Search Results: Authors starting with R from Lasting Words Ltd

UK, 1885. First Edition . Paper. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two Original 'The Princess Theatre' Programmes. These are for the The Great Pink Pearll by R C Carton/Cecil Raleigh and The Jilt by Dion Boucicault. Dated 1885 and 1886. Each is four sided. Size is 217mm x 174mm. Condition is average. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked. Light foxing. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18424

UK: Faber, 1949. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1949. Henry Williamson's ownership initials to the endpaper. A collection of short stories by a variety of writers including R.D. Blackmore, A.E. Coppard, Ronald Duncan, Thomas Hardy, Richard Jefferies, T.F. Powys, Arthur Quiller-Couch, A G Street, John Moore, Eden Phillpotts and Henry Williamson etc. The Henry Williamson's story being ' Billy Goldsworthy's Cow'. . From a large collection of Henry Williamson's and his family's books. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this. Book is very good++ with bright boards and spine. The complete wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edge nicked to edges. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17593

UK: Published By the Author, 1947. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1947 Illustrated. A study of the Yorkshire miner at work, at home and in public life; with illustrations by the author and Michael Groser. Privately published by the author. Book is very good with quite bright boards. Light edge rubbing. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref13539

UK: Heffer, 1958. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1953. Un-common in this bright condition. Book is very good++ with slight rubbing to edges. The wrapper is very good++ with slight rubbing to edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref ##003053

UK: Chatto & Windus, 1950. First Edition . Original Cloth. Very Good/Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 2nd Imp 1950.. A classic of literary criticism, essential reading for serious students of the English novel. Book is very good and quite bright. Light edge rubbing. Spine a little lightened. Contents good. The wrapper is about good++ with small loss to spine tips and edges.. Edges rubbed and nicked. A few closed tears to edges. Price clipped. More images available upon request. Ref16156

UK: Collins, 1973. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Reprint 1973. From a large collection of Henry Williamson's and his family's books. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this. The book is near fine with bright covers. Contents good. Light mark to endpaper. The wrapper is near fine and bright. Wrapper slightly undercut. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18052

UK: Cassell, 1904. Reprint . Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint 1904. This book was inscribed as a gift to Henry Williamson (Sonny) when he was nine from his Aunt Maude (Leaver). It is subsequently signed by Williamson in 1921 with his Owl drawing. In 1946 his son Richard Williamson aged 11 signed the book with his owl drawing. A wonderful family item that was received by Henry when he was young and just starting to understand the natural world around him. For him to have kept it and passed it down the family must have has some importance to him. From the Library of Henry Williamson. From a large collection of Henry Williamson's and his family's books. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this. Book is very good and bright. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 17749

UK: Arnold, 1931. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1931. Book is very good++ and bright. Light edge rubbing. Contents good. Rear paper gutter cracked in places. Holding very tight. Quite a bright example. More images available upon request. Ref 18214

UK: Arnold, 1911. First Edition 1st Printing. Original Cloth. Good ++/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1911. The scarce first edition of English author and medievalist scholar M. R. James's second collection of ghost stories. Catalogue to rear dated September 1911. Book is just about good++ and quite bright. Edges rubbed. Boards marked or rubbed in places. Wording quite dull. Spine tips and edge hinges lightly repaired in places. Contents quite good. Endpapers age toned and with small name. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18409

UK: The Great Western Railway, 1926. First Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good ++/Good++. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st Edition 2nd Imp 1926. In the same format as the 1st editin printed a year earlier. The book is very good++ and very bright. Contents good. Light foxing and name to endpaper. Map present and in good order. The wrapper is very good and bright. Light edge rubbing. Spine and edges age toned. Wording very dull on wrapper spine. More images available upon request. Ref18408

UK: Arnold, 1934. First Edition 3rd Printing. Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 3rd Imp 1934. Bound in three quarter leather and hand marbled endpapers. Book is near fine and very bright. Contents good. A very bright example. More images available upon request. Ref18643

UK: Blackie, 1909. New Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good ++/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. New Edition Circa 1909. Undated.. Frontis colour plate. Board design by Talwin Morris. Book is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Contents good. School gift bookplate to endpaper. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 17165

UK: Newman Wolsey, 1944. First Edition Thus . Cloth. Very Good ++/Good++. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Rado. 1st Edition Thus 1944. A new edition with eight wonderful full page illustrations by A Rado. Book is very good++ with bright boards and bright. Contents good. light foxing to endpapers. The wrapper is good++ with small loss to edges and corners. Nicks/closed tears/creasing and rubbing to edges. Wrapper rear creased with a long repaired closed tear. More images can be taken upon request. Ref15444 ###019274

UK, 1870. First Edition . Paper. Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. A Rare Original Letter Handwritten, Signed and With a Hand Drawn Map by Scottish Arctic Explorer and Surgeon John Rae. Also includes a Newspaper cutting of his Obituary. Dated 1870 and Addressed from His House in London 2 Addison Garden, Kensington. A wonderful letter to a Mr Anderson with directions and a map to his house from the railway station. Part of the letter has been inked out by Rae as he decided to draw a map instead. John Rae 1813-1893 was a Scottish surgeon who explored parts of northern Canada. He was a pioneer explorer of the Northwest Passage. Rae explored the Gulf of Boothia, northwest of the Hudson Bay, from 1846 to 1847, and the Arctic coast near Victoria Island from 1848 to 1851. In 1854, back in the Gulf of Boothia, he obtained credible information from local Inuit peoples about the fate of the Franklin Expedition, which had disappeared in the area in 1848. The Rae-Richardson Arctic expedition of 1848 was an… Read More

UK: Longman, 1855. First Edition . Cloth. Good ++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1855. Originally owned by Lord Raglan who's major claim to fame was the poor handling durimng teh Crimean war of the Charge of the Light Brigade. Two volumes bound in the original cloth. Presentation inscription from the author to Lord Raglan. Books came from the original Ragaln family library. Books are good++ and quite bright. Cloth marked and soiled in places. Edges rubbed in places. Contents good with bookplates to endpapers. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 14935

UK. First Edition . Paper. Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. Three Original Hand Written Letters by Writer and Poet Kathleen Raine. All undated and to John who appears to be a close literary friend. The three letters have good content with many literary and philosophical comments. Including death, aging parents and the London Art Club. Kathleen Jessie Raine 1908-2003 was a British poet, critic and scholar, writing in particular on William Blake, W. B. Yeats and Thomas Taylor. Known for her interest in various forms of spirituality, most prominently Platonism and Neoplatonism, she was a founding member of the Temenos Academy. Sizes are 210mm x 115mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18106/18108/18110

UK. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good ++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. An Original Signed Paper Slip by Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.To the reverse it is signed by Tenor William Heddle Nash. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872 - 1958 was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over sixty years. Strongly influenced by Tudor music and English folk-song, his output marked a decisive break in British music from its German-dominated style of the 19th century. Vaughan Williams is among the best-known British symphonists, noted for his very wide range of moods, from stormy and impassioned to tranquil, from mysterious to exuberant. Among the most familiar of his other concert works are Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (1910) and The Lark Ascending (1914).From a autograph book kept by A. P. Watt (1834-1914), founder of A. P. Watt & Son in 1875, the… Read More

UK: Scorpion Press, 2016. First Edition . Half-Leather. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 2016. Limited Edition, 1 of 52 numbered copies SIGNED by Ian Rankin. This being number 22. Fine in quarter leather and marbled boards in acetate jacket.. Book in fine condition. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 14854

UK: Scorpion Press, 2003. First Edition . Half-Leather. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 2003. Limited Edition, 1 of 90 numbered copies SIGNED by Ian Rankin. This being number 35. Fine in quarter leather and marbled boards in acetate jacket.. Book in fine condiiton. More images cn be taken upon request. Ref 14854

UK: Scorpion Press, 2008. First Edition . Half-Leather. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 2008. Limited Edition, 1 of 80 numbered copies SIGNED by Ian Rankin. This being number 10. Fine in quarter leather and marbled boards in acetate jacket.. Book in fine condiiton. More images cn be taken upon request. Ref 14854