Johnstone D Lawson (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: V.g. 302pp, 14 of 15 [lacks frontis.] b/w illustrations. Undated [1893]. Illustrations by W. Boucher, plus several smaller uncredited illustrations in text, one map, original pictorial blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, white, red and gold, endpapers with floral and bird pattern printed in brown. Rubbed and worn to extremities. A good reading copy.…

Hardback. Condition: GOOD. No Dust Jacket. TANNED FOXED, INSCRIPTION DATED 1923. W BOUCHER (illustrator).

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. - [ 1893 - first illustrated edition ] - 302 pages, 32 page catalogue of books - illustrated with 15 plates by W. Boucher, with maps and additional viginettes - boy's adventure fiction, exploring the North Pole and the discovery of a Lost Race of Norse extraction - very civilized - Sabbath School plate else a vg bright copy in pictorial cloth depicting a Brit. flag at the Pole, gilt brightbut the snow patch at the spine is rubbed else very nice. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Red pictorial cloth boards. No date, but 1893. Illustrated by W Boucher. Book in Very Good overall condition. Edge wear at extremities. Internally very clean. No inscriptions.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 312 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. pp.312 plus pages of book suggestions with blurb for books suitable for prizes and presentation. clean tight copy but for former owner name on frontpiece dated 1895, tanning/light foxing to text pages, tanning marks to front and end papers blue covers with gold gilt print and illustration on front cover same on spine, crimping/rubbing/wear to top/bottom spines, bumping to corners and shelfwear/rubbing to lower board near spine some sunning/soiling to covers Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. W.S. Stacey (illustrator).…

Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-302 [303-304: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank] + undated 32-page catalogue of "Books Suitable for Prizes and Presentation" inserted at rear, fifteen full page illustrations by W. Boucher, plus several smaller uncredited illustrations in text, one map, original pictorial blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, white, blue-gray and gold, white endpapers with floral pattern printed in purple. Second (first illustrated) edition. This book was issued with and without an inserted publisher's catalogue; this copy has the catalogue. The text of this edition is somewhat rearranged and is condensed by about 2000 words (see Locke for details). Lost race novel in which the descendants of a Norse expedition many centuries before are found in a volcano-warmed land near the North Pole. "A stodgy, very solid, information-packed, well-written Victorian boys' book." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1197. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 455. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, p. 646. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 124. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 112. Bleiler (1978), p. 110. Reginald 07964. Prize label dated 1904 affixed to front paste-down, bookplate of collector William Harry Hopkins affixed to front free endpaper. Lower front corner tips lightly bruised, a bright, tight, very good copy. A nice copy of an attractive book. (#90581).…

Cloth. Condition: Good. First edition. A smart first edition of this very scarce illustrated science fiction novel from Scottish author D. Lawson Johnstone. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A lost-world tale following a group of young adventurers to Kisnia, the Kingdom of the Smoking Mountains, in Tibet. There they discover the inhabitants are descendants of the ancient Greeks, and attempt to prevent a mass rebellion against the monarch. Written by D. Lawson Johnstone, a Scottish author best known for his young adult novels. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd mark to the boards. Minor fraying to the head of the spine. Hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…