Search Results: Authors starting with L from Northern Lights Rare Books

No Binding. Fine. A white card bearing the author's hand-written signature and dedication ("For Katherine"). Measures approx 6" x 4", Fine condition and can be trimmed down for mounting in a book, e.g. Pencil notes to verso. Provenance: from the collection of the indefatigable autograph hunter, Clive Bullimore.

London: Lund Humphries, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. THE book for all scholars and students of Napoleonic history, a massive tome, pp. xviii, 564, illustrated with numerous plate and maps, some fold-out. An excellent, clean copy. Pushed - understandably - at the spine tips but a VG, remarkably square copy. The dustjacket is unclipped but has wrinkles, creases and minor chipping at the extremities. Nevertheless in Good condition.

London: Faber & Faber, 2005. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. First Printing. Wrappers with French flaps. As New, signed and dated by the author (for the seller in person) at the half-title.

Scottish Academic Press, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. 188 pp. Boards bowing a little but a VG copy indeed. Dustjacket a bit frayed at the crown.

London: Robert Hale, 1978. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Super copy of this third volume in the adventures of Dirshan. One of the few Hale examples of this title which was not sent to the libraries. Black-coloured boards with silver titles at the backstrip. The binding is firm and square, corners sharp, spine tips straight. The block is moderately toned, perhaps, but a Fine copy indeed. The dustjacket is unclipped, very light print-soiling marks to the rear panel and some rubbing to the crown and top edge of front panel. Absolutely Near Fine, however.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1893. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Bogle et al. Original decorated blue cloth gilt, a.e.g., pp. xiv, 337. A very nice, clean copy, no discernible foxing. The edges and decorations remain bright. Minor tear to the cloth at the crown, nicks to the tail. Corners bumped and rubbed. Cracked a bit at the prelims and the frontispiece tissue guard is browned but overall, VG indeed.

Hangö, Finand: Hango?-bladets tryckeri, 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. An extremely rare pamphlet published in Finland by the Swedish-speaking supporters of Finland's fascist/pro-Germany political organisation, The Lapua Movement. The Swedish title translates into English as, "The Lapua movement, its origin and development, its aims and possibilities: Finland's Swedish population and the Lapua movement". Stapled wrappers, pp. 23. The Lapua Movement was a brutal anti-communist organisation which sought to elevate the "White" principles of the earlier civil war, including, Anti-communism. Lutheranism, and Finnish nationalism. Initially it attracted sympathetic support from prominent members of the establishment but its increasingly violent activities - not least the kidnapping and murder of Social Democrat politician Onni Happonen - could not sustain this and the movement was ultimately outlawed after a failed coup-d'etat attempt in 1932.… Read More

London: Maclehose Press (Quercus), 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 3rd volume in the later Swedish author's bestselling trilogy. A book which has been read but remains firm and square. Free from onwer names etc, VG++ in unclipped dustjacket.

Finland: United Artists, 1953. 1st Edition . No Binding. Fine. A fabulous-condition Finnish A2 cinema poster for the 1953 movie, VICE SQUAD starring Edward G. Robinson & Paulette Godard. The movie is also known as The Girl from Room 17 and it is this less "salacious" title which is referred to in the poster. The actual Finnish title translates as "Flying Squad". The film was first screened in cinemas in Finland in 1953 with no subsequent theatrical screenings. This poster is not a modern reproduction and nor is it Video/DVD-related. Standard size 23.5" x slightly under 16" approx. It is in fantastic condition - unfolded and with no chips or tears to the edges - one or two small handling creases. At the top - in the brim of the hat - there is a puncture or split to the paper although there is not actual loss. There are no pinholes - it may be an unused poster. Really Fine condition - would be Mint if not for the puncture, difficult though it may be to grade a 70… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Printing. A nice copy, SIGNED directly to the title page by John Le Carre. With the Dillons bookstore "Signed by author" wraparound band. An unread copy, square and tight, opened only for the author to sign it appears.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. A nice copy, SIGNED directly to the title page by John Le Carre. With the Dillons bookstore "Signed by author" wraparound band. An unread copy, square and tight, opened only for the author to sign it would seem.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. What would be a very attractive F/F copy has been marred somewhat by a previous owner who has removed his/her name from the top corner of the front endpaper - with a pair of scissors! An L-shaped clip, therefore, to that page. Otherwise a lovely, fresh, square and tight copy in Fine unclipped dustjacket.

London: Pan Books, 1984. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. First thus, a proof or "Special Edition" of the first UK paperback published a year after the hardcover. Precedes the trade paperback, one of 739 numbered copies bound in white embossed, glossy wrappers and signed in red pencil by Le carre on the front wrapper, this copy being number 631. Publisher slip with this info loosely inserted. I believe the books were originally distributed wrapped in some kind of waxed paper which in this case is no longer present. An oddity altogether, the signature is somewhat faded. The block is uniformly tanned, some bumps to the wrappers in a couple of places but square and very tight - does not appear to have been read with no creasing to the spine. A reasonable copy, VG, and of course, quite scarce but the signature is disappointing and it's hard to understand why Pan had the author sign the book in this way.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. First Printing. An Uncorrected Proof Copy, precedes all other editions. Softcover format with printed wrappers, the front cover featuring a photograph-portrait of the author. Presents as an unread copy with no reading creases to the spine, tight and square. Trivial creases to the corners but a Fine copy indeed and SIGNED directly to the title page by the author. Scarce thus.

London: London: Little Brown & Co, 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing of the First UK edition. Signed by the author at the title page. A Fine copy in Fine unclipped dustjacket.

London: Viking, 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing of the First UK edition. The author's first novel. A nice copy, dust-marked top edge but a bright, clean book.

New York: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by the author at the title page. Pushed at the spine tips but A Fine copy in Near Fine unclipped dustjacket which has some minor marks to rear panel and is a trifle colour-faded at the spine.

London: London: Little Brown & Co, 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing of the First UK edition. Signed by the author at the title page. Slightly creased at the crown, a couple of dust-marks to the top edge but a Fine copy in Fine unclipped dustjacket.

London: The Folio Society, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. First thus, the very pretty Folio Society edition of this classic work. Illustrated by Peter Bailey, introduced by Valerie Grove. 3/4 cloth with printed paper front cover. In a pictorial slipcase both the book and slipcase are in Fine clean condition.

London: Folio Society, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Introduced by Edward Leeson, illustrated by Nick Hardcastle. Bound in full cloth, blocked with a design by the artist. pp. xiv, 272. A Fine, sharp copy in slipcase which has a touch of fading around the edges.