Search Results: Authors starting with V from Graham Toms Fine & Rare Books

the Free Press, 1990. Book. Very Good, Some Foxing. Hardcover. ix, 134 p., [8] p. of plates :.

Lannoo, 2003

Marshall Cavendis. Folder. As New. all 52 copies housed in 4 folders original cost 52 x $8,95 = $4465 + folders in excess of $500 yors for the asking price + postage that will be epensive because they weigh

Melbourne: John Ferres, 1877 The Commissioners' report to the Governor, discussing significant events and administration issues. Mainly concentrates on the participation of the Australian colonies in the International Exhibition at Philedelphia and the United States in 1876. Securing this position and reporting it was their main Commission. A rare book, also includes a list of the Commissioners, illustrations and diagrams. All of our books are in the shop, and are 'real' books. We try to post the same day as the order. Descriptions are conservative. Postage rates may be lower than ABE estimate, please use Ask Bookseller a Question to confirm availability and postage cost, use [Ask Bookseller a Question] option below to confirm availability and get accurate postage quote for this item (the amount quoted is for an 'average' hard-cover book of up to 1kg in weight)

98 pages : chiefly illustrations, portraits ; 21 x 30 cm

A pictorial record of photographer John Veage's last twenty years as an editorial photographer based in the Sutherland and St George area - including the Shire Pictorial News and St. George and Sutherland Shire Leader. A wonderful range of black and white images that not only depict the private and public lives of people living around the waterways and beaches of Cronulla but also capture a wider Australian spirit.

L.P.V. Veale, 1996. Book. Gift Quality. Illustrated Card. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st. ix, 310 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 26 cm. ISBN 0646283162 Notes Map on endpapers. Includes index Fascinating story of the Australian coast-watchers and their espionage work behind the lines of Japanese forces in World War II. All of our books are in the shop, and are 'real' books. We try to post the same day as the order. Descriptions are conservative. Postage rates may be lower than ABE estimate, please use Ask Bookseller a Question to confirm availability and postage cost, use [Ask Bookseller a Question] option below to confirm availability and get accurate postage quote for this item (the amount quoted is for an 'average' hard-cover book of up to 1kg in weight).

1882. 1st . Paper Covers. Very Good. Quarto. 84 pages and 39 fold out diagrams includes Diagram for the Bell Telephone, Otto - Improvements in gas motor engines, Edison "records" numerous eference to improvements in "bottle stopping" etc Nice diagrams/lithographs. Unusual All of our books are in the shop, and are 'real' books. We try to post the same day as the order. Descriptions are conservative. Postage rates may be lower than ABE estimate, please use Ask Bookseller a Question to confirm availability and postage cost, use [Ask Bookseller a Question] option below to confirm availability and get accurate postage quote for this item (the amount quoted is for an 'average' hard-cover book of up to 1kg in weight)

1889. 1st 1st Printing. Paper Covers. Very Good. Quarto. 123 pages and 71fold pages of diagrams includes ;Edison - Electric Light, improvments in billiard tables; manufacture of Aluminium; numerous relating to gold extraction, a cure for Balck and Yello Jaundice !; spring mattresses; spring-handled cricket bats; beehive construction; Hansom cab folding roof etc etc.Unusual All of our books are in the shop, and are 'real' books. We try to post the same day as the order. Descriptions are conservative. Postage rates may be lower than ABE estimate, please use Ask Bookseller a Question to confirm availability and postage cost, use [Ask Bookseller a Question] option below to confirm availability and get accurate postage quote for this item (the amount quoted is for an 'average' hard-cover book of up to 1kg in weight)

Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1995. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Looks at Venetian decor, the interiors of mansions, the homes of artists and writers, and Venetian traditions.

Alfred a Knopf, 2006 "An anecdote-filled behind-the-scenes look at more than forty years of the highlights, successes, and day-to-day inner workings - all about productions, the divas, and backstage dramas - of New York's Metropolitan Opera House, by Joseph Volpe, the only general manager to have risen through the ranks.". "This book is the story of Volpe's years leading up to those at the Met, from his first job as a stagehand at the Morosco Theater to the odd jobs he picked up moonlighting: setting up a searchlight or laying down a red carpet for a movie premiere, changing titles on the marquees at the Astor, Victor, and Paramount theaters. It is his Met years - from apprentice carpenter to general manager - that give us a story about New York and the business of culture. Volpe looks at the Met today, an institution full of vast egos and complicated politics, as well as its glittering past - the old Met at Thirty-ninth and Broadway, and the political and artistic intrigues… Read More