Search Results: Titles starting with V from The Last Word

David Bateman, 2006. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. quarto cloth boards, 368pp, illus A heavy book so postage may be more than standard.

Netherlands: Leiden, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 147 pages. Light green cloth covered boards. .Ex library - discreet library markings.

Christchurch, New Zealand: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1966. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Dust jacket Near Fine 8vo. 192pp., b/w pls., text ills., index, The Pioneer Long-distance Flights in New Zealand. Not price clipped. Signed by author on title page .

London: Faber and Faber, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 279 pp, Tight unread mint ,"dirty but clean" signed twice once as DBC and once as Peter Finlay Signed again 9 June 2004 at NZ book Council reading by DBC Signed Peter Finlay 6pm at Andrews the Tce. Wellington for myself. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Faber and Faber, 2003. First Edition. Paperback. As New/As New. 279 pp, Tight unread mint ,"dirty but clean" 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Faber and Faber , 2003. First printing. Paperback. Fine. Pierre, DBC, Faber and Faber Fiction - 1st Ed, Soft Cover, 279 pp, Fiction, Front cover has small signs of being read.

London: Faber and Faber, 2003. First Edition. Original Wraps. As New/As New. Pierre, D. B. C.Vernon God Little .signed by Author. First Export Edition. Near Fine. Original wraps, minor rubbing, minor edgewear, else a fine, unread copy. Complete number line, 1-10. True first editions of this Booker Prize winning novel are very scarce.; Near Fine; Literature 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: A H & A Reed, 1971. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 230 pages. Light blue cloth with gilt title to spine.

London: John Murray. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 1829 fifth edition. some light pencil lines down side of text and some lines underlined. Octavos. Vol.1: (xix) 549 pp. Vol.2: (viii) 483 pp. Vol.3: (vii) 634 pp. Full tan calf binding. Spine with gilt lettering over black labels, with gilt decoration and raised bands. All edges and end papers marbled. The work is a comprehensive historical survey of the Middle Ages in three volumes, by Hallam the notable English historian. The publication is seen as one of his major works. Shelf wear and spine on vol. 1 part detached at base. Interior with some light foxing to the end papers, title pages and initial pages of the volume Henry Hallam (July 9, 1777 - January 21, 1859) was an English historian. Hallam, was a fellow of the Royal Society, and a trustee of the British Museum. In 1830 he received the gold medal for history, founded by George IV. This set of three volumes is heaver than the standard single book quoted in the standard shipping so… Read More

Wellington, NZ: Blundell Brothers Ltd, 1950. First printing. Cards. Very Good. 40 pages of black and white views of old Wellington. Light green leather grained soft coves - some fading and minor scuffs.

london: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. Original red cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine., spine faded, gilt floral design on spine, Size : 12mo: 105mm x 155mm, llustrated with a frontispiece., P. Frontis, Title, , Contents v-vii 574 pp plus 4pp catalogue. , endpapers black/.Pages are clean, .Top pages edges gilded but dusty. New Century Library

Vintage Austin Register, 1982. First printing. Staplebound. As New. includes a blank blue membership card V. A. R. 20 pages, White stapled booklet with black titles and picture and reg. trade mark.

Wellington, New Zealand: VIctoria University Press, 2008. First edition thus. Hardcover. New/new. 239 Pages. Made into a film 2009 directed by Niki Caro. Stars: Jérémie Renier ... Sobran; Gaspard Ulliel ... Xas ; Vera Farmiga ... Aurora de Valday ; Keisha Castle-Hughes ... Celeste ; Patrice Valota ... Comte de Vully ; Vania Vilers ... Jodeau SNR ; Eric Godon ... Father Lesy ; Lizzie Brocheré ... Sabine etc. Signed limited edition - this one is number 160 of 1000 Dustjacket in Brodart archival covering from new.

Wellington, New Zealand: VIctoria University Press, 2008. First edition thus. Hardcover. New/new. 239 Pages. Soon to be released film on 12 November directed by Niki Caro. Stars: Jérémie Renier ... Sobran; Gaspard Ulliel ... Xas ; Vera Farmiga ... Aurora de Valday ; Keisha Castle-Hughes ... Celeste ; Patrice Valota ... Comte de Vully ; Vania Vilers ... Jodeau SNR ; Eric Godon ... Father Lesy ; Lizzie Brocheré ... Sabine etc. Signed limited edition - this one is number 829 of 1000 Dustjacket Sticker damge to front cover

Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, 1998. First printing. Paperback. Good. Soft Cover, 241 pages first soft cover edition (true first), First editions/first printings have no mention of any awards on the cover and have the number line ending with a 1 Publisher Notes A novel of angels, wine, and love without boundaries set in nineteenth-century Burgundy. One summer night in 1808, Sobran Jodeau sets out to drown his love sorrows in his family's vineyard. Drunk, he stumbles on an angel: "Someone had set a statue down on the ridge. Sobran blinked and swayed. For a second he saw what he knew--gilt, paint and varnish, the sculpted labial eye of a church statue. Then he swooned while still walking forward, and the angel stood quickly to catch him." Once he gets over his shock, Sobran decides that Xas, the male angel, is his guardian sent to counsel him on everything from marriage to wine production. But Xas turns out to be a far more mysterious character. A favorite of both God and… Read More

Wellington, New Zealand: Chatto & Windus, 1999. First printing. Paperback. Good. Soft Cover, 241 pages first soft cover edition (true first), First editions/first printings have no mention of any awards on the cover and have the number line ending with a 1 Publisher Notes A novel of angels, wine, and love without boundaries set in nineteenth-century Burgundy. One summer night in 1808, Sobran Jodeau sets out to drown his love sorrows in his family's vineyard. Drunk, he stumbles on an angel: "Someone had set a statue down on the ridge. Sobran blinked and swayed. For a second he saw what he knew--gilt, paint and varnish, the sculpted labial eye of a church statue. Then he swooned while still walking forward, and the angel stood quickly to catch him." Once he gets over his shock, Sobran decides that Xas, the male angel, is his guardian sent to counsel him on everything from marriage to wine production. But Xas turns out to be a far more mysterious character. A favorite of both God and Satan, he is,… Read More

Wellington, New Zealand: VIctoria University Press, 2008. First edition thus. Hardcover. New/new. 239 Pages. Soon to be released film on 12 November directed by Niki Caro. Stars: Jérémie Renier ... Sobran; Gaspard Ulliel ... Xas ; Vera Farmiga ... Aurora de Valday ; Keisha Castle-Hughes ... Celeste ; Patrice Valota ... Comte de Vully ; Vania Vilers ... Jodeau SNR ; Eric Godon ... Father Lesy ; Lizzie Brocheré ... Sabine etc. Signed limited edition - this one is number 63 of 1000 Dustjacket Sticker damge to spine and front cover

Wellington, new Zealand: Victoria University Press, 1998. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Hard Cover, 241 pages Montana award winner - one off hardback binding by Whangarei bookshop - not as published. 100 printed. Red cloth gold lettering Publisher Notes A novel of angels, wine, and love without boundaries set in nineteenth-century Burgundy. One summer night in 1808, Sobran Jodeau sets out to drown his love sorrows in his family's vineyard. Drunk, he stumbles on an angel: "Someone had set a statue down on the ridge. Sobran blinked and swayed. For a second he saw what he knew--gilt, paint and varnish, the sculpted labial eye of a church statue. Then he swooned while still walking forward, and the angel stood quickly to catch him." Once he gets over his shock, Sobran decides that Xas, the male angel, is his guardian sent to counsel him on everything from marriage to wine production. But Xas turns out to be a far more mysterious character. A favourite of both God and Satan, he is, unlike… Read More

Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, 1998. First printing. Paperback. Good. Soft Cover, 241 pages first soft cover edition (true first), First editions/first printings have no mention of any awards on the cover and have the number line ending with a 1 Publisher Notes A novel of angels, wine, and love without boundaries set in nineteenth-century Burgundy. One summer night in 1808, Sobran Jodeau sets out to drown his love sorrows in his family's vineyard. Drunk, he stumbles on an angel: "Someone had set a statue down on the ridge. Sobran blinked and swayed. For a second he saw what he knew--gilt, paint and varnish, the sculpted labial eye of a church statue. Then he swooned while still walking forward, and the angel stood quickly to catch him." Once he gets over his shock, Sobran decides that Xas, the male angel, is his guardian sent to counsel him on everything from marriage to wine production. But Xas turns out to be a far more mysterious character. A favorite of both God and… Read More

Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, 1998. First Edition. Glossy Pictorial Cover. Very Good. In clear mylar Brodart cover - Owners single name also. Flat signed by author on title page. First editions/first printings have no mention of any awards on the cover and have the number line ending with a 1 Publisher Notes A novel of angels, wine, and love without boundaries set in nineteenth-century Burgundy. One summer night in 1808, Sobran Jodeau sets out to drown his love sorrows in his family's vineyard. Drunk, he stumbles on an angel: "Someone had set a statue down on the ridge. Sobran blinked and swayed. For a second he saw what he knew--gilt, paint and varnish, the sculpted labial eye of a church statue. Then he swooned while still walking forward, and the angel stood quickly to catch him." Once he gets over his shock, Sobran decides that Xas, the male angel, is his guardian sent to counsel him on everything from marriage to wine production. But Xas turns out to be a far more… Read More