Search Results: Titles starting with V from Cornish Books

London: Victoria and Albert Museum Very interesting articles, well Illustrated, mostly in Colour. Includes: Apsley House and the Battle of Waterloo Banquets; The Margaret de Foix Book of Hours; Theatre Models; The 17th Century Kitchen at Ham House; The Decoration of Japanese Export Lacquer; Saving Stained Glass; Looking at Doll's Houses; Painted Paper of Pekin, and much more. 400 Pages, 11 3/4" Tall. No inscriptions. One crease to Spine. Very slight edge wear. Weighs 1.6 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Book.

London: Harmsworth Brothers / Printed By Eyre & Spottiswoode. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good. Well illustrated account of Queen Victoria's Life and Reign, published soon after her death. The last Chapter gives a detailed account of her funeral. Frontis illustrated with a Colour portrait of Victoria aged 4. Many B&W Full-Page & In-Text illustrations, including many Portraits. Light Blue cloth cover with Black & Gilt Design of Armorial Bearings, Crowns etc on the front. Gilt Lettering on spine. Beveled edges. All page edges speckled Red. 396 Pages, 2.5 Kilos, 13" Tall. Slight edge wear. A little Gilt is missing from the central Crown on the front cover. No inscriptions except a tiny penciled note in bottom margin pf last page. Pages in very good, clean condition. Book weighs 2.5 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be extra. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

London: Macmillan & Co Limited, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition Reprinted May 1931. Blue cloth cover with Gilt lettering to front 7 spine. Slight wear at spine ends. No inscriptions except olf penciled price on free endpaper. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Century, 2005. Cloth. Fine/Very Good +. Biography of the Motorcycle Champion. Illustrated with Colour Photos. Blue cloth cover with Yellow Lettering to spine. 281 Pages, 570g, 9 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Very small bruise to jacket near front corner of spine. Not clipped Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Jacket. Illustrated with many Full Colour Plates. 12 1/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall

London: Victor Gollancz, 1981. Cloth. Very Good/Near Very Good. Browning, Christian (Photographs). Exquisite portrait of a wild and beautiful land". Enhanced with fine photographs taken by Daphne du Maurier's son. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. 9 3/4" Tall. Gift inscription on endpaper, mostly concealed by inner fold of jacket. Slight wear to jacket, clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Victor Gollancz, 1981. Cloth. Very Good/Near Very Good. Browning, Christian (Photographs). Exquisite portrait of a wild and beautiful land". Enhanced with fine photographs taken by Daphne du Maurier's son. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. 9 3/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Slight wear to jacket, clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1972. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Browning, Christian (Photographs). Exquisite portrait of a wild and beautiful land". Enhanced with fine photographs taken by Daphne du Maurier's Endpapers illustrated with maps of Cornwall. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. 208 Pages, 970g, 9 3/4" Tall. Gift inscription on reverse of ffep. No other inscriptions. Jacket clipped.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1969. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Browning, Christian (Photographs). Exquisite portrait of a wild and beautiful land". Enhanced with fine photographs taken by Daphne du Maurier's son. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. 9 3/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket not clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1981. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Browning, Christian (Photographs). Exquisite portrait of a wild and beautiful land". Enhanced with fine photographs taken by Daphne du Maurier's son. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. 208 Pages, 970g, 9 3/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Very slight edge wear to jacket, Not clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1981. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Browning, Christian (Photographs). Exquisite portrait of a wild and beautiful land". Enhanced with fine photographs taken by Daphne du Maurier's son. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. 9 3/4" Tall. Gift inscription on endpaper, Very slight edge wear to jacket, Not clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1979. Cloth. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. Browning, Christian (Photographs). Exquisite portrait of a wild and beautiful land". Enhanced with fine photographs taken by Daphne du Maurier's son. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. 209 Pages, 620g, 9 3/4" Tall, Gift inscription label on reverse of free endpaper. Slight edge wear to jacket which is a little curled at top edge. clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Hodder & Stoughton. First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Baumer, Lewis. A Lovely Edition, illustrated with 20 Tipped-In Colour Plates, protected by Captioned Tissue Guards. Colour Plates Engraved and Printed by Henry Ston & Son Ltd, Banbury. Grey/Green cloth cover with Vignette Paste-Down Colour illustration of Becky Sharp, frasmed with an Ornate Design in Gilt, on the front. Bright Gilt Lettering below. Gilt Lettering and small Gilt Silhouette of Becky on spine. Top page edges Gilt. Endpapers illustrated with 2 Portraits. Frontis has a Profile illustration of "Becky Sharp". Title Page illustrated with a Full-Length Colour Picture of Jos. 483 Pages, 1.8 Kilos, 11" Tall. Slight edge wear and a little fraying to cloth at spine corners. Hinges sound & Binding firm. No inscriptions except an old penciled price on back of ffep. Pages and Plates in very good, clean condition. Book weighs 1.8 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like… Read More

24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London: Walter Scott. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. From "The Oxford Library" series. Attractive Dark Blue cloth binding with Bright Gilt Lettering & Decoration to spine. Top Page Edges Gilt. 444 Pages + Publisher's adverts. Undated, circa late 1880s. 7 1/2" Tall, 540g. Slight edge wear, mainly at spine ends & tips of corners. A small patch of faded colour near top corner. Some browning to endpapers but only a few occasional spots of browning elsewhere. No inscriptions. ( Other Titles in The Oxford Library series in identical bindings available: The Old Curiosity Shop; Oliver Twist; Barnaby Rudge; Martin Chuzzlewit; Sketches by Boz; Last Days of Pompeii; Rienzi; The Last of the Barons; Ernest Maltravers; Paul Clifford; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Charles O'Malley; The Lamplighter; Scottish Chiefs; The Last of The Mohicans; The White Slave; Valentine Vox;; Colleen Bawn. I'm happy to give a quantity discount if you would… Read More

London: Macmillan & Co Limited, 1929. Full-Leather. Near Very Good. Thackeray, William Makepeace. With B&W illustrations by Thackeray. Frontis illus, "The Letter before Waterloo". Printed Title Page, dated 1929, followed by facsimilie 1847 title page with vignette illustration of a crowd. Attractive Maroon Full-Leather Prize Binding with Gilt School Badge on front. Gilt Title with Gilt Decoration above. Gilt Lettering & decoration to spine. Marbled endpapers. All page edges Gilt. 746 Pages, 625g, 7 1/2" Tall. Spine faded to light brown colour. Very small closed tear at top corner of spine ( 1/2" long ). Prize Label on Endpaper. No other inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall

London: George Bell & Sons, 1894. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Translated with Notes and Illustrations, chiefly selected from various commentators by Mrs Jonathan Foster." Complete Set of 6 Volumes comprising Vasari's great biographical work of the Master Artists of the Renaissance. English Text. Frontis of Vol. 1 has an engraved Portrait of Vasari. Burgundy cloth covers with blind stamped "Bohn's Libraries" on the fronts and Gilt Lettering and similar Logo on spines.Vol I, 511 Pages + Publisher's adverts; Vol II, (dated 1891) 508 Pages; Vol III (dated 1887) 526 Pages; Vol IV (dated 1891) 548 Pages; Vol V (dated 1892) 580 Pages; Vol VI (dated 1892) 305 Pages. Front hinge of Vol I a little cracked. Spines faded (see photos). Slight edge wear and a few small nicks to cloth at spine ends. (From the Library of Peter and Linda Murray, their Bookplate is on the front endpaper of each volume. Gift inscription dated 1896 on ffep of Vol I, no other inscriptions. Pages in… Read More

Well illustrated with Colour Photos and Reproductions.143 p.pages,930g, 11 1/4" tall.No inscriptions. Small blue mark on dedicatory page.Weighs over 1 Kilo packed so shipping Outside UK will be a little extra.

Flammarion, 2006. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 3 volume set, with Dustjackets in Original Illustrated Slipcase. Beautifully illustrated with many Colour Reproductions of Paintings & Photos. Each Volume has 160 Pages. 12 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Books seem unread. Weight 4.9 Kilos, so Shipping Outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you'd like more, pictures, information or a Shipping Quote. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

London: The Folio Society, 1980. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +/No Jacket. The History & Culture of Venice. Well Illustrated in Colour and B&W. Green cloth cover with gilt decoration at top & bottom of front & spine. Pictorial Endpapers. No inscriptions except a very lightly penciled price and stock no> on corner of endpaper.9 1/2" Tall. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

Stow-on-the-Wold: Church Street Gallery, 1994. Soft cover. Very Good. Gluck, David and Linfield, John. Published for the Exhibition "Venice in Peril." Booklet contains colour plates of Gluck and Linfields striking paintings. 8 1/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall