Osbert Lancaster Sam Lambert (11 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Soft cover book, third revised edition, 104 pages, illustrated by Osbert Lancaster; covers are near fine, text is near fine (very lightly and uniformly age-toned). Osbert Lancaster (illustrator). Book.

Paperback. Condition: near fine(-). 3rd Edition, 2nd Printing. 1 oblong volume in blue, black and red pictorial wraps; illustrations; 104 pages; 22 x 14 cm. Suitable for lovers of London and of design, this book guides the reader around 1950s London hour by hour, from morning walk to evening visit to a Turkish bath and late-night taxi home, including many stately homes and restaurants. Delightful illustrations and jaunty copy. // London, travel guides, mid-century travel. About near fine(-); edgewear to wraps; crease to bottom edge of rear of wraps; pages are lightly age-toned but clean, binding solid; a very readable and enjoyable copy.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paper banderole over front cover has a small tear and crease. Gift inscription on end paper. 104 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A Guide to Where the Other Books Don't Take You. Illustrated by Osbert Lancaster, architectural historian and cartoonist. Published in parallel with the Festival of Britain. Forward looking in that optimistic sense but also referencing the recent austerity and war. Broken down into what to do, hour by hour (see image of Contents page). Sample instruction: to get a view of Attlee and Churchill in battle or one of the ministers answering questions on yet another cut, go to the House of Commons. Condition - some mild edgewear . Slight tanning on card covers; less so internally. Please note that, depending on destination, we may request a payment to cover any extra shipping & postage charges. Proceeds Condition Amnesty International. Abe2609. (This item is being sold under the Retail Gift Aid scheme to support Amnesty International UK Section Charitable Trust. Gift Aid enables us to increase the value of donations by 25%. Amnesty International UK Section is acting as an agent selling this item on behalf of one of our Gift Aid Donors). Osbert Lancaster (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Oblong 12mo. Illustrated covers and black and white illustrations throughout. Publisher's wrap-aound band. Light nicking to corners and a spot of gluebut overall a clean and tight copy. Fourth edition, revised, 1955-6, 7th large printing. Osbert Lancaster (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. 104 pages with information of all night shops and eateries, Night-Time Club Life, West End-landscape, Fish Markets, Chips Markets, and other London off-beat life. Oblong octavo soft card illustrated covers by this famous cartoonist, a couple of light creases at edges, very good+. Osbert Lancaster. (illustrator).…

Original Wraps. Condition: Fine. First Thus. Quirky and witty vintage guide to London which " covers a wider range of subjects in its 104 pages than any comparable volume - how to see a murder trial or a newspaper printed; where to find a jazz club, a tartan kilt or a Turkish bath; City taverns and ducal homes to visit; where to buy caviar or a hat, glass eyes or riding boots and a thousand other things." 104p. illus With origiginal publisher's band. Osbert Lancaster (illustrator). Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Small softback, in good condition for its age. General shelf and handling wear, including tanning, and wear to edges and corners of cover. Pageblock notably tanned, leading into page edges. Within, all pages are secure, and content clean and clear. CN. Lancaster, Osbert (illustrator). Used.…

Original Wraps. Condition: Good - Very Good. 1st UK Edition. Quirky and witty vintage guide to London which " covers a wider range of subjects in its 104 pages than any comparable volume - how to see a murder trial or a newspaper printed; where to find a jazz club, a tartan kilt or a Turkish bath; City taverns and ducal homes to visit; where to buy caviar or a hat, glass eyes or riding boots and a thousand other things." 104p. illus. First edition. Paper covers slightly scuffed, one page loose. Osbert Lancaster (illustrator). Book. …

First edition. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. Numerous black-and-white drawings by Osbert Lancaster. Colour pictorial wrappers. Small ownership signature on first blank. Spine a little rubbed. Small chip to tail of spine. Very good.

pp 104 third edition third impression, oblong format in paper covered card wrappers. From the library of British illustrator and author John Ryan who has added an unnamed portrait pencil sketch to the front free end paper. Good, the text is almost detached from the covers, title page torn, text block browned. Osbert Lancaster Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.…