Search Results: Authors starting with I from Lucius Books

Kobenhavn (Copenhagen): Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag (F. Hegel & Son). 1890. First edition (preceded only by the 12 copies issued in London to secure copyright). First edition (preceded only by the 12 copies issued in London to secure copyright). Publisher's original green cloth with elaborate decoration in gilt and black to the upper board and spine. All edges gilt. A stunning fine copy, the boards beautifully clean and bright. The contents without inscriptions or stamps but with a small oval leather bookplate, titled in gilt to the front pastedown. A lovely copy. Printing and the Mind of Man. (PMM 375.) Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

København [Copenhagen]: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag (F. Hegel and Søn). 1879. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original grey paper wrappers, titles printed in black to the upper cover and spine, publisher's adverts printed to the inner and outer rear cover. Half title present, as issued. A very good copy, the binding firm with some toning, small nicks and short tears at the edges. The spine is rolled with vertical creasing. Previous owner's name in black ink to the upper cover. The contents are entirely complete and clean throughout. An attractive example, seldom encountered in this original wrappers issue. The first edition of Ibsen's Et Dukkehjem was published in Copenhagen on 4th December 1879 in an edition of 8,000 copies. Issued simultaneously in wrappers and deluxe cloth bindings of various colours, the first edition sold out within a month. Reprints of 3000 and 2500 copies followed in January and March 1880.… Read More

London: George G. Harrap and Company.� 1936. First edition with these illustrations. First edition with these illustrations. Deluxe edition. Signed by Arthur Rackham. Publisher's original full vellum with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine. Colour frontispiece and 11 further tipped in colour plates, mounted on white paper, each with a captioned tissue guard. Further black and white illustrations throughout the text. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a bump at the base of the spine, the vellum clean and bright. The contents with a previous owner's bookplate to the front blank endpaper are otherwise clean throughout and without spotting, inscriptions or stamps. Limited to 450 copies of which this is hand numbered 348 and signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Johnson. 1968. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original maroon cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the corners ever so slightly bumped, the contents clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the very good rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has several short closed tears with associated creasing to the edges. Not price clipped (30s. to the front flap). A memoir of the author's time spent serving in the Imperial Camel Corps, with whom he travelled throughout North Africa and The Middle East from 1916-1918. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Headline Publishing Group. 2016. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed limited edition, numbered 185 of 1000 copies. Pictorial boards, no dustwrapper, as issued. Illustrated with colour photographs. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean and bright throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Signed by Andrés Iniesta on the limitation page. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Collins. 1946. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original burgundy cloth with silver titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with some spotting to the closed text block edges, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper which has a very short closed tear to the top corner of the front panel and is a little dusty to the spine and rear panel. Not price-clipped (7s. 6d net to the front flap). A very attractive copy. The author's first post-war novel, based on his time as a Major in Italy. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Collins. 1956. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original green cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated map endpapers. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents, except for a previous owner's name neatly in ink to the front free endpaper, clean throughout. The gilt lettering to the spine is a little dulled, with minor softening and fading to spine tips, and very light spotting to the upper edge of the page block. Complete with the very good rubbed and nicked dustwrapper, with a handful of short closed tears to edges. Not price-clipped (12s. 6d. net to the front flap). Signed by the author in blue ink to the title page. Innes's eighteenth, and breakthrough, novel, "launched him", as Jack Adrian wrote in his obituary of the author, "into that rarefied empyrean most writers yearn for though few attain, supersellerdom. This apparently simple tale of conspiracy and fraud on the… Read More

Bath: Tabrett's Fine Art. 2010. First edition. First edition. Publisher's original green cloth with titles in black to the upper board and spine, in the green cloth slipcase. Illustrated with 128 colour reproductions of paintings and etchings, 17 reproductions of drawings and 29 Photographs. Printed on 170gsm regency satin paper. A fine copy. Issued with signed original print of David Inshaw's "Apple Tree and Moon" housed in the original envelope and loosely laid in. Together with a certificate from the publisher. The book is signed by the artist David Inshaw and by Andrew Lambirth who provides the text. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Simon and Schuster. 2011. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by Tony Iommi. Publisher's original black cloth boards with silver titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, binding square and firm, light bumping to the spine ends, some dustiness to the lower edge of the boards and spine. Contents bright and clean throughout. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is ever so slightly rubbed to the extremities and is otherwise without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£19.99 to the lower front flap). Inscribed by the Black Sabbath guitarist and co-founder in black ink on the front endpaper "To Louis / Tony Iommi". Tony Iommi is widely considered to be one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: George G. Harrap and Company.� 1928. Publisher's dummy, preceding the first edition. Publisher's dummy, preceding the first edition. Original green cloth with gilt titles and an illustration to the upper board, and a mock up of the spine for the finalised book with gilt titles affixed to the lower board. In the dustwrapper. Consisting of 10 leaves (not including plates), with illustrated endpapers, two colour illustration plates, and five black and white header and footer illustrations. A catalogue clipping announcing this title is tipped in on the front pastedown, with the statement that the book will be ready in August revised in pencil to September. A very good or better copy, the binding firm, the spine tips a little rubbed and the boards just slightly bowed. Complete with the original dustwrapper which has chipping to the spine tips and flap hinges, and a closed tear to the front flap hinge with associated creasing. A wonderful and scarce artefact of the publishing process.… Read More

London and Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis. [1910]. First edition with these illustrations. First edition with these illustrations. Original grey paper wraps with titles in green to the spine and front panel and a colour illustration plate to the front panel. Illustrated with 5 colour plates by Brock. With the publisher's Christmas greetings slip loosely laid in. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the paper lightly toned and creased, with two very light marks to the front panel and three tiny marks to the rear panel. The contents, with light spotting to the prelims and Christmas greetings slip, are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. A short Christmas story by Washington Irving, who has been credited by some for popularising traditional Christmas celebrations in the United States. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Methuen; Chatto and Windus. 1996. First edition, first printings. First edition, first printings. Original blue, orange, and red cloth respectively, in dustwrappers. A very near fine set, the bindings square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Minor pushing to spine tips; light toning to the pages of the first volume. The dustwrappers show very minor edgewear, a little crumpling to spine tips, and some light surface marking (near-unavoidable with the matte finish of the wrappers). All volumes are unclipped and correctly priced (£25, £30, £30 respectively) to front flaps. An attractive uniform set of first editions. These three hefty volumes (weighing in at 1048, 756, and 875 pages respectively) are not just a richly entertaining addition to Isherwood's published prose, but can be read, retrospectively, as integral to his writing methods. A pioneer of forms of auto-fiction now more familiar in the work of contemporary writers like Rachel Cusk and Karl Ove… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster. 1971. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Inscribed presentation copy. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A very good copy in the original lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper. Not price-clipped. Inscribed by the author on the half title "For Bill [Gray] / from Chris". Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Methuen and Company Ltd. 1964. Uncorrected proof copy of the first UK edition. Uncorrected proof copy of the first UK edition. Publisher's grey card covers with titles in brown to the upper cover and spine. A very good copy, the binding firm, the cover rubbed, nicked, creased and toned at the spine and extremities, the spine with some closed tears and small chips which have been repaired with two small pieces of tape. The contents are clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Uncommon in proof state. The basis for the 2009 Oscar nominated film starring Colin Firth, Julianne Moore and Nicholas Hoult. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

New York: Simon and Schuster. 1966. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author. Publisher's original turquoise cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth fresh. The contents are clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is faded to the red lettering on the spine. Not price-clipped ($5.00 net to the lower front flap). Inscribed by the author in blue ink on the front free endpaper "For Bill Gray / with my best wishes / Christopher Isherwood / May 22 1966". Further inscribed underneath "For Bill from Mike 10 July '66 - / When you have nothing better to do you / can dig up this book and find pleasure". The recipient is Dr William "Woods" Shelton Gray, Jr (1926-1993), Professor and the Chair of the English Department at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia specialising in modern English and American… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster. 1967. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Inscribed presentation copy. Publisher's original dark blue cloth with gilt titles and decorative border to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the spine tips. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the slightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper which has splits at the ends of the rear flap fold. Not price-clipped ($4.50 to the bottom right corner of the front flap). Inscribed by the author in blue ink on the front free endpaper "For Bill / to remind him of the / time when we heard the / cry of a train, / with my best wishes, Christopher / July 19th 1967 / Silver Lake". The recipient is Dr William "Woods" Shelton Gray, Jr (1926-1993), Professor and the Chair of the English Department at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster. 1967. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A lovely near fine clean and tight copy in the very good original rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper. Not price-clipped. An attractive copy. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Roy / with my best wishes / Christopher Isherwood / Oct 23 1973". Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Faber and Faber. 2000. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth with white titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent very near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the spine tips. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly creased dustwrapper that is otherwise without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£16.99 net to the lower front flap). Signed by Kazuo Ishiguro in black ink on the title page. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Faber and Faber 2015. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's grey paper-covered boards lettered in gilt to the spine. An excellent fine copy, presenting as unread, the binding square and firm, the contents clean and bright throughout. In the fine, sharp dustwrapper, complete with a Hatchards 'Signed Copy' wraparound band. Not price-clipped (£20.00 to the front flap). Signed by the author in black ink to to the title page. The author's seventh novel. "'The Buried Giant' does what important books do: it remains in the mind long after it has been read, refusing to leave." (Neil Gaiman, 'New York Times Book Review'). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.