Exploits West Poley by Hardy Thomas Lynton Lamb (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st trade edition. B&W illustrations. 110 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Lamb, Lynton (illustrator). First Thus. A very good clean copy in d/w that has some minor loss to bottom edge and closed tear. 109pp.

Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket, as Issued. Lynton Lamb (illustrator). First Thus. 1st Printing. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. This is the first printing after the Limited First Edition, in beautiful green leather, with gilt lettering of title, author, and Library imprint. Hardy's only writing for a youthful audience, written in 1883, designed for the "Youth's Companion" magazine, it went unpublished until 1892-93, when it was serialized in the "Household". Finally published 60 years later in book form. Introduction by Richard L. Purdy; numerous illustrated ink drawings. 110 pages. Withdrawn from library, with typical markings on fly leaf front and back. Book is in very good condition, slight shelf wear on edges, spine, pages 5-9 have had folded corner, pages are yellowing; top edge patterning is more faded than side and bottom, but still visible. A great find.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Lynton Lamb (illustrator). Small 8vo, 12 pp, 98 pages, illustrated with wood engravings by Lynton Lamb, book in fine condition with good dust-wrapper (not price clipped, rear panel dust marked, edges of wrapper creased with some edge tears, top and bottom edges of spine rubbed and chipped). Published in an edition of 1050, this copy not numbered.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lamb, Lynton (illustrator). A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Limited edition # 614/1050. Wood engravings by Lynton Lamb. Full light blue cloth boards a bit faded at edge. Small tears to lightly worn dust jacket. 4 7/8"w x 7 1/2"h. 100 pages. Keywords: Serial Story, Youth's Companion, Cave adventures, Mendip hills, Boys Adventure, Limited Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lynton Lamb (illustrator). First Trade Edition. 1st Trade Edition. Published October 1952. Hardback in jacket. Neat name on the front end paper. No other inscriptions. Clean & tight book. Flat pages. Jacket has some edge wear. Front flap is not price-clipped: 9s 6d. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref DSP2. Our Exploits at West Poley by Thomas Hardy. Introduction by Richard L. Purdy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. In great condition. PO label from the Printer Library, OUP, on endpaper. DJ - not price clipped - protected by mylar jacket. No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. Lynton Lamb (illustrator). 1st Edition. Publisher's original pale blue cloth boards, gilt titles to spine. Illustrated endpapers. Unclipped DJ. Wood engravings by Lynton Lamb. One of 1,050 copies of which this is number 130.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lynton Lamb. (illustrator). First Trade Edition. Dustwrapper has loss at top of spine, causing small faded ares on cloth. Cloth is otherwise bright, and dustwrapper is unclipped. Name on fixed front endpaper - no other markings. Endpapers are foxed, contents very good and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Lamb, Lynton (illustrator). 109pp; d/j repaired in few places, edgeworn and rubbed, black spine, white title. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Lynton Lamb (illustrator). Limited Edition. Pale blue cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers and very light foxing to cloth on spine. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear, not price-clipped. 98pp. Wood engravings by Lynton Lamb. One of a limited edition of 1050 copies, of which 1000 were for sale, this is no.52.

First thus edition hard back binding in publisher's original ruby cloth covers, silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 110 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Small rubs along the lower edges, a little foxing to the end papers and closed edges. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with nicks to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped 9s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ENGLISH LITERATURE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Lamb, Lynton (illustrator). Limited Edition. 8vo. 97pp. Introduction by Richard L. Purdy. Illustrated with wood engravings by Lynton Lamb. Limited edition No. 415. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. In blue and white decorative dust wrapper, price clipped with some edge wear and minor markings. Decorative blue end papers. A Very Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lynton Lamb (illustrator). First Edition. First edition of this novella. limited edition, this being 543 of 1000 numbered copies for sale. An attractive copy in unclipped dw which has edge rubbing but no loss and a vaguely grubby rear panel.

Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Pictorial Dustwrapper. Illustrated By Lynton Lamb (illustrator). First trade Edition. All books outside UK sent airmail. All dustwrappers are film protected. PayPal accepted. A childrens story set in the Caves of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. Original purple cloth, silver titling to spine, slightly edge worn, slight spotting to end papers and pastedowns. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and marked but complete with original price.