Search Results: Authors starting with V from Bloomsbury Books

Death Valley, CA: Death Valley '49ers, Inc.. A folded brochure, as issued, containing 12 pages, with each page measuring 3-5/8" by 8-1/2". Commemorating the 142nd Anniversary of the Historic Pioneer Entry & Crossing of Death Valley, the brochure contains the following: Thanks For Encampment Support; Visit Two Outstanding Museums (The NPS Visitor Center Museum and The Borax Museum); Dedication (to The National Park Service, Dick Hilleary, and Equestrian Trails Inc.); Welcome from the Monument Superintendent (Edwin L. Rothfuss); Special Events; Artists; New Life Members; Welcome Note; Scholarships; General Information; Assistance; Meals and Groceries; Camping and Motels; center pages contain the Events Schedule (at Furnace Creek Ranch and Stovepipe Wells). . Near Fine. Brochure. 1st Edition. 1991.

Chicago, IL: Progressive Publishers, 1981. Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Offered is a first edition, first printing of "South Africa - Morality and Action - Quaker Efforts in a Difficult Environment" (Quaker Pamphlet Studies In Quakerism 7) written by Hendrik W. Van Der Merwe and published in 1981 by Progressive Publishers out of Chicago, Illinois. A left-stapled booklet with grey covers measuring 5-1/4" by 7-3/8" and containing 64 internal pages. The text uses "International Standard English-B" text simplifications affecting 1% of words. The topics (each with several subtopics) are: The Social Environment; Constructive Involvement; Quaker Efforts; Commitment to Nonviolence; and Types of Quaker Involvement. With Bibliography (Appendix I); two articles "American Friends and South Africa" by John Sullivan and "Excerpts From a Visit" by Ann Stever (Appendix II); and Some Questions for Discussion… Read More

Oradell, NJ: American Tract Society. Offered is a lot of 21 Christian tracts written by Gordon L. Van Oostenberg entitled "Marriage CAN BE HAPPY!" published by the American Tract Society out of Oradell, New Jersey. No date, although 1960s or 1970s (the tracts show a five-digit zip code). Each measures 3-3/8" by 5-3/4" and contains eight pages including front and rear covers. Pastor Van Oostenberg addresses the following topics: Marriage; God Intended Happy Homes; Preparing for Marriage; Mixed Marriages [on marrying an unbeliever]; The Pattern for Christian Marriage; You Can Still Have a Happy Home. . Fine. Wraps. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1970.

Chicago, IL: Spencer Press, Inc., 1951. Book. Illus. by Yoshiko Ozone. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A left-stapled pamphlet measuring 5-1/2" by 8-1/2" printed with glossy covers and containing 48 internal pages. With illustrations by Yoshiko Ozone, the chapters are: 1. Four million speech-crippled children; 2. The rhyme and reason of babbling; 3. Famous first words; 4. Saying it right; 5. Broken speech; 6. Talking in school. Light scuffing along outer narrow spine fold, else Fine, a bright and clean copy..

Mountain View, California: Pacific Press Publishing Association. Offered is a first edition, first printing, of "Destination Life" written by George E. Vandeman and published in 1966 by the Pacific Press Publishing Association out of Mountain View, California. A quality, glossy, stapled softcover measuring 4-3/4" by 7-1/8" and containing 100 pages including front and rear covers. The Chapters are: Appointment in Samarra; Beyond This Day; The Trail of Intrigue; Psychic Cinerama; Strange Altars; Cosmic Invasion; Firefall; Thirty-Eight Witnesses; and Destination Life. Staples age-rusted; short closed edge tear to rear cover; covers and pages clean and bright. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1966.

Mountain View, California: Pacific Press Publishing Association. Offered is a first edition, first printing, of "Happiness Wall to Wall" written by George E. Vandeman and published in 1968 by the Pacific Press Publishing Association out of Mountain View, California. A stapled softcover measuring 4-3/4" by 7-1/8" and containing 100 pages including front and rear covers. The Chapters are: Happiness Wall to Wall; Formula for Two; Marriage Isn't Easy; Trouble With the Personnel; Teen-age Dilemma; Bribing the Gatekeeper; When the Rain Falls. Staples age-rusted; light grease-stains to front and rear covers (not affecting the inside pages). . Fair. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1968.

Albuquerque, NM: Southwestern Old Times. A left-stapled softcover containing 64 internal pages, packed with delightful entires. In lightly age-yellowed covers showing damp stain to outer lower spine edge area and portion of right edge of front cover, a few light cover spots (not affecting internal pages). . Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 1974.

London, England: Society for Education in Film and Television (SEFT). The Annual Journal of the Society for Education in Film and Television, 190 pages. . VG+. Magazine. First Edition. 1962.

Assistance League of Las Vegas, 2003. Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Small left-stapled wraps containing 20 pages including front and rear covers. A charming story for children about Max the dog in English and Spanish..

Las Vegas, NV: Las Vegas Review-Journal. Complete Sections A (Front section) and C (Sports). Highlights include: cover headline and photo FIGHT OF THE CENTURY - STILL 'MONEY' - [Floyd] MAYWEATHER DECISIONS [Manny] PACQUIAO); front cover Commentary Floyd [Mayweather] Jr.'s plan works to continued perfection by Ed Graney; sports section cover headline and story BOXING'S BIGGEST NIGHT - MEGA-MAYWEATHER - 'Money' rules lucrative superfight, decisions Pacquiao to lift record to 48-0 - Late bettors flocked toward Mayweather. Small chip to lower edge of front cover (to blank margin only). Protected in a plastic sleeve. . Near Fine. Newspaper. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2015.

Las Vegas, NV: Las Vegas Review-Journal. Sunday Edition, June 18, 2023. A complete Newspaper (Sections A, B, Las Vegas Sun, C, D, E, F, Comics, Unforgettable Knights Part I, Unforgettable Knights Part II, Unforgettable Knights Part III, rjmagazine Summer 2023). With three special sections commemorating the Vegas Golden Knights after winning the Stanley Cup, each packed with photographs and articles: Unforgettable Knights Part I (28 pages); Unforgettable Knights Part II (28 pages); and Unforgettable Knights Part III (24 pages). Issued with this edition is the Summer 2023 issue of "rjmagazine" with cover feature "Shapes of Vegas: From lost gems to beacons of the future, celebrating the forms that tell our story, one angle and arc at a time." A massive issue. In mint, unread condition. . As New. Newspaper. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2023.

New York: DC Comics, 1991. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contains Mature Audience Content: by ordering you attest to being of legal adult age in your state or country of residence..

New York: DC Comics. Contains Mature Audience Content: by ordering you attest to being of legal adult age in your state or country of residence. . Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 1990.

New York: DC Comics, 1990. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contains Mature Audience Content: by ordering you attest to being of legal adult age in your state or country of residence..

San Francisco, CA: Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition. Offered is the premiere issue (No. 1 - June 2003) of "Liberation: Magazine of FPMT's Liberation Prison Project" (also subtitled "Buddhism in prisons around the world" with the Venerable Robina Courtin, Tove Beatty, and Susan Maresco comprising the Editorial Board, and published by the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition out of San Francisco, California. A magazine with glossy covers measuring 8-1/8" by 10-1/2" and containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. With photographs and illustrations throughout, Contents include: From Within: Words and pictures from people in prison; Special Report - The mind of a Death Row inmate ("James Munson writes about the day he and the other 155 men on Death Row in Illinois heard that their death sentences had been commuted to life in prison"); News: Reports of Liberation Prison Project Activities Worldwide; Teaching:… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition. Offered is the second issue (No. 2 - December 2003) of "Liberation: Magazine of FPMT's Liberation Prison Project" (also subtitled "Buddhism in prisons around the world" with the Venerable Robina Courtin serving as Executive Director, and the Venerable Robina Courtin, Tove Beatty, and Simon Saunders comprising the Editorial Board, and published by the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition out of San Francisco, California. A magazine with glossy covers and internal pages, measuring 8" by 10-1/2" and containing 44 pages including front and rear covers. With photographs and illustrations throughout, Contents include: From Within: Words and pictures from people in prison; A Meeting of Hearts: Eighteen Former Prisoners Meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New York; short Interview with Richard Gere ("The Initiatives Foundation in New York organized the meeting of former… Read More

Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Company. Offered is a first edition, first printing of "Jonah's Fish Ride: A Magic Picture Book Based on the Book of Jonah" written by Sandi Veranos, illustrated by Mina McLean, and published in 1972 by the David C. Cook Publishing Company out of Elgin, Illinois. A glossy-paged, stapled booklet measuring 4-1/2" by 5-7/8" and containing 20 pages including front and rear covers. With splendid illustrations throughout, the instructions are: "Scribble over the white area on each page with a pencil. When you scribble you will reveal the magic picture. Sometimes you will discover a picture, sometimes you will find an activity to do. The best way to use the book is to begin reading the story and develop each picture as you come to it. Find your pencil and enjoy the surprises that await." In Fine, unused condition. . Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1972.

New York, NY: The Humboldt Publishing Co.. Offered is Issue No. 60 of "Twentieth Century Library: Published Monthly" (February 1895) published by The Humboldt Publishing Co. out of New York City (this is the same company that published "Twentieth Century: A Weekly Radical Magazine"). This issue features the topic "Labor Saving Machinery" by Dingman Versteeg. A small magazine measuring nearly 5" by 7-1/4" and containing 52 pages including front and rear covers. The Contents are: Introduction; Cities; Civilization; Political Supremacy; The Good Old Times; Agriculture; Manufacturing; Commerce; Art; Stores; Employment; Woman and Child Labor; Difference in Wages; Over-Production; and The Labor Question. In support of labor-saving machinery, the author writes: "It is to production-increasing appliances therefore, to the inventors, that the workers must first of all look for a radical improvement in their condition in the future, as they have already done much… Read More

Portland, ME: Veterans for Peace, Inc.. Offered is the fourth printing of "ABOLISH WAR! THE LAST CAMPAIGN - A VFP [Veterans for Peace] Contribution to Earth Day 1990" signed by VFP notables (see below). [Please note that, as stated, the first three printings had a combined print run of 18 copies; the fourth printing had a print run of 2,500 copies]. Published by Veterans for Peace, Inc. out of Portland, Maine, a softcover with glossy covers measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. With photographs and illustrations throughout, the Contents are: Preface; Premises; The End of the Process; New Impetus; Who is the Enemy?; Veteran for Peace Positions; History of Veterans for Peace; and Action. The Appendix contains: Precis of Veterans for Peace; Veterans for Peace Activities; The Combined Statements of Veterans; Statement of Nuclear Warriors; General Douglas MacArthur: Abolition of War; The Statement of Seville; and Veterans for Peace Chapter Directory. Signed… Read More

Sun Valley, CA: Gourmet Editions. Mature adult item: by ordering you attest to being of legal age in your state or country of residence. A gay male porn magazine printed on high-glossy paper and containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. With full-color photographs showing explicit male-male sex of scenes from the Catalina Video "Palm Springs Paradise." . Fine. Magazine. First Edition. 1993.