Search Results: Titles starting with N from Lasting Words Ltd

UK: Collins Crime Club, 1973. New Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New Greenway Uniform Edition 1st 1973. The Greenway Edition published by Collins Crime Club brings together all Christies writing published by them since the late 1920's. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Price clipped. Uncommon. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18342

UK: Macmillan, 1866. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good ++. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 3rd Edition 1866.From the library of Hugh Powell Powel Castle Madoc. Two Volumes Complete. Engraved frontispiece, folding engraved map with small closed tear at inner margin, 4 folding lithographed plans, original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spines, gilt decoration to front boards. William Gifford Palgrave (1826-1888) was an ordained priest, he joined the order of the Jesuits and served as a member of the order in India, Rome and in Syria, where he acquired a command of Arabic. On his second journey to Syria he assumed the identity of a travelling Syrian physician. He travelled from Syria, through Najd, and on to Bahrain and Oman, he returned to Europe, where he wrote this narrative of his travels. This popular account of his Arabian travels was first published in 1865. Books are very++ and bright. Light edge. Contents good. Gutters cracked but but holding wells. Nice examples.… Read More

UK: Faber & Gwyer, 1927. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good ++. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Paul Nash. This was a limited Edition of the poem Nativity in the Ariel Poems series published in 1927. Illustrated by John Nash. 350 copies were published on handmade paper, this is copy 256 (hand numbered I believe by Sassoon himself). The booklet is clean and in very good condition. From the Library of Siegfried Sassoon and Sold by Sotheby's in 1991 and is indicated by the Sotheby's provenance label. Book is very good++ and quite bright. Edge rubbing. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18080

UK: Ash Tree Press, 2007. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 2007. Ghost stories by a rector of Worstershire in a similar vain to M R James. Limited Edition of 400 copies published. Fine in fine wrapper. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 15491

UK: Warne, 1886. New Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New Edition C1886. New edition edited by G Christopher Davies. Wonderful original decorative cloth binding. Illustrated. with engravings. Book is very good+ and is very bright. Contents good. Light foxing. Replaced front loose endpaper with a near matching paper. See photo. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18207

UK: W H Allen, 1848. First Edition . Cloth. Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. G. Pearson. New Edition C1848. The Natural History of the Human Species Its typical forms, primeval distribution, filiations, and migrations. With Thirty Four Colour Plates. Original red cloth decorated in gilt and black. Probably owned by Charles Hibbert. Henry Williamson's father in law. The Hibbert's were a wealthy middle class family in Devon. Williamson' met his daughter Ida Loetitia at various hunting meets and fell in love 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 good++ and quite bright. Boards a little marked and rubbed. Spine quite soiled with repair to top. Contents quite good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 17593

UK: Bickers, 1875. New Edition . Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Thomas Bewick. 1st Edition Thus 1875.1st Harting Edition. With title-vignette and numerous illustrations in the text. It comprises a mix of letters addressed to other naturalists, phrenological observations and natural history observations. A Beautiful Bickers leather binding with gilt work an hand marbled endpapers. Book is near fine and is very bright. Contents good. Bookplate to endpaper. Rare to find in this lovely condition. More images can be taken upon request. RefA1234

UK: Blackie, 1903. New Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Edition 1903. Undated. Board design by Talwin Morris. Black and white plates. Book is very good and quite bright. Spine lightened. Edges lightly rubbed. Contents good. School gift bookplate to endpaper. More images can be taken upon request.Ref17165

UK: Viking, 1985. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Lawrence. 1st Edition 1985. Signed by the author and illustrator to the title page. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Lovely illustrations. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 16384

UK: Viking, 1985. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Lawrence. 1st Edition 1985. From the library of Richard Adams the writer of Watership Down. This being his own personal copy of one of his own written books. Full provenance and with a supplied Richard Adams bookplate attached to the front endpaper. Book is near fine and very bright. Contents very good. The wrapper is near fine and bright. More images can be taken upon request. Ref14130

UK: Chatto & Windus, 1883. First Edition . Cloth. Good ++/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition Later State1883. Ads to rear date the book to 1887. Book is quite good with bright boards. Light marking to cloth. Spine tips lightly creased and rubbed. Edges rubbed in places. Contents good. A better than usual example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 16842

UK: Chatto & Windus, 1883. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good +/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1883. 1st state with ads dated Dec 1882. Book is very good+ with bright boards. Edges lightly rubbed in places. Contents good. A better than usual example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 17487

UK: Michael Joseph, 1963. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1963. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good+ with light edge rubbing. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18527

UK: Michael Joseph, 1963. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1963. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good+ with light edge rubbing and light soiling. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 15876

UK: Newnes, 1942. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W Lindsay Cable. 1st Edition 1942. Book is very good++ and bright. Nice clean contents. The complete wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Light foxing to wrapper. Spine lightened. A good example of a rare book. More images can be taken upon request. Ref10988###013012

UK: Newnes, 1953. Fifth Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kenneth Lovell. 5th Edition 1953. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. Page edges a little dusty. Light foxing to endpapers. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Light rubbing and odd nicks to edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 14851

UK: Macdonald, 1946. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Cloth. Good ++/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A. K. Macdonald.. 1st Edition 2nd imp 1946. Long Amusing Inscription from the Author to Henry Williamson. Both were friends and members of the Savage Club. 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 good++ and quite bright. Boards a little marked and rubbed. Contents good. The wrapper is near very good and bright. Edges rubbed, creased and nicked. A few closed tears to edges. More images can be taken upon request. ref 17666

UK: Hutchinson, 1912. New Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good ++/Good++. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. New Uniform Edition Circa 1912. Very rare with the wrapper. After the death of his fiancée a student has just surfaced into society. Through a medium, he is introduced to spiritualism, discovering that he too has the same special powers such as automatic writing, dropping into trances and he can start to control other beings. He becomes interested in the possibility of communication with his dead fiancée, but during a sitting when a medium materialises the girl, he becomes possessed by an evil entity and the family fight to exorcise the spirit. Book undated but wrapper dates the c1912. Book is very good++ and very bright. The wrapper is good++ with loss to edges. Edges rubbed and nicked. White parts of the wrapper are soiled/marked. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 17979

UK: Robert Hale, 1991. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1991. Signed by the author to the title page. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good with small inscription to endpaper. The complete wrapper is very good++ and bright. Spine very slightly ligthened. More digital images can be taken upon request. Ref 15603

UK: Michael Joseph, 1971. First Edition 4th Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 4th Imp of the 1st Edition 1971. In the same format as the 1st edition. Ex school library stamp to title page and new front endpaper. Book is very good++ and in quite bright condition. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Light label mark to spine base. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18207