Alan Stapleton (52 results)

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.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 64 pages. Brian R Bristow "Population and Housing in Nineteenth-Century Urban Lancashire: A framework for investigation" / Barry Stapleton ",Age Structure in the Early Eighteenth Century" / Alan Dyer "Epidemics of Measles in a Seventeenth Century English Town" (SL#131/2). …

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

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.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. First Edition, 1930. No dust jacket. Boards and spine sunned. Foxing to untrimmed page edges. Contents clear and firmly bound throughout. A good condition book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Deckle edges. Worn, torn, chipped and stained DJ missing large chips to the top and bottom of the spine. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 252 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Grey cloth with black lettering. Lightly bumped at the spine tips and the bottom corners. Strong, square binding. Some slight spotting along the fore-edge. Previous owner's name on the front pastedown. No other markings. Glue acidification on the endpages. 183 pages, including index. Illustrated.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 34 pp staple bound in card covers, clean and sound, minor wear. Alan Wilbur, Marc Chaimowicz, Mick Day, Frank Nunneley, Adrain Purkis (illustrator).

Cloth. Condition: VG. No Jacket. 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. Alan Stapleton (illustrator). Book.…

hardcover. Condition: Fair. cover is a bit dirtied, still looks fair. ex library copy. stamp on spine, sticker on inside front cover. stamp on title page. some minor marks from library. otherwise in fair shape - rw.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Minor wear only. The pages are clean and crisp with no highlighting or writing detected. The cover is clean with minor shelf wear only. Ships from Canada. Satisfaction guaranteed with 30-day return policy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1008 pages; R5 207k/237k s11.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 76 pages. Illustrated. H M Cundall "The Victor Rienaecker Collection" / Alexander J Finberg "The Etchings of John Sell Cotman" / Herbert Furst "A Spanish Painter in London: F Sancha" / Alan Stapleton "Leaves From a London Sketch-Book" (U.P.).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. THE COVER IS HEAVILY RUBBED WITH AN INDENT TO FRONT AND MILD STAIN. BUMPING AROUND EDGES AND CORNERS. EX-LIBRARY BOOK WITH SMALL STAMPS TO SOME PAGES. LARGE CRACK TO HINGE PAGE 17. 1 LOOSE SKETCH PAGE. STICKER PULL TO INSIDE COVER AND PENCIL MARKS. CRACK TO INSIDE COVER HINGE. PENCIL MARKS TO INSIDE BACK COVER. SKETCHES ARE CLEAR THROUGHOUT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. No Jacket. Alan Stapleton (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 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. Illustrations by Alan Stapleton (illustrator).…

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. NEW EU 3 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.…

Condition: Very Good. Dodd, Mead and Company New York 1925 rebound book in 34 leather. gilt to spine. light rubbing to leather. binding secure. handsome copy.

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 Dust Jacket. First Edition. Tight bright unmarked book with front endpaper removed; stiff text and bright illustrations comprising 40 full page drawings by the author; 252 pages. Illustrated by Alan Stapleton (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Some light spotting to first few pages, Binding firm, Light wear to edges, Some fading to spine and rubbing to head and tail of spine. NEW EU 3 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.…

hard cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Illustrated with black and white drawings. 22 cm. XVI, 183 pages G. Good condition with light shelf wear and edge wear to covers, light soiling to page edges, mark on inside front cover from removed bookplate.

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. TRUE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL CLOTH, FIRM AND SQUARE BINDING, COMPREHENSIVELY COLLATED WITH THE INCLUSIVE REAR INDEX AND EIGHT-PAGE PUBLISHER'S CATALOGUE, PRESENTS EXTREMELY WELL: An honest, very good copy of the true first printing of Alan Stapleton's comprehensive historical survey of London's pathways. Published in London by John Lane The Bodley Head in 1930, this work details over nine hundred lanes across the city. The publisher's original red cloth binding showcases bright gilt work to the upper cover, while the spine panel exhibits standard, uniform sun-fading but remains completely legible. The binding is tight and square. Internally, the pages are clean throughout, with sporadic vintage foxing evident across the textblock leaves. The index is included within the primary pagination sequence. Concludes with its original 8-page publisher's advertisement catalogue bound intact at the rear. The front free endpaper features two neat ink inscriptions from previous owners, dated 1934 and 1985 respectively. An excellent, disciplined example. p. ix, [iii], 252 pp: adv [viii]: plates [xl]. Illustrated with Forty Pencil Drawings by the Author (illustrator).…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st edition. Wraps a bit edge worn and marked. Minor marks on page edges. It is in very good condition, excellent binding and internally clean. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. Cover stained and faded. Some marking due to age on pages, but overall book remains in good condition considering age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

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.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. publisher's red buckram binding; lettering in gilt on spine and on front cover; fore edges and bottom edges untrimmed; all 40 full page plates throughout are present in excellent condition; 252 pages followed by 8 pages of publisher's advertisements; featured and illustrated London Lanes in the volume include Drury, Mutton, Sermon, New Gravel, Love, Swan, Idol, Brick, Long, Foster, Maid, Cock, Clement's, Marylebone, Grosvenor, Hampshire, Milford, Strand, Gutter, Seething, St. Martin's etc. two small light discolourations on front cover.…

Hardback. Alan Stapleton, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited; Dodd, Mead and Company. Edition: repr.Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Yellowed Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Sunned spine with some soiling. Internally sound. This captivating non-fiction work, London Alleys Byways And Courts, transports readers through the hidden arteries of one of the world's most historic cities. Alan Stapleton meticulously chronicles the forgotten pathways and secret courtyards, revealing the rich tapestry of stories embedded within London's lesser-known thoroughfares. The narrative uncovers the architectural evolution and social history of these secluded spaces, presenting a vivid portrait of urban life across centuries. Readers will discover the intriguing origins and enduring charm of these often-overlooked corners, gaining a deeper appreciation for London's intricate past. This authoritative volume illustrates the unique character of the city beyond its grand avenues, offering a compelling journey for history enthusiasts and urban explorers alike. Hardback.…