London Lanes by Alan Stapleton (17 results)

Condition: Good. 1930. First Edition. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Some pages uncut throughout Pencil inscription and thumb-marking to front free endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining to spine. Dents to edges of rear board.

Condition: Fair. 1930. First Edition. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering to spine and front board. Contains black and white plates. Pages are slightly tanned with visible foxing throughout. Plates are moderately tanned with some notable foxing and staining. Stamps, pencil mark and minor foxing to pastdowns and free endpapers. Cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surface. Heavy sunning to spine and both boards. Cloth fraying to corners and edges. Prominent crushing to spine ends. Black lettering lightly worn.

Cloth. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Alan Stapleton (illustrator). First Edition. The book is an attempt to enumerate, name and describe, all the lanes - old and new - of the City of London. 7'x9.5", 252pp, illustrated with 40 pencil drawings by the author, 8pp ads. Old book review fixed to rear free endpaper. Very light foxing to first few pages. Binding is tight, cloth clean, spine somewhat darkened, interior white and bright. Weight, 1.022kg Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: G+. No Jacket. illustrated with 40 pencil drawings by the author, owner bookplate inside front cover, owner inscription on front endpaper, some silverfish marks to covers Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Alan Stapleton (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition first printing Small quarto hardback, x + 252 pp. + 8 pp. publisher's adverts 40 illustrations. Very slight foxing at extremities otherwise Very Good condition. No inscriptions.

hardcover. 40 plates by the author. 4to, cloth; (light foxing to some plates, light foxing to some margins of text, cloth lightly soiled, spine sunned). London: John Lane, (1930).

x+252pp. A further 8 pages at rear of publisher's advertisements. Small 4to. Original buckram in worn dustwrapper. Foxing to fore edge. Black and white plates, inc frontis. A very good copy. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrations by Alan Stapleton (illustrator). 1st Edition. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Many pages unopened Moderate handling wear. Previous owner's name on front-free-endpage. Mild sun-fading on the spine. Lacking Dust Jacket. 9.5 inches tall. First Edition - First Printing. Illustrated with Forty Pencil Drawings by the Author. "This book needs no excuse. it is an attempt to enumerate, name and describe, as far as possible, all the lanes - old and new - of London. I have discovered considerably over nine hundred names of these lanes, actually, at some time, or now, so called. Many are still in existence." From the Preface.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. STAPLETON, Alan (illustrator). First Edition. viii + 252pp + book adverts,forty delightful pencil illustrations by the author, hardcover, bound in red buckram, gilt lettered, spine slightly faded o/w very good condition with no markings or annotations, John Lane at the Bodley Head, London, 1930. * a fine insight into the old lanes of London, many of which have existed for hundreds of years.

Hardcober. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1930. First edition, Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth in a removable protective plastic cover. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: viii pages, 1 leaf, 252 pages frontispiece, plates ; 25 cm. Subjects: London (England) ; Description and travel. Streets, England, London. Gazetteers. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth in a removable protective plastic cover. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: viii pages, 1 leaf, 252 pages frontispiece, plates ; 25 cm. Subjects: London (England) ; Description and travel. Streets, England, London. Gazetteers. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 252 pages Illustrated with forty pencil drawings by the author slightly foxed throughout name on ffep ow contents vg boards spotted and spine slightly darkened ow vg.

Cloth. Condition: Good/Very Good. The author (illustrator). First Edition. Internally very good with slight tanning to the endpapers, owners plate on inside front cover, binding firm, cover reasonably bright with slight markings , spine faded. Pics available Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Large 8vo. pp viii, 252. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered black on spine and front cover. Illustrated with forty pencil drawings by the author. Slight fading at spine, otherwise very good in tatty, good only dust jacket, with some chipping and loss at spine ends and the top rear edge.

Sm. 4to.viii, 252pp plus publisher's adverts. Illustrated with forty full page pencil drawings by the author. Some sporadic internal foxing. In red cloth, spine faded. Small inscription to f.f.e.p. Generally a very good copy.