Search Results: Titles starting with V from Besleys Books

London, Joseph, 1976. 8vo. 6th imp. 214mm x 135mm. A collection from the author's earlier gardening books. Illustrated. Dust wrapper price-clipped.. Hardcover .

London, Joseph, 1968. 2nd imp. 21.0 x 13.5 cms. A collection from the author's earlier gardening books. Illustrated. Dust wrapper price-clipped, slightly frayed and soiled.. Hardcover .

London, Gollancz, 1968. 8vo. 1st Ed. Dw slightly grubby. (bs69). F. Hardcover .

London: John Murry, 1964. No D/J. The book is in good used condition ( some pages have penciled underlined, lines) This is a marvellous look at social history through Victorian times. Snobbery, the most comical of human weakness, flourished in Victorian age. Wealth and gentility were both esteemed, and both must be made evident to the world. hence the servants, hence too, the imitation of grandeur, the constant building, the accumulation of furnishings and trimmings (which, of course, made servants more necessary) the insistence on taste. It has been truly said that the Victorians did not lack taste; the trouble was that they had so much of it, and so much of that was bad. You will receive the book seen in the image.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Cloth Bound. Good/No Jacket.

Kobenhavn: Vaabenhistorisk Selskab, 1996. Paperback. Text in Danish. 144pp. Numerous colour photographic plates. Covers a little creased and worn. A pleasing copy. (p5). Soft Cover. Good.

Steventon: Rocket Press, 1983. Clamshell box, cloth bound, 23.5 x 26cm, containining portfolio (17.5 x 23cm), miniature type alphabeti specimen book, two lead "shooting sticks" and 15 pieces of lead type. Number 36 of 80 copies. Portfolio contain the text and 5 full page linocuts by John R. Smith. Something of a curiosity for the printing enthusiast.. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Ditchling Press, 1952. Booklet, stitched, card covers. 19.5 x 14cm. 23pp. Title page and cover designed by Arthur Cousins. One of an edition of 100 copies. Presentation inscription from the author on the copyright leaf. Covers lightly soiled, contents clean and unmarked. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Touch, 1997. Paperback. Exhibition catalogue. 81pp. Illus. A little wear to covers. A very pleasing copy. (bs136). Soft Cover. Very Good.

Milano: Editoriale Moderna, 1935. Paperback. Text in Italian. 288pp. Illus. Reading creases to spine. Covera grubby and creased. Re-inforcement to front inner hinge. Previous owner's details blind-stamped to title page. Private ownership. (bs46). Soft Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

New Delhi: Pitambar Publishing Company, 1986. Hardback, with dust-wrapper. v, 142pp. Full-page colour illus. nd. [circa1986]. Slight wear to d/w. Previous price label on copyright page. A decent copy. (bs57). Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Prestel, 1999. 30.0 x 24.0 cms. Pp. 143. Many colour illustrations. Excellent copy with just very slight signs of use.. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good.

Lowestoft: Edward Johnson, 1936. Hardback, rebound in blue cloth, gilt title to spine, with original wraps bound in. New end-papers. 12pp. Illus. Slightest wear. A very pleasing copy. (r38). Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Kegan Paul Limited, 2004. Hardback, laminated pictorial boards. 140pp. Frontis. Illus. 1st edition 2004. Previous owner's details to title page, with further details to publisher's page. A very pleasing copy. (r19). First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927. Paperback, marbled paper wrap. 27cm x 21.5cm. 28pp. A limited edition of only 550 copies. Covers slightly worn, minor spotting to contents. . Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Good.

Rampant Lions Press, 1984. Hardback, morocco spine and decorated paper covered boards, complete with original cloth covered slipcase. 32.5 x 24cm. 36pp. Eight etchings by Denis Tegetmeier. Number IX of 12 special copies signed by the artist and containing an additional set of eight etchings proofed in 1929, from an overall edition of 200. Printed on Hodgkinson's mould-made paper, the etchings printed at the Atelier Georges Leblanc on Arches velin, quarter bound in Morocco with gilt lettering to the spine by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. With it a copy of the original prospectus with one plate loosely inserted and a card signed by Sebastian Carter. Couple of small marks on spine, otherwise very clean. Slightest signs of use only. . Signed by Artist. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good.

La Fabrica, 2004. Paperback. Text in Spanish. 198pp. Numerous black and white photographic plates. Slightest wear. An excellent copy. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (r15). Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Carlisle: Paternoster Digital Library , 2006. Paperback. 241pp. Covers slightly marked. Clean. A very decent copy. (r35). Soft Cover. Very Good.

Ibrasa : Instituto Nacional Do Livro , 1979. Paperback. Text in Portuguese. 282pp. Illus. Covers a little grubby and worn. Occasional marginal pencil marking. A rather pleasing copy. (bs123). Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Kobenhavn: Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1903. Hardback, half-calf, gilt title to spine. Text in Danish. 17.5cm x 13.5cm. 300pp. Binding rubbed and worn. Some spotting to edges and end-papers. A decent copy. (bs118). Hard Cover. Good.

Kobenhavn: Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1901. Hardback, half-calf, gilt title to spine. Text in Danish. 17.5cm x 13.5cm. 268pp. Illus. Binding is slightly rubbed and worn. Some foxing to end-papers and occasionally for contents. A decent copy. (q16). Hard Cover. Good.