Search Results: Titles starting with V from Hessay Books

Gollancz, 2005. 184pp, complete illustrated dustjacket. B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. Spoof of a certain famous book - a museum curator is found dead in his own gallery with a cod stuffed in his mouth.... First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

Arrow, 1992. 596pp. A couple of creases to corners of covers, one biro mark to corner of flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean. The story of the Comtes de Gloriole - Set in Renaissance France.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Ward Lock, 1945. Reprint of the Library Edition. 312pp, Priceclipped dustjacket is otherwise complete, but with a little wear to top edge Light foxing to top edge, othewise internally very clean. Anthpny Lyveden loses his memory.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Guild, 1987. 191pp, complete dustjacket. A very clean copy. A police story becomes a horror story.. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

John Murray, 1968. 192pp, the paper browning with age, illustrated softback covers. WRVS ownership stamp to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean and tight. An American secret society pursues a man to an English country house.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Bodley Head, 1978. 100pp, complete dustjacket by Tom McNeely. A very clean copy. A story for young readers -Tom tracks down drug dealers in Vancouver.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Whitehaven , 2016. 209pp, the paper a little wrinkled to the corner of the first couple of pages. Illustrated softback covers with no creases. A very clean, tight copy. Includes Notes and a recipe for Ginger Cake! The fourth Posy Parker mystery story set in the 1920s - was Dr Winter really killed in the First World War?. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Arrow, 1989. 183pp, illustrated softback covers. A couple of light creases,otherwise clean and tight. Murder - rich, dowdy Alice's life changes when Andrew comes into her life.... Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Dodd Mead and Company, 1111. Probably 1930s. A heavy book of 754pp, with hand-cut edges Blue cloth covered boards with gilt title, the cloth worn to the front bottom edge. 16 colour illustrations by Charles Crombie. Internally very clean. The story of Becky Sharp and Amelia Seddon, set at the time of the Napoleonic Wars.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Charles Crombie.

Collins, 1111. Probably 1930s. Pocket size. 760pp, red cloth covered boards, faded gilt decoration to spine. Full page b + w illustrations. A couple of light marks to boards, previous owner's name on flyleaf, otherwise internally clean.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harold Piffard.

Dent, 1920. Everyman edition with an Introduction by Whitelaw Reid. 699pp, red cloth covered boards with faded gilt flower ornament to the spine. Decorated endpapers and title pages. Internally clean. Complete in one volume - the adventures of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley in the time of the Napoleonic Wars.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Amalgamated Press, 1905. 764pp, blue cloth covered boards with impressed design, gilded to spine. A little rubbed to edges of spine, original owner's name on flylealf, otherwise internally clean.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Quartet Crime, 1982. 182 pp, black boards, complete dustjacket. A clean copy... First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

Thorsons, 1983. 128pp, the edges browning a little with age, illustrated soft covers with no creases. A few light spots of foxing to foredge and preliminary pages, otherwise internally clean and tight. A complete range of easily prepared recipes for a well balanced vegan diet. . Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Ivana T Cooke.

Odhams Press Limited, 1933. 248pp. Dark red cloth covered boards, faded to the spine. Light spots of foxing to the foredge and back flyleaves, otherwise internally clean. A romantic historical novel, based on the true story of Harriet Brodie.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Thames and Hudson, 1976. 264pp, laminated illustrated softback covers without creases. 127 illustrations of which 50 are in colour. A clean, tight copy. The life and development of the special qualities of the art of Diego Velazquez, the great 17th century Spanish painter. . Soft Cover. Fine.

Rizzoli, 2002. Text in English, translated by Susan Scott. A large heavy book of 239pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket. Endpaper maps. Many colour illustrations. A very clean copy. The first comprehensive study of the Venetian painters of 'views', both famous and unknown, of the eighteenth century and the economic factors and socio-political background which influenced them. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Penguin, 1964. 205pp, the edges browning a little with age. Illustrated green softback covers. A clean, tight copy. Thriller - who leaked secret information to a foreign power?. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Penguin, 1964. 205pp, the edges browning a little with age. Illustrated green softback covers. A very clean, tight copy. Thriller - who leaked secret information to a foreign power?. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Hale, 1980. Reprint of the 1966 story. 160pp. Flyleaf removed and stamps on title and half title pages, otherwise a very clean copy. The story of Lafe Gordon.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Ex-Library.