Search Results: Titles starting with V from Old Bookshelf

American Telephone & Telegraph Co., 1943. Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 30pp. Pictorial stapled wraps. Small corner crease, toning to contents. Promotional booklet extolling the usefulness of the telephone during World War II, illustrated throughout.

Portland, Maine: L.H. Nelson Co.. Soft cover. Good. Oblong 4to. Unpaginated 48pp. Tan stiff wraps, raised gilt lettering. Some faint spotting to cover, 2 short closed margin tears to title page, text is otherwise clean and binding is sound. Photo illustrations of landmark and historical sights of Buffalo.

Aberdeen: Aberdeen Daily Journal and Evening Express. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Oblong 8vo. 48pp. No date, but circa 1910. Red cloth, grey granite-like design paste-on to front cover. Moderate edgewear and light soil, endpapers toned,some splitting to front hinge but binding is tight and contents sound. Photos with descriptions of various sites in and around Aberdeen.

Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers, 1964. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. 81pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering. Exterior and interior are clean and sound. Dustjacket is mildly toned, unclipped, light edgewear. Inscribed and SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. Folksy discussion about the local post office in Southport, Connecticut by a former postmaster.

Paris: Albin Michel, 1950. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 394pp. Couverture souple. Text in French. Bon état, unopened. Illustrated cover protected by glassine jacket. Inscribed and signed on half-title page "Paule et Léon Vallas". Signé et inscrits par l'auteur.

Marseilles: Ville De Marseilles, 1957. Soft cover. Good. Unpaginated 62 pp. Text is in French. Cover is abraded and scuffed, spine has a small cut, contents are clean. INCLUDED is an Exposition Van Gogh Museé Cantini POSTER measuring 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (2 x 25cm), featuring a small print of a Van Gogh painting. Poster is mildly toned and is folded horizontilly for enclosure in the catalog.

London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd., 1926. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 230pp. Grey cloth, black backing. Light soil to boards, spine sunned, corners bumped, text age-toned, some pages still unopened. There is a a personal inscription on the front free endpaper : "Mitchell Kennerley from F.J. Harvey Darton All Saints Day 1928." A Limited Edition of 400 copies with a hand-colored frontispiece.

Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1906. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 121pp. Tan cloth, black lettering to cover and spine. Light soil, Alstead Historical Society stamp on front pastedown (smudged), small number stamp on title page, contents sound and binding is tight. Births, deaths and marriages to 1849.

Berlin: Stellvertretenden Generalstabes, 1918. Soft cover. Very Good. 143pp. Text in German. Lower half of spine chipped, mild fading to covers, text mildly toned, inscription dated and signed on reverse of title page, occasional pencilled notations. Profusely illustrated.

Paris: R. Le Franq, 1786. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 136pp. Three quarter vellum modern marbled binding. Book is in unworn, sound condition. Possibly a pirated edition published after the 2 volume edition published the same year. Howes C-324.

Rouen: Éduard Frère, Éditeur, 1836. Soft cover. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. xii, 146, viii pp. Blue printed wraps,engraved frontispiece, folding map. Cover is soiled and chipped and mostly intact, contents lightly foxed, string attachment still holding to lower spine. Quelques rousseurs, état.

London: J.P. Segg & Co.. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 63pp. No date but circa 1890. Green boards. gilt lettering to spine. Corners worn, binding shaken, title page loose, endpapers darkened, some light foxing on just a few pages, bookseller's label on front pastedown. Step-by-step instructions accompanied by in-text illustrations. An early work on the use of hard rubber for dental purposes.

Argentina: Ministerio de Éjercito, 1950. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. 20 láminas a color, 12 páginas descripción de las láminas en carpeta. La carpeta ésta sucia y rota a lo largo de los bordes, pero los illustraciones están en condiciones agradables. 20 color plates, 12 pages of descriptions in folder, in Spanish language. Folder is overall soiled and torn along edges, but the illustrations are in very nice condition. A very attractive set of beautifully executed military color illustrations.