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réf. 3639369807.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1909réf. 997G13London: The Temple Press 1909 . Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Arthur Rackham. The first Temple Press Arthur Rackham edition of this collection of children's stories based on Shakespeare's plays complete with colour plates. The first Temple Press Arthur Rackham edition. First Arthur Rackham edition published by J. M. Dent in 1899.In publisher's original decorative red cloth binding. A collection of popular adaptations of Shakespeare's works intended for children. By Charles and Mary Lamb English writers and siblings best known for their collaboration on this work. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and 11 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham. Collated complete.Rackham was an English book illustrator recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration and was best known for combining pen and ink drawings with the use of watercolour. In publisher's original red cloth binding. Externally smart. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Tide mark to tail of rear board. Odd small mark to front board. Light fading to spine. Ink inscription to front paste down and front free endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound. Three plates disbound but present loosely inserted inside the volume. Page 269 also disbound but present. Pages are bright and clean with light age toning and spotting most frequent to the start of the work. Ink inscription to half title page. Very Good The Temple Press hardcover
1933réf. 953T76London: G. Bell and Sons Ltd 1933. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 7.5" by 5.5". Ernest H. Shepard. A smart first edition of this collection of writings from English essayist Charles Lamb with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original price-clipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with fifty plates. Collated complete. A collection of the works of Charles Lamb an English essayist poet and antiquarian. Being a selection from The Essays of Elia The Letter and his miscellaneous prose. Edited by A. C. Ward. Illustrated by Ernest Howard Shepard an English artist and book illustrator known for illustrations of the anthropomorphic animal and soft toy characters in The Wind in the Willows and Winnie-the-Pooh. In the original green cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor wear and light fading to the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spine and panel edges with the odd small mark. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges with light loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed G. Bell and Sons Ltd hardcover
1915réf. 968F37London: J. M. Dent & Sons 1915. Leather. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". Charles E. Brock. A vibrant Riviere bound edition of Charles Lamb's charming collection of essays beautifully illustrated by C. E. Brock. The ninth edition of this work to be illustrated by Brock.Illustrated with a frontispiece and ninety-three plates headpieces tailpieces and vignettes all the work of Charles E. Brock. Collated complete. 'Essays of Elia' is a series of essays by Charles Lamb which were first published in 'The London Magazine'. The subjects the essays are on vary greatly but the conversational tone Lamb writes in charmed many readers.Charles Lamb was a popular antiquarian and essayist known for his work 'Tales from Shakespeare' which he co-authored with his sister and for these essays. In a half morocco signed binding with cloth covered boards. Back strip lightly age toned with a touch of rubbing to back strip head and tail. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine J. M. Dent & Sons hardcover
réf. 99364 July 1944; St John's Cottage Cambridge. Landscape 12mo. 12 lines. Text clear and complete. Good on aged paper in envelope addressed by Lamb to Inglis. On 'seeing the picture after that long interval' he was 'not ashamed of it' but 'when it was new my friends used to rag me about my "Morgue" pictures' there being 'a few others of similar gruesome import'. Now that he is 'far past youth' he is 'painting mostly scenes of sweetness & serenity'. He is sorry that she is 'denied the priviledge sic I have enjoyed all these sinister times' that of being able to paint. 4 July 1944; St John's Cottage, Cambridge. unknown
1985réf. C9113Bristol: Redcliffe 1985. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp. xiv 305. 8pp. coloured illustrations. 32pp. black and white illustrations. Original publisher's tan cloth lettered gilt on spine. Unclipped dust jacket. Three good handwritten signed letters from Henry Lamb to John Holmstrom a collector of Henry Lamb's paintings loosely inserted. One is hand-written from Coombe Bisset Salisbury and two are written on headed notepaper from the same address. They all date from 1954 3/7 12/12 & 28/12 consisting of about 190 122 & 170 words. In the first letter Lamb agrees to sell his painting of 'Valentine' for 60 guineas instead of 100 guineas as agreed by the gallery. In the second Lamb says he is 'glad to hear the young Valentine continues to give pleasure.' He goes on to say that when Holmstrom visits Valentine now aged 16 might well be about. The final letter is still about their proposed meeting and the possibility of Valentine now garbed as a public school boy being there. 'There is a last years' picture of him now in a small exhibition in the Salisbury Art School New Street which would prepare you for the shock of seeing him in the flesh.' A further letter from Keith Clements to Holmstrom is loosely inserted written on headed notepaper from Queenwood Darley Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN20 7UN and dated 20 April 1979 consisting of about 190 words in which he thanks Holmstrom for his helpful details. He also says that Lady Pansy Lamb's wife is still in London and that he hasn't been in touch with Valentine Lamb but that he lives in Dublin and works for the 'Irish Times'. Henry Lamb 1883 Ã 1960 was an English painter of Australian birth. Chapters on many of his contemporaries and friends such as Augustus John Boris Anrep Lytton Strachey Stanley Spencer and Carrington are included. Minute amount of creasing to dust jacket at foot of spine; a near fine copy. 0905459555 About fine. Redcliffe, hardcover
1831réf. 016820London: Baldwin & Cradock 1831. Book measures 19x11.5.cm. vi2376pp text illustrations. Bound in period half calf calf corners cloth boards raised bands leather label gilt tooling coloured endpapers. Boards bumped on corners minor abrasion wear. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally pages clean. A good solid copy. F. Fifth Edition. Half Calf. Very Good. Small 8vo. Baldwin & Cradock Hardcover
1989réf. 111310Roxford Books 1989-07-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Publisher's hardback in better than very good condition: firm and square no scuffs no cracks. Complete with original dustjacket not showing any tears or chips. Contents tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a tidy book in very presentable condition. Complete with corrections slip. Roxford Books hardcover
1905réf. 77955London: Nister & Co. c. 1905. Small 8vo. Uncommon in jacket. 320 pp. Illustrated in b/w and colour by Walter Paget. Publisher's blue gilt lettered cloth in dust jacket. Tear and small loss to jacket spine; slight chipping to tail. Bookplate to ffep; printing error on p.103 with a corner of overlaid text. Clean copy. Originally published 1807 a classic retelling of Shakespearean plays for young people in prose by Charles and Mary Lamb retaining as much Shakespearean language as possible. A very good copy in its original dust jacket. . Very Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. 1905. Nister & Co. c. 1905 hardcover
1889réf. AQ33826London: Bickers & Son 1889. 8 386pp. With half-title and photographic frontispiece. Finely bound by Bickers and Son. in contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers and edges. Inscription of 'John N. Williams Prize. Easter: 1890. Matfield Grange' to FFEP. Light spotting to endpapers and initial blank fly-leaves. Overall a fine copy. A handsomely bound edition of the first work to make the plots of Shakespeare's plays accessible to a juvenile audience first published in 1807 and prolifically published across the nineteenth century. The romantic writers and siblings Charles 1775-1834 and Mary Lamb 1764-1847 were convinced by William Godwin to undertake the work for his nascent Juvenile Library. Although the volume was originally attributed solely to Charles the comedies some fourteen of the twenty plays and thus the majority of the work were composed by Mary who would later receive equal billing as in this edition. From the recently dispersed country house library at Bridehead Dorset. . 8vo. Bickers & Son unknown
réf. 26311London: W. H. Allen. 1975. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Original brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine in dustwrapper. A very good copy the binding square and firm the cloth bright and fresh. The contents with is a previous owner's inscription on the front pastedown and some spotting to the closed text-block edge which sometimes extends onto the margins are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that is without fading loss or tears. Not price-clipped £3.50 on the front flap. A critically acclaimed anthology of 22 tales of horror and the macabre including: 'Only a Dream' by H. Rider Haggard; 'The Meerschaum Pipe' by L. A. Lewis; 'The Life-Buoy' by A. Erskine Ellis; 'The Lady of Rosemount' by Sir T. G. Jackson; 'How It Happened' by John Gawsworth; 'In the Mirror' by Valery Brussov; 'Calling Miss Marker' by Joy Burnett; 'A Night of Horror' by Dick Donovan; 'The Shouting' by L. T. C. Rolt; 'The Happy Dancers' by Charles Birkin; 'The Weed Men' by William Hope Hodgson; 'Eyes for the Blind' by Frederick Cowles; 'Mr. Ash's Studio' by H. R. Wakefield; 'Montage of Death' by Robert Haining; 'Pallinghurst Barrow' by Grant Allen' 'Randall's Round' by Eleanor Scott; 'The Skeleton at the Feast' by E. H. Visiak; 'Medusan Madness' by E. H. Visiak; 'Out of the Sea' by A. C. Benson; 'Witch In-Grain' by R. Murray Gilchrist; 'The Tudor Chimney' by A. N. L. Munby; 'The Experiment' by M. R. James notably the first edition in book form. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: W. H. Allen. 1975 hardcover
1957réf. LAMBLYNT001169University Press Oxford. 1957. First edition. Christmas and New Year greetings card: folded sheet with a lithograph by Lynton Lamb on front panel. This shows Santa Claus and his reindeer-drawn sleigh delivering parcels to the Oxford University Press headquarters in London.Inscribed by Lynton Lamb on the printed greetings page ''Larry. this is Oup London''.Fine. University Press, Oxford. unknown
1829réf. CF108Paris: A. Brown & Sons 1829. 1st thus . Hardcover. Vg. 8vo. vii 98; viii 66; viii 195; vii 29; xxiii 56pp. A memoir of each poet precedes his Poetical works. Frontis engraving by J. T. Wedgwood with portraits of the 5 poets within a decorative architectural frame. Vignette illustrated title-page and each section has a half-title page. Unauthorized pirated edition bound in a full green contemporary leather binding with gilt borders 5 compartments with raised bands and gilt titles. Initials B.M. to the front board and an armorial bookplate initialed JEA to the inside board. Rubbing to the extremities. Neat ink date 28th February 1832 to the end-paper. Nice publishers notice after the title-page stating his edition is superior to any London edition as they have had to remove 'various compositions' and he also had access to private sources from the writers. Rogers Samuel 1763-1855; Campbell Thomas 1777-1844; Montgomery James 1771-1854; Lamb Charles 1775-1834; White Henry Kirke 1785-1806. A. Brown & Sons hardcover
réf. 133546Hakluyt Society 1984. Four-volume set octavo light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine gilt design & blind rule to front board all vols frontispiece xx 442pp & folding map in rear pocket vol 1 ix 442-786pp vol 2 viii 787-1230pp vol 3 viii 1231-1752pp vol 4 all vols illus all vols VG owner's name & date to fep vol 1 bruising & pencil mark to upper page edges vols 2 3 4 would be fine but for owner's name & date in ink to fep all vols in VG d/w bruising & rubbing to exterior & edges & corners Hakluyt Society 1984 hardcover
196126 pages. Features: Mailbag; Caribou From the Clouds - Wes Bickerton and a trip to Francois Lake for Mountain Caribou - article with photos of Harold Daye, Don and Wes Bickerton, and Shorty Innis; Photo of John Shelford receiving award from Game Director Frank Butler; Photo of Rick Lamb; Two nice illustrated ads for Parker-Hale rifles; Spa Lake Rod Smasher - the dry fly demons of the fly hills - article with photo of Al Worobey and his wife fishing on Bolean Lake; Illustrations of how to identify 'exotic' fish by their tails; Salt Water License - if proceeds from these licenses are used properly, good fish management should result; Boats; Water Safety tips; Let's Go Crabbing - article; Clay Chips - article with photos of Jim Logan, Henry Rempel, "Hand" Burnett, Bob Flintoft, Bill Thompson, Joe Lindsay, Ken Blagbourne, George Sherwood, Ry Beem, Chuck Collins, Murray Laidlaw, Aldon See, Sr., Ernie Todd, Stu Loutit, Wallace McMillan, Bill McLean, Rab. Williamson, Toni Grebliunas, Russ Barker, and Hugh McGowan; Nice illustrated ad for the new International Travelall Station Wagon inside back cover; Nice illustrated Lucky Lager ad on back cover; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
1951120 pages. Features: What to do about social security; Low-cost lamb feeding; Dollars from pullet flocks; Paint will protect you; Silage goes underground; Tougher than sassafras sprouts - Leo Nussbaum and family of the Missouri Ozarks; Old glory takes to sea; Better chicks for meat production; and more. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Middle four leaves loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1952102 pages. Great cover photo of boy writing love letter while sister looks on. Features; Nice GMC pickup truck ad; Nice half-page two-colour ad for the John Deere No. 5 mower; Nice ad for 1952 Ford cars; Foot and Mouth disease discovered at farm of Leonard Wass of McLean, Saskatchewan - a major threat to Canada's billion-dollar livestock industry; Green Leaves Falling (story); The perennial problem of soil losses from erosion; Farewell to the Years (storyy); Frontier Family - The Ardills of Farrell Creek, B.C. - photo-illustrated article; So You're Getting Power - article for farmers being connected to the electrical grid; Line Breeding for Daily Gain - some account of beef cattle improvement work at the U.S. Range Livestock Experiment Station, Miles City, Montana; Runaway Trailer (story) - part II; Caterpillar diesel farm tractor ad features photo of J.B. Francis of Sedley, Saskatchewan; One-page ad for the 1952 Meteor car; Vintage 2/3-page photo-illustrated ad for the new Case DC-4 tractor; Sam Harker of Standoff, Alberta raises sheep; Fantastic vintage one-page multiple-photo ad for Farmhad loaders and power boxes displays their gangly equipment handling big loads; Ben Lodoen of Fox Valley, Saskatchewan and his irrigation improvement; Nice one-page two-colour photo ad for Firestone tractor tires features Lawrence O. Larson; Nice vintage one-page two-colour ad for the Ferguson Twenty 85 tractor; 2/3-page ads for the Cockshutt seed drill and Drive-o-matic Combine; Nice photo ad for the Oliver No. 8 tractor; One-page Dodge car ad - "test the new Oriflow Ride"; Nice one-page photo ad for the Massey-Harris No. 509 one-way disc with roto-lift; Nice ad for Ford tractors; Ad for Dodge 'Job-Rated" trucks; Fordson Major tractor ad; Fargo truck ad; Excellent one-page ad for Ford Trucks features their three V-8 engines; Lovely colour-photo ad inside back cover for Swiss watches; Awesome colour-photo ad on back cover features a variety of Minneapolis-Moline machinery at work on the prairie. Please note: pages 49, 50, 55 and 56 missing. Center page loose but present. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this nice issue. Book
1948192 pages. Features: The perils of prosperity; A system that makes hog sense; Don't underrate brother rat; Are sheep on the way out?; Push-button chores; Prepackaging moves toward the farm; The Wunder Wagon; They're farming by plane; To beat weeds in grain; Ohio Bride and Groom - Gerald and Beulah Parpster of Ashland County, Ohio - nice photo-illustrated article; Community-service bank - Bendersville National Bank of Adams County, PA; Triumph of the trees; Forecasts to help you fight plant diseases; Irrigated pastures; Photo of Martin Burkholder of Lancaster County, PA who recently sold his land for possibly a record price of $995/acre; and more. Ads: Texaco ad features photos of the England Brothers' farm at Brookshire, TX, including their dehydrator; B.F. Goodrich ad includes photo of Edwin R. Kent of Juniata, Nebraska; Lee jeans; Oldsmobile; Jeep; GM; New Idea equipment; 1949 Frazer Manhattan car; Gorgeous color-photo ad for John Deere tractors; Photo of S.C. Cracraft of Jackson, MO in Hood boot ad; Dodge trucks; Life insurance ad features photos of the Walter Melott family of San Jose, CA; Blue Bell denim; Admiral phonograph; Ford tractors (2 pages); Gibson tractors; Norge fridges; Modess (nice color illustration of lady reclining in chair); Lux ad with Linda Darnell and Rex Harrison; Satina ad with photo of Mrs. P.F. McEwan of Chicago; and more. Heavy external wear with loss to front cover and back cover missing. Bit of writing on front cover. Contents intact. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
1945This publication "aims to print authentic first hand accounts interpretative of the region and its people; to encourage the collection and preservation of the traditional materials of Alberta; and to help foster a literature indigenous to this part of the Canadian West." - from inside front cover. Contents: The Chinook Yark; Sayings heard in Alberta Ukrainian Homes; Klondikers; A Famous Alberta Yarn - told by Oliver Aldridge, son of Mountaineer Bill Aldridge; Potato Bugs; The Edmonton Overland Route to the Yukon; Duhamel (Battle River Crossing); Ghosts - Gus Erickson of the Westlock district had problems with them; Bob Edward's version of how Medicine Hat got its name; Bob Edwards and I; A Bob Edwards Yarn about the "Eye-Opener" race of 1906; Some Northern Trails; A Famous Alberta Yarn about a Russian settler who made his own harnesses from rawhide; A Fast Runner - fanciful tale of a young Englishman and his sheep roundup; Attention Alberta Writers - information about the Alberta Folklore and Local History Project; Interesting details of "The Outlaw", an Alberta newspaper in 1896. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. The first issue of this wonderful publication. Book
196134 pages. Features: B.C. Federation of Fish & Game Clubs' Convention - article with photo of president Dave Maw of Vancouver and photo of E.L. "Ted" Barsby of Nanaimo, past-president and chairman of the convention; Mailbag; B.C.'s Game Conservation Project Fund; Sea Gulls - G.L. Henderson writes an article about how their numbers should be moderated - with photo of game wardens George Lyons and "Butch" Tyler; Half-page ad for B.C.'s Department of Recreation and Conservation features photo of Minister The Hon. Earle C. Westwood; One-page Crown Zellerback Canada ad with heading "Hunting Not Prohibited Here"; Photos of Ken Hodgson, Charlie Miller, Bert Farr, Charlie Hodgson, Jim Treadgold, Ralph Shaw, Jim Martin, Jim Haslam, and Earl Popham; Seven bighorn sheep released in the Steens Mountain area; Dream House away from home - ideas for hunting cabins; Potential fishing to be had at Stump Lake; One page ad for the split bamboo rods offered by Hardy Brothers and Milwards of England; What is Pollution?; Ontario conducts first Canadian fishing survey; Clay Chips - article with photos of Don Stewart, Jim Couse, Wally Stakowski and Mrs. Grayce Freeman; Three photos and write-up of the pet wolves owned by Indian Agent Wilf Desmarais of Burns Lake, B.C.; Winchester Moves into Canada; Boats - article with photo of Gerry Palmer at the helm of the Belisarius; New outboard drive units; Nice illustrated Lucky Black Label beer ad on back cover shows man in barber's chair; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
195818 pages. Features: Mailbag; Buck Chops - article on deer hunting with Max Vorkampf, including two photos of Vorkamfp with cougar he shot near Port Alberni; Photo of happy rifle-bearing man sitting astride multiple trophy sheep and a deer - caption suggests he may be Dori Straumfjord, Matt Zonailo, Pat Wright or Ralph Gelette; Photo of Johnny Dieckman demonstrating casting; photo of Jack Horner telling Johnny and Jim Gillard about steelhead fishing on the Thompson; Fish and Game Federation News; Ad by the Department of Recreation and Conservation inside back cover called "Ask the Farmer" encourages hunters to get permission before hunting on farmlands; Several pages of boating information and ads; Many additional nostalgic ads. Bit of writing on back cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
196018 pages. Features: Cover photo of beautiful salmon river on Vancouver Island; Mailbag; "Killer Confesses" - shooting crows, with photo of Gerry Haarbrusker; Old Vienna one-page ad features photo taken by R.J. Pop of a big sheep plus text of its current numbers in B.C.; The Unspoiled Salmon - fishing inland from Sayward on Vancouver Island; Fly Fishing; A Man Will Wonder - education in outdoor subjects; Boats; Fantastic one-page illustrated ad for McCulloch's Scott 7 1/2 outboard motor inside back cover; Pilsener Beer ad on back cover; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
1927192 pages. Cover illustration by Emmett Watson. Contents: The Road to Kandahar, by Harold Lamb; Renegade - The Horse Thief Rendezvous, by Georges Surdez and Raymond S. Spears; Down in a Dugout, by Leonard H. Nason; The Sun Chasers, by Hugh Pendexter; Code, by L. Paul; Uncle Nng and the Pale Blue Dog, by Carroll K. Michener; The Dance Hall Fisherman, by James Stevens; French M.P.'s, by Steamer; The Bells of San Juan, by Alan LeMay; The Lights of Rip Shin Bald, by Hapsburg Liebe; The Bogas of Magdalena, by Edgar Young; Alias The Blackbird, by Joel Townsley Rogers; Dragomen, by Royce Brier. Attractive water-color illustrated ad for Camel cigarettes on back cover. Peripheral wear to covers. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
195652 pages. Features: Lovely full page black and white photographic portrait of Miss Fiona Myddelton; Birds of a Desert Island - Desnoeufs Island in the colony of the Seychelles; From scythe to mowing machine; Dogs that Cannot Bark - Basenjis of the "Of Syngefield" Strain; Some problems of tree growth - interesting photos; The Father of Shooting - Colonel Peter Hawker (1786-1853), one of the greatest wild-fowlers of all time; Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire; Admiral Keppel's Column; Problems of Wintering Sheep; Britain's Painted Cave - the Gower Cliffs in South Wales, where Bacon Hole is situated; Many interesting real estate advertisements. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1955Features: Unknown New Zealand - misadventure leads to one of the most remarkable and difficult rescues in New Zealand annals; Saharan Adventure - A memorable camel journey right across the Sahara; Six Wild Sheep - experiences while capturing Alaskan wild sheep for a California zoo - several photos; The Pirates of the 'Ethel' - An authoritative account of one of the most remarkable cases of piracy on the high seas in Australian annals; Slippery - a cat goes to sea; Oakhill's 'Souvenir' - Crocodile hunting on the Gregory River; The Tame Bandit - a Chinese achieves vengeance during the troubles in Malaya; Phases of Life from all over the world - Cockeye, ex-inspector, British South Africa Police; Guardians of the Mountains - the Warden's of Canada's western National Parks; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
