Search Results: Titles starting with V from AJ Scruffles

New York: McGraw Hill, 1958. Hardcover. Good. From the McGraw-Hill Electrical and Engineering Series. Sticker to rear cover. Previous owner's notes to ffep. Scratch to rear cover. Contents clean and binding sound. Good.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1929. Hardcover. Good. First edition, of Summer's study of Vampirism in Europe. From accounts from Ancient Greece and Rome to occurences in modern, most notably eastern europe. Augustus Montague Summers was a mysterious figure, a classicist and notional clergyman who found fame in documenting witchcraft and the occult in a somewhat scandalous and controversial fashion. With b/w illustrations. Sunning to spine. Bumping to edges. Mild foxing to page edges. Contents clean and sound. Good.

London: Collins, 1959. Hardcover. Good. Nice compact collins clear type edition of Thackeray's Great novel. frontisportrait. Limp blue cloth. Rubbing to edges, Contents clean and tight. Good.

London: The Folio Society, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. Handsome edition of Thackeray's enduring satirical novel telling the story of a social climber against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. With illustrations by Robin Jacques. Bound in artificial silk Lacks slipcase but in protective jacket. Slight toning to spine, but less so than is common with this edition. Contents clean and prim. Very good.

London: Heron, 1970. Hardcover. Good. Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Thackeray's great social novel. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. With b/w illustrations and introduction. Mild shelfwear. Small white marking and rubbing to top of fore-edge boards. Small mark to top edge. Previous owner's bookplate to front-pastedown. Contents clean and binding tight. Good.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1945. Hardcover. Good. Everyman (No. 298 ) edition of Thackeray's Great novel. Slight sunning to spine. No DJ. Mild rubbing to edges. Contents clean and sound. Good.

London: Sampson, Low, Son & Marston , 1866. Hardcover. Fair. Curious volume of literary essays that seeks to describe books and authors that are well known but seldom read. Subjects include Nostradamus, George Psalmanazar, Paracelsus, Quevedo and others. Publisher's decorative cloth. Tissue guarded frontisportrait of Thomas Browne, another subject. Beveled edges, 12mo. Cloth tear to top of spine. Spine cocked. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Contents clean. Fair+

Stockholm: Bröderna Lagerström Boktryckare; Daniel Fallstrom Fonden, 1920. Hardcover. Good. Fascinating volume featuring early photographs of Stockholm by the acclaimed photographer Goodman. Accompanied by relevant poetry and prose by a variety of contributers in Swedish, plus music with lyrics by Fallstrom. Published in aid of the Daniel Fallstrom fund, in order to benefit artists. Limited to 200 numbered copies, of which this is a special lettered edition, bound in vellum but coming without the signed etchings by Carl larson, that were included in the 200 numbered copies. With 50 tissue guarded photographs and etchings. Top edge gilt. 4to. 162pp. Wear and rubbing to covers. Bumping to edges. Tanning to page edges but binding sound and contents prim and clean. Good/very good.

London: Folio Society, 1980. Hardcover. Good. Lively study of the apogee of the avaricious and amoral city-state. Without slip case. Rubbing to extremities. Contents crisp and clean however. Good overall.

London: Folio Society, 1980. Hardcover. Good. Lively study of the apogee of the avaricious and amoral city-state. Issued without slipcase as issued, lacks wrapper. Some mild rubbing to edges. Marking to fore-edge and rear. Contents clean and tight. Good.

London: Folio Society, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. Lively study of the apogee of the avaricious and amoral city-state. Issued without slipcase as issued, but complete with glassine wrapper. Some light shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Very Good.

London: Folio Society, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. Lively study of the apogee of the avaricious and amoral city-state. Issued without slipcase but complete with glassine wrapper. Some shelfwear commensurate to age, very slight bumping to bottom edge, contents clean and prim. A bright copy. Very good.

London: Peter Davies, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good. Handsome edition of Romains two novels concerning Verdun: The Prelude and The Battle. With pull out map. Top edge coloured red. Some light foxing to fore-edge but contents clean and tight. Very good condition.

Munich: Prestel, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. Readable account of Vermeer's life and work with 92 illustrations, 76 in colour. Dust jacket has mild shelf-wear. Contents crisp and clean. Very good+

London: Kenyon House press, 1955. Soft cover. Fair. Actor's Edition. A christmas comedy in one act for seven women. Used but still usable. Fair/good.

London: Heron, 1970. Hardcover. Fine. Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of two of Goldsmith's novels plus his poems. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. With b/w illustrations by Christopher Bradbury and introduction. In crisp fine condition.

London: The Folio Society, 1952. Hardcover. Good. Early Folio Society edition of Goldsmith's popular 18th century novel, With illustrations by Margaret Weathebee. Decorative boards with decorative edn-papers. No slipcase as issued. Some toning to spine and Some tanning to page edges but otherwise is clean, prim condition. Good+

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1904. Hardcover. Good. Charming cloth edition of Goldsmith's 1766 novel from Dent's English Idylls series, featuring elaborate gilt decoration and 25 colour plates by C. E. Brock. Light green cloth. Top edge gilt. Fore edge rough cut. Decorated end-papers. Previous owner's inscription to blank. Splitting to inner hinge but text binding still sound. Foxing to tissue guard of frontispiece. Otherwise contents clean and prim. Good.

London: Archibald Constable & Co.; Dawson; University of London Institute; Oxford University Press, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. The first ten volumes of the colossal ongoing Victoria History of the County of Essex plus the bibliography and first and second bibliography supplements. Began in 1903 to rival and update Morant's comprehensive 1768 history of Essex, The first three volumes concern the natural history of the region as well its ancient, Roman, medieval and archaeological history. Volume four onwards details the various districts of the county, describing their religious, social and architectural history, topography and population statistics. With illustrations, maps and tables throughout. Contains Vol I (1903 first edition). Vol. II (1977 reprint), Vol. III: Roman Essex + Index (Reprint 1977), Vol. IV: Ongar Hundred (1977 reprint), Vol. V (1966 first edition, ex-library with stamps), Vol. VI (1976 first edition), Vol. VII (1978 first editon), Vol, VIII (1983 first edition),… Read More

London: William Heinemann, 1971. Hardcover. Good. Nicely produced guide with b/w and colour images. Marbled end-papers and page edge. Some fading to gilt on spine. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good.