Search Results: Authors starting with V from Warwick Books

London: Arms & Armour Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book and jacket both have light wear but are in very good condition. Black-and-white photographs accompany each entry of this very thorough guide. Part of Arms & Armour Press's Illustrated Monographs series. Small 8vo. 74 pp. From the estate of Canadian military collector extraordinaire Donald Skinner, with his name penned in ink on half-title page and one inked notation in the text.

Detroit: Detroit Institute of the Arts, 1935. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Softcover in stapled blue wraps, with a plate of Hals's Merry Lute Player affixed to front. Fine condition. Billed as the 17th loan exhibition of Old Masters at the Detroit Institute of the Arts. Lenders, listed in front, were from all over the U.S. Lengthy introduction by W.R. Valentiner, followed by the plates, all in black and white, followed by a descriptive List of Paintings, which includes the provenance of each, and a short bibliography. 4to. Unpaginated.

Netherlands: Singer Museum, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Dust jacket is fresh and bright, with a tiny nick on one side. Full-page black-and-white and color pictures throughout of de Rooden's ceramic art. 4to. 125 pp. In protective Mylar. Heavy for international shipping.

London: Putnam, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book is near fine, with some light spotting on fore-edge and a strip of tanning on front and rear free endpages. Price-clipped dust jacket has a few small chips and a crease on the back. Van Damm looks back on her competitive driving career and other professional activities in the theater in London. Illustrated with black-and-white photos. 8vo. 238 pp. In protective Mylar.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in black cloth boards with title in gilt on spine. Book is As New, crisp, clean, unread. Dust jacket is in Fine condition, no chips, wrinkles, or tears. Catalogue published to accompany an exhibition of the same name at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, in 1994-1995. Neatly inked signature of former owner at top of front endpage. Illustrated with full-page color plates throughout. Translated from the Dutch by Michael Hoyle. 4to. 341 pp. including bibliography and index.

Amsterdam: The Pepin Press, 2014. First Edition. Paperback. As New. New in original unopened shrink wrap. Fine condition. Sixteen designs printed on acid-free drawing paper suitable for coloring techniques including pencil, crayon, marker, ink, and watercolor.

San Francisco: Impulse Publications, 1960. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Original wraps. Clean and crisp condition, with some wear to wraps. Articles on dance in television and the movies including notes on Fritz Lang, Alwin Nikolais, Maya Deren, Jean Renoir. 4to. 57 pp.

New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Softcover in glossy illustrated boards. Second printing of first edition. Book was originally published as Volume 35, Issue 5, of Art History, published by the Association of Art Historians. Book is in Fine condition, clean and unmarked. A collection of essays that explore the interaction between artist and viewer. Illustrated throughout with color plates. 4to. 218 pp.

Nijmegen: Dekker & van de Vegt, 1937. First Edition. Paperback. Poor. Softcover in typographic wrap. First edition. Poor condition. Binding is firm but cover and pages (about half) are water-stained. Type is legible throughout. Folding map at rear is intact. Publication of the Commission d'Enquete Linguistique. 8vo. 197 pp.

New York: Grove Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright. Rear panel has a few places with light blue shadows. The book was filmed twice, in Spanish (1985) and in Russian (1986), the second time as Yaguar. 8vo. 409 pp. In protective Mylar.

New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Co, 1946. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Four wartime issues of Flying magazines in Near Fine to Fine condition. September 1943 Vol. 33, No. 3 August 1944 (Report on the Air Invasion) Vol. 35, No. 2 June 1945 (Secretary Wallace on Aviation) Vol. 36, No. 6 February 1946 (wit "Official Jap Air-War Report") Vol. 36, No. 2.

London: Various, Various. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Large lot of programs and other material pertaining to birthday celebrations for Queen Elizabeth and additional royal matters (16 booklets plus miscellaneous items). National Army Museum, Opening of the New Building by Her Majesty the Queen, 15th July 1960, 8 pp. plus map. A touch of soiling. Presentation of Standards to the Household Cavalry by Her Majesty the Queen Colonel-in-Chief, 6th June, 1963, color pix, 8 pp. Fine. The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst: The Sovereign's Parade, 29th July 1965, Twenty page, ribbon closure, color and black-and-white plates of the Queen and King. Fine. Presentation of a New Guidon to the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) by Her Majesty the Queen, 14th July 1972, Eight pages, ribbon closure, color plates. Fine. Presentation of Standards to the Household Cavalry by Her Majesty the Queen, 30th May 1973. Color photo laid in of Life Guards sign. Inked comment on first page. Otherwise clean… Read More

Washington, D.C.: Pan American Union, 1955. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Eight slim softcover booklets pertaining to famous Latin and South American individuals and groups of people. All booklets are in Fine, unblemished condition with colorful covers. Other titles are The Mayas, Simon Bolivar, Hernan Cortes, Jose Artigas, O'Higgins, Jose Marti, Bonifacio, and Cabeza de Vaca's Great Journey. Most of the booklets are 16 pp. and sold originally for ten cents. Small 8vo.

London: William Heinemann, 1925. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in pictorial boards with cloth spine and pastedown title on front. No dust jacket. First British edition. Except for some detachment of spine cloth, very good condition, with light wear. Texts by Robert Burns, Lord Byron, William Blake, Thomas Moore, Thackeray, Sir Walter Scott, and more. Color plates, many full page, by Edward A. Wilson, one of America's leading illustrators throughout the 20s and 30s. 4to. 154 pp.

Various: DMC and others, Various. Various. Paperback. Near Fine. Five attractive how-to paperback booklets on embroidery design and stitchery. Four are from the ever-reliable DMC Library collection and one is from thread-maker Coats & Clark's. The titles are Flora Fauna by S. Lawergren (DMC); Marking Stitch, 6th Series (DMC); Point de Croix, 8th Series (Bibliotheque DMC); Point de Croix 9th Series (Bibliotheque DMC); and Creative Embroidery, Book No 143, (Coats & Clark's). All five books are in nearly new condition, with pretty covers and lots of designs to emulate. Sizes range from small to medium trim sizes.

Los Angeles: University of California Press/ Ahmanson Murphy Fine Arts imprint, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is As New, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Dust jacket is also As New, fresh and bright. Illustrated throughout. 8vo. 259 pp. including notes, bibliography, and index. In the series California Studies in Food and Culture.

Verona, Italy: Neri Pozza Editore, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Massive hardcover (in slipcase) devoted to the work of Titian, the 16th-century Venetian master. Book is in Fine condition in maroon boards with title in gilt on front and spine. Binding is solid, pages are fresh and bright. Text is in Italian. Dust jacket is in Fine condition, with one very tiny closed tear at top of spine. Cardboard slipcase is lightly soiled. Extremely heavy book--packed weight is at least ten pounds. Sales from outside the U.S. are discouraged, and priority sales within the U.S. will require additional postage. Plates are in black and white and color. 4to. 604 pp. including several indexes,

O'Fallon, MO: The VLS Corporation, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Softcover in glossy illustrated wraps. Fine, unread condition--like new. More than 215 detailed color photographs. Tall 4to. 24 pp.

London: Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, 1991. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Softcover in pictorial wraps. First printing of first edition. Book is As New, crisp and clean. Published to accompany a 1991 exhibition in New York of Horace Vernet's pen-and-ink and watercolor fashion plates done as a series commissioned for the publication Incroyables et Merveilleuses and published between 1810 and 1818. The whole set was engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine. A full-page plate is devoted to each drawing. Titles are in French; text is in English. 8vo. XX pp.

Sydney: Halstead Press, printer, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover in blue cloth boards. No dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding, sharp corners, a whisper of wear at tips. Gilt on front and spine is bright. Map and photo illustrations. Map endpapers. 8vo. 380 pp. including index. From the estate of Donald Skinner, Canadian military collector extraordinaire.