Search Results: Titles starting with V from Bookworks MWABA, IOBA

New York: DC Comics, 1990. First collected edition of Moore's influential vision of a post-apocalyptic totalitarian Britain and the Guy Hawkes-masked anarchist who fights its agents. Stated first printing (first collected edition), paperback, as pictured; preceeding the book club hardcover, no barcode on back, no mention of the 2005 movie. Light wear, minor chipping, paper lightly tanned. Text clean; 286 pages, mostly full color illustrations. . First Collected Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by David Lloyd. 6¾" by 10¼".

Quantico, VA: Forensic Science Research and Training Center, FBI Academy, 1993. Set of five books comprising four volumes, complete. Highly technical statistical compilation of genetic data, for forensic science DNA work. Volume I-A: Study Overview and Hae III Histograms; I-B: Hae III Bin Tables; II: Study Overview and Hinf Histograms and Bin Tables; III: Hae III and Hinf Scatter Plots and Statistical Comparisons; IV: Hae III and Hinf I DNA Profile Frequency Estimates in Various Reference Populations. Mostly charts, figures and tables. Light wear, some creasing, name on front cover of volume I, a few pencil notes and marks within; over 1886 pages.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 8½" by 11". Set.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Biography of the Illinois poet by his fellow Illinois writer; they were well-acquainted, if not close friends. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; the first edition (first printing) with 'A' on copyright page. Light wear to book; flamboyant but illegible signature & more recent provenance notes on free endsheet; price-clipped jacket smudged & rubbed with some creasing & short tears to lower front panel. Text clean; ix, [5], 392 pages; index, 8 b/w plates, as called for. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Large Octavo.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1935. Collection of poetry on Hawai'ian subjects & people. Stated seventeenth printing; first published seven years earlier. Hardcover, full red leather, gilt titling. Light wear, water damage affecting spine and lower corner of front cover, no internal damage; pencil name & note on free endsheet. Text clean; 114 pages, neat line drawings & silhouettes.. Later Printing. Leather. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Don Blanding. 5¼" by 7½".

New York: Hastings House, 1951. Four young Englishmen acquire a forty-foot prewar (1914) cutter, 'Content', and go to sea for two years, 1948-1950, visiting Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, Morocco, the Canaries, British Guiana, various Caribbean islands, and cities along Amerca's eastern seaboard, ending in New York City; stopping for work & repairs along the way. Crealock later became an important yacht designer, counting Walter Cronkite & William Hurt among his clients. Scarce first American edition, preceding the British by a year. Hardcover, full tan cloth, navy titling; in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, minor bumps to corners; price-clipped jacket shows minor wear, light foxing/spotting - mostly internal; minor foxing/spotting to top edge of the pages. Text clean; xii, [2], 304 pages; 20 b/w photos as called for, map, map endsheets.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. New interpretation of a key event in Brazil's history; Levine argues it was more race-based and less political than previously thought. Hardcover, full maroon cloth, silver titling. From Levine's library, though unmarked as such. Light wear to book & jacket; minor creasing to jacket. Text clean; xii, 353 pages; index, glossary, extensive bibliography, notes, a few b/w photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6½" by 9¼".

Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1972. Essays by the prestigious doctor, second Dean of the UW medical school, military doctor & VA Medical Director. Sections include philosophy of medicine, medical history, medical education, medical practice, and a miscellany. INSCRIBED by Middleton to a friend & colleague on the free endsheet: "to my good friend, Dr. Raymond Whitsitt, with warm personal esteem -- Wm. Middleton" in a very shaky hand, dated 1975, the year of Middleton's death. Stated first printing. Hardcover, full black cloth, gilt titling. Light wear to book, Whitsitt's name & address inside front cover; jacket rubbed with minor edgewear including a few short tears & minor creasing. Text clean; xi, blank, 300 pages + colophon; color frontispiece tipped in.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 6½" by 9½".

New York: Harper & Row, 1976. Gothic novel: English public school boys dabble in the occult betwqeen the wars. Stated first edition (first printing) with full number string. Hardcover. Light wear to book, jacket shows minor rubbing.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

's-Gravenhage: Rijksmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum / Museum van het Boek, 1985. Catalogue of an exhibition of fine press work. Text in Dutch, lots of b/w photos of the books. Oversized paperback. Light rubbing to covers; contents clean. 128 pages, index, b/w photos.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7¾" by 10¼".

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1930. Maritime historical adventure. First American edition (first printing), with (1) on last text page. Hardcover. General wear, light silverfishing to cloth,covers rubbed, corners frayed; bookplate of fantasy author/illustrator Stanley Mullen inside front cover, pencil note regarding the previous owner's 1978 purchase of the book. Text clean; ix, blank, [338] pages + 2 pages publisher's ads.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Small Octavo.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1970. Photos of the Black Panther Party and their audience, taken in late 1968, after Baruch spoke to Kathleen Cleaver at an event; Eldridge Cleaver, notes Baruch in her introduction, asked, "Why do your photographs have feeling, and none of the work I've seen of us by other photographers has?" Baruch and her husband & collaborator Jones studied under Andel Adams, Minor White, Dorothea Lange & Edward Weston at the California School of Fine arts begining in 1946, and were established documentarians by the late 1960s. Baruch credits prejudice she experienced against her as a Jew for her sympathy with other unjustly treated people, and her impulse to give the Panthers, then approaching the peak of their power, a fair showing to the public. Her and Jones's pictures were first exhibited in San Francisco (after some controversy), then in Harlem and at Dartmouth College before this book was published. The book includes numerous b/w photos, Baruch's preface,… Read More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1925. Patronizing but well-meaning effort to record the folkways of small tribes, particularly the Mwimbe, Chuka, Emberre, Embu, & Chuka, living southeast of Mount Kenya, who were then rapidly being absorbed by larger tribes in the throes of European colonization. Hardcover, full yellow-orange cloth, gilt titling & decoration. General Light wear to book, corners lightly bumped & frayed, head of spine chipped & frayed, minor staining to covers, hint of spine fade; no jacket; endsheets tanned, light foxing & tanning to pages; penciled name & bookseller's label (Lauriat, Boston) on free endsheet. Text clean; 284 pages; index, 27 b/w photos & two maps (one folding), as called for.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

The Auk, 1938 Pamphlet. Good. Large Octavo. 53 pages. Offprint from The Auk, Vol. 55 (July 1938). Minor stains on front and back covers. Text is clean..

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1956. Study of contrasting ideas around the world on what constitutes "the good life", based on interviews with college students from the USA, Canada, Norway, India, China, & India, in an attempt to bring scientific principles to bear on questions of human values; Morris was influential in the field of semiotics. Hardcover, first edition in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, minor bumping & rubbing to corners; jacket rubbed & chipped, scuffed & stained. Text clean; xv, blank, [209] pages; index, bibliography, tables, figures. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

Davenport, IA: Davenport Public Museum, 1960 Paperback. Good. Large Octavo. 236 pages with bibliography and index. Botanical Publication No. 1 from Davenport Public Museum. With references to adjoining counties in Iowa and Illinois. A few minor scratches on front cover. Text is clean and binding is tight..

Reykjavik: Heimskringla, 1975 Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial cover, with some scuffs & scratches; previous owner's name in pen on title page. 96 pages. Photo-essay / study of the Vatnajokull glacier in Iceland..

Madison: University of Wisconsin, 1959. Important botanical survey, emphasizing the importance of statistical methods in differentiating plant communities and establishing borders between climatological regions - Curtis differentiates between 'flora', plants possibly found in a given region, and 'vegetation', plants found grouped in typical ratios based on the terrain & climate of a region. First printing (first edition), with same date on title & copyright pages. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; full green cloth, gilt titling. Light wear to book, corners bumped; jacket rubbed & edgeworn with crease to spine, other creases, light chipping. Text clean, no names or marks; xi, blank, 657 pages; index, species list, extensive bibliography, glossary, tables, maps, charts, b/w photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Large Octavo.

London: Ward, Lock, & Bowden, 1896. Fiction set in South Africa, where the author lived for several years. Hardcover, full blue-grey cloth decorated in black, brown & dark grey, gilt titling. General wear, light stains, corners bumped, spine tanned, hinges tender with inner splits, ink name & date rubberstamped within. Text clean; viii, 324 pages + 4 pages publisher's ads, 2 b/w plates as called for.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Stanley L. Wood. 5½" by 7¾".

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1987 Blue paperback, black titling. Spine tanned, minor discoloration to front cover, small creases on rear cover. Uncorrected proof of the author's fourth novel, 'A Novel of Suspense'.. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Very Good. 5¼" by 8¼".

Middlesbrough: Jordison & Co., Ltd., 1896. The author, a British military engineer, went to Venezuela to oversee the construction of a railway in 1888/9; includes a brief history of the country; shipboard life on the way there; conditions & incidents in the country; various difficulties. Hardcover, full brown cloth, gilt titling, black palm tree decoration. Some wear, corners bumped, couple of dents on the edges of the rear boards, front inner hinge a bit cracked; INSCRIBED/initialled on the title page: "With the Author's kind regards | W.E.W."; page edges foxed. Text clean; xxxii, 196 pages; 18 b/w vignettes, map.. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 6" by 9".