of head and tail; bumped head and tail; endpaper browning; slight soiling to board edges. DJ: Good; chipping and missing small pieces at head, tail, and upper tips; light edge wear to top edges of DJ. Light blue cloth boards and spine with tarnished gilt on the spine and front board. Tinted textblock top. Deckled fore and bottom edges. Clean internals. Internal hinges are sound and not split. Frontispiece photo of GEN Billy Mitchell. 354 pp 8vo. This book tells how America can win the war (WWII). It shows how air power has won all the crucial battles to date. It explains why the United States is ideally equipped to use that weapon and take the offensive against the Axis. The author, like General Mitchell is and air power proponent fighting against an earthbound army and navy that cannot see how air… Read More