Search Results: Titles starting with L from Keel Row Books

London; Mysterious Press, 1990., 1990. Hardcover. SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo. 480 pp. Book Condition: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Original white cloth with silver titles in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. A little minor creasing to jacket top edge and surface scuffing to embossed blue letters of Ellroy's name to front. Signed by author to title page. Scarce.

London; Herbert Jenkins Limited. . Hardcover. Fifth Printing. 311 pp, [viii] advertisements. Book Condtion: Very Good. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Bright orange cloth with black titles in pictorial dust-jacket. Jacket price clipped with numerous nicks & creases, wear/small loss to head & tail of spine and large chip to front top edge (approx 1/2 an inch square). Very minor foxing to textblock edge only; a very clean copy with no annotation or inscriptions.

London; William Kimber, 1977., 1977. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. 190 pp. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Maroon cloth with gilt titles in unclipped dust-jacket. Jacket lightly sunned to spine otherwise a very clean copy; no annotation or inscriptions. Autobiography of a young soldier in the Glorious Glosters on the front line during 1917 & 1918.

Bruxelles; Cultura, 1961., 1961. Hardcover. Quarto. Formed bentwood slipcase portfolio containing card folder with introductory catalogue, contents sheet and series of 25 plates, of which 12 are in colour (complete and individually numbered). Slipcase in near fine condition; card folder lightly spine sunned with sticker mark to rear. Contents clean and bright; text is in French. Unusual and scarce.

Newcastle Upon Tyne; W A Mitchell, 1823., 1823. Hardcover. Octavo. Xx, 155 pp. Vol I [All Published]. Lithographed frontispiece. Book Condition: Very Good. Later half calf gilt, rubbed to edge, over marbled paper-covered boards. Appendices & index to rear with errata to verso final leaf. Sporadic minor foxing and fingermarking; no annotation or inscriptions. Satirical work lampooning the local politicians and worthies of Newcastle upon Tyne, perhaps written by the publisher using a pseudonym. Scarce.

London; Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1910., 1910. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. Xiii, 554pp, 24 (publishers catalogue). Portrait frontispiece and seven plates, all with tissue guards. Pole pedigree to rear. Book Condition: Very Good. Original red cloth gilt with Pole's coat of arms and cardinal's hat gilt-stamped to upper board. T.e.g. School prize plate to front paste-down dated 1919 and name handwritten to ffep. Scarce, particularly in hardcover.

London; Curtis Warren Limited, [1950]., 1950. Mass Market Paperback. FIRST EDITION. Softcover pp 128. Pictorial card wraps. Stapled page block. Creasing and tearing to covers; lower cover repaired to reverse with clear adhesive tape. Spine is creased with minor loss at tail. Rusting around staples. Good condition. Science fiction novel by the author of the Azan the Apeman series, David Arthur Griffiths (writing as Marco Garron), under the nom de plume, David Shaw. Cover art by Terry Maloney.

London; Hodder & Stoughton, 1919., 1919. Hardcover. ASSOCIATION COPY. Undated c. 1919. Octavo. 14 illustrations including frontispiece photographic portrait of Grenfell. Original dark red cloth with gilt titles and line decoration; blind-stamped lines to upper board. Cover cloth lightly surface soiled and spine sunned; edges rubbed, corners and head/tail of spine worn and joints starting. Small damp marks to rear board. Light foxing, mainly to endpapers; rear pastedown slightly wrinkled. Undated, 1919. Pencilled signature of Emily Shackleton to ffep and following leaf together with the address Manor Heath, Eccles and date December 1921. Emily was the wife of celebrated explorer Ernest Shackleton and in December 1921 she was at the Shackleton family home, built in the 1890s near their engine-making firm in Eccles, reading about Grenfell's experiences whilst awaiting the return of her husband. Poignantly, Emily inscribed the book whilst Ernest was on his final fatal expedition to the Antarctic; he died… Read More

London; Folio Society, 2007., 2007. Hard Cover. FIRST THUS. Slim quarto, pp. xxiv, 229. Colour frontispiece with semi-transparent printed glassine leaf and 7 further colour illustrations by Neil Packer. Publisher's dark brown cloth to spine with pictorial 'labyrinthine' paper to boards and burnt orange titles to spine, housed in a matching dark brown paper-covered slipcase; dark brown endpapers. An exceptionally clean, neat copy with no annotations or inscriptions; appears unread. Slipcase shows extremely light shelf wear. Overall a Fine copy in Near Fine slipcase. Follows the text of the first edition, with minor emendations, and with new Introduction by Adam Feinstein, Foreword by Andre Maurois & illustrations by Neil Packer.

London; Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1834 - 1840., 1834. Hard Cover. Seven annual periodicals in a one volume. Octavo, each issue pp. 72 except for 1834 which is pp. 48. Pictorial title page to each issue (paginated with text) plus numerous diagrams and figures throughout. Contemporary half calf with gilt titles to red label to spine, and gilt decoration; marbled paper-covered boards. Calf corners removed; spine creased and rubbed with minor loss at tips. Scattered very minor foxing & price stamp to verso title page of 1834 issue otherwise contents clean. A Very Good copy. The final seven issue of this important Almanack, notable for its advancement of mathematics as a female pursuit.

Cambridge; W. Heffer and Sons Limited, [1920]., 1920. Hard Cover. Adelphi Edition, undated circa 1920.16 mo, pp. [4], 147. Royal blue half-calf by Harrods Ltd with 5 raised bands, gilt titles to spine and marbled paper-covered boards; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Spine very lightly sunned. No annotation or inscriptions; contents clean and bright: a Near Fine copy.

London; W. Foulsham and Co. Ltd., [1925]., 1925. Hard Cover. Octavo, pp. 190, [2]. Second British Edition. Although not explicitly stated in the text, this is the abridged 1925 edition following on from the 1911 first. With a final leaf of publishers' advertisements. Original indigo publishers' cloth with gilt titles to upper board and spine. With original publishers' pictorial dust-jacket. Spine tips and corners slightly bumped and faded with overall vibrant cloth and bright gilt lettering. Some light scattered foxing to fore-edges, minor toning to endpapers. Pages are tight and free of any ownership marks or annotations. Dust-jacket is bright and unclipped with some rubbing at edges with some small tears and minor at extremities. Supernatural chiller loosley based on the County Durham legend of the Lambton Worm. Stoker's final novel includes mongooses, mesmerism, and prehistoric monsters, specifically monstrous White Worm of ancient Mercia, secreted for thousands of years in a bottomless well and… Read More

London; Day & Son, [1859]., 1859. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Tall quarto, pp. vii with 25 tissue-guarded chromolithographed plates after T. Picken including title, each with unpaginated accompanying leaf of text. Two steel engraved views to Introduction. Skilfully recased in publishers' original blind-stamped maroon cloth; titles, decorative panel to spine and oval floral border to upper board all in gilt; a.e.g. Edges a little rubbed and bruised with minor wear at corners; contents clean and crisp. A Very Good copy. Exquisite views of the romantic Cumbrian scenery, including Buttermere, Rydal Water, Grasmere and "The Druidical Circle Near Keswick (Castlerigg). Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

London; John Lane The Bodley Head, 1910., 1910. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. xix, [1], 334, [22] catalogue. 80 photographic illustrations to 47 plates, including frontispiece. Publishers' salmon pink cloth, with gilt titles and decoration to spine an upper board; top edge gilt. Cover cloth soiled; moderately sunned spine with wear at tips. Scattered foxing throughout, with printed pictorial prize plate for the Duke's School at Alnwick to front paste-down, inscribed in 1919. A Good copy. Big Game shooting in Africa with Introduction by Winston Churchill. Dickinson accompanied Churchill on shooting expeditions whilst Churchill was Under Secretary of State for the African Colonies, at Churchill's request due to Dickinson's formidable reputation as a hunter.

New York; Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1980., 1980. Hard Cover. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo, pp. [6], 210. Publisher's black faux leather with white titles to spine in an unclipped pictorial jacket. Very light bruising to spine tips and slight surface wear to jacket corner; overall a clean, bright copy. Near Fine book in like jacket. Crime Club Edition. Award winning crime writer, Ruth Rendell, weaves a story of intrigue involving a mild mannered accountant, who wins the Pools, and a psychopathic serial killer.

London; Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1839., 1839. Hard Cover. SECOND EDITION. 12 mo bound in sixes, pp. [6], 350. Engraved frontispiece and half title by T. H. Jones. Black half-calf with 4 raised bands, gilt titles to spine and marbled boards and endpapers. Spine tips and corners rubbed with minor wear; boards a little scuffed. Scattered foxing, mainly to frontispiece and half title, some offsetting and toning to engravings. A few pages corner-creased. A Very Good copy. Novel set in Ireland by the Durham-born novelist and poet Anna Maria Porter (1780-1832), first published in 1804.

Edinburgh; Canongate Publishing, 1985., 1985. Hard Cover. Definitive Edition (reprint). Signed, numbered and dated by the author to the front free endpaper. Octavo, pp. [8], 561, [7]. No. 659 of 1000 copies. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and wrap around gilt quotation to upper and lower boards in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket with rare, original glassine dust-jacket covering. Fine book in near fine dust-jacket. Very light edgewear to the glassine dust-jacket protector with very small area of loss and a little staining to rear panel but in very good condition. The 'definitive' edition of the Author's first book in an edition of 1,000 copies only. Hailed as the most influential Scottish novel of the second half of the 20th century it was on the basis of Lanark that Anthony Burgess called Gray the best Scottish novelist since Walter Scott. This definitive edition was reprinted in 1985. Scarce signed, especially so in the original fragile glassine wrapper.

Newton Abbot; London; North Pomfret; David & Charles, 1980., 1980. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Large octavo, pp. 270. Illustrated in black and white. Bound in the publisher's navy blue cloth with gilt spine titles. With the unclipped original blue dust-jacket. Minimal library markings to front endpapers. Dust-jacket lightly sunned to spine and top edge. Very Good in a Very Good dust-jacket. Meticulously researched and highly readable history of all things Lancia. An indispensable volume for any Lancia enthusiast.

New York; Canaveral Press, 1963., 1963. Hard Cover. FIRST THUS. Octavo, pp. 319, [1]. 7 plates by Roy G. Krenkel including frontispiece. Publishers' forest green cloth with black titles to spine and upper board, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket also by Krenkel. Contents clean and crisp with no annotation or inscriptions. A hint of rubbing to spine tips & corners. Barely visible nicks & creases to dust-jacket, especially lower panel. head of spine. Very slightly surface soiled. A Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Fantasy adventure set in Pellucidar at the centre of the Earth during the Stone Age, and the modern-day subterranean prospector who accidentally ends up there. Sixth title in the Pellucidar series of novels.

London; Macmillan and Co, 1874, 1874. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Large octavo, pp. lxii, [2] List of Illustrations and errata, 360. Three mounted Woodbury type illustrations to plates including frontispiece portrait of Lessing, each with tissue guard. Publishers' umber cloth with gilt titles to spine, gilt roundel to upper board and decorative black border to boards. Contemporary inscription with familial association to half title 'Mary Phillimore from R'. Cover cloth so iled and rubbed with bruised corners and minor wear to spine tips. Inner front hinge cracked but holding firmly. Scattered light foxing. Bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. A good copy. A series of theoretical essays by German philosopher and dramatist Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, translated by Phillimore.