Dudley Lampen C (34 results)

Condition: Very Good. None. Hardcover. 248 pages. Black & white illustrations by Harold Piffard. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Light soiling to a few pages. Previous owner's bookplate front end paper. Spine darkened. Corners bumped, rubbed. Chipping to spine. Record # 503624. Harold Piffard (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks . 221 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative cloth. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light ceasing and cracking to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. no date given (circa 1910?) tan pictorial c.; lite soiling and wear; floral end papers; 224 clean, unmarked page+32 page catalog; ownr's insc. Leonard Linsdell (illustrator).

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Beige pictorial cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Boards are notably bowed. Book has a prominent forward lean. Moderate water marks to boards and spine. …

Condition: New.

Condition: Fair. Black cloth hardcover without dust jacket. Red writing and design accents. Gold lettering to spine. Wear noted to edges, corners and spine. Spine cocked and cracked but pages remain intact. Corners bumped. top and bottom and fore-edges discolored. Pages yellowing and discolorations. Tissue paper after frontispiece torn on top near spine and creased. Previous pricing noted to ffep in pencil. The narrative of George Pryce, Traveller and Exile, First Writ Down Anno Domini 1706, and now retold. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. hardback, 8vo, 248,(6)pp, 3 b/w plates, owner's gift inscription, corner of flyleaf clipped, edges browned, otherwise clean ad sound, red cloth pictorial, corners and spine ends scuffed, Good condition.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Stated. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with black lettering. Illustrated by Leonard Linsdell. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Rear endpaper missing. Rear hinge cracked. Creased across p223. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners., with scuffing and marking to boards. Notable scuffing and marking to boards.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. London: For Promoting Christian Knowledge no date (1899). Hardcover. Dark blue pictorial cloth [with beveled edges] with gold gilt/red lettering, 248 pages plus 32 pages of ads at the rear, illustrated [including a tissue guarded frontispiece, two other black-and-white plates, plus black-and-white decorations at the head and tail of each chapter]. Locke [A Spectrum of Fantasy page 132 "Boys' lost race adventure novel; of a race of ancient Egyptian descent found in Central Africa. Bleiler [1978 Checklist page 118 coded D for Lost race]. Reginald 08571. Reading/filler copy spine stained and cocked with the ends lightly bumped, lighter staining to the rear board and corners, front flyleaf removed, hinges cracking, store price sticker to the first page; light soiling to the text of a few pages.See photos clphE. Ernest Prater (illustrator).…

Blue Cloth Pictorial Cover. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). No Jacket. This Edition Circa 1910. A facinating story of adventure, full of action and excitement, set in the snows of remotetest Russia. This copy is in nice condition within, and the covers are only lightly worn on the corners. Please e-mail for further details. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated By Harold Lampen (illustrator). Bookplate on Front End Paper t.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Hardback. No dust jacket. Undated.

Condition: Used - Good. Good hardback. 1st ed. 1st edition, 1898, in pictorial buff cloth. Prize bookplate on front free end paper; frontis verso browned; buff cloth a little soiled on boards & browned on spine, with bumping & wear at head & foot. 3 monochrome plates. 32pp publisher's catalogue at rear. A 'lost world' adventure. Used - Good. Good hardback.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition. 224 pp; Boards and spine are scuffed and soiled, minor edge wear. Bookplate on front pastedown. Binding is tight, text is clean.

Hardcover. No Jacket. 3 plates by LEONARD LINSDELL; 224pp; 2 plates loose. orig. cloth, rubbed, marked, cracked upper hinge.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. - Undated Circa 1920's. Illustrated green boards with black lettering to the front and spine. Bumping and wear to the top and tail and the board edges. Stains at the rear. Inscribed and dated to the ffep. 221pp. Illustrated unclipped dust wrapper, creased chipped and pieces missing along the top and bottom edges.Repairs to the inside. With colour frontispiece and 2 black and white plates. No further inscriptions, 221pp. Clean and bright pages throughout. (Any digital image available on request).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardback, No d/j. Red Boards have a faded, scuffed and bumped spine and edges, light marks, prize sticker. Illustrated by Ernest Prater. A Story of Adventure.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The Queen of the Extinct Volcano: A Story of Adventure is a 19th-century adventure novel by C. Dudley Lampen, first published in 1898 by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. It features a "She-figure" ruling dark-skinned subjects, falling into the lost race or adventure genre popular at the time.…

Condition: Good. The Queen of the Extinct Volcano by C. Dudley Lampen, circa. 1910.Publisher: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London.Binding: hardback cloth.Illustrated: yes.Description / Condition: Light edge wear/browning to boards and protected with a plastic wrap stuck to boards. Inner hinges worn/torn. Prize plate to inner board. Moderate foxing to pages. Please see pictures for further information. …

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st 1899. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. The Narrative of George Pryce, Traveller and Exile, First Writ Down Anno Domini 1706, and Now Retold. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine and red title to front cover. B/w frontis. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; wrinkling to cloth on front cover. Chipping to top and tail of spine. Award plate to front pastedown; browning to endpapers. Frontis has damp marking to margins. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Prater, Ernest (illustrator). …

Being the narrative of George Pryce, first writ down AD 1706. London: SPCK, nd. (1899) Cr.8vo. 248pp. plates. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's decorated cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B].…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. Original black decorated cloth, gilt lettering to spine. A UK first edition, first impression. Undated, but 1899. THE WRAPPER : No wrapper. THE BOOK : The book is sound and square. The boards and spine are clean and bright. The front board decoration is bold. There is slight rubbing to each of the corners. The spine is sound, the spine ends are gently bruised and worn. The lettering on both the front board and the spine is bright. The pages are clean and without foxing. The decorated endpapers are toned. The closed page edges are dulled. There are no loose or dog-eared pages. The front board hinge is cracked. There is a prize inscription on the ffep - it is handwritten and dated 1900. A very nice copy of a scarce book. Paypal accepted.…

Octavo, pp. [1-3] 4-248 1-8: ads, three inserted plates with illustrations by Ernest Prater, original pictorial dark green cloth, front panel stamped in red, white and black, spine panel stamped in black and gold. Probably a later printing. This copy differs from one described by Locke (in Spectrum); title leaf is integral with last leaf of signature "B" [there is no signature "A"] and last four leaves of signature "R" comprise eight pages of publisher's advertisements. Boys' lost race adventure novel featuring descendants of ancient Egyptians in Central Africa. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 132. Teitler and Locke, By the World Forgot 719. Bleiler (1978), p. 118. Reginald 08571. Cloth a bit rubbed and bubbled, unused prize label affixed to the front paste-down, a very good copy. (#173397).…

Condition: Poor. NO DUST JACKET. Bumps/wear at edges and corners of hard board. Some storage marks, scratches, fading and discolouration to hard board. Tanning/foxing to text blocks and some page edges. Inscription at inside front hard board. Text good and legible.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. An illustrated first edition of this naval voyage adventure by British author Charles Dudley Lampen. This is a very scarce, first edition of the work, in the original decorative publisher's binding, with a sea motif and fight scene to the front board. Charles Dudley Lampen was a British author who was mostly known for his works of children's fiction, notably his Lost World novels, such as this one. Similar to this work, Lampen's books were bound with a decorative design, with colour and gilt detailing, as would appeal to children. This particular novel is part of Lampen's Lost World series. In Barcali the Mutineer, the characters locate a hidden island, although there are many twists and turns along the way and a challenge of great difficulty of overthrowing Barcali the Mutineer. With three plates, including a frontispiece, illustrated by British artist, illustrator and aviator Harold Piffard, who was known for his historic oil and watercolour paintings. In the original decorative publisher's binding. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing to the extremities and slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. The odd mark to boards, with a small amount of damp staining to the rear board. Age toning to endpapers with slight offsetting and spotting. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages clean with age toning. Pages i-viii slightly strained, detaching partly, including the frontispiece. Very Good Indeed. Harold Piffard (illustrator). book.…

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.