Search Results: Authors starting with V from BookMangos

London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1867. Paperback. Fair. One of the series of childrens stories written by the famous author Laura Valentine, this tells of adventures at the seaside with beautiful colour illustrations. Slim paperback book. Front cover is torn at the top and bottom and there is bumping rubbing and shelf wear. The pages are foxed and there is an inscription in the front from a father to his son xmas 1867. The spine is very worn. AB82

Dublin: Cahill and Co. ltd, 1970. Very Good. A wonderful book of irish childrens stories, written by the wife of the third president of Ireland, Eamon De Valera, No dustjacket, but nicely illustated hardcover. Some shelfwear, nice tight binding and clean pages. AB11

Greece: fotorama, 2003. Paperback. Very Good. A stunning book showing the greek diet. Illustrated with 160 original photos. Slight shelf wear. Very tight binding and clean pages, stunning pictures.Heavier book, so p&p will be adjusted accordingly. AB28

London: Hogath Press Ltd, 1977. First printing. Very Good/good. A cookery book with a difference that deals with the entire range of African food, from the barbecued antelope of the Bushman to the sophisticated pastries developed by the Cape Colonists., something that encompasses the whole history of the continent and its present predicaments, Clipped, shelf wear First Edition AB17

London: William Heinmann Ltd., 1953. First edition. Very Good/good. These are the memoirs of Consuelo Vanderbilt who married the ninth duke of marlborough in 1895. She was 18 years old and American. A very human story, as it was purely a marriage of duty to her parents. It was the most discussed and publicised marriage of the time. Blue boards with writing to spine. Dustjacket quite torn, and shelf wear. First Edition AB12

London: Frederick Warne, 1931. Good/good. What do I want to do with this garden? this book will help you decide and proceed. Hardcover, with bumping and rubbing. The top and bottom of the spine are torn.pages are foxed but the binding is tightDj not price clipped. some tears on the spine and the top and bottom.20 illustrations First Edition AB77

London: Isbister & Co. Ltd, 1895. Very Good +/very good +. This volume covers the Episcopal Palaces of Lambeth, Bishopthorpe, Fulham, Auckland Castle, Farnham Castle, Ely, Wells, Salisbury, Lincoln, Rose Castle and Norwich, with extensives descriptions and illustrations of each. The Publishers note that 'The scheme of the present volume was projected by the late Precentor Venables, who unhappily did not survive to finish the work for which he was so eminently qualified; but the portion of the task which was left undone has been happily completed by the hearty and sympathetic co-operation' of several others. Mylar cover;very heavy and large book; postage to be adjusted;gold embossed cover and spine.minor bumping.two owner bookplates.flyleaf foxed.clean pages and tight binding. First Edition AB72

New York: Scribners, 1950. Very Good/good. A leading authority has here written a book which will enormously enhance the layman's intelligent enjoyment of great painting from the time of Giotto to our own day. With 53 full page reproductions. Red cloth binding with Gold lettering to spine. Some shelf wear and Chipping to dust jacket. First Edition AB2

New York: Museum of modern art, 1966. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. This is a study in a series of occasional papers concerned with the theoretical background of modern architecture. quite dirty covers.some rubbing and bumping, but tight binding.This is a scarce book. AB74

England: Siena, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Good. The full story of the Third Reich at war, from the rise of the Nazi military machine in the 1930s through the years of the Second World War. on land, air and sea, until the final reckoning in 1945 Slight chipping to spine,and back cover, crease to bottom corner AB17

Netherlands: Rebo International, 2006. seventh edition. As New/near fine. AWritten especially for people who do not know much about chickens, but already keep some. The text and colourful pictures provide practical information on the feeding and care and breeding of chickens. not clipped, tight clean pages. slight chipping to bottom and top spine on dj, minor bumping to bottom right hand corner front dj. coloured photographs. First Edition AB19

London: Sandle Brothers Ltd, 1972. Good. The woodland story of pthe Pinnikin family of hedgehogs and their woodland friends clean;tear to top of spine;small split on front spine;translated from German AB33

Le Livre De Poche, 1977. Fourth edition. Paperback. Very Good. Jules Vernes famous novel in the french language Little shelf wear, red edging to pages AB3

London: Collins, 1955. First printing. Very Good/very good. English literature is notably rich in a type of book which falls into no convenient category - part journal, part autobiography, part novel, part reflection, wholly personal to the writer. This books is of this genre. The author's 'journey in various directions' starts before the last war at a Yeomanry camp in Somerset in the 1930s and travels through his experiences of war, his capture and escape, and adventures all brilliantly told - often extremely funny, often evocative and subtle, always distinctive. Green boards with writing to spine. Dj mylar covered. Minor shelf wear.Not price clipped, tight binding and clean pages. First Edition AB55

London: Hutchinson, 1956. First published. Hardback. Good. As the title describes Blue boards with title to spine and a gold embossed coat of arms to front, titled Shannon.Bumped and some marks.Clean pages and tight binding but the fore edge is foxed.A couple of nice pull out maps and some black and white prints. First published AB80

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1984. First printing. Very Good/very good. Seldom does an autobiography appear that not only brings alive the events of a remarkable life, but also captures the spirit of a time and a place. A born storyteller, Galina Vishnevskaya describes her rise from a childhood of bitter poverty to stardom as the Soviet Union's most celebrated diva. But she does more than tell her own story. Galina bears witness to Soviet history, vividly evoking life in Stalinist Russia; the squalor in the cities, the purges, the Nazi blockade, the famine, and Stalin himself. And as her operatic career soars, she is patronized by Khrushchev, courted by Bulganin, married to Rostropovich, befriended by Brezhnev, offended by Yevtushenko, relied on by Solzhenitsyn, immortalised by Shostakovich and Akmatova. Galina describes an artist's world infested by KGB surveillance and party control and recounts the growing disillusionment that drove her and Rostropovich from the Russian they love. This is a… Read More

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1956. First printing. Very Good +. The author provides an insight to the design of the cathedral as an image, and meant to be understood as one and develops the thesis that ecclesiastical architecture represents the reality of which it is a symbol or image in a manner that differs radically from that of painting or sculpture; this volume also contains an appendix on the proportions of the south tower of Chartres Cathedral by Ernst Levy. Pencil markings and signatures, and owner's label. AB54