Search Results: Titles starting with V from The Book Shed

New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /very good. bit of shelf wear, light spotting to page edges; some rubbing to jacket panels. First printing, full number line. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. As New in all respects, clean and unmarked. A beautiful copy looks to be unread / unopened. First printing, full number line. "In this sympathetic, lucid re-evaluation, Bloomer gives meaning and significance to the work of a Roman author once popular, but long forgotten. The literature, rhetoric, and history of the Late Republic and Early Empire are all illuminated by it."--Richard J. A. Talbert, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillA Professor of Classics at the University of Notre Dame's Medieval Institute, Professor Bloomer’s research interests focus on Roman literature, ancient rhetoric, and the history of education. His books include Valerius Maximus and the Rhetoric of the New Nobility, Latinity and Literary Society at Rome, and The School of Rome: Latin Studies and the Origins of Liberal Education.Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24… Read More

New York: Viking Press, 2016. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. About As New in all respects, clean, unmarked, maybe unread. First printing, full number line."Benedict Arnold takes center stage in Nathaniel Philbrick’s vivid and in some ways cautionary tale of the Revolutionary War. The near-tragic nature of the drama hinges not on any military secrets Arnold gave to the British but on an open secret: the weakness of the patriot cause….Arnold’s betrayal still makes for great drama, proving once again that the supposed villains of a story are usually the most interesting."--New York Times Book Review. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Boston: Walworth Manufacturing Co , 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket, as issued. light edge wear, spine faded, bottom page edges spotted, previous owner's stamp to front endpaper Catalog 83, 2 fold out 3 color illustrations of manufacturing plants in Boston and Kewanee, 715 pages, indexed, Printed By Rogers & Co., 1925, Chicago. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors if applicable.

Garden City: International Collectors Library , 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. Lightest wear to tips, corners and edges of the book. Maybe unread. Insert present. Sewn in book marker. In the green and gilt Louis XVI binding recreated by Rafael Palacios for the ICL. From the publisher's description: The International Collectors Library was a book club series published by Doubleday Book & Music Clubs, Inc. from the late 1940’s through the late 1980’s. They were produced in Garden City, New Jersey. They were intended to be inexpensive reprints of great literature similar Everyman’s Library (Dent/Dutton), Modern Library (Random House), Penguin Classics (Penguin Publishing), and Oxford World’s Classics (Oxford University Press).Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Conde Nast, 1984. Magazine. Very Good. shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the mgazine, spotting to front cover. Among other articles a six page illustrated interview with Anthony Powell. 1984 saw the publication of O How the Wheel Becomes It and an abridged edition of his four volumes of memoirs. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Norwalk, Ct: The Easton Press, 1994. Collector's Lifetime Edition. Leather_bound. Near Fine. About As New in all respects. One of the scarce and highly collectable Peterson Feild Guides in a special leather bound edition by The Easton Press. Full tan and gilt decorated leather, all edges gilt, sewn in marker ribbon. Illustrations by Amy Eisenberg (plants) and Norman Arlott (animals). Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

London: Heinemann, 1955. First edition thus. Paperback. Good. Advance proof. Paper covers are rubbed, 2 cm bit of wear along front edge. Scarce advance proof copy of the new edition. Anthony Powell's second novel, published by Heinemann to complement those in A Dance to the Music of Time. First published by Duckworth in 1932. The semi-comical adventures of a young man in the pre-war Baltics. Lilley, A.2(b). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Wraps. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

London: Duckworth, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Much wear to tips as well as corners and edges, olive cloth spine darkened, discolored, page edges spotted, covers soiled, rubbed scattered foxing, previous owner's name penciled to the front endpaper; no jacket. This is not the copy shown at Amazon. Powell's second novel. Lilley notes a printing of less than 3,000 copies according to Powell. Lilley A.2. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hard Cover. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Severna Park Md: Brooke Keefer Limited Editions, 1999. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Signed. A bit scarce. Lightest shelf wear to the book; just a bit more to the tips, corners, and edges of the jacket. First printing, full number line. Signed by Ansley on the title page. No. 161 of 250. 232 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. A thorough history of the confict between the American and British navies on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812. Cohn and Crisman, marine archaeologists and historians have contributed The Archaelogical Legacy of the War of 1812 as an afterword. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Burlington, VT: Free Press Association, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Good. tips worn, corners bumped. The Vermont Brigade, a part of the Sixth Corps served under the command of Major General Phillip H. Sheridan, commander of the Army of the Shenandoah. The author was a battalion commander in the Eleventh Vermont, a regiment of the hard fighting Brigade. At just one engagement, the Battle of the Wilderness, Vermont experienced its worst day of the war; 1,000 men were killed or wounded from the 1st Vermont Brigade alone. One in eight of the casualties resulting in the battle was by this brigade, which was one of 32 brigades on the Union side. Original brown cloth with gilt Greek cross, the brigade insignia on front cover and very legible gilt spine lettering. Original moss-green coated endpapers. 3 maps, including the frontispiece. First printing, no others noted. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean… Read More

Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Just about As New in all respects. First printing September, 1995 stated. The work is based on Census Bureau's Head of Families at the first Census of the Unites States taken in the year 1790. The Vermont census was actualy taken a year later in 1791, the year that Vermont became the 14th state. While the federal census only names the head of the family Bartley has undertaken to identify with relevant dates the HoF's children and grandchildren. The second and final volume also edited by Bartley was published in 1997. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Burlington VT: The Free Press Association, 1888. Hardcover. Near Fine. Handsomely rebound in tan buckram with leather spine labels. First printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hard Cover. An essential reference for the Civil War brigades and regiments from Vermont. George Grenville Benedict was a second lieutenant in the 12th Vermont an infantry regiment. At the Battle of Gettysburg as aid-de-camp to Gen. George J. Standard, commanding the 2nd Brigade of Vermont Volunteers, he was instrumental in directing the Vermont soldiers whose text book flanking manuveur was critical in breaking Pickett's Charge. In 1892 Benedict was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on that day. From his citation: "Passed through a murderous fire of grape and canister in delivering orders and re-formed the crowded lines." Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a… Read More

Burlington, VT: The Free Press Association, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. VOLUME 2 only. Label ghost to spine, covers, tips, edges and corners quite worn, hinges repaired, lacks rear free endpaper, ownership inscription of Oscar Chandler, a private in the 2nd Vermont Artillery. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hard Cover. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

Montpelier VT: State Of Vermont, 1982. Stapled Wraps. Good. A good copy of Vermont Life's first cover story on snowboarding. At the time snowboarding was a young sport which was to have a tremendous influence on the ski industry and therefore the state of Vermont. The front cover shows Louis Fournier of Quebec competing at the 1982 Snow Surfing Championships held during February in Woodstock VT. Inside are 2 articles, the first by Majorie Ryerson, reports on the Championship organized by Paul Graves, credited with helping to originate the sport. The second, by Morgan Heusller, concerns Jake Burton Carpenter's shop, then in its 5th year of operation. Photos accompanying both articles and the cover are by Richard Howard. Plenty of other great winter related articles and photos, including the Great Benson Fishing Derby, which originated down the road from The Book Shed. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.… Read More

Middlebury VT: Middlebury College Press, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Healy, Arthur (illustrator). Second Printing. Bit of shelf wear to book; light shelf wear to dj tips and corners. The first trade edition after a limited first edition. Flanders collected these ballads in Vermont during the first half of the 20th century. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.

Schenectady: B. Johnson, 1944. Limited Edition. Paperback. Good. Spine perishing, shelf wear to tip, corners, and edges. The distressing of the original copy is reproduced in this facsimile. No. 284 of 500. A reproduction of the original by Samuel Williams an 18th century Vermont historian. Reproduced at the Free Press Printing Co. Burlington, Vermont.Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. 

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Light wear to the book; jacket is rubbed, edgeworn; previous owner's bookplate. Great Vermont cookbook Louise Andrews Kent wrote a newspaper column, Theresa’s Tea Table, in the Boston Traveller under the pen name of Theresa Tempest and later authored a series of cookbooks as Mrs. Appleyard. She also wrote, as Mrs. Appleyard, a quarterly feature on food for Vermont Life magazine for many years. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. First printing stated, no others noted. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Chelsea, VT: Chelsea Green, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG. light shelf wear; some wear to jacket tips, corners and edges, spine darkened a bit. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hard Cover.

Rutland VT: The Tuttle Co, 1905. Hardcover. Good. lFull leather, calf with red and black labels. Shelf wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, tide mark to the page edges with little evidence of dampstaining, a vintage lawyer's stamp to the front endpaper and title page, a modern address label to the front paste down, the text appears to be clean and unmarked.A text explaining egal principals and procedures for the layman serving as a state or town officer in Vermont. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.