Search Results: Authors starting with V from All Booked

London: The Travel Book Club, 1960. Blue boards, black lettering to spine. 192pp. Sunned spine. Front lower corner bumped. Rear joint bumped at top edge. Edgewear. Trace of foxing to feps & edges. Several small marks internally. Firm binding. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Christchurch, New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd, 1964. 174pp. Trace of foxing. One page has a word underlined with 2 words written in the margin. Several small marks throughout. Binding firm. DJ, designed by the author, has price intact, a trace of foxing, tears to spine extremities with small paper loss to front lower corner, protected in removable cover. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1961. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 256pp. B/w illustrations. Ffep has small pen mark and top corner clipped.This book follows on from The Lost World of The Kalahari. On their way out of the Kalahari, the expedition party encountered a small group of Bushmen. This meeting stirred the author to set down on paper the legends and fables he had heard from the Bushmen - the primal unwritten literature of Africa. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Maurice Wilson. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: The Bodley Head, 1963. Translated from the Dutch by Roy Edwards. First English Translation. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 254pp. Lower corners bumped. Contents clean, binding square and tight. DJ has price intact, wear along top edge with one repaired tear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: The Reprint Society, 1953. Green cloth. 254pp. A crisp, clean copy with tight binding. Unclipped DJ is lightly chipped at head and tail of spine. Travel, autobiography and philosophic discourse based on the author's travels through Africa. . First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Student Christian Movement Press Ltd, 1943. Black cloth lettered in green on spine. 128pp. Ffep has a small area of heavy indentation which has extended through 3 pages. Rear fep has small pencil notation. Pages clean and firmly bound. DJ spine is worn and discoloured with small gap at tips. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1911. Red cloth with red, white and black illustration on front panel of girl flying an aircraft. 232pp. plus publisher's catalogue. B/w Frontispiece plus 3 B/w Plates (as issued). Cloth is worn with soil marks. Lettering on spine worn, barely visible. Small amount of white colour on front panel worn. Gutter crack to front and rear endpapers, hinges weakened. Sunday School Prize Plate to Ffep. Several small, unobtrusive marks internally. Text-block is firm.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Joseph Pierre Nuyttens . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

423 pages. Faint mark to top edge otherwise light wear.

London: Collins, 1970. Green cloth, gilt text on spine. Illustrated eps. B/w plates. 222 pages. Small wite-out mark to top corner of Ffep. Binding firm, pages clean. DJ is very worn on edges with chipping and tears. Innocent Killers is that rare thing, a piece of original and highly important scientific research that reads with the pace and vividness of a best-selling thriller. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Collins, 1971. Green cloth, B/w photos & Drawings. pp. 256 includes Appendices & Index. P/o name on Ffep. Priceclipped DJ edgeworn with sunned spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by David Bygott . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

pp. xii, 299 includes References. B/w Maps. Light wear.

London: Book Club Associates, 1982. This is the last novel by Helen Van Slyke. Unfinished at her death and completed by James Elward, it is the story of a woman who must choose between a career and marriage. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 286pp. A clean, tightly bound copy. DJ has minor edgewear and one tiny tear.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Timaru, New Zealand: The Author, 1965. Signed and Inscribed "good wishes' by Author on Title Page. Tan cloth, gilt text to spine. Illustrated endpapers. 275 pp. includes Appendix, Bibliography, Index plus a Fold-out Runs Schedule 1889 - 1946. B/w Frontispiece and illus. Signature on Ffep. A clean, firmly bound copy. DJ has price intact, chipped along top edge with one tiny tear, spine has small circular surface paper loss from sticker removal (13mm diameter), small stain to top front edge and spine tail (outer side only). Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1968. Introduction by Elisabeth Elliot. Green cloth lettered in gilt on spine. 278pp. B/w Drawings. Moderate edgewear, endpapers have a number of tape marks from DJ previously taped to pastedowns. Pages clean, binding firm. Priceclipped DJ has shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by James Howard. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: GP Publications , 1994. 238pp. includes Index. Tiny surface scuff to front lower panel otherwise like new. Clean and tightly bound. The first book of its kind in New Zealand, Surviving Retirement both gives older adults the knowledge to make the best decisions for a secure future and provides essential resource material for the care givers, health workers, lawyers, and other professionals who work with them.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd, 1979. Foreword by H. A. Williams. Card Covers. 120pp. Light edgewear, contents clean and tight.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1990. 274pp. B/w photos taken by the author. Frontispiece map of the Fiji Islands. Neatly printed name on top edge of Ffep otherwise a tight, clean copy. DJ has price intact, minor shelfwear with one tiny chip to top of spine. When life as a harbourmaster in a Hawaiian out island began to seem too civilized, fifty-four-year-old Joana McIntyre uprooted herself to Fiji, in search of adventure and a new life. Changes in Latitude follows Joana as she struggles to make real a long-aspired-to personal mythology based upon the integration of nature and a life well-lived. It documents the lush life of the torrid zone; an uncommon anthropology of the flora, fauna, rituals, passions, and day-to-day lives of the Fijian people, and of a feisty American woman who adopts it all, and shares it with us. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by The Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Heinemann New Windmills , 2001. Glossy Illustrated covers. 199pp. B/w illustrations. Small mark on top edge of closed pages. Anthology of short stories especially selected to appeal to Key Stage 3 students.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Illus. by Various. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Golden Pleasure Books, 1967. Second Impression. Green cloth, gilt text on spine. B/w Frontispiece & illustrations. 359pp. Rear hinge weakened. Name on Ffep. 2 small ticks beside titles on Contents page. DJ is edgeworn with thumbnail paper loss to rear top edge, several small tears. Includes careers such as TV director, actress, airline stewardess, model, news reporter, archaeologist and more.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Illus. by \'Ionicus\'. 8vo - over 7¾\" - 9¾\" tall.

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1986. Stapled illustrated card covers. Reproduced colour paintings complement the poems. Light sunning to spine and small sticker mark to top front corner.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.