Search Results: Authors starting with V from Roger Middleton

London, Frederick Warne and Co., (1870).. Circa 1870, 4to, 270 x 225 mm, 10½ x 9 inches, red cloth, black and gilt floral decoration, small chromolitho plate of little girl on cover and lettered gilt, 18 pages of text. 18 very good colour plates printed by Kronheim, 6 for each item: A Apple Pie (no I or U, 20 illustrations on 5 plates, plus 1 full page); Dick Whittington; and Fairy at Fountain. Head and tail of spine and corners very slightly worn, tiny hole on upper hinge, endpapers slightly browned, old repair to 2 small closed tears on front endpaper, large photographic bookplate of S. R. Robinson on front pastedown, faint foxing to prelims and guards to plates. Contents otherwise very nice. A very good copy. Fairy at the Fountain is also known as Diamonds and Toads and this version of it has sometimes been attributed to Kate Greenaway. However it seems Warne published 2 versions of the story, 1 by a different illustrator. See Schuster page 41. Mrs Valentine was the general editor of Warne's… Read More

London, Frederick Warne & Co., (1880).. Circa 1880, dated from adverts, small 4to, 266 x 230 mm, 10½ x 9 inches, pink card covers colour decorated, adverts on lower cover. 4 colour plates and 1 splendid double page colour plate printed by Kronheim and Co., 6 pages of large print verses. Little girl receives gifts from family, welcomes little guests, they dance (centrefold), have a splendid supper and then we see the 'cloaking and shawling' in the hall. Neatly restitched long ago, old internal repair to spine, spine worn on the outside, tiny crease to lower corner of upper cover, margins slightly foxed and slightly fingermarked, 10 mm (½") closed tear to 1 fore-edge with old repair. A good plus copy. Mrs Valentine was the general editor of Warne's publishing house and possibly wrote most of the verses for the Aunt Louisa series of books. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Warne & Co., 1868.. FIRST EDITION 1868 (date printed on title page), 4to, 270 x 230 mm, 10½ x 9 inches, red cloth, blind stamped and gilt decorated to upper cover, ornate central gilt panel, another for spine title, all edges gilt, pages linen mounted. 24 very good colour plates printed by 'Kronheim and Dalziels' for 4 stories: Sing a Song o' Sixpence, The Robin's Christmas Eve, Robin Hood and his Merry Men (13 images on 6 plates) and The Sea Side (11 images on 6 plates). Old amateur repair to 5 mm (½") of cloth at head and tail of spine, spine edges and corners slightly worn, 2 small splits to upper hinge neatly glued, dark stain to lower cover 70 x 90 mm, (3½" x 3"), front and rear inner paper hinges partly cracked, binding firm. Occasional pencil scribble to blanks, most erased, text pages slightly browned, occasionally quite foxed. Inscription dated 1869 on front endpaper. A good plus tight copy. Although the plates of The Sea Side are in the autumnal colours typical of Kronheim the… Read More

London, Frederick Warne & Co., (1868).. FIRST EDITION (No. 17 in list of 17 on lower cover), circa 1868, small 4to, 266 x 230 mm, 10½ x 9 inches, pink card covers colour decorated, adverts to lower cover. 6 colour plates printed by Kronheim and Co., 6 pages of story in quatrains, all printed 1 side only. 1 of 4 brave St Bernard dogs meets his death on a rescue mission Christmas eve in the mountains with the monks. Spine expertly repaired, restitched, top corner of upper cover slightly scuffed, margins slightly fingermarked, occasional slight foxing. Contents nice. A very good copy. Osborne I,84. Mrs Valentine was the general editor of Warne's publishing house and possibly wrote most of the verses for the Aunt Louisa series of books. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Venice, no printer's name (Gregorio De Gregori?). 1524.. TRENCIERE, ARTEGLIARIE, CAVE, DARE AVISAMENTI SENZA MESSO ALLO AMICO, FARE ORDINANZE, BATTAGLIONI, ET PONTI DE DISFIDA CON LO PINGERE, OPERA MOLTO UTILE CON LA EXPERIENTIA DE L'ARTE MILITARE. SECOND EDITION, 1524, in 4 books, Italian text. Small 8vo, approximately 150 x 95 mm, 6 x 3¾ inches, title page with woodcut pictorial border by Eustachio Celebrino, showing at the top Mars and Bellona, Roman god and goddess of war, 2 soldiers fighting with swords and shields, at the sides weapons and armour and at the bottom 2 armies facing each other, 10 full page woodcut illustrations, 11 illustrations in the text, 1 full page illustration shows fireworks, the others show siege engines, bastions, mines, battering rams, bridges, bellows and diving equipment, 26 typographical diagrams of battle formations, 6 full page, 4 large decorated initials, leaves: [8], 1-71 numbered on rectos only, making a total of 142 pages, lacking final blank leaf, bound in… Read More

Firenze, appresso Filippo Giunti, 1588.. TITLE CONTINUED: Con lo illustriss. e eccellentiss. signor don Francesco Medici allora principe di Firenze. Insieme con la inventione della pittura da lui cominciata nella cupola. Con due tavole, una delle cose piu notabili, et l'altra delli huomini illustri, che sono ritratti e nominati in quest'opera. FIRST EDITION 1588, Italian text, 8vo, approximately 220 x 150 mm, 8½ x 5¾ inches, Giunti's fleur de lys device on title page, variant fleur de lys device on colophon, historiated initials, portrait of the author facing first page of text, pages: [8], 1-186, [18] description of dome paintings, indexes, errata and colophon, collation: †4, A-L8, M-O4, P². Bound in modern full calf, blind panelling, small gilt lozenge to centre of covers, gilt raised bands, gilt ornament in 6 compartments, gilt lettered red morocco label, all edges red. Pale foxing to title page, faint name and 2 tiny stamped initials at top of title page, occasional light foxing within, some… Read More

London, printed by and for William Darton, Jun., 58 Holborn Hill, 1816.. In 2 volumes, complete set, Part I is an early reprint 1817, Part II is a first edition 1816 (Part I first published in 1815). 12mo, approximately 155 x 100 mm, 6¼ x 3¾ inches, original publisher's printed yellow stiff paper wraps, lower covers with publisher's adverts, pages: viii, 9-60 + (4) - adverts; (2), 3-63, + (1) -adverts. Each volume has a folding copper engraved plate as frontispiece plus 2 copper plates. Covers slightly dusty, a few minor marks, small brown stain on lower cover of Part II, slight wear to spines, the same neat old name in margin of title pages, name scraped off front pastedown of Part II, one or two small pale marks to contents. A very good plus set of an uncommon early children's item, unusual to find both volumes together and in such nice condition. In her preface dated from Ipswich, Jan. 1815, the author says that she was inspired by Miss Edgeworth's 'Early Lessons' to write this story for the… Read More

Norimbergae, apud Gabrielem Nicolaum Raspe, 1767.. EDITED BY NICOLAI SCHWEBELII,1767. First part in Latin followed by 2nd part in French translation. 4to, approximately 255 x 195 mm, 10 x 7¾ inches, in 2 parts with separate register, pagination and title pages, the French translation by C. G. Bourdon de Sigrais. Engraved frontispiece to Latin book, engraved vignette to each title page, engraved pictorial headpiece to each of the 5 Latin books, 2 folding plates, pages: [28], 1-176, [12] - indexes and errata; xviii, [1]-90, before the first page of the Latin text is an unsigned leaf with the Elenchus or contents of the five books, which is sometimes found erroneously at the end of the Latin book. Bound in modern quarter morocco over marbled sides, all edges red, new marbled endpapers followed by cream endpapers at front and rear. Occasional pale foxing, second title page has pale age-browning, some pale age-browning and light foxing throughout, page 3 of the Latin section has outer margin slightly… Read More

Impressum Rome per Eucharium Silber: alias Franck. Anno domini Mcccclxxxvii (1487). Septimo Idus Iunii.. INCUNABLE 1487. First collected edition issued by Silber, divided into 4 parts: De re militari; Aelianus Tacticus: De instruendis aciebus [translated by Theodorus Gaza]; Frontinus: Strategematicon; Pseudo-Modestus: De vocabulis rei militaris [edited by Joannes Sulpicius Verulanus]; the date occurs at the end of each part. Small 4to, approximately 200 x 135 mm, 7¾ x 5¼ inches, first leaf blank to recto and on verso editor's prefatory epistle, no title page as issued, no signatures, catchwords or numbering, text in Latin, initial spaces with printed guides, [a-f8 g10; h-i8 k4 l8; m-r8; s6], 33 lines to a full page, 140 leaves (280 pages) including 1 blank, 24 pages with text illustrations depicting tactical formations, bound in full crushed morocco by Hardy-Menil, his name in minute gilt letters in the dentelles at the foot of the first pastedown, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, gilt coat… Read More

Parisiis. Sub scuto Basiliensi ex officina Christiani Wecheli. M.D.XXXV. [1535].. TITLE CONTINUED: Item picturæ bellicæ cxx. passim Vegetio adiectæ. Collata sunt omnia ad antiquos codices, maxime Budaei, quod testabitur Aelianus. THIRD Wechell edition, 1535. Text in Latin. Folio bound in sixes, approximately 315 x 210 mm, 12½ x 8 inches, numerous errors in numbering, all catchwords correct, 122 FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS plus 1 half page, (the knight in armour at front is duplicated ("lansquenet" ), 1 small text illustration and some troop formations in the text. Pages: [8], 1-279, [1], printer's device to title page and last page, decorated initials, bound in full speckled calf, gilt lettered label and floral decoration between raised bands to spine, marbled endpapers, edges red. Slight rubbing to spine, old ink number top of title page, old ink inscription at foot of title page: "Frater Gonsqlus de la Lena; hunc librum emit Sex argenteis hummis Anno domince nativitatis (stating that the book was… Read More

Paris, Bruxelles, Henry Lemoine et Cie, (1947).. Copyright 1947, oblong 4to, 245 x 325 mm, 9¾ x 12¾ inches, thin grey card wraps illustrated and lettered green and red (Babar with a Pierrot and an ostrich), title page lists 7 pieces in Spanish, English and French, a black and white vignette at the head of each piece, 3 featuring Babar, 25 pages + 3 (adverts). Spine slightly worn, 30 mm (1¼") split at tail of spine, tiny closed tear on upper and lower cover, 10 mm (½") chip to lower corner of upper cover, 2 small price stamps to lower corner of title page, title page faintly browned in the margins, staples just slightly rusty. A very good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Cambridge, published by William Dillingham, D.D., printed by John Field, 1657.. FIRST EDITION 1657, slim 4to, approximately 275 x 180 mm, 11 x 7 inches, 2 engraved plates before title page with portraits of Francis Vere and his brother Horace, a further portrait of Sir John Ogle at page 106, 1 folding plate of Vere's funeral monument, 6 folding maps and battle plans, text within ruled border, pages: half-title with poem on verso, [12], 1-209, plus 3 (addendum, last page blank), bound in full leather (sheep) rebacked and original spine laid down, gilt lettered title to spine, blind and gilt decoration to spine and covers, decorated inner dentelles, (turn ins), all edges gilt and finely gauffered, endpapers replaced when book rebacked, small engraved library shelf ticket on first pastedown. Spine slightly rubbed, pale stain to outer margins of a few pages at the beginning and last 3 pages, not near text, occasional pale age-browning and occasional small brown spot, small hole to outer margin of A3… Read More

London, Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, 1876.. Early 1/- paperback reprint 1876 (dated on title page), 8vo, 185 x 125 mm, 7¼ x 4¾ inches, grey stiff card wraps, decorated black and white, black and white illustration to upper cover repeating frontispiece "Towed by an Elephant", vignette on title page and 25 text illustrations of varying sizes by Edouard Riou, pages: 190 + 16, adverts dated January 1876. Spine repaired with wide blue tape extending 20 mm (¾") onto covers, not affecting title or illustration, covers a little darkened and lightly soiled, tiny chips to corners, frontispiece reinserted inexpertly, 2 small stains to margin, title page soiled in lower margin with an ink smudge (see image), small closed tear to lower edge, neatly repaired, occasional pale mark to margins, no inscriptions. A good plus copy. First published in the U.K. by Chapman and Hall in 1870, the first Sampson Low edition was published in 1874. See Taves and Michaluk V001, who do not mention this 1/- paperback… Read More

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1883.. 2 parts in 1 volume, early 1/- reprint, Part I dated 1887, Part II 1883, 8vo, 185 x 125 mm, 7¼ x 5 inches, red cloth over thin card, lettered black on blue panels on upper cover, black illustration on upper cover of a man clinging to floating debris as ship sinks, Pears' soap advert on lower cover, pages: (4), 133; (4), 134-262. Same title vignette to both parts, frontispiece and 7 plates in Part I, frontispiece and 11 plates in Part II, by Edouard Riou. Spine slightly darkened, neat name on pastedown, occasional pale fingermarks, wire stitching slightly rusted. Very good plus. First published by Sampson Low in 1875 in 1 volume together with Martin Paz. In 1878 they published a 2 volume and a single volume of The Survivors of the Chancellor. Taves and Michaluk V014. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Andre Deutsch, 1964.. FIRST EDITION 1964, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, 8vo, brown boards gilt, 156 pages. 5 full page illustrations by Verney. 12 short stories, 5 of which had previously been published in The Elizabethan magazine for young people. No previous owner inscriptions, near Fine in like DUSTWRAPPER (dw: price clipped, slightly marked on lower panel). Verney has written on the endpaper:"With best wishes from John Verney". MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Andre Deutsch, 1964.. FIRST EDITION 1964, 8vo, brown boards gilt, 156 pages. 5 full page illustrations by Verney. 12 short stories, 5 of which had previously been published in The Elizabethan magazine for young people. No inscriptions, faintest foxing to fore-edges, near Fine crisp clean copy in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, lower panel slightly dusty). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Loughborough, Wills & Hepworth, Ladybird series 536, (1956).. EARLY EDITION circa 1956, dated from catalogue at rear, no titles at all on rear inner flap small 8vo, 180 x 118 mm, 7 x 4¾ inches, pale grey boards lettered and illustrated in dark brown, pale brown open wing ladybird patterned endpapers, open wing ladybird opposite title page, 53 pages including 1 page catalogue of other series. Vignette to title page and 23 full page coloured illustrations by Allen W. Seaby, facing factual text, some vignettes in the text. No inscriptions, minute bump to head and tail of spine and top corner of upper cover, a near Fine clean copy in VG+ DUSTWRAPPER with WHITE LETTERING to upper panel, not price clipped (2/6), spine very slightly faded, a touch of rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Loughborough, Wills & Hepworth, Ladybird series 536, (1958).. REPRINT circa 1958 (first published in 1953), no catalogue at rear, no titles at all on rear inner flap of dustwrapper, small 8vo, 180 x 118 mm, 7 x 4¾ inches, cream boards lettered and illustrated brown, pale brown open wing ladybird patterned endpapers, open wing ladybird opposite title page, 53 pages. Vignette to title page and 24 full page beautiful coloured illustrations by Allen W. Seaby, facing factual text, some vignettes in the text. Minute bump to lower board corners, neat ink name in top margin of title page, very pale offsetting to margin of 2 pages from facing coloured illustration, otherwise a near Fine crisp copy in VG DUSTWRAPPER with WHITE LETTERING to upper panel, (dw: not price clipped (2/6), slightly faded on spine, very slightly worn at head and tail of spine and corners, 10 mm (½") split at foot of upper fold, neatly repaired). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Loughborough, Wills & Hepworth, Ladybird series 536, (1956).. EARLY EDITION circa 1956, dated from catalogue at rear, 3 titles only on rear inner flap, small 8vo, 180 x 118 mm, 7 x 4¾ inches, pale grey textured boards lettered and illustrated brown, pale brown open wing ladybird patterned endpapers, open wing ladybird opposite title page, 53 pages including 1 page list of other series. Vignette to title page and 24 full page coloured illustrations by Allen W. Seaby, facing factual text, some vignettes in the text. No inscriptions, a Fine clean crisp copy in very good DUSTWRAPPER with WHITE LETTERING to upper panel (dw: not price clipped (2/6), slightly rubbed at head and tail of spine and corners, tiny nick at head of spine, upper fold has some loss of colour due to erosion (see image 1), lower panel slightly grubby). First published in the same format in (1954). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, D. Browne, S. Chapman, 1726.. THREE PARTS, all published (the libraries listed in Library Hub Discover and ESTC only list 3 parts), translated from the French of Mademoiselle Villedieu, 1726. 8vo, approximately 195 x 125 mm, 8 x 5 inches, pages: [4], 1-235, [1], bound in full old sheep, no lettering or label, gilt rules to edges of covers, headpiece to each chapter and tailpiece to first chapter. Binding rubbed and scuffed, slight scrape to lower cover, shelf wear to edges and corners, pale age-browning to pastedowns and endpapers, neat old ink name of previous owner to first pastedown, top margin of title page and 3 other margins, otherwise a very good copy. ESTC T154014. 3 copies listed in the UK libraries and 6 in USA. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.