Search Results: Authors starting with V from High Castle Books

Columbia, LA: Readers International, 1987. iv, 127 pp., black binding w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows light dampstains to fore edges of endpapers; pages are browning, esp. towards edges; Jacket shows some slight wear to ends of flap folds w/ some slight rubbing overall / Illustrated with B&W drawings. /. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Jan Brychta. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co., 1958. 240 pp., burnt-orange boards w/ black lettering; DJ in clear archival cover; book shows a little wear to ends of spine & corners of boards; minor soil to edges of page block; light foxing to endpapers; small creases to top corners of two leaves; DJ shows wear, short tears, small creases & small chips to edges, esp. at ends of spine & folds; 2 pieces missing at to of rear panel, largest about 1/4" x 1/2"; light to moderate rubbing & soil overall / Author's thrid book. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mexico D.F., Mexico: Garcia Valades Editores, 1984. 63 pp., pictorial wraps; Book shows light rubbing & reading creases along spine; small scrape & pen park to back cover; creasing to 4 leaves / Illustrated with B&W and color photos, drawings and maps. /. 16th Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1968. xiv, 131 pp., red cloth w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in original library Mylar cover; Book shows fading to top & bottom edges of boards; small dampstains & library stamp to top edge of page block; card pocket & info slip glued to front pastedown; library stamps to title & copyright pages & rear endpaper; inside jacket flap glued to pastedowns; Dewey decimal number glued to spine near base; jacket has library tape-label near bottom of front panel; circular hole cut in jacket near bottom of spine for cataloging info; Mylar cover shows some rubbing esp. to rear panel / Authorized translation by Merritt Moore Thompson. Foreword by J. Cary Davis. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair to Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

NY, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976. 233 pp., 1/2 tan cloth w/ orange boards & black lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has small bumps & light shelfwear to bottom edges of boards; a few spots of foxing to top of page block; old price in ink to top corner of front endpaper; Dust jacket shows light wear to top ends of spine & folds w/ lamination beginning to peel at top of front fold /. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Delacorte Press, 1987. (255) pp., 1/4 red cloth w/ red boards & gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; book shows light shelfwear to bottom edges w/ a few light bumps to edges of boards; Jacket shows light to moderate wear & some creasing to top & bottom edges w/ short worn tears to top edges & heel of spine; slight rubbing along front fold & edges of spine / Author's seventh Harry Stoner mystery. /. Signed by Author on Title Page. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine/Good. Illus. by Cameron Wasson (jacket illustration). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mission TX / Canyon, TX: Border Kingdom Press, 1978. 368 pp., dark green cloth w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows some light wear to ends of spine w/ very slight wear to corners of boards; small crease to bottom corners of two leaves; Jacket shows light wear to ends of spine & folds w/ a little creasing & some short tears to top edges; spine panel shows a little darkening to white background w/ green text faded a bit to blue; some light rippling to upper portions of front & rear panels w/ a small nick to front panel & a little light soil & minor rubbing overall; round "Texas Historical Commission First Place Award, 1979" label to bottom corner of front panel; old price or other notation to top of front inside flap / SIGNED by ten of the sixteen contributors, collectively known as the "Valley By-Liners." SIGNED by Fouad Mattar, the book's previous owner, on the front of the dust jacket. Fouad Mattar was himself a member of an… Read More

Mission TX / Canyon, TX: Border Kingdom Press / Staked Plains Press, 1978. 368 pp., dark green cloth w/ gold lettering & map printed endpapers; Book shows a little wear to ends of spine and to corners of boards; top edge of page block browning w/ 3/8" brown stain to front of top edge; slightly ragged edge to about 1 1/2" of fore edge of 2 leaves, w/ crease to 1 leaf; Dust jacket has been laminated; flaws underneath the lamination include tape-repaired tears on & near the spine, a pen mark to front panel & light soil overall; round "Texas Historical Commission First Place Award, 1979" label to bottom corner of front panel, also under lamination / SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Charter Member of the Valley By-Liners, "To Gail - A True descendant of a real pioneer family. Lucy H. Wallace." Illustrated with B&W photos and drawings. /. Signed. Hard Cover. Good/Good to Very Good -. Illus. by Florence W. Barton. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Gatlinburg, TN: Homespun Valley, 1955. (12) pp., pictorial wraps; book shows creasing tom top corners w/ a sticker shadow & a few nicks to front cover; bottom edge & fore edge of front cover show a couple of short tears, prev. owner's inked name & date, & a small piece missing (1/4" x 3/4"); back cover shows nick to bottom edge w/ piece missing at corner (1/2" x 1/4"); pages have light creasing at corners w/ some having short tears to fore edges / A collection of jokes, plus a poem entitled "Mollie's Butt" about a "shapely little hillock." /. Stapled Booklet. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

NY, NY: Reportorial Press, 1964. xi, 154 pp., red cloth w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book has light wear to ends of spine & bottom edges; top corners lightly bumped; prev. owner's name to front endpaper; small brown stain to top edge of page block at spine; Jacket shows wear, very short tears & small chips to ends of spine & ends of folds; light edgewear overall w/ a short tear & small creases to top edge of rear panel; spine panel slightly darkened / "An Expose of the Invasion of Family Privacy by the Schools." /. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Good. Illus. by Gai Fong (cover illustration). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Waco, TX: Word Books, 1983. 216 pp., dark green boards w/ gold lettering; DJ in clear archival cover; book shows shelfwear to bottom edges w/ slight bumping to ends of spine; light foxing to edges of page block; crimp from paper clip to top edge of first three leaves, w/ a bit if rust to top of front endpaper; DJ shows wear to edges & flap folds; creasing to bottom edges; piece missing at & near head of spine w/ associated short tear & small creases; a couple of small color flakes to spine / "There have been many dramatic stories to come out of Vietnam, stories documenting the war's horror, its tragedy, its heartbreak. But none offers more redemption, or more hope, that 'Tailwind.' It's a story too important to go untold, too inspiring to go unread." /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Kansas City, MO: Lowell Press, 1982. xii, 282 pp., dark blue cloth w/ gold lettering & decoration; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows very light wear to ends of spine w/ top corner of rear board bumped; one spot of soil to fore edge of page block; prev. owner's name to front free endpaper; Jacket shows some very light wear to ends of spine & folds w/ a few light bumps & scratches to rear panel; small crease to top of rear fold; crease to bottom corner of rear flap / Introduction by A. B. Guthrie. Illustrated with B&W photos. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine/Very Good to Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Pittsburgh, PA: Duquesne University Press, 1965. x, 155 pp., red cloth w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows some slight wear to edges & corners w/ prev. owner's name to top of front endpaper; bon voyage party invitation, in envelope, addressed to "Miss Barb Biever, U.S.D.C.W." tipped in by tip of envelope flap to front pastedown; Jacket shows a little wear & minor chipping to ends of spine & folds; light soil to rear panel / Overall, an attractive copy. ". . . a fresh approach to an old subject. Written in an easy style, the text presents a continuous challenge without overtaxing the capacity of the beginner. Under the skillful direction of the author, philosophy does not remain a manipulation of abstract ideas. For each student it becomes a personal search for the deepest root of his very self and of the world to which he belongs." /. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Pantheon, 1986. 277 pp., 1/4 black cloth w/ black boards & metallic blue lettering; DJ in Mylar cover; book has light shelfwear to bottom edges; light foxing to edges of page block; DJ shows light wear to spine ends w/ a small worn nick to bottom front edge of spine; some light rubbing overall / Eleventh novel of Amsterdam Murder Brigade series. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good to Very Good. Illus. by Bascove (jacket illustration). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Syracuse, NY: The Willis N. Bugbee Co., 1927. 87 pp., pictorial wraps; book shows tears to spine w/ splitting at ends; wear w/ some light creasing & curling to corners; foxing to edges of page block w/ foxing to a few interior pages / "The Bushel O' Fun Series." /. Trade Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

NY, NY: Pocket Books, 1966. 174 pp., pictorial wraps; Book shows stress lines to spine w/ light to moderate edgewear overall; some wear & very small creases to corners of covers; old price label to front cover; inside covers & pages browning / Author's first novel. /. First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1997. xiii, 386 pp., black cloth w/ gold lettering & gold illustration to front board; D J in clear archival cover / ". . . reveals a practical and balanced modern view of the secret teachings of Tantric yoga. . . . Van Lysebeth discloses the sexual techniques of Tantra that can be used by Western couples to enhance relationships and help open the door to a new kind of enlightenment. He also reveals the wisdom of Tantra - the essential belief that our universe is a creation of the physical and spiritual union of the Male and Female principles, manifested in the human plane as Love." B&W illustrations and color plates. /. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia, PA: Circle/Blakiston, 1945. xviii, 205 pp., tan cloth w/ red & white lettering & decoration, Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has wear to head of spine, small dampstain to page edges at head of spine, a few faint spots to boards; Jacket has pieces missing at spine ends up to 1/2" x 3/4", smaller pieces missing at top & bottom edges of front panel and at top of rear flap fold, short edge tears & small creases to edges of rear panel, also 1" tear from head of spine into rear panel, spine a little faded / "Over 200 Mirth-provoking tests of wit and skill for all occasions - parties, picnics, boys' and girls' camps or any other social gathering." Illustrated with B&W drawings and cartoons. / . First Thus. Hard Cover. Good +/Fair. Illus. by George Anrig. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cleveland, OH: World Publishing, 1969. xiv, 204 pp., black cloth w/ copper lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows light bump to bottom edge of front board; prev. owner's name to front pastedown; "friends of library" stamp to front endpaper; Jacket shows some faint orange markings to rear panel, w/ an extremely short tear to the bottom edge / Review copy, with slip laid in. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Canada: Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1966. xx, 156 pp., + photos, pictorial wraps; Book shows wear to top front corner of spine, else only some light edgewear & very slight rubbing to covers / Foreword by His Royal Highness, Prince Philip. Introduction by R. Gordon Robertson. "The following essays, originally written as radio talks, were broadcast over the Northern Service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation under the title "The Changing North" . . ." Illustrated with B&W photos, drawings and maps. /. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.