Search Results: Authors starting with V from Pistil Books Online

Lanham, Maryland, U.S.A.: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1999. Ex Libris, 2nd. Ed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Ex-library book with usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean. 40 chapters, each on a aristocrat: Danny Alvin, Jimmy Andrews, Bill Challis, Doc Cheatham, Jim Cullum, Eddy Davis, Wild Bill Davison, Dolly Dawn, Vic Dickenson, Al Duffy, Pee Wee Erwin, Chuck Folds, Chris Griffin, Herb Hall, Major Holley, Jane Jarvis, George Masso, Johnny Mince, Chauncey Morhouse, Ray Noble, Fred Norman, et. al. 379 pages with b&w photos.

Umss, 2002. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Book shows only very slight use/very light shelfwear only. Interior/text is clean and unmarked in any way. 159 pages.

Israel: Astrolog Pub House, 2005. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1999. Oversize Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. XL. An excellent copy in as-new condition with straight spine, clean covers with sharp corners, spotless text with no marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows very light shelfwear. Comprehensive reference to more than 400 ornamental plants grown in Chinese gardens, their history and their place in art, literature, symbolism and everyday life. Beautiful volume covering a wide variety of plants.

San Francisco: V/Search, 1998. Oversize Paperback. Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding as new. 214 pages, plus catalog. 8 1/4""w x 11""h. B&W photos, band shots, dance moves throughout.

San Francisco: V/Search, 1998. Oversize Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's inscription inside. Small stain on bottom page ends. 214 pages, plus catalog. 8 1/4""w x 11""h.

Phidal, 1988. Oversize Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition in black cloth covers, gilt print on spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 44 full color, full page prints of the artist's work with accompanying descriptions in a separate section. Unpaginated, about 70 pages.

By Author, 1969. Staple Bound. Near Fine. Signed by Author. Large format staple bound comic style booklet with numerous short articles with b&w drawings: a collection of authentic tales and legends of America's historical west. Illustrated by drawings. 40 pages. Front cover has small chip at lower edge, otherwise Fine, creaseless with sharp corners. text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, Signed by author and ""me too"" Elaine Valentine on inside cover. Articles incluse wife who defied Brigham Young, Whyomin's lady cattle rustler, unsung heroes of the Golden Spike, the sad legend of Joe Hill, Utah red buried in the Kremlin, bloomer girls of Wyoming, the man Idaho couldn't kill... etc.

Nine Muses Press, 2001. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Signed by Author. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows very light wear only, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Inscribed at back with author photo. Illustrated with b&w photos and prints.

Otava Publishing Company Ltd., 1992. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. 159 pages.

London: Folio Society, 1966. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Cruikshank, George. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. No splicase. 240 pages. Engravings by George Cruikshank.

Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.: Greenwood Pub Group, 1976. Ex Library. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ex-library book with the ususal stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 283 pages, a few b&w photos, bio from 1822 to 1890 over 20 chapters with notes and index.

Grossman Publishers / Mushinsha, 1973. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Palmore, Tommy Dale. Book is in excellent condition with very light shelf wear to covers only, sunning to spine, a bit of corner wear, though they are still sharp. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind and contains many tipped-in b&w illustrations by Palmore, complete and all in excellent condition, including one of the author's head replicated from another portrait fronted by ostrich head, perhaps a statement of his common grimace. 213 pages. Marked ""First Edition"" on publisher's page.

Haynes, 1986. Ex Library. Oversize Hardback. Very Good. Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. From the reference shelves of the library, book shows very light wear only. A trivia book for 2CV owners and fans, 112 pages in large format of everything possible that could be done with the car. Chapters include The great mistake, The comic 2CV, A bird of passage (road trips -- including across Africa) The cultural 2CV, Rare birds and one-offs. Lots of color photos.

Netherlands: Media Boekprodukties, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Previous owner's inscription. Pictorial boards. 128 pages. Many photos.

London: Tate Publishing, 2017. Oversize Paperback. Near Fine. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light wear at corners of cover. 9 5/8""w x 11 3/4""h. 196 pages.

Princeton University Press, 2001. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book is brand new and in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind.

N Y.: Wiley-Interscience, 1998. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding.

Interior, South Dakota, U.S.A.: Badlands Natural History Assn, 1983. Trade Paperback. Very Good. No creases to covers or spine, corners lightly bumped, no marking of any kind to the text/interior. Lots of color photos. 112 pages.

Pocket Books / Simon & Schuster, 1978. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition with very light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. The glue in this perfect bound book is over 50 years old and is likely fragile. 221 pages, contents include: experiences in a Japanese Zen monatery, an American one, Monastic life, fellow seekers, counterculture, etc.