Search Results: Authors starting with K from Lucius Books

London: Faber and Faber. 1938. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original brown cloth with blue titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps although there is a short closed tear to the far edge of a single page. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper which has several closed tears and small chips to the extremities. Correctly priced 8s 6d net to the front flap. Scarce. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Bombay: New Book Company. July 1940. First edition. First edition. First printing. Inscribed by the author. Publisher's original green paper covered boards with black titles to the upper board and spine. Rear panel and front flap of original jacket tipped in on the rear pastedown and endpaper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the spine tips and corners of the partially faded boards. The contents, with a previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown and the author's compliments slip to the front endpaper are otherwise clean throughout. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "For Lawrence Binyon / P. R. Kaikini / Khar / Bombay 21 July 1940". The English poet and dramatist Lawrence Binyon is perhaps best remembered for his poetical requiem to the casualties of WW1, "For the Fallen", that was later to be set to music by Edward Elgar and become part of his "The Spirit of England". Further details and images… Read More

London: Thames and Hudson. 1998. Expanded edition with a biography and catalogue raisonné. Expanded edition with a biography and catalogue raisonné. Publisher's original grey cloth with gilt titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. With over 3,275 illustrations including 94 plates in colour and 107 in duotone. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. First published in 1990, this updated edition includes 32 pages of new material, including 205 extra catalogue raisonné entries. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson. 1856. First edition. First edition. Two volumes. Original green / blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine. A very good copy, the cloth only lightly rubbed to the extremities. The contents are entirely complete with no loose pages. Neat ink signature to the top of the title page of volume one and a tiny previous owner's ink stamp to the prelims. There is an engraved portrait and vignette title in each volume, four maps (two of which are folding), 18 engraved plates and hundreds of engraved illustrations throughout the text. 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. 1940. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and a gilt emblem to the upper board, in dustwrapper. Top edge black. Illustrated throughout with black and white in-text diagrams and drawings by Rufus Isaacs. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth fresh with just a little rubbing at the spine tips. The contents with faint spotting to the endpapers and light toning to the margins, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the good or slightly better, rubbed and creased dustwrapper that is chipped at the spine tips and corners and with several closed tears primarily at the folds. Not price clipped ($2.75 to the front flap). Scarce in first edition, especially so in dustwrapper. A non-technical book on mathematics which became a best seller, praised for its ability to elegantly convey complex mathematical concepts, as well as… Read More

London: Longmans. 1967. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with multiple plates in black and white and two maps. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly rubbed original dustwrapper which has a tiny closed tear to the upper edge of the rear panel. Not price-clipped (63/- net to the front flap). The Russian born British philosopher and historian's major study of the Russian Revolution, its causes and circumstances. Dedicated to "the author of Doctor Zhivago" Boris Pasternak. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Cecil Palmer. 1924. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black paper covered boards, blue cloth spine, with white paper title labels printed in black to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm and bright and fresh, the extreme corners worn. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Complete with the near fine dustwrapper that is ever so slightly toned to the spine and creased to the edges. A superb example. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1934. First edition, remainder issue. First edition, remainder issue. Publisher's original blue cloth with black titles to the spine and upper board, in the Bip Pares illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece, 15 further black and white photographic plates and two maps. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, with mild bumping to the spine tips. The contents, with a previous owner's name to the front endpaper, are lightly spotted to the first and last pages and closed text block edge. Complete with the very good rubbed and creased dustwrapper, that is toned and lightly spotted to the spine and panel edges. Not price clipped (5/- to the front flap). The first printing was issued in black cloth with gilt titles to the spine and a yellow and red dustwrapper, priced at 12/6. This later or remainder issue uses the sheets of the first edition in a cheaper binding and dustwrapper priced at 5s. The British explorer, botanist, and… Read More

London: Peter Owen. 1970. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original yellow cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents, with a tiny bit of spotting on the text block edge, are otherwise clean and bright throughout. Complete with the very good rubbed and lightly nicked dustwrapper that remains without loss. Not price-clipped (£1.75 to the front flap). A posthumous collection of 15 short stories. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Jonathan Cape. 1940. First edition, first printing of the author's first book as Anna Kavan. First edition, first printing of the author's first book as Anna Kavan. Publisher's original grey cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding firm and cloth bright and fresh, the spine slightly rolled. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a touch of toning to the spine and panel edges and remains without loss or tears. Not price-clipped (7s 6d net to the front flap). Very scarce. A masterpiece of experimental fiction, this collection of 19 linked short stories marked a radical departure from the author's earlier work as Helen Ferguson. The outbreak of the Second World War meant that, despite excellent reviews, the book quickly faded into obscurity without further British publication in the author's lifetime. Peter… Read More

York: Lucius / Punk Daisy Publications. 2005. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. One of 50 hardcover copies numbered and signed by the author, Kavan scholar Jeremy Reed. A fine copy. 43 pages, printed in full colour throughout. The catalogue is of a previously unknown body of original artwork by Anna Kavan including gouache and oil paintings, sketches and original manuscripts published here for the first time. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

New York: Iconoclast Productions. 2004. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by KAWS and ten other contributing artists, photographers and filmmakers. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated profusely in colour and black and white throughout. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper. Produced in conjunction with the international travelling museum exhibition of the same name which opened at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinatti, Ohio in March 2004. The related Aaron Rose and Joshua Leonard directed documentary film was released in 2008. Signed in black ink on across the front pastedown and endpaper by KAWS, Terry Richardson, Tobin Yelland, Chris Johanson, Cheryl Dunn, Christian Strike, Aaron Rose, Ivory Serra and three other contributors. Scarce thus. In the 1990s, a loose-knit group of American artists and creators,… Read More

London: Cassell and Company. 1933. First UK edition, first printing. First UK edition, first printing. Original orange cloth with black titles to the spine, in the Cecil W. Bacon illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding firm, the board corners and spine tips with some minor bumping. The contents, with a tiny bit of spotting to the text block top edge, a previous owner's bookplate and stamp to the front pastedown and ownership inscription to the title page, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed, creased and nicked original dustwrapper which has some short closed tears to the edges, the longest being 4cm to the top front spine fold, and some chips to the extremities. A western adventure novel. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: The Florence Press, Chatto and Windus. 1915. Limited edition. Limited edition. Two volumes. Small quarto. Contemporary green morocco binding with decorative triple ruled gilt borders to the upper and lower boards, two raised bands to the spine with titles and decorated compartments in gilt. Decorative corner pieces. Top edge gilt, other edges deckled. Marbled endpapers. Decorative gilt inner dentelles. Very good copies, the binding square and firm, the spines faded, the leather a little worn to the corners and spine edges. The contents, with some offsetting to the borders of the free endpapers, and a few infrequent spots to the margins, are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Issued in a limited edition of just 250 copies printed on hand-made paper, of which this example is numbered 137. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Maastricht: The Halcyon Press. 1930. Limited edition, number 281 of 325 copies printed on Dutch Pannekoek laid paper (from a total edition of 376). Limited edition, number 281 of 325 copies printed on Dutch Pannekoek laid paper (from a total edition of 376). Quarto. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt vignette by John Buckland-Wright to the upper board and titles in gilt to the spine. Page edges untrimmed, with many pages unopened. Illustrated with a wood engraved portrait frontispiece and 10 further wood-engraved plates by Buckland-Wright. With the bookplate for Helge Loewenberg-Domp to the front pastedown. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little wear to the corners and spine ends, a few minor marks to the lower board and a touch of fading to the spine. The contents with a little toning to the endpapers are otherwise clean and bright throughout. An attractive example of John Buckland-Wright's first illustrated book. (Reid A1d). Further details and images for any… Read More

London: Ward, Lock and Co. 1931. First UK edition, first printing. First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original olive green cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square with rubbing and bumping to the spine tips and corners. The contents, with some occasional spotting and finger marks to the margins, and a small bookseller's label to the rear pastedown, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The closed text block edges are spotted. Complete with the fine original (but supplied) dustwrapper, which has some very light rubbing to the extremities but is otherwise without fading, loss or tears. Correctly priced 7/6 net to the spine. Published in the US as 'The Matilda Hunter Murder', this is the first instalment of Keeler's 'Tuddleton Trotter' mystery series. (Hubin) Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct… Read More

London: Ward, Lock and Co. 1951. First UK edition, first printing. First UK edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by both authors. Publisher's original green cloth with black titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near very good copy, the binding firm and the cloth bright. The contents are heavily spotted to the prelims and toned to the poor quality paper stock. Ink correction in the hand of Harry Stephen Keeler written in black ink on page 206. Complete with the very good rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper, which has a small chips at the spine tips and fold corners and a few scuffs to the rear panel. Not price-clipped and in the first printing showing 8/6 net to the lower front flap. Later issues are priced 6/-. Inscribed by Hazel Goodwin Keeler in black ink on the front endpaper "To / Mr. Michael Monkhanoff, / with the sincere ad- / miration of the authors / Hazel Goodwin Keeler (of p.78) and" underneath which Harry Stephen Keeler has signed in full. The second novel in… Read More

London: Ward Lock & Co. 1933. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original orange cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with a couple of marks at the front panel and with rubbed corners, top edge of text block slightly foxed. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. (Bleiler). From the library of Martin Stone. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Ward, Lock and Co. 1935. First UK edition. First UK edition. Signed by the author. Publisher's original red cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine, without the dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with some bumping to the spine tips. The cloth and titles remain bright and fresh. The contents, with toning to poor quality paper and light spotting and offsetting to the front and rear pastedowns are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. An attractive example. Inscribed by the author in black ink across the front pastedown and endpaper "Dear W. Bael Crowley / I liked your story / "The Eyes of Death" - it / dramatized, did it not, a theme of the philosopher Ouspensky? / - that objects have souls? / Perhaps you would like / to have - as a novelty / - one of my books in its - / ????, bloomin, bloody, blinkin, / British editions, Here tis! / Sincerely H. Stephen Keeler / Have placed story in… Read More

Tokyo: The New East Press. 1917. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Inscribed presentation copy of the Scottish artist, writer and print-maker's first book. Publisher's original yapped cloth covers with titles in black and a woodblock illustration on paper to the upper cover. With sixty-two colour illustrations portraying sardonic caricatures of Tokyo's social luminaries, after watercolour paintings by Elizabeth Keith. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth clean and bright with minor wear at the spine tips. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Inner front hinge is cracked but holding. Housed in a bespoke cloth and paper solander case. Very scarce. Inscribed in black ink on the front endpaper "To Pjtea and Felix / With the artist's love / Tokyo. Oct. 19th 1922". Loosely laid in are two hand-made Christmas cards: the first a single sheet of handmade paper, folded in four with two… Read More