Search Results: Authors starting with V from The Book Lady

London: Frederick Warne and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Green cloth hardback has ornate gilt and black to front cover and spine. Contains frontis with tissue guard as well as other black and white illustrations. Publishers' Preface states: "The Parents' Assistant" has for so long a time received the deserved approbation of those engaged in training young people, that the Publishers feel assured it will, in this cheap edition, prove still more acceptable to those employed in such work." Edges dust dulled. Hinges weak but holding and very slightly cocked. Binding lightly worn at spine edges and corners. Digital photos available. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 620 pages .

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. Good+ in Poor dust jacket; This hardback book is tightly bound with FO . name to FFEP. The unclipped DJ has been completely covered with a clear . but figured tape on the outside and partially to pastedowns. End papers . show foxing from DJ and there is overall age tanning. Occasional . underlining to back pages. Digital photos available.. 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 311 pages .

New York: Garden City Publishing Co. , Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1938. Deluxe Revised. Hardcover. Blue cloth hardback is tightly bound with FO plate to front pastedown but no other marks. Contains Frontis and 16 additional tinted illustrations as well as numerous black and white, an Animated Chronology, Index and Historical Reading List. Foxing to end papers, especially at gutters. Top edge stained green with uncut fore. Lower edge has light soil. Binding has gilt and green to spine which is lightly sunned. Little wear to edges but there is light rubbing. Digital photos available. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 500 pages .

New York: P. F. Collier & Son. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth bindings are all tight. Gilt to spine on red headband is bright and easy to read. Very light wear to edges and corners. Includes Napoleon Bonaparte, 3v; Louis XIV and Court, 3v; Empress Josephine, 2v; Madam DuBarry; Courts of Berlin and St. Petersburg; deValois, Pompadour, de Medici; Marie Antoinette; Lady Hamilton; and Court of Charles II. Each has Frontis with tissue guard. There are no marks and appear unread. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall .

New York: Scribner & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1899. Hardcover. Quarter leather with black cloth hardback contains issues from September 1899 through February 1900. FO name in pencil to fly. Decorative green end papers. Binding is tight with bright gilt to black headband. Some lightening of leather at spine with a few places rubbed but no wear to binding edges. Digital photos available. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .

New York: P. F. Collier & Son. Very Good with no dust jacket. C1900. Hardcover. Maroon cloth hardbacks are all tightly bound with no marks. Each volume has a Frontice with captioned tissue guard in place. End papers and text have very light age-tanning. Covers have bright gilt to spines with only minor wear at spine ends. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall .

Des Moines, IA: Wallace-Homestead Book Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1972. Second Printing. Softcover. 0870691546 . Full color illustrated wraps on this tightly bound trade paperback. Contains hundreds of black and white illustrations from the Rogers Brothers Mfg. Co. 1857; Meriden Britannia Co. ,1867 and Derby Silver Co. , 1883 Catalogs. No marks. Front and back covers show light rubbing but no wear. Appears unread. Digital photos available. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 156 pages .

Shreveport, La: American Cut Glass Association. Very Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. Softcover. Pink wraps on this tightly bound catalog reprint. Contains black and white illustrations from Taylor Bros. Catalogs with a short history of the company to first page. Stapled binding with very light sun fading at spine and sticker ghost to upper right front cover. No marks. Appears unread. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; Unpaginated pages .

New York: Gilberton Company, Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1968. Softcover. Full color wraps on this staple bound comic. Very little wear, a very small slit at lower spine and small fold to upper right of cover. Color to cover and inside very good. Reprint of an earlier 1959 issue. Digital photos available. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 48 pages .

Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0721676375 . Paper over boards cover. Contains hundreds of full color illustrations, List of Contributors, Biography, Bibliography and Index. Full color illustrated cover. Binding is strong with no wear. No marks. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 254 pages .

New York: Random House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Red wraps with black lettering to front cover and spine. No marks. Fading to upper front cover as well as fore edge with half-inch tear at upper spine front. Very light wear to lower front corner. Digital photos available. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 509 pages .

Lombard, IL: Wallace Homestead Book Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1987. Softcover. 0870694871 . Illustrated wraps on this tightly bound trade paper reference. Completing the trilogy of the stoneware of Red Wing, MN, Book 3 contains facts not previously known as well as Red Wing rarities and repeats selected data and photographs from the first two books. More than 1,000 black and white and full color illustrations. Binding has fading to the spine but no other signs of wear and no marks. ; Trade PB; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 280 pages .

Des Moines, IA: Wallace-Homestead Book Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; Second. Softcover. 0870691759 . Illustrated wraps have fading to spine. Numerous black and white illustrations as well as an eight page section in full color. Binding is tight and there are no marks. Appears unread with light crease to lower right of front cover. ; Trade PB; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 128 pages .

Des Moines, IA: Wallace-Homestead Book Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1980. Softcover. 087069314X . Colored pictorial wraps. Contains over 550 illustrations of which eight pages are in full color. Information from Viel's first book is updated and includes a section of "lunch hour" pieces. Binding is tight with no marks. Very light wear around edges. ; Trade PB; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 168 pages .

Bedford, VA: Hamilton's. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1982. Softcover. 0960859802 . Blue illustrated wraps on this tightly bound trade paperback. Contains illustrations of 427 micro cars, facts about supply and demand, values and prices (1982) for all major brand names, encyclopedia of motor vehicle makers and special sections for race cars, fire trucks, military, construction equipment, buses and farm equipment. No marks. Light rubbing to covers and light foxing to front and fore edges. ; Trade PB; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 131 pages .

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1876. Hardcover. Green cloth hardback is tightly bound with no marks. Contains numerous illustrations, some black and white and some color. Etchings have tissue guards in place. Also contains a section defining technical terms used in the book. All edges are red with overall light age-tanning. Bevelled binding has bright gilt and black to front and spine with very light wear at spine, corners and along bottom. Digital photos available. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 390 pages .

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1874. Hardcover. Gray-green cloth hardback is tightly bound with no marks. Contains 15 plates with tissue guard as well as other black and white illustrations by the author. One page ads to back. End papers are gray with all edges red. Binding has bright gilt ornate building and lettering with black blindstamping to front cover with black blindstamping and gilt to spine. Bevelled edges. Very slight wear at spine and corners with slight sunning to spine. Digital photos available. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 284 pages .

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1876. Hardcover. Green cloth hardback is tightly bound with gilt and black designs to front cover and spine. Contains numerous black and white illustrations with full color frontis with tissue guard. There are no marks but pasted to front pastedown is the obituary of Viollet-Leduc dated Paris, Sept. 18, 1888 as well as an 1890 ad for the book. To FFEP is pasted a story of the ancient races of North America by Robert Donald. End papers are dark brown and fragile with splits at both front and back gutters. All edges are red. Bevelled binding has wear to spine edges and corners with light rubbing front and back. Digital photos available. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 394 pages .

Lombard, IL: Wallace-Homestead Book Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1986. Softcover. 0870694588 . Illustrated wraps on this tightly bound trade paperback. Contains hundreds of black and white illustrations and an eight page color section, Bibliography and Illustrated Price Guide. No marks. Binding has very light rubbing with no wear and book appears unread. ; Trade PB; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 158 pages .

Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1906. Hardcover. Dark green cloth hardback is tightly bound with no marks. Contains numerous black and white illustrations and Bibliography. End papers foxed, probably from glue. Front pastedown has label "With compliments of Lehn & Fink, New York". Binding has bright gilt to front cover and spine as well as blindstamping to both front and back. Light wear to edges and corners with extensive light spotting and speckling. Digital photos available. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 239 pages .