Lawrence Meynell (25 results)

Green Decorated Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The County Books Series. Endpapers foxed, corner creases in rear blanks, strained, else Very Good. Black & White Photographs and a Map (illustrator).

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Printing. Avon Mystery number G1295; cover price 50 cents; first Avon printing, September 1966, stated; cover art by Ronnie Lesser of a naked blond hiding behind a white boa. The book is unmarked; spine slanted and edgeworn but uncreased; the wraps are heavily creased and edgeworn; sleeve protected.…

Softcover. Condition: Fair. Verschmutzung; Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. An excellent copy but sadly the title page has been removed. It is believed to be the first edition of 1933. 292 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Fair- Good. First Edition. Solid with a light spine roll and the covers show light wear. The previous owner's rubber stamps are on the front free end paper and inside front and back covers. There is also some writing on the inside end papers and covers. The dust jacket has the bottom 1.25 inch of the spine missing, some small edges tears and a few other small edge chunks missing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Cheap Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in yellow cloth with black title lettering to spine,in a Good Only dust-jacket that has a long closed tear to the front fore-edge of the wrapper and one or two small closed tears and nicks to the extremities of the wrapper.Not price clipped.There are NO previous ownership inscriptions present.Lovely clean copy internally.It's a nice tight square copy.8vo 189pp First Cheap Edition.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good clean firm interior with no markings, pages lightly toned to edge - cover shows light shelfwear, a little dulled to top front as shown but good appearance overall for the age and all firm and intact./.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Great men of Staffordshire include Samuel Johnson, Izaak Walton, Josiah Wedgwood, Lord Jervis, Arnold Bennett, top of text block dusty, otherwise near Fine in a Fine unclipped d/w, a lovely copy.

Hardcover. Condition: good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Good-plus clean firm interior with no marks or inscriptions, toned shadow-lines to e/papers, faintly toned to closed-edge of pages; excellent clean firm boards; d/j has closed-taped tears and standard shelf-edgewear as shown but decent apperance overall for the age and covered with a new removable sleeve-protector, not price-clipped./.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Octavo, 192 pages, index, illustrated by Ley Kenyon. Dustwrapper rubbed, chipped and marked.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus to Very Good. No Jacket. First- First Published 1954. Original blue cloth on boards. Pub;ic school library stamp, but no further library evidence. One of the Pageant Series, which "show what it was like to be a British boy or girl when some of the most exciting events in the country's history were taking place." British dialect, but understandable with care. 158 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J.S. Goodall (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Meynell, Lawrence. The vision splendid. First edition, inscribed "Signed by the author with affection for the reader L. M. 1977". London: Robert Hale & Company, 1976. Hardback, VG, no dustjacket. Tan cloth, a little sunned to spine, with gilt lettering to spine. Binding strong. 220pp., contents clean and bright. Laurence Walter Meynell (9 August 1899 - 14 April 1989) was the English author of over 150 books. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. We do not use AI and all images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First ( No Additional printings). Original maroon cloth on boards. Minor ink scribbles not affecting text, and a few crinkled edges. Set in the Balkan state of Turbany before the Nazi invasion, the hero rescues a local girl from an Axis agent, and. 252 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Printing. 255pp + many b&w illlustrations. CLEAN boards. NO INSCRIPTIONS. Internally very clean. Tiny nick to top left corner of spine, & a couple of short closed tears with some mild darkening of spine o/w COMPLETE, NO LOSS, NO NASTY TAPING & NO PRICE CLIPPING. A brief history of some of the famous grounds in England, including Lords, Old Trafford, The Oval, Bristol, Trent Bridge, Bramhall Lane and Headingley.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. RARE EX-LIBRARY hardback with dustjacket, published by Robert Hale, 1981. 221pp. Plastic cover, Usual library marks & sticker to rear of jacket. Some bumping to spine, heavy creasing to dustjacket, shelfwear to edges, marking to inside back cover & light tanning to pages. Fair copy. book.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st of This Edition. No date, suggest 1940s. A clean straight firm book with the usual age toning.

First Edition. Poor reading copy only. Jacket, while mostly there, is badly torn and tattered. The book is stained inside - a reader only.

First Edition. A Hooky Hefferman story VG in dustjacket which is dusty to spine.

First Edition. A Banker falls into a fatal obsession when he visits a gambling club. Top edge dusty otherwise VG in fair jacket which has a number of tears, repaired internally with tape (see scans).

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Slightly shaken, ink inscrip. to ffep, else clean and tidy Size: 12mo.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Original autograph signature of British author Lawrence W. Meynell, written in vintage fountain pen ink on a 4Ó x 3Ó piece of paper. Fine. Lawrence W. Meynell is the author of ÔMockbeggarÕ, ÔNot in Our StarsÕ, ÔThird Time Unlucky!Õ, ÔThe Mystery at Newton FerryÕ, ÔThe Echo in the CaveÕ, etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 191pp. Yellow cloth boards w black title to spine. Edges lightly bumped/soiled, contents very good. V minor foxing to edges and eps, barely visible and small ink ownership inscription to ffep, o/w clean and tight, a nice copy.

Condition: Very Good. THIS COLLECTION WEIGHS HALF A TON (UK). PLEASE TALK TO US TO DISCUSS IT & TRANSPORT BEFORE PLACING AN ORDER. See the "Contact Seller" link below. IT IS OFFERED AS A WHOLE AT THE REQUEST OF MAX REINHARDT, ITS COLLECTOR, BECAUSE OF THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SO COMPLETE A COLLECTION WITH HIS SPECIAL PROVENANCE OF BEING ITS LAST PUBLISHER. ALSO AS IT CONTAINS THE DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF FRANCIS MEYNELL'S AND HIS DETERMINATION TO PRODUCE BOOKS AT A FINE LEVEL OF THE BOOKMAKER'S ART, AT LOWER COST, YET HIGHER QUALITY OF MATERIALS, TYPOGRAPHY & LEGIBILITY FOR READERS HOLDING THE BOOKS IN THE HAND. A DELIGHT OF 20TH CENTURY BOOKMAKING. PROCEEDS FROM THIS SALE WILL BENEFIT MAXLITERACY, WHICH INSPIRES CREATIVE WRITING IN YOUNG PEOPLE, SET UP IN MEMORY OF MAX AND HIS AUTHORS. NB. Large collections of Nonesuch are too scarce to expect a search. So we have used the Author and Title fields in cryptic form as they have character limits. By cutting duplicated words in names and titles more searches for single books will find this collection, assisting awareness. Eg. instead of "William Beckford, William Blake, William Harvey," we enter "William Beckford Blake Harvey". A complete list of authors and titles is in the photos. The condition of the books is very good (many fine, only a few poor). NONESUCH PRESS COLLECTION. In 1923 Nonesuch was founded by Francis Meynell - its 1st publisher/designer. In 1952 he invited Max Reinhardt to be managing director and publisher. After Meynell's death in 1975, Max continued that role till 1986 when he bought the Press, publishing till 1990 - its last owner/publisher. Already owner of The Bodley Head that he revolutionised, he was an able successor of Meynell's desire to produce fine, readable, books at more affordable prices than most private presses. So, this is the personal collection of Max Reinhardt, begun many years before he joined the Press. By his own death in 2002, it held all titles published for sale in the UK from 1923-1990, the most complete assembled, I believe. Using the catalogue in John Dreyfus's History of the Nonesuch Press, I count 182 books and 26 Prospectuses. Some of the small number of privately published and US titles are present but not complete. We can supply a list identifying items present. The scarcest is the 1953 Coronation Shakespeare (no 119, Dreyfus). A remarkable edition of Shakespeare both for best scholarship and production. Its primary issue was only 1/4 copies bound in limp vellum - one presented to the Queen; one for Francis, whereabouts unknown; two for Max, one of which is here; and one elsewhere. Only Meynell's copy of this tiny issue could have previously appeared for sale. The unlimited trade edition is present here too. The most magisterial is the controversial 1937 Nonesuch Dickens (no 108, Dreyfus), nonetheless considered the finest of Dickens Works produced. With the books are 50 linear cms of at times spirited letters between Reinhardt, Meynell & trade members from 1952-1975 and with Alix, Francis's wife, to 1990 discussing all matters to do with their craft, promotion, production, distribution, sales & legal. The body language of aesthetic choice. Given the international reputation of the Press, it forms an unusually extended and detailed picture of quality book production and publishing in the 2nd half of the 20thC - for this press particularly, as all its earlier records were destroyed at the start of WW2. There are near 700 signed items from Meynell, many more from Reinhardt in copy, many from Brooke Crutchley of Cambridge UP; Vivian Ridler from OUP; some to and from Geoffrey Keynes; Stephen Potter, etc. And with Alix Meynell. There is biographical material on Francis & his publishing life including Pelican Press which he ran with Stanley Morrison; several of his own books and articles, and FM's annotated typescript of his autobiography, My Lives, addressed to Max, who published it.…