Search Results: Titles starting with V from The Antique Map & Bookshop

London Hodder and Stoughton. 1956 1st.. 7.5 x 5.0 inches. In maroon cloth covers with black lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. spine rubbed at ends with small piece missing at top. Rubbed and creased around edges with small chips and tears. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to edges. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 190 pp. A brilliant German scientist moves to an English village in 1946, amid much hostility. Is he connected to a murder, and why does he seem familiar to our hero?

London. Folio Society. 2010 1st thus. Size 7.25 x 10.0 inches. In pictorial coloured cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With coloured pictorial endpapers. Hard card slipcase. In fine condition. Very clean and tight copy, plus very good slipcase only a few light scuffs. With colour plates and b/w illustrations in text. The Violet Fairy Book has an introduction by Alison Lurie, paintings and decorations by Robert Venables Folio Society editions of Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books with introductions and illustrations by modern authors and artists. A stunning Volume of beautifully illustrated and presented volume.

Bordeaux, Imprimeries Delmas, 1947. Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Blue cloth with black lettering to front. In very good condition. Some fading to cover on spine and edges. Corners slightly bumped. Inside pages tanned. Else clean and tight. No penned inscriptions. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 103pp.

London. Jonathan Cape. 1933 1st edition.. Size 5.0 x 7.75 inches. In olive green cloth covers with yellow lettering to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly faded. Slightly rubbed along top edge. Clipped). Mild foxing to edges. Occasional small marks and foxing spots. Else a clean and tight copy. 310pp. A collection of 16 short stories.

Bloomsbury Circus. 2015 signed first edition.. 6.0 x 9.5 inches. In red cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Author’s neat inscription to main title page. Else a very clean and tight copy. 352pp. Novel centered on the lives of Vanessa Bell and her sister Virginia, later Woolf. Set in the early days of the Bloomsbury Group.

John Murray , London. 1905 Popular edition. 2 volumes. Light green original cloth. Approx 7.75 x 5.5 inches. With darker green bordering front and rear and gilt decoration and lettering to spines. In very good condition. Lovely bright set. Minor rubbing to edges & corners. Inside some foxing and handling marks inside. Three private bookplates on both front endpapers. Else generally clean & tight. 566pp. & 605pp. +adverts. With illustrations.

London, Harvey and Darton, 1830 1st. Hardback, size approx 7.4 x 4.5 inches. Blue cloth with blind paneled decoration to boards, banding and gilt lettering to spine. Pale yellow endpapers. In very good condition. Some fading to spine, minor rubbing and small nicks to corners of cloth. Else cover clean and smart. Frontis plate darkened around edges with a couple of faint stains, Title page darkened, and inscribed on top corner “Thomas Barnard 1839.” Plates with some darkening to edges, and some minor foxing spots. One or two minor foxing spots to a couple of pages, else pages all very clean and bright. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 276pp + 4pp adverts. Illustrated with 5 B&W engraved plates, each with 2 illustrations. “A miscellaneous collection of entertainment.” Contents include: Advantages of a Useful Life, surnames, Anger, Mungo Park, Fortune, Domestics, Slave-Trade, Maria Antoinetta, Gipsies, Success, Fire, Sabbath, Character, Virtue, Genius, Dismal Swamp,… Read More

Charles Cook 1787. Double Plate Size 15.5 x 9 inches. Black & White Engraving. Unframed In good condition. Some light tanning & a few small marks. This fine original cooper-plate engraved antique print of various Instruments and tools of Tahiti and surrounding Islands visited by Captain James Cook in 1769, during his First Voyage of Discovery was published in Thomas Bankes 1787 edition of A New, Royal and Authentic System of Universal Geography, Antient and Modern..... printed by Charles Cook, London.

London, John W. Parker, 1855. Hardback, approx 7 x 4 inches. In light brown polished calf leather fine binding by “Bartlett & Co. Boston.” Decorative gilt paneled boards, dentelles, gilt lettering to brown leather spine labels, raised banding and extensive gilt decoration to spine, marbled endpapers, top page edges gilt. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to edges. Corners bumped, slightly chipped at top ends. Small chip to top rear spine corner/rear board. Small mark to front. Some mild foxing to endpapers. Some minor darkening to title page. Pages clean and tight throughout. Else a clean and tight copy. 256pp. Illustrated with a b&w portrait vignette to tile page. Decorative chapter headers and tailpieces.

Published by Naples 1854. Litho Size 20.5cmx28.5cm Held in light brown mount. In very good condition. Original lithograph with hand colouring

Faber and Faber. 1960 3rd imp.. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. In maroon cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. Maps to endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly rubbed at ends. Slightly rubbed along top edge. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to edges. EBookplate and neat inscriptions to first blank pages, dated 1962. Else a clean and tight copy. 337 pp. With b/w photo plates and map.

New York. Harcourt, Brace and Company. 1926 1st US ed.. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In black cloth covers with yellow lettering to spine and front, with small illustration to front. In very good condition. Spine slightly faded. Corners slightly bumped. Else a clean and tight copy. 204 pp. For five years Powys absorbed the colour, the atmosphere and the character of New York, and gives an unforgettable picture of the city and its people in those roaring days of the early nineteen twenties.

London. Jonathan Cape. 1927 1st limited edition.. Size 6.0 x 9.0 inches. In light brown hard card boards with gilt to brown cloth spine. In very good condition. Mild foxing to edges and endpapers. Relevant papers loose in front. Else a clean and tight copy. 143pp. For five years Powys absorbed the colour, the atmosphere and the character of New York, and gives an unforgettable picture of the city and its people in those roaring days of the early 'twenties. Limited edition of 900 of which this is no. 565.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1927 1st Ltd. Ed. 78/900.. Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. Quarterbound in brown and light brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. In dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; a couple of minor handling marks else bright, some minor rubbing to corners, corners cut but NOT Price clipped). Cover clean and smart. Some mild foxing to endpapers. Neat inscription to front “Peter Kenward. Feb. ‘44.” Page edges rough/uncut. Clean and tight throughout. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 143pp. For five years Powys absorbed the colour, the atmosphere and the character of New York, and gives an unforgettable picture of the city and its people in those roaring days of the early 'twenties. Limited edition of 900 of which this is no. 78.

London: Collins. 1954 1st edition.. 8.0 x 5.5 inches. In white cloth covers with gilt to red cloth spine and gilt vignette to front. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine darkened and rubbed at ends. Not price clipped. Handling marks. With protective plastic wrap). Slight browning to endpapers. Author’s neat inscription to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 96pp. With line drawings in text. An Englishman's charming drawings and descriptions of "Abroad", including accounts of a pleasant Channel passage and of a more trying voyage from Tilbury to Naples on a Brisbane-bound steamer. A scarce book and rare with dustwrapper. Sir John Verney, 2nd Baronet, MC was an author, illustrator, painter, and soldier. His best-known work is a memoir of his experiences of the Italian campaigns of the Second World War.

London, Edward Arnold, 1905 1st. Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Green cloth with decorative black lettering to front and spine. In very good condition. Some darkening to spine and edges of boards, small bump to bottom front corner. Some minor darkening and light foxing to endpapers, a couple of dark spots to pages, one between p15/16, and p48/49. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 186pp. + 4pp adverts.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1932 1st Ltd Ed. 91/300.. Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. Halfbound with white cloth spine and light grey/blue paper boards. Gilt title lettering to spine. In very good condition. Cover darkened on spine and around edges of boards. Corners bumped and rubbed. Inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. Else a very good limited edition copy. 19pp + Facsimile Plates of Verses 9pp.

London, Constable and Company Ltd., 1919 1st. Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. Green cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing and slight bumps to corners, some minor fading to lettering on spine. Neat inscription to endpaper “Anglesey 1975.” Some minor tanning to title page from frontis tissue guard. Some minor tanning to pages throughout, else pages all very clean and tight, all remain uncut along top edges. Maps and plates all clean and bright. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 373pp. Illustrated with 12 B&W photo plates, and 5 maps, (3 are fold-out).

London, The Alderman Press, 1983 1st. Oblong hardback, approx 8.5 x 11 inches. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In white illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (DW some minor rubbing and minor handling marks to edges, Not price clipped.) Cloth clean. No penned inscriptions. Some minor darkening to title page else inside pages all clean and tight throughout. 230pp + 9pp appendix. Fully illustrated with B&W photos and diagrams.

London, George G. Harrap & Company, 1929 1st edition. Hardback, approx 10 x 7.5 inches. In full polished morocco leather ‘Deluxe’ Fine Binding. With gilt lettering to spine, and coloured gilt illustration to front. Pictorial endpapers. Top page edges gilt. In very good condition. Some rubbing to leather on corners, edges and ends of spine. Some minor darkening around edges. Some darkening to endpapers. “Brooklyn Public Library” label to front, with hole-punched stamp and numbering to corner of title page. Stamped and numbered again on margin of p15. No other marks or stamps. No penned inscriptions. One minor tear to bottom edge of p125. Plates all very clean and bright with no marks. Else inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. A very nice copy. 232pp. Illustrated with 12 full-page colour plates, and smaller b&w illustrations by Arthur Rackham.