Search Results: Titles starting with G from Lasting Words Ltd

UK: Macdonald, 1985. New Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Edition 1985. One of Two of The Williamson Family File Copies Used by Anne Williamson in the Henry Williamson Literary Archives. This would have been given by the publishers to the Williamson family for approval. 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. A new publication of the 15th book in the Chronicles of Ancient Sunlight. Book is near fine with bright boards. Light foxing to some page edges. One corner with small bump. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Slight laminate lift to spine tips. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 17750

UK: Macdonald, 1969. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 2nd State 1969. Henry Williamson's File Copy. With a number of annotations in the authors hand. 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 last book in the Chronicles of Ancient Sunlight. Book is very good++ and bright and clean. The complete wrapper is very good and bright. Edges rubbed. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17750

UK: Macdonald, 1969. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 2nd State 1969. The Williamson's Family Retained Copy with a letter and a section of hand corrected proofs from page 103 to 115 from the book. The letter is asking for advice with regards to cloud thermals over Dartmoor in relation to the book and pages attached. Heygate replies in his hand. 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 last book in the Chronicles of Ancient Sunlight. Book is very good++ and bright and clean. The complete wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17750

UK: Macdonald, 1969. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1st State 1969. One of three copies of the first state retained by Henry Williamson. A number of annotations and the incorrect passage that does not appear in the 2nd state inked out. Presentation copy to Richard and Anne Williamson from the author. The bookplate of Richard Williamson who looked after the authors literary estate after his death to end paper. The original first state of 3000 copies were pulped due to an error on page 34 at the authors request. It is not known how many still survive as a small number were sent out for proof reading. According to Williamson only 12 copies exist but Matthews bibliography states a few more than this ended up in circulation. From experience the 1st state copies are incredibly rare. From a large collection of Henry Williamson's and his family's books. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside… Read More

UK: Heinemann, 1927. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1927. The first edition of Henry Major Tomlinson's (1873-1958) literary crime novel. 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. The wrapper is very good and quite bright. Spine very age toned. Edge lightly rubbed and nicked. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17593

UK: Dicks, 1880. First Edition Thus . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition C1880. A Drama in Three Acts. A Play of 20 pages. Frontis plate. John Thomas Dicks 1818-1881 was a publisher in London in the 19th century. He issued popular, affordably priced fiction and drama, such as "shilling Shakespeares and wonderfully cheap reprints of Scott and other standard authors. Booklet is very good and bright. Taken from a bound up book of the Plays of Dicks. Original covers not present. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request.. Ref15763

UK: Chapman and Hall, 1931. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. L Illingworth. 1st Edition 1931. Very un-common in the wrapper by the writer who probably wrote the best book on cricket 'The Cricket Match' . Book is very good++ with bright boards. Name to endpaper. The wrapper is very good++ with a slightly darkened spine and a few nicks/rubbing to edges. Miniscule loss to spine top. More images can be taken upon request. Ref###003169

UK: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1948. New Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. New Edition 1948. From the Library of Henry Williamson and His family. Ownership inscription of Richard Williamson to the endpaper. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good with light edge rubbing. Light foxing. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18470

UK: George Allan and Unwin, 1946. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. James Broom-Lyne. 1st Edition 1946. With 7 section title vignettes by James Broom-Lyne. Signed limited issue, number 486 of 750 copies, numbered and signed by the author, and beautifully produced on handmade paper. The Garden is divided into the four seasons with long poetical sequence on Sackville-West's favourite subject and her horticultural aesthetic. Book is near fine and very bright. Never issued with a wrapper. Contents good. A nice example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18409

UK: Cape, 1964. First Edition 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. William McLaren. 1st Edition 2nd Imp 1964. Printed a year after the 1st edition and in the same format. Signed by the author to title page. Illustrated by William McLaren. Book is very good+ and bright. Light age toning to spine tips. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17697

UK: Otto Schulze, 1910. 1st Edition . Full-Leather. Very Good ++/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 1st Edition 1910. Published in Edinburgh. A tale set in the Scottish parish of Kirklands in the year 1795. Full bespoke leather binding bound by the famous bookbinder Sangorski & Sutcliffe.Incluing gilt detailing, gilt to page edges and hand marbled endpapers. From the library of William Foyle (1883-1963), one of the greatest booksellers of the 20th century, was the co-founder with his brother Gilbert of the epnymous and iconic London bookshop on Charing Cross Road. Having purchased the former medieval monastery of Beeleigh Abbey in 1943, William built an impressive and unrivaled personal library of manuscripts and books on English history and literature, European and world history and discovery, which he housed in the beautiful former monastic dormitory. Includes a leather bookplate W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey. Book is very good++ and bright. Spine and top edge lightened. Light edge… Read More

UK: Everyman, 2007. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st Edition 2007-2008. Signed by Garry Kasparov to volume two in the year of publication. Books and wrappers are near fine and in very nice condition. Contents very good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref13504 ###015663

UK: Hutchinson, 1970. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1970. Flat signed to title page by author. Book is very good++ and bright. The complete wrapper is very good+ with light rubbing, creasinga and nicks to edges. Un-common signed. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16190

UK: Gramol Publications, 1946. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1946. From the Library of Siegfried Sassoon and Sold by Sotheby's in 1991. Contains Sassoon's poem 'Everyone Sang'. The book carries the Sassoon monogram which confirms that it came from his own library and was later sold at auction. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. Pages age toned. The wrapper is very good+ and bright. Light edge rubbing. Part of a large library of Sassoon's books. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17990

UK: Longmans, 1910. First Edition . Three-Quarter Leather. Good ++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1910. Longmans, Green & Co, 12 plates, bookplates of the Earl of Cromer and John Ellison to front pastedowns, half calf gilt by Bickers & Son. Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, 1841-1917 was a British statesman, diplomat and colonial administrator. He served as the British controller-general in Egypt during 1879, part of the international control which oversaw Egyptian finances after the Egyptian bankruptcy of 1876. Books are good++ and quite bright. Light surface rubbing to leather and edges. Spine and edges slightly lightened in places. Minuscule loss to spine tips and light superficial cracking to some parts of the hinges. Light foxing to page edges. More images can be taken upon request.Ref17595

UK: Faber, 1978. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 2nd Imp 1978. Signed by the author to the title page. Same design and format as the 1st Edition. Book is fine and bright. Contents very good. The complete wrapper is near fine and bright. Age toning to rear edges. Uncommon signed. More digital images can be taken upon request. Ref7547###010154

UK: Faber, 1977. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1977. Book is near fine and bright. Contents very good. The complete wrapper is very good++ and bright. Wrapper slightly undercut as normal. More digital images can be taken upon request. Ref15876

Australia: C E Bristow, 1905. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st Edition 1905. An original document of the General Index to the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council 1885-1904 Together With a Supplementary Schedule of Printed Papers and Petitions 1900-1904 And a Schedule of All Bills Introduced into either House 1857-1904 Bound in a modern hard card and gilt spine. 106 page booklet is generally very good and bright. Light surface loss to covers. Contents good. A few odd light repairs to internal odd pages. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16228

UK: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st 1939. Includes a signed slip from the author. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good and bright. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked. Loss to spine tips and corners. An un-common item with it's wrapper. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 8694 ###011586

UK: Macmillan, 1954. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good ++/Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint 1954. Book is very good++ and very bright. Contents good. Small name to endpaper. The wrapper is very good++. Small closed tear to lightly rubbed edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17508