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VALENTINE & ORSON.
[London.]: No imprint, but J. March, Pr. Waterloo Road, No date, but circa 1860s. 8 pages, including wrappers. Colour printed pictorial title/front wrapper and six other coloured wood-engravings. 173 x 110 mm. Not stitched, but folded as an uncut sheet. A very good copy.
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VALÉRIANE AND LITTLE ENGINE. Story by Madeleine Grize. Pictures by Adriane Chatel. Together with the other five titles in the series: Valériane Goes to Sea. Valériane Goes to the Carnival. Valériane at the Grand Hotel. Valériane with Alligator at the Zoo. Valériane in a Helicopter.
London.William Heinemann Ltd. 1960. Each title illustrated throughout in colour. Original quarter cloth-backed pictorial boards; each spine bearing a printed letter of the alphabet, a - f, to signify the volume.First U. K. editions. A very good set.
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VANISHING PICTURES. A Novel Colour Book with Changing Pictures.
London: Ernest Nister. New York. E. P. Dutton & Co, No date [circa 1895-1900]. Title and [9] pages of illustrated text, and 6 full-colour circular changing pictures operated by ribbons pulls. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards. 230 x 223 mm. Some occasional light spotting; small red mark on front panel; else a very good copy with all of the moveable pictures in excellent working order. [
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Vasilisa Prekrasnaia [Vasilisa the Beautiful].
The Department for the Production of State Documents, St. Petersburg. Expeditsii Zagotovlenya Gosudarstvennykh Bumag, 1902. 12 pages8 chromolithographs in text (4 full-page). Original pictorial wrappers. 326 x 257 mm. First edition. Some wear to spine with the heel splitting. Internally fine, with no offsetting or adhesion. A very good copy.
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VELVET PAWS. English Version by Mary Lee Theobald.
New York: Ars Edition, 1981. [18] pages. Illustrated with 8 colour illustrations and some in black & white within the text. Original pictorial boards. 148 x 120 mm. First edition. A fine copy. .
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VERA LYNN.
1952. Signed photograph of Very Lynn together with a brief letter from her secretary, which has been signed by Vera Lynn at the head of the page. Portrait: 51/2 x 31/2 Both contained in the original mailed envelope (1952). Very good.
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VERBA NOMINALIA: or Words Derived from Proper Names.
London.Trübner & Co. 1866. [iii], iv, [1], 2-357pp. Original cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Head and heel of spine and board corners a trifle rubbed and bumped; Three small tears to cloth to top of front board; hinges weakened; a little spotting to endpapers; some pencil notes in margins; presentation inscription from the author to front endpaper; bookplate of the original recipient to front endpaper; else a very good copy.
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Verbatim Report of A Public Debate on "THE TRUTH OF SPIRITUALISM" Between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, M. D. LL.D. (representing Spiritualism), and Joseph McCabe (representing the Rationalist Press Association) held at the queen's Hall, Langham Place London, on March 11, 1920; Marshall Hall, K.C., in the Chair. Revised by both disputants.
London.Watts & Co. 1920. 57pp. Original paper wrappers. First edition. Edges a little rubbed; staples have rusted and surrounding area on the spine is consequently browned; some light marking to back cover; corners a little curled; title and centre pages a trifle spotted with some browning, again at staples; else a very good copy.
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VERDERE VERHAALTJES VAN MILLY-MOLLY MANDY.
Amersfoort.P. Dz. Veen. [1936]. [i-vi], 7-99pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white throughout. Original pictorial boards, and pictorial dust wrapper. Authors' own copy, containing publisher's invitation to book reading by author. Some browning to endpapers; else an excellent bright copy of a very scarce book.
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VERHALEN UIT DEN VREEMDE. Zondag-avond vertiellingen, naar het Fransch von Mevr. L. leneveux, T. Richomme, L. De Mirrel. En enderen; benevens een berijmd verhaal door L. Van Hoogeveen Sterge. Lid van de Maatscappij van Nederlandsche Letterkunde to Leyden, enz. Enz. Met Platen.
Leyden: P. J. Trap, No date [circa 1841]. 63, [1] pages. Illustrated with four finely hand-coloured lithographic plates. Bound in 19th century quarter plain, untitled cloth, over marbled boards. 195 x 56 mm. Some occasional marking; else very good.
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VERSES by HB.
BathBath Chronicle. No date, 1917. 22pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Covers lightly dust-soiled, and a little worn at edges; else a very good copy. Inscribed on verso of front cover, 'To R.A, & G. C. Pease with the Author's best wishes for a happy Christmas. 1917.'
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VERY YOUNG VERSES With 73 illustrations by E. H. Shepard.
London.Methuen and Co. Ltd. 1929. 88pp. Original blue decorative cloth. Octavo. First edition thus. Some light spotting occasionally; small ownership inscription on front endpaper crossed out; else a very good copy.
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VESPERTINA.
Oxford.Henry Ladd. 1853. viii, 117pp. Contemporary full morocco with elaborate gilt decoration to the spine and both boards. Small octavo. First edition. Lacking half-title, and the front endpapers a little overly conjoined where a amateur repair has been effected; boards a trifle rubbed and worn at extremities; else a very good copy of a scarce title. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on front endpaper: 'E. L. P. 1854 A. H. B.'
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VESTIGES OF ANCIENT MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, discoverable in modern Italy and Sicily.
London: John Murray, 1823. [vii], xvi, [1], 2-293pp. Original half calf gilt over marbled boards. Octavo. First edition. Spine and corners a trifle rubbed with corners showing some wear; small tear to upper spine edge; fore-edges slightly browned; internally very clean; bookplate to front paste-down endpaper; else a very good copy.
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VESTIGES OF ANTIQUITY; or, A Series of Etchings & Engravings of the Ancient Monastery of St. Augustine, with the Cathedral, Castle, and other Antiquities, in the suburbs of the Metropolitan City of Canterbury: illustrated by a corresponding account taken from the best Authorities.
London: Published by the Author, 1813. [12] pages of letterpress, including title, text, and list of subscribers. 12 full-page plates chiefly etched by the author. Original paper-covered boards with pastedown title-label on upper cover initialled by Hastings. Imperial folio; binding: 47 x 30 cm. Binding repaired at spine; some foxing throughout; one plates a little damaged at the bottom of the blank margin, but a very good copy overall, and rarely found in the original boards. It is thought that less than 150 copies were issued.
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VICE-AD---L L--ST--K'S ACCOUNT OF THE LATE ENGAGEMENT NEAR TOULON, Between His majesty's Fleet, and the Fleets of France and Spain; As presented by Him the 12th of March 1744-5. Also, Letters to and from Adm----l L-st--k, Relating thereto since his Arrival in England. With Notes.
Dublin.S. Powell. 1745. 50pp. Bound in nineteenth century half morroco. First Dublin pirate edition. Title dust-soiled; and a little tired; spine split at both joints annd the head of spine chipped with the loss of 2cm's of leather; else a very good copy of a scarce edition.
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VICE-ADMAL LESTOCK’S RECAPITULATION, as spoke by him at the Bar of the Honble House of Commons, on Tuesday the 9th April 1745.
London: John Millan, 1745. Containing, his remarks on the Evidence that have been examined, relating to the late Miscarriage of his Majesty’s Fleet off Toulon, against the combined Fleets of France and Spain. Wherein he points out the true Cause of this Miscarriage; supporting the Whole by quoting Admiral Mathew’s Account, which was publish’d by Authority, &c. 27, [1 ad’s]pp. Recent paper-covered boards. 4to. Bookplate. A very good copy.
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VICISSITUDE: or the Life and Adventures of Ned Frolic. An original Comic Song. For the Entertainment of All Good Boys and Girls in the British Empire.
Glasgow: J. Lumsden & Son, 1818. 16 pages. Illustrated with 4 hand-coloured engraved plates, three of which have multiple images. Original plain wrappers. 138 x 88 mm. Some light off-setting as is usual with this title; small blank corner lost from front wrapper; spine expertly restored; else a very copy of one of the most attractive productions of the Lumsden publishing house. Roscoe and Brimmell 22.
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VICTACREPE DECORATIONS BOOK.
London.Victacrepe Limited. [Undated]. 11pp. Illustrated with line drawings throughout. Original pictorial paper covers. Complete with loosely inserted folding plans.
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VICTACREPE "HOW-TO-MAKE-IT" BOOK.
London.Victacrepe Limited. [Undated]. 40pp. Illustrated with line drawings throughout. Original pictorial paper covers. Octavo. First edition. Covers a little grubby with some loss of ink on front cover; staples rusted; a few small spots to fore-edges; internally clean and tight; a very good copy.
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