Search Results: Authors starting with V from Camillas Bookshop

London: KEGAN PAUL TRENCH. Very Good/Very Good. 1958. 14th Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Bound in smart red cloth with clear gilt titles to front board and spine, this 1958 hardcover 14th Edition is VG in Vg dustjacket (unclipped). X1/746pp with Prefaces, Foreword, Introduction, orthography & pronounciation, Japaneses language Reform, How to Write Japanese Characters, 62 lessons, reading Exercises, and Accentuation. Plus large coloured folding map of Japan at end and 11 coloured plates. Very may examples of Japanese script. Dustjacket has several very minor stains, hardcover book beneath all VG .

London: Everett and Co. Very Good/Fair. 1910. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Bound in light blue cloth, dark titles to spine, this undated circa 1910 hardcover edition is VG, in only a Fair dustjacket. 286pp. Monochrome frontispiece.. Boards are darkenied at top and bottom, and on spine. The dustjacket is present but only about 75% complete, and otherwise rubbed, chipped and torn. Photos are available on request. .

London: The Blythenhale Press. Very Good/No Jacket. 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. Small 8vo Bound in green cloth, with black lettering and decoration to spine and front board, this hardcover First Edition is all VG. 43pp with Legend in prose, The ballad, Additional stanzas and Glossary. Odd minor foxing, otherwise VG .

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover.. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Bound in clean black cloth with bright silver titles to spine, this dated 2000 hardcover First Edition, First Impression is VG in VG dustjacket (unclipped). V111/308pp with Prologue, 24 Chapters, B/W Photos and Index. Condition all VG

Paris, France: Imprimerie Nationale. Fine/No Jacket. 1991. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 2110810963 Bound in perfect red leather with four raised bands and gilt titles/decoration to spine, this 1991 hardcover Limited Edition (No.2679 of 2900) is FINE. 427pp with text presented by Michel Decaudin and illustrations, B/W and colour, by Oliver Debre. With Introduction, commentary and poetry of Valery. Top edge gilt and headbands. Two small and insignificant scatches to leather spine, otherwise FINE .

London: B.T.Batsford. Very Good/No Jacket. 1920. First Edition. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Spine slightly faded with wear to fore-edge on font board, o/w vg .

Paris, France: Editions De La Martiniere. Very Good/Very Good. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall 2732427438 Bound in red cloth with gilt titles to spine, this hardcover 2004 Reprint is VG in VG dustjacket.(unclipped). Text in French language. 400pp with Preface, 9 Chapters, illustrations by Tensing Norbu, Full-page colour photos on most pages, (Thumb nails with captions at end) Also, Map and Index. Size of book is 38cm x 29cm and weight is 4.1Kg. Condition all VG .

Firenze, Italy: Alenia. Very Good/Very Good. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Bound in perfect blue cloth with bright, silver titles to front board and spine, this 1997 hardcover First Edition is VG in VG wrapper.(unclipped). 72pp with text in English and Italian, this is a History of the Company with many early photos. Small tear in wrapper, otherwise all VG .

London: Ernest Benn. Very Good/No Jacket. 1931. Fourth Impression. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall In splendid original condition, this hardcover 1931 reprint is VG. 280pp with 25 chapters and bright black title lettering to spine. Crisp appearence, neat signature on fixed front endpaper, all VG .

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pennell, Joseph. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and exterior front board, and gilt to top of head, this volume is in VG condition. The spine shows signs of fading and there is a split in the front end paper on the binding edge. The volume is comprised of 425pp together with 98 black & white plates and 25 colour plates with tissue guards.Overall VG.

London: Constable & Co. Very Good/No Dustjacket. 1927. First Edition.. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Bound in blue cloth with clear gilt titles to spine, this Ex-Library hardcover Volume 2 only (Of two Volume set) is VG. (V1)/646pp with Portrait frontis of Van Gogh, 218 Letters in this volume from The Hague, Drenthe, Nuenen, & Antwerp, written between December 1881 and September 1883 .Libary bookplate and label to front endpapers and various rubber stamps, with impressed Manchester Public Libraries stamp to front board and Acession number to spine. Sound binding and generally VG .

Paducah, USA: Collector Books. Fine/No Jacket. 1994. Reprint. Hardback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Bound in immaculate grey cloth, with colour printed front panel illustration of five Noritake items, this 1994 hardcover Reprint is Fine. Size is 11"x 9". 200pp with Introduction, 15 Chapters, Glossary, Index by Plate Number, Bibliography and Price Guide. 531colour photographs of items, 96 backstamps illustrated, Essay on Design and Techniques in production, reprinted display adverts from early Larkin Catalogues, History of the Compnay, Trade Names used, History of Okura Company etc. As new condition! .

Wiesbaden, Germany: Federal Statistical Office. Very Good/No Jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Bound in black cloth with white lettering to front board, this hardback book is in VG condition. The book contains 115pp with detailed statistics of German people expelled from their homes in East Germany and elsewhere after WWII. Text in English. Inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise VG. .

New York: The Century Co.. Very Good/No Jacket. 1892. First Edition. Hardback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall [xxxix] 395pp in decorative buckram with 154 drawings, plans & diagrams. .

London: Privately Printed. Very Good/No Jacket. 1931. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author Bound in blue buckram with gilt lettering to spine, this Signed Limited First Edition, is VG. 24pp and Limited to 250 copies, signed by the author on verso of title-page. Privately Printed on hand-made watermarked paper and printed by Morrison & Gibbs. Dedicated to "Countess of C---", with clean, unmarked endpapers and uncut edges. Condition all VG .

The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff. Very Good/No Jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 200pp in blue cloth with gilt titles illustrated with photos/diagrams. .

LONDON, UK: GRAYSON & GRAYSON. BOUND IN RED CLOTH, WITH CLEAR BLACK TITLES TO SPINE AND CRISP APPREARANCE, THIS 1951 FIRST EDITION IS VG IN VG JACKET, UNCLIPPED. 256 pp., WITH 28 CHAPTERS AND CLEAN ENDPAPERS, DUST WRAPPER IS 98% COMPLETE, BUT WITH A SIGNIFICANT CHIP TO THE BOTTOM OF SPINE, AND SOME SLIGHT LOSS AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE. TINY CHIPS TO CORNERS OF RETURN FLAPS. MINOR RUBBING TO FRONT FORE-EDGE JACKET. OTHERWISE VG/VG. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1951.

Los Angeles, California, USA: Underwood-Miller, 1988. First Edition Thus. Hardcover.. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Bound in clean brown cloth with bright gilt tiles to spine, this 1988 hardcover First Thus Edition is VG in VG Jacket(unclipped). Dustcover shows dead girl on floor with knife close by and eye-part of mask above with empty eye sockets. 222pp with 16 chapters and clean brown patterned endpapers all present. Old London phone number at top of verso of rear endpaper. Jacket is 99.9% complete with two tiny chips at top and tail of spine, and similar tiny chips at four corners of return flaps. Slight rubbing to spine and return flap edges, and small stain top right corner of front panel (2cm x 1cm). Boards are clean and interior very clean. Generally VG.

London: Methuen. Very Good/No Jacket. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Bound in green cloth with clear title to spine and gold blocked image of three native soldiers to front board, this dated 1898 hardcover First Edition is VG. XXV11/320pp+40pp Methuen's List for November 1897. With B/W photo of Author as frontis protected by Tissue Guard, Introduction by Sir George Goldie, 22 Chapters and Three Appendices. Maps as follows: The Nile Valley, Uganda, Unyoro and the Upper Nile (Large coloured folding map with two inch closed tear to blank margin only), Territories of Royal Niger Company (B/W folding Map), and The Nupe Country (Large coloured folding map with 3 inch closed tear in blank margin only. (Slight creasing at edge through misfolding, and minor discolouration to verso of map at two folds which has leaked through to surface of map. Four inch closed split at one fold). 15 illustrations,in total, as well as the maps, as called for.… Read More

Cambridge, Mass, USA: MIT Press. Very Good/Very Good. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" 0262220431 Signed by Author Bound in black cloth boards with silver titles to spine, this dated 1991 hardcover First Edition is VG in Vg jacket (unclipped). Signed and dated on title page by author: "With best wishes Oct.1995". 176pp., illustrated in colour photos and b/w line drawings throughout, covers classification and structure, cultivation, propagation, the varieties, hybridization, pests and diseases, with appendices on identification, useful addresses, and glossary. Jacket is rubbed top and bottom, otherwise clean; internally clean. All VG. .