Search Results: Authors starting with V from Rooke Books

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1966. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 11" by 8.5". Not Stated. A very smart first edition of this illustrated study into the architecture of Italy between 1750 and 1914. First edition. Illustrated with two hundred and sixty-six images. A definitive survey of Italian architecture between the year 1750 and 1914, becoming an essay on the art of the architect and the historical context of the country. With specific reference to the emergence of the new style as well as the eclectic. Written by Carroll L. V. Meeks, an American architectural historian of seventeenth to nineteenth century European architecture and professor at Tale University. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with the odd small mark to the joints. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light shelf wear and the odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine

London: Andre Deutsch, 1979. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8" by 5". None. A first edition of this novel by E V Cunningham. E V Cunningham was a pseudonym of American novelist and television writer Howard Fast. This is one of a series of novels known as the Masao Masuto mysteries. In a red cloth binding in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Minor shelfwear to the boards. Dustwrapper with just some wear to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine

London: Methuen and Co, 1925. First edition. Hardback. Very Good. 9" by 7". E H Shepard. A collection of poetry for children by E V Lucas. With illustrations by popular artist, E H Shepard. Shepard is best known for his illustrations of A A Milne's 'Winnie the Pooh' as well as Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows'. Edward Verall Lucas was an English polymath. He wrote essays, plays, biographies, novels, short stories and poetry. He was a notable contributor of 'Punch' magazine, having joined the staff in 1904 and remaining until the end of his life. In the original quarter cloth binding with pictorial boards. Externally, bumped and rubbed to the extremities. Boards have faaded, with a few spots and marks. Loss to the spine label which is age-toned. Offsetting to front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with just the odd spots. Very Good

London : Iliffe & Sons, c1915 . Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 5". None. A fourth edition copy of this guide for motor car faults. A fourth edition copy of Faults and How to Find Them Motor Car Failures and Their Remedies Fully Explained by J. S. V. Bickford. This volume contains a list of one hundred and fifty faults and their symptoms and remedies.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some marks to the boards and spine and rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good

London: Sifton Praed & Co, 1924. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. An uncommon first edition of this detailed work on engineering and Imperial communications, illustrated with fourteen folding plates. The first edition of this work. A fascinating engineering work, discussing Imperial Communications. The author outlies the various problems in language, for non-technical readers, originally intended to be read by students.Illustrated with fourteen folding plates.Collated, complete.Written by Major A. V. T. Wakely of the Royal Engineers. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Minor marks to the boards and spine, with a heavier mark to the spine and to the front board. A little bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd light spot. Small clsoed tear to the bottom of plate VIII. Very Good

London: A Strahan, 1827. Leather. Good. 6" by 9". None. A collection of legal cases. White paper spine and corners with brown paper covered boards. This is volume V only and contains the Cases of Hilary, Easter, and Trinity Terms, in the 6th & 7th Years of Geo. IV. 1826. There is also a list of Judges during the period of these reports, and a Table of the Names of the Cases Reported in the Volume. In a half vellum paper binding with paper covered boards. The binding is loose and front inner hinge and spine are holding to the main text by the cords only, which are very fine and may detach in the post. The rear inner hinge is holding firm to the text block. There is some wear to the extremities including bumping to the top of the spine and the corners. The paper on the spine has split down the centre on the bottom half and across so it is hanging free of the spine and there is no spine label present. The brown paper is chipped around the edges and ripped with a small amount of loss along the… Read More

Manchester: George Falkner, 1888. First edition. Hardback. Very Good. 9" by 5.5". Francis Vacher. A first edition of 'Engravers and Engraving', by Francis Vacher. First delivered as an Inaugural Address by the author at the commencement of the thirty-first session of the Birkenhead Literary and Scientific Society. This work includes 5 plates that depict engravings, which were initially on exhibition for the public, and were used to illustrate the author's Address. End papers and pastedown decorated with an attractive pattern of small flowers. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. In a stiff card binding with thick paper wrap affixed. Externally sound. Boards are a trifle rubbed. Handling marks to wrap. End papers and pastedown decorated with small flowers. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with just the occasional spot. Very Good

Strasbourg: A. et F. Kahn Editeurs, 1928. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5.5". Not Stated. An index and description of relics of Napoleon I preserved at the Musee de L'Armee, including biographical information, with sixteen pages of illustrations to the rear. First Edition, scarce. Illustrated with sixteen pages of full-page illustrations to the rear, as well as numerous in-text illustrations. This is an index of authentic relics associated with Napoleon I that are preserved at the Musee d L'Armee. They are arranged in alphabetical order with a supporting index to the front of text. Notable artifacts include a travelling desk, a piece of Napoleon's coffin, letters, a saddle, pistols, and snuff-boxes.Compiled by J. Vacquier, with the intent of allowing the reader to form his own opinions, 'not only with regard to the authenticity of the Souvenirs of Napoleon I, but also concerning the Emperor himself'. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, very… Read More

London : Grosvenor Vadehra, 2006. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 11" by 8.5". None. A scarce first edition study of modern Indian art. The piece looks at the works of M F Hussain, S H Raza, Ram Kumar, V S Gaitonde, F N Souza, Tyed Mehta and Akbar Padamsee. Numerous colour illustrated plates and illustrations throughout with details of the artists influences and history. In a paper binding with original dustwrapper. Externally, excellent with just minor shelfwear as head and tail of spine are lightly bumped. Dustwrapper is sound with some rubbing to edges of boards and corners. Internally, firmly bound with pages bright and clean. Fine

Copenhagen; London: A. A. Reitzel; Humphrey Milford , 1928. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 11" by 7" . Not Stated . The first edition, first impression of this scarce volume concerning the discovery and early exploration of Greenland, in the original wraps. The first edition, first impression of this account of the discovery and early exploration of Greenland, published by the commission for the direction of the geological and geographical investigation in Greenland. Volume I of three, complete in itself. The other two volumes were published after between 1928 and 1929. A scarce copy. With half title. Comprising fourteen articles by various contributors, including Louis Bobe, F H Trap, and C H Ostenfeld among others. Dealing with early exploration of the land, scientific investigations, cartography, geography, physiology, climate, flora, fauna, and more. Illustrated in text throughout. In the original publisher's wraps. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally sound with some… Read More

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1936. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good Only. 9.5" by 6". Dudley Vaill Talcott. A beautifully illustrated work describing the author's adventures on the Norkap II in the Arctic, with his own illustrations and a scarce original dust wrapper. This autobiographical account blends travelogue and artistic description. Written by a young artist inspired by time spent in the Arctic Circle upon his vessel sealing, hunting bears and musk-ox, and fishing.With the scarce original dust wrapper. Dudley Talcott was an American sculptor and author. He lived in Norway for some six years and produced a great deal of work, including two books, during this time. With a contemporary ownership inscription stating 'Noel_ _, Evesham - London! August 1941'.The first edition of this work, which is illustrated with maps, drawings and photographs throughout. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally generally smart; spine has a small tear… Read More

London : The 'Leisure House' Library Office , c1908. Paperback. Good. 8.5" by 6.5". M. E. Edwards. A scarce copy of More About Peggy by Mrs George de Horne Vaizey. A scarce copy of this novel, More About Peggy by Mrs George de Horne Vaizey. Mrs George de Horne Vaizey was the pen name for Jessie Bell, an English writer born in Liverpool. With illustrations by M. E. Edwards, with four plates. Collated, complete. With adverts to the front and rear of the volume. In the original paper wraps. Externally, smart with some fading to the spine and chipping to the tail of the spine. Some marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good

London: Religious Tract Society, 1915. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A first edition novel by Jessie Belll, illustrated with a frontispiece. Written under the pseudonym of her married name Mrs George de Horne Vaizey. Bell was also known as Jessie Mansergh. The author was known for using her own experiences in her books. She used situations in her early life in a large family, her own illnesses and her first husband's addictions and death. This work is undated. dated using Copac. In original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart with bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Boards are slightly faded. Patches of light rubbing to the extremities and joints. Prior owner's inscription to the recto of front endpaper, Pamela Gillett. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Occasional spots to pages and foredge. Very Good

London : The Religious Society, c1912. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5". None. An illustrated novel with frontispiece Illustrated with seven full page plates. Jessie Bell (1857 – 23 January 1917), later Jessie Mansergh, was an English writer born in Liverpool, who wrote under her married name Mrs George de Horne Vaizey. As her biography at Athelstane Books notes, "She often used her own varied experiences in her books. She used situations from her early life in a large family, her first husband"s addiction and death, and her own illnesses in her novels." De Horne Vaizey's daughter Gwyneth, nicknamed Kit, was the inspiration for the character Kitty in her 1902 work "A Houseful of Girls". The author mentions that Gwyneth really did share lessons with a family of five sisters, who "in many ways were like the hook Rendells. Chrystabel is as like as I could make her and they all talk In that funny way, emphasising every second or third word." In a pictorical cloth binding.… Read More

Milano: Libreria Editrice Galli di Chiese & Guindani, 1889. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 5". None. A scarce second edition of this scarce romantic Italian novel by Ugo Valcarenghi, in the original Italian. The second edition of this work. A scarce work. In the original Italian. In a signed binding by Harrison. A romantic novel by Ugo Valcarenghi. This was Valcarenghi's last novel. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards, in a signed binding by Harrison. Externally, generally smart. Some light loss of leather to the boards. Minor marks to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with the odd spot. Very Good

London: John Long Limited, 1953. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". None. A scarce first edition of this autobiography detailing a Navy veteran's time in Palestine in the 1920s. Illustrated throughout. A first edition of this scarce work, in the very scarce original dust wrapper, present here clipped but retaining price. Illustrated throughout with twenty six photographs. Collated, complete. This is the third autobiography from Douglas Valder Duff, a British merchant seaman, Royal Navy officer, Palestine police officer, and author of over one hundred books, including memoirs and books for children. This work tells of Duff's time in the holy land.Duff served in the Merchant Navy during World War I, and survived being torpedoed on two occasions. He later rescued White Russian refugees from the Black Sea, spent time as an apprentice monk, served as a 'Black and Tan' during the counter-insurgency in Ireland, and joined the Palestine Police. After further naval service in World… Read More

High Wycombe; Los Angeles: And Other Stories; Hay Festival of Literature & the Arts Ltd. , 2016. Paperback. Fine. 8" by 5". None. A collection of original short stories written by twelve contemporary international authors, signed by ten. Introduced by Salman Rushdie. A very pleasing copy of Lunatics, Lovers and Poets: Twelve Stories after Cervantes and Shakespeare. Edited by Daniel Hahn and Margarita Valencia, and introduced by popular author Salman Rushdie, this anthology of short stories was put together to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the deaths of Miguel De Cervantes and William Shakespeare. It includes previously unpublished works by twelve contemporary international authors. Six English-speaking authors have taken inspiration from Cervantes and his work, while six Spanish-language authors have written stories inspired by Shakespeare.This copy includes the signatures of Salman Rushdie, Ben Okri, Kamila Shamsie, Yuri Herrera, Marcos Giralt Torrente, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Vicente… Read More

Santa Barbara : Bradford Morrow , 1980. First edition. Paperback. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6". Not Stated . An extensive catalogue of Harry Valentine's collection of on Steinbeck's books and manuscripts, with many photographs to illustrate it. The first edition. A delightful catalogue of the magnificent collection of John Steinbeck's books and manuscripts collected by Harry Valentine. Compiled by Bradford Morrow. The first edition, one of the two thousand and five hundred copies printed on Linweave Text and bound in wrapper. Issued at the same time as a limited edition of two hundred and fifty copies bound in boards.  This volume catalogues a large number of unpublished books, first drafts, correspondences, manuscripts, and much more by the popular American author John Steinbeck, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962, giving an all-round understanding of the author's work and personal life and character. Illustrated with many photographs of the collection in text throughout. In the… Read More

London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1988-91. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8" by 5. None. Fine first editions of two thrilling Gollancz Crime works, a novel and a short story collection by Janwillem van de Wetering and Deborah Valentine. The first edition of these works.In the original unclipped dustwrappers.'The Sergeant's Cat', published in 1988, written by Janwillem van de Wetering. A collection of short stories revolving around the Amsterdam Police department. 'Fine Distinctions', published in 1991, written by Deborah Valentine. An Irish mystery novel. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, fine, with a very few light spots to the fore edge of 'The Sergeant's Cat'. Dustwrappers with a few light spots. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine

London: Frederick Warne and Co., c1870. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. An amusing first edition collection of games for children and their families to play at gatherings, published in the late nineteenth century and written by Mrs. Valentine. First Edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated with numerous in-text illustrations throughout the text.This is a wonderful collection of games for children and their families to play at parties. This volume is intended to supply guest with 'a selection of the time-honoured amusements of our forefathers', including new games of the day and activities for 'elder members of the family' to join in with too.Written by Mrs. Valentine, otherwise known as Laura Valentine (1814-1899), who was a Victorian English writer. She was primarily known for her children's literature.Thirty-two pages of publisher's adverts to rear of text.Undated, so dated off of Jisc using similar copies held at libraries at the University of Oxford… Read More