V H Darling (30 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Excellent tight clean crisp hardcover, free of markings, in like DJ, unclipped, no colour fade. minor rubs, faint creases to DJ. Repaired tear to flyleaf withv archive grade materials - a publisher flaw where the flyleaf edge had stuck to the DJ glaze, now unstuck. Book. …

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. hardback, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a very well preserved pictorial dust wrapper, the text is clean and unmarked, b&w illustrations, 128pp.

Hardback. Dust Jacket, Both in Very Good condition. Large Format. Not Inscribed. 128 Pages. Pictorial Stiff Card boards. Dust Jacket a replication of the boards. Not price clipped. Faint trace of previous owner's label to inside front boards. Fully illustrated throughout in black and white.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. No internal markings ; unclipped D/J.

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 128 pages. Red pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Loss to spine ends.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint. 128 pages. 730g. Pictorial laminated boards. FINE in FINE d/w. Illustrated with over 270 b/w photographs and drawings depicting the growth of London's transport system over the last 150 years.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Unknown date. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust Jacket in fair condition. Unknown Date. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 128 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over grey cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is darkened. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Price sticker to panel.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 128pp, b/w photos throughout. Some wear by spine by the final page otherwise the book is in Fine condition. Illustrated laminated boards in dust-jacket. The book presents an historical review, in pictures, of the London transport scene from Shillibeer's day up to the end of 1962. Size: 4to.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Thus. 128pp of text and b./w photograohs, bright clean copy with no inscriptions, not price clipped. Virtually as new. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. VG hardcover in Good to VG DJ - see actual image. DJ in brodart protector. 128 pps with more than 270 photos and drawings depicting the growth of London Transport. History-Europe-Transportation.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 128pp 9.5" x 7.25" (24 x 18.5cm) '270 b&w photographs and drawings depicting the growth of London Transport and its predecessors from the days of George Shillibeer.' Clean, bright DJ has 1/2" tear top front and minor edge wear. …

Condition: Very Good. 6 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: A4 Size. Category: BBC History Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Ah, 1962: when telephones had manners, conductors had change, and publishers didn?t bother with ISBNs because civilisation still ran on timetables and tea. This Ian Allan number from V. H. Darling arrives like a well-kept single-decker at dusk?quietly, exactly when you want it, and wearing a coat of mid-century competence. The title? Let?s call it what it is: an elegant slice of early-sixties transport romanticism bound between covers and printed with that crisp, confident gravitas Ian Allan used for things that moved properly. Darling?s lens (and it does feel like a lens, even when the page is text) treats machines as characters and streets as supporting cast. You get the choreography of Britain in motion: the poised pause at the kerb; the slack moment between whistle and whoosh; the unsung poetry of a destination blind or enamel sign holding its nerve in the drizzle. Everything?s composed with the calm assurance of a timetable clerk who moonlights as a poet. Even the margins feel punctual. This is the era before sheen swallowed texture. Metal looks like metal, paint looks like it?s doing a job, and uniforms sit with that squared-off dignity that says ?last pressed on a Sunday.? Darling notices the small, generous details?an inspector?s half-smile, a platform porter performing a micro-ballet with a luggage trolley, a road marking pretending to be a staff line for the day?s quiet music. It?s a Britain just modern enough to be efficient and just old enough to be charming, caught in the exact 1/125th of a second where both are true. Ian Allan?s production is the publishing equivalent of a well-oiled hinge: plates that are crisp without boasting, captions that know when to raise an eyebrow, layouts that breathe like a waiting room with the window cracked open. You turn the pages and hear the soft clack of reality?the kind that predates plastic shine and post-everything irony (though we?re supplying a little of that now, gratis). And the ISBN? There isn?t one, because 1962 was built of sturdier stuff: ink, rivets, and institutional fonts that could calm a riot. No barcode, no nonsense?just the quiet authority of ?this exists because it ought to,? which is honestly very soothing. Condition: Very Good ?the bookish equivalent of a perfectly tuned idle. Corners are crisp like new timetable day; the spine sits straight and sensible; pages turn with the polite hush of a guard closing a door by hand. Expect the faintest whisper of shelf-life (character, not damage), as if it has been rehearsing being a classic and is now ready for opening night. Proudly purveyed by Crappy Old Books ?the name?s a wink, the stock?s a treat. Details for your card index: (1962) by V. H. Darling . Publisher: Ian Allan . ISBN: none , with panache. Condition: Very Good . Recommended for readers who like their nostalgia roadworthy, their captions dry, and their history told at a brisk but humane service frequency.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. This very good copy is bound in red cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. There is some occasional spotting to the prelims The unclipped dust wrapper has some edge wear to the top edge and has now been covered in clear, removable protective film. condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. A stunning collection of historic photographs from private collections, most published here for the first time. Ref V V 4.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprinted Edition. 128 pages. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs. Laminated pictorial boards in jacket. Every book is sent in a cardboard postal package. Size: 25 Cm x 19 Cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Published by Promotional Reprint Company of Essex, England in 1994. Hardcover. Book condition: Near Fine. Laminated pictorial boards which matches the dust jacket. Inside pages are in good order. Former owner of the book has written their initials on the 1st inside page. Dust Jacket condition: Near Fine. See photograph. Dims: 250mm x 187mm x 20mm. 128 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 25cm deep by18.5cm. VG h/c in G price clipped pictorial DJ with few tears and marks. Inked name on front pastedown and FFEP. 128 pages, B/w illustrations throughout. London Transport over 138 years is covered pictorially in this issue, updated to meet changes in the system from 1964. Text is minimal, up to five pics on one page. Covers buses, trams, trolly-buses, museum pieces and where sold buses went. Fascinating. Illustrated (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. In this book, titled " London Bus and Tram Album" the boards and text block are square, tight and clean, the dust jacket has minor indents, creasing and wear to the corners. Illustrated throughout. This book is checked and photographed in the box as proof against in-transit damage. Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in UK only.…

VG/VG . not price-clipped. no inscriptions. 128pp. More than 270 photographs and drawings depicing the growth of London Transport. Informative captions and introduction to each section. Measures 7.5" x 10".

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 9½" x 7¼" 128 pp. Monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy paper. Dusty top edge. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper with two short closed tears to edges of upper panel, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. BUSES & COACHES.…

Condition: Good. Undated. Shelfwear/scuffs to edges & lean to spine. Scratches/marks to jacket & nicks/scuffs to edges. Tanning to textblock edges & foxing to top edge. Marks on back endpapers. Some marks to pages & fingerprint marks at edges. Text/images good.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original light grey paper covers, silver title and author lettering to the spine. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Contains 128 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Without any ownership markings. Fine condition book, in near Fine condition photographic illustrated dust wrapper with small rubs to the spine ends, not price clipped 30/-. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. RAILWAYS & LOCOMOTIVES.…

DW. Illustrated throughout. Prev. owners inscript. to front pastedown o/w VG+/VG+ in sheld worn and slightly chipped wrapper.

Condition: Very Good. In original dustjacket, very slight shelfwear to dustjacket and extremities of book, previous owners signature on inside front endpaper, contents fine.