Search Results: Titles starting with V from finecopy ltd

Gollancz 1981. later edition. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. Gollancz 1981 reprint. Fine Original cloth. Unclipped Dust Jacket a little nicked at corners. Inscribed and signed by the author "To Chris / with best wishes from / Daphne du Maurier / 1987" on a small rectangle of white paper tipped in to the front blank. Signed by Author

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1970. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. First UK edition, first printing. Original laminated pictorial boards, issued without dustwrapper. Colour illustrations complete and excellent, small stains at foot of spine and rear cover, oblong 4to 1970.

The Bodley Head, UK, 1966. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. First edition 1966. Fine copy in a Near Fine Jacket with a closed tear to head of spine and short tear at foot, not clipped no ownership marks. No. 95/500 signed by Graham Greene, Dorothy Glover and John Carter. to limitation page at the rear. Signed by Author

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition in original 24 parts, engraved plates, odd light occasional foxing, most covers with contemporary owner's name inked to head. First issue, with the first word on page 207 in No. 7 misprinted "actresses" (corrected in later editions to "ancestresses")and issue 12 with the Chapter numberings incorrectly shown as "XLVIII"-"XLIX" Issue 20 has the tipped in errata regarding omitted plates; . Original yellow printed wrappers, generally very good condition, bindings consistently excellent and square. Preserved in cloth chemise and full green morocco gilt decorated pull-off box [Van Duzer 232], 8vo, 1857-59.

L Drury, London 1821. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. First edition London 1821 complete with all 14 Plates including Frontis all with tissue guards, three plates bound out of sequence. Later patterned boards with gilt lettered leather label and new endpapers. One page with central crease, textblock slightly toned. Collation: xii, 224pp (2) (errata & directions to binder), errata leaf with short closed tear. 8vo. A scarce account of pioneer life in the early 19th century. The lithograph plates include views of a log tavern in Indiana, Little Brandywine, Pennsylvania, the place of worship at Legionier, the ferry at Maysville on the Ohio, Frankfurt, Kentucky, and the church at Harmony, Indiana.

Cape, London, 1985. later edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. First Reissue in 1984 Fine copy in a fine Jacket. Not clipped.

For Osborne Brown et al London, 1762. later edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Tenth edition 1762 8vo. A complete copy with 4 folding charts. Full contemporary polished calf, a little worn to joints but very square and sound, original spine label in red morocco. Front free endpaper becoming detached from the binding but still in place. Chart 3 is creased but the collective charts are without the usual irritating plethora of handling tears, and without the common foxing. There is a little general age soiling but overall this is a very attractive, unmolested and all original copy. Provenance : Recent bookplate of Colin Malcolm Paul, 18th century ink name John Hall Fordhill

For John and Paul Knapton, London, 1753. later edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Seventh edition John and Paul Knapton, London, 1753. Full contemporary calf, neatly rebacked in style to match the original covers. Morocco spine label. Retaining the original endpapers. Complete copy with three charts, a few small fold tears, a few odd intermittent spots or light marks but otherwise a remarkably clean and bright copy. Previous owner's name to title. Collates {xxiv} 548pp 4pp ads, 3 folding charts

For John and Paul Knapton, London, 1749. later edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Sixth edition John and Paul Knapton, London, 1749. Superb recent full morocco bindings, gilt tooled, raised bands, double leather spine labels, new endpapers. A very professional piece of work. Complete copy with three charts, a few inevitable handling tears, a few odd intermittent spots or light marks but otherwise a clean and bright copy. Collates {xxiv} 548pp 4pp ads, 3 folding charts