Search Results: Titles starting with V from Cocksparrow Books

HARDBACK "REVISED REPRINT," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Revised Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1989* Publisher: Portman.* Binding and cover condition: Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £40.00. Slight shelf wear to cover. Spine slightly faded. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Cream coloured end papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Mostly b/w reproductions with a few colour plates.* Pages: 268 pp. text. xvii pp. index at rear.* Description: This new edition contains a number of minor revisions arising in some instances from the helpful comments of collectors and colleagues. The book is made even more valuable by the information that the author gives about the less familiar by-ways of the century: the work of such engravers as the Dalziels, the influence… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 1999* Publisher: Collins and Brown.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated stiff card covers with french flaps. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Not price clipped, showing a shelf price of £14.99. Seems lightly-used. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Colour photos & illustrations to virtually every page. Fore-edge colour coded.* Pages: 139 pp. text. v pp. glossary, bibliography, picture credits & index at rear.* Product Description:- The Vitamin Alphabet explains what nutrients are, which ones you need according to your own lifestyle and how to get them from food and over-the-counter supplements. The coverage is wide and includes vitamins, minerals, herbal remedies and food… Read More

HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2014* Publisher: Potomac Books.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps, rubs or shelf wear. FINE, AS NEW.* Jacket condition: Mono illustrated dust wrapper sepia-tone portrait photo and b/w photo crashed B17, black and red titles to face, with black and white titles to spine. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of $24.95. No marks or visible faults. Now in clear protective wrapper. FINE, AS NEW.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no age or tanning no visible faults. Seems un-used. FINE, AS NEW.* Illustrations: One block of 10pp. b/w photos, and one diagram at page 94-95.* Pages: 176 pp. text. viii pp., blank pages at rear.* Description: Slat?s Slayton was drawn into the Army by seductive war-time advertising & he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force, eventually finding himself on an ill-fated… Read More

2004 SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. Full number line* Date of Publication: 2005* Publisher: Pan Books* Binding and cover condition: Soft card illustrated covers. No bumps or rubs. Minor shelf wear to edges & corners. Slight creases & dish to spine but not to hinge. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or inscriptions, no marks. Minor reading wear & slight tanning to fore edge. VG* Illustrations:1 x 8pp. Block of colour & b/w photos.* Pages: 342 pp. text. xii pp. Appendices, reading list, index & credits at rear.* Product Description:- In Valverde's Gold Mark Honigsbaum attempts to unravel a myth that has obsessed men for centuries and has led to many fruitless and fatal treasure hunts. Undeterred by this, and armed with a Victorian botanist's map, Honigsbaum embarks on an epic journey into the dark heart of South America. This is the story of how gold can intoxicate even the most mild mannered of historians,… Read More

TSOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 8th.* Date of Publication: 2006* Publisher: Bantam Press.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to corners. Slight dish and minor creases to spine & hinge. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, no tanning to pages or edges. Lightly read. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 463 pp. text. i pp. Advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- Medical examiner Maura Isles is looking at another body on a slab. Not a new experience for her, but she's in for another shock when the body opens its eyes and proves to be alive. And violence swiftly follows, as the mystery woman--strikingly beautiful--kills a security guard in the hospital she's taken to, before capturing a group of hostages. One of them is a pregnant woman--Detective Jane Rizzoli, no less. And if Jane can find out what this lethal abductor wants, she may be… Read More

SOFTBACK.* Edition: Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1992* Publisher: Wordsworth* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers, Slight Shelf wear to front corners, Slight crease to front corners, Spine slightly dished and creased. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, Fep top corner clipped, Light tanning to ep?s and page edges. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 951 pp. text. viii pp. Advertisements, No Index.* Product Description :- A classic, set during the Napoleonic wars, giving a satirical picture of a worldly society and revolving around the exploits of two women from very different backgrounds. Vanity Fair was Thackery?s first major novel and is commonly considered to be his masterpiece. The story mixes ambition, greed, duplicity, coarseness, wealth and poverty into a literary ?tour de force?. Who could ask for more. This is a clean tight copy ideal for reading or study. At two inches thick it is somewhat bulky and a small… Read More

Macmillan and Co, 1955-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/VG+. Box 93 HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1955* Publisher: MacMillan & Co. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Two-tone beige cloth, Dark Blue title to spine & face. No Bumps or Rubs, FINE* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 12/6d net, some minor shelf wear chips & small tears to head & tail of spine, GOOD +* Contents condition: this contains a clean used FOYLES LIBRARIES LTD library lending label, clean, crisp, tight and bright. Some marks to ep?s. No annotations, VG+ * Illustrations: B/W Family tree at front.* Pages: 314 pp. text. No Index.* This is the final volume in the JALNA saga and brings the story up to date (!950?s) Few of the characters, who by now are well known to officionados of the series, come through altogether unscathed, but for nearly everyone the outcome is fortunate, so far as can be foretold, and the story ends with more than one peal of wedding… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2003* Publisher: David Fickling Books UK.* Binding and cover condition: Mauve soft card covers with white title to spine and design with title to face. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning. A few slight marks to edges. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 448 pp. text.* Product Description:- Most interesting tight pre-publication copy of this book, clean and very bright. A gritty and captivating story of courage and strength against terrible odds, this is the story of Midge, abandoned with her eccentric uncle during the holidays, and her adventures with the Various, a band of earthily realistic fairies. The existence of the Various, who are strange, wild and sometimes even deadly, has… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 5th. with number line.* Date of Publication: 2005* Publisher: Vintage (Random House).* Binding and cover condition: Mono photo-illustrated soft card covers showing a large tree. No bumps or rubs. Minor shelf wear to edges & corners. Some reading creases & dish to spine, light crease to hinge. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning. Slight age and marks to all edges, no other visible faults. VG+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 549 pp. text. xix pp book extract at rear.* Product Description:- A woman vanishes in the fog up on 'the Hill', an area locally known for its tranquillity and peace. The police are not alarmed; people usually disappear for their own reasons. But when a young girl, an old man and even a dog disappear no one can deny that something untoward is happening in this quiet cathedral town. Young policewoman Freya Graffham is… Read More

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Date of Publication: 1944* Publisher: Leonard Hill Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth, faded gilt title to spine and impressed logo to face. Corners bumped, no rubs, spine slightly faded. VG* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright on War Economy Standard Paper with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Some b/w photos, and line drawings within text.* Pages: 477 pp. text. xix pp. Index at rear.* Description: This is at once a book for the student seeking knowledge of the subject, for the practical man requiring technical information which is not too fundamental in character, and for the more advanced technologist or chemist who by means of the ample references given, has at his disposal a great deal of detailed information against the necessary fundamental background. During the previous 20… Read More

HARDBACK "HARD TO FIND," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1958* Publisher: The Folio Society.* Binding and cover condition: Colour decorative cloth boards, faded gilt title to black cloth spine. Heavily worn but complete & not shaken. ACC.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper or slip case. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers showing lamps and pots. Clean, crisp, and tight with only light reading wear, no marks to text, slight colouration to page margins and top edge. VG.* Illustrations: Colour lithographs by Edward Bawden to frontis and seven plates within text.* Pages: 125 pp. text. iv pp. textual notes and blank pages at rear.* Description: Vathek was first published in English in a translation by Samuel Henley, London, 1786. The original French text was first published at Lausanne, 1787; revised edition, London. 1815. This translation by Herbert B. Grimsditch was originally published in a limited edition by the Nonesuch… Read More

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 3rd.* Date of Publication: 1980* Publisher: Time-Life Books.* Binding and cover condition: Laminated colour-photo illustrated boards, white title to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to front board. VG+* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper, probably as issued.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Bright red coloured end papers. Clean, crisp and tight with absolutely minimal reading wear, no marks to text, slight ageing to page margins and edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos and illustrations throughout. Some black and white line drawings with green highlighting.* Pages: 145 pp. text. v pp. appendicesm index & blank pages at rear.* Description: One of the (32?) volumes in the ?Time-Life Encyclopaedia of Gardening? series.* A NEAR FINE copy with minor faults reducing it to VG. No dust jacket.*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 7th. * Date of Publication: 1986 * Publisher: Faber & Faber.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated stiff card covers showing various vegetarian ingredients, no bumps or rubs. No shelf wear to edges or corners, to spine or hinge. In clear adhesive protective covering. VG++ * Contents condition: Ex school-library copy with the usual stamps an d labels. Clean, crisp tight & bright. No annotations, or marks to text, minimal paper colouration throughout. VG++ * Illustrations: A number of small b/w vignettes to chapter headings.* Pages: 152 pp. text. viii pp. Index at rear. * Product Description:- "Vegetarian Student" takes the myth out of cooking and provides all the basic know-how to make healthy, tasty vegetarian meals on a small budget. Detailed instructions are followed by inspiring suggestions for adapting dishes to suit your taste or pocket, giving you freedom to experiment and to develop your cooking according to your own… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reprint* Date of Publication: 2005 (2004)* Publisher: Murdoch Books.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers, no bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners, no creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Colour photos throughout.* Pages: 393 pp. text. vi pp. index & publishing details at rear.* Product Description:- Its time to move on from meat and three vegges. Vegetables might be an indispensable mealtime support act but they are also worthy of a starring role in their own right, Here you will find them in all their guises. ? as starters, soups, salads, mains and sides ? with recipes suitable for omnivores, vegetarians and vegans. This is a FINE copy with minimal shelf wear.*

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1992* Publisher: BBC Books.* Binding and cover condition: Orange brown cloth, silver title to spine. Light bumps to top corners, minimal rubs, no sunning. VG* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper, price clipped, showing no shelf price. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top edge and to head of spine. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Black end-papers. Small neat dedication to prelims. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. VG++* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 251 pp. text. v pp. index at rear.* Description: A TV tie-in, this book explores the history of carnivores by focusing on today's descendants and their early ancestors. There are more than 200 species of carnivore in existence which are more diverse than any other living group of vertebrates. The one feature which distinguishes carnivores from… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2012.* Publisher: A Bright Pen Book.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing a ruined farm building with a red rag caugt on the barbed wire fence in the foreground. No bumps, rubs or reading creases to spine, none to hinge. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to corners. Seems lightly used if at all. VG++ * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or marks to text. No tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: None. * Pages: 221 pp. text. ipp. notes at rear.* Product Description:- The game was underway...and Maggie Dean has only one objective in mind, cold hearted revenge. The hunted: Her family who had betrayed her and a sister who has everything whilst she has nothing. The prize: A long planned retribution finally realised. Enter Harry Stone, a private investigator who has been employed to find Maggie Dean before she… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* A clean, crisp, bright & tight copy of the 1st/1st thus FNL. published by Titan Books in 2019.* Colour illustrated cover showing a silhouette girl wielding two guns against a frame of daggers. Absolutely minimal shelf & reading wear. No reading creases to spine or hinges. FINE* Private copy not ex-library showing a shelf price of £8.99. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. No tanning to contents or age to edges. No other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 575 pp. text. ix pp. author?s notes & blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- Sydney Clarke once had Serena?beloved sister, betrayed enemy, powerful ally. But now she's alone, except for her thrice-dead dog, Dol. And then there's Victor, who thinks Sydney doesn't know about his most recent act of vengeance. Victor himself is under the radar these days?being buried and re-animated can strike concern even if one has superhuman powers. And Eli Ever still has yet to pay for the evil he has… Read More

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1983* Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson.* Binding and cover condition: Large landscape format, white cloth, no title to spine or face. Probably library binding. Minor bumps, no rubs, light sellotape attaching protected wrapper to case. GD++* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper in clear library jacket. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £10.95. Some shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. GD* Contents condition: Ex-library copy with usual stamps and labels. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with light reading wear, no marks to text. VG* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos plus a few line drawings.* Pages: 150 pp. text. x pp. Appendices. Chronology, Bibliography, Acknowledgements &. Index at rear.* Description: Traces the history of luxury train travel in Europe and details the return of the world?s most celebrated train. With the help of fascinating… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. ReprintDate of Publication: 1953* Publisher: The Reprint Society* Binding and cover condition: Green cloth, Maroon & Gilt spine label. No Bumps or Rubs, FINE* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 12/6d, green and white design to cover, some minor shelf wear, small tears to bottom edge of cover (no loss), some tanning to inside of jacket and minor foxing to flaps. GD+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, clean, crisp, tight and bright. Owners neat signature to ffep, No annotations. VG+* Illustrations: B/w portrait by A.E.Berbank to frontis, and three line drawn maps.* Pages: 254 pp. text. No Index at rear.* "One afternoon in 1949, a letter summoned me to an annexe of Whitehall. I was told that in Nyasaland - I always thought of if as the old British Central Africa - there were two tracts of country about which London could not obtain any information it really wanted. And so they asked me if I would go and have a… Read More

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 2nd. Printing.* Date of Publication: Dec.1966 (1927)* Publisher: Yale University Press.* Binding and cover condition: Mid blue cloth, gilt title to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, spine considerably faded and aged. VG* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Facsimile of the title page of the rare Second Edition imprinted by Richard Field in 1594.* Pages: 142 pp. text. lix pp. notes, appendices, glossary & blank pages at rear.* Description: The Yale Shakespeare was published under the direction of The Department of English at Yale University on the fund given to The Yale University Press in 1917 by the members of the Kingsley trust Association (Scroll & Key Society of Yale College) to commemorate the Seventy-Fifth anniversary of the founders of the… Read More