Search Results: Authors starting with E from Lasting Words Ltd

UK: Eldon, 1939. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1939. Includes the very rare wrapper. New introduction by John Bailey. Book is very good and bright. Light edge rubbing. Spine tips lightened. Contents good. Endpaper with name. The wrapper is good and quite bright. Small loss to spine tips. Edges rubbed, creased and nicked, A few small closed tears to edges. Un-common. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 14791###017953

UK: Eldon, 1939. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1939. Includes the very rare wrapper. New introduction by John Bailey. From the library of David Gilson & Chris Viveash. With the bookplate of Chris Viveash, an author and contributor to the Jane Austen Society Report. David John Gilson a highly respected Jane Austen Scholar and bibliographer of Jane Austen's books. Book is very good and bright. Light edge rubbing. Spine tips lightened. Contents good. Endpaper with name. The wrapper is good and quite bright. Minuscule loss to spine tips. Edges lightly rubbed, creased and nicked, A few small closed tears to edges. Un-common. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 17597

UK: Blackie, 1903. New Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Rainey. 1st Edition 1903. A very early board design for Blackie books. Part of the Warwick Library of English Literature that he started to design from 1896. Talwin Morris was a leading influence in the Glasgow Style, associating with the likes of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Margaret MacDonald and Frances and Herbert MacNair. He worked on Blackie books from 1897 to 1909. Book is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Contents good. Bookplate and small inscription to endpaper. Endpapers stained to top edge. Very uncommon. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 17165

UK: Chatto and Windus, 1928. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1928. From a large collection of Henry Williamson's and his family's books. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this. Collection of short stories which includes Judith, a World War One spy thriller overlooked by Hubin, and which served as the basis for the 1929 talking Fox film directed by James Tinling and starring George O'Brien and Lois Moran. Book is near fine and very bright. Contents very good. The complete wrapper is very good++ and bright. Spine very slightly darkened. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 10980 ##013022

UK: Chatto and Windus, 1928. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1928. Collection of short stories which includes Judith, a World War One spy thriller overlooked by Hubin, and which served as the basis for the 1929 talking Fox film directed by James Tinling and starring George O'Brien and Lois Moran. Book is near fine and very bright. Contents very good. The complete wrapper is very good++ and bright. Spine very slightly darkened. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 10980 ##013022

UK: Harrison, 1958. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1958. Illustrated. Endpaper and half title with a 2cm strip cut from the top. Book is very good with quite bright boards. Spine and front edge lightened. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref13537

UK: Batsford, 1927. 2nd Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 2nd Edition 1927. Combining a scholarly text by architect F.E. Howard with the authors own illustrations an extensive photographic archive. 16 collotype photo plates and hundreds of photo ills. Publishers decorative blind-stamped cloth. Book is near fine and very bright. The complete wrapper is near fine and bright. Light edge rubbing. A lovely example. Heavy book. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18408

UK: Warne, 1953. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good ++/Near Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 1st Edition 1953. Book is very good++ and very bright. Contents very good . The wrapper is near very good with rubbing/nicks/creasing to edges. Spine and white rear a little soiled. Small loss to spine tips and corners. A few small closed tears to edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref14373

UK: Ernest Nister, 1898. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. E Stuart Hardy. 1st Edition Circa 1898. Undated. Pen and Ink/Colour Illustrations By E. Stuart Hardy Contains 8 wonderful full page Victorian Chromolithographic illustration. In addition there are sepia line illustrations on all of the pages of text. This book was printed in Bavaria, which was the centre of chromolithographic printing at this time and the quality of the chromolithographs confirms this. Book is very good and in bright condition. Light edge rubbing. Contents good with age toning to pages. Name to end paper. More images can be taken request.Ref18409

UK: John Hamilton, 1937. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1937. Book is very good++ and bright. Nice clean contents. The complete wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Light soiling to wrapper. 3/6s price on wrapper which is correct for the 1st edition. A good example of a rare book. More images can be taken upon request. Ref10881###013054

UK: Michael Joseph, 1957. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edward Ardizzone. 1st Edition 1957. Illustrated with line drawings by Edward Ardizzone. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good with small inscription to endpaper. The wrapper is very good with odd nicks/rubbing to edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18527

UK: Cape, 1939. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Edward Ardizzone. 1st Edition 1939. Correct 1st state jacket without red bordering to front picture. Wonderful drawings by Edward Ardizzone. Book is very good+ and bright. Corner bump affecting internal pages ad front top edge. Contents good. Endpaper foxed. The wrapper is very good and quite bright. Edges rubbed, creased and nicked. Rear and spine lightly soiled/age toned. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18076

USA: Holt, 1936. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1936. Un-common. Book is very good++ and very bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good and quite bright. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked. Small closed tear to rear edge. More images cam be taken upon request. Ref14159 ###016487

UK: Michael Joseph, 1965. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1964. Book is very good++ and quite bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and quite bright. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked. Price clipped. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18527

UK: Cape, 1935. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Near Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1935. Un-common collection of short stories. Includes the Mill which is often cited as his best by Graham Greene. Book is very good and bright. Spine a little age toned. Contents good. Very feint foxing to pages. The wrapper is good++ and quite bright. Loss to spine tips. Edges rubbed and nicked, A few small closed tears to edges. Soiling to white rear. More images can be taken upon request. Ref7854 ####010328 ###016496

UK: Cape, 1936. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good +/Good++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1936. From the library of Henry Williamson and His Family. From a large collection of Henry Williamson's and his family's books. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this Book is very good+ and bright. Spine a little lightened. Contents good. The wrapper is good++ and quite bright. Spine darkened/age toned/faded as always. Edges rubbed and nicked.. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18049

UK: Dicks, 1880. First Edition Thus . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition C1880. A Drama in Three Acts. A Play of 20 pages. Frontis plate. John Thomas Dicks 1818-1881 was a publisher in London in the 19th century. He issued popular, affordably priced fiction and drama, such as "shilling Shakespeares and wonderfully cheap reprints of Scott and other standard authors. Booklet is very good and bright. Taken from a bound up book of the Plays of Dicks. Original covers not present. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request.. Ref15763

UK: Cape, 1947. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1947. A collection of the writers early short stories from the 30's.Often regarded as his most lyrical and best period. The book is very good++ with very bright boards and clean contents. The wrapper is very good with slight age toning and slight loss to spine top. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked in places. Price clipped and repriced. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18527

UK: Michael Joseph, 1964. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1964. Book is very good++ and quite bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and quite bright. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked. White rear age toned. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18527

UK: Michael Joesph, 1971. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1969. The 2nd book in the autobiographical trilogy. Very evocative of times gone by. Book is very good++ with bright boards. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. More images can be taken upon request. RefA1234