Illustrated by osbert lancaster (14 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Not First Edition; Second Printing. Light reading and cover creases, some edge wear to sunned spine, small ink mark to inside front cover, paper egde toned with some foxing. ; Second printing of Penguin mass market edition, 1968. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover design by Osbert Lancaster and Leif Frimann Anisdahl. ; B&W Illustrations; 172 pages; A humorous discussion of Parkinson's Second Law: 'Expenditure rises to meet income'. So therefore collecting less taxes would benefit public services. Mass Market PB. Illustrated by Lancaster, Osbert (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. Dustjacket has some edgewear - protected in a Mylar sleeve. ; Both book and dustjacket are in Very Good condition. The author was an English cartoonist, architectural historian, stage designer and author. He was known for his cartoons in the British press, and for his lifelong work to inform the general public about good buildings and architectural heritage. This is a spoof of an imaginary town of the author's, and "although he may not have succeeded in putting the town on the map, he has made it seem uncomfortably close to home." Map endpapers. Profusely illustrated by the author. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 70 pages. Illustrated by Author (illustrator).…

paperback, 160pp, pages browning, text clean and tight, cover edges rubbed, Good condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition. 1st US ed. 1974. F/NF. Light wear to dj. A humorous review of four centuries of British nobility illustrated by the author who also was the cover artist for several P.G. Wodehouse's books. Nice copy. Illustrated by Lancaster, Osbert (illustrator).…

1st edition, hardback, light foxing on page edges, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Good dustwrapper, wrapper edges rubbed with a couple of small closed tears. front fold-in creased, not price-clipped.

3rd impression, hardback, 8vo, 373pp, illustrated, page edges browned, slight foxing, text clean and binding sound, Good condition in rubbed and frayed dustwrapper, pric-clipped.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Very Good dj. First Edition. [a good sound copy, light wear to cloth at spine ends, vintage bookseller's label (Books / Jean French) on front pastedown; jacket lightly edgeworn, a few tiny nicks along top edge, very shallow paper loss at top of spine]. (B&W photographs) "The first pictorial survey of the Victorian Age to be compiled solely through the medium of photography" -- a concept the publishers apparently believed to be so novel that they felt it necessar to italicize that whole descriptive phrase in their jacket blurb. Nevertheless, it really is a charming book -- all the more so when one realizes that when it was originally published, the era it so lovingly chronicles was still within the vivid living memory of a substantial part of its target audience (well, the British part, anyway). Illustrated by (dj design) Osbert Lancaster (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. Hbk in d. W, Vg/G+, loss to d/w at top of spine; 8vo, Orange spine White/Black writing, D/w has open tear at top of spine; collection of Daily Express Articles from the 1940's covering history. Science, georgraphy, art, - various subject s from a mainly scientific viewpoint. Illustrated by Osbert Lancester (illustrator).…

1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 150pp, illustrated, owner's name and booklate on endpapers, a scuffed patch on half-title, text clean and binding sound, Good condition in slightly frayed dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. An English translation of a book about the British and Britain as observed by a witty Frenchman who had actually lived among us for many years.

John Murray. 1950. First edition. Slim hardback with DW. Illustrated. Endpapers foxed otherwise a lovely copy in a worn wrapper with a slightly sunned spine and a small mark to rear joint.

, [6], 128 pages, 3 illustrated plates, some illustrations in text, title page with central illustration Proof Copy , some creasing and marking to covers, discoloration to edges of leaves, front free endpaper grazed, in good condition , cream card, black titles and illustration to upper cover 20.5 x 14 cms Paperback ISBN.…

FIRST EDITION. 8vo., red clothbound hardback, silver gilt, with the pictorial dust jacket; 144pp, with b/w illustrations on brown card by Osbert Lancaster. Very faint date stamp to ffep, but otherwise no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Light foxing to edges and endpapers, a little also to the dust jacket, priceclipped. Overall a Very Good copy in a Very Good dust jacket. (Shelf 2) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

Zustand: Near Fine. Facsimile reissue hard back binding in publisher's original crimson paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Contains 192 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Light foxing to the closed page edges, one mark to the top edge, minimal foxing to the end papers and in near Fine condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. OXFORDSHIRE (Oxonium).…