Search Results: Titles starting with V from SmarterRat Books

Destiny Books, 2001. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 2001 Destiny Books - inner Traditions International. Softcover. Oversized. Black and white illustrations. 141 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. Grosset & Dunlap. Copyright 1917 by the Century Co. Later printing. Hardcover has tan cloth-covered boards with green spine and cover lettering; front cover has small green illustration of a pack mule. Illustrated series endpapers . Black and white frontispiece. Black and white plates of photographs by the author; only has 16 of the photographs from the original edition, which had over 170. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Moisture stain on bottom corner of front cover. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Small moisture stain on bottom corner of last half of pages; stain is only on outer edges of pages. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. 612 pages. No dust jacket. Series: Vagabond Books Century of Travel. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Taylor Publishing Company, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Slipcase. 1987 Taylor Publishing Company. Limited Edition of 2000, hand numbered. This copy is number 339. SIGNED by author on translucent page after limitation page. Not personalized. First Edition, stated. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 9.25 x 12.25 inches, has white faux leather-covered boards and embossed lettering and decorations. Original owner's name printed in gold on the lower cover by manufacturer. Lavender endpapers. Color and black and white photographs. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Covers have a few tiny specks. Pages clean and unmarked. 210 pages. Limitation statement in gold border on front free endpaper with gold title and lavender lettering on white background: "Exclusive Limited Edition printing of two-thousand copies of which this is copy number 339". Slipcase is covered in blue cloth and has light wear at the edges… Read More

George A. Exline, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket 1938 George A. Exline, Cleveland, Ohio. Limited Edition of 1000, this is number 661. SIGNED George A. Exline on title page, with a personal inscription, dated 3-17-51. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 9.1 x 12.25 inches; boards have black and cream woven patterned and textured covering. Front cover with a black cloth title label with silver lettering. Black cloth-covered spine has silver lettering. Blue endpapers. Black and white photographs. High-quality glossy paper. Unpaginated. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Endpapers are lightly tanned at the edges and the gutters. First few and last few pages have some foxing; a few light spots of foxing here and there on some other pages. The glassine dust jacket and slipcase are missing. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required.

Tower, 1969. Paperback. Good. Good+. 1969 Tower. Paperback. NOT ex-library. Black and white illustrations. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Pages tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 139 pages. A Tower Natural Heritage Book.

Potomac Edison Company, 1965. Softcover. Good. Good. 1965 Potomac Edison Company. Oversized, 12 x 15.5 inches. Softcover. Wire comb binding. Textured black cardstock covers with silver cover lettering. Glossy sepia-tone pages. Black & white illustrations. The black covers are worn and have large creases and up to 2-inch tears a the edges, but nothing is missing. Name in pencil on first page. Pages clean and unmarked. There is a one-inch wide slit through the back cover that penetrates the last few pages, but without loss or serious damage; text all readable. Reprint of all issues of the Valley News Echo, which in turn reprinted contemporary accounts of the Civil War from various Potomac Valley newspapers. It was published in newspaper format from October 1959 - April 1965, in honor of the Civil War Centennial. Approximately 200 pages. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required.

Moonstone, 2010. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 2010 Moonstone. Comic Books. Set of three, issues 1, 2, and 3. Issue 1 is SIGNED by J. C. Vaughn on the front cover in black marker. All issues are Cover A. Color illustrations. NOT ex-library. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. On the Comic Book Grading Scale, these would be FN/VF. Notable flaws: Issue 1 has a light corner impact to the bottom outer front corner. Issue 2 has a one-inch diagonal crease with color break on the back bottom outer corner and a small gray smudge in a white area near the spine. Issue 3 has a corner impact on the bottom front cover and a spine stress with a color break on the back cover. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

International Collectors Library. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. No date. (ca. 1960s) International Collectors Library edition. Green hardcover has faux-leather-covered boards and gilt decorations. Decorations consist of a floral-motif border on front cover and six ornamented panels on spine. Binding is described in enclosed advertising flyer as "the Louis XVI binding." Book also has attached green satin bookmark and light green speckled endpapers. Light rubbing at corners. Spine ends very lightly bumped. A section of about 100 pages has a light bump to top corner. Pasted on decorative bookplate on front endpaper has name written in ink. Small light stain on top page edges. 670 pages. No dust jacket.

Kendall - Hunt Publishing Company, 1971. Softcover. Good. Good+. 1971 Kendall - Hunt Publishing Company. Third Edition. Softcover. Oversized, 8.5 x 11 inches. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Blue covers with white lettering. 293 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Top front corner creased. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Vassar College, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1955 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Yearbook. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover has cream parchment-patterned cloth-covered boards with dark blue spine and cover lettering. Black and white photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. 176 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers lightly soiled. Pages clean and unmarked; no inscriptions of any kind. Spine and edges of back cover are sunned. No dust jacket, as issued. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. This is the original yearbook, not a reproduction.

The America Press, 1964. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1964 The America Press. Softcover, with stapled binding. Light blue paper covers with white lettering. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Head of the spine has a small chip. Pages clean and unmarked. 96 pages.

Rizzoli, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1990 Rizzoli. Oversize hardcover.9.5 x 11.25 has red textured cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Color and black and white photographs and illustrations. Photographs by Graziano Arici. High-quality glossy paper. 176 pages. Printed in Italy. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has light edge and surface wear. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1969 Charles Scribner's Sons. First Edition. "A" on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with black spine lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. 249 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Barron's Educational Series, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1985 Barron's Educational Series. First US Edition, stated. Full number line on publication page. A volume in the Vera the Mouse Series. Small hardcover, 5 x 6.25 inches, has pictorial paper-covered boards. Color illustrated endpapers. Color illustrations by Marjolein Bastin. Unpaginated (25 pages). Printed in The Netherlands. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Covers very have light surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket, as issued. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Barron's Educational Series, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1985 Barron's Educational Series. A volume in the Vera the Mouse Series. Small hardcover, 5 x 6.25 inches, has pictorial paper-covered boards. Color illustrated endpapers. Color illustrations by Marjolein Bastin. Unpaginated (25 pages). NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Covers very have light surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket, as issued. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Axel Juncker Verlag, 1908. Paperback. Good. Good. 1908 Axel Juncker Verlag, Berlin. Signed by the actor Oskar Werner at bottom of first page "Wien, Mai 1962 Oskar Werner" First page also has imprinted bookplate of Oskar Werner with illustration based on photograph of the actor portraying Hamlet. Bookplate has handwritten number 2766 in red ink. Book is a paperback with brown cardstock covers and dark blue spine and cover lettering. Text in German. Cover and title page have publisher's logo. NOT ex-library. Foreword by Franz V. Liszt. Spine creased. Binding intact but weakening where the spine is creased. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear; diagonal crease at bottom corner of front cover. Covers lightly soiled and lightly curled at corners. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 212 pages. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. The Austrian actor Oskar Werner portrayed Shakespeare's Hamlet and other roles on stage, and was in many films including Jules and… Read More

Diamond Publishing Company, 2002. Softcover. Very Good. Near Fine. 2002 Diamond Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio. SIGNED by author on title page, with a personal inscription. Limited First Edition, stated. Softcover. 125 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked.

George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1929. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1929 George G. Harrap & Company Limited, London. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. First Edition thus; "First published 1929" on verso. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering and decorations. Top page edges gilt. Deckle fore edges and bottom edges. Illustrated endpapers. Black and white illustrations. Twelve color plates. 232 pages. Front hinge partially cracked at title page, but still strong; one light binding crack in text body as well. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Pages clean and unmarked. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Imprinted bookplate on front endpaper. Endpapers and text pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple; plates are bright. Page corners bumped. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped… Read More

Pavilion Books, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; Very Good Slipcase. 1987 Pavilion Books. Hardcover has pictorial paper-covered boards with red cloth-covered spine and gold spine lettering. Red satin index ribbon. Color illustrations. High-quality thick glossy paper. 111 pages. Pictorial paper-covered slipcase. Book and slipcase are lightly scented with Penhaligon's Perfumery scent "Victorian Posy," a scent developed by the editor of the book in her work at the perfumery (info from last page of book). NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Spine lightly sun-faded. Gift inscription opposite the half-title page. Pages clean and unmarked. Slipcase has light surface and edge wear. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Ten Speed Press, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1996 Ten Speed Press. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. Hardcover has pictorial paper-covered boards with green textured paper-covered spine and gold spine lettering. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Color illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. Green satin index ribbon. 128 pages. Gardening lore, advice, recipes and quotes for each month, accompanied by full-color Victorian era illustrations; lined pages for notes and for recipes each month. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.