Search Results: Titles starting with V from Pegasus Book Orphanage

Lawrence & Wishart, 1961 Hardcover, 20.5cms x 13.5cms, with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers etc. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket A considerable part of this volume consists of works dealing with the question of agrarian relations and the peasantry, the theory of the alliance of the working class with the peasantry: " the Agrarian Programme of Russian Social-Democracy," the pamphlet 'To the Rural Poor', and other works. The national question and the struggle against bourgeois and petty-bourgeois nationalism are dealt with in several articles.

Progress Publishers, Moscow - first printing 1972 hardcover, 5¼" x 8", with dust jacket and ribbon place-marker Book in VERY GOOD condition These are the speeches of Lenin, Russian revolutionary and creator of the Soviet state, to the following Communist International congresses: 1919, 1920, 1921, and 1922. Also includes four full-page b&w photographs.

Blake Editions, London - first edition 1972 Hardcover, 8¾" x 5½", with dust jacket Jacket is in transparent protective sleeve. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dust jacket In this, his first novel, Sheridan takes the reader on a fascinating eight-day holiday around the world, with extended visits to China (in 1840s) and Japan (1970s). Meanwhile, from his Earl's Court room, he invesitigates a London cemetery, visits the Chamber of Horrors, attends a lecture on Egyptian burial ceremonies, and interviews an undertaker, and keeps a scrapbook of the bizarre (an appendix to this book). The author is regarded as the finest living translator of French Literature.

Canongate / Q Press, Edinburgh - 1979 hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket In 1976 Richard Savin was arrested on the Iranian border and imprisoned for allegedly smuggling drugs from Pakistan into Iran. The charge was trumped-up and the author never received a legal trial in spite of British Foreign Office protests. His book contains startling accounts of mass killings, the scale of which the outside world is still ignorant. Richard Savin's secret diaries were written in prison and smuggled out by various foreign prisoners, and slowly brought back together following his release after 2½ years.

Blake Publishing, London 1998 Hardcover with dust jacket Small white-out on endpaper (previous owner's name?). GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Revealing the true story behind the death/murder of a former RAF pilot in Chile. Was he a pervert who suicided during sexual malpractice? Or an undercover British intelligence operative working on an investigation into arms dealing?

Spellmount, Staplehurst, Kent, UK - first edition 1997 hardcover, 9" x 11¼", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Over 150 b&w photographs, twelve maps, bibliography & index. Since the bloody war between Britain and Nepal in 1814-5, the Gurkhas have fought in every war for Great Britain including the Falkands campaign of 1982. Nearly a quarter of a million Nepalese volunteers fought in World Watr Two; they have won countless gallantry decorations including 13 Victoria Crosses. This is their regimental history.

Franklin Watts, Fifth Avenue, New York - 1977 hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers and barcode. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket In this study, Elwood Baumann, a determined investigator of the unknown, tells the story of Dracula, and details cases of people who have claimed to possess the vampire's thirst for bloos - and who have killed to satisfy their craving. Includes photographs, diagrams, drawings, bibliography and index.

Crown Publishers Inc, New York - first US edition © 1990 hardcover, 6¼" x 9¼", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, etc. Barcode cur from endpaper. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Illustrated with sixteen pages of full-colour reproductions and thirty-two pages of b&w, this book reveals the dynamic genius who created such remarkable paintings as 'Irises', 'Sunflowers', 'Bedroom at Arles', and a host of other canvasses still unequalled. This is the first full biography for a quarter of a century, during which time much new material has come to light and radically changed our thinking about one of the most influencial painters of the modern age.

Oxford University Press, publishers, Oxford 1984 hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stickers, stamps, barcode etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Alexander Pasternak was three years younger than his brother, Boris. His recollections of their childhood and adolescence in Moscow (pre-Revolution) throw a fascinating light on the development of a major writer. Alexander Pasternak became an architect, and describes the magnificent buildings and churches of his youth. Alexander and Boris first met Scriabin during the period her was composing his Third Symphony. War, the Revolution, and the Russian debut of Isadora Duncan are also covered here. Twenty-four pages of unique Pasternak family photographs.

Creation House, Carol Stream, Illinois - 1974 hardcover, 5¾" x 8½", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dust Jacket The murder of Vanya Moiseyev in 1972 was a brutal act, revealing the fear and anger of a small number of men in authority. He was a Soviet Christian. He belonged to a group of Evangelical Baptists, who frequently call for justice for Soviet believers, and produce regular lists of their members in prison, giving detailed information of hundreds of labor camps. This is HIS story, and THEIR story.

Quarto Books, London 1975 Hardcover, 22cms x 13.5cms, with dust jacket Free front endpaper missing. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stickers and stamps.Book in FAIR condition At the peak of a brilliant career, Vaslav Nijinsky went mad. Twenty-five years later, as the Red Army advances across Nazi-occupied Hungary, the horror and disruption of war awaken in him glorious and humiliating memories (including his bizarre relationship with Diaghilev, and the fiasco of his American tour) contributing to his paranoia and spiritual confusion. This is a fictionalised reconstruction of his last days.

Imperial Chemical Industies Ltd (ICI), UK - second Edition 1959 Hardcover, 9¾" x 6" (lacks jacket) Book inVERY GOOD condition Brown cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine and front, errata mounted on verso title page, 10 b&w photographic plates, 15 figures & graphs in text, and 13 tables. Twenty-page section printed on pink paper ('Tabular Summary of Dyeing Properties and Uses of the Caledon Dyestuffs'). A technical handbook emphasising the application of the Caledon range of dyestuffs to cotton pieces (goods requiring fastness, quality of shade, and durability - particularly cotton fabrics.)

Imperial Chemical Industries, Birmingham (?) n.d. hardcover, 9.75" x 6" (lacks jacket) Cover is marked and faded. Binding remains firm. Book in VERY GOOD condition Light-green cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine and front, 16 b/w photographs, 27 two-colour diagrams, tables, graphs, tabular summary of dyeing properties & uses of the Caledon & Durindone dyestuffs, on pink stock. Application of certain dyestuffs

New English Library, Sevenoaks, Kent - 1982 hardcover, 8¾" x 5¾" (22cms x 15cms), with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy with usual stamps and barcode.GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Nino Lo Bello reveals more about the world's smallest and most powerful city state: learn of the only film the Vatican ever financed; the Vatican's role in the extraordinary odyssey of Eva Peron's body; the Vatican's exemplary and widespread spy network; the Pope's ghostwriters; the Church's relationship with the Mafia and the incredible story of how a mouse and a woman with sharp fingernails came up with a solution to one of the most intriguing mysteries of the Christian world. Appendix lists all Popes (and dates of his pontificate) 1073 -1978.

Temple Smith, London - first edition 1974 Hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with just jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, and stickers. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dust jacket. The great trading cities of Venice and Amsterdam, at the height of their power, are studied here in terms of family structure, political functions, style of life, and personal attitudes and values. The author discusses patronage of the arts in the two cities and the ways in which children were trained for their careers in a ruling elite. He looks, too, at the gradual change that took place in both ruling classes from entrepreneurs to rentiers dependent on inherited wealth. With 8 illustrations.

Faber & Faber, publishers, London 1969 hardcover, 5½" x 8", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, and barcode cut from front endpaper. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Ventriloquism is an illusion and a performance of this branch of 'magic' arouses in most audiences a mood of challenge. Faced with the modern television camera and zoom lenses, the performer must have absolute perfection of technique to sustain this illusion. Douglas Craggs emphasises the need to learn the correct method from the very beginning, and his first step is to explain the principles of breath control - the basis of Ventriloquism. Amusing anecdotes woven into the text.

Harper Collins, publishers, New York - first edition 2001 hardcover, 6½" x 98½", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Venus, Serena, Anna, Martina, Lindsay. They are the stars of professional tennis - the young, brash, and often reckless women who hold court, and serve. Fans flock to the high-voltage matches, which come packaged with tales of infighting, family squabbles, and, of course, Anna Kournikova's micro miniskirts. And then there's Venus Williams - forced to the sidelines through injury, she stormed back to win Wimbledon, the US Open, and two Olympic gold medals - hence 'Venus Envy'.

Perseus Books Group, publishers, Cambridge, MA 2001 hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket First edition with uncut leading edges. Here is the autobiography of Vernon Jordan, longtime civil rights leader, adviser and close friend to presidents and business leraders, and one of the most charismatic figures in America. It covers the sweeping struggles, changes and dangers of black life during the civil rights revolution. Thirty-six b&w photographs.

Faber & Faber, London 2003 softcover, 6" x 9" SIGNED BOOKER-PRIZE-WINNING BOOK in AS NEW condition SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Vernon God Little's depiction of innocence and simple humanity in an evil world is never less than astonishing. Peopled by a cast of grotesques, freaks, cold-blooded chattering housewives (who are all, mysteriously, recently wodowed), and one very special adolescent with an unfortunate talent for being in the wrong place at the right time, this book is a riotous adventure story which cuts a satirical swathe through the heart of contemporary America. "Read Vernon God Little for the coruscating wit and raw vitality of its voice, which recalls maybe Flannery O'Connor on an overdose of amphetamines and cable television," - Jonathon Letham.

A. Bourdier, Editions D'Art, Versailles, France n.d. Landscape with thick card covers, 21½cms x 30cms This is an old book with bumped corners and scuffed covers. Title on front cover in gold. Spine binding has been replaced (possibly to disguise stapling), front endpaper browned and reinforced with paper hinge. Book in FAIR condition Twenty-three colour plates: Panorama de Versailles, Façade de Palais de Versailles, Chapelle et Aile Louis XV, Escalier de Marbre dit de la Reine, Galerie des Glaces, Galerie des Batailles, Chambre de Louis XIV, Chambre de Louis XV, L'orangerie, Le Bassin de Latone et le Tapis Vert, Bassin de Latone et le Tapis Vert, Bosquet des Bains D'Apollon, Bassin des Domes, Le Bassin D'Apollon, Bassin de L'Engelade, Bassin de Neptune, Marie-Antoinette - Reine de France, Palais du Petit Trianon, Palais du Grand Trianon, Temple de L'Amour, Hameau de Trianon - Le Moulin, Laiterie de Marie-Antoinette, and Voiture du Sacre de Charles X.