Non-fiction Books

186. Lacey, Robert:

Sotherby's - Bidding for Class

Published by Little Brown, London. 1998.

1st edition hardback in very good condition. The book has been bumped at the front bottom corner. There is a corresponding tear and scuff at the front fold of the dust wrapper. There are no names or inscriptions and the jacket is not clipped retaining the original £20.00 price.
The history of the prestigious auction house, Sotherby's from humble beginnings as bookseller's in the 18th century to the multi-national icon it is today. Contents include: Property of a Lady, Founder-Samual Baker, Love Letters and the Vision of Montague Barlow, Peter Wilson, A. Alfred Taubman, Royal Effects, Dates in the History of Sotherby's, Index, More.

 

1374 LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE

THE FABLES

1987 BLOOMSBURY

HARDBACK

1ST IN THIS EDITION, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY JUPITER BOOKS. Large format edition of these famous cautionary tales, translated into English and illustrated with the original engravings of Gustav Dore. Nr FINE IN A VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED D/W WHICH HAS A SLIGHTLY SUNNED SPINE.

 

1450 LAVER, JAMES

EDWARDIAN PROMENADE

1958 EDWARD HULTON

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. UNCLIPPED D/W IS RUBBED AND EDGEWORN, SUNNED TO THE SPINE BUT COMPLETE AND GENERALLY GOOD+. THE BOOK IS VERY GOOD WITH A PREVIOUS OWNER NAME IN PENCIL TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. THE COMPANION VOLUME TO VICTORIAN VISTA. Contemporary writings, paintings, prints and photographs of the 'Age of Extravagance'

 
 

474 LEADER, D.

PROMISES LOVERS MAKE WHEN IT GETS LATE

1997 FABER

HARDBACK

FINE, FINE

 

1185 LEIGH, DAVID

HIGH TIME

1984 HEINEMANN

HARDBACK

1st EDITION. FINE IN VERY GOOD+ UNCLIPPED D/W WHICH IS ONLY VERY SLIGHTLY SUN FADED TO THE SPINE. DETAILING THE "SHOCKING" LIFE AND TIMES OF HOWARD MARKS. FROM WELSH VALLEY SCHOOLBOY TO BRITAINS BIGGEST EVER INTERNATIONAL DRUG SMUGGLER.

 
 

476 LEVY, M.

THE PAINTINGS OF L.S. LOWRY

1979 B.C.A.

HARDBACK

VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD

 
 

1196 LEWIS, BRIAN

AN INTRODUCTION TO ILLUSTRATION

1995 GRANGE BOOKS

HARDBACK

1st IN THIS EDITION. FINE IN D/W. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1987. B/W & colour photos & illus. Describes the different techniques & the individual methods of approaching & developing a subject, as well as looking at the commercial world of the illustrator.

 

1051 LIND, LEW

SEA JARGON

1982 PATRICK STEPHENS

HARDBACK

1st UK EDITION. A DICTIONARY OF THE UNWRITTEN LANGUAGE OF THE SEA. FINE BOOK AND WRAPPER.

 

477 LIPTON, L.

THE HOLY BARBARIANS

1960 W.H. ALLEN

HARDBACK

Famous examination of the Beat Generation.Though disdained by many of the Beats at the time, Lipton's workremains a prime source for material on such artists and writers as John Altoon, Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Kenneth Patchen,Dylan Thomas, et al. VERY GOOD IN A GOOD, WORN & CHIPPED D/W WITH SOME MINOR LOSS,

 

1462 LOCKHART, R.H. BRUCE

YOUR ENGLAND

1955 PUTNAM

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD IN A LIKE PRICE-CLIPPED D/W. ENGLAND THROUGH THE EYES OF A COSMOPOLITAN SCOT. TOUCHY ENGLISH READERS MAY FIND HERE REFLECTIONS THAT WILL NETTLE THEM.

 

478 LORD, J.

PICASSO & DORA a memoir

1993 WIEDENFELD

HARDBACK

A fascinating autobiographical biography, based on Lord's diary notes from the 40's. FINE in FINE D/W

 
 

1158 MACAULAY, JAMES

THE CLASSICAL COUNTRY HOUSE IN SCOTLAND 1660-1800

1987 FABER & FABER

HARDBACK

1st EDITION. VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED D/W. Nr FINE BOOK. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT WITH MANY MONOCROME PHOTOS PLANS AND LINE DRAWINGS FEATURING ONE HUNDRED OR SO GREAT HOUSES AND CASTLES

 

1474 MACKENZIE, COMPTON

ON MORAL COURAGE

1962 COLLINS

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. PREVIOUS OWNER NAME TO FRONT PASTEDOWN, REAR ENDPAPER MISSING, OTHERWISE VERY GOOD IN A VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED D/W. D/W HAS COLOUR FADED SPINE AND SLIGHT EDGEWEAR. Some examples of people studied are Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, D.H. Lawrence

 
 

767 MAHER, TERRY

AGAINST MY BETTER JUDGEMENT

1994 SINCLAIR-STEVENSON

HARDBACK

VERY GOOD D/W, VERY GOOD BOOK