Search Results: Authors starting with L from Daniel Vince Rare Books

London: Faber & Faber, 1984. First edition, first printing. The first hardback edition, with the paperback being published a year prior. This is a fine copy. The dust wrapper is free from shelf wear and has not been price clipped. The boards are free from wear and the text blocks are bright. This copy is free from inscriptions and is in fine condition.

London: Martin Secker, (1923). First edition, first printing. Published in the UK a year after the first US edition. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper is nicked at the corners, with a mild loss at the top of the spine. It is an otherwise bright copy, showing Martin Secker's list on the rear panel. There is a small previous owner's signature on the front pastedown, concealed by the front flap. The text blocks are markedly clean, but with some marks. The internals are also generally clean, with slight spotting in places. The cream label, with red lettering, is bright on the deep red publisher's boards. This is a very good copy of an increasingly scarce title. Two profound essays initially intended as a response to psychoanalytic criticism of his novel Sons and Lovers, these works progressed into a counterproposal to the Freudian psychoanalytic theory of the unconscious and the incest motive.

London: Jonathan Cape, (1955). First trade edition, first printing. This is a very good (or better) copy. The wrapper has some mild handling marks throughout but is otherwise sharp with some closed tears. It has been neatly price clipped at all four corners, but retains the original 17s. 6d. net price. The blue cloth, though sharp at the corners, has some slight surface toning. The text blocks are free from foxing, and the internals free from inscriptions. This is a very good (or better) copy.Covers the period of Lawrence's time spent as aircraftsman John Hume Ross in the RAF from 1922.

London: William Heinemann, (1968). First edition, first printing. This is a very good (or better) copy. The dust wrapper has some light wear at the spine tips and corners. It has not been price clipped (30s net). The boards are free from notable chips and marks. The text blocks are clean, as are the internals. This is a very good (or better) copy.The first Le Carré novel to not feature George Smiley.

London: The Hogarth Press, (1959). First edition, first printing. This is a very good (or better) copy. The dust wrapper, carrying the iconic John Ward illustrations, has some closed tears to the corners and spine tips. It has not been price clipped and shows the original 18s price. There is light abrasion to the spine edges and some closed tears to the rear panel. The boards, heavy in the publisher's green cloth, are bright and free from notable marks. The text blocks are absolutely pristine. This copy is free from inscriptions and is in very good (or better) condition. The first title in the author's iconic autobiographical trilogy.

London: Methuen & Co., (1955). First edition, first printing. This is a near fine copy. The Michael Ayrton dust wrapper is beautifully illustrated. There is some light toning and bumping present at the top and tail edges. It has not been price clipped showing the original 30s. net price. The boards have a lean and the black bands are slightly rubbed, the gilt titling remaining bright. The top text block is foxed, but the bottom and side are clean. This copy is free from previous owner's ink and is, overall, in near fine condition.The second and third books in Lewis's trilogy.

London: Methuen & Co., (1954). First edition, first printing. This is a near fine copy. The Michael Ayrton dust wrapper is beautiful. There is some light toning and bumping present at the top and tail edges and at the rear panel. It has been neatly price clipped. The boards are fine with the brown embossed title sections clean. The top text block is toned, but the bottom and side are clean. This copy is free from previous owner's ink and is, overall, in near fine condition.The remarkable story of Rene Harding, who, after becoming unhappy with the civilisation of England, leaves the country and travels looking for a new intellectually nurturing home.