Search Results: Authors starting with V from Forest Books

Dawsons, 1974. 4to, vi, 250pp., orig. cloth.

[Middle Hill Press:] Typis Medio-Montanis, excudit C. Gilmour, 1841. Folio, [4], 87, [1]pp., no more published, one of 25 copies printed, Middle Hill boards, detached, spine defective. "A work containing the names of the heirs of the ancient Gentry of England, with their ages, has long been a desideratum in Topography. To supply this defect in some degree, the following work is undertaken... Twenty-five copies only are printed, my object being merely to prevent unique records being utterly destroyed by a single accident".—Preface, signed [in print] Sir Thomas Phillipps.+ Holzenberg 360; Fenwick 95.

Carlo Bellmann, Praga. 1856. 4to, 24pp., orig. printed wrappers.

(Reprint of the 1969 Edition) 1998. 4to, 567pp., facsimiles, orig. cloth. With detailed paginations and collations, facsimiles of the title pages of more than 160 books described, detailed notes, and the English translations of Russian titles.

Yale University Press. 1969. First Edition, 4to, 567pp., facsimiles, orig. cloth, d.w. a nice copy. With detailed paginations and collations, facsimiles of the title pages of more than 160 books described, detailed notes, and the English translations of Russian titles.

Burt Franklin, New York. (Reprint of the 1822 Edition) 1969. 9 Vols., small 4to, orig. cloth. "The first bibliography of books printed on vellum; it describes 1,750 books owned by what is now the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, and 2,750 works which the author traced in other public and private libraries. But it is much more than a mere bibliography of books printed on that precious material; the copious notes make it a valuable bibliography of rare books in many fields." - Breslauer & Folter, Grolier Club, Bibliography, 123.

De Graaf, Nieuwkoop. (Reprint of the 1900-01 Edition) 1973. 2 Parts in one, orig. cloth. Bibliographical descriptions of 184 Bibles and 191 New Testaments in the French language published during the 15th and 16th centuries.

Dublin: Printed by George Faulkner, 1746. First Edition, signature of Philip Wolfe on title, 20 pp., modern marbled boards, morocco label. Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748.

Oxford: The University Press, 1800. 8vo, xi, [3], 257, [1]pp., endpapers browned from turn-ins, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked. Provenance: Early book label of Richard Corbet, Adderley.

Henry Sotheran & Co. 1894. First edition, 4to, xi, [i], 718pp., formerly in the library of the British and Foreign Bible Society and later Cambridge University Library with their cancellation stamp, orig. black hard-grained half morocco, remain of shelf number to foot of spine, joints and corners a little rubbed, t.e.g. Prince Bonaparte had requested that his philological library of over 13,000 books was to remain in tact, hence the publication of this catalogue as a means of attracting a potential buyer. A printed compiler's compliments slip tipped-in before the title-page reads "The Library of the late Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte is now for sale en bloc, the Prince desiring that it should remain intact. Intending purchasers may obtain orders to view by applying to Mr. Victor Collins... in whose hands the Prince Bonaparte has placed the disposal of the Library". The corporation of the City of London had made an unsuccessful attempt to acquire the books for the Guildhall… Read More

Henry Sotheran & Co. 1894. First edition, 4to, xi, [i], 718pp., orig. paper wrappers, soiled, spine rather chipped. Prince Bonaparte had requested that his philological library of over 13,000 books was to remain in tact, hence the publication of this catalogue as a means of attracting a potential buyer. A printed compiler's compliments slip tipped-in before the title-page reads "The Library of the late Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte is now for sale en bloc, the Prince desiring that it should remain intact. Intending purchasers may obtain orders to view by applying to Mr. Victor Collins... in whose hands the Prince Bonaparte has placed the disposal of the Library". The corporation of the City of London had made an unsuccessful attempt to acquire the books for the Guildhall Library. They were subsequently sold to the Newberry Library in Chicago in 1901.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. 1846. Second edition, 12mo, vii, [1], 220pp., contemporary ink notes on front fly-leaf and upper blank margin of title, text in English and French in parallel columns, contemporary half calf, rubbed, spine gilt.

Societe Anonyme des Editions de l'Ouest, Angers. 1932. 4to, 403,[5]pp., one of 500 numbered copies, illustrs., in the text, red half crushed morocco by Bayntun, gilt lettering on spine, a nice copy.

London: Sotheby & Co., 1937. 4to (255 x 180 mm), 171, [1]pp., coloured frontis., 62 plates (some folding), orig. printed boards, small piece missing from base of spine, 791 lots. The Rothschild sale was one of the greatest pre-war Sotheby sales, the catalogue contains some fascinating illustrations of rooms as they were furnished before the dispersal.

London: Sotheby & Co., 1937. 4to (255 x 180 mm), 171, [1]pp., coloured frontis., 62 plates (some folding), orig. printed boards a little faded, lower joint split but holding firm, 791 lots. The Rothschild sale was one of the greatest pre-war Sotheby sales, the catalogue contains some fascinating illustrations of rooms as they were furnished before the dispersal.

Versailies: J. Angé. 1838. First Edition, 12mo, [vi],vi,215,[1]pp., orig. printed wrappers, lower defective, uncut.

Wien: Allgemeinen, 1906. 2 vols., 12mo, orig. decorated cloth, gilt, a nice set.

Newcastle: Printed by T. & J. Hodgson, [c. 1830]. Single sheet printed on one side only, 312 x 125mm. "[Sung to the] Tune.-"O the golden days of good Queen Bess." Not listed on Copac.

Cheltenham: Published by H. Davies, Montpellier Library, [c. 1830]. Oblong 4to, a collection of 10 views, being 4 lithographs by George Childs, 4 by P. Gauci and 2 other metal plate engravings all protected by orig. tissues, wide margins, stitched as issued in publishers printed wrappers chipped at front corners, paper spine a little worn. Not listed on Copac.

Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1871. First edition, 15, [1]pp., 2 folding plates at end, orig. printed wrappers.