Search Results: Titles starting with C from Lasting Words Ltd

UK: George Edward Eyre, 1856. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 1st Edition 1856 TASMANIA. RETURN TO AN ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE, THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, DATED 26 FEBRUARY 1856, FOR...COPIES OR EXTRACTS OF ANY CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA CONNECTED WITH THE INSTITUTION OF AN INQUIRY BY A COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY INTO THE WORKINGS OF THE CONVICT DEPARTMENT, AND THE PROROGATION OF THE LEGISLATURE WHILE THE INQUIRY WAS TAKING PLACE..COLONIAL OFFICE 4TH APRIL 1856. ORDERED BY THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, TO BE PRINTED APRIL 7, 1856. HMSO. FIRST EDITION. A rare official document folio size and in very good condition. 67pages. A collection of correspondence, and official despatches describing the governmental crisis when the officials and Tasmanian politicians were accused of fraud, peculation, embezzlement.and the Controller-general of the colony refused to appear before the inquiry committee or answer any of their questions. A political… Read More

Heinemann, 1954. First Edition . Half-Leather. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Graham Sutherland. 1st Edition 1954. Graham Sutherland (illustrator). Special Edition. Quarter cream calf with black gilt lettered label over blue calf. Housed in black cardboard slipcase.Limited Edition of 1000 numbered copies only signed by the author and the Illustrator on the limitation page. This being number 364. Includes the plain white wrapper. Edition done for Maugham's 80th birthday with famous lithograph by Sutherland. Book is near fine and in lovely bright condition. Slip case with light marking and edge wear. More images can be taken upon request. Ref15298

UK: Readers Library, 1923. New Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. New Edition C1923. New Readers Library Edition with the wrapper displaying a scene from the film. Undated. The Call of the Wild was an American silent adventure film written and directed by Fred Jackman and produced by Hal Roach in 1923. Book is very good and bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pages age toned. The wrapper is very good and quite bright. Small loss to top edges. Light edge rubbing and nicks. More images can be taken upon request.Ref17566

UK: Collins, 1928. New Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New Edition C1928. Undated. Part of the 'Detective Club' Includes the newly designed uncommon wrapper. Book is very good and bright. Contents good. Small inscription to endpaper. Pages very age toned. The wrapper is very good and quite bright. Edges rubbed and nicked. Spine lightened. Small amount of white paper support to wrapper rear edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 17027

UK: Chatto and Windus, 1974. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1974. The Authors Own Retained Book and with his Bookplate to the endpaper. A collection of short stories. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper very good++ and quite bright. Age toning to wrapper. More images can be taken upon request. Ref

UK: W Simpkin, 1834. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good ++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1834. Very uncommon in the original cloth .One of the very few early books to attempt to identify the historical King Arthur and give his Welsh name and history. Also a section on Taliesin Silver Brow, Aneirin of the Gododdin, Hywell Dda, Edward Llwyd. The book is very good and bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 6527

UK: Guinness, 1956. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good ++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Anthony Grovs-Raines. 1st Edition 1956. Decorative fully illustrated colour softover Guinness publication. Soft Book is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed. More images can be taken upon request. Ref13015##014966

UK: Oxford, 1943. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1943. Title-page with vignette. The third volume in the beloved Candleford Trilogy. Book is very good+ and quite bright. Light edge rubbing. The wrapper is very good with rubbing and nicks to edges. Small loss to spine tips/corner. A few small closed tears to edges. Wrapper lightly soiled. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 14022 ###016194

USA: A and C Black, 1948. 2nd Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edward Shenton. 2nd Edition 1948. Revised and Enlarged. Includes a few flyers of Canoes from the 1940's for sale. Ownership inscription of Charles Robert Williamson the fourth child of the author. From the library of Henry Williamson and His Family. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this. Book is very good and quite bright. Edge rubbing. Contents good. The wrapper is good only and quite bright. Nicks, creasing and rubbing to edges. Rear/spine lightly toned. Surface and edge loss to edges and spine tips. Morel images can be taken upon request. Ref17748

UK: Faber, 1959. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1959. Book is very good and quite bright. Shop stamp and feint foxing to endpaper. The complete wrapper is very good with slight edge rubbing and light soiling to white rear. Light foxing. More images can be taken upon request. Ref ###003648

UK: Dent, 1930. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Reprint 1930 of the Dent everyman edition. The book is very good++ and bright. Nice clean contents. Small name to endpaper. The wrapper is very good+ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Spine age toned. Small loss to spine tips. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 13540

UK: Dent, 1926. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good ++. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Reprint 1926. of the Dent edition. Undated. Un-common. Attractive art nouveau design. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. ref 13540

UK: Macmillan, 1899. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Printing 1899 in the Uniform Edition and very un-common. This format became the normal publication for all future printing of Kipling's new works. An attractive book. Book is very good++ with light rubbing to cloth edges. Quite bright cloth and spines. Contents good. Name to endpaper. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16811

UK, 1828. First Edition . Paper. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. A good document being a cheque dated August 12 1828, signed clearly by Frederick Marryat. Mounted to paper. Captain Frederick Marryat CB FRS 1792 - 1848 was a Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens. He is noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836), for his children's novel The Children of the New Forest (1847), and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling known as Marryat's Code. Size 178mm x 115mm Condition is good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref15810

UK, 1926. First Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A Card with a Original Hand Drawn Self Caricature Drawing of Artist Sir Francis Carruthers Gould. It is a self portrait of himself. Signed by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould. C1926. Sir Francis Carruthers Gould 1844-1925 A British political cartoonist and caricaturist. ' Once belonged to Nannie Manook a famous autograph collector. Size is 135mm x 85mm. Condition is quite good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17677

UK, 1926. First Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A Card with a Original Hand Drawn Self Caricature Drawing of Artist Godfrey Wilson. It is a self portrait of himself. Signed by Godfrey Wilson. C1926. Godfrey Wilson 1879-1967 was an artist, teacher, and enthusiastic rock-climber and potholer. He produced many hundreds of detailed sketches recording Dales life, which were reproduced in books and magazines, including The Dalesman. Size is 140mm x 90mm. Condition is quite good with age toning/light foxing. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17685

UK, 1926. First Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A Card with a Original Hand Drawn Self Caricature Drawing of Artist Adam E Horne. It is a self portrait of himself. Signed by Adam E Horne. C1926. A pen and ink caricature drawing signed by Adam E Horne 1883-1955 'A merry Christmas' Once belonged to Nannie Manook a famous autograph collector. Size is 140mm x 90mm. Condition is quite good with age toning/light foxing. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17683

UK: Michael Joseph, 1969. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1969. Presentation inscription from the Author to the book and a further letter to 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. The complete wrapper is very good++ with a little light rubbing to edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17756

UK: Collins Crime Club, 1973. New Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New Greenway Uniform Edition 2nd Imp 1973. The Greenway Edition published by Collins Crime Club brings together all Christies writing published by them since the late 1920's. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Uncommon. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18342

UK: Collins Crime Club, 1966. New Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New Edition 1966. Book is very good++ and very clean and bright. Pages age toned. The complete wrapper is very good+ with slight rubbing and nicks to edges. A few small closed tears. Light soiling to rear. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 12240 ###017174