Search Results: Titles starting with V from Ainsworth Books

Newton, MA: University Prints. Very Good+. 1957. Non-Book. Prints; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Boxed Prints; 5 1/2 X 8 inches; This is a collection of 66 prints enclosed in a green paper board box in VG condition, light wear. Enclosed with prints are catalogs, receipt newspaper cartoons and a couple of post cards. Binding is Unbound. .

New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1973. First US Edition. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated pages; Dust jacket in Mylar. DJ soiled shows some edge wear, a couple of short pen marks on front panel, a couple of small tears, price clipped, small ding (1/4 inch) on spine of book. A fanciful tale for 4-8 year olds about a couple of children who dream of going to sea. Illustrated by Color Drawings. .

New York: Delacorte Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. Eleventh Printing. Hardcover. 0385302320 . Signed by Author; DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Front flap lightly creased down front flap ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Signed by the author on the title page. Jacket art by Kinuko Y Craft. ; Outlander #3; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 870 pages; The third volume in the "Outlander" series, inscribed by the author on the title page. "Their passionate encounter happened long ago by whatever measurement Claire Randall took. Two decades before, she had traveled back in time and into the arms of a gallant eighteenth-century Scot named Jamie Fraser. Then she returned to her own century to bear his child, believing him dead in the tragic battle of Culloden. Yet his memory has never lessened its hold on her...and her body still cries out for him in her dreams.Then Claire discovers that Jamie survived. Torn between returning to… Read More

Franeker NL: T. Wever. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 9061352088 . Extremities lightly bumped; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar. Appears unread. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 283 pages; "Farewell, Until Better Times! Documentary about the downfall of the Dutch East Indies" is the translation of the title from Dutch. Op 8 maart 1942 besloot Bert Garthoff de uitzendingen van de NIROM via een noodzender te Bandoeng met de dramatische worden: "Wij sluiten nu. Vaarwel, tot betere Tijden. Leve de Köningin!" Diezelfde dag vond in een onderofficierswoning op het door de Japanners veroverde, vliegveld Kalidjati, 50 km ten noorden van Bandoeng, een ontmoeting plaats tussen de laatste G.G. van Nederlands-Indië en de Japanse Lt General, welke een keerpunt betekende in de geschiedenis van dit grote eilandenrijk, dat meer dan drie eeuwen met Nederland verbonden was geweest." .

London: Victor Gollancz. Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0575024704 . Tape stains on boards, sticker remnant and pocket removal damage, causing some loss to FFEP, tape stains back end paper, withdrawal stamp on title page. Some foxing and soil to page edges. DJ shows only light edge wear and creasing.; A tight solid book. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; Ex-Library; 231 pages; An intrepid Howard Carter struggles against the rigors of the desert and the intransigence of Egypt's Department of Antiquities while searching in the Valley of the Kings for a hidden tomb, in a fictional account of the discovery of Tutankhamen's long-lost tomb. .

Vancouver BC: Anvil Press. Near Fine. 2015. Paperback. 1772140341 . A bright, solid book with French flaps, almost as new. B&W photos throughout. ; Trade PB; Square Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 224 pages; "Based on the popular Facebook page, VANCOUVER VANISHES is a collection of essays and photographs that together form a lament for, and celebration of, the vanishing character homes and apartments in the city." .

Port Coquitlam BC: Allegra Printing & Imaging. Near Fine. 2007. First Edition. Spiral bound. As new; A near-fine volume, text unmarked. Glossy card covers, B&W photos. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 115 pages; Personal recollections of long-time residents of Vancouver. .

Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 9810209878 . Light edge wear; A bright solid, book, DJ in Mylar ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1220 pages; A series on papers presented at the titled conference .

Vancouver BC: Vancouver Club. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0889259216 . Only slight edge wear; This one of the numbered copies with a numbered ex libris stamped on the FFEP. DJ in Mylar. bright, solid book. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 306 pages .

Surrey, BC: Heritage House Publishing. Very Good. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 1894384156 . Card covers show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. B&W photographs throughout book. ; 8.5 X 0.25 X 11 inches; 192 pages; "Vancouver and Beyond is an anthology of 50 'stories' about British Columbia's Lower Mainland in the early years of the 20th century. These stories grew out of a prized collection of picture postcards. While some of the images are not all that uncommon, most of the pictures are rare survivors of the "golden age" of postcards, which encompassed the years between 1900 and 1914, the relatively short period when Vancouver ended its days as a frontier town and became a significant Canadian city." This book enhances the history of Vancouver and the surrounding communities extending out the Fraser Valley. .

North Vancouver, BC: Whitecap Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0920620566 . Small dot top page edges, only light wear top book and dustjacket ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped; B&W and Colour Illustrations; 12.30 X 9.50 X 1 inches; 239 pages; Kluckner has taken old historical photographs from the Vancouver of old and created beautiful watercolour reproductions, romanticizing Vancouver's historical buildings and neighbourhoods. Accompanying all this is a brief biography of the people associated with the buildings and histories of the neighbourhoods. A simple full page map showing the important areas and streets covered in the book appears after the table of contents. .

Vanderhoof, BC: Nechako Valley Historical Society. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0889250324 . Boards show light shelf wear, soiled spot on bottom corner of back board. ; A tight solid book. Decorative endpapers, B&W photographs throughout; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 211 pages .

North Vancouver, BC: Whitecap Books. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. 1st. Hardcover. 1895099242 . Signed by Author & Illustrator; Light general wear to book and dust jacket, stain to lower page edges ; Signed and dated by author/artist. A bright, solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Colour Illustrations; 12.90 X 9.60 X 1 inches; 208 pages; Award-winning author and artist Michael Kluckner takes another look at a city where the only thing that doesn't seem to change is the rapid pace of development. Vanishing Vancouver explores the origins of our landmark buildings and public spaces, working harbour, shops, houses, apartments, urban farms and gardens, and bears witness to the recent dramatic changes that have taken place in them. Many of these changes are the result of city planning policy-initiatives that aim for eco-density and being the greenest city-and throughout the book Kluckner discusses the tensions that have arisen as a result and asks whether the… Read More

North Vancouver, BC: Whitecap Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 1895099242 . Only slight wear to book and dust jacket ; Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A bright, solid book in near-fine condition.; Watercolor paintings; 12.90 X 9.60 X 1 inches; 208 pages; "Vanishing Vancouver is an extraordinary collection of watercolours painted in the late 1980s, many of downtown buildings and houses that have since been demolished, and others that are doomed by the changing nature and growth of the city." Award-winning author and artist Michael Kluckner takes another look at a city where the only thing that doesn't seem to change is the rapid pace of development. Vanishing Vancouver explores the origins of our landmark buildings and public spaces, working harbour, shops, houses, apartments, urban farms and gardens, and bears witness to the recent dramatic changes that have taken place in them. Many of these changes are the result of city… Read More

Santa Fe NM: IDW Publishing. Near Fine. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 1600105947 . Only slight edge wear to card covers, no creasing ; A bright, solid book ; Trade PB; Color comics; 0.3 x 10.1 x 6.6 Inches; 104 pages; Meet Chris Luna, a cheap private eye with a client list of the dearly departed. Chris has the unique ability to sometimes pierce through The Veil between our realm and the unknown beyond. Unfortunately, it doesn't really pay the rent. Now Chris is broke and has to return home to Maine... and face the darkness that now lurks beneath the surface of her quiet hometown. .

New York: NAL Caliber. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2013. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0451414624 . As new; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped, B&W photographs.; 9.1 X 6.2 X 1.4 inches; 400 pages; "Conventional wisdom holds that the battle began in February 1916 and lasted until December, when the victorious French wrested all the territory they had lost back from the Germans. In fact, says historian John Mosier, from the very beginning of the war until the armistice in 1918, no fewer than eight distinct battles were waged for the possession of Verdun. These conflicts are largely unknown, even in France, owing to the obsessive secrecy of the French high command and its energetic propaganda campaign to fool the world into thinking that the war on the Western Front was a steady series of German checks and defeats. Although British historians have always seen Verdun as a one-year battle designed by the German chief of staff to bleed France… Read More

Vernon BC: Vernon Centennial Committee 1958. Very Good. 1958. First Edition. Softcover. Card covers show light shelf wear, light soiling. Previous owner' name written on front cover. ; A tight, solid book. Stapled wraps. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 63 pages .

Boston: Little, Brown & Co.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1949. Later Printing. Hardcover. Gift notation on front free endpaper, book only lightly worn, dustjacket chipped, discolored with short tears ; Dustjacket in clear protector, unclipped, hinges intact. A tight solid book. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 169 pages .

London: Collins. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1980. 1st. Hardcover. 0002220547 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 pages; This is a fictionalized representation of the activities of the Coastwatchers who were active during World War II, keeping an eye on the Japanese movements and feeding the information to the Allied forces in the Pacific theater. .

Victoria, BC: BC Railway Historical Association. Very Good+. 1998. Softcover. 0969251114 . Light wear only to card covers ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 236 pages; "Wonderfully written history of the ever-troubled Victoria and Sidney Railway in British Columbia. Packed with black and white photos, the book brings the railway and the people who ran it (and the long-suffering passegers) to life while providing a fascinating look at life in rural Canada at the turn of the century. With maps, equipment rosters, chronology and numerous appendices that flesh out the history of the Saanich Peninsula." .