Search Results: Authors starting with L from Inklings & Yarnspinners

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1967. 1st. hardback. Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (good, some bumping and creasing, in protetive sleeve); blue boards clean, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Therese la Chard was a Victorian cageling par excellence, the motherless child of a wealthy Anglo-German family living on the rural fringe of London, a home in which 'system' was the only ogre, involving obsessions with health and music which became a tyranny and caused her to revolt. Midway through youth came a sudden decline into biting poverty, with a lovely stepmother and a clamorous brood.

London: William Heinemann, 1925. 1st (1st reprint). h/b. Near fine, 1st edition (2nd impression), olive boards, black/red title plates on spine/cover; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked; some foxing.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, as well as in French regional languages. Edward Marsh's translation first published in 1924.

London: William Heinemann, 1925. 1st (1st reprint). h/b. Near fine, 1st edition, blue boards, black/red title plates on spine/cover; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked; some foxing.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, as well as in French regional languages. Edward Marsh's translation first published in 1924.

Portland, OR: Amadeus, 2000. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (library spine label), blue clothbound boards, silver spine titling; text block firm, pages crisp and bright; some neat underlinings or marginalia.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Jean Langlais (1907-1991) was among the foremost French musicians of his time. He was the successor to the musical tradition established by Cesar Franck and, like him, was organist at the church of Sainte Clotilde in Paris. Though blind from early childhood, he became one of the most celebrated touring virtuos of his time, his legendary recitals always concluding with an improvisation upon a submitted theme. Langlais wrote a body of music for organ second only in extent to that of Bach, and his compositions for organ remain widely played. This biography by one of his favorite pupils examines both his life and music.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1944. 1st. hardback. Very good, with good d/j (intact but with some ripping), unmarked pages mainly clean with a little foxing. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). A charming and useful (in most cases) pocket sized collection of forty-two short prayers and graces. Text on RHS, illustration on LHS. For example, ""A Benison on Wartime High Tea"".""Upon this scanty meal, O Lord,Bestow a blessing in accord:Pour Thy grace in measure small,Lest it more than cover all.""

London: Souvenir, 2010. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (vg), black boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked, some foxing on edges.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). The Avro Shackleton was a formidable machine with its Griffon engines producing the characteristic grumble that gave the aircraft one of its nicknames, the Growler. This book contains stories from the men for whom the aircraft became a way of life. Combining memories and anecdotes from crew members with archive material (including rare and previously unseen photographs) Growling over the Oceans is an intimate and vivid introduction to the world of the Shack. In the last days of World War Two, the makers of the Lancaster bomber began to consider designing a new aircraft for Coastal Command. It eventually became the Shackleton. The men who flew and serviced the production version became fiercely proud of their aeroplane and its lack of home comforts. The Shackleton s ten man crews became a… Read More

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1898. 3rd. hardback. Very good, dark blue leatherette lettered and decorated in gold on spine. Blindpressed owl on front; untrimmed pages unmarked and tight, gilt top edge, tanning on endpapers.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). Part of the Temple Classics series (ed. Israel Gollancz), originally published the previous year in 1897.

London: Thomas Nelson, n.d. (?1940s). hardback. Fine; blue calfbound limp boards, no d/j, rose-gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp; appears unread.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). A pocket edition of the classic retelling of Shakespeare's plays for children.

London: Oxford University Press, 1933. 3rd reprint. hardback. Very good, missing d/j, green boards with pressed ruling, clean; gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp. Pencil inscription on back fep.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was an English essayist best known for his humorous Essays of Elia from which the essay 'A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig' is taken. Lamb enjoyed a rich social life and became part of a group of young writers that included William Hazlitt, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor Coleridge with whom he shared a lifelong friendship. Lamb never achieved the same literary success as his friends but his influence on the English essay form cannot be underestimated and his book, Specimens of the English Dramatic Poets is remembered for popularising the work of Shakespeare's contemporaries.

London: John Murray, 1963. 1st thus. hardback. Very good, lacking d/j, bright yellow clothbound boards (some signs of use especially on back), with blue impressed design and spine titling; pages bright and unmarked. Provenance: Peter Foster (1919-2010), architect and painter (fmr Westminster Abbey's Surveyor of Fabric) and his wife Margaret (Hemingford Grey, Cambridge). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Collection of autobiographical pieces, some of which first published in Cornhill magazine, 10 years after private limited edition printing in 1953.

London: John Murray, 1975. 1st. hardback. 1st, near fine, with v.g. unclipped d/j, yellow boards and gilt titling bright, pages tight and unmarked. Provenance: Peter Foster (1919-2010), architect and painter (fmr Westminster Abbey's Surveyor of Fabric) and his wife Margaret (Hemingford Grey, Cambridge). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). A tour of the portraits at Drayneflete, Lancaster's sublimely funny stately home, given added credibility by Roy Strong's foreword (as director of the National Portrait Gallery). Lancaster's mastery of the stages of European portraiture on display in these glorious pastiches. Dedicated to Antony and Violet Powell.

London: John Murray, 1949. 1st. hardback. Very good 1st edition, in unclipped d/j (good, some wear and bumping, spine a little grubby); yellow boards clean, pink titling and front image clear but slightly faded; pages unmarked and tight. V. small owner's label on front pastedown. Provenance: Peter Foster (1919-2010), architect and painter (fmr Westminster Abbey's Surveyor of Fabric) and his wife Margaret (Hemingford Grey, Cambridge). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Seminal volume in Lancaster's Littlehampton saga in words and cartoons

London: John Murray, 1950. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition missing d/j, yellow boards clean, with red impressed front cartoon and spine titling bright; pages clean and unmarked. Very good condition.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Lancaster journeys through parts of Europe and the Levant, as well as New York with his brilliant observations in the first half of the book; in the second half, he returns to the life of Maudie Littlehampton of Drayneflete

London: John Murray, 1969. 1st. hardback. Near fine, 1st edition, yellow boards clean, gilt front cartoon and spine titling bright; pages tight and unmarked. Previous owner has lightly glued image from Country Life of a church on Crete adjacent to Lancaster's full colour plate. Provenance: Peter Foster (1919-2010), architect and painter (fmr Westminster Abbey's Surveyor of Fabric) and his wife Margaret (Hemingford Grey, Cambridge). 8vo: royal (250 x 170 / 10"" x 6_""). Lancaster's unique guide to the Byzantine architecture of the Eastern Mediterranean illustrated in his own inimitable style.

London: John Murray, 1948. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition with unclipped d/j, yellow boards bright, with red pressed front cartoon and spine titling (some bumping at top), unmarked pages clean and tight.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). First volume in Lancaster's wonderful Littlehampton saga, starting with the heroic William de Littlehampton in the Crusades.

London: John Murray, 1967. 1st. hardback. Very good 1st edition, with v.g. clipped d/j (in protective sleeve); yellow boards clean, with black impressed drawing on front, titling on spine, both clear; pages unmarked and tight. Provenance: Peter Foster (1919-2010), architect and painter (fmr Westminster Abbey's Surveyor of Fabric) and his wife Margaret (Hemingford Grey, Cambridge). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Lancaster's 2nd autobiographical collection, personally illustrated with 35 b/w drawings and 2 full colour plates

London: John Murray, 1951. 3rd reprint. hardback. Very good 1st edition, missing d/j; yellow boards a little grubby, pink titling and front image clear but slightly faded; pages unmarked and tight.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Seminal volume in Lancaster's Littlehampton saga in words and cartoons (first published 1949.

London: John Murray, 1948. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition with clipped d/j, yellow boards bright, with red pressed front cartoon and spine titling (some bumping at top), unmarked pages clean and tight. Owner's inscription on ffep and label on front pastedown. Provenance: Marshall Sisson RA (1897-1978), architect (and Surveyor, then Treasurer at the Royal Academy). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). First volume in Lancaster's wonderful Littlehampton saga, starting with the heroic William de Littlehampton in the Crusades.

London: John Murray, 1949. 1st. hardback. Very good 1st edition, in unclipped d/j (good, some wear); yellow boards clean, pink titling and front image clear; pages unmarked and tight. SIGNED on title by Osbert Lancaster.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Seminal volume in Lancaster's Littlehampton saga in words and cartoons

London: John Murray, 1959. 1st. hardback. Fine, 1st edition, with unclipped d/j (v.g., with only a little bumping top spine), pages tight and unmarked. Includes some loose newspaper clippings from 1941 and 1987. Provenance: Peter Foster (1919-2010), architect and painter (fmr Westminster Abbey's Surveyor of Fabric) and his wife Margaret (Hemingford Grey, Cambridge). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Revised and expanded omnibus version of Pillar to Post (1938) and Homes Sweet Homes (1939). Reissued 1975 as A Cartoon History of Architecture.