Search Results: Titles starting with M from Lasting Words Ltd

UK: A L Humphreys, 1920. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. T C Black. 1st Edition 1920. Presentation inscription from the author on the inner page. Illustrated by T C Black. Book is very good with marked and rubbed boards. Light repair to spine tip. Boards marked/age toned Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18408

UK: Peter Owen, 1956. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1956. Jacket design and three black and white illustrations by Jean Cocteau, plus two photographic plates. In this diary of a theatrical tour primarily centring on Egypt and Turkey, M. Cocteau has conveyed in inimitably beautiful prose the exoticism of the near Orient. Book and wrapper are near fine. Really nice example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 15493

UK: Gresham, 1906. New Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. New Edition 1906. The Red Letter Shakespeare. Edited by E.K. Chambers. Complete individual volume. Frontis plate to title page. Each volume with a frontispiece, a black and red device on a similar design to that of the covers on the recto of each "Dramatis Personae" leaf, a red initial to the start of the introduction plus headings and character names in red throughout. Book design by Talwin Morris a leading illustrator and book designer during the late 19th and early 20th century. Book is very good and bright. Spine and edges lightly rubbed. Light marking to cloth. Contents good. Light foxing to page edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 16579

UK: Hamish Hamilton, 1948. New Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. New Edition 1948. A new Edition with new decorative board design. Translated from the French by Gerard Hopkins. The Novel Library. Book is very good++ and very bright. Contents very good. The wrapper is very good++ with light edge rubbing. A pretty book. More images can be taken upon request. Ref15493

UK: Blackie, 1937. New Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. H L Bacon. New Edition C1937. Illustrated by H L Bacon. Book is very good++ and very bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges rubbed and nicked. A few small closed tears to edges. Price clipped. A nice example. More images can be taken upon request.Ref18036

UK: Richard Bentley, 1873. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1873. Two volumes bound as one. Rare in the original cloth. The authors only book set partly in France and London. A romantic melodrama concerning a women who marries a debt ridden man in the hope of his expectations will improve when his rich father dies. Book is near very good and quite bright. Edges rubbed to spine tips with some light fraying.Contents good. Odd marks to pages. More digital images can be taken upon request. Ref11518##013991

UK: Geoffrey Bles, 1949. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1927. This early John Rhode "spy thriller," set behind the lines in Flanders during the Great War. The author was a serving British army officer who attained the rank of Major, receiving a Military Cross. Book is very good+ and bright. Slight mark to front board. Light edge rubbing. Contents good. The wrapper is very good and bright. Edges rubbed and nicked. Light soiling to covers. Small loss ro edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 16067

UK: Macdonald, 1954. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1954. Nice inscription from the author to the inner page. Book is very good+ and bright. Spine tips lightly rubbed. Contents good. The wrapper is very good with edges quite rubbed and nicked in places. Very small rubbing loss to spine tips. More images can be taken upon request. Ref13568

UK: Country Life, 1950. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pauline Baynes. 1st Edition 1950. Presentation inscription and a further signature from the author to a family member. A lovely inscription. The wrapper artwork and black and white plates undertaken by Pauline Baynes who later illustrated the famous Tolkien and C S Lewis Narnia books.. Book is very good++ and bright. Nice clean contents. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Minuscule loss to spine tips. Edges with nicks and light rubbing. A nice example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18407

UK: Vineyard Press, 1911. 1st Edition . Decorative Cloth. Good ++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Arthur Hughes. 1st Edition 1911. Signed inscription by the author to the endpaper. Signed books by Greville are rare in commerce. Greville MacDonald was the son of George Macdonald the writer of exquisite Fairy stories. Illustrated throughout by the celebrated artist Arthur Hughes. Book is good+ with quite bright cloth. Spine very age toned and dull. Cloth slightly lifting in places. Contents good. More images can be taken available upon request. Ref18408

UK: Dean, 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Georgina Hargreaves. 1st Edition 1981. Deluxe Edition. An important book in the canon of the Faraway Tree titles. Wonderful illustrations by Georgina Hargreaves. Book is near fine and very bright. Contents good. More digital images can be taken upon request.Ref17789

UK: Newnes, 1943. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dorothy M Wheeler. 1st Edition 1943. Tipped in signed paper slip from another very tired Faraway Tree book. One of the most popular children's books written in the last century. Appears in many top 100 books of all time and one of the hardest to find in collectible condition. Book is very good and quite bright. Light staining to front cover. Spine a little lightened. Contents are good. Quite a nice example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17529

UK: Dean, 1981. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Georgina Hargreaves. 1st Edition 1981. Deluxe Edition. An important book in the canon of the Faraway Tree titles. Very un-common especially with the wrapper.. Wonderful illustrations by Georgina Hargreaves. Book is very good++ and very bright. The complete wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges rubbed. More digital images can be taken upon request.Ref16907

UK: Newnes, 1964. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dorothy M Wheeler. 10th Impression 1964. Similar format to the 1st Edition. Book is very good+ and quite bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Contents average. Pages age toned. The wrapper is very good++ and quite bright. Edges lightly rubbed, creased and nicked. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 17548

UK: Newnes, 1968. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dorothy M Wheeler. 13th Impression 1968. Similar format to the 1st Edition. Book is very good++ and quite bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and quite bright. Edges lightly rubbed, creased and nicked. Quite a nice example. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 15654

UK: Newnes, 1964. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dorothy M Wheeler. 12th Impression 1967. Similar format to the 1st Edition. Book is very good+ and quite bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Contents good. Pages age toned. The wrapper is very good+ and quite bright. Edges rubbed, creased and nicked. Light rubbing loss to edges. More images can be taken upon request.Ref17550

UK: Country Life, 1946. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pauline Baynes. 1st Edition 1946. Presentation inscription from the author to a family member. A lovely inscription. The wrapper artwork and black and white plates undertaken by Pauline Baynes who later illustrated the famous Tolkien and C S Lewis Narnia books. A fantasy story: Puck takes Elizabeth and Jane to meet some of the "greatest men" of English history. Book is very good++ and bright. Nice clean contents. The wrapper is good++ and bright. Loss to spine tips and edge. Edges with nicks, creasing and light rubbing. Closed tears to edges with one quite long. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18407

UK: Powell Perry, 1945. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Powell Perry, Mollie Gerard, Angela Baynes, Victor Ross, Tom Kerr. 1st Edition C1945. A Powell Powell Colour book and very uncommon. This edition includes 1) Thumblings Travels illustrated by Mollie Gerard,2) Snow White and Rose Red illustrated by Angela Baynes 3) The Five Servants Illustrated by Victor Ross 4) The Dwarf in a Bottle illustrated by Tom Kerr. During WW2 Perry was stationed at the camouflage centre Farnham Castle where he would have rubbed shoulders with artists such as Julian Trevelyan and Roland Penrose and the magician Jasper Maskelyne, Pauline Baynes to name just a few. Perry's family owned a printing firm in Putney and he persuaded some of the artists at the Camouflage Centre to moonlight, producing a number of wartime children's titles modelled to some extent on Carrington's Picture Puffin series. The book is very good and bright. Small loss to paper hinge… Read More

UK: Macmillan, 1927. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good ++. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. F H Townsend. 1st Edition 1927. First Illustrated Classic Edition. Illustrated by F H Townsend. Very nice cloth binding with decorative gold blocking. Book is very good++ and bright and clean. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 16270

UK: Dicks, 1880. First Edition Thus . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition C1880. A Drama in Two Acts. A Play of 13 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