Search Results: Titles starting with I from Lasting Words Ltd

UK: Bateman and Hardwicke, 1851. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1851. Richard Williams Morgan (bardic name "Mor Meirion", c.1815-c.1889) was a Welsh clergyman and author. He was born in Llangynfely, Cardiganshire and educated at Saint David's College in Lampeter. Morgan was a leading figure in the Celtic Revival "Gorsedd of Bards". In 1874, Morgan was consecrated First Patriarch of a restored Ancient British Church by Jules Ferrette, the founder of the British Orthodox Church. Morgan took the religious name of 'Mar Pelagius I' and undertook to revive the Celtic Christianity prior to the Synod of Whitby while continuing his duties as an Anglican clergyman. In 1879 consecrated Charles Isaac Stevens (1835-1917), a former presbyter of the Reformed Episcopal Church as his successor as Patriarch of the Ancient British Church. The Ancient British Church in the UK persisted into the 1920s, with the… Read More

UK: Dent, 1942. Reprint . Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Early printing 1942. Part of the Kings Treasures of Literature Series. Full bespoke leather binding bound by the famous bookbinder Sangorski & Sutcliffe.Incluing gilt detailing, gilt to page edges and hand marbled endpapers. From the library of William Foyle (1883-1963), one of the greatest booksellers of the 20th century, was the co-founder with his brother Gilbert of the eponymous and iconic London bookshop on Charing Cross Road. Having purchased the former medieval monastery of Beeleigh Abbey in 1943, William built an impressive and unrivaled personal library of manuscripts and books on English history and literature, European and world history and discovery, which he housed in the beautiful former monastic dormitory. Includes a leather bookplate W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey. Book is fine and in lovely bright clean condition. Contents good with age toning to edge of endpapers. More images can be… Read More

UK: Macmillan, 1914. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good ++. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. 1st UK Edition 1914. A very rare 1st UK separate edition of this classic poem. The Poem first appeared in the book Rewards and Fairies in 1910, this separate publication was issued in the UK to capitalise on the huge, and instant, popularity of what has become Kipling's most enduring work of verse. The soft cover book is very good and bright. Light age toning. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref

UK: Fourth Estate, 2005. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 2005. Signed by Eric Sykes to the inner page. Book and wrapper are near fine. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 11656##013616

UK: Herbert Jenkins, 1933. 2nd Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Popular Edition 1933. Same format as the 1st edition and printed in the following year. Book is very good++ and very bright. Contents good. Bookplate to endpaper and small inscription to title page. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges rubbed, creased and nicked. A few small closed tears. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16621

UK: Faber, 1944. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good+. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 2nd Imp 1st Edition 1944. Presentation inscription to Henry Williamson from his mistress Anne Thomas. From the Library of Henry Williamson. 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. Contents good. The wrapper is very good+ and bright. Light surface rubbing. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 17749

UK: Macmillan, 1943. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Eileen Soper. 1st Edition 1943. Illustrated by Eileen Soper. Signed by the author. Wonderful Provenance: Joy Clark, thence by descent. Joy Clark born 1937 grew up in Beaconsfield with her parents Isabella and Cecil Clark. The Clark's ran an ironmonger's shop in the town and Enid Blyton was a regular customer. For many years whenever one of her books was published, Blyton would kindly sign and give a book to Joy, who was a small child at the time. Book is very good and bright. Light marking to cloth. Contents good. Some pages lightly marked and small loss to a few corners. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16409

UK: Macmillan, 1943. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Eileen Soper. 1st Edition 1943. Illustrated by Eileen Soper. Signed by the author. Wonderful Provenance: Joy Clark, thence by descent. Joy Clark born 1937 grew up in Beaconsfield with her parents Isabella and Cecil Clark. The Clark's ran an ironmonger's shop in the town and Enid Blyton was a regular customer. For many years whenever one of her books was published, Blyton would kindly sign and give a book to Joy, who was a small child at the time. Book is very good and bright. Light marking to cloth. Contents good. Some pages lightly marked and small loss to a few corners. The wrapper is very good and bright. Small loss to spine tips/edge. Edges rubbed and nicked. Price clipped. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16409

UK, 1853. First Edition . Soft cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated Memoir of an Eventful Expedition into Central America : Resulting in the Discovery of the Idolatrous City of Iximaya Described by John L Stephens 1st Edition 1853 John Lloyd Stephens was an American explorer, writer, and diplomat. Stephens was a pivotal figure in the rediscovery of Maya civilization throughout Middle America and in the planning of the Panama railroad. A rare memoir pamphlet with engravings about the exploration of the Aztec Civilisation by the famed explorer John Lloyd Stephens. 28 pages, complete in it's own right. Taken from a bound up book. Pages are in average to good condition. A little age toning and foxing to pages. 175mm x 120mm More images can be taken upon request. Ref15211

UK: Michael Joseph, 1953. First Edition . Full-Leather. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1953. The authors own book. Autobiography of British composer, musician and author, Vivian Ellis, connected to the musical theatre for several decades. Presentation book from Michael Joseph the publisher of the book to the writer Vivian Ellis. Long inscription inside the book from Michael Joseph. Also includes two letters from Michael Joseph. It was customary to send a leather bound book from the publisher to the author to keep as their personal copy. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Inscribed on the inner page. This item being part of the small collection of books, letters and papers recently acquired from his estate. Vivian Ellis was an English musical comedy composer best known for the song "Spread a Little Happiness". Ellis became the President of the Performing Right Society and in 1984 the society instituted an annual event - the Vivian Ellis… Read More

UK: Harvill, 2013. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 2013. Signed by the author to the title page. Book and wraper are fine. More images can be taken upon request. Ref13669###015772

UK: Heinemann, 1922. First Edition Thus . Soft cover. Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 1st Edition 1922. Signed by the cast including Margaret Chatwin, W Johnstone Douglas, Albert Thompson, William Heseltine, Herbert Simmonds, Leighton Lucas, B Bradley Williams, Dame Gwen Lucy Ffrangcon-Davies and two others. The Immortal Hour is an opera by English composer Rutland Boughton. Boughton adapted his own libretto from the play of the same name by Fiona MacLeod, a pseudonym of writer William Sharp. The Immortal Hour is a fairy tale or fairy opera, with a mood and theme similar to Dvorák's Rusalka and Mozart's The Magic Flute. Magic and nature spirits play important roles in the storyline. The fairy people are not mischievous, childlike sprites, but are proud and powerful: immortal demigods who are feared by mortals and who can (and do) interfere with the lives of men and women. Alternatively, the progression of Etain into the mortal realm and her pursuit and redemption by Midir… Read More

UK: Faber, 1929. First Edition . Paper. Good ++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st edition 1929. A reply to some critics of the author's campaign for a world revolution. 'No. 4' in the Criterion Miscellany. Yellow printed wrappers. The softback booklet book is near very good and quite bright. Light edge rubbing with light marking/soiling to covers. Contents good. Pages slightly age toned. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 15875

UK: Peter Owen, 1977. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 3rd Imp 1977. Book is near fine. Wrapper if very good++ and bright. Wrapper slightly undercut as normal. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 15493

USA: Farrar Straus, 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good ++/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harry Brown. 1st Edition 1930. Presentation inscription from Henry Williamson to his first wife Ida Loetitia Williamson (Gipsy) The inscription reads - Gipsy from H.W Xmas 1930. A further inscription in the hand of Williamson dated 1930 New York. There was a letter from Williamson tipped into the book to his wife but has been removed by Anne Williamson and is held by the Henry Williamson Literary Estate. The envelope still remains. 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. The book is very good and bright. Light edge rubbing. Wording a little dull. Contents good. The wrapper is good++ and bright. Nicks, rubbing, and small closed tears to edges. Loss to spine tips/corners. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17754

UK: The Tablet, Anthony d'Offay, 1975. First Edition . Printer Wrapper. Very Good ++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1975 and 1976. Two David Ford soft backed books. Both in very good bright condtion. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 15214

UK: Chatto and Windus, 1942. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Good ++/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1942. The Authors Own Retained Book with a Presentation Dedication Inscription to His Wife Who the Book is Dedicated to. With the authors Bookplate to the endpaper. A collection of short stories. A few hand corrections by the author within the text. Book is good++ and quite bright. Cloth with surface rubbing and marking. Contents good. The wrapper very good and quite bright.Spine tips with surface loss. Edges rubbed and nicked in places. Small closed tear to top front edge. Light age toning/marking. More images can be taken upon request. Ref

UK: Bantam, 1988. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1988. Authors second book about WW1. Book is fine with bright boards. Contents very nice. The complete wrapper is fine and clean. Morel images can be taken upon request. Ref 2956##005227

UK: Marshall Morgan and Scott, 1930. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good +. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 1st Edition 1930. Undated. Uncommon. The softcover book is very good+ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Contents very good. Small mark to front cover edge. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 6446 ###008736

UK: Wills and Hepworth, 1956. Third Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Near Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. W C Watson. 3rd Edition 1956. Ladybird Series 455. Book is very good++ with bright boards. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and very bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Price clipped. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 14851