Scene by Lancaster Osbert (24 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing, fanning, inscriptions, margin notes, yellowing, staining on edge or cover or pages, bumps, scuffs, etc etc (sometimes multiple of these). It's a wide category that…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. 91 Page's. Illustrated. A Fine copy in like-wise Fine dust-wrapper. Free from any mark's, book-plate's, inscription's, under-lining, etc. The Dust-wrapper(£4.50) has NOT been price clipped. No sunning to any part of the book. (Not left in sunlight to fade…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Yellow fibre covers with gilt titles to spine and little sketch to front all in as new condition. d/w vg but price clipped and some top edge shelf wear. 90 pages all unmarked except presentation inscription to front end paper signed by 24 people and…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 91p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24cm. Subjects: Historic buildings -- England -- Caricatures and cartoons. English…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 91p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24cm. Subjects: Historic buildings -- England -- Caricatures and cartoons. English…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 206 pages. Illustrated. Peter Quennell "1768: The Literary Background" / 1768: London Traffic Annual Register" / Bevis Hillier "1768: The Art Scene" / Brendan Lehane "1768: The Unknown World" / R Prawer Jhabvala "A Course of English Studies" / John Betjeman "Dilton Marsh Halt" (poem) / Hippolyte…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 92pp. Yellow cloth-covered boards; gilt illustration on front, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine heel, bottom edges and top corners. Top and outer text block edges just starting to tan, affecting page margins. Internally neat, clean, bright and tigh…

Condition: Very Good. 12 pages, with list of books. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking ca…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Later printing, hardback in unclipped dustjacket. SIGNED dedication by Osbert Lancaster on the title page with no other inscriptions. Book and jacket in near fine condition. Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. Please request a scan if required. S…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. This copy is in fine, unmarked condition bound in yellow cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dustwrapper is in near fine condition International postal rates are calculat…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Small 4to. pp 87. Original publisher's yellow cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Illustrated in colour and b/w throughout. Signed presentation from the author on the title page to Richard Boston (1938 - 2006) English journalist and author, pacifist, anarchist, top…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original lemon cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 91 pp with line drawings and illustrations throughout, some partially coloured. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper. Member of…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Dust jacket unclipped with light edgewear. Complete with numerous illustrations. 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 A…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Complete with numerous illustrations. Dust jacket unclipped with light edgewear. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT…

Large 8vo. First edition. Original yellow hardcovers, gilt. Illustrated by the Author. Unclipped d/w has a nick at the head of the spine. Fine in near fine d/w. Includes 'Great Houses of Fiction Revisited' which reveals what 'progress' wrought upon the fortunes of Mansfield Park, Chesney Wold and Blandings Castle amongst others.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. LANCASTER, Osbert [90] pp. Gambit 1978 First Printing 9 3/8" x 6 7/8" Illustrated by the author A selection of comic verses and cartoon social types pen of the Master. The decline and fall of the great Houses in literature. Afternoons with Baedeker. An inspired sequence of…

First edition. Royal octavo. 91 pages. Verses in three sections: "Great Houses of Fiction Revisited", "The Englishman's Profound Horror" and "Afternoons with Baedeker" with the author's black-and-white cartoons and drawings, most double-page, some full-page, some in the text, and a short series of colour cartoons. Signed by the…