Search Results: Titles starting with V from Antique Bookshop

Lond. Bloomsbury., 1999.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 632pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Inserted is a clolour photograph of Havel, signed by him with a gold pen. A probing biography of Havel, revered as on of the 20th century's great playwrights & honest champions of democracy. He served as the last President of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until its dissolution in 1992 and then the first president of the Czec Republic until 2003.

Carlton. Melbourne University Press, 1969.. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 274pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. An abbridged edition of the 5 Volume Set that was first published by George Robertson between 1877 & 1878. Includes The Vagabond Down & Out, Vagabond & Manly Sports, Vagabond & Middle Class Morality.

Lond. Constable Publishers., 1952.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 261pp. (a little foxing & lacks f.f.e.) Dj torn & chipped and covered in plastic. Good copy. 1st ed. James Macdonnell served as a gunnery-officer in the permanent Royal Australian Navy until 1947 & wrote this fictional account of engagements in WWII with the help of naval records & personal experience

Lond. T & H., 1974.. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 288pp. Profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. Name on ffe., else a Very Good copy. 1st ed.

Vancouver. Uni British Columbia Pr., 1982.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 192pp. b/w plates & ills. Very good copy. 1st ed.

Lond. George G.Harrap., 1960.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 187pp. b/w plates. Sl.foxing & dj sl.torn else a Very good copy. 1st ed.

Lond. Sidgwick & Jackson., 1985.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 223pp. Profusely illustrated with black & white illustrations. Very good copy. 1st ed. WWII came to an end on 8 May 1945. This book describes the closing stages of the war, the celebrtaion on VE Day and the immediate post-war period.

Hobart. I. C. Carter Govt Printer., 1987.. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 62pp. Good copy. This is the third in the Tasmania Day volumes. Tasmania Day is a celebration of Tasmania, & in 1987 some 200 events showcased Tasmania's history, heritage, acheivements & potential.

Auckland. William Collins Pub Ltd., 1984.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 296pp. col & b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. On the 28th of November 1979, Air New Zealand Flight 901 flew into Mount Erebus on Ross Island in the Antarctic killing all 257 passengers & crew. A Royal Commission Inquiry cleared the crew of fault.

Lond. Garnstone Press Ltd., 1974.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 336pp. b/w ills. Dj rubbed elsea very good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author. The fourth edition of Leslie Hunt's guide to the museums that house the history of civil & military aviation. A directory of some 9,000 of the world's oldest & rarest aircraft.

Lond. Folio Society., 1971.. (Redesigned ed.) Or.dec.cl. (spine sl.faded) 219pp. b/w ills. Fine copy in the slip-case.

Lond. Thames & Hudson., 1991.. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 126pp. Name on half title page. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Vico Magistretti's designs began to make their mark in the early 1960s, with two celebrated chairs, the Carimate, & Selene. Blending elements from Bauhaus & abstract sculpture into his designs.

Strathfield. Harbour Publishing., 2004.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 310pp. col & b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. The administrators of British justice were to make sure that convicts were 'employed in hard labour, & ordered to the strictest disciplines to reduce them to due obedient subordination."

Lond. Constable., 1972.. (new ed.) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 345pp. b/w frontispiece. Very good copy. Edward VII's accession to the throne of England came so late in his life that he was always remembered as The Prince of Wales. His corronation marked the end of the Victorian era & its puritanism.

Melb. Royal Philatelic Soc.Vic., 1963.. Foolscap folio. Or.cl. 213pp. b/w ills. Eleben loose sheets of postmarks in back pocket. Very good copy. 1st ed. Scarce.

Melb. Lansdowne Press., 1983.. (rep) Oblong 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 129pp. 58 full page plates taken from the original engravings by Gill & Chevalier. Fine.

Lond. Jonathan Cape., 1937.. (rep) Or.cl. Dustjacket. 469pp. Dustjacket with chipping & wear to cornes. b/w ills. Good copy. Laurence Housman was the younger brother of English poet, A. E. Housman & began as an illustrator for London publishing houses before turning his hand to writing plays for the Victorian theatregoer.

Lond. Herbert Jenkins., 1968.. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 286pp. b/w plates & illustrations. Very good copy. 1st ed. The Victorian Collector series. An account of French, Belgian and English lace of the Victorian period.

Syd. John Ferguson., 1977.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 122pp. (sl foxing) b/w ills. Dustjacket a little worn. Good copy. 1st ed. At the beginning of the Victorian era, Hobart was second only to Sydney in importance as an Australian city and a centre for culture and art. A collection of city scapes and views from Hobart in 1839.

St. Ives. John Ferguson Pty Ltd., 1975.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 126pp. Inscription on ffe. Dustjacket with fading to spine & short tear to top edge, Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. y. 1st ed. The pictorial history of Sydney & its suburbs from the days of Queen Victoria to the sunset of Edwardian times & up until just before the First World War.