Search Results: Authors starting with V from Bookbarrow

G. Ducharme, Montreal, Canada, 1939. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. Signed by Author. background of covers illustrated as wood with knots; inscription by the author on pre-title page reads: "To Prof. J. B. C. Grundy I cordially dedicate this copy of a book largely inspired by Her Majesty's French words at Ottawa - Emile Vaillancourt - Outremont, Sep.2. '39"; introduction by T. S. Ewart; illustrated by b/w. photo's; an appeal for Canadian Unity in spite of any differences between language, religion or geographical & regional means of living:- "A belief which is quite common among English-speaking Canadians is that the French Canadian is, if I may use the expression, France-French. whereas he is Canadian French only. He is not anti-British but again he is Canadian and takes, in fact, the same position as do many thousands of English-speaking Canadians - a fact which should be recognized by those who improperly criticise the people of Quebec. In this respect… Read More

MacGibbon & Kee, London, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. purple end-papers; A classic work on postcard collecting. Very well illustrated by 32 pages of half-tone pictures & eight pages in colour. The authors' primary concern is to give practical advice to the collector: where to find cards and how to go about starting a collection, how to restore and classify, how to value and date. All the major types of postcard are covered-topographical, commemorative, First World War, portrait, political. humorous, heraldic, silk embroidered and others. Many little-known facts are given about the development of the official postal stationery card which preceded the picture postcard itself, and about individual picture postcard artists and publishers. The appendix includes a chronology of historical events featured on postcards, lists of publishers and their trademarks, a chart of the main issues of 'officials', lists of today's postcard… Read More

Chatto & Windus, London, 1993. First Thus. Blue Cloth. As New/Very Good. gilt titles spine; (price intact) D/J has only 2 slight nicks at top; An urgent manifesto for renewal in the human spirit the book contains previously published essays 'The Little Memory' and 'The Great Memory' with a new chapter, 'The Other Journey'; barcode price sticker inside front cover; 229 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Self Help & Motivation; Africa; Philosophy. ISBN: 0701160365. ISBN/EAN: 9780701160364. Inventory No: SAF00014. . 9780701160364

Editions Dupuis S.A, Marcinelle - Belgium, 2000. First Edition. Laminated Boards. Fine/N/A. Illustrator: Herman (Huppen). published in their Aire Libre collection, a dark & violent tale by these Belgian masters of the Comic book, text in French, a clean copy with no faults, 70 pages. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Text is in French. Illustrator: Herman (Huppen). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Comics & Graphic Novels; Belgium; French Language; Comics & Graphic Novels. ISBN: 2800129697. ISBN/EAN: 9782800129693. Inventory No: COM00003. . 9782800129693

Piatkus, London, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. James Van Praagh is a spiritual medium--someone who is able to bridge the physical and spiritual worlds. Unaware of his spiritual gifts until he was in his twenties, he slowly came to terms with his unique abilities. In addition, many of his sessions with grieving people who came to him looking to contact the spirits of deceased loved ones are explored. From a devastated mother recieving a message of hope from her deceased little girl to communicating with a young man, killed in Vietnam, who doesn't realize he's dead, the theme of hope and peace in the afterlife is affirmed. Van Praagh also helps the reader recognize and positively deal with the pain of grief in a healthy, honest manner. Part spiritual memoir, part case study, part instrumental guide, Talking to Heaven will change the way you perceive death.and life. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x + 194.… Read More

Oxford, London, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. To front: sepia frontis. portrait; titles; preface; contents & list of illustrations. Lieutenant-General Sir Pratap Singh, GCB, GCSI, GCVO (21 October 1845 – 4 September 1922), was a decorated British Indian Army officer, Maharaja of the princely state of Idar (Gujarat), administrator and Regent of Jodhpur and heir to Ahmednagar later renamed as Himmatnagar from 1902 to 1911. Commissioned in the Jodhpur Risala in 1878, Singh served during the Second Afghan War and was mentioned in dispatches. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1887, served under General Ellis in 1897 and served in the Tirah Campaign in 1898 under General William Lockhart, during which he was wounded. Promoted to an Honorary Colonel the same year, he commanded the Jodhpur contingent during the Boxer Rebellion and was promoted to an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB). In late 1901 he… Read More

New English Library, London, 1985. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. white titles spine; "Now the Princess Moriana has to ally herself with the alien lizard creatures, the Fallen Ones. But their price is the sending of a human volunteer on a Quest that may well be a sacrifice - the seizure of the fabled, death-guarded black diamond called the Heart. And so it happens that mankind's most terrible enemy, the Demon of the Dark Ones, released from a ten-thousand-year bondage, is let loose to rampage and devour across the planet. So the saga sweeps on - a tidal wave of great battle, hot pursuits, of plots, passions and flights of fantasy."; light edge-wear but a sound copy ; 511 pages plus publisher's adverts. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction. ISBN: 0450057887. ISBN/EAN: 9780450057885. Inventory No: SFC00111. . 9780450057885

New English Library, London, 1985. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. white titles spine; " It seemed a routine delivery job. Except that the parcel was a jug containing a genie called Erimines the Ethical, who knew the secret of immortality but was actually more interested in sex after being bottled up on his own for more than 1,400 years. Except that the wizard to whom the package was addressed turned out to be dead on arrival - murdered - and Fost Longstrider, space-courier, looked likely to go the same way. Just the start of a huge sprawling fantasy saga, studded with helter-skelter chases, beautiful bandits, floating sky cities, a super-intelligent war eagle and demonic powers - an epic of high adventure and all-action imagination."; light edge-wear but a sound copy ; 457 pages plus publisher's adverts. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction. ISBN: 0450056619. ISBN/EAN:… Read More

Winchester Publications Ltd, London, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. pictorial jacket over blue cloth with light-blue cloth spine; Another year of splendid achievement by stars and technicians of the British film industry is celebrated in ‘The British Film AnnualÂ’. It contains pictorial records of fifty-four British films generally released in 1948 and eligible for the National Film Awards of 1949. Each film is generously illustrated with action shots and large portraits of stars and leading players. There are also fifteen full-page colour plates of British stars. The Annual is a book of incomparable interest and reference for all film-lovers. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 192 pages. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine & front. blue cloth; illustrated by colour & b/w. photo's.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Film, Radio & Television; Annuals;… Read More

Scribner, London, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. brown paper covers with black titles to front; adverts. on inside covers; pages numbered 496 - 526; containing articles on The Bookshop; The Poet Articulate; with fivePoems by Rupert Brooke (including "The Old Vicarage, Grantchester"), Criticism, Reviews & further short articles. Size: Large Octavo. 31 + 8 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Poetry; Literary Criticism; Poems; Britain/UK; 1900-1920; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 3708. .

Thomas Kelly, London, 1816. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Poor Condition. an anthology of four eighteenth century novels bound in one book & being "Almoran and Hamet" an oriental tale by Dr. Hawkesworth; "The Old English Baron" a gothic story by Clara Reeve; "Sir Launcelot M. GueuletteGreaves" (in two volumes) by Tobias Smollett; & "Tartarian Tales" or, A Thousand and One Quarters of Hours by M. Gueulette translated from the original French by Thomas Flloyd. Pictorial title page. This volume of the Select Novels series has a printed dedication page to Princess Charlotte in commemoration of her nuptials to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coberg. There is a preface & dedication to "The Old English Baron" by its author. Also "Tartarian Tales" has a translation of the author's original dedication of the work to the Duke of Chartres. At the rear are directions to the binder. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 62+98+167+197… Read More

The Shoe Lane Publishing Coy.,, London, No date. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Near Fine/N/A. Illustrator: Micklewright, G.P. circa 1910, red cloth spine, bright front cover colour illust. (early Micklewright) & rear cover col. illust.advert. for Nestle's Milk (in the style of Attwell), col. illust. frontis., 16 stories by various authors illust. by b/w. drawings & 3 further early Micklewright col. illust. plates that, by their strong lines & bold use of colour (espec. in "Sheila to the Rescue"), foreshadow his later work on Edgar Rice Burroughs dustjackets, pages browning a little at edges but an unmarked & unusually bright copy with only a suggestion of wear at the corners & top, 158 pages, this is a heavy book which, together with protective wrapping, takes its weight above the 1kg. standard quoted rate for post & packing so extra shipping charges may be requested. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrator: Micklewright,… Read More

Manchester Literary Club, Manchester, 1886. First Thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Yellow endpapers. Volume XII of the Papers of The Manchester Literary Club which consists of I: The "Manchester Quarterly" for 1886 & II: Proceedings, Report, Appendix etc. for the Session 1885-86 including the Council for 1886-87, List of members & Rules of the Society. B/w. tissue-guarded frontis. illust. of Anne Hathaway's Cottage by Walter Tomlinson followed by his article: "A Walk to Shottery from Stratford-On-Avon". Many further articles including: A piece on Thomas Rowlandson & His Works with eight illustrations; An article on Randolph Caldecott with four illustrations from his 'Sketches'; The Art of Seeing by William Robinson illustrated by his drawing of Boston Church in Lincolnshire; John Mortimer writing on the Bell Tower of Prestbury Church in Cheshire illustrated Christopher Blacklock's b/w. drawing; an essay on street… Read More

Librairie nouvelle, Paris, 1921. First Thus. Softcover (Side-stapled). Good Condition. Magazine This issue is dedicated to the centenary of Napoleon's death in 1821 & contains a condensed biography of his life, relationships & battles including the Italian campaign; the Egyptian campaign; the Prussian campaign; & Waterloo. Among many b/w. illustrations are: The Triumph of Boneparte (art work); the busts of the first consul (sculptures); sabre of honour of General Desaix; marshal baton of Marshal Ney; weapons before being used in two attacks against Napoleon; keys of chamberlains of the sovereigns of the imperial family; & the signatures of Napoleon. Other illustrated articles include: Empress Josephine; Napoleon, Marie-Louise and the King of Rome (their son); in Saint-Helena, the illness and the death of Napoleon; the apotheosis; & a great minister of finance: Gaudin Duke of Gaete (1756-1840). Magazine paginated from 287 to 318 with 1920's contemporary advertisements to… Read More

Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. A record of the society's meeting in December, 1894 which was specially devoted to tributes to their ex-president the late Hon. Robert C. Winthrop who had died since the preceding meeting in his eighty-sixth year. There was an unusually large attendance of members at this meeting since the subject of the tributes was held in high regard. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 40 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's name ink-stamped on front endpaper: "C. W. M. Swithinbank". (Charles Winthrop Molesworth Swithinbank, the British glaciologist & polar specialist, was a descendant of Admiral George S Winthrop the cousin of Robert C Winthrop). Gilt titles spine & front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Groups, Clubs &… Read More

The British Publishing Co. Ltd, Gloucester, circa 1973. First Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Near Fine Condition. Contents of the handbook cover Land Drainage & Flooding; Water Resources; Water Quality & Pollution; Fishing; Boating & General Information. The fold-out leaflet has a map of the river area on one side & A History of the Navigation with b/w. photo's. on the other. The River Great Ouse is one of the major rivers of England. There are altogether 29 River Authorities in England and Wales, of which the Great Ouse is the sixth largest in extent, being smaller only than the Yorkshire Ouse, the Severn, the Trent, the Thames and the North¬umbrian areas. The Great Ouse area, which covers 3,314 sq. miles, includes most of the Counties of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire, large parts of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, West Suffolk and Norfolk, and relatively small parts of Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex and East… Read More

Saint Catherine Press, London, 1912. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. brown paper covers with black titles to front; adverts. on inside covers; pages numbered 247 - 290; containing articles on The 'Nineties; The Art of Lionel Johnson; with Poems by James Stephens, Criticism, Reviews & further short articles. Size: Large Octavo. 46 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Poetry; Literary Criticism; Poems; Britain/UK; 1900-1920; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 3706. .

The Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, 1941-3. First Thus. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 4 issues of The Phoenix, being the magazine of The Imperial College of Science and Technology, London. The magazine was founded in by H. G. Wells in 1887 as the Science Schools Journal, a literary magazine, although it also contained details of college activities. The City and Guilds Union joined with the Unions of the Royal College of Science and Royal School of Mines in support of Phoenix from 1915, when it became the 'Magazine of the Imperial College of Science and Technology' These issues contain news of college events & societies, cartoons, photographs, book reviews; articles covering various diverse subjects such as: "American Railways" ; "Roumanian Oil"; "The Black People of Jamaica"; "Chemistry" & of course, the second world war which was current at thr time of publication. Also, loosely… Read More

Thomas King, London, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Good Condition. Half-leather with marbled boards; Primitive Methodism was a major movement in English Methodism from about 1810 until the Methodist Union in 1932.[1] The denomination emerged from a revival at Mow Cop in Staffordshire. 'Primitive' meant "simple" or "relating to an original stage"; the Primitive Methodists saw themselves as practising a purer form of Christianity, closer to the earliest Methodists. This bi-annual publication aimed at the younger generation contains articles; cautionary tales; & inspirational stories; together with numerous illustrations. First Thus. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 332 pages. small mark on text through pages 110-112 but all still readable. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Heavy foxing front/rear end-papers & some margins, but text & illustrations mostly clean and unfoxed. no Dust Jacket… Read More

Ward Lock, London, No date. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Good Condition. Illustrator: W. Heath Robinson/Louis Wain/Others. circa 1920's; red cloth spine; pink endpapers with illust. of nursery rhyme characters by W. Heath Robinson; front & rear covers ills. (same) show two children picking flowers; six colour plates by various artists & many b/w. illusts., some full page, others in text including 7 small ones (cats) by Louis Wain. Some of the b/w. illusts. have been neatly & carefully coloured in (not those by Wain). A book of short stories for children by various authors. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 143 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. Black titles spine. light wear to edges & outer corners. Illustrator: W. Heath Robinson/Louis Wain/Others. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Children's Stories; Story Books; Children. Inventory No: 2941. .