Search Results: Titles starting with V from Muir Books

Gloucestershire: Budding Books. 1997. Reprint, 8vo, pp. xiv, 230, Index, b/w photos, maps, pictorial endpapers, original pictorial bds., nr fine, in like d.j. The 46 recipents of the Victoria Cross during the opening four months of WWI. Reprint. Boards.

England: Wrens Park Publishing. 1999. Royal 8vo, pp. xv, 264, Index, b/w photos, maps, pictorial endpapers, original pictorial bds., nr fine, in like d.j. The stories of the 39 recipients of the Victoria Cross on the battlefields of Gallipoli, 1915-16. Boards.

Barcelona: Amor Y Vida. 1934. 12mo, pp. 196, two-tone plate, minor marks edges, paper wraps, stamp top front, spine yellowed, tail spine worn. Text in Spanish. Paper Wraps.

Bruxelles: F. Hayez. 1882. 1st ed., 8vo, pp.xxviii, 1144, incl. Index, previous owner's stamp top introduction page, endpapers tanned and brittle with edges chipped, rear free endpaper creased at centre with 5cm tear along crease and small section missing to top left cnr, top cnr title page clipped, few ink notation marks to text margins, light foxing occasionally scattered throughout, front & rear hinges broken, amateur repairs to title page, speckled edges, few stains top edge, quarter leather bds., leather cnrs heavily scuffed and worn, boards faded at edges, amateur repairs to spine, black vinyl laid over original backstrip. Bibliography of astronomical works, many annotated and indexed. Scarce. Important work of the Belgian astronomer Jean-Charles Houzeau (1820-1888). Early in his career Houzeau was an assistant at the Observatory in Burssels, and later spent time in North America (1857-1868), and Jamaica (1868-1876). He returned to Brussels and became director at the Royal Observatory… Read More

Amsterdam: Elzevier. 1690. 16mo, engraved illustrated title page, pp i, vi, 328. Full leather binding, professionally rebound with new leather spine, leather gilt title label, new endpapers. Some rubbing to boards, clean, very good condition. Valerius Maximus was a 1st century Latin writer. His book is a collection of historical anecdotes: the title translates as "Nine books of memorable deeds and sayings". It was a very popular work during the Middle Ages. Leather.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. 1936. 1st UK edition, 8vo, pp. 224, colour frontis, colour plates, b/w ills., pictorial endpapers, award plate front pastedown, faint tanning endpapers, original blue cloth boards, spine slightly yellowed, edges a little rubbed, gilt school emblem front board (Wesley College, Perth). Adventures of the sheep dog in the American west. 1st UK Edition. Cloth Boards.

Kalamunda: Kalamunda & Districts Historical Society. 1987. 1st ed., octavo, wraps, b&w illus and portraits, pp 140, incl. Index. One page has small amount of underlining. Near-fine condition. 1st Edition. Wraps.

Kalamunda: Kalamunda & Districts Historical Society. 1987. 1st ed., octavo, wraps, b&w illus and portraits, pp 140, incl. Index. Near-fine condition. Italian immigration to Kalamunda, Western Australia. 1st Edition. Wraps.

Madras. 1981. Octavo, cloth boards, pp vii, 436. Presentation copy, signed by the author. Previous owner's bookplate, very good condition. Boards.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1955. Octavo, original cloth boards, ii, pp.210, 14 b/w plates, b/w frontis, endpaper maps. Minor marks to edges of boards. Gift inscription halftitle page. Good condition. Stories of Northern Australia and a journey on the Sepik River, New Guinea. Investigates the cave paintings of the Kimberley. 1st edition. Cloth Boards.

1925. 8vo, original dark red cloth boards with gilt title and gilt stamped small decoration to spine, col frontis, one col plate remaining, some b&w plates. N.d. (1925). Ex-library with minimal markings, previous owner's bookplate, boards covered (by owner) with clear adhesive. Defective, lacks most of the plates. Acceptable copy of the first edition. 1st edition. Boards.

London: Hutchinson & Co.. 8vo, original cloth boards with gilt title to spine, 8 colour plates, 32 b&w plates, pp 284. N.d., c. 1930. Boards have been covered with clear adhesive, previous owner's bookplate ffep, occasional foxing to pages, o/w good. Previous owner has loosely inserted a modern map of the region. 2nd Edition. Boards.

New York: Henry Holt. 1931. Octavo, original cloth boards, endpaper maps, pp. x, 298, (2, adverts), b&w plates. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author, and dated 1933. Previous owner's bookplate. Boards very faded. Protected in later glassine wrapper. Good condition. The early history of Australia and its seafarers, focusing on Tasmania. Villiers describes the discovery of the Derwent and the first settlement of Hobart; Captain Kelly's voyage round Tasmania in a whale boat; convict ships and transportation; the whaling industry; and clipper ships. 1st US Edition.

New York: Henry Holt. 1931. Octavo, original cloth boards, endpaper maps, pp. x, 298, (2, adverts), b&w plates. Previous owner's bookplate. Protected in later glassine wrapper. Near-fine condition. The early history of Australia and its seafarers, focusing on Tasmania. Villiers describes the discovery of the Derwent and the first settlement of Hobart; Captain Kelly's voyage round Tasmania in a whale boat; convict ships and transportation; the whaling industry; and clipper ships. 1st US Edition.

London: John Murray. 1893. Volumes I and II (complete), original cloth boards with gilt to spine and blindstamped rule boards. Second edition revised, eighth thousand. Insect damage and discolouration to spine and edges of boards, however, gilt titles generally still bright with very little loss to lettering. Most pages unopened at top edge. Contents clean, very good condition. First published in 1868, Darwin's discussion of the mechanisms of variation. Iincludes in chapter XXVII a description of Darwin's theory of heredity which he here called pangenesis. 2nd Edition.

London: John Murray. 1905. Volume II, original blindstamped decorated cloth boards, b&w illus, pp xii, 605, vi. Rubbed and bumped to edges. Previous owner's signature and stamp. Good condition. First published in 1868, Darwin's discussion of the mechanisms of variation: this 'Popular Edition' was edited by his son Francis Darwin. This volume includes in chapter XXVII a description of Darwin's theory of heredity which he here called pangenesis.

(Perth, WA): Department of Conservation and Land Management. 1993. Large octavo, wraps, b&w illus, pp 146. Technical Report No. 30. Fine condition. 150 plant species recorded with most species which occur on the margins of wetlands. Wraps.

Perth: University Of Western Australia Press. 1974. Very large full-colour folding map with accompanying book in stiff card covers, Explanatory Notes to Sheet 2, b&w text illus, tables, maps, pp. 66. Book and map are in fine condition. 1:1 000 000 Vegetation Series

Nedlands: University Of Western Australia Press. 1979. Large full-colour folding map, with accompanying book in stiff card covers, Explanatory Notes to Sheet 1, b&w text illus, tables, maps, pp 118. Map and book are in near fine condition 1:1 000 000 Vegetation Series. Map and Explanatory Notes. Very detailed examination of the region.

Perth: University Of Western Australia Press. 1974. Very large full-colour folding map with accompanying book in stiff card covers, Explanatory Notes to Sheet 3, b&w text illus, tables, maps, pp. 66. Book and map are in fine condition. 1:1 000 000 Vegetation Series. Map and Explanatory Notes. Very detailed examination of Great Victoria Desert showing Mt Margaret and Warburton areas.