Search Results: Authors starting with L from AJ Scruffles

London: Little, Brown, 2004. Hardcover. Near Fine. Engaging vignettes from english history. Signed by the author (without dedication) to the title page. With belly strap. Some mild bumping to top and tail of DJ. Else crisp and clean. Near fine.

Texas: Texas A & M Univ Pr, 1992. Hardcover. Good/Good. A fresh, unvarnished appreciation of the Texas Revolution and its 'messier' character. With maps and charts. Sunning to spine. Mild marking to cloth covers. Foxing to page edges but contents clean and binding tight. Good+

Stockholm: The Swedish Institute, 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine. Readable, illustrated account of Swedish history from the ice age to the modern day. With numerous colour images. Some very light bumping to top and tail of spine. Else crisp and pristine. Near fine.

London: Bell and Daldy, 1868. Hardcover. Fair. The complete essays of Charles Lamb, containing the Essays of Elia, Last Essays of Elia and The Essays of Eliana, his collected later pieces. Full leather with gilt decoration to spine. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edges. small 8vo. Rubbing to edges. especially to top of spine. Scuffing to rear cover. Scuffing to front free endpaper near hinge. Some spotting to front matter and tanning to edges but contents otherwise clean. Binding sound. A externally worn but tight copy. Fair.

London: Collins, 1910. Hardcover. Good. Handsome edition of Lamb's 1823 collection of essays. With the original engravings. Red morocco leather binding. All edges gilt. Rounded corners. No date but c. 1910. Some light marking to cover., Rubbing to edges. Scuff to front pastedown. Mild tanning to page edges, Contents clean and tight. Good+

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1903. Hardcover. Good. Handsome edition of Lamb's 1833 collection of essays. From the works of Charles Lamb Series with b/w illustrations by C. E. Brock. Quarter cloth binding with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Fore edge rough cut. Rubbing to edges. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Contents clean and binding tight. Good+

London: George Bell & Sons, 1891. Hardcover. Good. Volume I of the essays of Charles Lamb, this volume containing the complete Essays of Elia, Rather nice half vellum binding with metallic marbled paper boards with matching marbled end-papers. Elaborate gilt decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. small 12mo. Toning and soiling to spine. Light foxing to fore-edge. Contents clean and tight. Good

London: Phllip Allan, 1932. Hardcover. Good. With 12 b/w plates. Ex-library with withdrawn stamp to title page. Tanning to page edges. Mild bumping to edges. Some toning and light marking to spine, Clean and tight. Good.

London: The Library Association, 1960. Soft cover. Good. Reprinted from Five years Work in Librarianship 1956 - 1960, chapter 29. Some toning and marking to covers. Foxing to top edge. contents clean and tight. Good.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. Hardcover. Good. Children's adventure novel. A new edition with colour illustrations by W. E. Webster. Sunning to spine. Foxing to page edges and occasionally within. Previous owner's plate to front-pastedown. Good.

London: Times Books, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Facsimiles of the classified advertisements arranged by topic. Foxing to top edge. Contents clean and tight. Very good.

Braunschweig: Fr. Vieweg & Sohn; George Westermann, 1854. Hardcover. Fair. World Atlas comprising of 29 foldout high quality political and topographical colour maps. With individual maps for the countries of europe and overviews of the other continents. An early example of colour printed maps, of which Westermann were pioneers, hence the interesting tones. Maps measure approximately 330x280mm. All maps present as called for, despite irregular numbering of plates. Introduction by Lange. lacks spine. Tanning to page edges and spotting within. Fair.

California: Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2013. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Some very light rubbing to edges, Contents crisp and clean. Near fine.

London: Polity, 2018. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Very light shelf-wear. Small mark to fore-edge. Contents clean and tight. Very good.

London: J. B. Cramer; Chappell & Co., 1900. Hardcover. Fair. Collection of sheet music to popular and comic music hall songs. Leather bound. Contains numerous songs (aprox. two dozen) with decorated title pages (usually with lists of other available songs to rear). No dates but c. 1900. Large 4to. Some minor tape repairs to some pieces, previous owner's name to some pieces. Mild wear etc. Some loss to leather. Fair.

London: The Folio Society, 1955. Hardcover. Good. Dodie Masterman. Pleasant early Folio Society edition of Lawrence's posthumously published 1926 novella, often called The Virgin and the Gypsy today. With b/w illustrations by Dodie Masterman. Complete with slipcase. Light wear to volume. Contents clean and tight. Good+

London: Ace Books; Harborough Publishing, 1959. Soft cover. Fair. Striking Paperback edition of Lawrence's controversial novel. Page edges tanned. Some marking to fore-edge. creasing to spine, rubbing and shelfwear. But binding sound and contents clean. Fair/good

London: Jonathon Cape, 1935. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. First printing of the first trade edition, published only after Lawrence's death, following the privately printed run of 211 produced in 1926. This edition features four fold out maps and fantastic b/w images taken from the 1926 edition. No DJ. With index and appendices. Brown cloth boards with gilt crossed swords device to cover. Top edge tinted, fore-edge rought cut. 4to. 672pp Various stains and spotting/toning to covers. Mild foxing to top edge. Contents clean and binding sound. Good *Due to size and weight, extra shipping fees will apply to overseas orders*

London: J. M. Dent & Sons; Everyman Library, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Everyman's library volume no. 958. Contains England my England, The Woman who rode away and others. DJ is toned to spine, with small tears. Foxing to page edges. Contents clean and binding sound. Good.

London: The Folio Society, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. Smashing edition of Lear's nonsensical poetry and limericks, as well as his absurd botany and more. Features colour illustrations throughout. Coloured by Richard Beards, who designed the cover/slipcase. Introduction by Quentin Blake. Complete with slipcase. Some very light toning to spine. Else crisp and clean. Very good+