Search Results: Titles starting with V from BUCKINGHAM BOOKS

N.P.: Privately printed, n.d. [ca 1925]., [ca 1925]. First edition. 9" x 6" color pictorial wrappers. 47 pages, tinted illustrations, maps, tour plans. Numerous tour itineraries and schedules with numerous beautifully colored photographs of various areas, buildings and parks. Tours discussed include Glacier and Yellowstone; Colorado and Yellowstone; Inter-Mountain Route From Colorado to Yellowstone and Glacier; Colorado and Glacier. General information for the tourist including cost of tours, discussion of climate, apparel, booklets of possible interest, a list of ticket routing for various tours, calendar schedules for various tours, etc. Separate map depicting each tour. Very good plus.

Greensboro: State Development Department Carolina Motor Club, Inc., 1929., 1929. First edition. Volume 1. No. 1. Summer-Winter Season 1929. 8 3/8" x 5 3/8" in colorful pictorial wrappers. Foreword. Illustrations. Advertisements. Maps. Information about and photographs of he areas of Eastern Carolina, Piedmont and Western Carolina. At center are photographs of various points of interest in North Carolina. A 1-page map is provided for each of the three areas discussed in the book.etc. Minor wear to the extremities. Very good plus.

[New York]: Delacorte Press /Seymour Lawrence, [1984]., 1984. First edition. First edition. Inscribed by the author. Spenser is asked to investigate the kidnapping of a beautiful young dancer, which leads him to an unusual religious cult.

London: Hutchinson, [1977]., [1977]. First edition. First U.K. edition. Fine in dust jacket. Early on the morning of April 30, 1945, Russian radar reported a small aircraft leaving the area of Berlin. That is a matter of record --- who was aboard the plane and where it was bound is another story. The Valhalla Exchange is the tale of Martin Bormann's plot to escape to South America. Jack Higgins is one of the author's pseudonyms.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1970., 1970. First edition. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with one small closed tear to top edge of rear panel and light wear to the extremities. Arizona setting for murder and destruction in a small town.

Valley Ranch, New Mexico: Privately printed for the Valley Ranch, 1936., 1936. First edition. First edition. 4to. Pictorial 8 1/2" x 11" wrappers, 32 pp. (including covers), illustrated from photographs, portraits, maps. Seventeen trails with map of trails from the Valley Ranch laid in; rates for 1936 tipped in; map showing location of The Valley Ranch and a sketch map of the ranch buildings and grounds. Contents includes accommodations to suit everyone’s taste; well-known people who have been our guests; what our guest say about the ranch, hunting, camping, tennis, croquet, swimming, and many other activities. Also motor trips to the battlefield of Glorieta, zinc and copper mines, Panchuela Ranger Station, Santa Fe, and many other available trips. 1" x 1/2" chip to top of spine along with 2' split to toe of spine and with light wear to the extremities, else a very good copy.

Pasadena, California: San Pasqual Press, 1940., 1940. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Signed and dated by the author on the front free fly leaf. Brown cloth, titles stamped in white on front cover and on a small paper spine label, [6], 122 pp., frontispiece [map], diagram, bibliographies. The Enduring Deset says: "Part One of this work is an attempt to coordinate the source accounts affecting the identity of the several parties who crossed Death Valley in 1849. Part Two presents the first and -- with the exception of the author's "Desert Voices" and this present volume -- the only descriptive bibliography of Death Valley literature, Nearly 600 items are conveniently classified by author, title and description, together with critical comments upon the content and upon the relative significance of most of the items listed." The author also says "Edition limited to 500 copies, irrespective of the book's printed limit notice of 1000 copies." Minor rub to foot of… Read More

Chicago: R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company, 1890., 1890. First edition. First Edition. 56 pp. Octavo [22 cm] Gray illustrated wrappers. Illustrations. Offers a short history of the settlement and growth of Utah, and includes profiles of Salt Lake, Ogden and the Great Salt Lake. Illustrations include the tramway in Little Cottonwood, "The vast improvements wrought by the industrious and frugal pioneers of Utah, the great natural resources of the territory, the balm of its health giving and invigorating climate, the wonders of the majestic mountains, the sylvan beauties of its unrivaled valleys, the new relations of amity and progress that have sprung into life between all the religious sects of the territory, and especially in Salt Lake City, the enterprise of energetic railroads, the building of great irrigating canals the establishment of manufactories, the growth of mining, in short, all those great strides towards absolute preeminence, which Utah has made, have been to a great extant ignored… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1965]., 1965. First edition. First U. S. edition. Near fine in dust jacket very lightly rubbed at the extremities and the white back panel beginning to uniformly tan. Presentation copy from the author to his literary agent, inscribed on the half-title page: "To Juliet (O'Hea), launcher of imaginery voyages, towards the Pacific and elsewhere, Nicolas Freeling 1966." A mediterranean novel set in Porquerolles, where a Parisian film star meets and energizes Raymond into attemping his dream of crossing the Atlantic Ocean in his boat, the Olivia. But money is needed to refit her, and crime seems to promise its quick acquisition. Because of the need for money, the mood shifts quickly to the urgency for cash, and the story moves faster to its climax, the encounter between Raymond and the French patrol boat.

York: Published By American Canal and Transportation Center, 1993., 1993. First edition. Second edition, tenth printing. 8vo. Pictorial stiff wrappers, 47 [1] pp., foreword, introduction, illustrated mostly from photographs, portraits, maps, the turnpike today, the author, acknowledgements, references. An interesting history of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, its origin, struggle to build, and as it is today. The first published edition was issued in 1964. Considerable research has enabled the 1993 issue to update the story until that time. The turnpike has been further improved since that time. Fine copy and easy, informative reading.

N.P.: Privately printed, n.d. [ca. 1881]., 1881. First edition. 5.5" x 9" folded to 6 panels each 5.5" x 3.” Black and white illustrations of horses pulling the Vandiver Corn Planter and of horses pulling the Quincy Corn Planter. The Vandiver Corn Planter Co. manufactured the Vandiver, Quincy and Barlow Rotary Corn Planters. The planters were considered to be the most accurate and reliable rotary drop planters in use. The planters didn't cut the corn, lock or bind. They didn't miss a drop, showing the corn three hills in advance. The planters dropped the corn by a hand lever and were double row planters. The Barlow rotary drop corn planters were awarded the first premium eight different times at the Great Saint Louis Far, and also awarded first premiums at the Centennial exposition at Philadelphia in 1876 and also the Ohio State Fair. The brochure states that the Quincy Planter is the same as the Vandiver in every respect with the exception that the Quincy… Read More

New York: Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 1955., 1955. First edition. First edition. Story appears in "MANHUNT" Vol. 3, Number 11, November, 1955. Digest-sized octavo; illustrated wrappers; 144 pp; illustrated. Light wear to foot of spine, a single small corner crease to lower rear cover, trace of foxing to edges of inner wrappers, with a faint, circular impression to front wrapper; else a near fine, bright copy. Attractive copy of this popular crime fiction digest, containing the first appearance of W.R. Burnett's hard-boiled novelette Vanishing Act. With contributions by Hal Ellson, Sam Merwin, Jr., Jonathan Craig, Richard Marsten, Charles Beaumont, and others.

London: John Long, [1966]., 1966. First edition. First edition. Author's third book. Fine, bright copy in price-clipped dust jacket. The dust jacket blurb says it best, "Alice wasn't worried about Nesta, her friend who had moved from her florist's shop, until she decided to pay her a visit and found that she had been sending letters to a house that didn't exist -- sending letters and getting replies. As she began inquiries Alice became increasingly alarmed. Did Nesta in fact leave the Bridal Wreath that night they moved the graves?" An elusive title.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1930., 1930. First edition. First U. S. edition. A very good copy in a beautiful, fine dust jacket. In a case of mistaken identity, a soap salesman is mistaken for another person as his brief case is switched and the man bearing a striking resemblance to him is knocked down and killed by an automobile. When he opens the case he doesn't find soap samples, but rather a quarter of a million dollars in diamonds. Diamonds in whose wake murder and mystery follow closely. A very uncommon Crime Club novel.

[Tulsa: The Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, 1970]., 1970. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Inked signature of the author at top of the title page. Stiff, color, pictorial wrappers, no pagination (24 pp. including covers). double column, numerous illustrations (many in color) by James Walker, and others. An attractive publication presenting a general history of the Vaquero, the earliest American horseman to work cattle, with several color illustrations of James Walker's work and other illustrations of saddles from 1540 through 1840. Well done and informative. Fine copy.

Austin: University of Texas Press, [2001]., 2001. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Black cloth, titles stamped in gilt, xvii [3], 274 [1] pp., acknowledgments, introduction, illustrated from photographs, portraits, conclusion, glossary, comparative chart, bibliography index, about the authors. "Three long-time students of the American West describe the history, working practices, and folk culture of vaqueros, cowboys, and buckaroos. They draw on historical records, contemporary interviews, and 133 photographs to show what makes each group distinctive in terms of working methods, gear, dress, customs, and speech." Former owner's inked name on the front free fly leaf, tiny pencil notations in a few places in the book, light penciled notations on the rear free fly leaf, and on the verso of the last page (notations erasable) else a fine copy.

London: Collins, [1981]., 1981. First edition. First edition. Fifth book in the series. Fine bright copy in dust jacket. Lovejoy mystery. Lovejoy is asked to recover a family heirloom. Unfortunately, the Chippendale table in question now sits in the Vatican. Though matters of protocol, a brutal murder, and several romantic entanglements slow his progress, Lovejoy once again triumphs, finding his way to a most ingenious solution.

Denton: University of North Texas Press, [2011]., 2011. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Cloth, titles stamped in red on the spine, xviii, 306 pp., acknowledgments, preface, prologue, illustrated, portraits, map. epilogue, appendices, endnotes, bibliography, index. "The feud began with a torrid sex scandal at the core of a love triangle, featuring Lena Snyder Sneed, the high-spirited, head-strong wife; Al Boyce, Jr. Lena's reckless romantic lover; and John Beal Sneed, Lena's arrogant, grim, and vindictive husband, who responded to Lena's plea for a divorce by having her locked up in an insane asylum on grounds of moral insanity. The chase was on after Al rescued Lena from the asylum and the lovers fled to Canada. That's when the killings began." Fine in dust jacket.

[London]: Mantle, [2012]., 2012. First edition. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. This is the pseudonym of Booker prize-winning author John Banville writing as Benjamin Black. The fifth Dublin-based thriller of a growing and collectible series. It's a fine day for a sail, and Victor Delahaye, one of Ireland's most successful businessmen, takes his boat far out to sea. With him is his partner's son, who becomes the sole witness when Delahaye produces a pistol, points it at his own chest, and fires. This mysterious death engages the attention of Detective Inspector Hackett, who in turn calls upon the services of his sometime partner Quirke, consultant pathologist at the Hospital of the Holy Family. Delahaye's prominence in business circles means that Hackett and Quirke must proceed very carefully. Among others, they interview Mona Delahaye, the dead man's young and very beautiful wife; James and Jonas Delahaye, his identical twin sons; and Jack Clancy, his ambitious, womanizing… Read More

[London]: Sphere, [2014], [2014]. First edition. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine in dust jacket. Terry Flynt is a struggling legal clerk, desperately trying to get promoted, when he's given the biggest opportunity ever imagined...helping to defend a millionaire accused of murdering a woman in his hotel suite. The only problem is that the accused man, Vernon James, is not only someone he knows, but someone he loathes. This case could potentially make Terry's career, but how can he defend a former friend who betrayed him? With the trial date looming, Terry delves deeper into Vernon's life and is forced to confront secrets from their shared past that could have devastating consequences for them both.