Search Results: Titles starting with L from Ash Rare Books

Paris : E. Plon, Nourrit & Cie., [1894]. First edition. The lighter side of London life and fashion as seen by the popular and irrepressible Belgian caricaturist - Charing Cross Station, lunch-hour on the Strand, Royal Ascot, Hyde Park and Rotten Row, Kensington, Piccadilly Circus, the Lowther Arcade, Piccadilly and Park Lane, Henley, the Music-Hall, Christmas parties, Kensington Gardens, Maidenhead, and so much more - sketches, studies and wry observation. Landscape foolscap folio. (26cm). 32 leaves. Illustrated throughout, frequently in colour, with full-page plates and medleys of smaller studies. Original pictorial cloth; lightly rubbed and slightly worn; front endpaper cracked and torn; some minor internal marks and short tears, but overall still a good copy of a delightful compilation.

London : Duckworth, 1930. First edition. Waugh on his travels - Monte Carlo, Naples, Messina, Haifa, Port Said, Cairo, Malta, Crete, Constantinople, Athens, Corfu, Venice, Ragusa, Barcelona, Algiers, Malaga, Gibraltar, Seville and Lisbon - "piquant and entertaining, and, of course, pleasantly outspoken ... a jolly book, then, in which Mr. Waugh manages to advertise quite a number of picturesque objects, including himself. I enjoyed every word of his book, and have no hesitation in recommending it" (Ralph Straus in The Bystander, 1st October 1930). Demy 8vo (23cm). 206,[ii]pp. Frontispiece by the author; double-page map; sketch map and three photo plates of Barcelona. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt; a little sunned and faded; endpapers tanned; some spotting, mainly of edges and prelims; a good copy in the dust-jacket - the jacket expertly repaired and restored in places.

Cleveland : Kaywin Publishers, (1951). First American edition. "Love, luxury, and lust in Latin America" - the white slave trade exposed. Originally published by Archer in the UK in 1950. Crown 8vo (19cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - a saucy trio of chorus girls from Reginald Heade; small chip at head; repairs to spine splits; some light wear; small corner chip to front wrapper; larger chip to back wrapper, but overall still a good copy. No copy of this edition traced in any major library worldwide.

Cleveland : Kaywin Publishers, (1951). First American edition. Rikki Virgo FBI undercover agent, Chico Lanvin cruel killer of the hell-ship mob, Gypsy the fan dancer, Goldie the hot and humid blonde, etc. Originally published in the UK at Bolton earlier in 1951. Crown 8vo (19cm). 127,[i]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; crease to spine; some puzzling indentations to wrappers, but otherwise a very good, crisp and bright copy. Just a single copy of this edition (Louisville) located in major libraries worldwide.

London : Constable & Co., 1911. First edition. "A really clever and amusing piece of work, and its attractions are as many as its charming title suggests" (Pall Mall Gazette, 12th August 1911). A modern publisher transported back to the Middle Ages by virtue of railway accident near Salisbury - Ford's popular fantasy, dedicated to Violet Hunt - "I have worked at it harder, I think, than at any story I ever wrote, because it was to please you". Crown 8vo (20cm). [viii],(364),[xii]pp. Original brown cloth, pictorially blocked in blind on upper cover; a touch bruised; endpapers a little spotted, with a sprinkling of spots elsewhere, but a very good copy. Contemporary ownership inscription of G. M. Bradley. Harvey A33a.

London : S. D. Frances, [1950]. First edition. A nicely observed murder tale that commences with a failed playwright turned theatre-critic - and a party at the house of the successful playwright who has undermined him. The book rattled up thirty-two destruction orders from local magistrates. Later republished under the Roberts & Vinter imprint as "Sentence for Sin" in 1960. Crown 8vo (19cm). 125,[iii]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; a saucy blonde wench in lilac lifts her skirts - a design by Reginald Heade; some very minor creasing and edge-wear; more pronounced diagonal crease to lower wrapper; a few slight spots, but a very good copy - the staples clean and without rust. Stamps of Jones the Bookseller of Clitheroe Market on lower wrapper and verso of title-page. Just a single copy (British Library) located in major libraries worldwide. Williams & Holland 18.

London : S. D. Frances, [1950]. Originally published in 1948 and here in an early reprint - the second full-length Hank Janson title, and probably definitive in terms of fully establishing his modes of characterisation, gritty dialogue and overall style. "Sheila was disguised as a boy until another fella tried to strip away her pants. That started a rumpus which involved the important citizens". The subject of forty-seven destruction orders from local magistrates. Crown 8vo (18cm). (112)pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - a leggy blonde in stockings and disarray by Reginald Heade; some slight wear and bruising; a few marks; staples rusting; text a little tanned, but otherwise a very good and sound copy of an elusive early title.

London : S. D. Frances, [1948]. First edition. The second full-length Hank Janson title, and probably definitive in terms of fully establishing his modes of characterisation, gritty dialogue and overall style. "Sheila was disguised as a boy until another fella tried to strip away her pants. That started a rumpus which involved the important citizens ...". The subject of forty-seven destruction orders from local magistrates. Crown 8vo (19cm). (5)-111,[v]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - a leggy blonde in stockings and disarray in a design by Reginald Heade; tiny chip at foot; some creasing to wrappers; staples a little rusted; a few faint marks, but a good and sound copy of an elusive early title. Just three copies (Bodleian, British Library and Trinity College, Dublin) located in major libraries worldwide. Williams & Holland 2.

London : S. D. Frances, [1950]. First edition. "Every year there's fifty-five thousand people listed as missing in Chicago alone ... That's why I'm writing this story. The inside story of Judge Pearson. Not the story of what happened to him when he disappeared. But the much more revealing story of what happened earlier and why Judge Pearson disappeared at all". Crown 8vo (19cm). 126,[ii]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - an Amazonian Heade redhead in unlikely attire; slightly chipped at foot; some mild creasing and wear; a few faint marks on rear wrapper; faint spotting of edges; some mild tanning, but a good copy. Just a single copy (British Library) located in major libraries worldwide.

London : S. D. Frances, [1950]. First edition. "Every year there's fifty-five thousand people listed as missing in Chicago alone ... That's why I'm writing this story. The inside story of Judge Pearson. Not the story of what happened to him when he disappeared. But the much more revealing story of what happened earlier and why Judge Pearson disappeared at all". Crown 8vo (19cm). 126,[ii]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – an Amazonian Heade redhead in unlikely attire; small repaired tear to spine; some mild creasing; a few faint marks on rear wrapper, but a good and clean copy. Just a single copy (British Library) located in major libraries worldwide. Stamp of Greens Milk Bar in Salford on half-title.

London : T. Nelson & Sons, 1859. First edition : the first issue, with the map printed in purple. A charming little tourist guide to the Irish Lakes, illustrated with the distinctive and recently introduced two-colour lithographs made popular by the Nelson firm. Foolscap 8vo (18cm). (112) + 16pp inserted advertisements dated May 1858. Frontispiece, folding map and eleven plates. Original decorative cloth gilt; spine just a touch darkened; some very minor wear at tips; a few faint marks; some spotting to prelims and adverts, but overall a very good copy. Gift inscription dated Christmas Day 1859 from Mrs Hunter to Miss Read on front free endpaper.

[London : Jones & Co., 1829]. An attractive antique print - Lambton Castle rises above the Wear. Engraved by William Radclyffe (1783-1855) from an original study by John Preston Neale. Originally produced for the partwork series "Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen" (London : 1829-1831). Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 99 x 128mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 5"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

London : John Miles, (1935). First edition in English of the Grand Prix winning "Les Célebataires" (1934), here in a translation by Thomas McGreevy. A powerful novel of minor aristocracy failing to come to terms with the modern world. Post 8vo (21cm). [iv],(268)pp. In the secondary binding of blue cloth, lettered in darker blue; very good in the secondary Frederick Muller dust-jacket - a little rubbed and slightly sprinkled and tanned.

London : Jonathan Cape, (1971). First British edition. "A cross between Hans Christian Andersen and Franz Kafka" - twenty of the famous New York underground performer's miniature stories and fables, including "The Zebra Storyteller", "The Santa Claus Murderer", "Bullfinch and Goblin", "The Hidden Ballroom at Versailles", etc. Demy 8vo (23cm). [vi],(88),[ii]pp. Original quarter tan cloth, marbled boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; a touch bumped at foot; mild spotting of edges; very faint crease to opening leaves, but a good copy in the splendid Bill Botten dust-jacket - the jacket likewise a little bumped, with a few small indentations and a crease to the front flap, but complete and with only very minor wear.

London : Privately Printed in the Department of English at University College London, 1934. First edition. A previously unpublished seventeenth-century poem, ascribed to Arthur Duke, and here edited and hand-printed by Geoffrey Tillotson (1905-1969) and A. H. Smith on a hand-press at University College. Foolscap 4to (23cm). [8]pp. Original pictorial wrappers depicting the hand-press and giving a date of 1935; a little spotted, but overall a very good copy.

London : André Deutsch, (1975). First edition. Signed by John Fuller on the title-page. A novel for children - property developer villainy in a Welsh village. Post 8vo (21cm). (168)pp. Original turquoise boards, lettered in silver; just slightly bruised, otherwise very good in the original colour-printed Meg Rutherford dust-jacket - just slightly bruised and very faintly tanned.

London : Picador, (1996). First edition : in the earlier (pre-Booker) dust-jacket. Mourning, fellowship and ritual on the road to Margate - winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction as well as the Booker - and turned into the 2001 film with Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins, etc. Demy 8vo (23cm). [viii],(296)pp. Original black boards, lettered down and across spine in silver; near fine in dust-jacket.

London : Henry Frowde, 1905. First edition. "Dust and Wind", "Ode on the Death of Dickens", two hymns and seven other poems, selected and edited by Robert Bridges, who also contributes a memorial preface. Crown 8vo (19cm). (xvi),(40)pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original blue-white weave linen, ruled in blind on upper and lower covers, and lettered across upper cover and spine in gilt; spine just a touch dulled and with two tiny marks; occasional slight browning and spotting, but a very good copy.

Richmond : Keepsake Press, (1987). First edition : [one of 150 copies]. A collection of eighteen poems from the neurologist poet, including "Like Horses", "Peterborough", "Mystery at Glendurgan", "Sunday Afternoon", etc. Demy 8vo (21cm). 34,[ii]pp. Original white wrappers, printed in green and brown; very good. Lewis 79.

Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd / London : Simpkin & Marshall, 1832. First edition. Selected Latin passages, moving on from simple constructions (nominative and verb, adjective and substantive, etc.), to longer and increasingly more complex anecdotes, maxims, and fables, etc., followed by an extensive vocabulary. Generally attributed to the schoolmaster Richard Valpy, said to have been "a mighty flogger", whose large and impressive library was dispersed at auction in 1832. Post 12mo (171 x 102mm). [iv],(224)pp. Contemporary full sheep; sprinkled edges; some minor rubbing and slight wear to corners; a few slight marks, but internally clean and sound, and barring the presence of a number of pencil marks, looking virtually unused. A very good copy of a standard text which remained in print throughout the century.