Allan Macdonald Laing (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 63 pages. Publisher's binding sturdy, light wear to corners and to head and foot of spine, gold-stamped image and lettering very good; contents unmarked. The dust jacket is age-toned, with chips to head and foot of spine. 90 grams.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good, edge-nicked and dust-dulled r mylar-sleeved dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 63p. : ill. ; 17 cm. Subjects; Prayers. Piety. Grace at meals. Poetry anthologies. Religion. Spiritual. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good, edge-nicked and dust-dulled r mylar-sleeved dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 63p. : ill. ; 17 cm. Subjects; Prayers. Piety. Grace at meals. Poetry anthologies. Religion. Spiritual. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of largely dark pink jacket, creased tear to bottom back jacket, corners and folds rubbed with small loss, some scratches and small loss to top and bottom of spine, not price clipped (price on back jacket 4/6), previous owner's inscription to top ffep, some slight yellowing and spotting to page block, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age and thin wartime paper. 64pp, illustrated. A small book of humorous and satirical prayers by various authors, collected by Allan MacDonald Laing (1887-1970), illustrated by author and artist Mervyn Peake (1911-68). Jacket and illustrations by Mervyn Peake (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None at issue. Summer in War-Time by Allan Macdonald Laing. With illustrations by M. Dickinson. A hand made book that I assume was made during World War 2. A poem of four verses with illustrations. The script and four watercolour pictures are painted by hand on one side only of thick watercolour paper. Size: 15 x 12.5 cms or 5 3/4 x 5 inches. Condition: Very Good. The cover is a little grubby. The pages within, but for some faint occasional tanning, are clean. The first page and end paper are stuck together; this I assume at the point of manufacture. A pretty book, carefully made and illustrated. M. Dickinson (illustrator).…