Search Results: Authors starting with V from Daisyroots Books Ltd

Tales of a Tent A remarkable diary of camping holidays in Lakeland in the halcyon days before the First World WarVALENTINE, H. & A.W.09041331149Michael Moon, Beckermet, 1977, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, frontispiece, illustrated title page in addition to b/w photographs and drawings throughout, unpag.No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps and spine strip intact with light shelf wear to edges and corners, edges and spine sunned.LOCAL HISTORY, LAKES, HOLIDAYS, CAMPING, JOURNAL, PRE WW144857 hb 43 LOCAL HIST/LAKES £5.00

Machine Embroidery: Stitch TechniquesWatts. Valerie. & Campbell-Harding. Pamela.071345797XB T Batsford Ltd, London, 1989, ist edition hardback with wrapper, 144pp including list of suppliers and index, illustrated with 135 b/w photographs, 75 line drawings and 24 colour photographs, Good, ex-library - usual stamps etc, brief pencil inscription, otherwise pages clean and sound.sewing machine embroidery, stitch techniques, embroidery design, stitching, textiles41993 CRAFTS/ TEXTILES £12.00

VAN LUSTBADER. EricThe Ring Of Five Dragons - Volume One Of The Pearl Saga (first edition)0002247291Voyager, London, 2001, 1st edition - full number run, hardback with wrapper VG/vg, the first part of the Pearl Saga fantasy series, 616 pp, illustrated with b/w map of Kundala, the Northern Continent, blue boards /gilt, not inscribed, clean and clear pages, Dust jacket with illustration by John Howe, slight creasing to top edge, in very good condition, not price clipped.FICTION FIRST EDITION43050 FIC/1ST/V £21.50

CONSTANTINOPLE painted by Warwick Goble
VAN MILLIGEN, Alexander
A & C Black, London, 1906, hardback, VG+, coloured decorated boards, gilt title to spine, 281 pp, fold out map to rear, colour plate frontis with tissue guard, 63 colour illustrations with tissue guards by Warwick Goble. No inscriptions. Sound binding. Page edges lightly dust stained. CONSTANTINOPLE, GOBLE, TRAVEL WRITING.
46280 ANTI/travel £296.50

VAN GULIK. RobertThe Willow Pattern: A Chinese Detective Story434825581Heinemann, London, 1969 re-issue, hardback with wrapper GD/gd, 183 pp, illustrated with fifteen b/w drawings by the author in the Chinese style, ex library usual stamps, blue boards, name inscription on inside front end paper, sound binding, small sellotape marks on end papers, slight foxing on some pages, page ends lightly tanned. Dust jacket dust stained, chipped on spine, closed tear on back flap, not price clipped.FICTION, DETECTIVE STORY42941 FIC/V £23.50

Boswell's Life of Johnson: New Questions, New AnswersVANCE, J.A.ISBN: 9780820310244University Of Georgia Press, Athens, 1985, softback VG, 273 pp, two Figures and one Table illustrated from tables indicating number of times Boswell and Johnson met. No inscriptions or annotations, sound, tight and square binding, no loose pages, bright clean leaves, minimal shelf wear, spine head very lightly bumped, top edge and spine strip lightly sunned.LITERARY CRITIQUE, COMMENTARY, ESSAYS, SAMUEL JOHNSON, JAMES BOSWELL43630 LIT/CRITIQUE £10.00

Het Lied Der Minne Van Vroeger En Nu (The Song of Love from the Past and Now)1944, VG, small booklet with stiff card with blue wraps and paste down title plate. 25 pp.Gift inscription on front free endpaper, no annotations, binding sound, pages tanned. Moderate wear to wraps, foxing to insides of front and rear cards, edges sunned, chips to head and tail of spine. Text loose from binding. Anthology of poetry on Dutch.FOREIGN LANGUAGE, DUTCH, POETRY/PROSE45686 hb 62 FOREIGN LAN/DUTCH £12.00

The Adventure Book for BoysShowell Styles, Eric Williams, Capt. Frank Knight et al.Collins, London, c.1964, hardback with illustrated boards and complete dustwrapper, VG/vg, unpag.,illustrated throughout from b/w cartoon drawings, illustrated title and contents page (see scan). One neat inscription on front flyleaf, no annotations, sound tight binding, lightly tanned, pages clean and crisp, slight foxing to front and back flyleaves,minimal shelfwear. Wrapper illustrated and clean, gentle rubs to edges and small chip on head of spine strip, price clipped.CHILDREN'S COLLECTABLES, ANNUAL, BOYS ADVENTURE STORIES43835 CHILD'S COLL/ANNUAL £13.50

Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland Volume X (Part III)Northumberland Press, Gatesgate, 1950, VG. Contents include:A Note on the church of St. Mary the Less, DurhamSacristonheughWilliam of St. Calais, First Nrman Bishop of DurhamThe Oxford Excavation at KawaExcavations of the Roman Fort at Piercebridge in 1948 and 1949John Cosin, Deamn of Peterborough and Bishop of Durham41581 LOCAL HIST NE £17.00

The 16th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (Fontana Book 6157)
M.R. James, Marjorie Bowen, Pamela Hansford Johnson et al
Fontana Books, London, 1980, paperback, fair, 192 pp.
Covers and spine strip remain intact, appreciable shelf wear to covers and prelims (see scans), rubs and bumps to edges and corners, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, tanned. No loose pages, tight spine.
COLLECTABLE PAPERBACK, FICTION, FONTANA BOOKS, GHOST STORIES, THE SUPERNATURAL, DEATH
46260 COLL P/BACK £14.00

BOYD, Edward; STEVENSON, Victoria & STEVENSON, Robert, Louis. et alThe Bumper Book for ChildrenThe Children's Press, London, 1953, hardback with printed boards and red fabric spine, vg, illustrated throughout from black and red drawings. Illustrated boards, one inscription on front endpaper (see scan), no annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and crisp, lightly tanned. Boards rigid, light shelfwear marks on covers, gentle rubs to edges, small chips to fore-edge corners, spine intactCHILDREN'S COLLECTABLE, ANNUAL, COMPENDIUM OF CHILDREN'S STORIES43881 CHILD'S COLL/ANNUAL £10.00

Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and LegendWalter Scott / Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, 1889, hardback, vg-. twelve monthly editions for 1889 bound together. Brown cloth, gilt and colour illustrations to front and spine, gilt title, concave bound, colour printed top page edges, frontis and illus. from 386 b/w steel engravings, 576 pp plus index. Boards rubbed on edges and faded with some staining on the back. Sound binding. No inscriptions. There is a very small indent running through about 30 pages but this does not detract from the text. Fascinating and extensively illustrated work. Very heavy book - UK mainland delivery only. NORTH EAST, MONTHLY CHRONICLE, LORE AND LEGEND, 188945781 ANTI/NE hb 66 £36.50

Captive Breeding of Diurnal Birds of Prey Volume 1 Number 3 1972The British Falconers' Club & The Hawk Trust, 1972. Soft card wraps, stapled, 26 pages. Gd. Wrapper lightly foxed. No inscriptions or internal damage. A rare collection of nineteen essays.field sports, falconry, falconer, hawking, raptors, zoology, birds of prey, falcon, sparrowhawk, kestrel, goshawks, Prairie Falcons, Peregrine Falcons, Eyasses, Merlin.41027 SPORT hunt shoot £35.00

The Beyond - Volume 2 Readers Collection (30 comics in one issue)
ISBN: 9781079276145
Gwandanaland Comics (TM # 384-A), large format softback with stiff card wraps, VG+, illustrated throughout with pen and ink cartoons, 497 pp.
No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, smattering of impact marks to fore-edge of text block. Wraps clean and crisp, protected by clear book covering. OUT OF PRINT. RARE COPY
Very heavy book - UK Mainland delivery only
COMICS, GRAPHIC ART, GWANDANALAND COMICS, COLLECTION OF 30 STORIES
46319 COMICS £46.50

The Dalesman's Yorkshire Annual 1986ISBN: 9780852068441Dalesman Books, Clapham via Lancaster, 1985, softback with stiff card wraps, VG-, illustrated title page in addition to line drawings and 16 b/w photographs, 72 pp.No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, rubs to all edges and corners as well as spine strip, gentle bumps to head and tail of spine.LOCAL HISTORY, YORKSHIRE, DALESMAN PUBLICATION, ANNUAL, ILLUSTRATED ARTICLES AND STORIES44747 hb 40 LOCAL HIST/YORKS £8.00

Isle of the Black Cats (Galapagos) Gustavo Vasconez HurtadoEdiciones Libri Mundi, Ecuador, 1993, 1st English edition, soft card wraps with flaps. VG, 311 pp. Page ends lightly tanned. Neat inscription. Light shelf wear. Fiction Galapagos modern literature41395 FIC 1st H £17.00

Land Below Sea Level : Holland in it's age-long fight against the watersVEEN, Dr Johan VanN.V. Drukkerij Trio, The Hague, Holland, 1960, Fifth Edition softback, VG, 36 pp, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs and coloured maps (see scan). no inscription, one small pencil annotation on title page, very lightly tanned, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps crisp and in good condition, gentle rubs to edges and spine strip.SCIENCE, GEOGRAPHY, THE NETHERLANDS, LAND RECLAMATION, SEA DEFENCES43816 SCI/GEOGRAPHY £19.00

Awake Thou That SleepestSTANFORD, M. VeiraISBN: 096458039XHealing Unlimited, Seattle, 1999, softback with stiff card wraps, VG+, 191 pp.No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp.MIND, BODY, SPIRIT, SCIENTOLOGY, HEALING, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE44808 hb 42 MBS/SCIENTOLOGY £8.00

Peoples of the Sea (Abacus Books)VELIKOVSKY, Immanuel ISBN: 0349135878Abacus, London, 1979, 1st thus., paperback, VG, illustrated from 16 b/w plates, 267 pp. No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean, tanned. Wraps clean, spine strip intact, rubs to all edges, bumps to fore-edge corners, diagonal crease to front.HISTORY, VELIKOVSKY, COSMOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, 'PEOPLE OF THE SEA', PERSIANS & GREEKS, CHRONOLOGY, AGES IN CHAOS SERIES45362 hb 58 HISTORY £10.00

Fish and Fishing (Puffin Picture Book 53)VENABLES, BernardPuffin Books/Penguin Books, Middlesex, 1948, softback with paper wraps, good, illustrated throughout from colour and b/w drawings, 31 pp.No inscription, one neat signature in pen and library stamp on page two (see scan), binding reinforced on external and internal hinges with scotch tape, pages tanned. Wraps intact with moderate shelf wear to edges and corners, chips to head and tail of spine, original Puffin price label on front cover (see scan).SPORT, FISHING, PUFFIN BOOK, TYPES OF FISH, TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT44858 hb 43 SPORT/FISH £19.00