Search Results: Titles starting with V from Rickaro Books Ltd

London, New York and Toronto: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1908. Book. Good. Hardback. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A good copy of this edition, full maroon leather; soft-bound; gilt lettered decorative spine, printed on thin India-paper. Some minor wear to head of spine. 193 illustrations including facsimle of the original title page of 1847. 885pp. Rather nice inscription to fep, "With the best wishes & much love to Miss Green from the "Beta" Crowd, July 27th 1915"..

London: Charles Knight, 1833. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A good copy bound in full calf.with blind stamped decoration. lacks spine label.456pp engraved illustrations. An added interest of this volume is the printed label to inside of front board for the "Ditchling Library Society" with Rules and Regulations..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Book. Fine. Hardback. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine, as new copy of this meticulously researched and authoritative history of nurses in the First World War. B&W illus. 359pp..

Jefferson: McFarland & Company Inc, 2021. Book. Fine. Soft cover. A fine new copy. A hybrid machine--powered at times by steam, electricity or internal combustion--the motorcycle in its infancy was an innovation to help bicycle racers go faster. As motor age technology advanced, the quest for greater speed at the velodrome peaked, with riders reaching up to 100 mph on pedal-started bikes without brakes, suspensions or gear boxes. This book chronicles the individuals and events that led to the development of motor-powered two-wheelers..

London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1816. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Tenth Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A very good copy in half leather with marbled paper covered boards that show some marking. Previous owners name to title page. aThe work being an evangelical account of the Church of England, the book achieved considerable popular success at the time. 200pp..

London: Elsina Grant Richards, 1906. Book. Illus. by Velasquez. Very Good. Hardback. Signed By the Author and Publisher. First Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good copy, one of 422 numbered copies, signed by author and publisher. A good copy in the original quarter vellum spine with Holland boards a little dusty..

Roma: Vincenzo Poggioli Stampatore Gameralle, 1819. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume One only, bound in contemporary half tan leather with marbled boards, Gilt decoration to spine with black leather title label. An antiquarian journey in the region of Rome; folding map frontis, 6 further folding maps and 16 copperplate engraved plates. 312pp An attractive volume in good clean condition with some minor foxing to tp. Heraldic bookplate of William H. Dease to front paste-down..

London & New York: Macmillan & Co Limited, 1910. Book. Illus. by Thomson, Hugh. Very Good+. Hardback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near fine copy in full calf with gilt lining to boards, gilt decoration to spine with five raised bands,. aeg. A most handsome copy of this popular and well illustrated edition. signed binding by Bumpus. Attractive bookplate of previous owner to front pastedown. Foxing mark to fep. 305pp..

Edinburgh: Manners and Miller, 1800. Book. Good. Hardback. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An unusual and elusive edition. The two volumes of Goldsmiths novel bound as one. First published in 1766, this is an 1800 edition printed by D. Schaw & Co, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh for Manners and Miller. This copy is the two volumes bound into one, in green paper covered boards with the title in gilt to front board. Volume I lacks the title page but has the Advertisement 2pp printed signed by Goldsmith. Volume II retains the title page. Otherwise textually complete. 133pp + 129pp..

London: Yale University Press, 2023. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy. This is the panoramic account of how one city made the modern world-and how we all remain arguably inescapably Viennese.455pp..

Upper Denby: The Fleece Press, 2018. Book. Illus. by Gribble, Vivien. Fine. Hardback. First Edition. 64mo - up to 3" tall. A fine copy of this compilation of original wood engravings printed from the wood by Simon Lawrence. An exquisite copy of just 250 copies. With an introduction by Ian Rogerson..

Cambridge: Cambridge Uniiversity Press, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A very good copy of this facsimile edition, bound in quarter maroon leather. This edition published from the copy sold from Ripon Minster..