Search Results: Titles starting with V from Bird's Books

London : Grant Richards, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. 8vo, black cloth boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. 260pp with colour frontispiece by Felicien Rops. 7pp publisher’s catalogue dated Spring 1915 at rear. Binding cracked inside at pastedowns. Nice and clean inside. Firbank s first novel which deals with the vain Mrs Shamefoot, who decides to achieve immortality by featuring in a stained glass window and is single minded in her pursuit of her goal. A comedic array of characters congregate around her appear in this social melee of ladies, daughters and servants.

John Donald Publishers Ltd, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. 4to, 407pp, well illustrated with figures, plans, maps and photographs. Photographic dust jacket over black cloth boards. Contents include chapters on the physical geography of region, the cultural landscape, building materials, construction, circular buildings, rectilinear buildings, single-cell houses, long-houses, multi-cell houses, farm buildings , hearth and home, etc. Includes references, bibliography and index. In lovely condition, dust jacket has a small tear to the top of the spine, otherwise near fine. ***Heavy and may require additional overseas postage.***

J. M. Dent, London, 1897. Hardcover. Good. J. M. Dent, London, 1897. Good. Small 8vo. Temple Classics Edition, edited by Gollancz. Dark green leather over thin boards with blind stamped owl motif in gilt to front. Gilt titles on spine, upper edge gilt. Viii + 253pp with tissue-guarded frontispiece. Binding worn on spine with piece missing to top. Inscribed with 'Book tea prize S. Margarets 1900" & the recipients name (see pictures). Inner book lovely & clean.

London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very good. Folio. Unpaginated. A book full of colour & black and white photographs by Newton. Very good and clean inside. Dust jacket in good + condition with slight edge wear and minor creasing.

London : John Murray, 1878. A New Edition. Hardcover. Good. Complete in 3 Volumes. 8vo, half leather with red cloth boards, raised bands and gilt titles on spine. 'Cambridge Local Examinations' embossed in gilt on front covers. Marbled endpapers and edges. Vol. I xiv + 506pp, vol.II v + 429pp, vol.III iv + 515pp. Previous owner's name dated 1885 handwritten on front free endpaper. Contents vol. I :The History of France from its conquest by Clovis to the invasion of Naples by Charles VIII, On the Feudal System, especially in France., The History of Italy from the Extinction of the Carolingian Emperors to the Invasion of Naples by Charles VIII. Vol. II: The History of Spain to the Conquest of Granada, History of Germany to the Diet of Worms in 1495, History of the Greeks and Saracens, History of Ecclesiastical Powers During the Middle Ages, The Constitutional History of England, The Anglo-Norman Constitution. Vol. III: The English Constitution, On The State of Society in Europe During the Middle Ages.… Read More

Boston: The C M Publishing Company, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Boston: The C M Publishing Company, 1909. First edition. Good. 8vo, blue cloth boards with gilt titles. Some marking on the covers. 476pp with frontispiece and 8 other illustrations plus coloured chart of the world showing the ship's voyage at rear. Dedication on front endpaper 'to Robert from Isabel Xmas 1920'. Fictional story, possibly based on factual events, of a ship's voyage and wreck.