Search Results: Titles starting with V from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

N.p.: BookSurge Publishing, 2005. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo. 244 pages. Soft cover bound in white wrappers. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within.

Netherlands: Mog Heeres Staaten van Holland, 1753. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo. 467 pages. This is volume 9 ONLY. Hardcover quarter bound in red leather with brown paper covered boards. Binding is rubbed, spine has some vertical cracking. Prior owner's name label on front pastedown. The text is quite clean and has ample margins. Edges of the text block appears to be untrimmed. It looks like the title page mentions something about plates and/or maps, but there are no plates or maps in this work. We don't know if there is anything missing or if plates were to be in another volume. A rough translation of the title is: "Patriotic History: Containing the Histories of the United Netherlands, In particular that of Holland, From the Earliest Times: From the most credible writers... Ninth Part."

London: John Murray, 1941. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 359 pages. Hardcover bound in orange cloth. The binding shows rubbing and wear and some soiling from handling. Spine sunned and spotted. Inner hinges are secure, and the text is generally clean.

USA: Bookcrafters, 1995. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 211 pages, indexed. Softcover in brown wrappers. Binding has moderate scuffing, especially on rear cover. There is rubbing on the sides of the spine, which has worn away the brown color. Text is clean.

Chatanooga, Tennessee: Hudson Printing & Lithographing Co., 1987. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 12mo. 64 pages. Soft cover bound in white and blue wrappers. Light rubbing and wear to the binding, which is a little toned. There is some sticker residue and some foxing on the rear cover. A sound copy and clean within. Contains a few illustrations.

Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 359 pages, indexed. Hardcover in brown and white illustrated dust jacket, now in mylar. DJ has some damping at the lower fore corners of the jacket's front and rear panel and turn-ins. This does not appear to affect the book itself. A sound copy with clean text.

Zaragoza, Spain: Kassel Edition Reichenberger, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. 674 pages. Grey hardcover. Light wear to the binding; the corners are a little bumped. A sound copy with clean text. Text is in Spanish. Prior owner's signature on the front flyleaf.

Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton, 1969. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo. 161 pages. Trade paperback bound in brown and white wrappers. Moderate wear to the binding; the foot of the spine is a bit abraded or chipped. The interior is clean. INSCRIBED by Harry on the title page.

Gretna: Firebird Publishing Company, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 583 pages. Soft cover bound in creme colored wrappers. Light wear to the binding; the binding looks nearly new. Prior owner's signature and embossed blindstamp are on the front flyleaf. Text is clean.

Gretna: Firebird Press, 2000. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. 499; 583 pages, indexed. Softcovers in purple and yellow wrappers, respectively. A two volume set. Bindings have light scuffs/smudging. Text is clean.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1968. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 884 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in dark grey cloth. Moderate wear to the binding. The gutter between the half title and the title page is cracked with the muslin exposed. Signed by a prior owner on the front flyleaf. The text is clean.

Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. 179 pages. Softcover bound in stiff blue paper boards with white label pastedown on front cover. Rubbing on covers and wear around the edges. Spine shows rubbing. A bookplate inside the front cover says 'Presented by Eastern National Park and Monument Association'. Text is toned but sound.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1839. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 110 pages. Hardcover bound in original brown embossed publisher's cloth. The binding is rubbed and worn but sound. Inner hinges are secure. Endpapers are quite foxed. The fore edge has some browning in the center page, and there is an old smeared brown spot on pages 21/22 with some off-setting on the facing pages.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966, 1966. Soft cover. Very Good. Very Good. Small 4to. 63 pages. Softcover bound in beige pictorial wrappers with lettering in green. Covers are lightly rubbed with slight edgewear. Contents are clean and bright. Illustrated throughout with black & white photos showing a variety of fabrics, design, and clothing.

Zurich, Switzerland: Offsetdruck Gotz AG, Geroldswil, 1990. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. 140 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a black pictorial dust jacket. The jacket shows light rubbing and some spotting. Illustrated throughout. Text is in German.

Athens: Ekdotike Athenon S. A., 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. 244 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a blue dust jacket. Light wear to the jacket. Book has prior owner's signature and embossed blind stamp on the front flyleaf, else sound and clean.

Montpelier, VT: Vermont Historical Society, 1971. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. 317 pages, indexed. Soft cover bound in green wrappers. Minimal wear to the binding. A nice, clean copy. This is not an illustrated book with images of the maps listed. There are a few mostly blank outline maps of the state at the rear for the purposes of showing where specific quadrangles are located, but there are no historical map images.

N. P. : Vermont Commission to the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition, 1907. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo, 80 pages. Softcover in green wrappers. Binding has light wear. There is some wrinkling of rear cover, small bends at corners. A few damp stains on front cover. Text is lightly foxed. Illustrations throughout.

Meriden, Connecticut, 1952. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 49 pages. Hardcover bound in pale green cloth over boards with a paper label on the front cover. Light wear to the binding; clean within.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1961. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Reisie Lonette. 12mo. 24 pages. A small book measuring 7 1/2 inches tall by about 5 1/4 inches wide. Hardcover with a grey and green pictorial dust jacket, which is not price-clipped. The jacket shows moderate rubbing and wear, and the jacket spine is a bit tanned. There is some browning and foxing on the front and rear paste downs as well as in the gutters. The fore edge of the text block is a little foxed, but the interior of the book itself is clean. Illustrated with several charming drawings. Bernice Kelly Harris (1891-1973) was born in rural eastern Wake County, North Carolina and grew up among farmers. As a youth she absorbed the rural lifestyle of independent folk, baseball games, pig pickin's, Saturday night parties, and Baptist churching. She went to Meredith College in Raleigh and studied at the University of… Read More