Laurence Housman Editor (16 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside. Illustrated with drawings. This anthology contains: The Christmas Pony by Lincoln Steffens; Managing without the Moon by Joan Aiken; Nutmeg and Snowstorm by Adele Geras; Patience, a French Tale retold by Linda Jennings; Now You See Me, Now You Don't by Marjorie Darke; McGregor and the Kelpy, a Scottish Folktale retold by Dinah Starkey; A Hat for Crumpet by Barbeen Oliver Carleton; Unicorn by Peter Dickinson; Pony Island by Ann Wigley; The Horse of Fire and Thunder by Maggie Pearson; Rocking Horse Land by Laurence Housman; Candy Stops a Train by Christine Pullein-Thompson; The Halloween Pony, a French Folktale retold by Robert D. San Souci; Another Girl's Pony by Ann de Gale; The Horses of the Sun, a Greek myth retold by Linda Jennings; and Swallow by Julie Sykes. Size: 12mo. Anthony Lewis; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing - First Thus. 307 pp. (viii) Trade paperback with French flaps. Light wear on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Wraparound cover art by Stephen Snider. This anthology contains: Dulse by Alice Munro; True Trash by Margaret Atwood; An Adventure on Island Rock by Lucy Maude Montgomery; Poaching with My Old Guy by Paul Quarrington; The Little White Girl by Joyce Marshall; The Rooted Lover by Laurence Housman; Shellfish for Monsieur Chabre by Emile Zola; The Thrill of the Grass by W. P. Kinsella; Storm Glass by Jane Urquhart; Mouche by Guy de Maupassant; Shoo Fly Dyck by John Kooistra; The Book of Beasts by E. Nesbit; The Country by Ivan Turgenev; The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde; Viper's Bugloss by Janice Kulyk Keefer; The Town of the Little People by Sholom Aleichem; Moon Prayer by Roch Carrier; Patio Talk; and Vines by Lesley-Anne Bourne; Telemachus Friend by O. Henry; The Circus by Katherine Anne Porter; Why I Stick to the Farm by Peter McArthur; A Girl's Story by David Arnason; Oranges by Alphonse Daudet; The Old Old Story of How Five Men Went Fishing by Stephen Leacock; The Mysteries of Radio by Robert Benchley; and Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer. Size: 8vo. Stephen Snider; (illustrator). Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 322 pp. Blue and cream coloured boards; lettered in cream on the spine; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Dj art by Stephen Snider. This anthology contains: The Deep Waters by E. Pauline Johnson; Soaked in Seaweed by Stephen Leacock; Sleep by Emily Carr; The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson; The Waves (dawn) by Virginia Woolf; Three Villages by Emily Carr; Coqueville on the Spree by Emile Zola; Port After Port, the Same Baggage by Janette Turner Hospital; The Ocean Spray by Malcolm Lowry; The Feeding of the Emigrants by Laurence Housman; The Waves (early morning) by Virginia Woolf; The Lighthouse of Les Sanguinaires by Alphonse Daudet; The Boat by Jane Urquhart; The Fisherman and His Soul by Oscar Wilde; Far Enough Island by Lesley Choyce; On the Sea by Ivan Turgenev; The Waves (early afternoon) by Virginia Woolf; Ebb Tide by E. Rossiter; Deadman by E. Annie Proulx; The Wreck by Guy de Maupassant; The Aran Islands: First Visit by J. M. Synge; The Waves (dusk) by Virginia Woolf; and The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen . Size: 8vo. Stephen Snider; (illustrator). Book. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very Good Hardcover with scarce dustjacket, DJ fragile and chipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original terracotta cloth boards, gilt titles on black background to both spine and front board. 12 full page colour illustrations. Unclipped DJ. 1967 rep. Robert Stewart Sherriffs (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 318 pages. 7.25x5.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 318 pages. 7.25x5.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. VG- copy of the 1933 collection of essays (New Series, volume XII) for the Royal Society of Literature together with a record of speeches delivered at a luncheon for the Canadian Association. 162 pp + 6 pp (unpaginated) contents of previous volumes + 1 p publisher's advert. Dark blue cloth with lettering in black on a white paper label. The corners and spine ends are lightly rubbed and there is a scattering of white marks on the front board. The title label is very lightly browned and has a tiny chip at its top edge. Internally very bright. There is a presentation inscription by Charles Morgan (writer of one of the essays) on the title page to Princess Bibesco, daughter of Herbert Asquith. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.xiv; 41-80; xv-xxvi. Publisher's card wraps printed in red and black, price of sixpence net to upper. Some spotting to edges, lightly handled, sunned to spine, pen marks to upper, corner of rear cover lost. Very good.…

1st ed. "This correspondence was the outcome of Dick Sheppard's wish to draw out from one who had strayed farther than himself from the paths of orthodoxy, and whose opinions he valued, a candid statement of his doubts and his beliefs; and from this contact of two unusual and very different minds, we get an exchange of letters on religious problems, and other controversial matters, of a startling unconventional character - very serious in aim, but very libertarian in expression, and possibly rather shocking to those who do not share the writers' conviction that laughter is an aid to religion." Pp.255,endpapers toned, occasional spotting throughout mainly just to page edges. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w rubbed and chipped. G/G. …

Decorated Boards. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. 36 pp., Limited edition. Decorative paper boards. Some marks to the boards and wear affecting some of the text. Binding firm. Slight marks internally and owner's name to the front endpaper. Stamp to the title page reading 'with the Publishers' Compliments'. Illustrated with Forty-four designs by Lawrence Housman in black and white. Limited edition, 1 of 1000 printed. 8vo. Illustrated. Housman, Laurence (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. Vol. 1, Nos. 1 and 2 (1946, 1947). Two volumes (all published?), bound respecitvely in light blue wraps lettered in brown, red wraps lettered/illus. in white. Both show minor handling wear; No. 1 has 1/2" closed tear along top front cover edge. Contents a bit toned. 63 + 52 pp. Scarce. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.…

First edition. First edition. Original holland cloth backed gray paper covered boards with printed paper label on spine. The rare LARGE PAPER COPY, Number 133 of 160 Copies, Signed by both the illustrator, Paul Woodruffe and the designer, Laurence Housman. Printed on fine Batchelor's Kelmscott handmade paper. Superb full-page illustrations by Paul Woodruffe, engraved on wood by Clemence Housman. Extremely fine copy. Three former owner bookplates: Lee H. Salisbury, Conchita Battlle, and Isabel and Lucien Harding. Housed in attractive matching folders with cloth backing and gray paper slipcase. Morocco gilt label on spine. Extremely scarce in original condition. Signed.…