Search Results: Titles starting with L from Fine Book Cellar Ltd.

First edition, first impression (The Bodley Head, 1956). Illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Original blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Small area of sunning to spine head with an owner name and date to endpaper verso and some spotting to front and rear endpapers and pastedowns, otherwise contents clean throughout. The original dust jacket is price-clipped with some chipping to edges and a tear to top edge of upper panel. Foxing to lower panel, flaps and verso. A very good example.

First edition, first impression (Harper Voyager, 2008). Moderate bump to spine foot - near fine. Original and unclipped dust jacket has occasional and very minor traces of wear to extremities, else fine.

First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page.
Black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A fine copy with a couple of very faint marks to fore-edge, in a near fine or better dust jacket with a very small nick to the left of the spine hinge.
An excellent example of the author's second book that is increasingly hard to find signed.

First edition, first impression.
Original orange cloth with lettering to spine and motif to upper board in gilt. A near fine and internally clean book with some pushing to spine tips, in a very good dust jacket with some edge wear, primarily to spine tips; a little rubbing in places; toning to verso; top corner of upper flap clipped, but price intact.

First edition, first impression (Secker & Warburg, 1983). Signed by the author to the title page. Winner of the 1983 Booker Prize. Publisher's original black cloth with gold lettering to spine. A few small and unobtrusive marks to upper board with a contemporary gift inscription to front endpaper, a little dustiness to top edge, near fine otherwise in the original and unclipped dust jacket, complete with the red wraparound band. Small area of abrasion to top corner of lower panel and a hint of fading to bottom portion of spine panel; minor and occasional traces of edge wear; crease to rear flap; a few tears to wraparound band. An excellent, near fine copy overall. Uncommon with the band.

First edition, first impression (BBC Books, 1998). Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Slight pushing to spine tips, else near fine or better in a near fine dust jacket with light signs of wear to top edge. An excellent example.

First edition, first impression. Original tan cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A near fine book with a little peripheral browning to paste-downs, in a near fine, unpriced dust jacket (intended for export) with some of the usual fading to the spine panel.

First edition, first impression. Signed and dedicated by the author to the title page.
Original tan cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine copy in a near fine unpriced dust jacket (intended for export) with a fairly faint band of thin purple lines running across the jacket and a little wear to bottom edge, otherwise beautifully bright and without any of the usual fading to the spine panel.

First edition, second impression (Colin Smythe, 1987). Originally published the previous year. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page.
Publisher's original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine book, with the usual toning to edges, and one very small and inconspicuous mark to lower board, otherwise excellent and clean internally and free from any names or inscriptions.
The original dust jacket is also in fine and bright condition with just the slightest trace of wear to spine tips and a minuscule chip to bottom corner of upper panel and original retailer sticker to lower panel.

First edition, first impression. A 20th century literary highlight and one of the author's most highly regarded works. Original cloth with blue lettering to spine and orange lettering to upper board. A near fine book with traces of off-setting to endpapers, very slight knocking to corners and toning to edges, excellent otherwise with the orange top-stain remaining bright and nicely preserved. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some chipping and areas of minor loss with a few small nicks and tears to the extremities. A little rubbing in places to fore-edge and upper panel, but otherwise a good or better example.

First edition, first impression (Faber and Faber, 1978). Jacket illustration by David Gentleman. The second book in the Avignon Quintet.A fine book in a better than very good dust jacket with mild rubbing in places and a couple of neat tape repairs to verso.

First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title in the year of publication: "To Martine with best wishes David Attenborough Christmas 1984".
Original olive green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A couple of small white marks to upper board, else near fine or better in a fine and unclipped dust jacket. A fantastic example.

First edition, first impression. The sixth novel to feature Philip Marlowe.
Original burgundy cloth with white lettering to spine. A little spotting to edges, else near fine.
The original and unclipped dust jacket has several nicks, chips and tears to edges with small area of loss half way down upper flap fore-edge, otherwise a good example of a jacket that is often found in worn condition.

First edition, first impression (Signet, 1979). Written by the author while at the University of Maine several years before the publication of 'Carrie' in 1974. A few creases here and there to covers with evidence of light rubbing in places and faint pencil marks to lower cover. A very good copy of a rare book.

First UK edition, first impression (William Heinemann Ltd, 1930). Originally published in the US the previous year. The author's first novel.Original dark blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A better than near fine copy with just a little off-setting to endpapers, contents lovely and clean otherwise.The original dust jacket is similarly in near fine condition with some of the usual fading to the spine panel that the colour of the jacket makes it especially prone to.A fantastic copy, not easily found in such good condition.

First US edition, first impression in later issue dust jacket with 'Hawthornden Prize Edition' to spine panel. Adapted to film in 1937 and the origin of Shangri-La. Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A very good book with some rubbing to spine ends and previous owner name to front endpaper. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some chipping to spine ends and corners and a couple of tears to top of flap folds. Evidence of tape reinforcement to spine verso. A nice example of a rare edition.