Search Results: Authors starting with V from Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse

New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Near Fine. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xviii, 542. Bound in gray boards with gilt lettering. Very minor rubbing to extremities. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. A very extensive work covering the history and conduct of politics in the Latin American countries.

Geneva, Switzerland: Bibliotheque Universelle, 1818. Paperback. Fair. Geneva, Switzerland: Bibliotheque Universelle, 1818. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. 304. Disbound, in thin, gray, paper wrappers. Articles, discussion, correspondence on various aspects of Agriculture. Third volume. IN FRENCH. EN FRANCAIS. Library stamp top corner title page. Creasing, age toning. Stitching very loose, and several leaves detached. Some moisture wrinkling to bottom corner. Text is unmarked.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1922. Hardcover. Good. Whitman 631B. Color boards measuring 9" x 6 5/8". Color frontis and black and white illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers depicting knights and maidens. In Two Parts.Includes: Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham; David and Goliath; Damon and Pythias; William Tell; Joan of Arc; John Smith and Pocahontas. 64 unnumbered pages. Front hinge just started, and wear to extremities. Cheaply made, but has held up well during the past 9 decades!

Denver, Colorado: Japanese Publishing Company, 1947. Paperback. Good/Good. Denver, CO: Japanese Publishing Company, 1947. 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches: pp. [6], 96, [4]. In orange paper dust jacket with photo of Hirohito looking through a microscope. Flexible black boards with gold gilt on front board and spine. Photo-illustrated throughout. Cover has wear at bottom edge, dust jacket has small chips along the top, some soiling and light wear at folds, rear panel is stained, sun fading at spine and exterior edges. Binding strong. Contains two page article "My Impressions of the Emperor of Japan." by Miles W. Vaughn, otherwise text is in Japanese with the exception of photo captions in Japanese and English. Interior clean with foxing inside front and back covers and some light soiling to edges. Basically newspaper photos showing Hirohito in daily family activities and out in public.

Spoleto, Italy: Grafiche Signoretti, 1988. Paperback. VERY GOOD PLUS. Spoleto, Italy: Grafiche Signoretti, 1988. 9 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches: Unpaginated, (45 pp). White lettering on spine, acid-green lettering and rules on photographic front. 43 sculptures. TEXT IS IN ITALIAN. Sticker residue to front upper corner. Lightly scuffed covers with light edge wear. Clean, bright, solid. Exhibition catalog of the work of Italian sculptor Nag Arnoldi, b. 1928.

Paris: Les Editions de la Nouvelle France, 1942. Leather_bound. Very Good. Georges Beuville. Paris, France: Les Editions de la Nouvelle France, 1942. 7 1/2 x 6 inches: pp. 255. 3/4 black leather over green marbled boards. Spine titles in gilt with three red rosette decorations. With color illustrations by Georges Beuville. Text is in French. Rubbing to exterior spine edges, corners bumped, otherwise bright. Marbled endpapers, interior clean and unmarked. Number 362 of 2,000 of this edition.