Search Results: Titles starting with V from Sue Lloyd-Davies Books

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 0297002155 . FINEBlack boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publishers pictorial dustjacket. There is some minor creasing/slight paper loss to the top and bottom of the dustjacket spine, and a neat closed tear. The d/j is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks VG. The page fore-edges have slight foxing (light tan spots). The top edge is red. Internally Map endpapers. NO Inscriptions or other Marks. (xix) + 348 pp. Illustrated with 24 b/w illustrations, many 2 or more illustrations per plate, and 4 b/w maps. Eight Appendices; Source Notes; Bibliography; Index. Overall, apart fom the minor 'faults', as detailed above, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright, 'Near Fine' copy. " Colonel Barker paints a detailed and vigorous account of the Crimean campaigns. He points up the virtues and defects of the… Read More

GILL AND MACMILLAN, 1980. 1980. Hardcover. 0717110834 . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Ex-Library Usual Stamps Marks.; 48800 .

COLLINS PUBLISHERS 1954 H/B. 1954. Hardcover. GOOD EXLIB LABEL & STAMPS E/PS DISCOLOURED BOXJI; 9372 .

PELICAN BOOKS A432/PENGUIN 1958 1ST EDIT P/B. Paperback. GOOD SOME DISCOLOURATION TO PAGES BOXCT1; 9740 .

LONDON: THE BRITISH VIAVI CO. 1905. Hardcover. CLOTH BOUND BOARDS. Good plus/very Good. First Edition. 8vo Thick. ADVERTISING BOOK FOR VIAVI SYSTEM - CURE ALL. PAGES BROWNING.; 60461 .

LONDON: COLLINS. 1981. Hardcover. 0004118545 . Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Edn. OBLONG 8VO. FRONTISPIECE. INCLUDES INFORMATION ON THE NORTH COUNTRY, THE MIDLANDS, EAST ANGLIS, THE HOME COUNTIES, THE SOUTH COAST AND THE WEST COUNTRY. FULLY ILLUSTRATED. A VARIETY OF HISTORICAL SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.; 60851 .

NEWTON ABBOT: David & Charles. 1971. Paperback. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 7" - 9" Tall. INDEX. ILLUS. Colour frontispiece and copious illustrations. Fascinating and great fun. Includes entertainment at home, the pleasure gardens, music halls, holidays, play and pantomime, the Great Exhibition and much more.; 60423 .

BT BATSFORD 1971 H/B. 1971. Hardcover. 0713401184 . GOOD D/W GOOD EXLIBRIS USUAL STAMPS MARKS & ATTACHMENTS OCCASIONAL GRUBBY MARK & STAIN BOXDF; 7891 .

LONDON: Cassell. 1969. Hardcover. 0304934747 . CLOTH BOUND BOARDS. Good plus/very Good/Good. First Edition. Ex-Lib Usual Stamps and Marks. 8vo. AN ANTHOLOGY EDITED AND SELECTED BY G. B. KAUVAR AND G. C. SORENSEN. WITH A PREFACE BY JANE FAWCETT. 375pp.; 60295 .

Basel,: Galerie Triebold,. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 1993. First Edition. Paperback. An AS NEW Exhibition Catalogue SIGNED by the Artist. With prefaces in Italian and German by Achille Bonito Oliva, but most of the catalogue is Pictorial. Small format with card wraps and flaps. 48 pp. Illustrated throughout in b/w and colour. SIGNED on the title page by the Artist = Darya Von Berner, Walles, 22 08 94 (or 99? ) Serbolov Palos. This copy came from the library of the late Artist Arthur Giardelli who made his home in Pembrokeshire Wales, and I assume from the Wales note that it was signed there on a visit. ALSO INCLUDED is a good b/w photocopy of an article from Samstag (1993) in German about this particular exhibition. A Special 'As New' copy - with added extras. See Images. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Signed by Artist .

LONDON: Phaidon. 1999. Hardcover. 0714838403 . Hardback. As New/As New. 1st Edition (uk). 24mo - over 5" - 7" Tall. FIRST FRENCH EDT WAS 1955. INTRODUCTION BY PETER HAMILTON. TRANSLATION BY LIZ HERON. PHOTOGRAPHS AND ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHERS TEXT GEORGE RODGER ESTATE.; 60380 .

LONDON: ROBERT HALE LTD. 1978. Hardcover. CLOTH BOUND BOARDS with Gilt. Good plus/very Good. 1st Edition (uk). 8vo. 184 PP. ILLUSTRATED. FIRST UK EDITION. Discusses the state of virginity in life and in legend, from fertility cults to the good American girl next door. Accompanied by illustrations and photographs. 184 pp. The author traces the Virgin from her origins in the fertility cults of the ancient Near East through her heyday in medieval times, her renaissance in the Victorian era, to her near-extinction today.; 60493 .

CLARENDON PRESS 1933 1ST EDIT H/B. Hardcover. V GOOD EXLIB BLIND STAMPS & LABEL FBL; 9222 .

Paris: Unknown. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1823. Unknown - Possibly 1st. Map. One of Aristide Michel Perrots' charming and decorative French departement maps / cartes Françaises departemental. An original hand-coloured antique engraving, no date shown but printed circa 1823, and set in an elaborate carouche in which Perrot displays the produce and crafts, etc, of the area. Hand-colouring is contemporary and later. In a plain brown mount and ready to frame. Cartographer is A. M. Perrot, and engraved by Blanchard. A most attractive and decorative engraving of a map of the Vosges Area - featuring the City of Epinal, including Marecourt, Neufchateau, etc, France. Some pale spotting to the blank margins , but overall an Excellent deep and very clean image. See Image. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall .

A Paris: chez Basset, rue St Jacques 64,. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1800. Unknown. Softcover. Hand coloured engraving. Image VG - blank margins have a some faults. NO date, but possibly between 1780/1840? , likely a later impression of a late 18th Century print? . Light printing impression surrounding the print. 'Sarasin P.' on the left hand side (the Artist) , under the image, and 'la chaussee Sculp', on the right hand side. Additional printed caption "VUE DES CÔTES D'ECOSSE" inverted (mirror image) on the upper margin. Paper very lightly marked, and quite creased and 'rolled', to the edges, with some closed tears - no loss (neatly repaired with archive tape to the reverse) , to those broad blank margins, otherwise a very good engraving. This interesting view of the coast prepared for a 'peep box' represents a mountainous and stormy sea shore in, (apparently) Scotland. A small village is shown on the shore, and near the top of the… Read More

A Paris: chez Basset, rue St Jacques 64,. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1840. Unknown. Softcover. Hand coloured engraving. Image VG - blank margins have a some faults. NO date, but possibly between around 1840? , and given the 'Dembour et Gangel' note on the print (see later) likely a later impression of a late 18th Century print? . Additional printed caption "VUE DU CHATEAU DE St CLOUD PRES DE PARIS" inverted (mirror image) on the upper margin. Paper very lightly marked, and quite creased and 'rolled', to the edges, with quite a lot of closed tears - no loss (neatly repaired with archive tape to the reverse) , to those broad blank margins, otherwise a very good engraving. This interesting prospective view most likely prepared for a 'peep box'. "Vue Optique", (Vue d'Optique) or perspective view/optical view refers to a genre of etching popular during the second half of the 18th century and well into the 19th. Such 'Vues' were… Read More

London: Piccadilly Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 0946826803 . In protective plastic cover. Illustrated title page. Illustrated. Delightful collection of stories and poems, you can meet a varied selection of teddy bear characters, like the vain teddy who wanted a pink cap and the bear who was buried in Pip's back garden etc.; 000912; 8vo Square .

Wales: Gomer Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Paperback. 0850888409 . In the original publisher's glossy card covers. 56pp. 'Of the 40 poems included, 24 have not appeared in personal volume form.' 8 pieces from volumes which are long out of print have been rewritten and lengthened. Some Welsh text. NO INSCRIPTIONS OR MARKS. CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. ; 003244; 8vo (small) .

London: Everest Books Ltd. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0903925494 . Pictorial dustwrap, price clipped, 3 small tears to top edge. Blue boards, bright gilt titling to spine, clean. Previous owners Name/writing on rear pastedown. 248pp. CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. 'With pages of sensational photographs.' "Was he The Great Lover off screen as well as on? Which of the shocking rumors about his sex life were true? What was his part in the headline-making murder trial of fiery socialite Bianca de Saulles? What really happened in his two extraordinary marriages?"; 003875; 8vo .

London: Blackie and Son. Good in Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Pictorial dustwrap, price clipped, torn and chipped at edges. Front flap of d/w states that Keith Bryant is the illustrator, but title page states that it is W E Wightman. Black and white frontis, detached. No date, (c1920's) Red binding with black print and art deco decorative front board and spine. Extremities rubbed, corners and head/tail of spine bumped. No stains or marks, clean and bright. NO INSCRIPTIONS. Very slight foxing. 256pp. CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT; 003522; 8vo Thick .