Search Results: Authors starting with L from Ken Spelman Books Ltd

Fathom Writers Press, 2010. Hard Cover. Very Good. LAND, Nigel. Elswick-Hopper of Barton-on-Humber. The story of a great British cycle maker. 284pp., illustrated throughout. A very good hardback copy. 4to. Fathom Writers Press, Barton-on-Humber. 2010.

G. Testolini, 1812. Original Wraps. Very Good. Stitched as issued in original plain paper wrappers. Scarce. oblong folio. 231mm x 325mm. Published Jan. 1st, 1812 by G. Testolini, 73 Cornhill, London. The plates depict: Near Hanwell, Middlesex. /Near Kingston, Surry. / At Norwood, Surry. / At Wellyn in Hertfordshire.

Ledenhall Press, 1894. Printer Wrapper. Very Good. LASCELLES, John. X.Y.Z. and Other Poems. [5], 2-50pp. Title-page in orange and black. A near fine copy in original decorative card covers. 8vo. The Leadenhall Press. 1894 Very scarce publications by a little-known author, of whom we can find no further details apart from other press notices. There is a leaf of prefatory press reports in 'The Great Drama' for X.Y.Z "Mr Lascelles indicates with singular, it might be almost said mordant, power suggestions of the dismal side of the relation of the sexes [Brighton Herald]. 'Altogether a most remarkable book" [Whitehall Review], and then one from the Author himself "... very remarkable for their strength and originality. They are sometimes even startling." The cover illustration is explained in a verse on each title-page. "Light and Darkness; good and evil; Through life's mazes run! On man's pathway crawls the serpent; shines the rising sun!" But as one reviewer noted: "But why did he bind it in such a… Read More

1990. Unbound. Very Good. Folding specimen sheets in card folder. Very good condition. c1990.

1955. Original Wraps. Very Good. Brochure. 56 pages, card covers. In very good condition. c1955.

Merlin Unwin, 2012. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. The Black Grouse. Patrick Laurie. A near fine hardback copy in dust-wrapper. 2012.

1905. Unbound. Very Good. Original collotype plate from Old Cottages, Farm-Houses, and other Stone Buildings in the Cotswold District. Batsford. 1905. Image c4.5 x 6

1905. Unbound. Very Good. Original collotype plate from Old Cottages, Farm-Houses, and other Stone Buildings in the Cotswold District. Batsford. 1905. Image c4.5 x 6

Liverpool: Deighton, 1849. Hard Cover. Fair. LAWRENCE, Rose. Cameos from the Antique: or the cabinet of mythology: selections illustrative of the mythology of Greece and Italy, for the use of young persons, and intended as a sequel to the poetical primer. Second edition, revised. xv, [1], 177, [1]p. Full contemporary dark green calf, gilt panelled spine rather rubbed and worn at head and tail. A possible family copy, inscribed "To Emily Long from her affectionate friend J. Lawrence." Dedicated to Barbarina, Lady Dacre. The author was a close friend and near neighbour in Liverpool of Felicia Hemans. 12mo. Liverpool: Deighton and Laughton. 1849. Copac records Oxford and BL only of this edition.

1840. Unbound. Very Good. Layerthorpe Postern, York. Some foxing. Engraving. 90mm x 128mm (plate mark). c1840.

Francfort: chez Knich et Eslinger, 1767. Hard Cover. Very Good. Où l`on trouve les lecons les plus epurees et les conseils les plus delicats d`une mere, pour fervir de regle a sa fille. 415, [1]p., half-title. A very good clean copy in contemporary unlettered half-calf, marbled boards. Early note on the end-paper in a small, near contemporary hand. 12mo. Francfort & Leipsic, chez Knich et Eslinger. 1767. ~ Written in the form of an epistolary novel, this is an educational treatise for young girls. Jeanne Marie Le Prince de Beaumont (1711-1780) created works of fiction and non-fiction, authored essays and epistolary novels, and published what many now consider the first educational journals for children. She had left an unhappy marriage in France in 1746. The arranged union with M. de Beaumont, a "dissolute libertine," had been annulled after only two years, and in England she found a second husband and had several children. She returned to France in 1762. She is primarily recognized today for the… Read More

Brill, 2016. Hard Cover. As New/As New. A Social History of the University Presses in Apartheid South Africa. Library of the Written Word, Volume: 43. By Elizabeth Le Roux. 2016. Published at c£100. In A History of the University Presses in Apartheid South Africa, Elizabeth le Roux examines scholarly publishing history, academic freedom and knowledge production during the apartheid era. Using archival materials, comprehensive bibliographies, and political sociology theory, this work analyses the origins, publishing lists and philosophies of the university presses. The university presses are often associated with anti-apartheid publishing and the promotion of academic freedom, but this work reveals both greater complicity and complexity. Elizabeth le Roux demonstrates that the university presses cannot be considered oppositional - because they did not resist censorship and because they operated within the constraints of the higher education system - but their publishing strategies became more liberal… Read More

Leeds, 1894. Unbound. Good. LEEDS. Yorkshire Union of Institutes, Technical and Continuation Schools. Programme of Examinations and Prizes for 1893-94. 10pp, detailing prizes for Ornamental Work in Lithography, Shorthand, Cottage Industries &c. Stitched as issued. 212mm x 135mm. 1894.

1785. Unbound. Very Good. Satire - Parisian Courtezan - Prudent Black Legs This is a book illustration. 110mm x 180mm (image size) [c1785].

1965. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good hardback copy in dust-wrappers. Two volumes.

Ediciones Poligrafa, 1976. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. A very good hardback copy in slightly torn dust-wrapper.

1900. Hard Cover. Good. LEVASSEUR, E. Furniture Manufacturer. New and Original Designs in Art Furniture. 22 plates, with illustrations numbered 1-146. Original gilt lettered red cloth portfolio. Lacks the linen ties, and page edges dusty. folio. c1900.

James Williamson, 1869. Original Wraps. Very Good. 14, vi pp., frontispiece., plates. related material loosely inserted. Early inscription at the head of the title-page. Scarce. Corner crease to rear cover. [1869].

Anton Hiersemann, 1985. Hard Cover. Very Good. A very good hardback copy in orginal cloth. Scarce.

Rochester Press, 2007. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good clean hardback copy in dust-wrapper.