Search Results: Authors starting with L from Clevedon Community Bookshop

Cheltenham: Air Information, 1978. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second edition and first printing. In near fine stapled white glossy card, with image of radio dials on front. The covers are very tight, square and clean. The text block is also in near fine condition and tightly bound, straight and unmarked. With figures. No inscriptions.

Wells, Somerset: Wells Cathedral School, 1111. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Not dated - circa 1985. Edition and printed not known. In fine bright navy blue cloth boards and bold gilt titles and school crest. The jacket is attached to the boards in such a way that the condition cannot be properly assessed; but the boards are straight and firm and look unmarked. Very white and clean end papers and cut edges. The text block is tightly bound, square and unmarked - fine condition - with many b/w photos and illustrations and a fold-out long school photo from 1985. No dedications etc. In very good bright blue plastic-covered dust jacket with white titles. The jacket is clean, with sunned spine area. The plastic layer is wrinkled. Not price clipped.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1938. Cheap Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1950 reprint. Red cloth boards; lightly bumped corners; author & title in slightly faded gilt on spine. Cut edges tanned. Endpapers lightly tanned; name & date in ink & mark on ffep. Text block tight; pages lightly tanned, darker round edges; tear to bottom corner of p 171; List of books by author on page facing title. Yellow, discoloured, unclipped dust jacket is chipped & torn; author, title & price on front in red & black; ditto on spine with pbl; protected by a plastic sleeve.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1932. Cheap Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1950 reprint. Light blue cloth boards; slightly bumped corners & wear round edges; faded spine; author & title in black on spine. Cut edges tanned. Endpapers lightly tanned; name & date in ink on ffep. Text block tight; pages lightly tanned with darker tanning round edges; Contents Page at front; list of author's books on page facing Title Page. Yellow, unclipped dust jacket is slightly chipped & torn with some discolouration; author, title & price in black & red on front; ditto on spine with pbl.

London: The Literary Press Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Not dated. Edition and printing not known. Rare edition. In fairly good blue cloth boards, with gilt titles and floral design to front and 'News of the World' advert to rear. The covers are firm, straight and quite clean; edge-worn, including corners and spine ends.Slightly tanned and marked end papers; name on front free end paper. Very tanned cut edges. The text block is tightly bound, straight and tanned around the edges - good condition. No jacket.

London: Frederick Warne And Co, 1111. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Not dated - believed to be early 1990s. In very good green cloth boards, with gilt decorated churches and title field to front and spine cloth with dark brown and green titles. The covers are a little wobbly from slight damage to hinge, clean; corners and spine cloth ends slightly bumped and frayed. Overall very sound for age. Blotchy tanning to the brown patterned end papers.Unmarked gilt cut edges. The text block is printed in two columns; tightly bound, square and (apart from the end paper and Prelims) not tanned or foxed. With lovely photogravures and 140 wood engravings. Inscription on a Prelim. Heavy.

London: William Heinemann, 1954. 5th or later Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Sixth edition, first printing. In turquoise cloth boards, blind stamped lettering for title, very slightly darkened around edges, but very good tight, straight copy. Spine tight, lettering in gilt. Endpapers clean, name and date in ink on front free endpaper. Cut edges lightly tanned. Text block clean, with many black and white illustrations and photographs and a few in colour. Dust jacket orange, black lettering, grubby, slightly chipped edges.

London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. In Oxford History Readers series. A 'reprint' - edition and printing not known. Rare. In very good mid blue pictorial cloth boards, with black image of mounted soldier to front and black titles. The covers are firm, square and quite clean. Unmarked end papers. Lightly tanned cut edges. The text block is in very good condition with clean, straight and tightly bound pages. With colour plates, b/w photos and drawings. No dedications etc. Without jacket.

London: A. & C. Black, 1917. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition and second printing. In good red cloth boards, black titles to front and back strip. The covers are firm and square, sunned around the edges; spine cloth faded and eds a little bumped. Rather tanned free end papers; the paste downs are slightly tanned around the edges. Tanned cut edges. Very good text block, not tanned (except for last page of Index), with clean, tight pages, with 36 figures and b/w photos. No dedications etc. Without jacket.

Redhill, Surrey: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co Ltd, 1947. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. W Lindsay Cable. Red cloth boards; bumped corners; fading round edges & on spine with a few grubby marks; wear round edges & top & bottom of spine; author, title & pbl in gilt on spine. Cut edges tanned. Endpapers tanned; verse in ink on fpdep; prize book plate on ffep. Tex block tight; pages lightly tanned but clean; illustrated with b/w drawings. No jacket.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1972. 3rd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ex library book. First edition and printing. In near fine maroon cloth boards, gilt titles to back strip. The covers are clean, tight and straight; very slightly shelf-cocked. The front free end paper has library 'withdrawn' stamp etc; the other end papers are unmarked. Lightly tanned cut edges. The text block is in very good condition, firm, square and not tanned or foxed. With library stamps on copyright page and page 1.Overall condition of book is very good. In very good pictorial dust jacket, with academic male seated with book to front. The jacket is clean, edge-worn, with a few tiny closed tears on spine ends. Not price clipped.

London: Peninsular Publishing, 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition and printing. In fine marron cloth boards, gilt titles to spine. The boards are very flat, firm and clean; spine and edges strong. Unmarked white end papers; name of previous owner on front free end paper. Clean cut edges. The text block is very tightly bound, straight and clean, illustrated with bright colour and b/w photos and many family trees. Not annotated. Vertical crease from front free end paper to start of Chapter One. Near fine condition; overall condition is near fine. Inside very good plus orange bordered dust jacket with central colour photo and black titles . The jacket is strong and with sound edges; sunned on top edge and spine area. Not price clipped. Heavy. Please contact us for cost of postage.

London: The English Universities Press, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Teach Yourself book first published in 1953, this is 1964 new edition. In blue boards with embossed logo, silver lettering on blue block on spine. Boards in very good condition. Grey endpapers. Owner's inscription on half-title. Text is clean and bright. Tightly bound. No dust jacket.

London: Macdonald & Evans Ltd;, 1969. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition and printing. In very good pale blue cloth boards, silver titles to back strip. The covers are tight and straight; spine is sunned. Unmarked white end papers. Slightly tanned top cut edge; the fore and tail edges are quite clean. The text block is tightly bound, square and very clean - near fine condition. With tables etc. No dedications etc. Overall condition is very good. Without jacket.

Crown House Publishing, 2002. Soft cover. Good. All of our books without an ISBN number (normally pre-1970 in date) are described individually in detail. Books with an ISBN number (this one included) are all offered for sale in a reasonable condition or better: some may be in very good, near fine, or fine condition. If the condition is critical to your decision to purchase, then please contact us and we will let you know our view of its condition. If the book is very heavy, we will may need to contact you before completion of purchase to advise you of extra postage costs.

London: Thomas Nelson, 1111. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Not dated; edition and printing not known. In very good turquoise cloth boards, gilt titles to back strip. The covers are clean, very tight and straight; slight kink to front rear corner.Unmarked end papers. Green tinted cut edges; the fore and tail edges are clean. Near fine condition text block, very tightly bound, square and clean. No dedications etc. Publisher's list to rear. In very good green dust jacket with white titles; spine area a little sunned; sound edges. Not price clipped. Covered in quality plastic jacket.

London: Malayan Information Agency, 1935. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition and printing. In good black cloth boards, red titles to front and red, orange and white stripes to two of the corners to front. The boards are flat, firm and quite clean; spine ends and corners a little bumped. Slightly tanned and marked end papers. Tanned cut edges. The text block is tight, straight and with light tanning on some pages - very good condition. With many b/w photos and a fold-out map of Malaya. There is a pouch to rear paste down which is empty. No dedications etc. Without jacket.

London: The Buddhist Society, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. According to the Pali Canon." With an Introduction by Christmas Humphreys. Jubilee Edition 1924 - 1974. In very good bright green cloth boards, gilt titles to back strip. The covers are tight and square, clean apart from a few small scuffs to front. Very white end papers; the front paste down has name and date in ink. Slightly tanned cut edges. The text block is tightly bound, straight and slightly tanned around the page edges. Very good minus condition. Without jacket.

London: Cambridge at the University Press, 1904. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition and printing. In good dark red cloth boards, gilt titles to back strip. The covers are firm, straight and fairly clean; spine cloth slightly sunned and corners and spine ends bumped and frayed. Tanned free end papers and cut edges. The text block is tightly bound, square and slightly tanned, especially around the edges. With b/w photos and drawings and four fold-out tables - good condition. No inscriptions.

Harpercollins Publisher, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Used - Good. All of our books without an ISBN number (normally pre-1970 in date) are described individually in detail. Books with an ISBN number (this one included) are all offered for sale in a reasonable condition or better: some may be in very good, near fine, or fine condition. If the condition is critical to your decision to purchase, then please contact us and we will let you know our view of its condition. If the book is very heavy, we will may need to contact you before completion of purchase to advise you of extra postage costs.