Search Results: Authors starting with L from Besleys Books

Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1830. Hardback, half-calf, gilt decorative spine, marbled paper covered boards. Marbled end-papers. 24.5cm x 15.5cm. Text in French. Pp. [4], 7, 2, ccclxix, [15], 36. With 8 full pages of hand-coloured plates and numerous hand-coloured initials. Bookplate of Henri Lenseigne to front pastedown. Extremities a little rubbed. Previous seller's description tipped onto front blank. A little foxing, but more so to last 4 pages of text. A splendid copy. (bs33a). Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: F. C. & J. Rivington, 1821. Hardback, full calf. 17.5 x 11.5cm. ix, 189pp. Text in Latin. Binding slightly rubbed. End-paper marked. Inside, a few spots but generally clean. . Hard Cover. Good.

Whitby: Marine Arts Publications, 1990. Paperback. 88pp. Illus. 1st edition 1990. A little edge wear to covers. Private ownership. (al17). 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Privately Printed, 1898. Two volume set, original cloth. 23 x 15.5cm. xx, 298pp; 299-581pp. Complete with 15 tissue-guarded engraved plates. Number 33 of a limited edition of 360 copies. A little wear to extremities, boards a little discoloured. Inside some foxing to page edges and first and last few pages of each volume. . Limited. Hard Cover. Good.

Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. Hardback, cloth spine, Batik covered boards. 32 x 20cm. 209pp, [1]. Maps on end-papers, illustrations. Number 50 of 300 copies. Rubbed to extremities, with some peeling of frabric to front board. Inside some spotting to first and last few pages, and occasionally to margins. Good only. . Hard Cover. Good.

Paris: Editions M-P. Tremois, 1931. Paperback with glassine wrapper. Text in French. 81pp. Illustrated by Marie Laurencin. No. 873 of a limited edition of only 950 copies. Corners of front cover scuffed, slight fraying to tail to spine. A pleasing copy. (q6). Limited. Soft Cover. Good +. Illus. by Laurencin, Marie.

Calcutta: W. Newman & Co., 1890. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. x, 262pp. 4 folding maps, 10 plates and illustrations within the text. 2nd edition 1890. Gilt title to spine and front board. Spine relaid. Lacks frontis map. Corners to front board a little scuffed. Boards slightly marked. A few marginal markings and underlining of text. Some annotations to angler's diary to rear. Private ownership. (bs65). Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Leiden: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1641. Hardback, full vellum. 11 x 6.5cm. [16], 460pp, [10]. Engraved title page. Woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. First few leaves water stained. Firm binding, slight wear only. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

Marlborough: Libanus Press, 1997. Booklet, stitched. 26cm x 18cm. [14]pp. Illustrated with wood engravings by Simon Brett. Translated into an English version by Sheila Honigsberg. With an afterword by Eva Stockhaus. Limited edition of only 500 copies. A little wear to covers. A very pleasing copy. (bs20). Limited Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Brett, Simon .

France: Editions Ouest- France, 1995. Hardback, with dust-wrapper. Text in French. 126pp. Heavily illustrated in coloured photgraphy. A little edge wear to d/w/ An excellent copy, with a similar d/w. (p17). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Paris: Chez H. Agasse, 1807. Full-calf binding. Text in French. Volume 7 only. 553pp. Edges gilt, marbled end-papers. Lacking spine label with title. Binding rubbed and worn. Private ownership. (bs117). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Hong Kong: Swindon Book Company, 1978. Paperback. 21.5 x 14 cm. [8], 138pp. Numerous illustrations, many in colour. Spine slightly faded. Slightest wear only. . Paperback. Very Good.

Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1995. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 223pp. Frontis. Illus. Top edge of d/w slightly scuffed. Previous owner's initials and label on front free end-paper. A decent copy. (p12). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Calcutta: A Writers Workshop Publication , 1978. Booklet, birdbook flexiback, with protective cover. 32pp, 18pp. Inscribed to Anthony Thwaite from Samuel Birendra Lall to half-title. A little spotting to contents. A superb copy. (r9). Inscribed By Author. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Chiswick Press, London, 1910. Hardback, cloth spine and paper covered boards. 17 x 13cm. 20pp. Printed in red and black with decorative initials, wood-engraved title vignette and 3 illustrations by Percy J. Smith. Number 306 of 500 copies on handmade paper. A little rubbing to extremities. Inside very light offsetting, a few faint spots, but pretty clean. Endpapers typically discoloured. A nice copy. . Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Maclaren and Company, 1905. Paperback in a slipcase. 13cm x 8.5cm. 81pp. Slipcase damaged with loss. Covers a little grubby. A pleasing copy. (r8). Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1924. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. 135pp. Illus. Top corners a little bumped. Loss to top of front free end-paper, with previous owner's details. Private ownership. (bs33a). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Fulcrum Press, 1929. Hardback, decorated paper covered boards. 21 x 13.5cm. nd. circa 1929. [8]pp. Illustrated with engravings on wood by Lynton Lamb. Number 52 of an edition of 220 copies on Barcham Green hand-made paper. Signed by the artist on the colophon, dated March 1957. Head and tail of spine worn with small loss. Internally very clean. . Signed by Artist. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Lowestoft: Privately Printed, 1998. Paperback. 121pp. 1st edition 1998. Spine faded, slight creasing to front cover. Private ownership. (r10). 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Good +.

Woodbridge: Arthur Fairweather , 1900. Paperback, stapled, with protective wrapper. Covers faded, marked and worn. Staples rusting. Previous owner's small label to inside front cover. Scarce. (h6). Soft Cover. Good.