Houseman Laurence (140 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Illustrated by Paul Woodroffe/Clemence Housman. Previous owner's ink inscription. Title Of Aucassin and Nicolette: A Translation in Prose and Verse from the Old French, Together with Amabel and Amoris. English language. Engravings by Clemence Housman from drawings by Paul Woodroffe. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. Houseman, Laurence; Boyle, Eleanor; Crane, Walter; Doyle, Richard; Green, Charles; Furniss, Harry (illustrator). First Trade Paperback Edition. A lovely compendium of Victorian literature for children, in 519 pages with an Introduction by editor Cott & special introductory essay by Leslie Fiedler, "Notes on Fairy Faith and the Idea of Childhood." Contains 4 complete novels & a plethora of novellas, short stories, & poetry about fairies, goblins witches, gnomes, pixies, princesses & princes, & other enchanted creatures & realms. Beautifully decorated throughout with 200+ pen-and-ink illustrations & 8 full-color plates by noted illustrators of the period. Orig. published in hardcover in 1973, this is the First Trade Paperback Edition, first printing, from 1978. With colorfully decorated wrappers, condition is VG+: exceptionally clean, binding strong & straight, but creased. Pages creamy white but completely unmarked. Minor edgewear & dust dulling to exterior page edges. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Condition. Bright blue cloth binding with silver title, author and publisher's mark on spine. 252pp. Content clean, bright and sound. This book is in good to very good condition in good dust jacket that is showing minor soil. This book may require additional postage. Photos available on request.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 106pp. Red cloth. Neat owners inscription.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. 1st VG/VG. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ; 84 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Houseman, Laurence; Boyle, Eleanor; Crane, Walter; Doyle, Richard; Green, Charles; Furniss, Harry (illustrator). First Edition, 2nd Printing. A lovely compendium of Victorian literature for children, in 519 pages with an Introduction by editor Cott & special introductory essay by Leslie Fiedler, "Notes on Fairy Faith and the Idea of Childhood." Contains 4 complete novels & a plethora of novellas, short stories, & poetry about fairies, goblins witches, gnomes, pixies, princesses & princes, & other enchanted creatures & realms. Beautifully decorated throughout with 200+ pen-and-ink illustrations & 8 full-color plates by noted illustrators of the period. Orig. published in 1973, this is the Second Printing. EX-LIB copy, with minimal stamps & markings. Thick hardcover book has brown cloth over boards with embossed title to front cover & gilt lettering to spine. Condition is VG-: generally very clean, with dust dulling to outside page edges. Binding strong & straight, pages creamy white. Besides the library stamps, NO writing/underlining/highlighting. Worst flaw is heavy rubbing to lower extremities from shelf. Having been protected under library mylar, the unclipped DJ is Fine: bright & colorful with NO discernible wear!Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship next business day.

Condition: Good. 12th impression. Little wear to boards with faded spine. Slight toning to pages with spotting. DJ has edge wear, toning and marks. Price clipped.

Russet Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dj. Ernest H. Shepard (illustrator). second impression. Binding sound and tight, ownername on flyleaf, no other markings. Gilt Royal coat of arms on front board, titling to spine a little dulled. Boards unfaded with minor corner rubbing, no DJ. Line illus by E. H. Shepard. Size: 12mo.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: Good. Little wear to boards. Light toning to pages with some spotting. DJ has edge wear, light toning and some marks.

PF. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. LITTLE PLAYS OF SAINT FRANCIS VOL:II by LAURENCE HOUSEMAN ** HARDBACK ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * PUBLISHER : SIDGWICK & JACKSON * YEAR : 1952 * ISBN : N/A * No OF PAGES : 235 * CONDITION : USED - GOOD * OTHER: THE DUST COVER IS WORN TO EDGES AND HAS FOXING. THE CREAM BOARD COVER HAS SLIGHTLY BUMPED CORNERS, HEADBAND AND TAIL. TITLE WRITTEN ON THE SPINE. FOXING TO PAGE EDGE. MAKES TO INSIDE FRONT AND BACK COVER. PENNED WRITING TO LAST PAGE. BINDING TIGHT AND PAGES ARE CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Owner stamped , owner embossed. Light water staining at lower edge of back cover. DJ flap pasted inside. ; A book of dramatic dialogue based on real incidents in the lives of poets. While ranging from tragedy to comedy, they have one note in common; they are all intimate and personal. Among the fighters are Burns, Blake, Carlyle, Charles Lamb and more. ; 256 pages.

Br. Cl. Condition: Good. (1st).

Condition: New. In.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition hardback without dust jacket. Cover is lightly worn. Pages are lightly tanned otherwise a clear and bright copy.

Soft Covers. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pp.14. Loosely inserted is a handbill titleD SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT in red & black text with an illustration of St. Francis. A 6pp. Programme for The Little Plays of St. Francis. All good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good clean unmarked book seller tiny sticker on inside back cover , tiny rubbing on corner.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Cover. Reprint.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1902 on grey cloth and gilt flowering & lettering on spine.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Laurence Housman (illustrator). First American Edition. Collectible Fine Trade Paperback First American Edition 2008 from 1893 Original Edition. Clean 126 pp. B/W drawings Laurence Houseman. Amazing Norse Fantasy tales Translated into English by R. Nisbet Bain NOT a library copy Strange and Weird Tales from Northern Seas indeed. See our Three Geese in Flight Celtic Book Scans. Notice the Three birds in Flight. You folk ask "Why we named our shop Three Geese in Flight? Well as here it named itself.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 4to, 140pp, printed wrappers. Scarce wartime issue, includes poems by Fedor Ivanovich Tyutchev translated by Vladimir Nabokov. Unmarked copy, a bit of general wear. Not Signed.

Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Illustrated in black, white and color by Edmund Dulac. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear). 173 pps.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Covers a little grubby. Spine label browned but there is a spare inside rear end paper. Inscription on ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing DJ. Sunning to the spine. Some bumps to the crown. PO name inside front cover. Pages are tanned and clean from markings or creases. Binding is tight. BP/Vintage Kids.

Condition: New. Dulac, Edmund (illustrator). 2018. Illustrated edition. Hardcover. . . . . .

Slipcased. Condition: Near Fine. Anderson, Marjorie (illustrator). First Thus. Compact, pocket-sized, handsomely slipcased edition of this most beloved of poems, with the definitive English translation of Edward Fitzgerald. In 127 pages, with an Introduction by poet Laurence Houseman & woodcut illustrations throughout by Marjorie Anderson. No date, c. 1940s-1950s. Issued as part of the Collins Greetings Booklets, this small hardcover (4" x 6") has soft, rather flexible, red faux leather-covered boards lettered in bright silver inside of a silver box to front. This shows through a window in the front of the accompanying slipcase, which is of a floral design made of sturdy cardboard, with thump indentation opening on fore edge side. The slipcase is in VG+ condition, with slight rubbing to extremities & a tiny tear to top edge. The book is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, pages creamy white & unmarked. Very slight bumping to upper corners & rubbing to lower extremities. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New. In.