Search Results: Authors starting with V from Bow Windows Bookshop

London: Frederick Warne and Co., [1880s].. 8vo, xiv, 533, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece of Walter Scott, marbled endpapers and edges, prize label from Thetford Grammar School to paste down. Contemporary full calf, gilt spine and edges, a very good copy.

London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1932.. Limited edition, no. 80 of 250 copies signed by Valéry, from a total edition of 1750 copies. 8vo. xii, 96 pp. Publisher's white buckram, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, the latter also featuring a design based on an architectural plan of an ancient classical temple, original glassine wrapper with card flaps, printed to the front. Some cracking and small losses to the fragile glassine, slight tanning to the spine ends, very good overall.

Amstelædami [Amsterdam]: Apud Franciscum vander Plaats, 1704.. 4to, (iv), 76 pp. Title vignette and 38 plates, some occasional marks and staining, mostly marginal and to early and late leaves only, 19th century Dutch binder's label to the rear paste down. 19th century half tree calf, marbled sides, gilt spine with a red label, recent subtle repair to the spine ends. A lovely example of this Dutch emblem book, using plates that had previously appeared in a Leiden printing, "Elegantissimorum Emblematum" in 1696.

Ideabooks, 2016.. One of 500 copies, 4to, (64) pp. Colour photographic illustrations. Loose sheets with a central tie, card slipcase, a fine copy.

London: The Hakluyt Society, 1984.. Four volumes. 8vo. Original gilt titled cloth, dust jackets. 56 black and white illustrations and maps, including a folding map at the end of volume I. A little light edge wear to the jackets, a very good set. Hakluyt Society, second series, volumes 163-166.

London: Michael Joseph, (1971).. First UK edition, 8vo, x, 213, (11) pp. Brief inscription to half title. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine slightly browned.

[N.p], October, 1929 and January, 1930,. Offprint (from The Ibis, editions above). 8vo. 577-608; 1-48 pp. Later brown buckram, gilt lettered to the upper board, the bookplate of Eastbourne College to the front pastedown with a presentation inscription from the author to a former headmaster, the noted ornithologist E.C. Arnold, on the opposing front free endpaper. 5 plates, each featuring two photographic illustrations, plus 3 plates, the last of which also features two illustrations. Red mark to the foot of the spine, otherwise very good.

London: John Murray, 1989.. First edition. 8vo. xviii, 217, (1) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, slightly later gift inscription to the front free endpaper. A handful of black and white illustrations. A few minor marks to the jacket, very good overall.

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1903.. Two volumes, small 8vo. Marbled endpapers. Handsomely bound by Denny in contemporary dark brown crushed half morocco, t.e.g., a lovely set. Text in both French and English on facing pages.

(London): 21 Publishing, [2005].. First edition, small square 4to, 87, (1) pp. 51 colour illustrations, inscribed from the artist on the title page. Original boards, some minor soiling, very good.

(Ludlow): Merlin Unwin Books, (1993).. First edition, large oblong 8vo, xvi, 143, (1) pp. Colour illustrations. Cloth, d.w., an excellent copy.

London: Faber and Faber, (1960).. First edition, 8vo, 87, (1) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations and 3 leaves of maps. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, lower wrapper with light browning, some wear and minor loss to extremities.

(Arcueil): Anthese, (1994).. First edition, 4to, (168) pp. Numerous illustrations, including fold-out plates. Cloth, d.w., an excellent copy. French text.

Rotterdam: Poetry International Foundation, 2009.. 8vo. 455, (1) pp. Publisher's glossy card covers with flaps. Illustrated throughout. Very good. A bilingual English-Dutch extended essay on language and graphic design.

London: Printed for Reed and Hunter, 1813-15.. Three volumes, 8vo. Contemporary calf, spines a little marked and darkened, ends rubbed, red labels, a well preserved set.

London: Eyre & Spottiswood, (1947).. First edition. 8vo. 175, (1) pp. Brown half morocco over cloth boards, gilt lettered to the spine. Illustrations throughout, some full page. Very good.

München: Bayerische Motoren Worke AG, [c.1972].. First edition, 4to. Well illustrated, with loosely inserted a plastic sheet of car shape stencils and a four sheet plastic booklet of engine schematics, page of BMW stickers bound in. Original silver paperback covers, extremities a little bumped.

London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, 1914.. Small 8vo. (2)-16, 79, (1), 17-23 pp. Original brown cloth covers, worn gilt lettering to the spine. 4 full page photographic plates plus 17 folding plates, 13 diagrams and 4 photographic illustrations of machine guns packed in wagons for the various purposes. Covers worn but sound, some light staining to the plates, hinges tender at a few points but holding.

London: Printed by G. Woodfall... And Sold by W. H. Lunn..., J. Deighton..., and J. Nicholson..., 1814, 1808.. Three volumes, volumes I and II second edition, volume III first edition. Uniformly bound in contemporary full speckled calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red and black labels, gilt rules to the boards, armorial bookplates to the front pastedowns, the first volume with the name "Hare" inscribed by an old hand. 19 folding charts to the rear of volume II. Repairs to the joints and spine ends, otherwise very good.

London: Seeley and Co., 1898.. 8vo, (xii), 266 pp. 24 plates after Pinelli, marbled endpapers and edges, prize label of King Edwards School, Norwich to paste down. Contemporary green calf, gilt spine and edges, gilt arms, spine and top of the upper cover slightly sunned.