William H Lax (24 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Fourth Edition. B&W Illustrations; 240 pages; Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Markings on prelim pages. Rubbing (shelf wear) to covers, moderate. Stains to covers. No markings on text pages. ; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

Condition: Fair. 1930. Seventh Edition. 240 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good dust. Name on front endpaper. ; Small 8vo; 240 pages.

Hardback, cloth. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Second Edition. Let's Go to Poplar by William H. Lax, with pen an ink sketches by Alfred E. Bestall. Hardback, 1929, second edition, illustrated, published by The Epworth Press/J. Alfred Sharp, London, 240 pages. Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 5/8" by 5 1/8" by 1 1/8". Pictorial dust jacket displays some marking, scuffing, slight tearing and edge-wear, with some discolouration and a little chipping to spine. Pale blue cloth binding, red lettering to front board and spine. A little discolouration to spine and edges of boards. Some marking and scuffing. Signs of wear, a little rubbing at edges, slightly bumped corners. Binding quite firm. Page edges foxed, browned and a bit marked and scuffed. Some foxing to endpapers, odd patches of foxing throughout. Some pencil marking in margins, pencil notes to verso of rear endpaper. See pictures for further information. 240 pp. Alfred E. Bestall (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Second Edition. B&W Illustrations; 275 pages; Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Cocked spine, slightly. Foxing (very light) to exterior edge of pages. No markings on text pages or major defects. Yellowing to pages. Rubbing (shelf wear) to covers. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Sixth Edition. 6th edition. Sequel to Lax of Poplar, An illustrated autobiography of a famous East End preacher. Pages are browned on the edges. Alfred E. Bestall (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. 2nd impression, 1937. No dust jacket. Light foxing to the page edges, and a neat dedication on the half title page. Otherwise a clear, bright copy. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Ed., hard cover blue cloth bds, bds discoloured in places and a little stained, spine age-darkened, Fair, no dust jacket, contents sound and tight, lovely colour frontis., pp256, a nice sound reading copy.

Hardback. Condition: Good+, sound copy. Reprint. Hardback. 256pp. Autobiography of the Lancashire born Methodist minister of Poplar in London. Illustrated by Alfred E. Bestall, best known for drawing Rupert Bear, with a number of full page drawings. Also illustrated with photographs of local people and places. A very early reprint. Red cloth with black titles to front and spine has faint small splash marks across the front. A little rubbed. Otherwise clean and sound. Good+, sound copy.…

Condition: Good. 1935. First Edition. 256 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing. Notable sunning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Notable rubbing and marking all over.…

Condition: vg+. vg+ in wraps Epworth Press 1932 edition paperback illus by Alfred Bester In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. Inscription to flyleaf 'With our best regards Milliee Lax October 5 1936' - author is W.H. Lax, is this inscription by his wife ? 256 pages. No dustjacket. Light blue Hardback binding is lighter to spine, light wear/small creases to spine-ends, light wear to boards' corners.…

2nd impression. Hardback, no dustwrapper. Blue boards, gilt titles. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Decorative endpapers. Contents: some light scattered spotting. Endpapers lightly browned. Otherwise pages generally good+ and clean. Previous owner's inscription front endpaper. Boards: very good and bright. Light shelf-wear to extremities. Binding tight. 332 pp.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Impression. Subtitled "An attempt At Biography Some Record of the Extraordinary Doings of an Ordinary Woman". Sequel to "Adventures in Poplar." Illustrated. The jacket is fixed to the paper covers of this book which was originally published as a hardback in 1935. The book has only light wear. The jacket has a half inch closed tear at the base of the spine next to the rear panel and some light chipping at the top and bottom of the spine. Postage will be reduced to less than £2 for UK orders.…

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Fair. No Description.

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. Good condition. No dust jacket. A few marks to boards. Binding firm. …

2nd edition good blue cloth hardcover. No dj. 275p. with 1 col. plate. Previous owners name on front free endpaper. Set in the East End of London where William Lax worked as a minister with the underpriviledged cockneys in the 1930s.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Author Lax, William H.; Bestall, Alfred E. (illustrator) Title Let's Go to Polar Publication Details London: The Epworth Press, 1929 Condition Very Good Description An engaging early 20th-century work, Let's Go to Polar by William H. Lax, illustrated with pen and ink sketches by Alfred E. Bestall. Published in London in 1929 by The Epworth Press, this volume combines narrative with charming period illustrations, typical of Bestall's distinctive style. The book is in very good condition for its age. There is sunning to the spine and an ink ownership inscription on the front endpaper, both noted for accuracy. The text block remains clean, and the volume is complete with 239 pages. A well-preserved and attractive vintage copy, appealing to collectors of illustrated books and early 20th-century publications.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition, 1933. Blue cloth hardcover with red lettering and ruled borders to front board. An attractive and increasingly uncommon work relating to Poplar and East London social history. This copy is warmly inscribed and signed by the author, William H. Lax, dated 21 January 1955: To my friend Mr. John Hines, as a souvenir of a happy visit to Poplar and the high personal regard of William H. Lax. Includes colour frontispiece illustration. Interior pages are generally clean with some age toning and scattered light foxing consistent with age. Binding remains sound and firm. Condition notes: Moderate shelf and edge wear to boards Minor fraying/rubbing at spine ends and corners Small mark to front cover Page edges toned with age No loose pages No dust jacket. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. ex library book, hardback in blue cloth, usual date stamps inside, 1927 3rd edition published by the Epworth Press, London with 256pp & 11 illustrations - all intact. Boards are worn with corner bumping, page edges little grubby & slight lean to spine otherwise a clean, sound copy. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. BS-6B*.…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original plain white card wrap covers with colour dust wrapper adhered down the spine, as published. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 256 printed pages of text. A little fraying of the card covering the spine, without any ownership markings and in Very Good clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. LITERATURE 1926-1945.…

Condition: Very Good. 174 pp., softcover, faint wear and age-toning to spine else very good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. First edition, Inscribed by the author to flyleaf, Pages clean and bright, Binding firm, Light wear to edges, Dust jacket unclipped. 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.…