Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC

Singapore: World Scientific, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Octavo 8 3/4" tall, xii + 372 pages, illustrated boards. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with slight shelf wear, binding tight, paper white BUT with small marginal notations on the last 25 pages. This book is part of a larger group of several hundred science books from one collection, currently in the process of being catalogued. This special collection may be referenced with the word 'Wong' in the description field as new titles are added.

New York, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth. Fine/Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 194 pages, orange quarter cloth. A fine, clean, hardcover first American edition, first printing, with minimal shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a very good+, clean dust jacket with light fading to the back strip, with original price.

Henry Colburn, London, 1827. First thus. Hardcover. Good. This is an ex-library copy with significant exterior wear, sold as a scarce and still valuable reference. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, [viii + iv] + 511 pages, three-quarter leather over marbled boards. This is a good plus copy overall, internal binding solid, text paper light to moderately yellowed, with light to moderate foxing throughout, but cover rubbed and shelf worn, leather back strip roughed and chipping. With diverse coverage including essays such as, "On the supply of water to the western part of the metropolis (London) by the Grand Junction Water-Works Company," "On Malaria" by J. Mac Culloch, which deals with the 'marsh miasma' caused by gases from the decomposition of 'vegetables in water,' and a "Description of the Kaleidophone, or Phonic Kaleidoscope; a new philosophical Toy, for the illustration of several Interesting and Amusing Acoustical and Optical Phenomena" by C. Wheatstone.

London, England: Journal of Science, 1873. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good. An ex-library volume with markings to the endpapers and title page. Four issues bound without original wraps as one volume. It was the common practice of the period to bind up the editorial content of magazines in this manner. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 563 pages with several black and white and two color illustrations, three-quarter leather over marbled boards. A good, clean, hardcover overall; exterior significantly worn, hinges cracked, leather back strip loose and chipping away, fore-corner tips through to boards; interior very good, paper clean and moderately yellowed, binding tight.

London, England: Hodder & Stoughton, circa 1930. Hardcover--cloth. Very Good / Good. Octavo, 7 1/2" tall, 448 pages, blue cloth. Previous owner's signature with date 1934 penned on front free end paper. A very good, clean hardcover with rubbing to the cloth at the corners and at the ends of the back strip; hinges and binding tight, paper lightly yellowed. In a good only dust jacket, with small chips at the folds, soiling to the front panel edges.

Orpington, Kent, England: George Allen, 1874. 'New" edition. Hardcover. Good. Sold as an excellent original reading copy despite difficult condition, Single volume. Octavo, 8 2/3" tall, xi + 208 pages; decorative blue leather, gilt fore-edges; marbled endpapers. A good, clean volume overall with moderate shelf wear, but, leather back strip at the spine chipped and loose, gilt spine titles dim on spine, front cover is broken loose, rubbing through to the boards at fore-corner tips. Internally very good with binding solid, paper clean and lightly yellowed. Full edge gilt is bright.

New York, New York: E. P. Dutton, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 210 pages, beige quarter-cloth with gilt title on spine. A near fine, clean hard cover first edition, with light shelf wear and some slight cover color fading at the exterior margins; hinges and binding solid, paper cream white. In a near fine, clean, lightly worn dust jacket, with original price.

Arbor House: NY, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 282 pages, beige cloth. A very good, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear, but light foxing to the cloth at the margins, binding tight, paper a dark cream white. In a very good dust jacket with very small chips at the fore-tips, with the original price.

Peter E. Randall Publisher, 2001-04-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by the author on the half-title page and with author's small sticker on front free end paper. Octavo, 9" tall, 215 pages, red boards with gilt titles. A fine, clean, neat hard cover with light shelf wear, binding tight, paper white. In a fine, slightly worn dust jacket with the original price.

New York, New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1992. First edition, first printing. Hardcover--quarter cloth / Boards. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 156 pages. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine lightly worn dust jacket with the original price.

Random House; New York, 2000-07-05. First Edition, First Printing. hardcover. Near Fine/Nearr Fine. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 318 pages, brown and beige boards. A fine, clean, neat hard cover with slight shelf wear, binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, clean dust jacket with the original price present.

Miles & Weir, Ltd., San Pedro, California, 1978-01-01. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Small oblong 24mo, 58 pages, stiff illustrated wraps. A very good, clean, neat soft cover with minor shelf wear but slight exterior foxing, binding tight, paper cream white. This volume was also offered in hardcovers.