Search Results: Authors starting with V from Adelaide Booksellers

Melbourne: Cassell. 1946. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in a Fair dustjacket [now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve]. DJ worn with sticky-tape repairs. 288 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition (Australia). Hardback.

London: Cassell & Company Ltd. 1948. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ is edgeworn with sticky-tape repairs to the inside and patchy fading to the front panel. The book has some very mild foxing to edges and precious owner's name to front free endpaper. Black & white frontispiece. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 210 pages. The autobiography of the prolific English writer. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

New York: Crowell-Collier. 1968. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. Pictorial boards. Mild wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Black & white illustrations. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. ix, 134 pages. A vivid account of Georgia's early history. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Peerage Books. 1989. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with colour plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 120 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.

London: Hutchinson. 1955. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ is mildly age-toned at spine. Previous owner's details to front free end paper including a colour photograph of Greif Fixed Wing parachute and the notation 'very scarce parachute'. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Translated from the French by Mervyn Savill. 127pages. Story of the famous parachutist who tried them all! Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

New York: Alfred A Knopf. 1986. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Translated by Andrew Hurley. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 380 pages. A dramatic and harrowing account of twenty-three years in Castro's prisons. . 5th Printing. Hardback.

London: The Folio Society. 2009. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine condition in a Very Good Slipcase. Black & white illustrations by George Cruikshank 239 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 8th Impression. Hardback.

London: The Folio Society. 1974. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in a Very Good Slipcase. Black & white engraving by George Cruikshank. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 239 pages. . 5th Impression. Hardback.

Adelaide: Kopi Kat. 1993. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 222 pages. The unofficial anthology of prose and poetry by the students and staff of the Adelaide University 1993 . 1st Edition. Softcover.

Adelaide: Hans van Arend. 2011. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Lower corner a little curled. Inscribed by the author on title page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 407 pages. A novelisation of the real experiences of post-war British child migrants to Australia. Covers a span of fifty years and is set in both Australia and England. Deals with a number of issues including manic depression, and the impact of loss of family and institutionalisation in orphanages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1980. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. 362 pages. This book examines the history of East European economic integration. The author pursues three main themes in analyzing the sluggish pace of East European integration on trade during the thirty years to 1980. He also look to the future [post 1980's]. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Stroud, Gloucestershire: Spellmount Ltd. 2009. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 485 pages. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.

London: Heinemann. 1934. Octavo Size. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. Gilt titles to spine xvii, 448 pages. Famous Dutch gynaecologist and physician's work on marital problems - this being the third and final volume. Translated by F.W. Stella Browne. First published in 1931. As well as the physiological aspects also deals with the societal, ethical and religious issues. An early work on the area and includes considerable information on birth control available at the time. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 2nd Impression. Hardback.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1985. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 189 pages. Zen and the art of crime detection. A collection of Japanese Inspector Saito's adventures. Some previously published in magazines. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: John Murray. 1996. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine copy in Fine dustjacket. DJ protected in a purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. 340pages. Following on from his "Night of the New Moon" this book begins with the author's release from the POW camp in Java in August 1945 and him watching his fellow POW's disappear on their way to Batavia and home whilst he, as the most senior British Army Officer stayed behind at the request of the Japanese. So overnight he went from POW to oversighting the Japanese in their treatment [post war] of ex-prisoners and internees. In this process he built up a remarkable trust with the Japanese and his work laid the basis of future British policy in Java. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Like New. 1st Edition. Hardback.

New York and London: Routledge. 1996. Near Fine condition. Excellent condition. 287 pages. A groundbreaking collection of essays arising from the 1994 Conference on Conversion. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Trade Paperback.

Blackie. 1984. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Four stories each accompanied by van der Meer's wonderful paper engineering. All pop-ups in excellent working order. The stories are in booklet form although firmly attached to each page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Unpaginated. . 1st thus. Hardback.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1994. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Previous owner's neat label to front pastedown. 374 pages. The technological, political and diplomatic background to the development of the submarine and its weaponry. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Melbourne: Readers Book Club. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Small chip to spine tail. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and a map. 254 pages. A landmark in the literature of African travel. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Book Club Edition. Hardback.

Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Arte. 1990. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition - Card Wraps. mild age-toning to covers and a coupleof light marks to white rear cover. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. 336 pages. From the Collection of Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.