Search Results: Authors starting with J from Lazarus Books Limited

Paris: Chez Lefevre, 1834. Third Edition . Half Calf - Marbled Boards. Good. 1834 Third Edition, Troisieme Edition. Size large thick octavo, 914 pages including index. Half brown calf over marbled boards with raised bands and gilt title on brown label to the spine. Condition good, ex-library, the Bibliotheque Guille-Alles in Guernsey with their small labels to base of spine, labels to front paste-downs and stamps to end-papers, there is a gift inscription to the front end-paper name is not legible but they were donating the book to the library in 1856, no other markings. The binding is rubbed at the corners hinges and edges, the backstrip is half come away from the spine, last page of index repaired along outer edge, spotting to first and last 20 or so pages, the odd page with some light spotting to margins here and there but contents are generally clean. The Works of J. Delille. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Oriental Publishers & Booksellers, 1967. First Edition First Thus. Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1967 First Indian Edition. Size octavo, 8.5" tall, 471 pages. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, no dust jacket. Condition very good, corners and edges a little rubbed, previous owner's name and date to front end-paper, pages are toned otherwise clean.

London: The Folio Society. The Folio Press, 1980. 1st Edition First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Eric Fraser and Frank Martin. 1980 A photo-litho reprint of the Folio Society 1958 Letterpress Edition. 4 volumes in slipcase. Size quarto, 9.75" tall. 644, 592, 569 and 537 pages. Paper covered boards, the paper is red with a heavy gold repeat pattern to it, ivory marbled paper spine sections with gilt titles on the spines, Top page edges dyed red. Housed within plain ivory coloured card slipcase. The slipcase is worn, rubbed at the edges and dust darkened and one of the edges has split. Book conditions very good plus to near fine, spines slightly dust marked, there are darkened patches on the covers of the first two volumes, from handling it appears, other than this the condition is fine, the contents are exceptionally clean in all the four volumes. A very attractive set enhanced by the illustrations of Eric Fraser in volumes 1 and 3 and by Frank Martin in… Read More

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1936. First Edition, First Impression . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/Poor. 1936 first edition first impression. Size octavo, 342 pages. Black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, with dust jacket. Book condition very good, spotting to end-papers and half-title else contents clean. Dust jacket condition poor, only the front panel and half of the spine are present, corners and spine ends chipped, spine sunned, not price clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1915. Decorative Buckram. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Victor Prout, Evelyn Paul, Victor Venner and W. Paget. 1915. Size 7.5" x 5.5", 245 pages. Green buckram covers with ornate lighter green stamped decoration and titles to the front cover. Tan leather spine section with gilt titles tooled bands and ornate gilt design in the compartments. Blue pictorial pastedowns and endpapers. Condition very good, corners edges and spine rubbed, owner's name in section on front endpaper else contents clean. Selected excerpts from Charles Dickens stories, David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, The Story of Smike and his Teacher, The Story of Little Nell, The Story of Paul and Florence Dombey, The Story of Pip as Told by Himself, The Story of Little Dorritt. With 16 illustrations by Victor Prout, Evelyn Paul, Victor Venner and W. Paget. Written for children as an introduction to the writings of Dickens.

London: Sunday School Union. Decorative Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. R. & E. Taylor. Size 4.8" x 7.3" tall,circa 1880. decorative red hardcover with gold and black design, slight rubbing to ends,inscription to 1st prize winner on pastedown dated 1886 ,frontispice and pastedown coming away from spine,190 pages mainly clean with no marks.

London: William Heinemann, 2007. First Edition, First Impression. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 2007 First edition, first impression. Size octavo, 351 pages. Black hard cover with gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition near fine, not price clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

14 St. James's Place London: The Crime Club By Collins, 1967. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orange Hard Cover. Spine ends rubbed, corners slightly bumped, small nick to front cover pages slightly age toned, else fine. 192pp all in very good condition. Dust Jacket, some slight marginal nicks and chips, a few small tears. Not Price Clipped. Second novel in the acclaimed 'Cat' series. "Newspaper reporter Qwilleran and Siamese cat Koko are again at work together on matters of robbery and murder - this time the sophisticated world of interior decoration.

London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1976. Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. From the Library of Sir John Mills and Mary Mills. Size 10¾" x 8" 488 pages including index, a heavy book. Grey cloth covered boards with silver titles to the spine. Pictorial dustjacket. Pictorial pastedowns and endpapers. Book condition very good, front bottom corner and bottom edge of spine slightly faded and rubbed, else fine, contents clean. Dustjacket condition very good, top edge creased, spine slightly faded, else fine, not price clipped. Wonderful photographs throughout.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2004. First Edition, First Impression. . Paper Back. Fine. 2004 first edition, first impression. Uncorrected Proof. Size octavo, 341 pages. Paperback housed within thin card slipcase. Condition fine, a beautiful unread copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New Burlington Street: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1985. First Edition, First Impression . Silk. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 1985 First edition, first impression. Inscribed by Author. Size folio, 216 pages including index. Brown silk covered boards with gilt titles to the front cover and spine, photographic dust jacket. Book condition near fine, corners very slightly bumped, else fine, contents very clean. Dust jacket condition very good, spine and panels evenly faded, else fine, not price clipped. This copy was presented to Sir John and Mary Mills by the author and is inscribed by him to them on the front end-paper "To Mary and John, Thank you for the Greatest gift of all - your friendship. I can not begin to tell you how much I have enjoyed being with you. With my greatest admiration and Best wishes always. "Only The Best", Stuart. P.S. You are indeed both "Only the Best

London: Hutchinson, 1999. First Edition, Second Impression. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Fangorn. 1999 first edition, second impression. Size octavo, 8.75", 374 pages. Teal hard cover with gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good, pages are quite toned otherwise clean, binding sound and clean, no inscriptions. Dust jacket condition very good, slight curl/crease to edges, not price clipped. Children's fiction, characters are animals. Illustrated by Fangorn. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: The Grey Walls Press, 1950. First Edition, First Impression. . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/Good. Ru van Rossem. 1950 first edition, first impression. Inscribed by Author. Size 12mo, 283 pages. Burgundy cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good, corners edges and spine ends a little rubbed, spine slightly faded, spots to ede of page block, pages are slightly toned otherwise clean. Dust jacket condition good, corners and spine ends rubbed/chipped, spine and edges of panels sunned, edges of inner flaps spotted and browned, price clipped. Dust jacket illustrated by Ru van Rossem. Inscribed by C. K. Jaeger to the front end-paper; "June 23rd 1952. With love & good wishes from Cyril & Lydia Jaeger" From the collection of Jonathan Gili (1943-2004), film-maker, director and collector of many things including books. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Oxford University Press, 1953. Second Edition. . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good. 1953 Second edition. Size octavo, 358 pages. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, no dust jacket. Condition good, corners and spine ends slightly rubbed, spine a little faded, pages are slightly toned otherwise clean. From the Library of Nicholas Ambraseys and signed by him to the front end-paper. Nicholas Neocles Ambraseys FICE FREng 1929-2012 was a Greek engineering seismologist. He was emeritus professor of Engineering Seismology and Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London. For many years Ambraseys was considered as the leading figure and absolute authority in earthquake engineering and seismology in Europe. Loosely inserted is a sheet of trigonometry equations in the hand of Ambraseys Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1944. First Edition second impression . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1944 First Edition Second Impression. Size octavo, 600 pages. Black cloth with gilt titles on red label to the spine, top page edge dyed red, end-papers printed with photograph of "A Notable Group of American Inventors". Book condition very good, corners and spine ends slightly rubbed, a couple of minor marks to cover edges from dust jacket, else fine, contents very clean. Dust jacket conditon good, rubbing creasing and a few small tears to the corners each edge and the folds, spine slightly faded, at some point the jacket has been wet and it is slightly wrinkled and slightly darkened on the inside, not price clipped.

London: J. & A. Churchill, 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1886, First Edition. Size 12mo, 54 pages. Cream hard cover with black titles to the spine. Condition good, spine darkened, covers a little grubby, corners and spine ends a little rubbed, ex Royal College of Surgeons Library with stamps to title and half title small label to front cover and pencil note to front end-paper, pages are very clean throughout. With line diagrams in the text.

38 Great Russell St: Seeley, Service and Co, 1907. Decorative Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Size 5.2" x 8" tall,703 pages, blue cloth with lots of gilt lettering on spine. Blind stamped decoration and lettering on front cover.pastedown has very small sticker with bookshops address. spine slightly faded, spine ends rubbed, a few finger marks to pages.

London: Cassell, 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1964 First Edition First Impression. Size octavo, 175 pages including index. Red hard cover with gilt titles to the spine, no dust jacket. Condition very good, corners slightly rubbed, spine and upper edge of rear panel faded, contents very clean throughout. Memoirs from Dr. Haddy James's journal, edited by Jane Vansittart. With frontispiece portrait of Dr. James and another in the text.

London: Oxford University Press, 1932. First Edition, First Impression . Cloth Bound Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1932 First Edition first impression. Signed by Author. Size 12mo, 180 pages including index. Blue cloth covered boards with paper title label to the spine, outer page edges unevenly trimmed, colour frontispiece. With beige titled dust jacket. Book condition near fine, title label on spine is toned, page edges a little toned, contents are very clean. Dust jacket condition very good, light spots to jacket, corners and spine ends rubbed, spine sunned, not price clipped. Feminist Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was a member of a group of radical intellectuals called the English Jacobins. Her book A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792) argued equal educational opportunities for women. She married the radical activist and philosopher William Godwin in 1797 and died giving birth to a daughter, Mary (later Mary Shelley) This copy was sent by the… Read More

Edinburgh: Printed For Alexander Donaldson. Sold at His Shop, No. 48 in St. Paul's Church-yard, the Corner Next Cheapside, London; and at Edinburgh, 1774. Twenty-Sixth Edition . Morocco. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1774 Twenty-Sixth Edition, "In Which The Latin Verses Are Translated." Size 12Mo, 7" X 4". Complete, To In Two Volumes, 193 And 200 Pages, Including Table Of Text At The Rear. Original Binging Of Dark Brown Morocco With Gilt Titles On A Red Morocco Label To The Spine, Original Endpapers. Condition Very Good, The Morocco Is Rubbed Especially At The Corners And Edges, 1" Split To Lower End Of Front Hinge, Leather Chipped From Base Of Spine, Gilt Title On Label Dulled, Front Hinge Weak. There Are Two Owners' Inscriptions, "Robert Dick Decr 16Th 1791" To Front Endpaper, And Catherine Dick, 1819 To Title Page, Some Light Spotting To Some Pages, Other Than This The Pages Are Generally Clean Throughout. Volume I… Read More