Search Results: Titles starting with P from Lasting Words Ltd

UK: Oxford University Press, 1909. New Edition . Half-Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New Edition 1910. The Pageant of English Poetry, Being 1150 Poems and Extracts by 300 Authors . Poetry from all the main poets in the last five hundred years. Quality half vellum binding with cloth boards. Book is very good with nice tight bindings. Contents good. Gift bookplate to end paper. Endpapers age toned. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 6667 ##009770

UK: Macmillan, 1923. Reprint . Full-Leather. Very Good ++. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Reprint 1923. Reprint of the Wessex Uniform edition. Very un-common deluxe full leather decorative binding. Book is very good+ and bright. Light marking to leather. Contents good. Front endpaper with loss to paper surface. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 14252

UK: Macmillan, 1902. New Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good ++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New Edition 1902. Part of the Works of Thomas Hardy and complete in it's own right. Very nice cloth binding with decorative gold blocking. Book is very good++ and bright and clean. Edges very slightly rubbed. Contents good. Endpapers foxed. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 8922

UK: Macmillan, 1902. New Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good ++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New Edition 1902. Part of the Works of Thomas Hardy and complete in it's own right. Presentation stamp to the title page. This is probably a presentation copy from the publisher or the author. Rare Thus. Very nice cloth binding with decorative gold blocking. Book is very good++ and bright and clean. Edges very slightly rubbed. Contents good. Endpapers foxed. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 12817

UK: Osgood Mcilvaine, 1895. First Edition Thus . Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. H Macbeth-Raeburn. 1st Edition Thus 1895. 1st printing in the new edition by Osgood of the Works of Thomas Hardy and complete in it's own right. Etching by H Macbeth-Raeburn, with tissue guard to title page and a map of Wessex. With a new preface written by the author for this edition. Book is very good and quite bright. Edges lightly rubbed in places. Spine top lightly repaired. Cloth lightly marked. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. RefA1234

UK: Benn, 1967. 3rd Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 3rd Edition 1967. Third Edition Extensively Updated And Revised To 1967, To Include The Wars With India And China. With illustrations from photos and drawings. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17594

UK: Faber, 1983. First Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good ++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st King Penguin Softcover Edition, first thus. Inscribed to the half-title page: to David Lodge all best wishes. K. Ishiguro 5th Oct. 1985 Cheltenham. And above this but below the biographical paragraph Ishiguro has added: An Artist of the Floating World forthcoming, in reference to his next novel which would be published the following year. The recipient was fellow author and critic, David Lodge and this was his review copy of the book, with a slip from the publisher loosely inserted. Ishiguro studied creative writing at UAE on the course taught by Malcolm Bradbury. He first met Lodge when he was the guest writer on an Arvon Course at which Lodge was tutoring, the latter referring to him as: "charming as well as gifted." (WL, page 219), and Lodge went on to play a further significant part in Ishiguro's writing career, being one of the Booker Prize judges in 1989… Read More

UK: Dent, 1907. New Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Robert Anning Bell. New Edition 1907. New edition with 25 colour plates and many line drawings by Robert Anning Bell. A good example and scarce in this condiiton. Book is very good+ and quite bright. Spine darkened. Contents good with light foxing to some pages. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 11499###013812

UK: Kegan Paul, 1891. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Presentation inscription from Francis Albert Rollo Russell to his future wife Gertrude Joachim in 1891. Rollo Russell (11 July 1849 - 30 March 1914) was an English meteorologist and scientific writer. He was born at Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park. He was the third son of former Prime Minister Lord John Russell and was the uncle of Bertrand Russell. Rollo and Bertrand will have spent many years together at the family home as Bertrand moved into his grandfather's home in 1876 due to the death of his parents. Rollo Russell married Alice Sophia Godfrey in 1885, they had a son Arthur. She died within a year and Russell married Gertrude Ellen Cornelia Joachim in 1891.They had a son John and a daughter Margaret. Russell was a Unitarian and a founding member of the Unitarian Christian Church in Richmond, in 1888. Russell has been described as an "advocate of vegetarianism. Bertrand… Read More

UK: Artemis Press, 1955. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Reprint 1966. Translated from the Norwegian by James W. McFarlane. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked. Digital images available upon request. Ref 14243

UK: Faber, 1984. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1984. Signed by the author to the inner page. Book is fine and very bright. The wrapper is near fine and very bright. A very nice example. More digital images can be taken upon request. RefA1234

UK, 1860. First Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A Paper Signed by Three Composers/Musicians Being Wilhelmine Maria Franziska Neruda, Sir Charles Hallé and Ludwig Straus. C1926. Sir Charles Hallé 1819-1895 was an Anglo-German pianist and conductor, and founder of The Hallé orchestra in 1858. Wilhelmine Maria Franziska Neruda 1838-1911, also known as Wilma Norman-Neruda and Lady Hallé, was a Moravian virtuoso violinist, chamber musician, and teacher. Ludwig Straus 1835-1899 was an Austrian violinist. C1860 Size is 180mm x 115mm. Condition is quite good with light folding crease. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17700

UK: Walter Scott, 1900. New Edition . Half-Leather. Very Good ++. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. New Edition 1900. Part of the Canterbury Poets series. Includes the original card slip case. Beautifully bound in half vellum leather and Art Nouveau decorative gilt and coloured stamping. Book is very good and bright. Contents good. Card slip case very rubbed and worn at the edges.More images can be taken upon request. Ref16443

UK: W H Allen, 1956. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1956 Book is very good++ and bright. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Rear slightly age toned. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 15493

Private Circulation, 1881. First Edition . Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1881. Presentation inscription from the author to Professor George Davidson. George Davidson 1825 - 1911 was a geodesist, astronomer, geographer, surveyor and engineer in the United States. Metallism is the economic principle that the value of money derives from the purchasing power of the commodity upon which it is based. The currency in a metallist monetary system may be made from the commodity itself (commodity money) or use tokens such as national banknotes redeemable in that commodity. In the broad sense of the term, which tends to be used only by scholars, metallism considers money to be a "creature of the market", a means to facilitate exchange of goods and services. In this broad sense, the essential nature of money is purchasing power, and it does not necessarily need to be backed by metals. Understood in this broad sense, metallism reflects the… Read More

UK: Richard Jackson, 1920. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1920. Limited edition of 250 copies. Illustrated with black and white plates. Bound in the original cloth covers. Book is very good with lightly rubbed edges. Cloth lightly marked or ligtened in places. Contents good. Pages slightly age toned/foxed. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 13537

UK, 1714. First Edition . Paper. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A Parliament Receipt for payment in Relation to the 'Act of Parliament for the Better and More Regular Paying of Annunities'. Signed by Sir Nathaniel Curzon. C1714. Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet 1676-1758 of Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire was an English Tory politician who represented three constituencies in the 18th century. Size is 260mm x 200mm. Condition is average. Age toned with creasing/slight loss nicks and rough edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16870

UK: Darton, 1830. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 1st Edition C1830. 1858 Illustrated with 16 engraved plated and one hand coloured. Lovely little book. Bound in the original cloth. Book is very good and bright. Spine a little lightened. Light edge rubbing. Contents quite good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref14846

UK, 1890. First Edition . Paper. Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. Part of an Original Letter Written and Signed by Leslie Balfour-Melville C1890. Part of the letter mentions him being photographed at St Andrews. Leslie Balfour-Melville 1854 - 1937, born Leslie Balfour, was a Scottish amateur sportsman, serving as captain, opening batsman, and wicket-keeper for the Scotland national cricket team.Balfour-Melville was also an international rugby union player, tennis player, ice skater, curler, long-jumper, and player of English billiards. He was a prolific golf medal winner, winning The Amateur Championship, at St Andrews in 1895. He also held several administrative positions within national governing bodies. He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union, President of the Scottish Cricket Union, and Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in 1906. Balfour-Melville was an inaugural inductee into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.. Size 112mm x 85mm. Condition is good. Light… Read More

UK, 1836. First Edition . Paper. Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. Part of an original manuscript for an article in the Athanaeum magazine by the Irish novelist Sydney, Lady Morgan.The note at top left reads - 'Lady Morgan's autograph manuscript on the subject of Irish churches - printed in the Athanaeum somewhere about June or July 1836. Not catalogued'. Sydney, Lady Morgan (née Owenson; 1781 - 1859, was an Irish novelist, best known as the author of The Wild Irish Girl. She was one of the most vivid and hotly discussed literary figures of her generation. She began her career with a precocious volume of poems. She collected Irish tunes, for which she composed the words, thus setting a fashion adopted with signal success by Thomas Moore. Her novel St. Clair (1804), about ill-judged marriage, ill-starred love and impassioned nature worship, in which the influence of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (specifically his novel The Sorrows of Young Werther) and Jean-Jacques Rousseau was… Read More