Search Results: Titles starting with V from Adamstown Books

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1907. Book. Illus. by Hilda Cowham. Good Minus. Hardcover. Edition Unstated. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Children's fiction about a young British boy and his adventures set in the beginning of the 20th century.1st American Edition. J. B. Lippincott Co., 1907. Hardback - pictorial red cloth with gilt lettering. 292 pages w/ 10 b&w plates by Hilda Cowham. Condition: Good-; pages are bright with some scattered smudges and a few spots, mostly in the margins; no text marks, name on half-title; tearing to front endpapers. Plates are all intact and nice except for the last one with some creasing and some paper missing from bottom corner (margin only). Book edges have some soiling. Cover is basically clean with scuffing and rubbing. Edges have rubbing and chipping, corners have wear, spine has rubbing and some tearing to ends. Hinges are intact and binding is tight. .

Valley Forge PA: Valley Forge Historical Society, 1991. Journal. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This special issue commemorates the 50th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Includes narrative account of the attack, several articles on the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, and excerpts from President George H.W. Bush's speech. Book Condition : Very Good+; binding tight; text unmarked; slight curling to cover corners. First Day of Issue Kentucky (bicentennial) stamp and cancellation on front free end paper..

Littleton CO: Alpine, 1978., 1978. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed by Author on limitation page. Oversize hardcover, Limited Edition (#414/2,000), 256 pp. w/400+ b&w photos. Covers 100 years of Denver & Rio Grande railroading. Chapters on steamcars, narrow-gauge, luxury limiteds, Union Depot, and more. Book Condition : Good+; owner's info inside front cover, no other text marks; mild bumping to spine ends and corners; light stains to top outer cover corners. Dust Jacket Condition : Good; small tears and creases along edges and at corners; price unclipped..

Charlottesville VA : University of Virginia Press, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, 1st Edition, 201 pp. Reassesses Gaskell's ideology and feminism through the Victorian literary marketplace, arguing that her popular standing allowed her to express or suggest previously hidden or unconventional views. Part of UVA's Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Book Condition : Near Fine; unmarked. Dust Jacket Condition :Near Fine; shelf wear along top front edge..

Charlottesville VA: University of Virginia Press, 1992. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This work examines eight female Victorian poets : Felicia Hemens, L.E.L., Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, Augusta Webster, Michael Ford (nom de plume of Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper), Alice Meynell, and Charlotte Mew. Each poet has subchapters on various aspects of their life and work. First American Edition. Book Condition : Near Fine; no internal markings; slight scuffing and rubbing to covers; bump to left top rear corner. No dust jacket..

New York NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Presumed 1st Edition. Hardcover, 159 pp. w/ 58 b&w and 3 color plates. Following an introduction, 60 Victorian paintings are presented with descriptive and critical commentary on the facing page. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks; light toning around cover edges. Dust Jacket Condition : Good-; considerable creasing and small tears along edges; some soiling to back. This is an excellent survey of how Victorian artists, including the Pre-Raphaelites, portrayed, documented, and commented on Victorian life. Whether it was portraying scenes of daily life, the effect of industrialization, social mores, class life, and people on the fringes of society, Victorian artists left a remarkable body of work providing insight into their time period. .

New York NY: Garland, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). Probable First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by author on front free end paper : "To RDA, who is so well represented in this volume - With fond good wishes, Kris. February 1, 1991". Inscription was to Richard D. Altick, Ohio State University professor and the author's mentor. This volume is organized alphabetically by Victorian artist, and references the repository for each particular work listed, and the book(s) in which the work is reproduced. Book Condition : Near Fine; no internal markings; binding tight. No Dust jacket as issued..

Greenwich CT: New York Graphic Society, 1972. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st American Edition. Hardcover, 184 pp. w/12 color plates and 120 b&w illustrations. Traces the introduction of mass production techniques into ceramic tile design and distribution in Great Britain and America in the 19th century. Includes information on the role of Arts and Crafts pioneers such as William Morris and William De Morgan. Book Condition : Good; no text marks; slight bumping to spine ends; some spotting to (primarily top) text block. Dust Jacket Condition : Good-; multiple tears at front cover corners and spine ends; creasing to inner flaps..

Albany NY: State University of New York Press, 1993. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This work examines the symbol of the virgin in a variety of Victorian literary works : Frankenstein, The Woman in White, Dracula, Tess of the Durbervilles. It also examines virginity in the poetry of Coventry Patmore, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Christina Rossetti. Additionally commentary is provided on the social and sexual background of the Victorian period and links gender, discourse, the body, and language. Book Condition : Very Good; press stamp of former owner on title page; no other interior markings; very slight corner cover and edge wear..

New York NY: Moffat, Yard & Co., 1910. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. "Thus I began to write these papers with a definite end: ... I was to state temperately the bbeliefsof youth as opposed to the contentions of age, [and] to go over all the fields where the two differ..." -Stevenson's intro. Cameo edition. Green cloth with gilt lines, white embossed cameo image, top edge gilt, 224 pp. Frontis.- etched portrait by G. Mercier of R. L. Stevenson with tissue guard. Condition: Good; pages lightly toned, light wear to cover- on corner tips, spine ends, gilt intact, light smudging to cover's cameo image, sturdy binding, former owner's name inscribed inside..

Oxford, England: Oxford Publishing Co, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Oblong hardcover, 120 pp. B&w photos throughout, many full page. Photo essay seeks to portray the heritage and sometimes gritty reality of the Welsh rail lines born in the Industrial Revolution. Book Condition : Near Fine; light wear; no text marks. Dust Jacket Condition : Very Good; rubbing; small tear at bottom spine end; price unclipped..

Chadds Ford PA: Brandywine River Museum, 1993. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Catalog for1993 exhibit at the Brandywine River Museum. 46 b&w plates of lithographs and charcoal drawings, predominantly of rural scenes in Southeastern Pennsylvania, complemented by extensive introductory essay. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks, date stamp on front free end paper; very light cover wear..

Gettysburg PA: Gettysburg College, 2012. Book. Very Good. Softcover (Side-stapled). 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This is an exhibition catalog for Gettysburg College's Fall 2012 Exhibition "Visualizing War", part of the school's commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War. Curated by Civil War Institute fellows Natalie Sherif, Alexandra Ward, and Andrew Egbert, the exhibition examined perceptions of the American Civil War in the North and the evolution of its political, social, and militaristic visual representations through a wide range of objects ((maps, lithographs, stereo views, and sheet music) from the college's archives. 23 pp. w/12 color illustrations supplement a brief essay by each of the presenters on different aspects of wartime artistic portrayals. Foreword by Peter Carmichael. Also includes a copy of "The War 1861-1865 As Depicted in Prints by Currier and Ives". Text by Richard Harwell. Side-stapled oblong… Read More

New York NY: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1963. Book. Good. Hardcover. The Q.L.P. Art Series Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Q.L.P. Art Series. Translated from French. Critical survey of Maurice de Vlaminck's work details his influence in the Fauve movement. 96 pp.w/ over 80 b&w and color plates including several mounted to the page (such as one on the title page). Book Condition : Good; no text marks; light rubbing/fingerprint marks to covers; slight stain at top of rear illustrations index and rear free end paper; toning/darkening to spine and top cover edges. No Dust Jacket. .