Lance Sieveking (74 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing and some soiling. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Previous owner's name on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A Modern Novel of Science and Imagination. Fair. General wear, all pages intact.

Condition: Fair. 1950. First Edition. 303 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Top textblock edge dyed blue. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book is lightly bumped at head and tail of spine. Very faint soiling to edges of boards. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Dust jacket has larger closed tear down front panel that has been gently mended with acid-free mending tissue. One moderate chip (1" x 3.5") and another closed tear to rear panel; not price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. 312 pages. 9 x 6 inches. Sieveking's personal reflections on his encounters with Max Beerbohm, H.G. Wells, Stanley Baldwin, Rupert Brooke, Eddie Marsh, Paul Nash, Bernard Shaw, Hilaire Belloc, G.K. Chesterton, E.V. Lucas, Maynard Keynes, Gerard Manley Hopkins, E.S.P. Haynes, Aleister Crowley, Hugh Kingsmill, John Holms, Richard Hughes, Compton Mackenzie, Eric Maschwiz, and A.P. Herbert. …

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good Book shows rubbing to all edges. Hardcover, no dust jacket.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. 481-576pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and vignettes. Printed wrappers. Covers lightly worn with creasing, spine slightly sunned with a small tear at foot and slight loss at crown, very good. Prints an original story, "Business is Business" by Lance Sieveking; additional contributions by Christopher Morley, Guy de Maupassant, Susan Glaspell, Katherine Mansfield, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Canfield, Ivan Turgenev and more.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition 8vo. Abraded wear. closed tears, small losses to unclipped jacket, purple and blue boards, sound binding, a signature to fep, light spotting to page edges, else very good internal condition.

Condition: Good. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 312 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Creasing to rear board.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Original cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Lacks dustjacket, spine and edge of the cover discolored, minor traces of use, else in good condition. Text in English. Please see description or ask for photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. A very good first edition copy with just light foxing in the edges. The dust jacket is bright but has edge wear, in a clear film protective sleeve.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Illustrated pamphlet of eight pages. Receipt from Toucan Press loosely inserted.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. A Tomb with a View by Lance Sieveking (First Edition) Bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends. Minor wear to edges and spine ends. Price-clipped. In clear protective cover. Stated first published in MCML by Faber and Faber Limited. BOOK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. In which writer and broadcasting pioneer Sieveking entertainingly details his encounters with numerous writers, artists and politicians. Well illustrated with photos and in VG+ clean and bright order throughout. No inscriptions. Light shelfwear only to smart red cloth with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j, a little worn to edges with minor loss. 8vo. 312pp.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 312 pages, 19 leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Contents: The beholder -- G.K. Chesterton -- Oh, for a Boswell! -- Bernard Shaw -- Hilaire Belloc -- Arthur Balfour -- Paul Nash -- Eddie Marsh -- Rupert Brooke -- Hugh Kingsmill and John Holms -- Number 10 Downing Street -- Geoffrey Fray and others -- Stanley Baldwin -- Richard Hughes -- Eric Maschwitz -- Compton Mackenzie -- Osbert Sitwell -- H.G. Wells -- Max Beerbohm -- Aleister Crowley -- Esmond Harmsworth -- E.V. Lucas -- Gerard Manley Hopkins -- Number 12 Hammersmith Terrace, Chiswick Mall -- Envoi. Subjects: Sieveking, Lance 1896-1972 ; Biography. Nash, Paul 1889-1946. Marsh, Edward Howard Sir 1872-1953. Beerbohm, Max Sir 1872-1956. Authors, English 20th century ; Biography. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Boots booklovers library sticker on front cover.

hardback. Condition: Fine. Illustrated. 1st ed. London (Hultion Press) 1957. Name on 1/2-title else a fine copy in clipped dust wrapper.

First Edition. 2nd impression. Hardcover. Presentation copy inscribed by the Author in pencil on f.e.p. "For Charles who will appreciate certain passages, I think. from Lance 1938". Illustrated. 345pp. Ligg stain to front cover, small bubble to pastedown slightly indenting a few pages, otherwise V.g.in somewhat torn d/w missing largish piece bottom cornerof rear panel, small pieces missing head and foot of spine, torn withsome loss on spine.…

Broché. In-12 (11.5x17.5 cm), broché, couverture illustrée, 253 pages, traduit de l'anglais par M.-J. Brandin ; deux pliures au dos, coiffes, mors et coins frottés, quelques pliures sur les plats, intérieur frais, assez bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande. Le Basilic rouge.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This captivating collection of poems by the author explores a diverse range of themes with wit and whimsy. From the serious to the absurd, the verses touch upon the human experience, love, and the world around us. The poems are both thought-provoking and entertaining, offering readers a unique perspective on life's complexities. Drawing inspiration from both traditional and contemporary sources, the author weaves together a tapestry of words that resonate with readers of all ages. Through laughter and introspection, this book challenges our perceptions and invites us to embrace the beauty and absurdity of the human condition. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 312 pages, 19 leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Contents: The beholder -- G.K. Chesterton -- Oh, for a Boswell! -- Bernard Shaw -- Hilaire Belloc -- Arthur Balfour -- Paul Nash -- Eddie Marsh -- Rupert Brooke -- Hugh Kingsmill and John Holms -- Number 10 Downing Street -- Geoffrey Fray and others -- Stanley Baldwin -- Richard Hughes -- Eric Maschwitz -- Compton Mackenzie -- Osbert Sitwell -- H.G. Wells -- Max Beerbohm -- Aleister Crowley -- Esmond Harmsworth -- E.V. Lucas -- Gerard Manley Hopkins -- Number 12 Hammersmith Terrace, Chiswick Mall -- Envoi. Subjects: Sieveking, Lance 1896-1972 ; Biography. Nash, Paul 1889-1946. Marsh, Edward Howard Sir 1872-1953. Beerbohm, Max Sir 1872-1956. Authors, English 20th century ; Biography. 1 Kg. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Slim 8vo. 7pp. Stapled wrappers, just a fraction creased and dust marked. A very good copy of this uncommon brief monograph, issued as the first number of the Dorset Monographs series. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced].…

Paperback. Condition: G++. 1st Thus. 1957 256p. TI (anon) rcBRlynw 2/6.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. North American travelogue by the celebrated writer and BBC producer Sieveking. Illustrated with 40 photographs by the author as well as a reproduction of a cocktail list from a Mexican hotel. Copy is in good condition. Some wear to the red cloth boards. Bumping to the corners and sunning to the spine. Faint ripple to the fabric on the rear board. Interior is clean and unmarked. Signed by Sieveking on the front free end paper with a dedicatory letter to his sister Elinor that reads: "From the author to his dear sister Elinor in and with the sincere hope that when the time comes for her first book to be published it will not be so damn amateurishly got up as this one! Love from Lance". Photograph of author (presumably from his sister's collection) laid in with the plate photographs. Sieveking, Lance (phot.) (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Large 8vo; 312 pages; navy blue cloth gilt titled on spine; a near fine copy in its priced (30/-net) pictorial dust jacket, with slight interior reinforcement at head and foot of dj spine. Sieveking was a writer and pioneer BBC radio and television producer. Endpapers are a sort of genealogical tree of famous people, when he first met them, how one leads to another, and their relationships with each other. Jacket has photos of Sieveking at aet 24 and in older age looking throught a magnifying glass (big eye). Illustrated with a portraits, 2 of them as frontispieces, and some 40 photographic plates of his famous friends. indexed. enjoyable insight on, among others, Chesterton, Shaw, Belloc, Eddie Marsh, Rupert Brooke, Sitwell, Wells, Beerbohm, Hopkins, Harry Quilter, Aleister Crowley . Scarce, especially in the dust jacket.…

First English edition. Clipped at the lower front dust jacket corner but still retains the price. Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by Author. 206pp. 8.5 x 5.75 inches approx. "Things observed in Canada the United States and Mexico." With b&w photographs. Signed by the author to Florence Milius on flyleaf. Slight discolouration around edges of red covers. Fine pages. Signed by Author.…