Search Results: Titles starting with V from About Books

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1988. Clean, square, tight copy. Previous owner's name in 2 places. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bound in the original dark red pictorial boards. Sharp corners. First printing, with complete number row (10 987654321) on copyright page. Illustrations. Comprehensive 26-page bibliography. Index. From the rear cover: "This book gives readers a cohesive and cross-disciplinary study of applicational, algorithmic, architectural, and technological aspects of VLSI array processors.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition./No Dust Jacket.. xviii, 667pp. .

New York;: Academic Press, 1981. A bright, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp but for a paperclip mark on a couple pages. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with figures and a few microphotographs. Tables. Graphs. Bibliographical references. Index. Bound in the original bright green cloth, lettered in gold over blue panels on the spine and front cover. First printing, with complete number row (987654321) on the copyright page. . First Printing of the First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition./No jacket.. 8vo. xvi, 333pp..

New York: IEEE Press / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1988. Appears unread. Near Fine condition. Mild EX-LIBRARY, stamped "WITHDRAWN" on endpapers. No pocket. No library markings on the spine or covers. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, and tight. Illustrated throughout with wire diagrams, figures, equations, flow charts, and photos. Bibliographical References. Index. IEEE Order Number: PC02386-6. Glossy laminated boards. Keywords: Acoustics. Speech. Signal Processing.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine EX-LIBRARY/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. xi, 536pp.

Haverhill, Mass: Destiny Publishers, 1947. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the half title page. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($3.00). The jacket is bright and shiny with a few short closed tears to its rear panel. It is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NOT a library discard. Sharp corners. The first few pages have a paperclip impression. All other pages are crisp, clean and unmarked -- probably never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Subtitle: "Being an Account of My Stay at the German Rest Camp for Tired Allied Airmen at Beautiful Barth-on-the-Baltic." Autobiography of an American POW in WWII. Illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. Endpapers feature maps of the author's 401st Bombardment Group's missions over Europe, and of the German Stalag where he was imprisoned after being captured after bailing out from 27.000 feet into enemy territory. Bound in the original gray cloth,… Read More

Action Potential Holdings Inc, 2017. BRAND NEW and unread. PERFECT CONDITION. Flat spine. NO chips, tears, creases, rubbing or fading. Sharp corners. Square and tight. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Transcripts book only. Bound in the original white wraps with red and gray lettering and photos of numerous people on the front cover.. 2017 edition. Softcover. New. 370 pages. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1965. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated throughout with line drawings and photos. Original gray cloth with spine lettering in blue and black. . Second printing of the 1963 original. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xii, 532pp .

New York: Privately Printed, 1940. A clean, square, tight, copy. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are unmarked. Bound in the original bluish-green cloth, gilt-decorated, with a lovely color photo on the front cover. Slipcase in matching cloth. Limited to 550 copies. Printed by William E. Rudge's Sons, December 1940. One in a annual series of books, sent to friends of the author as a Christmas greeting. This one includes: CHAMPIONS OF FREEDOM, AN EXHIBIT CONCERNING INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, with 12 brief essays by Sinderen, well-illustrated with important prints, documents, and title pages from old books (most 16th and 17th century); e.g. Patriot Zwingli of Switzerland; Galileo faces the inquisition; Doctor Servetus of Spain; John Calvin of France; Pope Leo excommunicates Luther; Milton demands a free press; etc. Also included is a photo-essay of natural wonders, in beautiful full-color, mostly of views from national parks of the American West (Geysers in Yellowstone; Cliff dwellings of… Read More

Las Vegas, Nevada: The Arts Factory, 2009. Appears unread. Fine condition. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Spring 2009. Poems, short stories, and photographs/artworks, most in beautiful full color. Bound in the original charcoal gray pictorial wraps, stamped with the image of a tree in glossy midnight black, with silver shadows. Square softcover. 9.25" wide by 9.25" tall.. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Softcover. Fine condition. 122pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Budapest, [Hungary]: Europa Könyvkiadó , 1987. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. The jacket is bright and shiny. No chips. No tears. No creases. A clean, square copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. I. Kötet. Translated into Hungarian by Fenyves Katalin. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Bound in the original white cloth, lettered in bright red on the spine and front cover. Complete with dust jacket. 24 cm x 17 cm.. First Edition in Hungarian. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 459pp.

New Castle, Delaware / London: Oak Knoll Press / The British Library, 2004. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. 2004. First edition (so stated). Foreword by Nicolas Barker. Well illustrated with 125 black & white reproductions and 36 in full color. Includes a 145-page fully descriptive bibliography of Vale Press publications and ephemera, modeled on W. S. Peterson's BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE KELMSCOTT PRESS. List of ornaments. Three appendices. List of sources. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped brown cloth. From the dust jacket: "As a typographer, publisher, and wood engraver Charles Ricketts (1866-1931) was a versatile and innovative practitioner who exerted a powerful influence on the development of modern book design. THE VALE PRESS is the most extensive account of his quest to become 'a publisher in earnest.' Beginning with Ricketts's work as 'a designer of books and bindings' for Oscar… Read More

New York & London: Verso, 2009. Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket (light shelfwear). NO chips, tears or fading. NOT price clipped ($49.95 / £29.99). Square and tight. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 2009. First printing of the First Edition with complete number row (13579 10 8642) on the copyright page. Footnotes. Index. Bound in the original black-stamped pale yellow boards. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "A comprehensive analysis of the philosophy of the dialectic by the doyen of cultural criticism. After half a century exploring dialectical thought, renowned cultural critic Fredric Jameson presents a comprehensive study of a misunderstood yet vital strain in Western philosophy. The dialectic, the concept of the evolution of an idea through conflicts arising from its inherent contradictions, transformed two centuries of Western philosophy. To Hegel, who dominated nineteenth-century thought,… Read More

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., 1936. Clean, square, tight copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Tales of the adventures of mostly-forgotten explorers. Has 16 chapters: When China Discovered the West; The Extraordinary Tughlakh; The Author of ITINERARIO; The Man Before Magellan; Canadian Kelsey; The Irish Gringo; etc. Chronicles the early travels of the Portuguese and Spanish; pre-Hudson Bay Company exploration of the Canadian wilderness; pioneer Arctic and Antarctic explorers; establishment of a Utopia near Cape Horn; etc. Index. Bound in the original red cloth with gilt lettering. First printing, with the requisite (1) on the last page of text [See McBride. IDENTIFICATION OF FIRST EDITIONS]. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good condition./No Dust Jacket. 8vo. (x), 315pp..

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Fine condition in Very Good+ Dust Jacket. Not a book club edition. No remainder marks. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Pages are fresh and crisp. Illustrated with Dust Jacket art, endpaper drawings, and a title page vignette by John Allan Maxwell. Although the copyright date is 1946, this was not published as a book until 1950. "First Edition" is so stated on the copyright page. . First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Blue spine / tan cloth /DJ Not Price Clipped (1.25). Illus. by Maxwell, John Allan . 8vo. (iv), 124pp.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1959. Very Good EX-LIBRARY, with a pocket and a few internal ink stamps. No library markings on the cloth spine or cover. Square and tight. Good dust jacket (spine of jacket sunned). Not price clipped ($3.00). Original black cloth. Not a book club edition. Well illustrated with photos, drawings, and maps. From the Dust Jacket: "A vividly exciting, on-the-scene account of the most crucial winter of the American Revolution." Chapter notes. Four appendixes (mostly reports relating to the quartermaster / supply of provisions for the Continental troops). Bibliography. Index. Keywords: War of Independence. Military history. Revolutionary War.. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY/Good jacket. 8vo. 190pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Walker and Company, 1987. SCARCE Reinf. issue (see below). SIGNED by the AUTHOR (her signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). "Autographed Copy" sticker on the jacket's front panel. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Fine dust jacket. NO chips, tears, creases or fading. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Illustrated with a double page map. Bound in the original brown boards, stamped in bright gold. The jacket is priced ($15.85) and indicates this is the SCARCE "Reinf." issue (reinforced?) which has ISBN 0802767451. (The standard issue has different ISBN 0802767311). From the publisher: "Having traveled with her family all the way from Vermont to settle in California in the early 1850s, fourteen-year-old Luanna continues to grow and find new experiences in their pioneer community.". SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition.… Read More

New York: Stratford House, 1951. Very Good condition. Previous owner's name. Original black boards, a little discolored. Illustrated with maps, line drawings, and photos. Endpaper maps of North Union in 1874. "First Edition" is so stated. Story of the North Union Shaker community in Warrensville Township, Ohio, on the outskirts of Cleveland. Looks at the community's origins, evolution, and heritage from its opening in March, 1822, to its close in October, 1889. Has a section on the Prescott Manuscript. Includes profiles of Elders Kitchell, Houston, Spinning, Russell, and Root. Bibliography. Index. Richmond 2579. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. (viii), 247pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Stockholm: Saxon & Lindstroms Forlags, 1928. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Edges lightly rubbed. A handsome leather binding. Brown leather spine and corners over attractive, marbled boards. The spine has 6 raised bands and is elaborately gilt-decorated. No owner's name or bookplate. Frontispiece portrait of the author. A novel in Swedish. The writer, journalist, politician, and reformist August Blanche (1811-1868) was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Among his other books are Flickan I Stadsgården (1847), and Sonen Af Söder Och Nord (1851). . Reprint of the 1847 original. Hardcover. Very Good+ condition. 8vo. 398pp.

New York & Amsterdam: Plaza Art Auction Galleries, Inc., 1937. VG condition (light soil). Book auction catalogue offering 533 lots of "Sporting, Costume, Art, Law Books, Fine Bindings, Extra-Illustrated, Library Sets, First Editions, Colored Plates and General Literature." 6.5" wide by 10" tall. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Laid-in are two Western Union telegrams [from John W. Magan, and Annie Leonard] addressed to Captain and Mrs. John Wanamaker, Jr. wishing them a pleasant journey on a 1933 trip aboard the Italian steamer SS Conte Di Savoia.. First Edition. Softcover. VG condition (light soil)/No Dust Jacket. 49pp.

Waco, Texas: Baylor Briefs, 1997. Cover is in Very Good condition. Flat, uncreased spine. Bright and shiny. FINE inside. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Has much on the Lincoln / Douglas debates. Extensive annotated bibliography with 354 entries. Bound in the original gray pictorial wraps. Oversize Softcover. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. Will ship overseas for standard rate -- no extra charge. Fifth Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good - Fine condition/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. (iv), 208pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Bartonville, Illinois: AdLibs Publishing Co., 1988. 5.25" wide by 8.25" tall. Clean, square, unmarked copy. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Well illustrated with old shaving ads/prints and many photos. Keywords: Seibinology. Seibinologists. . Second Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good condition.. (viii), 203pp. .