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U. S. STATE DEPARTMENT. PAPERS RELATING TO THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES: WITH THE ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT TRANSMITTED TO CONGRESS DECEMBER 3, 1912. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1919 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Thick 8vo. pp cvxi, 1392. This book is heavy and delivery costs may be a consideration, especially outside Britain. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. A67990 £45

UBICINI, M. A. OEUVRES DE VOITURE: LETTRES ET POESIES. 2 VOLUMES. Charpentier, Paris, 1855. New Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 2 volumes. 8vos. half green leather, marbled boards. pp xxxv, 432 & 440. French text. Some rubbing at spine hinges and edges, slight scuffing to spine, slight loss to top of spine of volume 1, very slight occasional spotting to text otherwise about VG. A61029 £90

UDAL, John O. THE NILE IN DARKNESS: CONQUEST AND EXPLORATION 1504-1862. (SIGNED) Michael Russell Publishing Ltd, Norwich 1998. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 45 illustrations, 8 maps. Signed presentation from the author with a few words in Arabic (?) and a signed birthday card. Fine in fine (price-clipped) dust wrapper. A48774 £60

UDAY, Singh Mehta. THE ANXIETY OF FREEDOM: IMAGINATION AND INDIVIDUALITY IN LOCKE'S POLITICAL THOUGHT. (SIGNED) Cornell University Press, Ithaca And London, 1992 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xii, 187. Extended signed dedication to Mary and Martin (Ewan) on the front endpage. The author, Maly Singh Mehta, has signed their name 'Maly' and has corrected the author name on the title page in pen.ISBN: 0801427568 Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. A66895 £22

UEBERWASSER, Walter. DER FREIBURGER MUNSTERTURM IM, "RECHTEN MASS." (SIGNED) Privately Printed, No Place Noted (Germany), 1939 Wraps. 4to. Academic offprint from Oberrheinische Kunst, Jahrgang VIII. pp 25- 36. 9 illustrations. German text. Signed presentation copy, with the presentation on front cover. Slight creasing otherwise very good. B57312 £22

UENO, T. And T. Shiratani. CERAMIC ROAD. Asahi Shumbun Publications Dept., Tokyo, 1986. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 170. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Japanese text. Bumped and worn at head of spine otherwise VG in near VG dust jacket chipped at head of spine. A48073 £48

UGANDA PROTECTORATE, Various. THE ANKOLE AGREEMENT, 1962 / ENDAGAANO Y'ANKOLE EYA 1962. Privately Published, Uganda, First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp (ii), 32, 34. English and Ugandan text. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else very good indeed. A74687 £25

UHLIG, . GEORG EISLER. GRAFIK. Gallerie Im Rathaus Tempelhof, Berlin, 1974 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 8 and 16 illustrations (4 fold-out). German text. Art. Fine in fragile printed graph paper style dust jacket which is slightly chipped and creased. B15259 £30

UHLMAN, Fred. A REUNION. Collins And Harvill Press, London, 1977 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Printed red wraps. pp 112. Proof copy. Introduction by Arthur Koestler. Novella of childhood in Germany and the start of the Nazi rise. Slight shelf-wear otherwise VG or better. B54842 £20

UHSE, . THE SHADOW THROWERS. Hamish Hamilton., London, 1945. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 450. War novel dedicated to the 11th International Brigade. Pages creased, covers dull but good reading copy. B15753 £22

UINESS, Bryan. THE GIANT'S EYE. Heinemann, London, 1964 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 186. Signed presentation from the author to Roy Harrod: 'Roy/ from/ Bryan/ August/ 1964.' Novel. VG+/VG+. A58552 £22

UKRAINCIK, Lea (Preface). TOMISLAV KRIZMAN: RETROSPEKTIVNA IZLOZBA. Umjetnicki Pavilion U Zagreb, Zagreb, 1995 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps/paperback. pp 150. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout, with 6 in colout. Text in Czech. Very good indeed. A76413 £50

ULBRICH, P. Hermann. SECHZIGSTER JAHRESBERICHT DES K. K. STIFTSGYMNASIUMS DER BENEDIKTINER ZU MELK. AM SCHLUSSE DES SCHULJAHRES 1909/1910 VEROFFENTLICHT. Selbstverlag Des Gymnasiums, Melk, 1910 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp 108. Slight shelfwear; VG. A62035 £30

ULIANOV, V. I. (N. Lenin). THE STATE AND REVOLUTION: MARXIST TEACHING ON THE STATE AND THE TASK OF THE PROLETARIAT IN THE REVOLUTION. The British Socialist Party, London, 1919 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Original publishers reddish/pink printed wraps. pp 123. First English edition. Slight mottling to front, head and tail of spine slightly chipped otherwise sound VG. A68037 £48

ULIVI, Ferruccio. ANNIGONI, LO SPLENDORE DEL TEMPO, PAESAGGI 1942-1983. (SIGNED). La Gradiva, Rome, 1983 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Colour illustrated wraps/paperback. pp 125. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Italian text. Signed presentation from Pietro &Renee Annigoni in Pietro Annigoni's hand: 'To Robert and Barbara (Wraight)/ with every good wish/ for 1984/ Pietro and Renee Annigoni/ yes, I am still working on scaffolding in Padua.' Very good indeed. A69362 £60

ULLI. BACKLOG BARKS. Privately Printed, London, 1979 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Illustrated stapled wraps/paperback. pp 56 (unpaginated). Poetry. Very good indeed. A43358 £40

ULLIRSCH, . GOETHE ALS DADAIST (1919). MIT EINEM NACHWORT VON KARL RIHA.. Pa- Ra- Bu, Frankfurt 1977., 1977. 1st ed. Wraps. pp 20. With a short bibliography mentioining Huelsenbeck. Vg+. B4790 £22

ULLMAN, Richard H. BRITAIN AND THE RUSSIAN CIVL WAR, NOVEMBER 1918- FEBRUARY 1920. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1968 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Red cloth lettered gilt on spine. pp xix, 395. 2 maps, 18 illustrations. Anglo-Soviet relations 1917-1921. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. A66856 £35

ULLMANN, . BEFORE YOU SLEEP. (SIGNED) . Picador, London, 2000. First U.k. Edition. 8vo. pp 292. Signed presentation copy to BBC radio presenter: 'Dear Martha , Thank you so much for having me on your show- and your good questions. Linn Ullmann.' Translated from the Norwegian by Tiina Nunnally.ISBN: 0330481193 Fine in near fine dust wrapper. B10440 £16

ULLMANN, Richard THE SOLDIER AND THE ANGEL. Jarrolds, London, 1946 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. First edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. VG+/VG. 184pp. Army is stationed in an English village in 1942. War theme novel. Near fine in very good very slightly dusty dust jacket. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. A67448 £18

ULM, Dora. JOHANN HARPLIEBS BUCH ALLER VERBOTENEN KUNST. Max Niemeyer, Halle, 1914 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp lxviii, 76. Uncut. German text. Wraps slightly chipped at front edge, minor wear otherwise VG. B14861 £26

ULRICH, R¸ckriem. SHADOWS OF THE STONE. Emst (Hellenic Ministry Of Culture), Athens, 2008 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 95. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Greek and English texts. Exhibition catalogue. Fine. A48939 £50

ULRICHS, Timm. DER DETEKTORISCHE BLICK. Neue Gesellschaft Fur Bilende Kunst, Berlin, 1997 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. Pictorial boards. Issued without dust jacket. pp 106. Illustrated throughout in black & white and colour. German text. Video art, surveillance cameras, x-ray, etc. Conceptual art. Clean VG copy. B13378 £45

ULUS, Fuat. MOVIE THERAPY, MOVING THERAPY: HTE HEALING POWER OF FILM CLIPS IN THE THERAPEUTIC SETTING. Trafford Publishing, Victoria, B. C., 2003. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Illustrated wraps. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Signed presentation from the author: 'To my dear friend Pittu/ from this shore of the ocean!/..Fuat/ 08/30/04.'ISBN: 1-55395-705-9Pages: 178 Very good indeed. A38345 £22

UME, Kalu E. THE RISE OF BRITISH COLONIALISM IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA, 1700-1900 : A STUDY OF THE BIGHTS OF BENIN AND BONNY. Exposition Press, Smithtown, N.y. 1980. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. ISBN: 0-682-49533-6Pages: 265 Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. A47142 £50

UMIKER- SEBEOK, Jean (Edits). Contributors Include Sidney J. Levy, Trudy Kehret- Ward, Winfried Noth, Elizabeth C. Hirschman. MARKETING AND SEMIOTICS: NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF SIGNS FOR SALE. Mouton De Gruyter, Berlin, New York, Amsterdam, 1987 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Contributors include Sidney J. Levy, Trudy Kehret- Ward, Winfried Noth, Elizabeth C. Hirschman.ISBN: 3110111489Pages: 568 Near fine in near fine dust jacket. A77798 £30

UNDERWOOD, Eric. (Martyn Lucas Illus.,) UPHILL INTO THE BREEZE. A CLUB CRICKET MISCELLANY. Autolycus Press, London, 1984 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 152. Cricketing club essays by Pearl Assurance player inc reminiscences of R. V. Froude and Mike Berry. ISBN 0903413612 Very good indeed in very good indeed dust wrapper. B27245 £20

UNDERWOOD, Miles. UNDER THE BIRCH: THE STORY OF AN ENGLISH GOVERNESS. Ophelia Press, Paris, 1965 'New Printing'- First Was 1960. Wraps. 8vo. Original publisher's salmon/ magnolia wraps/ paperback. pp 187. Erotic fiction. Very slight creasing; VG+. A43310 £50

UNDERWOOD, Peter. A HOST OF HAUNTINGS: A SHUDDERSOME BOOK OF GHOSTS AND GHOSTLY ADVENTURES. Leslie Frewin, London, 1973 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp (ii), 258 plus pp 12 of black and white plates.ISBN: 08562320277 Very good indeed in very good slightly faded at spine dust jacket. A76546 £20

UNDERWOOD, Richard Allan. SHAKESPEARE ON LOVE: THE POEMS AND THE PLAYS. PROLEGOMENA TO A VARIORUM EDITION OF A LOVER'S COMPLAINT. Institut Fur Anglistik Und Amerikanistik, Universitat Salzburg, Salzburg, 1985 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp xv, 189. Elizabethan and Renaissance Studies, 91. Slight wear, otherwise very good. A62997 £20

UNDSET, . THE GARLAND. Gyldendal, London, 1922. First Edition In English. 8vo. pp vii, 344. Hardback. No dust jacket. Errata slip correcting the statement 'Translated from the original Danish' to 'Translated from the original Norwegian.' Norwegian novel. Front endpapers slightly browned, slight shelf-wear but VG+ bright copy. B50768 £20

UNE DAME DE GENEVE. LE CELIBAT. REVELATIONS INTIMES. Chez Les Principaux Libraires, Geneva, 1854 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Well bound in green cloth lettered simply in gilt. pp xi, 232. Novel of a young girl's education in Geneva. Very slight wear, otherwise very good. B14459 £30

UNE SOCIÉTÉ DE GENS DE LETTRES. [Edited By C. Vanderbourg.] [ Martin Marie Charles Boudens De Vanderbourg, . ] [ Jean Baptiste Antoine Suard} ARCHIVES LITTÉRAIRES DE L'EUROPE, OU, MÉLANGES DE LITTÉRATURE, D'HISTOIRE, ET DE PHILOSOPHIE. PAR UNE SOCIÉTÉ DE GENS DE LETTRES. SUIVIS D'UNE GAZETTE LITTÉRAIRE UNIVERSELLE. Henrichs (And Later Xhrouet) Paris & Cotta In Tubingen, 1804-07 First Edition. Hardback. 13 consecutive volumes 1 - 13. About 6000 pages+. 17 volumes in all appeared of this scarce monthly literary and philosophical periodical culminating in 1808. Covers the literature, thought and affairs of the time esp the spread of German (Hegel, Kant, Schelling are written about -also Swedenborg) Full brown leather lettered and decorated gilt at the spine . Handsome sound vg set with occasional slight edgewear and slight rubbing , couple of volumes slightly chipped at spine ends. A62090 £400

UNESCO, GLOSSARY OF CONFERENCE TERMS : ENGLISH FRENCH ARABIC. Unesco, Paris, 1974 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp (vi), 362, plus twelve fold-out sections. Pagination is given separately for English, French and Arabic sections (the Arabic paginations read from the back to the front). Information on the copyright page is given in all three languages. Hardbound by library from paper wraps book using original wraps as covers. ISBN: 9230011517 Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. A67062 £22

UNESCO. THE METHODOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN HISTORY. Unesco, Paris, 1984. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. ISBN: 9231021176Pages: 218 Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else sound VG. A60482 £20

UNETT, John. BOOK- KEEPING FOR SMALL TRADERS. Iliffe And Sons, London, 1955 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 178. Many tables. Accountancy. Very good in very good dust wrapper. A36670 £28

UNGARI, Enzo And Donald Ranvaud. (Bertolucci). BERTOLUCCI BY BERTOLUCCI. Plexus, London, 1987 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Colour illustrated wraps. pp 303. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. ISBN: 0859651851 Very good. A35068 £35

UNGER, Gerd. DIE ZUEIGNUNG VON GELD UND DER ALLGEMEINE UNRECHTSAUSSCHLIESSUNGSGRUND DES 'NICHT SCHUTZWURDIGEN INTERESSES.' Alfred Kummerle, Goppingen, 1973 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Stiff wraps. pp (vii),111, (VI). German text. Thesis/dissertation. Very good indeed. B50223 £22

UNGER, Leonard And Kristina Segulja. THE TRIESTE NEGOTIATIONS. Foreign Policy Institute, Washington, D.c. 1990. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Hardbound by library from paper wraps book using original wraps as covers. One map.  ISBN: 0-941700-57-7Pages: 42 Ex Foreign and Commonwealth Office library with their label and stamps (lightly applied); VG. A61627 £20

UNGER, Jonathan (Editor). CHINESE NATIONALISM. M. E. Sharpe Armonk, N.y. 1996 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp xviii, 218. Printed paperback.ISBN: 1563248107 Fine. A73143 £28

UNGERER, Tomi. THE HAT. Pan Macmillan London 1986. Reprint. Wraps. 4to, pp (30), Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Review copy with slip. ISBN: 0333415590 About fine. A81550 £20

UNHCR/ILO INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES FOR REFUGEES IN THE SUDAN: REPORT OF THE UNHCR/ILO INTER-DISCIPLINARY MISSION ON THE EMPLOYMENT, INCOME GENERATION, AND TRAINING OF REFUGEES IN THE SUDAN International Labour Organisation Geneva 1982. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp v, 87.ISBN: 9221030954 Slight mark at front endpaper, otherwise VG. A81947 £18

UNIENVILLE, Raymond M. D'. LETTERS OF SIR JOHN ABERCROMBY: SEPTEMBER 1810-APRIL 1811. Societe De L'histoire De L'ile Maurice, 1969 First Edition. Hardback. Large 8vo. pp vi, 79. Illustrations. Ex Foreign and Commonwealth Office library with their label and stamps (lightly applied) rebound from the original paperback / pamphlet in boards, preserving the original wraps as the hardbound covers. Very good. A74474 £35

UNION OF DEMOCRATIC CONTROL. EASTERN MENACE. THE STORY OF JAPANESE IMPERIALISM. The Union Of Democratic Control, London, 1936 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp 96, map. Very good. A80197 £18

UNITARIANS. MEMORABLE UNITARIANS, BEING A SERIES OF BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. British And Foreign Unitarian Association, London, 1906 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo, pp 440. Slight shelfwear, slight rubbing; VG. A39652 £28

UNITED DISTILLERS (SPONSOR) The Duke Of Buccleuch And Queensberry (Foreword). DRINKING TREASURES EXHIBITION: A GLITTERING ASSORTMENT OF RARE, BEAUTIFUL & CURIOUS TREASURES ASSOCIATED WITH DRINKING OVER FOUR CENTURIES. Drumlanrig Castle/Bowhill, 1989 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp (16). Printed paperback. Illustrations. Very good. A73894 £28

UNITED NATIONS Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Introduction). THE UNITED NATIONS AND MOZAMBIQUE, 1992-1995. United Nations, New York 1995 First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. pp 321. Printed paperback. Maps.ISBN: 9211005590 Very good indeed, slight fading. A83089 £24

UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY. REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE PROBLEM OF HUNGARY.OFFICIAL RECORDS: ELEVENTH SESSION, SUPPLEMENT NO. 18 (A/3592). United Nations, New York, 1957 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Wraps. pp 148, 2 maps at rear. Probably signed- there is an inscription on title page reading: 'Written by V. Duckworth- Barker.' Slight creasing; VG. Small stamped 'DOUBLE' crossed out on cover. B57311 £20

UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PALESTINE. SUPPLEMENT TO SURVEY OF PALESTINE. Institute For Palestine Studies, Washington, D. C., 1991 Reprint Of The 1947 Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 153. Original publishers blue cloth lettered gilt at spine.ISBN: 0887282164 Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else very good. A71782 £20

UNITED NATIONS, VISIONS: FIFTY YEARS OF THE UNITED NATIONS. United Nations, New York, 1995 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. Signed by Kofi Annan. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. French and English text. ISBN: 068814313XPages: 256This book is very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain.  Fine in fine dust wrapper. A82793 £100

UNITED NATIONS, Various. THE GUATEMALA PEACE AGREEMENTS. The United Nations, New York, 1998 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Printed wraps / paperback. pp (iv), 256.ISBN: 9211006589 Very good. A83246 £20

UNITED NATIONS. THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF THE PALESTINE PROBLEM. United Nations, New York, 1990 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Wraps. pp 278. 10 maps. Very slight soiling; VG. A72002 £25

UNITED NATIONS. YEARBOOK ON HUMAN RIGHTS FOR 1972. United Nations, New York, 1975 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp xix, 348. Original publishers green cloth lettered gilt at spine with crest on front. Ex Library copy with the usual markings. Very good in very good dust wrapper. Decent condition. A79037 £45

UNITED NATIONS. (Boutros Boutros- Ghali, Preface). THE UN AT 50. STATEMENTS BY WORLD LEADERS. NEW YORK, 22-24 OCTOBER 1995. COMPENDIUM OF STATEMENTS DELIVERED AT THE SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE MEETING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED NATIONS. United Nations, New York, 1996 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Illustrated wraps. pp xxii, 492. One folding illustration. Stamp of United Nations Document Section- Master Copy, slightly bumped at corner otherwise clean VG. B57749 £22

UNITED NATIONS. Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Introduction). THE UNITED NATIONS AND EL SALVADOR, 1990-1995. United Nations Publications New York, Ny 1995 First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. pp 611. Printed paperback. Maps.ISBN: 9211005523 Very good indeed, slight fading. A83088 £28

UNITED NATIONS. Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Introduction). UNITED NATIONS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN, 1945-1995. United Nations Dept Of Public Information, New York 1995 First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. pp 689. Printed paperback. Figures, tables.ISBN: 9211005671 Very good indeed. A83085 £30

UNITED STATES, DEPARTMENT OF STATE. APPENDIX II: FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 1894: AFFAIRS IN HAWAII. Government Printing Press, Washington, 1895 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Fat 8vo. Bound in red cloth lettered gilt on spine. pp 1437. This book is very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings, nicked at head of spine, covers very slightly marked else sound very good. A78286 £250

UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA. HISTORY COLLECTIONS IN NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK LIBRARIES. A HANDBOOK. University Of East Anglia, Norwich, 1971 First Edition. Spiral Bound Wraps. 8vo, pp iii, 66. Very good indeed. A81861 £22

UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA. PERIODICALS AND SETS RELATING TO BRITISH HISTORY IN NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK LIBRARIES. A FINDING LIST. University Of East Anglia, Norwich, 1971 First Edition. Spiral Bound Wraps. 8vo, pp vi, 143. Very good indeed. A81862 £24

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. CORKS AND CURLS. VOLUME XXIX. The Fraternities And Literary Societies, University Of Virginia, No Place Noted (Virginia), 1916 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. pp 420 and 40pp adverts at rear. Illustrated throughout including some highly attractive colour illustrations. University annual. Neat inscription on endpaper and a few minor pen notes of names on b/w photos. Covers slightly dusty and very slightly soiled but sound decent about VG+ copy. B53347 £48

UNKNOWN. EUROPA IM AUFBRUCH: MENSCHEN, METROPOLEN, WANDERUNGEN. Hans Schneider, Tutzing, 1992 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Colour illustrated wraps / paperback. pp 288. Black and white illustrations. German text.ISBN: 3795207312 Very good indeed. A70027 £24

UNO, Kimio (Editor). ECONOMY - ENERGY - ENVIRONMENT SIMULATION: BEYOND THE KYOTO PROTOCOL. Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2002 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp ix, 339. Original publishers printed laminated boards. tables.ISBN: 1402004508 Fine. A72598 £60

UNSWORTH, Mair. HOLD A CANDLE TO THE SUN. Hale, London, 1980. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Novel/ romance set in North Wales.ISBN: 0709183453Pages: 223 VG+/VG+. A60480 £20

UNSWORTH, Barry. THE SONGS OF THE KINGS. (SIGNED) Hamish Hamilton Ltd London 2002 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 245. Original publishers reddish brown cloth lettered gilt on spine. Signed on title page by the author. ISBN: 0241137012 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A64678 £20

UNTERMEYER, Louis. POEMS OF HEINRICH HEINE. (SIGNED) Henry Holt, New York, 1917 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xl, 288. Uncut. Signed presentation copy from Untermeyer to poet and pornographer Clement Wood who appears to have been writing a book on Heinrich Heine although it isn't to be found in the N.U.C. Poetry.  VG copy with many notes by Clement Wood in text in pencil and some ink. B15154 £24

UNWIN, J. D. SEXUAL REGULATIONS AND HUMAN BEHAVIOUR. Williams And Norgate, London, 1933 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publishers blue cloth lettered gilt on spine. pp xv, 108. Sexual behaviour. Very slight soiling otherwise VG. Neat name on front pastedown. A59143 £55

UPDIKE, John. QUERY. Albondocanachi Press, New York, 1974 First Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo. pp 4. Christmas card signed 'from George' by George Bixby of Ampersand Books publisher of this Updike poem. Limited to 400 , cover art by Robert Dunn. No date (1974). Fine in original mailing envelope with Ampersand Books stamp on rear. B23768 £35

UPFIELD, Arthur W. NO FOOTPRINTS IN THE BUSH. Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1949 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Colour printed wraps / paperback. pp 288. First Penguin edition, with Penguin's trademark striking banded covers (this one green for Mystery & Crime). Slight rubbing else very good. Neat name stamped on cover and front endpaper. A77184 £22

UPSON, . SONGS OF DREAMS. (SIGNED) Ganesh & Co, Madras, 1922 First Edition. Hardback. Sm 8vo. pp 39. 3 colour illus. Verses about India by the former editor of Indian colonial newspapers 'Business' and 'East and West.' Signed presentation copy. Green boards with colour illustration and title label onset to cover. Very good + with some slight wear. B13083 £20

UPSON, Dorothy B. THE FIRE OF LIFE. The Valentine Romance Club, London, 1954 First Edition Thus. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 192. An amusing love story. Very good in very good dust wrapper. B54224 £16

UPTON, Lawrence (Edits). Contributors Include Bella Cameron, George Cairncross, Neil Spratling, Robert Ensor, Bruton Connors, Catherine Todd, David Ward. GOOD ELF NO. 1 AND 2- SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER 1970. Lawrence Upton, London, 1970 First Edition. Wraps. First 2 issues. 4tos. Stapled wraps. pp 12 & 8. Contributors include Bella Cameron, George Cairncross, Neil Spratling, Robert Ensor, Bruton Connors, Catherine Todd, J.G. Ballard David Ward. First issue has slight staining to front o/w both are decent vg examples. Slight wear, otherwise very good. A36825 £35

UPTON, Lawrence. FROM WATERS. Privately Printed, London, 1966 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Stapled wraps. pp 4. Poetry. Very good. B57397 £16

UPTON, Lawrence. FROM WATERS. Privately Printed, London, 1966 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Stapled wraps. pp 4. Poetry. Very slight creasing otherwise very good indeed. B28888 £16

UPTON, Lawrence. GLANCING BACK. Richard Cates, London, 1969 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Stapled wraps. pp 6 (unpaginated). Limited edition of 400 copies. Poetry. Slight creasing at one corner otherwise VG+. B22616 £24

UPWARD, Allen. SECRETS OF THE COURTS OF EUROPE: THE CONFIDENCES OF AN EX-AMBASSADOR. J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol, No Date (1897) First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's red cloth lettered gilt on spine and on front cover. pp 388. Uncut. The uncommon original edition. Short stories, some with slight fantastical elements (although resolved). Bookplate placed over old inscription otherwise sound near VG with slight rubbing and very slight edgewear. A48250 £60

UPWARD, Allen. THE EAST END OF EUROPE.: THE REPORT OF AN UNOFFICIAL MISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PROVINCES OF TURKEY ON THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION. John Murray, London, 1908 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xxiii, 368. Preface by the late Major Sir Edward Fitzgerald Law. 11 illustrations. Neat stamp at side of one page and neat stamp on front endpaper of Jerome Housing Fellowship, neat name on front endpaper, evidence of label removal at lower spine-possibly at one time this book was in the JHF library. Slight soiling otherwise sound near VG. A42949 £60

UPWARD, Edward. JOURNEY TO THE BORDER. Hogarth Press, London, 1938 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth. pp 256. Author's first novel. Neat name on front endpaper. Very slight foxing to endpapers otherwise near fine in the first state Vanessa Bell dust jacket, complete but with very slight soiling, a little darkening and a little tanning at spine- overall VG+. A39761 £200

UPWARD, Edward. THE ROTTEN ELEMENTS. Heinemann, London, 1969 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 216. 'A Novel of Fact.' Uncorrected proof copy with quote on cover from Christopher Isherwood on Upward's 'In The Thirties.' About fine. B23674 £30

UPWARD, Edward. THE SCENIC RAILWAY. (SIGNED). Enitharmon, London, 1997 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. Softback. pp 95. Signed by Edward Upward on title page. Short stories. ISBN 1900564653. About fine. B24430 £30

URBAN, Otto M. (Introduction). MODERNÕ REVUE 1894-1925 Torst Prague, 1995 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. Text in Slovakian. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. ISBN: 8085639637Pages: 396This book is very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain.  Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. A76398 £70

URDANG, Constance. LUCHA. SIGNED Coffee House Press Minneapolis 1986. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp 94. Signed by the Author. From the working library of novelist Angela Carter (1940 - 1992) with her posthumous bookplate. This small, attractive bookplate reads 'From the Library of Angela Carter' and was designed by Sebastian Carter of the Rampant Lions Press and was authorised by the executors of her estate, from whom we bought the major part of her considerable collection. ISBN: 0918273234 Fine. A81964 £16

URDOCH, Tessa (Compiles). THE QUIET CONQUEST: THE HUGUENOTS 1685-1985. The Museum Of London, London, 1985. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp xxxii, 326. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout and 27 colour illustrations. VG+/VG+. A40444 £45

URE, Andrew. A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, MANUFACTURERS AND MINES: CONTAINING A CLEAR EXPOSITION OF THEIR PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE. 2 VOLUMES+ SUPPLEMENT. Longman, Brown, Green And Longman, London, 1853. Fourth Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 2 volumes. 8vos. Original publisher's brown cloth lettered gilt at the spine, with the separate 1846 supplement (disbound). - this information is almost certainly in this 4th edition which is' corrected and greatly enlarged.' pp xvi, 1118 & 998. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Supplement is 311 pages and illustrated. Sound used VG copies. A47747 £110

URE, Peter. SHAKESPEARE AND THE INWARD SELF OF THE TRAGIC HERO. (SIGNED) University Of Durham, Durham, 1961 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Printed paperback. pp 22. Signed presentation copy 'With compliments, Peter Ure.' Very good indeed. A63033 £24

URNESS, Carol. THE OLAG MAGNUS MAP OF SCANDINAVIA, 1539. James Ford Bell Library, Minneapolis, 1999. First Edition. Wraps. 4to, pp 33, illustrations. About fine. A81019 £25

URQUHART (URCHARD), Thomas. THE WORKS OF SIR THOMAS URQUHART OF CROMARTY, KNIGHT. Ams Press / Johnson Reprint Corp, New York, 1971 Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Tall 8vo. pp xxii, 419. Illustrations & decorations. Reprint of 1834 Edinburgh edition. Very good indeed. B22368 £50

URQUHART, . THE LIFE AND TEACHING OF WILLIAM HONYMAN GILLESPIE OF TORBANEHILL. T. & T. Clark., Edinburgh, 1915. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. 283pp. 2 frontis, bibliography, index. With a bibliography of the Ontological Argument by E. Lloyd Morrow. Gillespie had 'truly demonstrable' arguments for the existence of God. Metaphysics. Slight rubbing else VG. B8368 £20

URQUHART, Brian & Gary Sick &C. THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR. Ford Foundation, New York, 1987 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Pamphlet. pp 40.ISBN: 0916584291 Slight shelfwear else very good. A83384 £20

URQUHART, Brian. A LIFE IN PEACE AND WAR. (SIGNED). Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1987 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 35 illustrations. Signed presentation from the author: 'Caroline and Ian- those were the days, much love Brian 2-ix-93.' From the library of Ian Gilmour (Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar 1926 - 2007) with his ownership signature and occasional eraseable marginal linings and neat notes in pencil. He was a Cabinet minister & the distinguished author of 'Riot, Risings and Revolution' (1992), and 'The Making of the Poets: Byron and Shelley in Their Time' (2002). ISBN: 029779213XPages: 400 Very good in very good dust wrapper. A76104 £35

URQUHART, Brian. HAMMARSKJOLD. (SIGNED) Knopf, New York 1972. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Uncut. 23 illustrations, 3 maps. Signed presentation from the author to Sir Michael Weir (diplomat) and Lady Weir: 'Michael and Hilary/ much love' from Brian/ 25 March '84 (should have been '74).'ISBN: 0-394-47960-2Pages: 655 VG+ in very slightly used VG dust jacket. A48935 £35

URQUHART, Fred. CAMP-FOLLOWER. (SIGNED) Blackwood's Magazine Sampler, Edinburgh, 1977 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 24 (unpaginated). Signed presentation from the author: 'To John and Maggy/ with love/ from/ Fred Urquhart/ 26th September 1977.' Short story printed double column. Very good indeed. A36185 £30

URRY, John. RIDE A BICYCLE AND WHY. The Colmore Press., Birmingham, 1923. Second Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo. 32pp. Illustrated by Charles G. Harper. With a cycle shop stamp. Very good. B7460 £18

URTECHO, Jose Coronel. PANELS OF HELL. Arts For Nicaragua Fund, No Place Noted (London?), 1989 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Wraps. pp 18. Translated by John Lyons. From the working library of novelist Angela Carter (1940 - 1992) with her posthumous bookplate. This small, attractive bookplate reads 'From the Library of Angela Carter' and was designed by Sebastian Carter of the Rampant Lions Press and was authorised by the executors of her estate, from whom we bought the major part of her considerable collection. Very good indeed (very slight creasing). A35051 £40

URWICK, . 21 POEMS. (SIGNED) . Fortune Press, London, 1944. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 29. Uncut. Signed presentation copy: 'To John Bellini, il miglior fabbro, with fond admiration from Hilary Urwick.' Poetry. Not in D'Arch Smith's Fortune Press bibliography. Cloth slightly faded otherwise VG. B18140 £25

URWIN, . RAILSHEAD; THE HISTORY OF GORDON, LACY AND ST. MARGARETS HOUSES ISLEWORTH, MIDDLESEX. The Hounslow And District History Society., Middlesex, 1974. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Small 4to. vii,69pp. 28 b/w plates, 11 maps, index. Very good in very good dustwrapper with slight wear to head of spine B9001 £18

URZIDIL, J. HOLLAR: A CZECH EMIGRE IN ENGLAND. SIGNED "Czechoslovak", London, 1942 First Edition. Hardback. 4to, pp 69, illustrations. Signed presentation copy 'To Mr. Kenneth Macpherson, from Johannes Urzidil, new York, September, 1942' Slight soiling but sound, about VG. A82253 £36

US GOVERNMENT. PAPERS RELATING TO FOREIGN AFFAIRS ACCOMPANYING THE ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE SECOND SESSION THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. 1863 - 1864. FOUR VOLUMES. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1865 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4 volumes. 8vos. pp 2842. This set is very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain.  Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings, slight handling wear, spine ends bumped, nicked and chipped, corners bumped (lower corner to vol 4 split) otherwise sound near VG. A75636 £100

USBORNE, Richard, William Douglas- Home, Malcolm Muggeridge And Angus Macintyre. THREE TALKS AND A FEW WORDS AT A FESTIVE OCCASION IN 1982. James H Heineman, London, 1991. Second Printing. Wraps. Tall narrow 8vo. Wraps. 500 printed. Volume 4 in the series of monographs on P. G. Wodehouse . ISBN: 0-87008-103-9Pages: 52 Fine. A49267 £16

USBORNE, Richard. AFTER HOURS WITH P.G. WODEHOUSE. (SIGNED) Hutchinson, London 1991. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Signed presentation from the author to his son : 'For David/ Best of sons/ Christmas 1991/ from the author.'ISBN: 0-09-174712-0Pages: 201 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A61394 £30

USBORNE, Richard. DR SIR PELHAM WODEHOUSE OLD BOY. James H Heineman, London, 1991. Second Printing. Wraps. Tall narrow 8vo. Wraps. 500 printed. Volume 1 in the series of monographs on P. G. Wodehouse . ISBN: 0-87008-100-4Pages: 34 Very good indeed. Excellent condition. A49268 £30

USHER, Dan. THE ECONOMIC PREREQUISITE TO DEMOCRACY. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1981 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Tables, figures. ISBN: 0631125124Pages: 175 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A69608 £18

USHER, Frank. NO FLOWERS IN BRAZLOV. Robert Hale, London, 1968 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp 188.ISBN: 0709103255 VG+ in slightly soiled, clean VG dust jacket. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. Decent copy. A49930 £20

USHERWOOD, Nicholas (Introduction). SARAH MEDWAY. Lamont Gallery, London, No Date (1998?) First Edition. Wraps. Oblong 4to (23cm x 22cm). Wraps. pp 38 (unpaginated). Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Exhibition catalogue.  Very good. A59583 £22

USHERWOOD, Vivian. POEMS. Centerprise, London, 1972 First Edition. Wraps. Wraps. Small 4to. pp 31.Juvenile poetry. Slight shelf wear otherwise VG. B13487 £18

USKERT, Tibor. VICTORY FOR A UNIVERSALIST AMERICA. Tibor Uskert, San Francisco, 1977 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 106. 6 illustrations. Tibor Uskert's visiting card stapled to first page showing he was (is) an attorney in San Francisco. Universalist philosophy. Very good. B55320 £24

USLE, Juan. DESPLAZADO. Cheim & Read, New York, 2011 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Colour illustrated wraps / paperback. pp 54 (unpaginated), including one fold out page. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Exhibition catalogue.ISBN: 9780981765587 Fine. A78192 £35

USPENSKY, Boris. A POETICS OF COMPOSITION: THE STRUCTURE OF THE ARTISTIC TEXT AND TYPOLOGY OF A COMPOSITIONAL FORM University Of California Press Berkeley 1973 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xvi, 181. Original publishers teal cloth lettered black and white at spine.ISBN: 0520023099 Very good indeed in very good slightly used dust wrapper. A75971 £26

USSHER, Richard J. And Robert Warren. THE BIRDS OF IRELAND: AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISTRIBUTION, MIGRATIONS AND HABITS OF BIRDS AS OBSERVED IN IRELAND, WITH ALL ADDITIONS TO THE IRISH LIST. Gurney And Jackson, London, 1900 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp xxxii, 419. Original publishers blue cloth lettered gilt on spine with map of Ireland in black on cover. Colour frontis, illustrations, two folding colour maps. Faint rubbing; clean bright very good indeed. A69862 £240

USTINOV, Nikolai (Illustrates). FAIRY TALE TIME. Hodder Children's Books, London, 1987 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dustjacket. English text by Samantha Norman. Colour illustrations by Nikolai Ustinov. Six traditional fairy stories from Germany, Italy, France, the USSR, Finland and Sweden.ISBN: 0-340-39233-9Pages: 104 Fine. B29550 £35

UTECHIN, Patricia. SONS OF THIS PLACE: COMMEMORATION OF THE WAR DEAD IN OXFORD'S COLLEGES AND INSTITUTIONS. Robert Dugdale, Oxford, 1998 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Printed wraps / paperback. pp 92. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout.ISBN: 0946976074 About fine. A83312 £22

UTECHIN, Patricia. EPITAPHS FROM OXFORDSHIRE. Robert Dugdale, Oxford, 1980. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp xv, 79, illustrations. Signed presentation copy 'Deborah, Best wishes, Pat Utechin, 25.10.80'ISBN: 0950388068 Fine in very good indeed dust jacket. A82332 £16

UTLEY, T. E. MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT. Conservative Political Centre, London, 1952 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 94. Original publishers blue cloth lettered gilt on spine. Very good in very good clean dust wrapper. Decent copy No inscriptions, not price-clipped. A65612 £20

UTO SECTION OF THE SAC. THE TECHNIQUE OF ALPINE MOUNTAINEERING. Uto Section Of The Sac, England (Printed By Walford's In Buckingham) 1930 First Edition. Hardback. 12mo. pp 74, illustrated in text. Decorative green cloth gilt. English Edition adapted by members of the Association of British Members of the S.A.C. .74 pp with bw drawings. Attractive little book with the ownership signature dated 1936 of the mountaineer J. de V. Hazard (S.A.C. "Attels"). No date (1930s). Very good indeed. B22182 £18

UTTLEY, Alison. SECRET PLACES AND OTHER ESSAYS. Faber And Faber Ltd, London, 1972 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 12 illustrations by C. F. Tunnicliffe.ISBN: 0-571-09924-6Pages: 128 Fine in fine dust wrapper. B55871 £20

UTTON, M. A. And A. D. Morgan. CONCENTRATION AND FOREIGN TRADE. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1983 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xi, 137. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt on spine. From the series The National Institute of Economic and Social Research - Occasional Papers XXXV.ISBN: 0521253721 Fine in near fine dust wrapper. A69644 £18

UWEMEDIMO, Rosemary. MAMMY-WAGON MARRIAGE. Hurst & Blackett, London, 1961 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 238. Frontis portrait. Autobiography. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. A67145 £36

UZDIL, Jaromir And Others. THE CHILD AND THE WORLD. S N D K (Statni Nakladatelstvi Detske Knihy), Prague, 1966 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Small oblong 4to. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dust jacket. pp 81 text, 76 pages colour illustrations (95 total), 5 black and white. Illustrated front endpapers. 5 fold-outs at rear . Text in Czech, English, French, German and Russian. Children's art. Very good. B53834 £20

VACHELL, Horace Annesley, VIRGIN. THE RECORD OF CERTAIN PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A YOUNG LADY WHO FOUND HERSELF ALONE AND NEARLY PENNILESS IN A WORLD OF WHICH SHE KNEW NOTHING. Hutchinson, London, 1929 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 287. Beige lettered black. Novel of upper class life in London and the Shires that appears to end in California. Spine ends a little rubbed otherwise VG. B26285 £28

VACHELL, Horace Annesley. THE PROCESSION OF LIFE. Eveleigh Nash And Grayson, London, 1905 First U. K. Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 317. Novel. No date (1905). Endpapers browned otherwise VG. B55194 £20

VAD, Poul. VILHELM HAMMERSHOI AND DANISH ART AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. Yale University Press, New Haven And London, 1992 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 463. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. This book is very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain.  Slightly bumped and abrasion to cover, dust jacket a little chipped and nicked dust jacket; VG/VG. A75938 £140

VADÉ, J. J. (Jean-Joseph Et De L' Ecluse) OEUVRES POISSARDES DE J. J. VADE. Didot Jeune, Veuve Defer De Maisonneuve Et Josse, Paris, 1796 An Iv First Edition. Hardback. 12mo. 13 by 9 cms. pp 216. Frontis portait of VadÈ and 4 tissue covered plates. Bon etat. Contemporary full crimson leather lettered gilt on spine and dec gilt on edges of covers. Some rubbing and scuffing and slight edgewear but a sound vg copy with clean text. A63492 £160

VADON, Bernard. ANTIBES. C' ETAIT HIER. CHRONIQUES DU TEMPS PASSÉ A TRAVERS LES CARTES POSTALES PAUL MAURT. Editions Alp' Azur, Antibes, 1978 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 98. Copiously illustrated in black and white and sepia throughout. French text.ISBN: 2902700024 Fine in near fine (dust jacket very slightly sunned). B31858 £30

VADON, Bernard. NICE: C'ÉTAIT HIER. (SIGNED) Editions Alp Azur, Antibes, 1979 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. French text. ISBN: 2902700032Pages: 102 VG+ in slightly nicked about VG dust jacket. A70358 £35

VAES, Walter. COLLECTION WALTER VAES. Salle Van Herck, Anvers, 1958 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Illustrated wraps. pp 47, 16 plates. French text. Auction catalogue. Slight sunning and creasing at edges, title inked on spine and number inked on front wraps; VG. A34661 £30

VAGGI, Gianni. FROM THE DEBT CRISIS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CHANGING PERSPECTIVES ON NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS. Macmillan, Basingstoke, 1993 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xiii, 315. Original publishers blue boards lettered gilt at spine.ISBN: 0333560388 Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else very good indeed. A71109 £28

VAGUE, Tom. TELEVISIONARIES : THE RED ARMY FACTION STORY 1963-1993. Ak Press, Edinburgh ; San Francisco 1994. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps/paperback. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Signed presentation from the author: 'To John/ do you call that/ equitable?/ Tom.'ISBN: 1-873176-47-3Pages: 109 Fine. A48978 £20

VAHID, Hamid. EPISTEMIC JUSTIFICATION AND THE SKEPTICAL CHALLENGE. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2005 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. ISBN: 1-4039-9354-8Pages: 245 Fine in fine dust wrapper. B28573 £40

VAISSE, Maurice. L'ENTENTE CORDIALE DE FACHODA A LA GRANDE GUERRE. Ministere Des Affaires Etrangeres, Bruxelles, 2004 First Edition. Wraps. Square 8vo. pp 141. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout.ISBN: 2804800067 Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else very good indeed. A76251 £17

VAIZEY, John. SCENES FROM INSTITUTIONAL LIFE. Faber & Faber, London, 1959 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 109. Original publishers green cloth lettered gilt at spine. Slight rubbing otherwise very good clean copy with clean text. A76825 £16

VAIZEY, John. SCENES FROM INSTITUTIONAL LIFE. (SIGNED) Faber & Faber, London, 1959 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 109. Original publishers green cloth lettered gilt on spine. Initialled Signed presentation copy 'JV, with warmest regards, from JV' Slightly dull covers otherwise VG. A64065 £18

VAIZEY, John. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EDUCATION. Duckworth, London, 1972 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp x, 297. Original publishers green cloth lettered gilt at spine.ISBN: 0715606093 Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. A70625 £20

VAIZEY, Marina. (Sutton Taylor). SUTTON TAYLOR. A LUSTROUS ART. (SIGNED). Hart Gallery, London, 1999 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Oblong 4to. pp 10 text, 25 colour plates. Signed by Sutton Taylor on the front endpaper. Art, pottery. ISBN 1902721020. Fine in fine dust wrapper. B22672 £32

VALDES, . BRIGHTON FANTASY. Hurst & Blackett, London, 1969. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 184. Novel. Very good indeed in slightly marked VG dust jacket. B51325 £16

VALDES, . CHASE A DARK SHADOW. Hurst & Blackett, London, 1971. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 184. Novel. Very good indeed in slightly marked, complete VG dust jacket. B51331 £20

VALDES, . EMMY. Robert Hale, London, 1980. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 190. Novel. Very good indeed in slightly marked complete dust jacket. B51324 £20

VALDES, . GIFT FROM A STRANGER. Hurst & Blackett, London, 1965. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 188. Novel. Very good indeed in slightly marked, complete VG dust jacket. B51328 £20

VALDES, . IT HAPPENED IN SPAIN. Hurst & Blackett, London, 1967. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 184. Fiction. Very good indeed in very good dust jacket. B51116 £18

VALDES, . MAN OF THE SEA. Hurst & Blackett, London, 1966. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 184. Novel. VG+ in slightly marked, complete VG dust jacket. B51326 £20

VALDES, . NICOLA. Hurst & Blackett, London, 1964. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 192. Miss Ivy Valdes' own copy with a letter from her publisher: 'Dear Miss Valdes, I am delighted to be sending you the enclosed early copy of NICOLA, which has just reached me from our bindery. I do hope you will like its appearance. As you know, we publish on 20th April, when I hope your book will have every success. Yours sincerely, Robert Lusty.' First novel. Fine in fine dust wrapper. B51333 £35

VALDES, . OVER MY SHOULDER. Hurst & Blackett, London, 1968. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 182. Fiction: mystery set in a Bavarian village. Very good in very good dust wrapper. B51114 £24

VALDES, . SYLVIA'S DAUGHTER. Hurst & Blackett, London, 1972. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 183. Novel. Very good indeed in slightly marked, complete VG dust jacket. B51329 £20

VALDES, . THE DRURY AFFAIR. Hurst & Blackett, London, 1974. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 185. Novel. Very good indeed in slightly marked, complete VG dust jacket. B51327 £20

VALDES, . THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE. Hurst & Blackett, London, 1970. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 184. Novel. Very good indeed in slightly marked, complete VG dust jacket. B51332 £20

VALE, Malcolm. THE ANCIENT ENEMY : ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND EUROPE FROM THE ANGEVINS TO THE TUDORS, 1154-1558. Hambledon Continuum, London ; New York 2007. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Review copy with publishers printed review slip loosely inserted. 5 illustrations, 4 maps.ISBN: 1-84725-177-3Pages: 174 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A40020 £35

VALENCIA, Mark J. SOUTH-EAST ASIAN SEAS: OIL UNDER TROUBLED WATERS.HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL, JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. Oxford University Press, Singapore, 1985 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp xiv, 155. Original publishers printed laminated boards. Maps, tables.ISBN: 0195826450 Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else very good indeed. A72403 £28

VALENSIN, Georges. PARENTS BY PROXY: AN EXAMINATION OF THE TECHNIQUES AND EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION (ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION IN WOMEN). John Calder, London, 1960 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps/ paperback. pp xi, 296. Test tube babies, sperm preservation, etc. Slight rubbing, creasing and edgewear otherwise about VG. A65716 £18

VALENSISE, Marina (Edits). FRANCOIS GUIZOT ET LA CULTURE POLITIQUE DE SON TEMPS: COLLOQUE DE LA FONDATION GUIZOT-VAL RICHER. (SIGNED). Gallimard/ Le Seuil, Paris, 1991. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps/ paperback. 9 illustrations. French text. Signed presentation from the author. Envoi de l'auteur. Tres bon etat.ISBN: 2020128535Pages: 322 VG+ (one corner slightly creased). Tres bon etat. A78931 £48

VALENTI, Pter. ERROL FLYNN: A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY. Greenwood Press, Westport, 1984 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xiii, 230. 7 illustrations. ISBN: 0313229848 Fine. A67047 £40

VALENTIN, Karl. STURZFLUGE IM ZUSCHAUERRAUM EINE AUSWAHL AUS DER GESAMMELTEN WERKE. Piper, Munich, 1969 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 29. Frontis illustration. German text. Inscription on half title otherwise very good. B31151 £22

VALENTINE, Alan. LORD GEORGE GERMAIN. The Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1962 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo, pp x, 534. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. A61694 £20

VALENTINE, Douglas. THE SECRET HAND. SOME FURTHER ADVENTURES BY DESMOND OKEWOOD OF THE BRITISH SECRET SERVICE. Herbert Jenkins, London, 1919 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth lettered black. pp 320. Secret service fiction. Slight fading at edge of cover, spine very slightly faded, overall sound clean about VG+. B28620 £60

VALENTINE, Elizabeth R. BEATRICE EDGELL: PIONEER WOMAN PSYCHOLOGIST. Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2006 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Large 8vo. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dust jacket. pp 233. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 1594543895 Fine. A36323 £35

VALENTINE, L. THE KNIGHTS RANSOME. Frederick Warne And Co., London, 1895 Early Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 471. Original publishers blue cloth decorated in colour and gilt on cover and spine. No date, c.1895. Very good indeed. Neat name to endpaper. A82923 £20

VALENTINE, Mark & Ray Russell. FAUNUS: ISSUE NO. 3. THE JOURNAL OF THE FRIENDS OF ARTHUR MACHEN. Friends Of Arthur Machen, Newport, 1999 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo, pp 58. Copy 41 of 250. Fine. A63874 £25

VALENTINE, Mark & Ray Russell. FAUNUS: ISSUE NO. 4. THE JOURNAL OF THE FRIENDS OF ARTHUR MACHEN. Friends Of Arthur Machen, Newport, 1999 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo, pp 58. Copy 127 of 250. Fine. A82181 £18

VALENTINE, Mark And Roger Dobson (Edit). Contributors Include Alexandra Zaine, Mark Valentine, Count Stenbock, Roger Dobson. AKLO: A JOURNAL OF THE FANTASTIC, SUMMER 1991. Privately Published. London, 1991 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated stapled wraps/paperback. pp 67. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. This issue only. Contributors include Alexandra Zaine (Baron Corvo: Prolegomena to a Reassessment), Mark Valentine (Count Stenbock, Storyteller), Count Stenbock (Viol d'Amor), Roger Dobson (Was M. P. Shiel The Man who Lost His Way?). Very faint wear and soiling otherwise VG+. A61108 £40

VALENTINE, Mark. THE GARDEN OF RUIN, GOD OF THE RAIN; A GUIDE FOR THE VISITOR. Fetish Books, Croydon, 1980 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 12 (unpaginated). Ruinian faith, Bezdomny, etc. Very good indeed. B25929 £25

VALENTINE, Richard & Sibbald Malcolm. ARCHIBALD THE GREAT; A FABLE. (SIGNED) . Collins, , London, 1937. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. First edition. Signed presentation from Sibbald Malcolm. Hardback. Very good. No dust jacket. 72pp. Numerous illustrations by John Halas. Comic fable. A3884 £22

VALENTINE, W. R. (Edits). Joseph Widener. PAINTINGS IN THE COLLECTION OF JOSEPH WIDENER AT LYNNEWOOD HALL. (SIGNED) Privately Printed, Elkins Park, Pa, 1923 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Large 8vo. Faux leather flexi covers. pp 220 (unpaginated). 100 plates. Signed presentation from Joseph Widener: 'To. Madame Polignac/ with sincere regards/ Joseph Widener.' Madame Polignac = Winnaretta Singer, the socialite Princess de Polignac. Slightly rubbed otherwise clean very good indeed. B29139 £40

VALENTINE, Oswald. (Oswald Valentine Sickert (1872-1923)). HELEN. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1894 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Tall narrow 8vo (10cm x 18cm). Half blue leather lettered gilt at the spine with 5 raised bands and some gilt decoration. pp 207. Uncut. Oswald Valentine Sickert was a brother of Walter Sickert. Novel- 'Post Cambridge explorations in Socialism and of the literary life in London.' In the Pseudonym Library Series. Some rubbing and slight scuffing to leather corners and edges of spine otherwise handsome VG+ copy. A40225 £65

VALENTINO. VALENTINO'S RED BOOK/ FASHION PHOTOCOPY MANUAL 1960- 00/ 'THE VALENTINO' (NEWSPAPER). Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2001 First Edition. 4to. Clamshell box containing Valentino's Red Book (hardback, 64pp unpaginated )/ Fashion Photocopy Manual 1960 - 00 (illustrated wraps, 250pp unpaginated)/ 8pp newspaper 'The Valentino.' A three-items in one box edition of the history and fashions of Valentino, copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Also CD of Valentino's Trent 'Anni di Magia. About fine. B25426 £60

VALERA, Eamon De. EAMON DE VALERA, 1882-1975: THE CONTROVERSIAL GIANT OF MODERN IRELAND. A SURVEY IN TEXT AND PICTURES OF THE LIFE AND INFLUENCE OF A FAMOUS LEADER. The Irish Times, Dublin, 1976 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp 144. Original publishers green cloth lettered silver at spine. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout.ISBN: 0950341819 Fine in slightly scuffed very good dust jacket. A70612 £25

VALERY, Paul (Emlen Pope Etting.) THE GRAVEYARD BY THE SEA.. The Centaur Press, Philadelphia 1932., . First edition in English. Hardback. Blue cloth, paper title-labels. Spine-ends and corners very slightly rubbed; Very good copy of an elegant modernist book. 4to. 24 full-page b/w abstract designs by the translator, parallel French text. No. 269 of 300 printed by Burnley Weaver at the Gollifox Press, Baltimore, North Carolina. Original text, with English rendering and illustrations by Emlen Pope Etting. Laid in is a signed autographed letter from Etting, c.40 words, presenting the book to a Philadelphian academic. A5051 £40

VALERY, Paul And Others. COMERCE: CAHIERS TRIMESTRIELS PUBLIES PAR LES SOINS DE PAUL VALERY, LEON- PAUL FARGUE, VALERY LARBAUD. L. Giraud- Badin, Paris, 1930 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 211. French text. Contributors include Paul Valery, Marcel Jouhandeau, Leon- Paul Fargue, Georges Chehade, G. Ribemont Dessaignes and Franz Kafka. Slight edgewear and creasing, short closed tears at spine ends, slightly worn otherwise about VG. A62837 £30

VALETTE, T. G. G. DUTCH CONVERSATION-GRAMMAR. David Nutt, London, 1893 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xii, 344, (4). Original publisher's decorative blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Slight edgewear, head of spine slightly frayed else very good. A77528 £24

VALIN, Jonathan. FINAL NOTICE. Collins, London, 1981. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Thriller.ISBN: 000231349XPages: 224 Slight creasing at spine, faint rubbing, slightly bumped at corner, slight lean otherwise VG+ in VG+ dustjacket with a couple of short closed tears. A60876 £18

VALIUDDIN, Mir. LOVE OF GOD: A SUFIC APPROACH. Sufi Publishing Company, Farnham, 1972 First Uk Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp ix, 205. Printed paperback. Very good indeed. A63876 £25

VALKEAKARI, Tuire. RELIGIOUS IDIOM AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN NOVEL, 1952-1998. University Press Of Florida, Gainesville 2007. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. ISBN: 0-8130-3055-2Pages: 261 Fine. A44291 £20

VALLA, Laurent. LA DONATION DE CONSTANTIN. PREMIER TITRE DU POUVOIR TEMPOREL DES PAPES. Isidore Liseux, Paris, 1879 First Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo (10.5cm x 15cm). Original publisher's printed illustrated wraps/paperback. pp xcvi, 332. Uncut. Unopened. French and Latin text. 550 copies only. Slight soiling but sound decent VG copy. A49411 £45

VALLE, Evaristo. EVARISTO VALLE : (1873-1951) : DIBUJOS. Ministerio De Cultura No Place Noted [Madrid], 1986. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Colour illustrated wraps. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Spanish text. Exhibition catalogue. ISBN: 84-398-5669-5Pages: 191 Fine. A58534 £24

VALLEJO, Cesar. RUSIA EN 1931: REFLEXIONES AL PIE DEL KREMLIN. Tercera Edicioni, Lima, 1965 Third Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp 258. Slight rubbing, slight wear, slightly shaken, otherwise near VG. A62883 £22

VALLEJO, Cesar. THE MAYAKOVSKY CASE. Curbstone Press, Connecticut, 1982 First Edition. Wraps. 12mo. Colour illustrated wraps / paperback. pp 50. From the Art On The Line Series, 'essays, interviews, manifestoes &c by 20th century artists: socially conscious &/or politically engaged artists speaking to, or from, the point where their committment and art interact.' Translated by Richard Schaaf.ISBN: 091530631X Very slight soiling, slight bending otherwise very good indeed. A68376 £22

VALLEJO, Cesar. THE BLACK HERALDS. Allardyce, Barnett Lewes, 1995. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp 108.ISBN: 0907954235 Fine. A81939 £18

VALLENTIN, Antonina. MIRABEAU AVANT LA REVOLUTION. (SIGNED) Editions Bernard Grasset, Paris, 1946 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps/ paperback. pp xii, 518. Signed presentation from the author: 'A Gabrielle Tergit, avec toute mon affection, Antonina Vallentin.' French text. Slight shelf wear, otherwise very good. A64236 £20

VALLOIS, Nathalie And Georges- Philippe Vallois. NO COMMENT. Galerie Georges- Philippe And Nathalie Vallois, Paris, 2006 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. pp 79. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Art. Catalogue. Typed signed letter from authors to Norman Rosenthal at the Royal Academy loosely inserted. Corners very slightly bumped otherwise fine. B30826 £36

VALOCH, Jiri. 8 SONNETS. Ganglia Press, Toronto, 1969 First Edition. Wraps. Small oblong 8vo (14cm x 10cm). Illustrated wraps/paperback. pp 18 (printed recto only). Concrete poetry. Very good indeed. A65914 £20

VALUSEK, Berislav, Daina Glavocic, Marco Pozzetto, Andras Hadik, Darina Glavocic &C. ARHITEKTURA SECESIJE U RIJECI: ARHITEKTURA I URBANIZAM POCETKA 20. STOLJECA 1900. - 1925 / SECESSIONAL ARCHITECTURE IN RIJEKA: ARCHITECTURE AND TOWN PLANNING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY 1900 - 1925. IN TWO VOLUMES. Moderna Galerija Rijeka, Rijeka, 1998 First Edition. Wraps. Two 8vos. Colour illustrated wraps/ paperback. pp 389, (3) and pp (vii), 544 (continuous pagination). Both volumes are copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Croat and English text. This book is very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. ISBN: 9536501058 Minor creasing to spine, slight wear to covers and a very slight lean else clean bright about very good. A77081 £60

VAMBERY, Arminius (Edits And Introduction). (Ferdinand Mendez Pinto). THE VOYAGES AND ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND MENDEZ PINTO, THE PORTUGUESE. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1897 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth with colour illustration showing men fighting. pp xxxii, 464. 6 illustrations (4 folding). Popular edition of a book first published in 1663. Covers slightly rubbed, spine tanned, corners slightly bumped, spine ends bumped with slight nicks otherwise sound VG. Neat name on front endpaper. A69632 £30

VAMPILOV, Aleksandr. (Patrick Miles- Translates). DUCK-HUNTING / LAST SUMMER IN CHULIMSK: TWO PLAYS. Bramcote Press, Nottingham, 1994 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Frontis portrait. Signed by the translator.ISBN: 0951785338Pages: 158 Very good indeed. A69150 £40

VAN ACKER, R. P. Auguste. DICTIONNAIRE KITABWA- FRANCAIS ET FRANCAIS- KITABWA. Spineux, Brussels, 1907 First Edition. Wraps. Large 4to (28cm x 38cm). Wraps. pp 170. Unopened. Unbound. From the Annales du MusÈe du Congo, Ethnographie, series v- Linguistique. VG in tatty folder that is chipped, nicked and soiled but about complete. A58924 £35

VAN ASSCHE, Christine, Jean- Charles Massera, Vincent Labaume, Willoughby Sharp, Tony Oursler &C. BRUCE NAUMANN: IMAGE / TEXT 1966-1996. Cantz, Ostfildern, 1997 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Colour illustrated wraps / paperback. pp 172. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. German text.ISBN: 3893229221 Slight edgewear else very good indeed. A75030 £75

VAN BEMMELEN, D. J. ZARATHUSTRA: THE FIRST PROPHET OF CHRIST. 2 VOLUMES. Uitgeverij Vrij Geestesleven, Zeist, The Netherlands, 1968. 2 Volumes. Wraps. 2 volumes. 4tos. Wraps. pp 242. 2 volumes. Very slight sunning and slight soiling otherwise VG+. A48466 £70

VAN BRABANT, Jozef M. (Edits). Contributors Include Marie Lavigne, Ann Orr, Harriet Matejka, Petra Pissulla. ECONOMIC REFORMS IN CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 1991 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Many tables. Contributors include Marie Lavigne, Ann Orr, Harriet Matejka, Petra Pissulla.ISBN: 0333558111Pages: 360 Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. A66680 £25

VAN DAM, Raymond. THE ROMAN REVOLUTION OF CONSTANTINE. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. One map. ISBN: 0521882095Pages: 457 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A77275 £35

VAN DAMME, Daniel. UNE HEURE A LA MAISON D'ERASME ET AU VIEUX BENGUINAGE D'ANDERLECHT. (SIGNED) Musee Erasme, Anderlecht, (1932?) First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Small 8vo. pp 61, (3). Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Signed presentation from the author: 'Hommage de l'auteure Anderlecht, Maison d'Erasme, le 16.VI.55. Daniel Van Damme.' Souvenir book. French text. Slight browning to printed dust jacket otherwise very good indeed. A63955 £24

VAN DE WETERING, Janwillem. THE CORPSE ON THE DIKE. Heinemann, London, 1977 First Uk Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp [viii], 182. Third novel of suspense from the author. Fine in fine dust wrapper. B57467 £18

VAN DE WETERING, Janwillem. THE EMPTY MIRROR. EXPERIENCES IN A JAPANESE ZEN MONASTERY. Routledge, London, 1973 First U. K. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 145. Autobiography, Zen Buddhism. ISBN 0710075782. F/NF (spine slightly sunned). B21670 £35

VAN DEN BRIELE, Luc. (Patricia Nik- Dad) (Appreciation By Graham Read.) PATRICIA NIK-DAD EXLIBRIS. Frederikshavn Kunstmuseum & Exlibrissamling, Frederikshavn, 2001 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. pp 64 + 61 pages of images of Nik - Dad's exlibris work mainly colour - erotic and strange. ISBN 8773172804 Text in Englis, Dutch and French. 250 copies printed. A64701 £135

VAN DEN BRUCK, Moeller. GERMANY'S THIRD EMPIRE. Allen & Unwin, London, 1934 First Edition In Engish. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 268. The German original, 'Das dritte Reich' was published in Hamburg 1923. Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876-1925). The Nazis took up some of his conservative ideas as well as the title of this book (published in Germany in 1923 as 'Das Dritte Reich') sometimes . He committed suicide in Berlin May 30th 1925. Slight tape marks on endpapers otherwise NF/NF. Excellent condition. A58757 £120

VAN DENSEN, W. L. T., M. J. Morris (Edit). Contributors Include B. Sricharoendham, J. S. Pet, J. Moreau, A. Duncan. FISH AND FISHERIES OF LAKES AND RESERVOIRS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND AFRICA. Westbury Academic & Scientific Publishing, Otley, 1999 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Tables, figures. Contributors include B. Sricharoendham, J. S. Pet, J. Moreau, A. Duncan.ISBN: 1-84103-004-XPages: 436 Fine in fine dust wrapper. B31467 £27

VAN DER KISTE, John. WINDSOR AND HABSBURG : THE BRITISH AND AUSTRIAN REIGNING HOUSES, 1848-1922. A. Sutton, Gloucester 1987. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp 172.ISBN: 0-86299-338-5 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A45120 £28

VAN DER MEER, Ron And Atie. WHO LIVES HERE? Methuen Childrens Books, London, 1986 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 12mo (13.5 cm x 13.5 cm). Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dustjacket. pp 8. 'A Sliding Picture Book.' Colour illustrated throughout. Fine. B57073 £16

VAN DER NAILLEN, A. BALTHAZAR THE MAGUS. (SIGNED) R. F. Ffnno & Company, New York, 1904 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's light blue pictorial boards in whie, black and gold. pp 270, xvi. Frontis portrait, numerous plates and figures throughout. In Bleiler ('Occult'). Signed presentation from the author: 'To my excellent and Honourable friend Dr L. Hahn with affectionate compliments of A. van der Naillen.' Spine slightly faded otherwise sound VG copy. A73490 £75

VAN DER ROSS, R. E. MYTHS AND ATTITUDES: AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE COLOURED PEOPLE. Tafelberg, Cape Town, 1979 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 116. Tables. Signed presentation from the author: 'For Roy/ in friendship and/ appreciation/ Dick/ 13/3/81.' From the library of the South African writer, poet, TLS critic and diplomat Roy Macnab, editor of Oxford Poetry in 1946 and author of 'The Story of South Africa House' (1983.) Very good indeed. A47484 £16

VAN DER SMAN, Gert Jan (Introduction). GHIRLANDAIO Y EL RENACIMIENTO EN FLORENCIA. Museo Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid, 2010 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Colour illustrated wraps/paperback. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Spanish text, with some English translation at rear.ISBN: 9788496233898Pages: 341 About fine. A78701 £50

VAN DIWMEN, Marieke. MAIREKE VAN DIEMEN. Goldsmith's Gallery, And Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, London, And Amsterdam, 1989 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Thin pale grey stiff card printed black. pp 16, 3 illustrations. Art. Exhibition catalogue. Clean VG+. A36655 £20

VAN DONGEN, Els. WORLDS OF PSYCHOTIC PEOPLE : WANDERERS, 'BRICOLEURS' AND STRATEGISTS. Routledge, London ; New York 2004 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dustjacket. ISBN: 0-415-30390-7Pages: 263 Fine. B29830 £48

VAN DONZEL, E. FOREIGN RELATIONS OF ETHIOPIA 1642-1700: DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE JOURNEYS OF KHODJA MURAD. Nederlands Historisch- Archaeologisch Instituut, Istanbul, 1979 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Illustrated wraps/paperback. pp 305. 11 plates (2 folding, in pocket at rear).This book is very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. Neat name on front endpaper. Slight rubbing otherwise sound clean VG. A44493 £60

VAN DOORN, Jacques. THE SOLDIER AND SOCIAL CHANGE: COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN THE HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY OF THE MILITARY. Sage Publications Ltd, Beverly Hills And London, 1975 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. ISBN: 0803999488Pages: 201 Very good indeed. A64928 £36

VAN DOREN, Mark. NOW THE SKY. Albert & Charles Boni, New York, 1928 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Orange spine and endpapers, black covers with gilt and black oval small illustration of a satyr on cover. pp 113. Uncut. Poetry. Spine slightly faded and slightly marked otherwise sound VG. B25576 £60

VAN EYS, W. J. OUTLINES OF BASQUE GRAMMER. Trubner & Co., London, 1883 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xii, 52, 24. Covers rubbed and slightly sunned else very good with clean text. A74136 £25

VAN GOETHEM, G., A. Zurita, J. Martin Bermejo, P. Manolatos And H. Bischoff (Edit). FISA 2001 : EU RESEARCH IN REACTOR SAFETY : MID-TERM SYMPOSIUM ON SHARED-COST AND CONCERTED ACTIONS. Office For Official Publications Of The European Union, Luxembourg, 2002. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Fat 8vo. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dust jacket. Tables, figures.ISBN: 9289434554Pages: 752 Fine. A32458 £65

VAN GUNDY, Justin Loomis. IGNORAMUS: COMOEDIA CORAM REGIA MAIESTATE JACOBI REGIS ANGLIAE. AN EXAMINATION OF ITS SOURCES AND LITERARY INFLUENCE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS RELATION TO BUTLER'S HUDIBRAS. The New Era Press, Lancaster, Pa, 1906 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 105. Minor ex-library attributes (3 stamps and remnants of label inside and number label on spine), some wear at spine ends, slight creasing at rear corner otherwise VG. A60178 £55

VAN HOEK, Kees. KRUGER DAYS: REMINISCENCES OF DR. W. J. LEYDS. Lambert House, London, 1939 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp [iv] 54. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Fine in slighty used publisher's cloth. Dustjacket very good indeed. A62911 £22

VAN ITALLIE, Jean Claude. (J. C.) WHERE IS DE QUEEN. No Publisher Noted, New York, First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. pp 20, printed recto only. Playscript of a play never published separately -but anthologised with his meisterwerk America Hurrah and also in 1967 in Playwrights for Tomorrw (Minneapolis). Stapled at side with, red typed wraps sl faded, sl edgewear and a puncture mark to side not affecting text; overall close vg. A short "dream" play produced at LaMama ETC (as Dream Play), directed by Peter Feldman, and at The Firehouse Theatre, Minneapolis, directed by Sidney Schubert Walter in March, 1966. A couple of corrections in text in ink, presumably in Van Itallie's hand, Christopher Street NY address on cover. Good copy. B32223 £50

VAN KLEFFENS, E. N. JUGGERNAUT OVER HOLLAND: THE DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER'S PERSONAL STORY OF THE INVASION OF THE NETHERLANDS. (SIGNED) Columbia University Press, New York, 1941 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp ix, 195. Signed presentation from the author: 'To Miss Pat Cranston/ with the author's best compliments/ London Feb 26th 1941/ E. N. van Kleffens.' Slight edgewear and some rubbing at corners, rubbing at lower spine end otherwise VG in worn VG- dust jacket with 1 inch loss at lower spine. A49405 £28

VAN LAARHOVEN, P. J. M. & E. H. L. Aarts, SIMULATED ANNEALING: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS. D. Reidel Publishing, Dordrecht, 1987 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xii, 186.ISBN: 9027725136 Very good indeed. A77430 £30

VAN LEEUWEN, Nans (Illustrates). L. Van Bree (Story). THE HAPPY TALE OF MONTY MOUSE. Young World Productions, London, 1969 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Tall 8vo (14.5cm x 30cm). Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dust jacket. pp 44 (unpaginated). Colour illustrated children's story book. Very good indeed. A44704 £35

VAN MAASDüK, Elisabeth. AAN HEN DIE VIELEN. (SIGNED) A. A. M. Stols, 'S-Gravenhage (The Hague), 1946 Second Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's printed card covers. pp 74. Poetry. Dutch text. Frontis portrait. Signed presentation from the author: 'How we bore it!/ These wartime poems to you from me/ Elisabeth van Maasdk/ Nov. 1950.' Loosely inserted signed photo of EvM, signed poem in her hand, signed printed poem 'Port Elisabeth', and 9 typed pages of English translation of her poems. Slight soiling otherwise VG+. A49616 £60

VAN MOPPES, Maurice. IMAGES DE PARIS. No Publisher Noted (Distributed By Hachette), London, No Date (Early 1940s) First Edition. Wraps. Oblong 4to (24cm x 18.5cm). Colour illustrated wraps/ paperback. pp 20 (unpaginated). Copiously illustrated in colour throughout French text. Neat non authorial inscription on title page. Covers have some spotting, rubbing and small blue stain otherwise near VG. A61105 £30

VAN MUYDEN, Arnold. PENSÉES D' OUTRE- MONTS DE SOUVENIRS D' OUTRE- TOMBE (CROQUIS DE LA HAUTE SOCIÉTÉ INTERNATIONALE). Talleres Graficos Arnau, Barcelona, 1922 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Original publishers printed wraps. pp 112. French text. 16 illustrations. Wraps somewhat faded, quite worn at spine, good only. Text clean. A59351 £30

VAN OSTAIJEN, Paul. HOMAGE TO SINGER. Transgravity Press, London, 1974 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated stapled wraps- cover has photo of a Singer sewing machine covered in snow by Alan Burgis. pp 16 (unpaginated). Translated from the Dutch by Peter Nijmeijer. Paul van Ostaijen (1896-1928) was an early German expressionist, cocaine addict, and part-time Dadaist. About fine. B56118 £20

VAN PEEBLES, Melvin. AINT SUPPOSED TO DIE A NATURAL DEATH. (SIGNED) Bantam Books, New York, 1973 First Edition Thus. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 156. 26 illustrations. Signed with phone number and adress: 'Melvin Van peebles/ Y. E. A. H. Inc./ 850 1206/ N. Y. C. N. Y. 10019- USA..' Sound clean VG with slight browning to white printed covers; VG+. A59530 £24

VAN PEEBLES, Melvin. LE CHINOIS DE XIV. *SIGNED* Jerome Martineau, Paris, 1966 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 173. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Roland Topor. French text. Signed on the dedication page by Melvin van Peebles. First publication in any language of his second work of fiction. Clean VG condition, slightly wrinkled at spine. B54555 £50

VAN PEURSEN, C. A. FEITEN, WAARDEN, GEBEURTENISSEN. (SIGNED) Wijsgerige Verkenningen, Amsterdam, 1968 Second Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 216. Dutch text. Signed presentation copy. From the library of philosopher J.N. Findlay (1903 - 1987). He was professor of philosophy at Boston University & author of books on Plato, Meinong, Kant, Wittgenstein, phenomenology and Hegel. His 1958 work 'Hegel: An Examination' was instrumental in reviving interest in Hegel in the English-speaking world. He also translated Husserl from the German. Very good indeed. B55026 £22

VAN RENSBURG, Helen & Louwrens. DEATH IN A DARK POOL. Michael Joseph., London, 1954. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 239pp. Murder thriller set in Swaziland. First book. Slight foxing to prelims; VG in slightly worn but complete VG dust jacket. B6671 £20

VAN SCHELVEN, Theodore. STEROID CHAINS AS COMPONENTS OF PROTEIN AND CARBON MOLECULES. Kosmos Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1946 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 64. 11 folding charts at rear. Chemistry. Slight wear; VG. A58233 £18

VAN STOCKUM, Hilda. FRANCIE ON THE RUN. Frederick Muller, London, 1948 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 270. Illustrated throughout. Childish gift inscription on front endpaper, neat name on half title, slight lean, spine sunned and slightly soiled, covers faded at edges, corners slightly bumped otherwise near VG. A76573 £35

VAN TILBORGH, Louis. (Vincent Van Gogh) VINCENT VAN GOGH: L'ENFANT A L'ORANGE. Simon C. Dickinson Ltd., London, 2008 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Colour illustrated wraps/ paperback. pp 28. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Catalogue to go with the 2008 sale of 'L'enfant a l'Orange.' Very good. A69831 £25

VAN TILBURG CLARK, Walter. TIM HAZARD. William Kimber, London, 1951 First U. K. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 319. Novel set in Nevada by the author of 'The Ox-Bow Incident.' About fine in VG+ complete dust jacket with very slight edgewear. B25599 £70

VAN TWIST, Kees (Preface). JAN WIEGERS 1893- 1959. Groninger Museum, Groningen, 2001 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Large 4to. pp 197. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Art. Text in Dutch and English. ISBN 9071691543. Fine. B27841 £35

VAN VECHTEN, Carl. EXCAVATIONS. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1926 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's ink blue cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp xi, 285. Uncut. A volume of 'entertaining essays..The subjects of these papers are: Philip Thicknesse, Ouida, Edgar Saltus, Ronald Firbank, Matthew Phipps Shiel, Sophie Arnould, Oscar Hammerstein, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Erik Satie, and Isaac Albeniz.' VG+ in near VG dust jacket with small chip at head of spine, lesser chip at bottom of spine and some other slight nicks- looks decent. A38017 £48

VAN VORST, Marie. POEMS.(SIGNED) Dodd, Mead & Co., No Place Noted (New York), 1903 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Green decorated gilt covers. pp xi, 122. Uncut. 6 illustrations. Poems, lyrics, roundels, sonnets. Signed presentation copy: 'For the Countess de Beau PairCourt from Marie van Vorst New Years Day 1904.' Author's first book of verse. Slight mottling, otherwise bright clean VG+. B56339 £24

VAN WEST, Charles. TEMOIGNAGE D' UN RESSUSCITE 1913- 1945. 2 VOLUMES. (SIGNED) No Publisher Noted, Brussels, First And Second Edition. Wraps. 2 volumes. Wraps. pp 192 & 255. 16 illustrations. French text. Effusive signed presentation from the author to Yehudi Menuhin and signed compliment slip loosely inserted. Auschwitcz, holocaust, Belgium. No date. Very slight handling wear else VG or better. B23875 £35

VAN WESTRENEN, Pieter Anton. THE VORTICAL MAN. (SIGNED) Editions Two Cities, Paris, 1985 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 265-295 are printed upside down- printers error? Signed presentation copy: ' To Penelepe/ from a new-found/ friend, the /author/ Pieter.'ISBN: 286235004XPages: 295 Pages very faintly browned at edges, covers slightly marked and bumped otherwise VG+. B57597 £22

VANCE, Cyrus R., Conrad K. Harper And Brendan Gill. SIMPSON THACHER AND BARTLETT: THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED YEARS 1884-1984. Simpson Thacher And Bartlett, New York, 1984 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 68. Illustrated endpapers. History of American law firm. Fine in fine slip-case. A40694 £40

VANCE, Lawrence L. SCIENTIFIC METHOD FOR AUDITING: APPLICATIONS OF STATISTICAL SAMPLING THEORY TO AUDITING PROCEDURE. University Of California Press, Berkeley, 1950 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xii, 108. Tables, figures. From the library of distinguished Cambridge economist Sir Richard Stone (1913- 1991) with his ownership signature. In 1984 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for developing an accounting model that could be used to track economic activities on a national and, later, an international scale. Very good indeed. A70415 £30

VANCOUVER, George. (W. Kaye Lamb- Edits). A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN AND ROUND THE WORLD 1791-1795. 4 VOLUMES. The Hakluyt Society, London, 1984 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4 volumes. 8vos. pp 1752. 46 plates, 10 maps. Corners slightly bumped and with slight edgewear otherwise sound VG in near VG dust jackets which are rubbed and slightly creased at edges, with a few very small chips and nicks at spine ends. One short closed tear to cover of Vol. 1. A75684 £130

VANDERBILT, Gloria. ONCE UPON A TIME: A TRUE STORY. (SIGNED) Chatto & Windus London 1985 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 301. Original publishers grey cloth lettered silver at spine and cover. Illustrations.ISBN: 0701130024 Fine in slightly sunned very good indeed dust jacket. A72282 £20

VANDEWALLE, Andre. LES MARCHANDS DE LA HANSE ET LA BANQUE DES MÉDCIS: BRUGES, MARCHÉ D' ÉCHANGES CULTURELS EN EUROPE. Stichting Kunstboek, Oostkamp, 2002 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Colour illustrated wraps/paperback. pp 176. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. French text. About fine. A69015 £70

VANE, George (Visconde De Sarmento) THE FOOLISH VIRGIN. John Lane The Bodley Head, , London, 1923. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Some damp staining and mottling to covers, else very good in attractive slightly chipped but intact dust jacket. 288pp. Novel. The jacket is a remarkable and attractive survival, George Vane was apparently also known as the Visconde de Sarmento..Novel set in Portugal involving a Papal dispensation for a marriage between a Catholic and a Protestant. A78139 £45

VANE, V. H. Sutton. EIGHT POEMS. Privately Printed, No Place Noted (England), 1905 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 12mo. Faux leather covered card covers, lettered gilt. pp 24 (unpaginated). Poetry. By the author of the supernatural play 'Outward Bound.' His fiendishly scarce first book. No date (1905). Slightly rubbed at extremities otherwise VG+. B22711 £60

VANGER, Milton I. THE MODEL COUNTRY: JOSE BATLLE Y ORDONEZ OF URAGUAY, 1907-1915. Brandeis, Hanover (Nh) And London, 1980 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. 29 illustrations.ISBN: 0874511844Pages: 448 Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else very good indeed. A74164 £36

VANGGAARD, Thorkil. PHALLOS. A SYMBOL AND ITS HISTORY IN THE MALE WORLD. Jonathan Cape, London, 1972 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 208. Frontis and 28 illustrations. Study of the phallus as symbol of power and dominance in life, literature and art throughout history. Translated from the Danish by the author. ISBN 0224005014. VG+/VG. B22562 £20

VANHANEN, Tatu. PROCESS OF DEMOCRATIZATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF 147 STATES, 1980-88. Crane Russak, New York, 1990 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp viii, 327. Original publishers printed laminated boards. Tables.ISBN: 084481640x Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else very good indeed. A71680 £55

VANHOVE, Julien. HISTOIRE DU MINISTERE DES COLONIES. Academie Royale Des Sciences D'outre-Mer, Bruxelles, 1968 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 168. 2 illustrations. Ex Foreign and Commonwealth Office library with their label and stamps (lightly applied) rebound from the original paperback / pamphlet in boards, preserving the original wraps as the hardbound covers. Very good. A71520 £24

VANN, J. Don. VICTORIAN NOVELS IN SERIAL. Modern Language Association Of America, New York, 1985 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp x, 182.ISBN: 0873521358 Very good indeed. A74492 £25

VANNESTE, Olivier. WEST- VLAANDEREN 100X. Provinciebestuur West- Vlaanderen, Brugge, 1981 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. pp 279. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Presentation copy. Texts in English and Dutch.This book is very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. Very good indeed. A70227 £65

VANPOULLE, Maurice. MAURICE VANPOULLE: ECCLESIASTICAL EMBROIDERY AND CHURCH FURNITURE. Maurice Vanpoulle, London, 1929 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Wraps/paperback. pp 140. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Company catalogue. Linen spine slightly mottled, printed wraps slightly soiled, endpapers a little stained but overall a sound acceptable near VG copy with no nicks or chips. A43305 £70

VANSINA, Jan. LE RWANDA ANCIEN: LE ROYAUME NYIGINYA. Karthala, Paris, 2001 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. 11 maps. French text. ISBN: 2845861451Pages: 294 Fine. A64311 £30

VANSITTART, Eden. TRIBES, CLANS AND CASTES OF NEPAL. Vintage Books, Gurgaon (India), 1992 Reprint. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 39. Reprint of 1894 scholarly monograph by Captain Eden Vansittart (of the 5th Gurkhas). Ethnology. VG+/VG+. B51819 £20

VANSITTART, Peter THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD. Peter Owen., London, 1981. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 224pp. Novel based on the Robin Hood myth across the ages. ISBN 0720605768 Fine in fine dust wrapper. B7029 £22

VANSITTART, Peter. A SORT OF FORGETTING. A NOVEL. The Bodley Head, London, 1960 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 288. Original publishers grey cloth lettered gilt on spine. Ex-library, lacks front endpaper otherwise VG in VG dust jacket. A63303 £18

VANSITTART, Peter. BROKEN CANES. The Bodley Head., London, 1950. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 238pp. Novel set in progressive school with 'irreverent and uninhibited children..'. Neat name and address on front pastedown, jacket complete and clean with minor shelf wear. Decent copy. Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. A78090 £40

VANSITTART, Peter. HARRY. Park Editions, London, 1981 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 48. Story with fantastical overtones about a woman called Harry. Stiff wraps with decorated self - wraps, very slight rubbing otherwise VG+. B12621 £20

VANSITTART, Robert. COLLECTED POEMS OF ROBERT VANSITTART. Lovat Dickson, London, 1934 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xiv, 155. Covers slightly dulled with very slight marking, otherwise very good. A70215 £28

VANSITTART, Robert. SONGS & SATIRES. Arthur L. Humphreys, London, 1909 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth lettered gilt on spine and cover. pp [viii] 113. Uncut. Poetry. Faint rubbing to cloth otherwise bright VG+. A60370 £20

VARADY, Laszlo. ANTIQUITY FACED WITH MODERNITY: STUDIES IN ARCANA HISTORIAE. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 2006. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Signed compliments slip loosely inserted.ISBN: 9630583941Pages: 94 Fine. A32654 £18

VARADY, Laszlo. GALLIC- BRITON- GERMAN PRELUDES IN MAKING THE 'WEST': A PAMPHLET FOR THE TURN OF PATTERNS. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 2009. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Laminated boards. Issued without dust jacket. ISBN: 9789630586931Pages: 79 Fine. A61426 £38

VARANO, Alfonso. OPERE SCELTL DI ALFONSO VARANO. Dalla Societa Tipografica De' Classici Italiani, Milan, 1818 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. Full tan leather binding spine gilt lettered with black leather label lettered gilt. pp xv, 576. Frontis. Italian text. Slight wear, slight splitting at lower spine hinge otherwise VG. B50073 £50

VARDON, Harry. HOW TO PLAY GOLF. Methuen, London, 1912 Second Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Second edition- published 1 month after first. pp xv, 298 with 30pp publishers' catalogue at rear. 48 illustrations. Spine a little marked otherwise clean VG copy with neat name and date on half-title. A69338 £110

VARDRE, Leslie. THE NAMELESS ONES. John Long, London, 1967 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 184. Crime fiction. Some ex-library signs but otherwise VG-/VG. Dust jacket is excellent. B21354 £20

VARDRE, Leslie. THE NAMELESS ONES. John Long, London, 1967 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 184. Crime fiction. Very good indeed in very good d/w with some light wear B25748 £22

VARE, Daniele. GHOSTS OF THE SPANISH STEPS. John Murray, London, 1955 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp ix, 213. Frontis illustration, 11 plates. The Spanish Steps in Rome, an 'historic cavalcade' by the 'laughing dilpomat.' Fine in fine d/w. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Uncommon in such faultless condition. B57764 £25

VARE, Daniele. IL ROMANO DI UN CANE. Longanesi, Milan, 1951 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps and dust jacket. pp 280. Italian text. Very slight tape marks to front endpapers otherwise VG+. B32010 £30

VARE, Daniele. THE TWO IMPOSTORS. John Murray, London, 1949 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp x, 292. Frontis illustration, 11 plates. A remarkable copy. Reminiscences, Mussolini, Ciano, etc. Endpapers faintly browned otherwise fine in fine dust jacket. B57768 £20

VARE, Daniele. TWILIGHT OF THE KINGS. John Murray, London, 1948 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xii, 184. Reminiscences, the 'Count of Sacramento,' the 2 Princesses Radziwill, The Castle of Racconigi, etc. Fine in fine dust wrapper. B57767 £18

VAREJAO, Adriana. ADRIANA VAREJAO: CHAMBRE D'ECHOS / ECHO CHAMBER. Actes Sud [Arles] 2005. First Edition. Hardback. 4to, pp 109, Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. ISBN: 2742754407 Fine. A81459 £35

VARESE, Louise. VARESE. A LOOKING- GLASS DIARY. Davis- Poynter, London, 1973. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 16 pages illustrations. ISBN: 0-7067-0057-0Pages: 292From the working library of novelist Angela Carter (1940 - 1992) with her posthumous bookplate. This small, attractive bookplate reads 'From the Library of Angela Carter' and was designed by Sebastian Carter of the Rampant Lions Press and was authorised by the executors of her estate, from whom we bought the major part of her considerable collection. VG+/VG+. A34741 £25

VARGHESE, Roy Abraham (Edits). Contributors Include Sandra Menssen, Leo Sweeny, Richard Swinburne, Owen Gingerich. GREAT THINKERS ON GREAT QUESTIONS. Oneworld Publications, Oxford 1998. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps/paperback. Contributors include Sandra Menssen, Leo Sweeny, Richard Swinburne, Owen Gingerich.ISBN: 1-85168-144-2Pages: 272 Very good indeed. A44292 £25

VARIOUS THE VICTORIA (VICTROLA) SELECT LIBRARY [A SCARCE 12-VOLUME VICTORIAN TRAVELLING LIBRARY] Walter Scott London, Ca. 1882 A Victorian travelling library complete in its original box. 12 uniformly bound crown octavos (7 x 5 inches), bright coloured cloth gilt with bevelled boards and all page edges gilt. The list of titles is a selection of eminent lives and achievements salted with a number of adventure stories and a couple of novels, viz: Tales and Sketches of the Covenanters. x, 372pp. Lewis Apjohn, Richard Cobden and the Free Traders. 298pp. Golden Gleams from Rev Henry Ward Beecher's Words and Works. 314, iiipp. Howard Blackett, The Life of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian Hero and Patriot. vi, 328pp. Mary Brunton, Self-Control: a Novel. 500pp. Emily Grace Harding, A Mountain Daisy. 400pp. Eva Hope, Grace Darling, the Heroine of the Farne Islands. 312pp. J F Layson, Memorable Shipwrecks and Seafaring Adventures of the Nineteenth Century. 304pp. J F Layson, The Stephensons and Other Railway Pioneers. 304pp. J S Robertson, The Life of David Livingston, LLD. 320pp. William Walters, Life and Labours of Robert Moffat, DD. 336pp. William Walters, Life and Ministry of the Rev C H Spurgeon. viii, 336pp. None of the title pages is dated but several of the prefaces are dated 1882 and one is dated 1880. Most of the books are illustrated with two-tone plates; two carry full-colour plates; two have black and white illustrations and one (Richard Cobden) bears a photographic frontispiece of its subject. The box measures 14 x 8 x 5.5 inches and is made of strong textured dark blue card with dark blue cloth-reinforced joints and edges. The flip-top lid bears the large faded royal blue and gilt label The Victoria Select Library. The lid's underside is decorated with a panel of marbled paper and a silk ribbon set into the rear of the box is pulled to help retrieve the books. The condition of all twelve volumes is excellent, the coloured cloth and gilt of the bindings having an unusual freshness thanks to their unique mode of protection. Internally the books are crisp and tight with only the endpapers showing a slight mottling through age. The box is somewhat rubbed and faded but still wholly sound. A79276 £250

VARIOUS AUTHORS. Contributors Include Alexander Alvarez, Alfred Rocco, Josepg Charmont, Simeon Eren Baldwin. THE PROGRESS OF CONTINENTAL LAW IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. John Murray, London, 1918 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xlix, 558. Contributors include Alexander Alvarez, Alfred Rocco, Josepg Charmont, Simeon Eren Baldwin. Some fading at edges and spine, corners slightly bumped otherwise sound near VG. Slight glass ring on cover. A70418 £45

VARIOUS AUTHORS. (Dylan Thomas & William Macgonagal.) THE SHELL - MEX AND B. P. LTD LITERARY COMPETITIONS 1964 - 1965. Shell - Mex / B. P., No Place Noted, First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Wrung bound. pp 50 (unpaginated). Includes parodies of Dylan Thomas (4) and MacGonagal. No date. Very good indeed. B51585 £24

VARIOUS AUTHORS. (Richard Cobden, William Molesworth, Robert Gladstone, Etc). FINANCIAL PAMPHLETS. NOS 1-18. Financial Reform Association, No Place Noted (Uk?), 1849-1850 8vo. Soundly rebound in modern green cloth with leather spine label lettered gilt at the spine. Mostly 16 pages each, 300+ pages total. MIxed editions- mostly firsts but the first tract is a fifth edition. VG+. A49088 £110

VARIOUS EDITORS. (M. Drabble, C. Osbourne, E. Feinstein, Fay Weldon, Etc.). NEW STORIES. VOLUMES 1-7. The Arts Council Of Great Britain/ Hutchinson, London, 1976- 1982. Run of 1-7. 8vos. First one is a PB, rest are hardback with dust jackets. All first editions. All clean VG/VG. Each volume between 150- 300 pages. Fiction, short stories. ISBN 0728700875 / 0728701308 / 0091332702 / 0091383609 / 0091415306 / 0091452309 / 0091479304. A26506 £65

VARIOUS WRITERS. IN MEMORIAM. CHARLES GERVASE WHEELER. Tatterford Hebdom, Tatterford, 1939 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 56 with 5 illustrations. Special issue of the Tatterford Hebdom, March 1939. Very good. B54255 £25

VARIOUS, Authors, Hawick Poets Etc. COMPETING AND OTHER POEMS ON THE AULD BRIG. J. D. Kennedy, Hawick, 1851. First Edition. Small 8vo. pp 48. Collection of poems by various authors, Hawick poets etc., mainly on local themes. Contributors include G.A. Murray, William Lockie, Doubleyou Ess, William Murray, James Storie and William Buglass. Rebound in boards from wraps with covers onset to front and back, very nicely done; vg. B17733 £36

VARIOUS, Authors. CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT. CHEMICAL WEAPONS - FINAL RECORDS (PV) 1985 SESSION. Arms Control And Disarmament Division Of The Department Of External Affairs, Ottawa, 1986 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Large 8vo. Unpaginated- approx 200 pages. Chemical warfare. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. B15343 £24

VARIOUS, Authors. CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT. PREVENTION OF AN ARMS RACE IN OUTER SPACE - FINAL RECORDS (PV) 1987. Arms Control And Disarmament Division Of The Department Of External Affairs, Ottawa, 1988 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Large 8vo. Unpaginated- approx 180 pages. Arms race. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. B15341 £22

VARIOUS, Authors. CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT. PREVENTION OF AN ARMS RACE IN OUTER SPACE - FINAL RECORDS (PV) AND WORKING PAPERS 1990. Arms Control And Disarmament Division Of The Department Of External Affairs, Ottawa, 1991 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Large 8vo. Unpaginated- approx 200 pages. Arms race. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. B15342 £22

VARIOUS, Authors. CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT. PREVENTION OF AN ARMS RACE IN OUTER SPACE -WORKING PAPERS (WP) 1987. Arms Control And Disarmament Division Of The Department Of External Affairs, Ottawa, 1988. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Large 8vo. Unpaginated- approx 120 pages. Arms race. Conference report. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. B16406 £22

VARIOUS, Authors. WARWICK HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE. Warwick House School, London, 1893- 1901. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 222 with some illustrations in black & white. Small West London boy's school. 24 issues from 1-24 (1893-1901) of this school magazine. Articles, news, stories, sport. Well bound in cloth with gilt titling; very good. Neat owners signature on front endpaper. B10195 £40

VARIOUS, Authors. WORLD - WIDE ACTION IS FORCING U. S. TO QUIT VIETNAM. S. Chinque, London, 1965 First Edition. Wraps. Wraps. pp 72 with 4 photos. Includes speeches and statements by Ho Chi Minh, Pham Van Dong, etc. no date (1965) Very good. B13676 £25

VARIOUS, Authors. (Arms Control And Disarmament Division Of The Department Of External Affairs. CHEMICAL WEAPONS. WORKING PAPERS 1983 - 85 SESSIONS. Arms Control And Disarmament Division Of The Department Of External Affairs, Ottawa, 1986 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Large 8vo. Unpaginated- over 750 pages. Chemical warfare. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. B15359 £28

VARIOUS, Dryad Handicrafts. DRYAD HANDICRAFT INSTRUCTION LEAFLETS. Dryad Handicrafts, Leicester, 1958 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Thick 8vo. pp approx 800 (unpaginated). A bound collection of 63 leaflets, from a random assortment between Nos. 12 to 158. Includes instructions on how to make gloves, marble boards, carved and jointed animals, smocked dresses, how to spin wool, how to cross stitch, the repair and binding of books, making lace &c &c. This book is very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. Spine faded and covers slightly rubbed else very good indeed with clean text. A82937 £30

VARIOUS, Editor Anonymous. THE MUSE OF MONARCHY: POEMS BY KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND. Eric Grant, London, 1937 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp x, 50. Spine and portion of back cover faded with faint edgewear and neat non-authorial presentation in ink to front free endpaper else clean tight about very good. A83159 £18

VARIOUS, Mallongaj Informoj. POLLANDO: GEOGRAFIO. HISTORIA. KULTURO. Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warsaw, 1959 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 152 plus pp 16 of black and white plates plus one full colour fold out map at the back. Esperanto. Very good in very good dust wrapper. A74278 £25

VARIOUS, National Council For Human Rights. THIRD ANNUAL REPORT: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN EGYPT 2006/2007. The National Council For Human Rights, Cairo, 2007 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Printed wraps / paperback. pp (x), 316. Very slight creasing else very good. A83327 £35

VARIOUS, Pop Weekly, Teenbeat &C. JOHN LENNON: GIVE PEACE A CHANCE. A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE. Croft Publishers, Nottingham, 1980 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Colour illustrated wraps/ paperback. pp 50. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. A collection of the picture files of two 1960 era magazines, Pop Weekly and TeenBeat, and various mid-sixties articles about the Fab Four. Very good indeed. A83372 £18

VARIOUS, Vintage Record Centre. COLLECTABLE E.P.S Vinrec Publishing, London, 1985 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Printed wraps / paperback. pp aprrox 170 (unpaginated). ISBN: 0907744060 Slight rubbing and slight creasing else very good. A83319 £18

VARIOUS. BILLY BUNTER & CHUMS: JUBILEE PROGRAMME 1973. Old Boys' Book Club, No Place Noted, 1973 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Booklet with illustrated card covers. pp 22. The commemorative book for the Silver Jubilee of the Old Boys' Book Club at the Rembrandt Hotel, Sunday 18th February. Illustrated with plates and reproductions from "The Boys' Friend," "The Gem,' "The Magnet," etc. Some light foxing to front cover, otherwise very good. A70025 £20

VARIOUS. CLARENDON HYMN BOOK: WORDS ONLY. Oxford University Press, London, 1937 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Small 8vo. pp circa 170. Original publisher's blue cloth. Clean very good copy. A67586 £20

VARIOUS. PETER OWEN: 20 YEARS OF INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING. (SIGNED) Peter Owen, London, 1971 First Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo. Wraps / paperback. pp 48. Extracts in this commemorative volume (from the works of authors published by Peter Owen) include Anais Nin, Jean Cocteau, Hermann Hesse and Cesare Pavese. This edition was limited to 1300 copies. Signed presentation from the author. Very good. A68424 £20

VARIOUS. SUICIDE. SELECTION OF PAMPHLETS Printed By J. Read, London, 1708 First Or Early Editions, Wraps. A selection of 3 sermons and 3 polemics (addresses/ reflections) on and against suicide from the 1700s and 1800s. Includes: An Address to the Public on the Frequent and Enormous Crime of Suicide, recommended to the perusal of all who are distressed in mind, in body, or in worldly circumstances (by John Herries, second edition, carefully revised and corrected, 1781); A Sermon Against Self-Murder (by Thomas Knaggs, 1708); Suicide- An Atrocious Offence against God and Man (by Henry George Watkins, 1818); The Philosophy of Suicide (by Jas. J. O' Dea, 1874); The Dreadful Sin of Suicide (by George Clayton, 1812) with 'From the Author' at head of title page; and, Reflexions sur le Suicide (by Madame La Barone de Stael Holstein, 1813, French text). All but the O'Dea pamphlet disbound, occasional browning, light wear o/w sound VG. (driff, where art thou now!?) A58622 £280

VARIOUS. TALKING BLUES: THE BLACK COMMUNITY SPEAKS ABOUT ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLICE. Affor, Birmingham, 1978 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Pamphlet, illustrated covers. pp 48. Interviews compiled by Carlton Green, with an introduction by Clare Short. Errata slip loosely inserted. Very good indeed. A68477 £21

VARIOUS. Billie Whitelaw, Grace Slick, Gene Pitney, Rodney Marsh, Graham Gooch, Mike Gatting, Helen Mirren, Trevor Nunn, David Gower, Colin Cowdrey, Geoff Boycott, Denis Compton Etc., AUTOGRAPH ALBUM. BILLIE WHITELAW, GRACE SLICK, GENE PITNEY, RODNEY MARSH, GRAHAM GOOCH, MIKE GATTING, HELEN MIRREN, TREVOR NUNN, DAVID GOWER, COLIN COWDREY, GEOFF BOYCOTT, DENIS COMPTON ETC., London, 1980 Small green patterned shop bought autograph album with yellow pages. Measures 5 by 3.25 inches. No date (about 1980). About 70 signatures on 80 pages, mainly British entertainers and cricketers and other sports celebrities. Put together by one man, John Philips a comedy script writer known to many celebrities and a dedicated autograph collector. Some are inscribed "..to John" or have friendly sentiments, most are identified with an unobtrusive typed label pasted to the corner of the page. Autographs include: Frances de la Tour, Billie Whitelaw, Grace Slick, Gene Pitney, Rodney Marsh, Graham Gooch, Mike Gatting, Helen Mirren, Trevor Nunn, David Gower, Colin Cowdrey, Geoff Boycott, Denis Compton, Shirley Williams, Hazel O'Connor, Alexis Arguella, Pamela Stephenson, Janet Suzman and Marti Webb. Very good solid clean copy. B19392 £90

VARIOUS. Includes Prize Winning Poems By Christopher Gandy, John Earle Raven, John Darrell Boyd, John Marcus Kisch (Calypso In Greek+ A Signed Letter To Him From Sir Athur Hertzel Us Sec Of State. PROLUSIONES ACADEMICAE OR EXERCISES WHICH HAVING OBTAINED PRIZES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE WILL BE RECITED IN THE SENATE-HOUSE ON 11 JUNE 1937. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1937-38 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. Neatly bound in light brown cloth lettered black at spine. pp 40. English, Greek and Latin texts. Several pieces of ephemera relating to a new War Memorial loosely inserted. Memorial includes the name of Oliver C Kisch, one of the prize scholars in the book. Includes prize winning poems by Christopher Gandy, John Earle Raven, John Darrell Boyd, Oliver and John Marcus Kisch (Calypso in Greek+ a signed letter "My Dear Kisch from Sir Athur Hertzel US Sec of State.) Very good indeed. A36831 £45

VARIOUS. Max Bygraves, Norman Wisdom, Joan Gilbert, Leslie Mitchell, Jimmy Young, Burl Ives, Bill Gates (B B C), Vera Lynn, Sam Costa, Ben Lyon, Gilbert Harding , Miriam Karlin, Eddie Calvert, Richard Goolden, Bernard Miles, Jessie Royce Landis, Cardew Robinson, Lita Rosa. AUTOGRAPH BOOK. Includes autographs of Max Bygraves, Norman Wisdom, Joan Gilbert, Leslie Mitchell, Jimmy Young, Burl Ives, Bill Gates (BBC), Vera Lynn, Sam Costa, Ben Lyon, Gilbert Harding, Miriam Karlin, Eddie Calvert, Richard Goolden, Bernard Miles, Jessie Royce Landis, Cardew Robinson, Lita Rosa. Put together by one man, John Philips a comedy script writer known to many celebrities and a dedicated autograph collector. Small store bought autograph book with copper and gold pebbled covers sl wear; vg. About 60 autographs bringing the late 1950s vividly into focus. B53939 £90

VARIOUS. Mike Tyson, Ed Moses, Dickie Bird, Scobie Breasley, Pam Shriver. AUTOGRAPH ALBUM. London, About 1980 Small green shop bought autograph album with pastel colour pages. Measures 7 by 4.75 inches. About 70 signatures on 80 pages, mainly UK and US sports celebrities (boxing, athletics cricket, horse racing.) Put together by one man, John Philips a comedy script writer known to many celebrities and a dedicated autograph collector. Some are inscribed "..to John" or have friendly sentiments, most are identified with an unobtrusive typed label pasted to the corner of the page. Autographs include: Mike Tyson, Ed Moses, Dickie Bird, Scobie Breasley(x2), Dennis Amiss, Trevor Jesty, Anthony Gray, Alvin Kallicharran, Richard Slaney, Mary Slaney, Tim Robinson, Denis Taylor, Tim Mayotte, Pam Shriver, Kitty Godfree, Martyn Moxon, Derek Pringle, Eric Bristow, Ken Buchanan, Gareth Edwards, Michael Stoute, Eddie Edwards, Elizabeth Smylie, Christo van Rensburg, Slobodan Zivojinovic, Matt Anger, Scott Davis, Paul Annacone. Very good solid clean copy. A40507 £110

VARNEDOE, Kirk. NORTHERN LIGHT: NORDIC ART AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1988 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 288. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. This item is very heavy and delivery costs may be a consideration, especially outside of Britain.ISBN: 0300041462 Very good indeed in very slightly used near very good dust jacket. A78197 £50

VASILIEV, L. L. EXPERIMENTS IN MENTAL SUGGESTION. Institute For The Study Of Mental Images, Hampshire, Uk, 1963 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 178. Tables, 28 diagrams of the equipment used in the thought transfer experiments. Telepathy. Covers mottled otherwise VG in VG printed dust jacket. B20108 £18

VASILIEV, L. L. EXPERIMENTS IN MENTAL SUGGESTION. Institute For The Study Of Mental Images, Hampshire, Uk, 1963 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. pp 178. Tables, 28 diagrams of the equipment used in the thought transfer experiments. Telepathy. Excellent condition. About fine. A66341 £30

VASILIKOS, Vassilis. Z (ZETA). Macdonald & Co London, 1969. First Uk Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp 406.ISBN: 0356024695 Fine in slightly rubbed VG+ dust jacket. A81434 £24

VASSALL-PHILLIPS, O. R. THE COUNCIL OF EPHESUS, A. D. 431. Catholic Truth Society, London, 1931 First Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo. pp 20. Slim pamphlet. Very good. A78845 £20

VASSALLO, Carmel. THE MALTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1848- 1979: AN OUTLINE OF MALTESE TRADE. The Malta Chamber Of Commerce, Valletta, 1998 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 254. 34 colour illustrations, 4 black and white. Presentation copy to Peter Hain: '14th October 2002/ The Right Hon Minister P. Hain/ To commemorate your/ visit to the Malta Chamber/ of Commerce.' Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG+. A68699 £50

VASSALLO, Clare Thake And Ivan Callus. Contributors Include Patricia Camilleri, Mrs Mollie Zammit Tabona, Stella Borg Barthet, John Chircop. MALTA AT WAR IN CULTURAL MEMORY: REPRESENTATIONS OF 'THE MADONNA'S CHOSEN PEOPLE.' Malta University Publishers, Malta, 2005 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Colour illustrated wraps/paperback. pp 319. 8 colour plates, 10 black and white illustrations. Contributors include Patricia Camilleri, Mrs Mollie Zammit Tabona, Stella Borg Barthet, John Chircop. Neat name otherwise fine. A77039 £35

VASSALLO, Peter (Ed). BYRON AND THE MEDITERRANEAN: PAPERS SELECTED FROM THE TENTH INTERNATIONAL BYRON SEMINAR. University Of Malta Press, Malta, 1986 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Black and white illustrated wraps / paperback. pp (viii), 102. Ownership signature of Richard Hamilton Alexander Cheffins (1945 - 2011), Knight of Justice in the Order of Malta, librarian of the British Association of the Order of Malta and a bibliographer of books on Malta. Very slight rubbing else clean very good. A77145 £20

VASSILIKOS, Vassilis. THE PHOTOGRAPHS. (SIGNED). Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1971 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Black lettered white cloth spine, black paper covered boards. pp 181. Signed presentation from the author 'For Flora and for the sun, Vassilis.' with his 11th arondissement Paris address and phone number. Translated from the Greek by Mike Edwards. 3 short stories. ISBN 0151718008. Very good indeed. B23388 £40

VATIKIOTIS, P. J. AMONG ARABS AND JEWS. A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 1936 - 1990. Weidenfeld, London, 1991 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp x, 166. Middle Eastern scholar from Haifa.ISBN: 0297820761 Fine in near fine dust wrapper. B13436 £22

VATIKIOTIS, P. J. GREECE: A POLITICAL ESSAY. Sage Publications, Beverly Hills/ London, 1974 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 87. The Washington Papers No. 22. Greek politics. Slightly rubbed, slightly soiled otherwise decent VG. B57819 £25

VATTEL M De LE DROIT DES GENS, OU PRINCIPES DE LA LOI NATURELLE, APPLIQUES A LA CONDUITE & AUX AFFAIRES DES NATIONS & DES SOUVERAINS De L'imprimerie De La Societe Typographique Neuchatel 1773 Second Edition. 2 vols: 501; vi, 328pp. Small quartos (9.5 x 7.5 inches). Second edition of the Swiss legalist's founding classic of international law, an expansion on the first edition of 1758. Preliminary to volume two is a short life of de Vattel and bibliography of published works. Text is decorated with woodcut initals and other devices. Original full calf with red and green spine labels lettered gilt and gilt decoration to spines. Marbled endpapers. All page edges red. Board edges rubbed and slightly scuffed with small (1 x 1.5 inch) loss to foot of one spine. Some light pencil lines in some margins. Overall very sound, very good A77389 £300

VAUDOYER, Giovanni Luigi. (Introduction By Henri De Regnier). LA COMMEDIA. SEDICI SONETTI IN LINGUA FRANCESE. Emiliana, Venice, 1908 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Original publisher's printed light taupe wraps. pp 32, Unopened. French text. Signed presentation from the author Giovanni Luigi Vaudoyer to Princesse Edmond de Polignac 'hommage respectueuse..' dated Feb 1908. Smart production on handmade style paper, largely unopened. Verse. 4to. Good introduction ('proemio') by Henri ('Enrico') de Regnier written at the Palazzo Venier in Venice on 3rd November 1907. Close to very good sound copy with some light wear, v slight chipping and slight soiling and creasing. A36770 £80

VAUDOYER, Jean- Louis. NOUVELLES BEAUTÉS DE LA PROVENCE. Bernard Grasset, Paris, 1928 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 328. Uncut. French text. No Illustrations, figures, tables. of 10 on velin pur fil. Signed presentation from the author to one M. Verne dated 1934. Envoi de l'Auteur. Slight wear at foot of spine else VG+. A49091 £60

VAUGHAN- JAMES, Martin. LA CAGE. Impressions Nouvelle, Paris, 1986. First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 4to. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dust jacket. pp 199. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. French text. ISBN: 2906131024 Very good indeed. A44296 £45

VAUGHAN, . BALTHASAR. (WITH DRAWING). Calman Levy, Paris, (Circa 1930). Reprint. 8vo. pp 260. Rebound by Keith Vaughan in silver-coated stiff card wraps. Utilising a pointed instrument, the artist has indented an image of Balthazar, King of Ethiopia on to the upper cover (noble sleepy eyed head) and similarly lettered the title (as Balthazar) and on the lower cover indented the words 'Ex libris Keith Vaughan.' Wraps creased and somewhat oxidised, esp at spine, verso wraps front and rear eps somewhat stained. B10157 £110

VAUGHAN, . IRON AND GOLD. Macmillan., London, 1948. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 234pp. Novel set on Welsh hill farm. Very good indeed in very good dust wrapper. B8757 £20

VAUGHAN, David (compiles, Introduces). A FAITH FOR THE NEW AGE. (SIGNED) Regency Press, London, 1967 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xlvi, 160. Psychical research, Nicene Creed, religious study. Signed presentation copy. VG+/VG. B53206 £18

VAUGHAN, David (Edits). Contributors Include Clive Stanbrook, Penelope Hyde-Smith, Valerie W. Rice-Pyle, Marilynne A. Morgan. LAW OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES. 2 VOLUMES. Butterworths, London, 1986 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 2 volumes. 8vos. pp 1095 & 1452. Contributors include Clive Stanbrook, Penelope Hyde-Smith, Valerie W. Rice-Pyle, Marilynne A. Morgan.This set is very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain.  Some pages slightly creased; VG. A70558 £60

VAUGHAN, John. BRANCHES AND BYWAYS - CORNWALL. Oxford Publishing Co., Hersham, Surrey, 2002 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 0860935663Pages: 256This book is heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain.  Fine in fine dust wrapper. A75392 £36

VAUGHAN, Mark (Edits). RIGHTS OF CHILDREN. REPORT OF THE FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. National Council For Civil Liberties, London, 1972 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 42. With compliments slip loosely inserted upon which is note from Peter Newell: 'This is being published on Sept. 8.' Peter Newell provides the 'summing up'. Other Contributors include Brigid Brophy, Michael Schofield, Ian Lister. Slight soiling and marks to white wraps otherwise VG. B56838 £24

VAUGHAN, Richard. CHARLES THE BOLD: THE LAST VALOIS DUKE OF BURGUNDY. Longmans, London, 1973 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 13 maps, 2 tables. ISBN: 0582502519Pages: 507 Clean VG/VG copy with price-clipped dustjacket. A71570 £30

VAUGHAN, Roger. MUSTIQUE II. Alfred Schweitzman & Arne Haselqvist & Maiden Lane Publishing Corp., New York/ Mustique & Accord, N. Y., 2000 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Island of Mustique, jet set.ISBN: 0964027283Pages: 160 VG/VG+. A70583 £60

VAUX, . A DISCOURSE DELIVERED BEFORE THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA ON NEW YEAR'S DAY 1827.. Carey & Lea, Philadelphia. 1827., . 1st ed. Deals mainly with the relations of the state with the Indian (Native American) population. 51 pages. Disbound, otherwise very good tight book. A2470 £18

VAUX, Peter. VOYAGE TO THE DESERT. (SIGNED) Vaux Publications, Fleet, 2002 Reprint. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 32. Signed. Map and 5 illustrations. An account of the voyage of 4 Royal Tank Regiment and 4 NZ Fd Arty Regiment in HMT City of London from Liverpool to Suez in the Winter of 1940-41. Very good indeed. B57186 £16

VAUX, W. S. W. NINEVEH AND PERSEPOLIS: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ANCIENT ASSYRIA AND PERSIA, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE RECENT RESEARCHES IN THOSE COUNTIRES. Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co., London, 1850 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's brown elaborately blind-patterned boards lettered gilt on spine. pp vii, 436 with 26pp publishers' catalogue at rear. Illustrated throughout (and one folding map). Faint rubbing at edges otherwise faultless fine copy. Exceptional condition. A76077 £100

VAYENAS, . BIOGRAPHY & OTHER POEMS. Oxus, London, 1979., . 1st ed. pp 32, 21x14cm. Translated fom the Greek by John Stathatos. Wraps. Fine. A2146 £14

VAZOV, Ivan. THE GREAT RILA WILDERNESS. Sofia Press, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1969 First Edition In English. Hardback. 8vo. pp 226. Translated by Jana Molhova. Covers and edges a little worn, good+ sound copy. B53587 £22

VEAL, Irene. RECIPES OF THE 1940'S. John Gifford, London, 1944 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 252. Includes recipes from the Savoy, the Dorchester, Maison Prunier, NAAFIS, hospitals, the Army and Navy, wartime recipes and even the Bank of England. Very good. B31742 £35

VEBLEN, Oswald. ANALYSIS SITUS. American Mathematical Society, New York, 1931 Second Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp x, 194. Blue cloth lettered gilt at spine and cover. Figures. From the library of distinguished Cambridge economist Sir Richard Stone (1913- 1991) In 1984 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for developing an accounting model that could be used to track economic activities on a national and, later, an international scale. With his small oval ownership stamp reading simply 'STONE'. Spine dull, otherwise very good indeed. A71933 £20

VEBLEN, Thorstein. THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS. . Macmillan, New York, 1899. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo, pp. viii, 400, 2pp ads. Uncommon, highly influential work by the great Stanford economist and social theorist. In Grolier's American 100. Top edge gilt. Original publisher's dark green cloth lettered gilt. Light edgewear and slight rubbing at spine slight chip at spine and spine ends slightly frayed. Used Vg- copy with a name in ink on the pasted own and half-title, fep lacking and some ink underlinings on 3 pages (13 lines). A72901 £400

VEDOVA, Emilio. Wieland Schmied (Editor). EMILIO VEDOVA UND SALZBURG. Internationale Sommerakademie Fur Bildende Kunst, Salzburg, 1988 First Edition. Wraps. 4to, pp 192, Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Very good. A81617 £24

VEDOVATO, Loris. VILLA FARSETTI NELLA STORIA II. Mazzanti Editori, Venice, 2004. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Illustrated wraps. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Italian text.ISBN: 8888114521Pages: 366 Very good indeed. A60486 £35

VEEN, Veronica. GODDESS, GIANTESS, FARMERESS: FEMALE IMAGES OF MALTA. Inanna- Fia, No Place Noted, 1994 First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. Colour illustrated wraps / paperback. pp 76. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout, with some colour illustrations. Ownership signature of Richard Hamilton Alexander Cheffins (1945 - 2011), Knight of Justice in the Order of Malta, librarian of the British Association of the Order of Malta and a bibliographer of books on Malta.ISBN: 9990995362 Very good indeed. A76963 £22

VEERARAGHAVACHAR, S. M. UNION-STATE FINANCIAL RELATIONS IN INDIA. Sterling Publishers Ltd., Delhi, Jullundur City, 1969 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xvi, 306 (erroneously printed 206). Fifteen tables and five black and white charts. Very good in very good dust wrapper. A64997 £20

VEGA, . IMPRESSIONS OF FRANCO'S SPAIN. . United Editorial Ltd, London, 1943. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 34. Eye witness report from inside Spain by a prisoner of Franco who escaped via the Spanish Underground to Mexico City. Vega gives documentary evidence of gross corruption, terror, executions. Stapled printed wraps. Very good indeed. B8653 £28

VEGA, Hugo Gutierrez. ESCRITO EN 1968 Y OTROS POEMAS. SIGNED TYPED MANUSCRIPT. London, 1968 40 pages typed recto only. 10 inches by 8. Signed on cover and under 2 poems with a signed presentation to Nathaniel (Tarn) --'Espero que la lectura de estos poemas te sea leave. Te mando un abrogo. Hugo.' Appears to be a carbon copy of poems written in London, one long poem about Paddington, several poems mentioning Paddington and poems dedicated to Che Guevara, Cesare Pavese and George Orwell. Distinguished Mexican poet, diplomat and actor and author of books on Bunuel and eroticism. Born 1934 in Jalisco. Slight creasing, otherwise very good. B28207 £80

VEGETARIAN SOCIETY. THE PENNY VEGETARIAN COOKERY; CONTAINING AN INTRODUCTION; AND EIGHTY RECIPES FOR ALL STYLES AND TASTES. Pitman, London, 1880 Eighth Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 15. Cookery. No date (1880's). Recently rebound in cloth with reproduction of title page onset to cover. Nicely done; VG+. B21405 £35

VEHSE, Eduard. HABSBURGS EMPORBLUHEN ZUR WESTMACHT 1493-1576.KARL V. UND DIE KRIEGE IN SPANIEN UND DEN NIEDERLANDEN. Dietz, Leipzig, No Date (1890) First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 274. German text. Covers loose. 2 volumes in one, text clean, covers rubbed and slightly used; good only. B27103 £40

VEIEL, Christopher. INTRIGUE. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1954 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 285. Novel about a Lady Constance Wallingford who has an affair - legal divorce scenes, etc. Dust jacket by Fritz Wegner. Very good in very good dust wrapper. B15159 £18

VEILHAN, Xavier. XAVIER VEILHAN : LE PLEIN EMPLOI. MusÈes De Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 2005. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Wraps and vinyl printed dust jacket. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. French and English texts.ISBN: 2-901833-93-4Pages: 144 About fine. A49065 £50

VEITCH, John. MEMOIR OF SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON. William Blackwood And Sons, Edinburgh And London, 1869 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth lettered gilt on spine. pp x, 458. With 40pp publishers' catalogue at rear. Presentation copy: 'Professor Lushington/ from the author.' in author's neat handwriting on half-title. Slight shelf wear, covers faintly marked otherwise VG sound copy. A48496 £45

VEITCH, Tom. MY FATHER'S GOLDEN EYE. Adventures In Poetry, New York, 1970 First Edition. Wraps. 4to, pp 44 recto, stapled wraps. Slight shelf wear but decent VG. A80101 £16

VELLA, Andrew P. THE UNIVERSITY OF MALTA. Privately Published, Malta, 1969 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp xiii, 165. Printed paperback. Illustrations. Ownership signature of Richard Hamilton Alexander Cheffins (1945 - 2011), Knight of Justice in the Order of Malta, librarian of the British Association of the Order of Malta and a bibliographer of books on Malta. Very good. A78820 £28

VELLA, Dennis (Willie Apap). WILLIE APAP: THE 'CONSPIRACY TRIAL' DRAWINGS, 1947. Midsea Books, Sta Venera, 2004 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Illustrated wraps / paperback. pp 32. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout.ISBN: 9993270083 Slight rubbing to covers else very good, A77068 £20

VELLA, Edwin A. NOTES ON INCOME TAX IN MALTA. Progress Press, Valletta, (1969) First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 272. Blind patterned red cloth lettered gilt on spine. Slight fading otherwise VG. A77969 £26

VELLA, H. MALTA IN RUINS: LIFE DURING THE BLITZ 1940-1943. Bieb Bieb, Malta, 2000 First Edition. Wraps. Oblong 4to. pp (80). Printed paperback. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. English and Maltese text.ISBN: 9993200476 Rear cover slightly marked otherwise sound very good. A79043 £40

VELLA, Mark A (Ed). IL-HBIT FUQ L-ILLUSTRIOUS: U L-MARTIRJU LI GHADDEW MINNU L-MALTIN BIEX ISALVAWHA - JANNAR 1941 / SINK THE ILLUSTRIOUS: THE ORDEAL OF A NATION TO SAVE THE CARRIER - JANUARY 1941. Bieb Bieb Enterprises, Manchester, 2000 First Edition. Wraps. Oblong 4to. Black and white illustrated wraps paperback. pp approx 80 (unpaginated). Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Maltese and English text. Ownership signature of Richard Hamilton Alexander Cheffins (1945 - 2011), Knight of Justice in the Order of Malta, librarian of the British Association of the Order of Malta and a bibliographer of books on Malta. ISBN: 9789993200758 Very good. A76865 £40

VELLA, Raphael. ON ART AND ART EDUCATION IN MALTA. Allied, Valletta, 2007 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp vi, 119. Printed paperback. Fine. A77719 £26

VELLA, Vincent. INSIDE THE HORSE. M. U. T. Publications, Valletta, 1993 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Colour illustrated wraps/paperback. pp 275. Ownership signature of Richard Hamilton Alexander Cheffins (1945 - 2011), Knight of Justice in the Order of Malta, librarian of the British Association of the Order of Malta and a bibliographer of books on Malta. About fine. A77905 £30

VELLACOTT, P. H. ORDINARY LATIN. Macmillan, London, 1964 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xvii, 349. Textbook. Note on cover states 'Printed for the Winsor School.' Very good. A67269 £24

VELLEKOOP, Maurice. MAURICE VELLEKOOP'S ABC BOOK: A HOMOEROTIC PRIMER. Green Candy Press, San Francisco, 1997 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Small square 8vo. pp 58. Illustrated laminated boards. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Cartoon erotica.ISBN: 1931160007 Very good. A74408 £16

VELTER, Andre. VELICKOVIC, L' EPPOUVANTE ET LE VENT. Fata Morgana, No Place Noted (France), 1987 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps/ paperback. pp 94. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. French text. Very slight edgewear otherwise VG+. Decent copy. A65653 £48

VELUPILLAI, Kumaraswamy (Edits). Contributors Include John Galbraith, Richard Stone, Alessandro Vercelli, Andrew Brody. NONLINEAR AND MULTISECTORAL MACRODYNAMICS. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 1989 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Many figures. Contributors include John Galbraith, Richard Stone, Alessandro Vercelli, Andrew Brody. ISBN: 0333483731Pages: 259 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A68139 £45

VENABLES, Roger. LEAVES AND SEASONS. The Hollywell Press, Oxford, 1961 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp 44. Typed poem by Roger Venables loosely inserted. Very good. A81168 £18

VENEBLES, Roger. FOREBODINGS. Trippier & Co. Ltd., Lytham St. Annes, 1963 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp 21. Initialed Signed presentation copy to R.F.H. (The economist Sir Roy Harrod). Very good indeed. A80224 £20

VENTRESQUE, Renèe. SAINT-JOHN PERSE DANS SA BIBLIOTHÀQUE. Champion, Paris 2007. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo.French text. ISBN: 2-7453-1561-7Pages: 291 Fine. A47795 £55

VENTUR, C. Savona. CONTEMPORARY MEDICINE IN MALTA (1798-1979). Publishers Enterprises Group, San Gwann, Malta, 2005 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Colour illustrated wraps/paperback. pp 613. Illustrated throughout.Ownership signature of Richard Hamilton Alexander Cheffins (1945 - 2011), Knight of Justice in the Order of Malta, librarian of the British Association of the Order of Malta and a bibliographer of books on Malta. Fine. A77933 £30

VENUS, Nigel And Patsy Willis. THE HOME ON THE HILL: THE STORY OF THE ROYAL STAR AND GARTER HOME, RICHMOND, FOR DISABLED EX-SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN. Royal Star & Garter Home, Richmond, 2006. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Oblong 4to (30cm x 22.5cm). Review copy with publishers printed review slip loosely inserted. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. ISBN: 0-9520793-2-1Pages: 128 Very good indeed. A45422 £36

VERARDI, M. Letizia Troccoli. I MISTERIOSI SIMBOLI DEI TRULLI. Mario Adda Editore, Bari, 1984 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Oblong 4to. pp 155. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout, 9 colour illustrations. Architecture, symbolism and signs. Italian text. Neat stamp of Library of Congress: 'Surplus.1/ Library of Congress/ Duplicate.' No other stamps or marks. VG+/VG+. B30093 £35

VERAX. THE EXPLOSION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB IN WORLD POLITICS. Letchworth Printers Ltd., Letchworth, 1946 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp 64, illustrated wraps. Very good indeed. A80086 £16

' VERAX.' (Francis Bonnet). TRUTH. A PATH TO JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION. Cecil Palmer, London, 1926 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 293. Uncut. 'The book gives a true picture of world affairs during the last century, as affecting the principal Powers lately at war.' Fine in fine dust wrapper. Remarkable, stunning condition. B29804 £35

VERBEEK, Susan Jean. THE FALCON WARE STORY: THE HISTORY AND PRODUCTS OF J.H.WEATHERBY AND SONS LTD; THOMAS LAWRENCE (LONGTON) LTD; FALCON CHINA LTD. Pottery Publications, London 1996. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Colour illustrated wraps/ paperback. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. ISBN: 0-9514889-3-7Pages: 172 Very good indeed. A61395 £30

VERBEEK, Susan Jean. THE FALCON WARE STORY: THE HISTORY AND PRODUCTS OF J.H.WEATHERBY AND SONS LTD; THOMAS LAWRENCE (LONGTON) LTD; FALCON CHINA LTD. Pottery Publications, London 1996. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Colour illustrated wraps/ paperback. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. ISBN: 0-9514889-3-7Pages: 172 About fine. A61399 £35

VERBURGT, Peter. WITTGENSTEIN INCORPORATED. Rothschild & Bach, Amsterdam, 1990 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Black and white printed wraps / paperback. pp 148. Dutch text. ISBN: 9053710027 White paper covers slightly soiled else very good. A77249 £18

VERCORS, . FREEDOM IN DECEMBER. Hutchinson, London, 1961. First Edition In English. 8vo. pp 192. Translated by Rita Barisse. 2 short novels. Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. B10481 £20

VERDES- LEROUX, Jeannine. LE REVEIL DES SOMNAMBULES: LE PARTI COMMUNISTE, LES INTELLECTUELS ET LA CULTURE, 1956-1985. Editions De Minuit, Mesnil- Sur- L' EstrÈe, 1987. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps/paperback. French text.ISBN: 2213019134Pages: 491 Very good indeed. A69609 £22

VERDET, Andre. VERS UNE REPUBLIQUE DU SOLEIL. Pierre Jean Oswald, Paris, No Date (1953) First Edition. 8vo. Unbound poetry and 5 colour lithographies by Robert Helman. No. 69 of 100 copies on Pur Fil d' Arches. Signed by author and illustator. French text. Fine in VG printed cloth folder and slight used vg- box. Bon Ètat. A39591 £70

VERDET, AndrÈ. FERNAND LÉGER. LE DYNAMISME PICTURAL. (SIGNED) Pierre Cailler, Geneva, 1955 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Colour illustrated wraps. pp 111, and 75 illustrations at rear (5 in colour tipped in). Signed by AndrÈ Verdet to one 'Maves 'en tres heureux souvenir et en esperant le encontrer a St. Paul de Vence..' French text. Art. Slight browning and spotting otherwise sound close VG. Bon etat. B29122 £30

VERE, B. M. And E. Blair- Oliphant. A GEM OF CREMONA, AND A CHEF-D' OEUVRE. J. W. Arrowsmith, And Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent And Co., Bristol And London, No Date (1889) First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Small 8vo.6.5 inches by 4. pp 190 + 4 pp publishers advertisements (Arrowsmith's Bristol Library.) 2 short pieces of fiction 'A Gem of Cremona' by B. M. Vere runs from pp 7 to 131 and has an Irish setting and thriller elements. Original publisher's brown cloth lettered gilt at the spine Neat name on title page o/w about fine. Exceptional condition. A63065 £60

VEREY, David And Alan Brooks. GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1: THE COTSWOLDS. Penguin Books Ltd, London 2000. New Edition- Reprint With Corrections. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Tall narrow 8vo. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 0-14-071098-1Pages: 832 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A42710 £25

VERGARA, Argos. CARNETS DE MUJER. Argos Vergara, Barcelona, 1981 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 238. Spanish text. This book includes a piece by Angela Carter, 'Trabajando con Retales.' From the working library of novelist Angela Carter (1940-1992) with her posthumous bookplate. This small attractive bookplate reads 'From the library of Angela Carter' and was designed by Sebastian Carter of the Rampant Lions Press and was authorised by the executors of her estate, from whom we bought the major part of her considerable collection. Very good indeed. A58926 £35

VERGARA, Leire, Moritz Kung, Beatriz Preciado. ITZIAR OKARIZ-GHOST BOX. Sala Rekalde Erakustareton, Bilbao, (2008) First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. ISBN: 8488559577Pages: 212 Fine. A78978 £30

VERGES, Jacques. JE DEFENDS BARBIE. J. Picollec, Paris, 1988. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps/paperback. French text. Preface by Jean- Edern Hallier.ISBN: 2864770865Pages: 195 About fine. Tres bon etat. A79096 £55

VERGHESE, B. G. A JOURNEY THROUGH INDIA. The Times Of India Press, Delhi, 1959 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp [vi] 115. Folding map at rear. A Times of India survey. Slight general wear with a few ink marks on contents pages otherwise sound very good copy. A71818 £30

VERGO, Peter. THAT DIVINE ORDER: MUSIC AND THE VISUAL ARTS FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Phaidon Press, London, 2005 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. 51 figures. Review copy with printed slip from Phaidon. ISBN: 0-7148-4351-2Pages: 288 Fine in fine dust wrapper. B26213 £28

VERGUNOV, A. P. & V. A. Gorokhov. RUSSIAN GARDENS AND PARKS / PYCCKUE CAGBI U NAPKU. Hayka, Moscow, 1988 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large square 8vo. pp 416 plus pp 32 of colour plates. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Russian text, with parallel English translation for the title page, synopsis and contents page at the back ONLY. This item is very heavy and delivery costs may be a consideration outside of Britain. Very slight warping to covers else clean bright very good in slightly used else very good complete dust jacket. A78501 £40

VERGUREN, Enamel (Compiles). THIS IS A MODERN LIFE: THE 1980S LONDON MOD SCENE (MOD CHRONICLES VOL. 1). Helter Skelter Publishing, London, 2004. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Colour illustrated wraps/ paperback. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 1-900924-77-3Pages: 192 Very good indeed; very slight creasing. Excellent condition. A49706 £75

VERHAEGEN, Benoit. REBELLIONS AU CONGO. TOME I. I.r.e.s. / I.n.e.p. / C.r.i.s.p., Leopoldville / Bruxelles, 1966 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 568. Volume 1 only. Ex Foreign and Commonwealth Office library with their label and stamps (lightly applied) rebound from the original paperback / pamphlet in boards, preserving the original wraps as the hardbound covers. Very good. A75842 £50

VERLAINE, Paul. PARALLELEMENT. Leon Vanier, Paris, 1889 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Bound in modern half dark green leather and marbled boards lettered gilt at the spine. pp 116. Excellent condition, with clean text. Said to have been published in 600 copies only. Bon etat. Reliure moderne. A76718 £280

VERMEULEN, Alex. HET AVOND - UUR DER VERWONDERING. Art- Book, Amsterdam, 1985 First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. Stiff illustrated wraps. pp 54 (unpaginated). Illustrated in black and white and with 14 glossy colour photos stuck in. No 87 of 250. Dutch text. Colour wraps slightly marked, very slight wear; VG. B22442 £30

VERNANT, Jean- Pierre And Pierre Vidal- Naquet. TRAGEDY AND MYTH IN ANCIENT GREECE (EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY AND THE HUMAN SCIENCES). Harvester Press And Humanities Press, Brighton And Atlantic Highlands (Nj), 1981 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. 3 plates. ISBN: 0-85527-916-8Pages: 199 Fine. A44404 £18

VERNE, Jules. A FLOATING CITY. Arco Publications, London, 1964 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 176. Very good indeed. A67356 £18

VERNE, Jules. ADRIFT IN THE PACIFIC. Sampson Low, Marston And Co., London, 1920 Reprint. 8vo. pp 142, 2. Red cloth pictorial boards depicting trees and mosques. No date given but published circa 1920s. Very slight dulling to covers otherwise sound very good copy. A67582 £24

VERNE, Jules. CAPTAIN GRANT'S CHILDREN: THE MYSTERIOUS DOCUMENT/ AMONG THE CANNIBALS. TWO VOLUMES. Arco Publications, London, 1964 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Two volumes. 8vos. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 189 & 188. Two volumes both fine in near fine dustjackets very slightly soiled at white rear. No names or inscriptions. A67342 £100

VERNE, Jules. DOWN THE AMAZON. Arco Publications, London, 1967 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 182. Edited by I. O. Evans. Part 1 of The Giant Raft (La Jangada). Slight lean, fore-edges slightly soiled otherwise sound VG. A67351 £24

VERNE, Jules. DR OX AND OTHER STORIES. Arco Publications, London, 1964 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 191. Very good indeed. A67347 £25

VERNE, Jules. END OF THE JOURNEY. Arco Publications, London, 1965 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 191. Fine in VG+ dust jacket with faint soiling at white rear. A67343 £35

VERNE, Jules. ENGLISH AT THE NORTH POLE. Croome, London, No Date (Circa 1900) Reprint. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's floral illustrated red and black cloth lettered gilt on spine and on front cover. pp viii, 9-348. Endpapers slightly spotted, neat name on front endpaper, pages slightly browned but decent clean sound VG+ example of an uncommon printing of this adventure of Captain Hatteras. A32553 £35

VERNE, Jules. FOR THE FLAG. Sampson Low, Marston And Company, London, 1897 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publishers printed brown cloth lettered gilt on spine and cover, showing men reeling from explosion in mountain. pp viii, 312. Translated by Mrs. Cashel Hoey. Exceptioinal bright clean fresh very good indeed copy -- but LACKS 6 plates. A67381 £350

VERNE, Jules. GODFREY MORGAN. Sampson Low, London, 1920 Reprint. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers red cloth lettered black at the spine and cover. pp 272. With 14pp publishers catalogue at rear. No date (1920s). Neat inscription on pastedown, slight sunning at spine, very slight foxing otherwise sound VG. A67721 £22

VERNE, Jules. HOMEWARD BOUND. Arco Publications, London, 1965 First Edition Thus. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 192. Fine in VG+ dust jacket. A67344 £30

VERNE, Jules. NORTH AGAINST SOUTH, PART II. TEXAR THE SOUTHERNER: A TALE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. Sampson Low, Marston And Co., London, 1891 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 154. Frontispiece, 13 illustrations. Spine slightly stained, gutters slightly rusty from staplles, slightly shaken, pages slightly loose but complete in original publisher's red illustrated cloth otherwise overall near VG complete copy. A38538 £80

VERNE, Jules. THE ARCHIPELAGO ON FIRE. Sampson Low, Marston & Company, London, 1910 New Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. New and cheaper edition. Original publishers red pictorial cloth showing 3 ships. pp vi, 198. No date (about 1910). Covers faintly tanned otherwise VG+. A67385 £320

VERNE, Jules. THE GREEN RAY, INCLUDING THE BLOCKADE RUNNERS. Arco Publications, London, 1965 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 191. Edited by I. O. Evans. Very good. A67352 £25

VERNE, Jules. THE PURCHASE OF THE NORTH POLE. Arco Publications, London, 1966 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 176. Edited by I. O. Evans. Very good indeed. A67355 £20

VERNE, Jules. THE SCHOOL FOR CRUSOES. Arco Publications, London, 1966 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 189. Edited by I. O. Evans. Very good indeed. A67354 £22

VERNE, Jules. THE SECRET OF WILHELM STORITZ. Arco Publications, London, 1963 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 191. Very faint shelf-wear; very good indeed. A67348 £35

VERNE, Jules. THE SHOW ON ICE. Arco Publications, London, 1966 First Edition Thus. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 190. VG+/VG+. A67349 £22

VERNE, Jules. THE STEAM HOUSE: THE DEMON OF CAWNPORE/ TIGERS AND TRAITORS. TWO VOLUMES. Arco Publications, London, 1959 Two Volumes. First Editions Thus. Hardbacks. Two volumes. 8vos. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 170 & 176. Frontispiece to each book. Introduction by I. O. E. VG+ sound clean copies. A67350 £55

VERNE, Jules. THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT. Arco Publications, London, 1966 First Edition Thus. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 192. Fine in VG+ dust jacket (very slight soiling at rear). Excellent condition. A67345 £20

VERNE, Jules. YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW. Arco Publications, London, 1965 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 176. Translated from the French by I. O. Evans. Short stories. Clean VG. A67357 £36

VERNE, Jules. (I. O. Evans -Edits). THE MYSTERIOUS DOCUMENT, INCLUDING THE FIRST PART OF ON THE TRACK. Arco Publications, London, 1966 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 189. Edited by I. O. Evans. Part 1 of Captain Grant's Children. Fine in VG+ dust jacket very slightly soiled and slightly creased at rear. A67362 £30

VERNE, Jules. (I. O. Evans -Edits). THE TRAVELLING CIRCUS. Arco Publications, London, 1966 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 176. Edited by I. O. Evans. Part 1 of Cesar Cascabel. Slightly bumped otherwise very good. A67361 £22

VERNE, Jules. (I. O. Evans -Edits). THE VILLAGE IN THE TREETOPS. Arco Publications, London, 1964 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 191. Edited by I. O. Evans. Very good indeed. A67359 £55

VERNE, Jules. (I. O. Evans -Introduction). THE FLIGHT TO FRANCE. Arco Publications, London, 1966 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 191. Edited by I. O. Evans. Slight rubbing otherwise VG+. A67358 £45

VERNE, Jules. (I. O. Evans -Translates). THE CLAIM ON FORTY MILE CREEK. Arco Publications, London, 1962 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 189. Translated by I. O. Evans. Part 1 of The Golden Volcano. VG+ in VG dust jacket slightly soiled at rear. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. A67363 £24

VERNE, Jules. Edited By I. O. Evans. THE HUNT FOR THE METEOR. Arco Publications, London, 1965 First Edition Thus. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 191. Original publishers black boards lettered gilt at spine. Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. A76443 £28

VERNE, Jules PROPELLER ISLAND. Granada London, 1977 Reprint Of Arco Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 192. Original publishers brown vinyl lettered and decorated gilt at spine and cover.ISBN: 0246109017 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A71627 £25

VERNE, Jules. (Translated By Henry Frith) THE ADVENTURES OF THREE ENGLISHMEN AND THREE RUSSIANS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. George Routledge And Sons, London, 1890s "Every Boy's Library" Edition, Small 8vo. pp 176 pages + 10 pages of publisher's advertisements (late Victorian fiction inc 'Railway Library Novels in Picture Paper Covers'.) 185 by 125 mm. Original publisher's blue cloth boards with swirling pattern on front in read and darker blue, lettered black on cover and at the spine which continues the cover's decoration. Sound clean vg copy with slight fading and slight marking. Decent copy. A62206 £120

VERNEDE, R. E. AN IGNORANT IN INDIA. William Blackwood, Edinburgh And London, 1911 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp vii, 259 with 64pp publishers catalogue at rear. Travels in India, mainly Bengal. Ornamental bookplate. Slight lean to spine, some rubbing to covers, endpapers browned. VG- sound copy. B20466 £27

VERNET, J. LE REARMEMENT ET LA REORGANISATION DE L'ARMEE DE TERRE FRANCAISE, 1943-1946. Chateau De Vincennes, Vincennes 1980 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 241. Printed paperback. Ministere de la defense, Etat-Major de l'Armee de terre, Service historique.ISBN: 2863230034 Very good indeed. A78078 £24

VERNEY, . THE DESERT RATS; THE HISTORY OF THE 7TH ARMOURED DIVISION 1938 TO 1945. Greenhill Books., London, 1990. New Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 312pp. 15 b/w plates from photographs, 17 maps, appendix, bibliography, index. With new introduction by Sir John Hackett and a foreword by Field Marshal Sir John Harding. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. B8713 £30

VERNEY, Jack. O'CALLAGHAN: THE MAKING AND UNMAKING OF A REBEL (CARLETON LIBRARY SERIES). Carleton University Press,Canada, Ottawa 1994 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp 258.ISBN: 0886292336 Very good indeed. A48120 £20

VERNEY, John. (Craig Brown- Introduction). A JOHN VERNEY COLLECTION. (SIGNED). Alastair Press, Bury St Edmunds, 1989 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. With invitation loosely inserted. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Signed presentation from the author: 'With best wishes from John Verney.'ISBN: 187056751XPages: 96 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A66696 £30

VERNON, Dudley (Compiles). PRINCESS IN ITALY. (MARGARET) Dennis Yates, London, No Date (1949?) First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Stapled illustrated booklet of Princess Margaret's visit to Italy. pp 16. Very slight fading; VG+. A45290 £28

VERNON, Dudley (Compiles). PRINCESS IN ITALY.(MARGARET) Dennis Yates, London, No Date (1949?) First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Stapled illustrated booklet of Princess Margaret's visit to Italy. pp 16. Slight soiling; VG. A44086 £24

VERNON, Mark. THE PHILOSOPHY OF FRIENDSHIP. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2005 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. ISBN: 1-4039-4874-7Pages: 224 Fine in fine dust wrapper. B28378 £20

VERONESI, G. TEATRO. JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU. L' ULTIMA NOTTE DI MICHELANGELO A ROMA. LA COMETA E LA PESTE. (SIGNED) Bulzoni, Rome, 1991 First Edition. Wraps. Wraps. pp 348. Italian text. Signed presentation copy to Simon Callow: 'To Simon, from the writer to the actor, hopefully! Cordially Giorgio. Rome, April 92.' Plays. Very good indeed. B12906 £22

VERRIER, Charles & Remy De Gourmont. LES EPIGRAMMES D'AUSONE, TRADUITES DU LATIN, ACCOMPAGNÉES ET SUIVIES DE QUELQUES REMARQUES ET D'UNE BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES åUVRES D'AUSONE, PAR CHARLES VERRIER ET PRÉCÉDÉES D'UNE NOTICE PAR REMY DE GOURMONT. Bibliothèque Internationale D'Èdition, E. Sansot Et Cie, Paris, 1905 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. 72 pp. Number 143 of 410 'sur papier teintÈ'. Faint creasing at rear o/w VG+. Bon Ètat. A45443 £40

VERRIER, Charles. Remy De Gourmont (Foreword). LES EPIGRAMMES D'AUSONE: TRADUITES DU LATIN ACCOMPAGNEES ET SUIVIES DE QUELQUES REMARQUES ET D'UNE BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES OEVRES D'AUSONE. Bibliotheque Internationale D'edition, Paris, 1905 Limited Edition 143 Of 410. Paperback. 8vo, pp 72. Slight shelfwear otherwise clean near VG+. A62985 £35

VERSINS, Pierre. (Martine ThomÈ.) F.F.M.#3. (THE FUNCTIONAL FEMALE MUSTER.) Viqueen Press (Martine ThomÈ.) Lausanne, First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 24. Illustrated throughout. Curious little production, possibly a magazine and number 3 in the series. It consists of about 20 drawings of women each seen from a different point of view - 'as a staircase', 'as a shadow' etc., There is a small amount of explanatory text in English. Versins was the author of ENCYCLOPEDIE de L'UTOPIE des VOYAGES EXTRAORDINAIRES et de la SCIENCE FICTION and a French SF writer and collector. He normally wrote in French. NO date. Light wear (and some pronounced even soiling at spine area) otherwise about very good. B22232 £36

VERSTER, Andrew. Contributors Include Kathy Adler, Patrick O' Connor, Paul Stopforth, Gavin Younge. SOME ASPECTS OF THE MODERN MOVEMENT: A COURSE OF TEN LECTURES. Department Of Art, Durban, 1971 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Stapled wraps. pp 120. Contributors include Kathy Adler, Patrick o' Connor, Paul Stopforth, Gavin Younge. Slight fading, slight wear otherwise sound near VG. A67430 £40

VERTOT, Abbe De. ABREGE DE L'HISTOIRE DES CHEVALIERS DE MALTE. Mame, Tours, 1837 Small 8vo. pp 308. Frontis illustration, illustrated title page and one plate and 2 maps on one page (all foxed.) In generally worn full tree calf, some foxing, neat stamp on half title, o/w good copy. In the series 'Bibliotheque de la Jeunesse Chretienne.' A64808 £35

VERTOVEC, Steven And Darrell A. Posey (Edit). Contributors Include Calestous Juma, Marcia Langton, Herbert Girardet, Maurice Strong. GLOBALIZATION, GLOBALISM, ENVIRONMENTS, AND ENVIRONMENTALISM : CONSCIOUSNESS OF CONNECTIONS. THE LINACRE LECTURES. Oxford University Press, Oxford ; New York 2003 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Contributors include Calestous Juma, Marcia Langton, Herbert Girardet, Maurice Strong.ISBN: 0-19-926452-XPages: 184 Fine in fine dust wrapper. B30329 £22

VERTUR, George. (Horace Walpole- Edits). ANECDOTES OF PAINTING IN ENGLAND; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL ARTISTS; AND INCIDENTAL NOTES ON OTHER ARTS. 4 VOLUMES. Printed For J. Dodsley, London, 1782. Mostly Third Editions- Volume 4 Is A Second Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Bookplate Of Sir Calude Alexander At Front Of Each Volume, With His Neat Ownership Signature At Top Of Title Pages (Dated 1828). 4 volumes. Full tree-calf binding decorated gilt at spine. pp 1300+. Text clean and complete, boards somewhat worn and loose; good+. A62201 £180

VERUSKA. Pippit (Illustrator). MISS! YOU'VE DROPPED YOUR BRIEFS. Wildy & Sons, London, 1971 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 89. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Original publishers blue weave cloth lettered gilt on spine. Very good indeed in very good dust jacket. A64404 £24

VERZOCCHI, Giuseppe. IL LAVORO NELLA PITTURA ITALIANA D' OGGI 1950. Raccolte Verzocchi, Milan, 1950 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 463. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Texts in French, Spanish, English and German. This book is very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain.  Fine in fine colourful dust jacket with VG prinetd slip-case. Exceptional condition. A82738 £75

VESAAS, Tarjei. THE BLEACHING YARD. Peter Owen Ltd London 1981. First Uk Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp 156.ISBN: 0720605601 Fine/VG+. A81796 £25

VESAAS, Tarjei. THE BRIDGES. Peter Owen Ltd London May 1969 First Uk Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp 183.ISBN: 0720607027 VG+/VG+. A81512 £24

VESEY, G. N. A. THE EMBODIED MIND. (SIGNED) Allen & Unwin, London, 1965 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 114. Philosophy. Presentation copy:' With gratitude/ Godfrey Vesey/ April 1965.' Very good indeed. B54966 £20

VESSELO, A. HOW MANY EGGS THEN FOR LADY THATCHER? Minerva Press, London, 1997 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 249. Political examination of the idea of 'community.' ISBN 1861065108. Very good indeed. B20352 £22

VEST, Jason P. FUTURE IMPERFECT: PHILIP K. DICK AT THE MOVIES. Praeger Publishers Westport, Ct, 2007. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp xviii, 223.ISBN: 0275991717 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A81991 £22

VESZY - WAGNER, L. (Lilla) (Brigid Brophy.) THE INABILITY TO LEARN FOREIGN LANGUAGES. TYPESCRIPT OFFPRINT. WITH BRIGID BROPHY SIGNED LETTER. British Psychoanalytic Society, 1966 /1967 First Edition. Wraps. Typescript offprint from British Psychoanalytic Society, pp 9 to 21. Stapled at top corner. With good signed covering letter to the novelist Brigid Brophy sending the article to her as she had addressed similar points in an article in 'Punch.' With good pencilled reply on Ms V-W's letter in BB's hand (probably later typed). Brigid Brophy writes that she was busy with her first play but she had read the paper with great interest and had been thinking about questions raised in it including 'people who find dead languages easier to cope with than living ones..' BB's reply is about 150 words. Slight browning to edges of offprint else very good indeed. A40876 £40

VETTRIANO, Jack. JACK VETTRIANO. (SIGNED) Pavilion, London, 2006 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Signed on front endpaper by Jack Vettraino. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. ISBN: 9781862057241Pages: 192 Fine. A76326 £36

VETTRIANO, Jack. (Anthony Quinn- Text). JACK VETTRIANO. *SIGNED* Pavilion, London, 2004 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 192. Lavishly illustrated throughout in colour. Signed presentation from the author: 'For Mariella with lots of love Jack Vettriano, xxx'. Bought from the BBC with a bunch of review copies; Mariella= Mariella Frostrup. Fine in fine dust wrapper. A40514 £125

VIAENE, Rita. (Margaret Lane). MARGARET LANE. A STUDY OF HER NOVELS. Rijks University, 1972 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Wraps. pp 126, printed verso only. One illustration. Useful bibliography. Thesis. Ms. Rita Viaene was helped by Margaret Lane herself. Some (repaired) wear at top of spine otherwise VG. B19522 £40

VIALA, J. J. GUIDE CONSULAIRE DES QUESTIONS MARITIMES A L' USAGE DES CONSULS DE FRANCE DES CAPITAINES, PROPRIETAIRES ET ARMATEURS DE NAVIRES FRANCAIS. Pierre Simonnet, Paris, 1935. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's quarter red cloth with marbled paper covered boards. pp 637. French text. Inscription on front endpaper reads: ' Inscrit a l' inventaire/sous le no. 105/ Jersey, le 16 Novembre 1935.' Covers edgeworn and bumped, slight rubbing, rear inner hinge slightly tender otherwise about VG sound copy with clean text. 2 stamps of Le Consul de France on front endpaper. A49585 £80

VIALLON, Marie F. VENISE ET LA PORTE OTTOMANE (1453-1566) UN SIECLE DE RELATIONS VENETO-OTTOMANES DE LA PRISE DE CONSTANTINOPLE A LA MORT DE SOLIMAN. Economica Paris 1995 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp viii, 294. Printed paperback. Illustrations, maps.ISBN: 2717829180 Fine. A70196 £25

VIALLS- STRANGWAYS, H. S. THE MANOR SHAPWICK: CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF BOOKS. Tamlyn And Son, Bridgwater, 1950 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Stapled wraps. pp 8. Auction catalogue. Staples rusted at side otherwise VG. A44082 £20

VIAN, Boris. HEARTSNATCHER. Rapp & Whiting, London, 1968 First U. K. Edition. Hardback. Dustjacket. 8vo. pp [viii], 245. Translated from the French by Stanley Chapman. Novel. F/NF. Bright excellent copy. B25230 £30

VIAN, Boris. HEARTSNATCHER. Rapp & Whiting, London, 1968 First U. K. Edition. Hardback. Dustjacket. 8vo. pp [viii], 245. Translated from the French by Stanley Chapman. Novel. Signed presentation from the translator Stanley Chapman: 'Pour Citoyen Simon abecediste parmi les equarisseurs de la parole ÈclatÈe Stanley 25/30 April 1968.'Simon = Simon Watson Taylor. Very good in very good jacket. A75244 £60

VIANELLI, Athos. ALBUM DI BOLOGNA. Tamari Editori, Bologna, 1968 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. pp 120 (unpaginated). Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Italian text. Slight mottling at spine otherwise clean sound & very good. A64429 £25

VICAIRE, Georges. BIBLIOGRAPHIE GASTRONOMIQUE. Holland Press, London, 1954 Second Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xviii, 972. French text. Covers slightly faded otherwise near VG in worn VG- dust jacket. A59474 £30

VICAR OF LYSSEL. (John Kendale). THE VICAR OF LYSSEL. A CLERGYMAN'S DIARY OF 1729-82. Saunders, Otley And Co., London, 1860 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's covers. pp 110. Review copy with publisher's review stamp. Appears to reprint some of the diary of a country vicar, one John Kendale, from 1729-1775. Covers soiled, worn and chipped; good only with clean contents. A32586 £40

VICARS, Vicar. (Ted Mann) CRIMES. OR : I'M SORRY SIR, BUT WE DO NOT SELL HANDGUNS TO JUNKIES. Pulp Press, Vancouver, 1973 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo paperback, 30 pages, sensational colour cover, book illustrated with some black and white photos. Experimental Canadian avant-garde work, almost certainly pseudonymous. Light wear otherwise very good. B14624 £12

VICI, Andrea Busiri. FANTASIE GRAFICHE ROMANE D'ISAAC DE MOUCHERON. Fratelli Palombi Editori, Rome, 1981 First Edition Thus. Wraps. 8vo. Pamphlet. pp 4 plus pp 4 of black and white plates. Offprint from Estratto dalla Rivista "L'Urbe", No. 2, March-April 1981. Very good. A67993 £22

VICINUS, Martha. THE INDUSTRIAL MUSE: A STUDY OF NINETEENTH CENTURY BRITISH WORKING-CLASS LITERATURE. Croom Helm London 1974 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp x, 357. Original publishers black boards lettered gilt at spine. Illustrations.ISBN: 0856641316 Very good indeed in very good slightly faded dust wrapper. A75972 £18

VICKERS, Brian. APPROPRIATING SHAKESPEARE: CONTEMPORARY CRITICAL QUARRELS. Yale University Press, New Haven And London, 1993. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. ISBN: 0300054157Pages: 528 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A62790 £24

VICKERS, Brian. FRANCES YATES AND THE WRITING OF HISTORY. 1979 British Library xerox copy/ photocopy of article from the Journal of Modern History 1979, Vol. 51, pp 287-316. NOT A BOOK. A44682 £20

VICKERS, Donovan. TWENTY-FIVE POEMS. (SIGNED) Privately Printed, No Place Noted (Manacor, Mallorca), 2006 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Plain brown card wraps with white printed title label onset to cover. pp 28. 4 drawings by Iris Donovan. No. 33 of 100 copies, signed by the poet. loosely inserted rejection slip from The Oldie, with handwritten note '..alas we don't publish poems.' Fine. A46333 £30

VICKERS, Geoffrey. TOWARDS A SOCIOLOGY OF MANAGEMENT. Chapman And Hall, London, 1967 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 206. Original publishers maroon boards lettered gilt on spine. Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. A74957 £30

VICKERS, K. H. HUMPHREY, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER. Archibald Constable And Company, London, 1907. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xviii, 491. Uncut. 9 illustrations. One inch section of bottom of 6 pages cut away (title page and contecns pages), same at index with no loss of text, some rubbing to edges and corners, slight sunning, some loss at top of spine (rubbing) otherwise good only but sound. A48505 £36

VICKERS, Roy. SIX CAME TO DINNER. Herbert Jenkins, London, 1948 First Printing. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 254. Detective fiction. No date (1948). Sound slightly soiled VG copy. B53820 £18

VICKERY, Phil. RAGING BULL: MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. (SIGNED). Harpercollins Uk, London, 2010 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 22 illustrations. Signed presentation from the author : 'To Dylan, merry christmas, Phil.'ISBN: 0007354215Pages: 304 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A74166 £28

VICKERY, Amanda. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: AT HOME IN GEORGIAN ENGLAND. (SIGNED) Yale University Press New Haven, 2009 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xviii, 382. Original publishers maroon boards lettered gilt at spine. Illustrations. Signed on title page.ISBN: 0300154534 Fine in very good indeed dust jacket. A71789 £30

VICOMTE DE MAUDUIT, THEY CAN'T RATION THESE. Michael Joseph, London, 1940 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's red cloth lettered silver on spine and on front cover. pp 171. Copiously illustrated throughout by Leslie L. Stead. The rare first edition. Foreword by The Right Hon. D. Lloyd George. Wartime cookery. VG+ in chipped and nicked good only dust jacket. A62139 £70

VICTOR, Edward. THE MAGIC OF THE HANDS TRILOGY: THE MAGIC OF THE HANDS (1937)/ MORE MAGIC OF THE HANDS (1942)/ FURTHER MAGIC OF THE HANDS (1946). Richard Kaufman And Alan Greenberg, No Place Noted (Usa), 1995 First Thus. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Reprints, 3 books by EV published between 1937-1946 pp (xiv), 117 & (xii), 132 & (viii), 103. Illustrated throughout by the author. Magic, sleight of hand tricks, etc. VG+/VG+. Excellent condition. B25997 £40

VICTOR, Horace. MARIAM OR TWENTY- ONE DAYS. Macmillan, London, 1892 First Colonial Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 329. Fiction. Slight wear, slight split at spine otherwise externally VG. Pages have been carelessly opened, some very carelessly although the reader gave up at p. 216. No text lost. B25217 £30

VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM. 6 BROADSHEETS. V & A/ Mobil, London, First Edition. 6 V&A broadsheets in illustrated box (box= 15cm x 21.5cm; Broadsheets = 59.5 cm x 84cm unfolded). The broadsheets include Music Gallery, The Art of Islam, Far Eastern Art, European Sculpture, The Art of India,and Early Medieval Art. Broadsheets fine in printed box (sponsored by Mobil) VG+. A71377 £45

VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM. (Mobil Oil.) VICTORIA AND ALBERT MOBIL BROADSHEETS (V&A). Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Circa 1980 First Edition. No date (circa 1980). 12 broadsheet/ posters folded into 16 parts but total measurement is 33" x 23". Attractively produced for the different galleries of the V&A ie Art of India, Early Medieval Art; Music gallery, European Baroque, etc. Funded by Mobil Oil. Fine copies in somewhat worn and broken original slip-case. A75696 £45

VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER. THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER. CALENDAR, 1931-1932. University Press, Manchester, 1931 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo, pp 48, ix, 889. Very good indeed. A80662 £20

VICTORIA, Queen. (Edited By Arthur Helps.) LEAVES FROM THE JOURNAL OF OUR LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS, FROM 1848 TO 1861. (SIGNED) Smith, Elder, & Co. London, 1868 First Edition Thus. 4to. Illustrated edition. pp xvii, 198. Frontis & 6 engraved plates and 2 colour chromolithographs and numerous vignettes. Original publisher's red cloth highly decorated and illustarated on covers and spine in gily with some black paterning. illustrations. A first illustrated edition of Queen Victoria's book on the Scottish Highlands; it bears the following inscription on the half title page: 'To Captain Waller R E / from Victoria R I / Balmoral Oct 25 1880'. (Victoria had been Empress of India since 1876). It is not known who Captain Waller was, other than that he was a Royal Engineer.The illustrations range from wood-engraved vignettes set into the text to very handsome full-page steel engravings. There are also two chromolithographs of the royal sitting rooms at Balmoral Castle. The illustrators include Edwin Landseer, Carl Haag, W Wyld and even, in many instances, the Queen herself.It is a richly ornamented quarto, burgundy cloth-covered boards with bevelled edges decorated with a border featuring children at play around a central design of a stag in a mountainous landscape. All page edges are gilt. Sound clean attractive about very good copy with slight wear at lower hinge of spine and spine ends and with corners rubbed. A66337 £360

VICUNA, . EN LOS TRABAJOS DE LA MUERTE. (SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY TO STEPHEN SPENDER .). Ediciones Del Grupo Fuego, Santiago, 1956. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 59. Frontis and one illustration. Signed presentation copy to Stephen Spender signed in Santiago, 24 Feb. 1957, 'A poeta Stephen Spender admirativamenti..' One of 300 signed copies of an edition of 1000. Spanish text. Poetry. Slight soiling to white wraps otherwise VG. B16994 £30

VIDAL, Gore. A THIRSTY EVIL: SEVEN SHORT STORIES. The Zero Press, New York, 1956 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 154. Original publishers black and white cloth lettered black at spine. Slight rubbing; very good. A82914 £18

VIDEO, Arts. ARE YOU ORGANISED? Video Arts, London, 1994 First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Paperback. pp 138. Illustrations. Managerial organisation skills. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else about VG. B12917 £22

VIDLER, . WHAT THE BUTLER SAW.. Fiasco, Filey, Yokshire (1971?), . First edition. Wraps. pp 14 (unpaginated.) Foolscap (stapled) size. Interesting cheaply produced poetry (it was free.) Poems of seedy seaside life, sexuality etc., Vg+. A4837 £30

VIDYARTHI, L. P. (Editor). LEADERSHIP IN INDIA. Asia Publishing House, London, 1967 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo, pp xxii, 375. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. A61773 £17

VIEIRA, Mark A. IRVING THALBERG: BOY WONDER TO PRODUCER PRINCE. University Of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles, 2009 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xviii, 506 plus pp 24 of black and white plates.ISBN: 0520260481 Fine in near fine dust wrapper. A76610 £20

VIENNOT, Odette. LE CULTE DE L' ARBRE DANS L' INDE ANCIENNE. Presses Universitaires De France, Paris, 1954 First Edition. Wraps. Large 8vo (17cm x 25cm). Illustrated wraps. pp 289. 16 plates. Uncut. French text. 'Textes et Monuments brahmaniques et bouddhiques.' Covers slightly browned and slightly marked otherwise sound close VG copy. A59964 £40

VIÉNOT, J. (Edits). CE TEMPS CI, CAHIERS D' ART CONTEMPORAIN. 6: OCTOBER 1929. LE TAPIS. H. De Roux, Paris, 1929 First Edition. Wraps. 4to (27cm x 29cm). Wraps. Issue 6 of the magazine, this issue devoted to carpets. Article by Aka: 'La Techniqe du Tapis au point nouÈ.' Modernist carpets, designers include MM. Boberman, Eckmann, Moser, under the direction of MM. RenÈ Joubert and Ph. Petit and edited by DIM. Covers somewhat soiled but evenly so; VG-. A44117 £90

VIERECK, . SHAME AND GLORY OF THE INTELLECTUALS; BABBITT JR. VS. THE REDISCOVERY OF VALUES. (SIGNED) . The Beacon Press, , Boston, 1953. Second Edition. Second edition. Signed : .-'To Mary, best wishes Peter Viereck'. Hardback. Slight wear at spine otherwise very good indeed. No dust jacket. 8vo. xii,320pp. B3546 £18

VIERECK, George Sylvester. MY FLESH AND BLOOD: A LYRIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY WITH INDISCREET ANNOTATIONS. Jarrolds, London, 1932 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xv, 395. Pages uncut. Autobiography, poetry and prose. Covers rubbed and slightly tanned, spine tanned, spine labels slightly worn otherwise sound VG. Neat name on front endpaper. A70816 £22

VIERECK, George Sylvester. THE KAISER ON TRIAL. Duckworth, London, 1938 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp xxiii, 518. 40 plates. This book is very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. VG+ in red, white and black close VG dust jacket with a few chips and slight soiling. A handsome book. A73581 £55

VIERECK, Peter. TRANSPLANTINGS: ESSAYS ON GREAT GERMAN POETS WITH TRANSLATIONS. Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, N.j. 2008. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp xxv, 222.ISBN: 0765803941 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A45253 £24

VIERENDEEL, A. ESQUISSE D'UNE HISTOIRE DE LA TECHNIQUE. Vromant & Co, Bruxelles, 1921 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp 188. Slight soiling, otherwise VG. A82356 £30

VIERENDEEL, A. ESQUISSE DE LA TECHNIQUE. Vromant, Brussels And Paris, 1921 Second Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps/ paperback. pp 189- 390. Illustrated. French text. Covers rubbed and slightly browned, small dent to spine, slight split at top of spine, lower cover has some mending reinforced on verso otherwise about VG. A63402 £30

VIEUSSEUX, A. THE HISTORY OF SWITZERLAND, FROM THE FIRST IRRUPTION OF THE NORTHERN TRIBES TO THE PRESENT TIME. INCLUDING THE WARS OF INDEPENDENCE, THE CONFEDERATIONS OF THE CANTONS, THE REFORMATION BY ZUINGLIUS, STRUGGLES DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, ETC / COMPILED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES, INCLUDING MÜLLER, MEYER, FRANSCINI, AND KASTHOFER, Henry G. Bohn, London, 1846 8vo. Half green leather lettered gilt on spine with gilt decoration, 5 raised bands. pp xxvi, 351. One folding map. Slight scuffing, green cloth slightly soiled, head of spine slightly nicked, neat later gift inscription; VG. A60716 £60

VIGEE, Claude. LA LUTTE AVEC L' ANGE. Librairie Les Lettres, Paris, 1950 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 93. French text. Poetry. Very slight soiling but decent VG copy. Bon etat. B55016 £22

VIGELANDS, Gustav, Frithjof Bringager, Jan Kokkin, Tone Wikborg & Svein Haugsgjerd. EROS I GUSTAV VIGELANDS KUNST / EROS IN THE ART OF GUSTAV VIGELAND. Grondahl Og Dreyers, Oslo, 1996 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 192. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout with some colour illustrations. Text in Norwegian with parallel English translation. This book is very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. ISBN: 9788250423381 Very good indeed in very slightly bumped at edges else very good indeed dust jacket. A74920 £31

VIGEVANI, Alberto. THE FIANCEE. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1948 First U.k. Edition. Small 8vo. pp 142. Translated from the Italian by Eric Mosbacher. Fiction. Covers slightly faded otherwise about VG. B13806 £18

VIKOR, Knut S. BETWEEN GOD AND THE SULTAN: A HISTORY OF ISLAMIC LAW. C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, London, 2005. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. ISBN: 1850657386Pages: 387 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A39370 £30

VIKTOR, Papp. ZENEKONYV RADIOHALLGATOK SZAMARA: ARCKEPEK- ELETRAJZOK. Stadium Sajtovallalat Reszvenytarsasag, Kiadasa, First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publishers brown cloth lettered gilt on spine and with gilt illustration on cover. pp 207. No date (late 1930s). Very good indeed. A77170 £30

VILAR, Esther. DIE ANTRITTSREDE DER AMERIKANISCHEN PPSTIN. (SIGNED) Herbig, M¸nchen 1982. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. German text. Signed presentation from the author: 'Fur Klauss und Renolte (indecipherable German greeting).. von Haus zu Haus! Esther Vilar'. Stamp of collector Esther Vilar with her St. Jean Cap Ferrat address. ISBN: 3-7766-1224-XPages: 157 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A61277 £38

VILARASAU, Josep. CATALEG DE LA COL-LECCIO D' ART CONTEMPORANI. FUNDACIO "LA CAIXA." Fundacio 'La Caixa," Barcelona, 2000. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. pp 202. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Spanish text. Exhibition catalogue. ISBN: 8476646992 Very good indeed. A42239 £48

VILE, M. J. C. CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE SEPARATION OF POWERS. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1967 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp viii, 360. From the library of Ian Gilmour (Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar 1926 - 2007) with his ownership signature and some pencilled marginal linings and notes at back. He was an anti Thatcherite Tory Cabinet minister, editor and owner of 'The Spectator' in the late 1950s and a distinguished historian - author of 'Riot, Risings and Revolution' (1992), and 'The Making of the Poets: Byron and Shelley in Their Time'(2002). Very good. A73606 £18

VILINBACHHOVA, Tatjana (Essay). SEGNI DELLA SANTA RUSSIA: ICONE DALLA COLLEZIONE DI FRANCESCO BIGAZZI/ SYMBOLS OF HOLY RUSSIA: HOLY RUSSIA IN TUSCANY: ICONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF FRANCESCO BIGAZZI. Slavia, & Leonardo International, St. Petersburg, & Milan, 2003 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Colour illustrated wraps/paperback. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. ISBN: 1585167622Pages: 166 Fine. A67733 £30

VILLA-GILBERT, M. MRS GALBRAITH'S AIR. Chatto & Windus, London, 1963 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 160. Hardback with pictorial dust jacket designed by Carol Baker. First novel by author. Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. A63511 £22

VILLAIN-GANDOSSI, Christiane. LA MEDITERRANEE AUX XIIE -XVIE SIECLES: RELATIONS MARITIMES, DIPLOMATIQUES ET COMMERCIALES. Variorum Reprints, London, 1983 Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp v, 326. Original publishers blue cloth lettered gilt at spine. Illustrations.ISBN: 0860781259 Head of spine slightly creased & slightly bumped otherwise very good. A70939 £40

VILLARD, Oswald Garrison. JOHN BROWN 1800-1859: A BIOGRAPHY FIFTY YEARS AFTER. Constable, London, 1910. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's red cloth lettered gilt on spine. pp iv, 738. Uncut. Frontis portrait, 24 plates. Covers slightly rubbed, soiled and marked, corners bumped, some edgewear, some nicks and chips at spine, label remains at front otherwise near VG. A60947 £35

VILLARI, Linda. OSWALD VON WOLKENSTEIN: A MEMOIR OF THE LAST MINNESINGER OF TIROL. E. O. D. Reprint, Tyrol, No Date (2008) Facsimile Of 1901 Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 164. Frontis piece and 9 plates. Very good indeed. A44991 £16

VILLARI, Pasquale. MEMORIE E SCRITTI DI LUIGI LA VISTA. Felice Le Monnier, Florence, 1863 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Half burgundy leather lettered gilt at the spine with gilt decoration and five raised bands. pp xlvii, 375. Italian text.Pasquale Villari (1826-1917), writer on Machiavelli, Savonarola, Italian and especially Florentine history. A scarce early work. Longish note in Italian on back of title page by former owner otherwise handsome VG+. A40303 £90

VILLEGLE, Jacques. JACQUES VILLEGLE: WORKS FROM 1955-1991. The Mayor Gallery, London, 1999 First Edition. Wraps. Square 8vo. Printed wraps / paperback. pp 40. Copiously illustrated in colour througout. Very good. A83535 £18

VILLIERS DE L'ISLE- ADAM, Auguste. OEUVRES COMPLÉTES. 2 VOLUMES. Gallimard, Paris, 1986 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 2 volumes. Small 8vos. pp 3516. French text. Fine in VG acetate jackets, and slightly marked and used printed slip-cases. A71307 £90

VILLIERS- STUART, Patricia. FORMULA FROM A-Z, A CREATION MYTH. Privately Printed, London, No Date (1977) First Edition. Wraps. Foolscap. Stapled illustrated wraps/ pamphlet. pp 18. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Some rust marks and slight stain to cover, very slight creasing otherwise VG. A64280 £30

VILLIERS, Algernon Hyde. (Harry Graham.) LETTERS AND PAPERS OF ALGERNON HYDE VILLIERS. Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, 1919 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp viii, 200. Frontis portrait. Collection with introduction by Harry Graham, of letters and 'theologico- seraphic fancies' of a brave soldier who fell at Bourlon Wood, 1917. Loosely inserted are 2 pages of religious writings in his (ie A H Viliiers) hand and a letter from France in French mentioning 'A. H. V.' Decorative bookplate, neat signature (of Villiers family member). Boards slightly rubbed and slightly marked, frontis loose, overall sound near VG. B28578 £80

VILLIERS, Brougham (Edits). THE CASE FOR WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1907 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Original publisher's green cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 220. Uncut. Contributors include Mabel Atkinson, Eva Gore- Booth, J. Keir Hardie, Christabel Pankhurst, Emmeline Pankhurst, Israel Zangwill. Neat name on front endpaper, slight rubbing, very slight soiling otherwise near VG+. A36594 £100

VILLIERS, Dirk De. THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAY THROUGH EUROPE. Howard Timmins, Cape Town, 1969 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp 331. Very good indeed in very good dust wrapper. A82341 £25

VILLIERS, George. THE REHEARSAL. Constable & Co., London, 1927 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 136. Part of the English Reprints series. Slight wear, otherwise very good. NO illustrations. A77136 £18

VILLIERS, George. (Edward Arber- Edits). THE REHEARSAL. Privately Published By Edward Arber, London, 1868 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Printed wraps (gilt lettering faded). pp 136. Play. From the English Reprints series. Spine creased, some edgewear and rubbing, stain to rear page and 2 previous pages, otherwise sound VG-. A60897 £30

VILMORIN, Louise De. Duff Cooper (Translator). MADAME DE. Collins, London, 1953 Fifth Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 64. Original publishers red cloth spine with illustrated grey boards. Colour frontis, illustrations. presentation copy from the translator. Mollie= Mary ('Molly') Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch (1900 - 1993). Very good indeed in very good dust jacket. A71329 £28

VILTART, Didier, Jean-David Malat And Gilles Dyan (Preface). MADE IN ASIA. Opera Gallery, London, 2007 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Colour illustrated wraps/ paperback. pp 154. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Exhibition catalogue. About fine. Excellent condition. A61987 £60

VILTART, Didier, Jean-David Malat And Gilles Dyan (Preface). SUMMER ART SHOW. Opera Gallery, London, No Date (2007?) First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Colour illustrated wraps/ paperback. pp 96. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Exhibition catalogue. Fine. A61982 £40

VINAVER, Eugene. LE ROMAN DE TRISTAN ET ISEUT DANS L'OEUVRE DE THOMAS MALORY. Libraire Ancienne Honore Champion, Paris, 1925 First Edition. Wraps. Large 8vo. pp 244. Printed paperback. Illustrations. Sound, about very good. Covers slightly soiled. Condition moyen. A73884 £18

VINCE, Michael. THE EMBRACE. Sycamore Press, Oxford, 1977 First Edition. Wraps. Tall 8vo. Single sheet of paper (33cm x 20.cm) folded into 3, Sycamore broadsheet 25. Fine. A34686 £15

VINCENT, Charles. SCORING FOR AN ORCHESTRA. The Vincent Music Company, London, 1897 First Edition. Hardback. 12mo, 4x6.5" pp 54. Ownership signature of G. I. Jones. Original publisher's red cloth, near fine. A45364 £35

VINCENT, David. LITERACY AND POPULAR CULTURE: ENGLAND 1750-1914. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1989 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Tables, figures. ISBN: 0521334667Pages: 374 May show some very slight shelf wear but content fine and unread. A74842 £24

VINCENT, E. R. BYRON, HOBHOUSE AND FOSCOLO: NEW DOCUMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF A COLLABORATION. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1949 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp viii, 135 plus pp 3 of black and white plates. Spine slightly dulled and covers very slightly rubbed, WH Smith bokplate pasted to front paste down endpaper and 1 shilling stamp to rear past down endpaper else sound near very good. A71466 £16

VINCENT, E. R. BYRON, HOBHOUSE AND FOSCOLO: NEW DOCUMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF A COLLABORATION. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1949 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp viii, 135 plus pp 3 of black and white plates. Ownership signature on fep of of Frank Kermode (1919 - 2010 ) highly regarded British literary critic and Professor of English Literature at Cambridge University. Spine slightly sun faded at top else VG in Vg- chipped, nicked and rubbed d/w. A76603 £20

VINCENT, Jacques. PATRICIA. (SIGNED) Les Éditions Du Monde Moderne, Paris, 1926 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Quarter leather, marbled boards. pp 209. Uncut. French text. Novel. Envoi de l' auteur. Signed presentation from the author: 'A madame/ Reuben Gubbay/ sympathiques souvenir/ Jacques Vincent.' Attractively decorated at spine and slightly rubbed at hinge; VG. A48512 £45

VINCENT, Vin. OLGA, OR WRONG ON BOTH SIDES. Griffith Farran Browne, London, 1897 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Red floral patterned cloth gilt. pp 320. Edwardian upper class novel about an aristocratic boy. No date (1897). Front edge of red cloth cover faded, slight rubbing at spine ends otherwise sound VG book with prize label and small school stamp on pastedown. B22047 £35

VINE, . KING SOLOMON'S CARPET. (SIGNED). . Viking, London, 1991. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp x, 355. Signed presentation copy to a journalist and reviewer: 'Ruth Rendell as Barbara Vine. To Judith with love from Ruth.' Fine in fine dust wrapper. B11715 £25

VINES, Sherard. MOVEMENTS IN MODERN ENGLISH POETRY AND PROSE. Oxford University Press, Tokyo, 1927 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp iv, 362. Compliments slip of Oxford University Press Toronto loosely inserted. Contains special prefatory note for Japanese students. Literary studies. Jade green cloth slightly bubbled otherwise VG+. 2 pages slightly creased at edges. B14934 £30

VINES, Sherard. THE PYRAMID. Richard Cobden- Sanderson, London, 1926 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 61. With prefatory verses by Edmund Blunden and Yone Noguchi. Neat name on front endpaper; VG. A75987 £20

VINEY, Albert. THE BALLET OF MOMENTS UNBORN. (SIGNED) Andrew Melrose, London, No Date (1947) First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 303. Original publisher's black cloth lettered gilt on spine. Signed on endpaper and note in Albert Viney's hand of review: ' "This novel is much more/ than a brilliant tour/ de force packed with/ erudition." Guardian.' VG+ in near VG dust jacket with slight rubbing, slight creasing, very slight chipping. A62093 £160

VINEY, Charles. LONDON DOORS. Oldcastle, Harpenden, Herts, 1989. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. 72 colour plates.ISBN: 0948353570Pages: 90 VG+ in slightly used VG dust jacket. A60709 £45

VINEY, Elliott (introduction). THE SHERIFFS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE FROM THE ELEVENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY. Privately Printed, Aylesbury, 1965 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Tall narrow 8vo. pp 147. Illustrated throughout in black and white, 5 colour plates. Genealogy, local history. Very good. B54327 £22

VINEY, Nigel. IMAGES OF WARTIME: BRITISH ART AND ARTISTS OF WORLD WAR I. David & Charles, No Place Noted, 1991 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Oblong 4to. pp 128. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. ISBN: 9780715397909 Very good indeed in slightly edgeworn else very good dust jacket. A77174 £30

VINOGRADOFF, Paul. VILLAINAGE IN ENGLAND: ESSAYS IN MEDIAEVAL HISTORY. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1892 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xii, 464. English history, The Peasantry of the Feudal Age, etc. Spine slightly soiled and slightlyrubbed, 'Books' shop label on front cover otherwise sound near VG. A49427 £30

VINOGRADOV, Anatoli. THE BLACK CONSUL. Victor Gollancz, London, 1935 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 447. Novel of Napoleon, Paris, San Domingo rebellion and Toussaint L' Ouverture. Fine in very good indeed- Yellow Gollancz jacket slightly faded at spine but exceptional condition. B30925 £35

VINSON, Nigel. INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENT: WHOSE RESPONISBILITY? Aims Of Industry, London, No Date (Late 1970s). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps/ booklet. pp 9. Fine. A44718 £24

VINT, Sherryl. ANIMAL ALTERITY: SCIENCE FICTION AND THE QUESTION OF THE ANIMAL. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2010 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Review copy with slip. ISBN: 1846312345Pages: 269 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A68140 £48

VINTERHALTER, Jadranka, Daina Glavocic, Vlastimir Kusik, Ivana Kancir, Jasna Jaksic And Others. FLASHES OF AVANT-GARDE IN THE CROATIAN ART OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY. Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb, 2007 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp vi, 206. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Text in Croatian and English. Exhibition catalogue.  Very slight shelf-wear otherwise VG+. A76143 £65

VIRGILIUS (VIRGIL). THE WONDERFUL HISTORY OF VIRGILIUS THE SORCERER OF ROME. David Nutt In The Strand, London, 1893 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Brown wraps printed in red and black. pp 78. Uncut. Mediaeval legend.This can come with a frontispiece by Beardsley but in this case it has not been bound in, there is no evidence of its removal. Slight wear at spine ends and spine edges otherwise sound VG. B27797 £22

VIRGINIA COMMISSION ON CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT. A COUNTRY WITHOUT A MAN: A STUDY OF PRESIDENTIAL DISABILITY. Virginia Commission On Constitutional Government, Richmond, 1965 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp 15. Very good indeed. A82125 £18

VIRGINIA COMMISSION ON CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT. ..NOR CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENTS INFLICTED..: A FEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE MEANING OF THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT. Virginia Commission On Constitutional Government, Richmond, 1965 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo, pp 35. Very good indeed. A82127 £18

VIRGO, Ruth. ADVENTURES OF A FLANNELGRAPH. Evangelical Union Of South America, London, 1947 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 48. 15 illustrations. Missionary childrens tales/ autobiography. No date (late 1940's?). Very good indeed. B56254 £18

VISCOUNT GLADSTONE. WILLIAM G. C. GLADSTONE. A MEMOIR. Nisbet & Co., London, 1918 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 143. Frontis portrait, 5 plates. Presentation copy to Lady Pamela Glenconner, dated 1918. Memoir of William G. C. Gladstone who was killed in the Great War like Lady Tennant's much loved son the poet 'Bim' Tennant. Clean VG copy. A47664 £34

VISCOUNT GREY OF FALLADON. THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. Oxford University Press, London, 1918 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 15. War time essay promoting the idea of a 'League of Nations.' Fine. B14127 £16

VISCOUNT HALIFAX. T. E. LAWRENCE. Oxford University Press, London, 1936 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 7. An address by Viscount Halifax on T. E. Lawrence delivered at St. Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday 29th Jan, 1936. Very slight soiling and very faint browning; VG+. A35282 £45

VISCOUNT HINCHINGBROOKE. FULL SPEED AHEAD! ESSAYS IN TORY REFORM. (PRESENTATION COPY) Simpkin Marshall, London, No Date (1944) First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp x, 102. Presentation copy: To John Seymour/ with best wishes/ from the author/ Aug. 46.' Endpapers a little spotted otherwise VG+ in slightly soiled and slightly chipped near VG dust jacket that has a photo of Viscount Hinchingbrooke on cover. A42887 £35

VISCOUNT SAMUEL. AN UNKNOWN LAND. (SIGNED) George Allen & Unwin, London, 1942 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo, pp 221, folding map. Signed presentation from the author to Lady Heron Maxwell 'under whose roof this book was completed. Samuel. Sept, 1942.' Original publisher's black cloth lettered gilt at the spine; VG+. A63461 £35

VISCOUNT SAMUEL. MEMOIRS. The Cresset Press, London, 1945 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp vii, 304. 8 illustrations. Signed by the author on the title page: 'Samuel/ Aug.1945.' Spine slightly faded otherwise VG. A43165 £30

VISCOUNTESS ERLEIGH. TODDLER'S DIET BOOK FOR MOTHERS AND CHILDREN. The National Society Of Day Nurseries, London, No Date (1920s) First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 32. Cooking, recipes, child welfare. Neat name on cover, endpapers slightly inked, slight fading otherwise VG. B29206 £25

VISCOUNTESS WOLSELEY. SOME SUSSEX BYWAYS. The Medici Society, London, 1930 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Woven pinkish green cloth lettered black. pp xiv, 167 and 8 colour plates by Garnet Wolseley. Uncut. Sussex forests, downs, castles, manors, etc. VG+ in slightly soiled and darkened about VG dust jacket with windmill in colour on cover. Neat name on front endpaper. B19063 £30

VISHNIAC, Roman. A VANISHED WORLD. Penguin Books, London, 1986 First Edition Thus. Wraps. Large square 4to. Black and white illustrated wraps / paperback. pp approx 200 (unpaginated).ISBN: 0140099158 Slight rubbing and creasing to covers else very good. A74184 £48

VISIAK, E. H. MEDUSA. A STORY OF MYSTERY AND ECSTASY AND STRANGE HORROR. (SIGNED) Victor Gollancz, London, 1929 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 286. Fantasy fiction. In Bleiler. Signed presentation from the author ' Sidney and Olive from their affectionate E.H. Visiak, October 25th 1929.' Eps slightly browned else VG+ in chipped and slightly soiled vg- d/w that has been neatly restored by a previous owner (words Medusa and Gollancz inked in excellent facsimile.) A74374 £600

VISIAK, E. H. THE BATTLE FIENDS. Elkin Mathews, London, 1916 First Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo. Wraps. pp 47. Uncut, unopened. Poems- some about pirates. From 'The Satchel Series.' Fine. B20131 £30

VISION, Gerald. MODERN ANTI-REALISM AND MANUFACTURED TRUTH. Routledge, London, 1988 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xviii, 308. ISBN: 9780415000970 Fine in fine film protected dust wrapper. A68791 £45

VISRAM, Rozina. AYAHS, LASCARS AND PRINCES: INDIANS IN BRITAIN 1700-1947. Pluto Press, London, 1986 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp x, 304. Original publishers black boards lettered gilt at spine. Illustrations.ISBN: 0745300723 Very good in very good dust wrapper. A72135 £30

VISSER, Mirella. THE FEMALE LEADERSHIP PARADOX: POWER, PERFORMANCE, AND PROMOTION. Macmillan, New York, 2011 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xii, 158.ISBN: 9780230289208 Fine in near fine dust wrapper. A77060 £18

VITAL, David. THE SURVIVAL OF SMALL STATES: STUDIES IN SMALL POWER/GREAT POWER CONFLICT. Oxford University Press, London, 1971 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp vii, 136. Original publishers rust-brown cloth lettered gilt at spine.ISBN: 0192153455 Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else very good indeed. A74190 £18

VITAL, David. ZIONISM: THE FORMATIVE YEARS. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1982 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xviii, 514. Original publishers black boards lettered gilt at spine. Maps. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else very good indeed. A71920 £17

VITALONI, Michele. SPECIES: MICHELE VITTALONI SCULPTURE. Barzano Arte Cultura/ The Royal Geographical Society, Barzano & London, 2010 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Illustrated wraps/ paperback. pp 46 (unpaginated). Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Exhibition catalogue. Fine. A75196 £40

VITELLI, Bianca Maria. UOMINI O ROBOT. Ellemme, Rome, 1991 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 102. Italian text. Psychology. Very good indeed. B51962 £20

VITELLI, Bianca Maria. VITA DI SIGNORA. Ator Ed. Rome, 1984 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Red wraps/ paperback. pp 99. 5 illustrations. Italian text. Very good indeed. A43133 £36

VITERBO, Sousa. TRABALHOS NAUTICOS DOS PORTUGUEZES NOS SECULOS XVI E XVII. Impienza Nacional, Lisbon, (1890) First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Large 4to. Half crimson leather, 5 raised bands, lettered gilt on spine. pp 297. Italian text. Illustrated throughout. Rubbed, worn at spine hinges otherwise sound VG- with clean text. Lacks title page. A75935 £55

VITOUX, Frederic. LES CERCLES DE L' ORAGE. Bernard Grasset, Paris, 1976 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 218. French text. Novel. Signed presentation from the author on half title. VG+ with wraparound band. A60929 £36

VITTA, Emile. PIERETTE AU MONT- DE- PIETE ET QUELQUES AUTRES POESIES. Albert Messein, Paris, 1925 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 59. Unopened. Uncut. Signed presentation copy: 'a Eva le Galienne/ Hommage de sincere admiration/ E. Vitta.' Slight even soiling on wraps, more pronounced at rear cover otherwise close VG sound copy. A59622 £26

VITTORINI, Elio. PICCOLA BORGHESIA. Edizioni Di Solaria, Firenze, 1931 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 217. Brown quarter leather with cloth boards lettered gilt at spine. Rebound in quarter leather, ex-library with stamps and labels otherwise about very good. A77720 £35

VIVANTE, Leone. (T. S. Eliot- Preface). ENGLISH POETRY AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF A CREATIVE PRINCIPLE. Faber & Faber, London, 1950 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xv, 340. Preface by T. S. Eliot. Gallup B58. Fine in VG+ mauve dust jacket with slight wrinkling at top edge and very slight edgewear. B31605 £20

VIVIAN, Anna. GYPSY HOLLOW. Robert Hale, London, 1981 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 190. Murder mystery. ISBN 0709191855. NF/VG. Nice copy. B21344 £24

VIVIAN, Anna. THE EVE OF CLANCY FAIR. Robert Hale, London, 1980 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 191. Historical novel. ISBN 0709183364. F/VG. Nice copy. B21347 £26

VIVIANI, Alberto. GABRIELLO CHIABRERA. A. F. Formiggini, Rome, 1938 First Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo. Illustrated wraps/paperback. pp 90. Pages unopened. Italian text. Very good. A69624 £20

VIVO, Filippo De. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION IN VENICE: RETHINKING EARLY MODERN POLITICS. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp xi, 312.ISBN: 0199227063 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A61338 £50

VIZINCZEY, Stephen. THE RULES OF CHAOS. (SIGNED). Macmillan, London, 1969 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 223. Signed on endpaper by author. Fine in VG+ dust jacket very slightly rubbed at edges. Excellent condition. A78625 £40

VLACHOS, H. MOSAIC (A GREEK NOTEBOOK) Eklogi, Athens, 1959 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp 176, illustrations. VG/VG. A80144 £18

VLAHOVIC, Mitar S. And Bosiljka Radovic. NATIONAL COSTUMES OF SERBIA IN THE ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM IN BELGRADE. WATERCOLOURS BY NIKOLA ARSENOVIC, 1823-1885. The Magazine Jugoslavija, Belgrade, 1954 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. pp (24). Illustrated paperback. Colour plates. Neat name on front endpaper. Very good. A63575 £30

VLAISAVLJEVIC, Dajana. STRANI SLIKARI 19. STOLJECA IZ FUNDUSA MODERNE GALERIJE. Moderna Galerija Zagreb, Zagreb, (2001) First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Colour illustrated wraps/ paperback. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Text in Croatian/ Bosnian.ISBN: 953648451XPages: 63 Very slightly scuffed otherwise sound VG. A82707 £38

VLASTO, Peter. GREEK BILINGUALISM AND SOME PARALLEL CASES. No Publisher Noted, Athens, 1933 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 88. Poor general condition but complete with clean text. A69167 £16

VLCEK, Tomas (Foreword). KUBISTICKA PRAHA; CUBIST PRAGUE: 1909-1925: A GUIDEBOOK. Central Europe Gallery And Publishing House/ Odeon Publishers, Prague, 1995. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Colour illustrated wraps/paperback. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Texts in Czech and English. ISBN: 8090155952Pages: 231 Clean VG copy. A77265 £28

VLOEMANS, H. A. MODERN RUSSIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS (1925-1932). H. A. Vloemans, The Netherlands, 1982 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Pamphlet. pp 30 (unpaginated). Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. An English language 1982 catalogue for the 'antiquariaat' H. A Vloemans. Very good. A68739 £18

VOCES MAGICAE. STUDIES IN MAGICAL PAPYRI, NO. 1: PAPYRUS LONDINENSIS 46. (THE LONDON MAGICAL PAPYRUS). No Publisher Noted (Sator), No Place Noted (London), 1995 4to. Black wraps with title label onset to cover. pp 26 printed recto only. No. 97 of 100 copies. First edition thus- facsimile of the text of Papyrus Londinensis 46. Very good indeed. A38391 £55

VOELTZ, Richard A. GERMAN COLONIALISM AND THE SOUTH WEST AFRICA COMPANY, 1884-1914. Ohio University Center For International Studies, Athens, Oh, 1988 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp x, 133. ISBN: 0896801462 Ex Foreign and Commonwealth Office library with their label and stamps (lightly applied) rebound from the original paperback / pamphlet in boards, preserving the original wraps as the hardbound covers. Very good. A71519 £30

VOGEL, . RASPUTIN; PROPHET, LIBERTINE, PLOTTER.. T. Fisher Unwin, London 1917., . First edition. Hardback. Small black mark on spine, slight soiling and rubbing- good or better. 143pp. Index. Translated from the Danish by William Frederick Harvey. Good copy. B5687 £18

VOGEL, Bernhard, Rudolf Dolzer And Matthias Herdegen (Edit). Contributors Include Wolfgang Schauble, Kim R. Holmes, Chin Leng Lim, Richard J. Goldstone. AFTER THE IRAQ WAR: THE FUTURE OF THE U. N. AND INTERNATIONAL LAW. Social Science Press, New Delhi, 2005. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Contributors include Wolfgang Schauble, Kim R. Holmes, Chin Leng Lim, Richard J. Goldstone.ISBN: 8187358211Pages: 220 Fine in near fine dust wrapper. A44754 £24

VOGEL, Bernhard. Terence Mullaly. BERNHARD VOGEL. CITY AND LANDSCAPE WATERCOLOUR. Waterman Fine Art, London, No Date (1991) First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to, pp 14, colour illustrations. Very good indeed. A81663 £28

VOGEL, Friedrich. DIE ALTEN CHRONIKEN DER DENKWURDIGKEITEN DER STADT UND LANDSCHAFT ZURICH VON DEN ALTESTEN BEITEN BIS 1820. G. Hohr, Zurich, 1845 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. Quarter brown leather and marbled boards lettered gilt at the spine. pp [10], 857, [16]. 12 aquatint town view plates. German text. Sound VG or better copy somewhat rubbed at spine but gilt lettering (and decoration) still there. Very slight foxing. All 12 town view aquatints present, mostly free from foxing. Decent copy. A39843 £300

VOGEL, Friedrich. MEMORABILIA TIGURINA UBER CHRONIK DER DENKWURDIGKEITEN DER STADT UND LANDSCHAFT ZURICH. G. Hohr, Zurich, 1841 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. Quarter leather and marbled boards. pp vi, 783. 5 plates. German text. Slight scuffing, slight rubbing, minor wear otherwise sound VG. A39794 £65

VOGEL, H. W. (Ernst Konig). PHOTOCHEMIE UND BESCHREIBUNG DER PHOTOGRAPHISCHEN CHEMIKALIEN. Gustav Schmidt, Berlin, 1906 Fifth Impression. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Quarter black cloth and marbled boards lettered gilt at spine. pp xi, 376. 17 figures in text, 7 plates. 20pp publishers' catalogue at rear. 'Funfte veranderte und vermehrte auflage.' German text. Sound VG. B55923 £28

VOGEL, Theodore. THEORIE DES SYSTEMES EVOLUTIFS. Gauthier- Villars, Paris, 1965 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Colour printed wraps / paperback. pp (vi), 172, (2). Diagrams and worked equations. French text. Very good. A68301 £20

VOGELER, Martha S. AUSTIN HARRISON AND THE ENGLISH REVIEW. University Of Missouri Press Columbia 2008 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xvi, 325. Original publishers maroon cloth lettered gilt on spine. ISBN: 0826218156 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A66395 £30

VOGELSANG, Thilo. REICHSWEHR, STAAT UND NSDAP: BEITRAGE ZUR DEUTSCHEN GESCHICHTE 1930-32. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart, 1962 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 507. Hardback. Original publishers blue cloth lettered gilt. Quellen und Darstellungen zur Zeitgeschichte, Band 11. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. A63528 £22

VOGLER, Frederick Wright. MOLIERE MOCKED. DONNEAU DE VISE: ZELINDE (1663), BOURSAULT: LE PORTRAIT DU PEINTRE (1663), LE BOULANGER DE CHALUSSAY: ELOMIRE HYPOCONDRE (1670). University Of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1973 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 210. Three contemporary hostile comedies: Donneau de Vise: Zelinde (1663), Boursault: Le Portrait du Peintre (1663), Le Boulanger de Chalussay: Elomire Hypocondre (1670). French text. ISBN 0807891290. Slight scuff mark on card covers otherwise VG. B15321 £26

VOLAKOVA, Hana. MAX SVABINSKY. Odeon, Prague, 1977 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Square 8vo. pp 84. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Czech text. Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. A83238 £36

VOLKMANN- SCHLUCK, Karl- Heinz. PLOTIN ALS INTERPRET DER ONTOLOGIE PLATOS. Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt Am Main, 1966 Third Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 189. German text. Philosophy, metaphysics. A few faint lines at text margins, slight wear to wraps otherwise near VG. B55031 £25

VOLKOFF, Vladimir. LES HUMEURS DE LA MER. 4 VOLUMES: INTERSECTION/ LES MAITRES DU TEMPS/ OLDUVAI/ LA LECON D' ANATOMIE. (SIGNED) Julliard/L'age D'homme, Paris 1980. Four Volumes. First Editions. Wrapss. 4 volumes. Illustrated wraps. French text. Signed presentation from the author to film director Fred Zinnemann in Les Maitres du Temps: 'Pour Fred, qui, lui aussi, est "maitres du temps"/ Vladimir.' (with the 'les' and the 's' at the end of 'temps' crossed out). Also signed on title page of Olduvai: 'Pour / Fred Zinnemann/ en esperant/ un fructueuse collaboration/ Vladimir.' It is possible the two men considered making a film together.ISBN: 2-260-00199-8/2-260-00190-4/2-260-00191-2/2-260-00198-XPages: 1796 4 volumes. All about VG+ handsome examples with slight rubbing at edges and occasional bumping. A38437 £110

VOLKSKOMMISSARIAT FUR JUSTIZWESEN DER UDSSR. PROZESSBERICHT UBER DIE STRAFSACHE DES TROTZKISTISCH- SINOWJEWISTISCHEN TERRORISTISCHEN ZENTRUMS. Volkskommissariat Fur Justizwesen Der Udssr. Moscow, 1936 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Hardbound by library from paper wraps book using original wraps as covers. pp 185. German text. Law, hte Trotsky- SinoJewish (anti) terroist centre. Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG. A66096 £25

VOLLMANN, William T. THE RAINBOW STORIES. Atheneum. New York, 1989 First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. 4to. 541pp. Review copy with Washington Post printed slip loosely inserted soliciting a 750-800 word review from the SF writer John Clute. ISBN 0689119615 Fine in fine dust wrapper. A67130 £36

VOLLMANN, William T. THIRTEEN STORIES AND THIRTEEN EPITAPHS. Andre Deutsch, London, 1991 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 318. Precedes the U. S. edition. Short stories. ISBN 0233987282. Fine in fine dust wrapper. B51649 £25

VOLO, James M. And Dorothy Denneen Volo. FAMILY LIFE IN 19TH-CENTURY AMERICA. Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn. 2007. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Colour illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dust jacket. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 0-313-33792-6Pages: 415 Fine. A47299 £30

VOLPATO, Elena, Andrew Renton, Chris Sharp, Roger Cook, Luca Cerizza And Robert Harrison. IAN KIAER: WHAT WHERE. Archive Books, No Place Noted, (2009) First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Wraps. pp 196 (unpaginated). Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Neat stamp of the Royal Academy, London on title and contents pages otherwise near fine. A83003 £100

VOLTAIRE (Mr. Hume.) LE CAFFÉ, OU L'ECOSSAISE: COMEDIE. No Publisher Noted, London (Geneva?), 1760 [?] An Early Pirated Edition, Apparently Unrecorded. 8vo. Subtitle reads 'Representes pour la premiere fois par les Comediens Francais ordinaires du Roi, le 26 Juillet 1760. Le Prix est de 30 Sols.[4],v-viii(errata inserted between leaves A2 and A3) xii, [5]-204 pages. Complete, although eccentrically paginated thus - first 4 pages unnumbered 1.Half title, 2. blank, 3. title page, 4 cast list (acteurs). Errata v-viii, preface i - xii, the play itself pp 5 to 204. Title page has a tiny vignette, first page of play has a decorated header. Page 'v' has ecossaise as 'ecossaisse.' Handsomely bound in later quarter light brown leather and marbled boards. Half title a little soiled, prelims v sl edgeworn but overall very good indeed. Place of publication and author entirely spurious. Voltaire boldly claims that this is a French translation of an original work by the brother of David Hume (ie John Home 1722 - 1808 author of 'Douglas'), also that it had been performed in London. A39615 £200

VOLTAIRE, . HISTOIRE DE L' EMPIRE DE RUSSIE SOUS PIERRE LE GRAND. M. Arnold, London, 1830. First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 12 mo. (approx 3.5 x 5. 25 inches). Half green leather with marbled boards. pp viii, 378. Frontis. French text. Russian history. Some rubbing, scuffing and fading but sound VG copy with some browning to prelims. B16714 £35

VOLTAIRE, (Hugh Bulley). CANDIDE: OU L'OPTIMISME. Ferney- Voltaire, Bellegarde-Sur- Valserine, 2006 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Colour illustrated wraps / paperback. pp 126. Copiously illustrated in colour by Hugh Bulley, with a preface by Andre Mangan. French text.ISBN: 2845590393 About fine. A71280 £60

VOLTAIRE. (Bonneville.) LES MATINÉES DU ROI DE PRUSSE. No Publisher Noted, Berlin, 1784 Reprint. 12mo. pp 60. Bound in plain brown sewn wraps with title handwritten in an old French hand on cover. A satire on Frederick II, King of Prussia which first appeared in 1766.According to Carlyle Frederick allowed it in the name of a free press but burnt copies that were found. It is said to be by Voltaire but Bonneville is also a possible author (Baron Patono, aide de camp to Marechal de Saxe.) A little crudely made with pages of various sizes in the French style. Some soiling corners creased, about vg. B23714 £60

VOLTAIRE. George Saintsbury (Edits). VOLTAIRE'S MÉROPE. The Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1885 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 130. English and French texts. Slight rubbing, slight wear; VG. A60277 £28

VOLTERRA, Vito And Bohuslav Hostinsky. OPÉRATIONS INFINITÉSIMALES LINÉAIRES, APPLICATIONS AUX ÉQUATIONS DIFFÉRENTIELLES ET FONCTIONNELLES. Gauthier- Villars, Paris, 1938 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp vii, 238. French text. Tables, figures. Very slight staining from glue used at pastedown edges otherwise sound VG with neat name on front endpaper. Soundly rebound in green cloth, sans printed wrappers and lettered gilt at the spine. A72349 £30

VON BISSING, Ronimund Hubert. THE LAND OF THE BURNING GOLD. Gtp Verlag, Freiburg, 1982 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Card covers, lettered and illustrated in gilt. Inscribed by the author to a David Graham and with 1page ms letter on Formentera and lausanne notepaper from the author. Note mentions Marghanita Laski. Owner's bookplate on front end paper. Short juvenile novel with mystical bent. pp 120. About fine. B18560 £22

VON BULOW, Gottfried (Edits). (Philip Julius, Duke Of Stettin- Pomerania). TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY: DIARY OF THE JOURNEY OF PHILIP JULIUS, DUKE OF STETTIN- POMERANIA, THROUGH ENGLAND IN THE YEAR 1602. The Royal Historical Society, No Place Noted (London), 1892 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Rebound in green cloth lettered gilt on spine. pp 67. Very good. A64505 £90

VON DANIKEN, Erich. IN SEARCH OF ANCIENT GODS: MY PICTORIAL EVIDENCE FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE. (SIGNED). Souvenir Press Ltd, London, 1974. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Long signed presentation copy to German film star Lili Palmer: ' Der Munsch ist weit mehr, ah "nur"/ Produkt dieser Planeten. Die Urheimat/ der Intelligenz liegt irgendwo in der/ Tiefen der Galaxis/ Mit allen guten Wunschen fur/ Lili Palmer und Carlos Thompson/Daniken/ 13.juli 74.' Several passages underlined and annotated probably by Lili Palmer or Carlos Thompson and some notes on rear blanks.ISBN: 0285621343Pages: 249 VG+/VG+. A39378 £48

VON DER VRING, Georg. PRIVATE SUHREN: THE STORY OF A GERMAN RIFLEMAN. Methuen, London, 1929 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp viii, 328. Translated by Fred Hall. Spine faded, small neat bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, slight wear else near very good. A77868 £18

VON EMBDEN, Baron Ludwig (Edits). Charles Godfrey Leland- Translates. THE FAMILY LIFE OF HEINRICH HEINE, ILLUSTRATED BY ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED LETTERS ADDRESSES BY HIM TO DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY. Heinemann, London, 1896 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's redc loth lettered gilt at the spine. pp xviii, 276. Neat name on front endpaper. Slight sunning otherwise near fine. A40422 £45

VON ESCHENBACH, Wolfram. (Margaret Fitzgerald Richey Interprets). THE STORY OF PARZIVAL AND THE GRAAL. Blackwell, Oxford, 1935 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xi, 221. Frontis illustration. From the working library of novelist Angela Carter (1940 - 1992) with her posthumous bookplate. This small, attractive bookplate reads 'From the Library of Angela Carter' and was designed by Sebastian Carter of the Rampant Lions Press and was authorised by the executors of her estate, from whom we bought the major part of her considerable collection. VG+ in slightly nicked and slightly chipped near VG price clipped dust jacket. A39979 £65

VON FALZ - FEIN, Woldemar. (Eden & Cedar Paul ) ASCANIA - NOVA. THE PARADISE OF BEASTS. A BOOK OF MEMORIES AND THOUGHTS. (ASKANIA) Privately Printed, Oxford, 1937 First Edition In English. 4to. pp xix, 450. Bound carbon typescript with some handwritten corrections, possibly by the translators Eden and Cedar Paul. Green cloth lettered gilt at the spine. Slightly dusty else very good indeed. Blind stamp of 'University Typewriting Office, Lloyds Bank Chambers, Carfax, Oxford.' A curiosity - this English translation of the German work 'Askania Nova' published in Berlin by Neuman-Neudamm in 1930 was never published in English and exists only in bound typescript. Bought from the estate of Henry 'Chips' Channon who would have acquired it when he bought the Duke of Bedford's Belgrave Square mansion. Loosely inserted is a Christmas card from the current Baron (Edward) von Falstein signed and dated 1963 (Villa Askania Nova, Liechenstein.) Bedford's zoo at Woburn is mentioned in the 'postface' of the book as, with Askania, one of the three private zoos in the world, the other being Blauuw in Holland. It appears that the Zoo (or the Duke) commissioned the distinguished couple Eden and Cedar Paul to translate this sizeable work- an expensive commission. They were major translators of best selling woks by Emil Ludwig, Stefan Zweig and Rene Fulop-Miller. The English book was never officially published. The author Woldemar [1877-1946] and his elder brother Friedrich Jakob (Eduardovich) von Falz-Fein [1863-1920] represented the third generation of this family of Ukranian landholders who raised animals on their large estates, near Askania-Nova in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, located within the dry Tavriya steppe. The natural reserve was established in 1874. After finishing his studies of natural science at the university of Dorpat, Friedrich, in 1890, as the oldest son took over the management of Askania-Nova and proceeded to develop it not only as a sheep and horse ranch (supplying the Russian army with horses) but as an animal park and a nature preserve. As early as 1883 he had fenced in a first 10 hectares for keeping steppe animals, and in 1897 he created a zoo and a botanical garden, plus a Nature Museum a year later. In 1899, nearly extinct wild Przhevalski horses were brought from the Gobi steppes to Askania Nova. His animal park became a model for other such ventures, studied by zoo directors and zoologists who came from all over the world to visit its million acres of wild horses, antelope, buffaloes, eagles, every kind of bird and animal. In 1914, the Czar visited Askania-Nova and was so pleased that he made Friedrich a baron (adding "von" to the hyphenated family name). On March 1919 the Askania-Nova was confiscated from the Falz-Fein family by the Red Army as part of the state nationalization program. The last owner who refused to evacuate to Germany was the wife of Friedrich Falz-Fein, Sofia-Louise Bohdanivna (Gotlieb) Knauff, who was shot by two Red Army Guardsmen for refusing to surrender her estate. On April 1, 1919 the Askania-Nova was declared the People's preserve park. During both World War I and World War II the reserve was devastated. It is now going again as a 'biosphere'. In 2008, Askania was named one of 7 natural wonders of Ukraine.  A72185 £400

VON GLEHN, M. E. GOETHE AND MENDELSSOHN (1821- 1831). Macmillan, London, 1874 Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Second edition with additional letters. Gilt decorated dark green cloth. pp xviii, 198. With 52pp publishers' catalogue at rear. Frontis and one sketch. Translated, with additions, from the German of Dr. Karl Mendelssohn- Bartholdy. Nice copy with hinges slightly cracked at front otherwise VG+. B24113 £40

VON GLEICHEN- RUSSWURM, Alexander. DIE MARKGRASIN VON BAYREUTH: FRIEDRICH DES GROSSEN LIEBLINGSSCHWESTER. Julius Hoffman, Stuttgart, 1925 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Bound in half leather and marbled boards, with blue leather spine label lettered gilt and gilt decorations on rest of spine. pp 311. German text. Book label of one Herbert Braunsberg. Slight rubbing, otherwise fine. A62567 £40

VON GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang. (Carl R. Mueller- Translates). FAUST: PART ONE AND PART TWO. A Smith And Kraus Book, Hanover, 2004 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. A new translation. Presented to Frank Kermode from the publisher on a Christmas card.ISBN: 1575253453Pages: 495 About fine. A73635 £35

VON GONTARD, Gert (Edits). NEUE REVUE. 3 VOLUMES. (SIGNED) Inhaltsverzeichnis, Berlin, 1930 Facsimile Reprint. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 3 volumes. 8vos. Long signed presentation in German from Gert Von Gontard referring to the magazine as 'mein Jugendwerk', mentioning the history of the Journal and Adolf Hitler, an opponent of the work. pp 948. German text. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. 3 volumes in plain red slip-case. Slight fading; VG+. A68671 £350

VON HERBERSTEIN, Sigmund. DESCRIPTION OF MOSCOW AND MUSCOVY 1557. J. M. Dent, London, 1969 Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 105. Frontis, 13 illustrations, map illustrated endpapers. First edition thus- from the 16th German edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper. B31566 £24

VON HERDER, Johann Gottfried. GEDICHTE. 2 VOLUMES. J. G. Cottaschen Buchhandlung, Stuttgardt And Lubingen, 1817 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 2 volumes. 8vos. Half leather, marbled boards. pp xvi, 360 & xii, 284. German text. Johann Georg Muller- edits. Neat name on front endpaper. Very good. A68258 £90

VON HOFMANNSTHAL. RAIMUND VON HOFMANNSTHAL. A ROSENKAVALIER, 1906-1974. Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Hamburg, 1975 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo, pp 83, illustrations. Neat name on front endpaper. VG. A81107 £16

VON HOPFENGARTNER, Dorothee. UNSEVE TANTE RAPPARD. Suddeufschen Verlags Instituts, Stuttgart, No Date (1895) First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Large 8vo (18cm x 26cm). Original publisher's green cloth lettered gilt on spine and on front cover. pp 218. German text. 20 plates. Slight soiling to cover otherwise handsome VG copy. A33887 £40

VON HUBNER, Baron. THROUGH THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 2 VOLUMES. John Murray, London, 1886. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 2 volumes. 8vos. pp xiv, 462 & viii, 515. One folding map at rear of vol. 2. Ex- Foreign Office library with their stamps otherwise very good. A47739 £80

VON K÷CHEL, Ludwig Ritter. WOLFGANG AMADE MOZARTS. J. W. Edwards, Ann Arbor, 1947. Third Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. Large 8vo. pp xlix, 1052. One plate, many musical notations. German text. Very good. A60559 £40

VON KOROSTOWETZ, W. K. NEUE VATER- NEUE SOHNE. DREI RUSSISCHE GENERATIONEN. Verlag Fur Kulturpolitik, Berlin, 1926 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 353. German text. Very good indeed in VG dust jacket. Bookplate of G. Catalani, review of UK edition pasted to front endpaper and verso of front endpaper. B31876 £26

VON KUHLMANN, Richard. ERINNERUNGEN. Lambert Schneider, Heidelberg, 1948 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp [viii], 591. German text. Autobiography. Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. B57694 £20

VON LENGEFELD, Selma. CARL CHRISTOPH V. LENGEFELD: SCHWARZBURG- RUDOLFTADTER UBERFORSTMEISTER. Schwäbischen Schillervereins, No Place Noted, 1928 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Original publisher's printed wraps. pp 46. Text in German. Signed presentation from the author: ' Mit grazlichen grussen (?)..Selma V. Lengefeld/ Weimar..1928.' Wraps slighty soiled, chipped at edges; VG-. A48998 £40

VON LOGAU, Friedrichs. (Karl Wilhelm Ramler). SINNGEDICHTE ANFS NEUE UBERARBEITET. Weidmannschen Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 1791 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 2 volumes. 8vos. Soundly bound in recent brown cloth lettered gilt on spine. pp 738. German text. 3000+ epigrams. 2 volumes. A few faint library stamps, title page on volume 2 expertly and completely repaired; VG. A67623 £150

VON MISES, Ludwig. LE SOCIALISME: ETUDE ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIOLOGIQUE. Librairie De Medicis, Paris, 1938 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Original publishers printed wraps. pp 626. French text. Wraps somewhat worn and chipped, text VG. Passable condition; near VG. A66124 £35

VON MISES, Ludwig. SOCIALISM: AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS. Jonathan Cape, London, 1936 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 528. Original publisher's black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. Handsome VG or better copy with faint marking to boards. A45450 £275

VON MOSER, Otto. DIE OBERSTEN GEWALTEN IM WELTKRIEG. Chr. Belser, Stuttgart, 1931 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 302. German text. Loosely inserted publishers flyer for another book by Moser. VG+/VG+. A58467 £20

VON OLDEKOP, Thamzen L. MANKIND IN MANY AGES: AN OUTLINE OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY. Virtue Brothers, London, 1863 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's blind patterned blue cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp ix, 408. Uncut. History. Very good. A38193 £40

VON PLATEN, August. (Introduction By Rosa Heller Heinzelmann). LIRICHE. Vallecchi, Florence, 1936 First Edition Thus. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 109. Frontis and 4 plates. Introduction in Italian, text in German with notes (copious) in Italian. Spine somewhat worn, cover slightly soiled otherwise good+. Ownership signature of diplomat John McKibbin (Udine, 1945). B55265 £25

VON PROCHAZKA, Roman Freiherr. BOHMISCHE ADELSFAMILIEN. Verlag Degener And Co., Neustadt An Der Aisch, 1969 First Edition Thus- Offprint? Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 225-312. German text. Geneology. Ownership signature of Nicholas Meinertzhagen. Clean; VG. A36609 £40

VON RACOWITZA, Helene. PRINCESS HELENE VON RACOWITZA. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Constable, London, 1910 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publishers light blue cloth lettered and decorated in gold, with dark blue border lines and circle. Dark blue label on spine lettered gilt and with gilt decorations. pp xiii, 421. Frontis portrait. Translated from the German by Cecil Mar. Slight fading; VG+. B57698 £18

VON RATHLEF- KEILMANN, Harriet. ANASTASIE? ENQUETE SUR LA SURVIVANCE DE LA PLUS JEUNE DES FILLES DU TSAR NICOLAS II. Payot, Paris, 1929 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 271. Hardbound by library from paper wraps book preserving original wraps at rear. 34 illustrations. French text. Minor ex-library signs; VG. A68328 £30

VON RECHENBERG, C. EINFACHE UND FRAKTIONIERTE DESTILLATION IN THEORIE UND PRAXIS. Selbstverlag Von Schimmel, Leipzig, 1923. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Half cloth and marbled boards lettered gilt at the spine. pp xv, 814. German text. 134 figures. This book is very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. Slight splitting at spine hinges, slight edgewear otherwise near VG. A48327 £90

VON RIBBENTROP (FOREWORD). DOKUMENTE ZUR VORGESCHICHTE DES KRIEGES. Birkhauser, Basel, 1939 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. White printed wraps. pp xli, 595. German text. Zweites Weissbuch der Deutschen Regierung (2nd White Paper of the German Government). White covers a little soiled otherwise near VG. A62510 £25

VON ROENNE, Bettina. EIN ARCHITEKT RAHMT BILDER: KARL FRIEDRICH SCHINKEL UND DIE BERLINER GEMLDEGALERIE. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin, 2007. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Illustrated wraps. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. German text. ISBN: 3886095834Pages: 144 Fine. A60352 £28

VON ROHR, H. O. QUI TRANSTULIT. Privately Printed, Hannover, 1963 First Edition. Wraps. Large 8vo. Wraps. pp 363. German text. Genealogy. Chapter headings include Betreuer der Reichspfalz 900-1100, Markische Zaunjunker 1500-1700, Preussische Offiziere 1700-1900. Slight marking to red printed covers otherwise near VG. B27081 £50

VON ROTHKIRCH, Alyce And Daniel Williams (Edit). Contributors Include Jane Aaron, Kirsti Bohata, Gillian Clarke, Seamus Heaney. BEYOND THE DIFFERENCE: WELSH LITERATURE IN COMPARATIVE CONTEXTS. University Of Wales Press, Cardiff, 2004 Reprint. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Frontis portrait. Essays for M. Wynn Thomas at sixty. Contributors include Jane Aaron, Kirsti Bohata, Gillian Clarke, Seamus Heaney.ISBN: 0-7083-1886-XPages: 301 Fine in fine dust wrapper. B28650 £25

VON SAUCKEN, Paolo Caucci. L' ORDINE DI MALTA E IL CAMMINO DI SANTIAGO. Benucci Editore, Perugia, 1994 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 94. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Italian text.Ownership signature of Richard Hamilton Alexander Cheffins (1945 - 2011), Knight of Justice in the Order of Malta, librarian of the British Association of the Order of Malta and a bibliographer of books on Malta. Fine in fine dust wrapper. A77664 £45

VON SCHILLER, Johann Christoph Friedrich. MARY STUART, AND JOAN OF ARC. Oberon Books, Birmingham, England, 1987 First Edition Thus. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 238. Plays. Translated by Robert David Macdonald.ISBN: 1870259076 Clean VG copy. B20417 £25

VON SCHOLZ, Wilhelm. DEUTICHES BALLADENBBUCH. Georg Muller, Leipzig, 1905 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Half blue leather and marbled boards. Beautiful binding by Goltz (Band). pp xvi, 628. German text. About fine. Exceptional condition. A62562 £75

VON SCHUMACHER, Karl. (Dorothy M. Richardson Translates). THE DU BARRY. George G. Harrap, London, 1932 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth lettered gilt at the spine. pp 280. Frontis portrait, 16 illustrations. Biography. Two slight tape marks to front endpaper otherwise fine in VG+ dust jacket with no nicks or chips but slightly tanned at spine. Excellent condition. B32088 £40

VON SRBIK, Heinrich Ritter. AUS OSTERREICHS VERGANGENHEIT VON PRINCE EUGEN ZU FRANZ JOSEPH. Otto Muller, Salzburg, 1949 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 297. German text. Fine in fine dust wrapper. B57831 £18

VON STOCKMAR, Baron E. (F. Max Muller- Edits). MEMOIRS OF BARON STOCKMAR. 2 VOLUMES. Longmans, Green And Co., London, 1872 2 Volumes. First Editions. Hardbacks. No Dustjackets. 2 volumes. Half leather, 5 raised bands, lettered gilt on spine. Bookplate of R. A. Butler; sound VG copies with very slight scuffing and prelims slightly foxed. A79098 £90

VON TREITSCHKE. Heinrich. (Eden & Cedar Paul- Translate). TREITSCHKE'S ORIGINS OF PRUSSIANISM (THE TEUTONIC KNIGHTS). Howard Fertig, New York, 1969 Reprint Of 1942 Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 163. One map. German history. Fine. A49442 £45

VON ZATZIKHOVEN, Ulrich. LANZELET: A ROMANCE OF LANCELOT. Columbia University Press, New York, 1951 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xi, 238. A romance of Lancelot, translated from the Middle High German by Kenneth G. T. Webster. Revised and provided with additional notes and an introduction by Roger Sherman Loomis. Very slight shlef-wear otherwise sound VG. A73825 £40

VON, Arnim - Muskau. SAMMLUNG HERMANN GRAF VON ARNIM - MUSKAU CHINESISCHE KERAMIK. Math. Lempertz, Cologne, 1951 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 26, 18 plates. German text. Auction catalogue. Chinese ceramics. no date (1951) Dealers notations pencilled in margin otherwise VG+. B14243 £25

VON, Der Traun. GOLDSCHMIEDKINDER. A. Hartleben, Vienna, 1900 First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 176. Gothic script. German text. No date (about 1900). Some light soiling to plain covers, sound near very good copy. B12256 £30

VON, Der Traun. TOLEDANER KLINGEN. Wilhelm Braumuller, Vienna, 1876. First Edition. Hardback. 12 mo. pp 99. Elaborate purple & gilt boards. Very good indeed. B9801 £24

VON, Hofmannsthal. AUSSTELLUNG. HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL. Salzburger Landesregierung, Salzburg, 1959. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 98 with 12 black & white plates and folding family tree at rear. Revised by Franz Hadamowsky. German text. Useful catalogue with facsimiles of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's handwriting, bibliography, etc. Wraps. Very good. B10954 £20

VON, Laffert. FLAMMEN AUS DEM WELTENRAUM. EIN ZUFUNSTS-ROMAN. Ansshauser, Berlin, 1927. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 212 and 17 illustrations by Thea Longe. Karl August von Laffert wrote a book in 1930 on asphyxiating gases. German text. Novel. Some fading to spine otherwise very good. B10947 £35

VON, Wlislocki. VOLKSGLAUBE UND VOLKSBRAUCH DER SIEBENBURGER SACHSEN. Emil Felber, Berlin, 1893. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. Bound in quarter brown cloth and marbled boards. pp xiii, 212. German text. Folk customs and beliefs. Some nondisastrous indentations to title page and prelims, short closed tear to one page but otherwise VG clean copy. B16116 £28

VONDEL. (Leonard Charles Van Noppen- Translates). VONDEL'S LUCIFER. Chas. L. Van Noppen, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1917 First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 458. 15 illustrations by John Aarts. Inscribed on front endpaper: 'To Mr Brent Van Sweringen, with the compliments of the publisher, Greensboro NC, June 10-1918.' Covers slightly marked, some paper adhesion to covers; sound VG- used copy. A76704 £20

VONNEGUT, Kurt. THE SIRENS OF TITAN. Victor Gollancz, London, 1962 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo, pp 319. Very slight lean, very faint soiling otherwise VG+. A80805 £110

VOORST, Jan Van. EVENT STRUCTURE. John Benjamins Publishing Co., Amsterdam/ Philadelphia, 1988 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Curernt Issues in Linguistic Theory 59.ISBN: 9789027235534Pages: 191 Very good indeed. A77799 £50

VOREN, Vitni (W. W.) CRNA GORA- ZLOCIN MIROVNE KONFERENCIJE/ MONTENEGRO: THE CRIME OF THE PEACE CONFERENCE. 3m Makarije, Podgorica, 2000 Reprint Of 1921 Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 65. Text in Montenegran and English. Signed on label by the editor Dragan Vugdelic. Fine in fine dust wrapper. A44390 £35

VOS, K. (Ken. THE BEAUTY AND THE ACTOR: UKIYO-E, JAPANESE PRINTS FRM THE RIJKSMUSEUM AMSTERDAM AND RIJKSMUSEUM VOOR VOLKENKUNDE LEIDEN. Hotei Publishing, Leiden 1995. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Japanese prints in Leiden and Amsteram.ISBN: 90-74822-04-5Pages: 200 Very good indeed. A38328 £40

VOSS, Julia. DARWIN'S PICTURES: VIEWS OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY, 1837-1874 Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2010 First Edition In English. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp x, 340 plus pp 16 (unpaginated) of colour plates. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout.ISBN: 0300141742 Fine in near fine dust wrapper. A72557 £18

VOSSIUS Gerardus Joannes DUO TRACTATUS AUREI, UNUS DE HISTORICIS LATINIS, ALTER DE HISTORICIS GRAECIS Sumptibus & Typis Wendelini Moewalti Francofurti Ad Moenum 1677 First Edition Thus. Two vols in one: [32], 830, [40]; [4], 549, [54]pp. 8vo (8 x 6.5 inches). Two surveys of historians of the ancient world by the Dutch classicist Gerardus Vossius (Gerrit Janszoon Vos), the three-book account of Latin Historians (first published 1627), and the four-book work on Greek Historians (first published 1624); the first publication of this 'editio novissima', with a newly restored text. Includes handsome portrait frontispiece of the author after Sandrart, dedicatory addresses and verses, and substantial double-columned indices. Soundly bound in contemporary vellum with author and title hand-lettered (now faded). Very decent. Three small neat previous owner inscriptions to front free endpaper; excellent clean title pages and text with a very few pages chipped and restored at top edge A77230 £250

VOSWINCKEL, Klaus. JERUSALEM: EINE REISE IN DIE SCHRIFT. Pakesch & Schlebrugge, Wien, 1991 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 76. Printed paperback. Signed presentation copy to Felicity Ashbee.ISBN: 3851600002 Slightly bumped at top corner otherwise VG+. A63232 £22

VOSWINCKEL, Klaus. HELEN: MEDITERRANE BOTSCHAFTEN: ROMAN. Verlag Publication Pno1, Bibliothek Der Provinz Weitra 1999 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo, pp 222.ISBN: 3852523125 Very good indeed in very good indeed dust wrapper. A81940 £20

VOWELL, Sarah. TAKE THE CANNOLI. Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London, 2002. First Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo (12cm x 15cm). Glossy illustrated wraps. Publicity pamphlet -- 3 stories from Take the Cannoli. Blurb on front and rear covers by Nick Hornby.ISBN: 0-241-14163-XPages: 43 Fine. A58356 £20

VOYLE, Mary. A CHANGE OF DIRECTION. Heinemann, London, 1955 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp (iv), 230. Very good in slightly used else very good dust jacket. Some very minor pencilled marginal linings and marginalia. Neat name on front endpaper. A72199 £28

VOYLE, Mary. REMAINING A STRANGER. (SIGNED). Heinemann, London, 1953 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp [vi]216. Fiction. Signed presentation from the author: 'Bill, with love from Mary Voyle/ August 19153.' VG+ in clean VG dust jacket. A66631 £35

VRBA, Jan. SRNCI MILOVANI. Nakladatelstvij. Otto Spol. S. R. O, Bratislava, Praze, No Date (1940'S?) First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo (13cm x 17cm). Original publisher's green cloth with white vellum style spine lettered gilt at the spine. pp 74. Very attractive illustrations. Endpapers slightly marked otherwise VG+. A35872 £40

VREELAND, Frank. DISHONOURED. The Readers Library Publishing Company, London, No Date (1931) First British Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Small 8vo (11cm x 17cm). pp 253. The only British edition; a US edition came out in the same year from Grosset & Dunlop. Cover shows man in water being shot at by man on bridge and woman on the bank unsure as to what to do. Also gunman shown on rear cover shooting at man on front. Espionage romance of World War One, based on the Paramount Picture starring Victor McLaglen and Marlene Dietrich, produced by Josef von Sternberg. Patterned boards slightly rubbed, faintly marked otherwise VG in VG dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Excellent condition. Neat name on front pastedown. A44801 £150

VRIES, Jan De. EUROPEAN URBANIZATION, 1500-1800. Methuen, London 1984 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xvii, 398. Original publishers light brown cloth lettered green at spine. Tables, figures.ISBN: 0416362907 Neat name to front endpaper otherwise very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. A77353 £30

VRLJIC, Silvestar (Editor). KUCANJE SKRIVENOG SREDISTA/ BEATING OF THE HIDDEN HEART: 2. MEDUNARODNI FESTIVAL SUVREMENE POEZIJE/ INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY POETRY. Brutal, Kigen, Zagreb, 2007 First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 159. Illustrated paperback. About fine. A63296 £25

VUCINICH, Wayne S. SERBIA BETWEEN EAST AND WEST: THE EVENTS OF 1903-1908. Acls History E-Book, 2006 Hardback. 8vo, pp x, 304.Facsimile reprint of the Stanford/Oxford 1954 edition. ISBN: 1597402427 Sound neat bound VG. A45046 £28

VUKOVIC, Radovan (Edits). PROLJETNI SALON 1916-1928. Umjetnicki Pavijon U Zagreb, Zagreb, 2007 First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Colour illustrated wraps/paperback. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. ISBN: 9789536890255Pages: 121Text in Croatian and English. Exhibition catalogue.  Very good. Decent condition. A76311 £55

VYAS, N. N. And N. D. Chaudhary. TRIBALS: PAST AND PRESENT: PERSPECTIVE OF TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT IN RAJASTHAN. Tribal Research Institute, Udaipur, 1968 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp [vi], 103. Tables, maps. Boards slightly rubbed at edges, slight splitting at title page due to inefficient binding otherwise near VG in tatty VG- dust jacket with inner flaps pasted to boards. A66979 £36

VYBÕRAL, Jindrich. MLADÕ MISTRI: ARCHITEKTI ZE SKOLY OTTO WAGNERA NA MORAVE A VE SLEZSKU. Argo Praha 2002 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 275. Original publishers light grey boards. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout.ISBN: 807203474X Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. A77354 £40

VYLETA, Daniel M. CRIME, JEWS AND NEWS : VIENNA, 1895-1914. Berghahn Books, New York ; Oxford 2007. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Review copy with publishers printed review slip loosely inserted. Tables, figures.ISBN: 1-84545-181-3Pages: 254 Near fine. A40143 £28

 

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