Progress Pelvis Bay by Lancaster Osbert (31 results)

Third printing (first published 1936). iv, 68 pages. Hardcover: H 19.75cm x L 13.25cm. Lacks dust jacket. Muted orange cloth with soiling and toning particularly along spine; nicks/small chips to surface cloth at upper spine, at frayed spine head, and at boards' top edges adjacent to spine. Non-authorial Christmas 1945 six-line ink gift inscription on front free endpaper verso opposite title page; slight foxing but interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good- copy. …

Condition: Fair. 1950. Reprinted. 68 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Noticeable cracking to gutters. Binding is weakened. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping and rubbing to surfaces. Marked sunning to spine and edges with some crushing to ends.…

Hard cover. Condition: Very good in fair dust jacket. Reprint. 5th printing, July 1950. Book i clean and tight, red cloth covered boards, The Jacket has edge wear, chips and small pieces missing, not price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Illustrated. 68pp. The page edges and end papers slightly brown. Pictorial boards. The covers have scuffed and bumped corners and slight fade to the spine o/w in very good condition.

Condition: Good. 1944. Reprint. 69 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Worn. Dust Jacket Condition: Worn and Torn. Reprint. Cover is stained pink at the top.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Pelvis Bay, England, Architecture) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

VG in VG D/W.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint 1941, Some minor spotting to first few pages, Binding firm, Light wear to edges, Dust jacket unclipped. NEW EU 5 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Second Impression. Some wear at top of spine. Reprinted five years after first edition. Illustrated. 1C15.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Dust jacket unclipped with light edgewear. Complete with numerous illustrations. NEW EU 5 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition 5th printing hardback and jacket. Condition: Slim hardback with yellow covers. Thin split to to cloth of front board by spine approx. 1 cm long. Good jacket, with several small edge tears, small chips, edge wear and with moderate tanning to jacket spine. - - - General information: please email for any more information or condition photos. There may be other minor faults not included here, but this description should include all important points and convey accurately the overall condition of the book(s) or other item. We are happy to give a more detailed description (by volume where applicable) on request. Please note that if there is a photo next to the listing which is titled 'Stock Photo', this is a generic photo provided by abe and not a photo of the actual book listed. The design of the covers and binding may be the same or may differ substantially. Posted next day (Mon-Fri) from the UK. We normally post by Royal Mail 1st class within the UK, but may use a slower service for books over 1kg or multiple orders or a tracked service for higher value orders. We normally post by tracked mail for overseas deliveries, and may request additional postage (at cost) for heavier books (buyers always have the option to cancel the order if we do so).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 68pp, illustrated, pictorial endpapers, slight browning, no inscriptions, pictorial boards, corners slightly bumped, Good / Good dustwrapper, wrapper slightly foxed, slightly frayed at spine ends, price-clipped. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Good used condition, portions of spine faded, light wear and marks. Dust wrapper - Fair condition, tears and loss to edges, particularly at bottom of spine, spine darkened, price clipped, some marks.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Pristine hardback copy in a pristine jacket. Superb 5th printing copy.

John Murray. London. 1936. First edition. Hardback with DW. Illustrated in black and white. Ownership signature to half-title page. Internally a good clean copy in a worn and browned wrapper with a portion lacking to tail of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Book Condition — Fine: Very light spots of foxing across dust jacket front cover. Signs of light shelf wear along spine and one corner. Binding remains excellent. Clean text block, good page edges. Pages throughout are tightly bound, clean and tidy. A well-preserved copy in excellent condition. First edition printed in 1936. Progress at Pelvis Bay by Osbert Lancaster is a satirical novel skewering modern architecture, urban planning, and cultural pretension in postwar Britain. Set in a once-charming seaside town transformed by ill-conceived development, the book humorously charts the clash between tradition, modernity, and bureaucratic zeal. Witty, sharply observed, and illustrated with Lancaster's trademark flair, this is a delightful send-up of progress gone wrong and a classic of British social satire.…

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. vi, 68, [2]; text illustrations throughout; illustrated boards backed in red cloth; boards slightly toned, text clean and sound, near fine. Osbert Lancaster was an English Cartoonist and architecture writer. This is his first book, on the architecture of Pelvis Bay.…

FIRST EDITION 8vo. hardback in quarter red cloth, gilt, with pictorial boards. No dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. 68pp., profusely illustrated by the Author in b/w. Old engraved bookplate to blank facing half-title, modern bookplate and ink signature to front pastedown. Light foxing to prelims. Small dent to top edgeof boards and slight dulling of gilt titles to spine. A Good Copy. Lancaster's first book. (Shelf 48) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of the author's first book. 8vo. vi + 68pp. Cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards with decorated endpapers. Top edge lightly spotted and with a little light partial toning to the free endpapers. Contemporary former owner name inked to the front free endpaper. A very good copy in very good double-spread pictorial dust wrapper, non-price-clipped but lightly toned at the spine panel. A superior copy of Lancaster's quite uncommon first book.…

8.0 x 5.75 inches. In illustrated hard card covers with gilt to red cloth spine. With pictorial dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly darkened. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Spine slightly faded. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 68 pp. With line drawing illustrations by author. Traces the development of a flourishing seaside resort from the original povery-stricken fishing village, various architectural changes are noted.…

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with marked and lightly chipped dust jacket. Spine darkened. Area of abrasion to base of spine. Some creasing to fep. 200mm x 150mm (8" x 6"). 68pp. Red cloth spine with illustrated hardback board cover.

First edition. Octavo. pp vi, 68. Endpapers, covers and numerous black and white drawings, some full-page, by the author. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. The author's first book, a satire.Fine in very good indeed, slightly dusty dustwrapper a bit darkened at spine.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. A humorous illustrated satire by Osbert Lancaster, critiquing seaside town planning with Osbert's sharp wit and architectural insight. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.A collection of satirical drawings and accompanying commentary originally serialized in The Architectural Review, humorously critiquing overzealous property development in a fictional coastal town. Illustrated throughout by the author, this book features line drawings of Victorian terraces, looming hotels, and trite seaside facades.Sir Osbert Lancaster (19081986) was a celebrated English cartoonist, architectural historian, stage designer, and author, best known for coining the term "Pont Street Dutch" and contributing iconic pocket cartoons to the British press. In the publisher' original cloth binding. Slight rubbing, bumping and fading to extremities. Slight scattered spotting to illustrated endpapers. Dust wrapper, generally smart. The odd chip and closed tear to extremities, particularly to the head and tail of spine. Slight scattered spotting to wraps. One or two minor spots of damp staining and handling marks. Wraps slightly age toned. internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned, with one or two spots to fore edge. Very Good. Osbert Lancaster (illustrator). book.…

FIRST EDITION 8vo. hardback in quarter red cloth, gilt, with illustrated paper-covered boards and matching price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. 68pp., profusely illustrated with line drawings by the Author. A clean copy with no markings or inscriptions. A spot or two of foxing to rear endpapers. Slight tanning to dust jacket spine and 1cm strip of front cover. Red titles to spine somewhat faded but still legible. Light wear to top and base of spine. A VERY GOOD COPY in VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. (Shelf 48) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. Author's first book. Black & white illustrations. Slight bubbling to front pastedown, all else very clean and firm inside and out. A complete dustjacket with slight browning to spine area and edges. Lancaster, Osbert (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pictorial boards. Nice copy in little browned, rubbed dustwrapper. The author's first book.

Unknown Binding. Condition: Good. 1st HB 1936 John Murray; no dust jacket; inside pages in good clean condition.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. A lovely first edition copy of Osbert Lancaster's Progress at Pelvis Bay, illustrated beautifully by the author. A first edition copy of Osbert Lancaster's of the fictional Seaside town Pelvis Bay. The volume traces the development of a flourishing seaside resort and is beautifully illustrated by the author.Osbert Lancaster was an English cartoonist, architectural historian and author who was a contributor to the Architectural Review.In the original clipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart indeed with some light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original dust wrapper which is smart with some fading to the wraps and spine and some light chipping to the head of the spine. Near Fine. Osbert Lancaster (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of cartoonist Osbert Lancaster's fictionalised account of the gentrification of a seaside resort The first edition.Illustrated by Lancaster with monochrome line drawings.In the publisher's original quarter cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This work was written by Osbert Lancaster, an English cartoonist, historian and author. The novel is written from the point of view of an an enthusiastic and fictitious council employee, and features Lancaster's illustrations throughout. The work describes the town's metamorphosis from a poverty stricken fishing village to seaside metropolis. In the publisher's original quarter cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with only minor handling marks. Light offsetting and cockling to the endpapers. The wrap is smart with sunning to the spine, handling marks, minor chips to the head of the spine and light spotting. A tidemark to the verso. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with only the odd minor handling mark. Near Fine. None (illustrator). book.…