Search Results: First Edition from Lansdowne Books

Signed by author as Inscription by Author to previous owner. Dust jacket is chipped at top & bottom of spine and is now covered by clear protective mylar cover.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Impression, Condition: NF. Unclipped Dust Jacket Condition: NF. D/J protected by a clear removable sleeve. Blue cloth boards with pages clean and tight. Delightfully illustrated with decorative endpages. Overall a very nice copy. A delightful story of the Cotswold village and its much-loved residents, Miss Read's warm and humorous observation of the drama of country life will captivate her many readers once again.

Gilt embossed lettering to the front black boards and spine, top of pages green decoration. Illustrated with numerous b/w photographs throughout. Fold out map following the title page. Slight shelf wear to bottom of spine, hidden under the wrapper in mylar protective cover. Slight foxing to end pages only. Clean and tight copy in very good condition.

Orig. cloth with Spine gilt. With 16 col. plates, 19 b/w plates, and illust. endpapers. 1st Edition very good hardback with very good unclipped dustwrapper now in protective mylar. This book has chapters on gardens for food and survival; gardening pioneers; gardens for decoration; gardens for show; parks & gardens.

Hardback, Very nice blue pebbled/textured cloth with decorative black paneling to front with coloured vignette plate of a small boy in centre of front cover, with gilt lettering to spine and front. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped, rear top corner slightly rubbed at edge. Cover clean and smart. Some minor darkening and minor foxing to free endpapers. Inside pages all very clean and tight (bright semi-gloss type paper) Illustrated with 22 B&W illustrations from original drawings by L. Rossi

Four stories with numerous coloured illustrations, bound in stiff illustrated boards. A very good copy printed on quality paper. Cover shows signs of wear but pages are very clean and tight. Illustrated by Hans Heysen and sixteen other Australian artists. First Edition First Impression

Signed by the author. As new with dust jacket in protective Mylar covering. This fine book offers Francis' account of his ownership of Cloudehill provides extraordinary details of the more technical aspects of the iconic garden, including plantings, structural design, experiments and failures, the triumphs and disappointments associated with gardening.300 colour illustrations264 pages Heavy item may require extra shipping

Introduction by Gertrude Jekyll. London: 1924, First edition. Illus. w. 47 color plates from flower paintings by Miss M. Walter Anson and 11 halftone plates from photographs of gardens.

1st Edition. 216 illustrations, 84 in colour. No marks or inscriptions.

Condition: Good. 1962. First Edition.. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Clean pages with light tanning. Binding remains firm. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket now in protective mylar.

Fine Hardback. No inscriptions or bookplates. Fine slipcase. Introduced by Diana Athill. Bound in Cloth, blocked with design by Neil Gower. Pp. (no inscriptions)
THE COUNTRY CHILD is a semi-autobiographical story about a girl growing up in the country. Alison Uttley has drawn on her own youth to produce memories so vivid and nostalgic that you can almost smell the honeysuckle and hear the owls calling at dusk.She writes about the small intense joys and sorrows of life on a small farm: the fun of haymaking, the sadness of favourite animals being slaughtered, and the close sweetness of Christmas celebrations in the farmhouse kitchen

Quarto format black hardback brown lettering to the spine. Price un-clipped DJ. Illustrated with more than 150 colour photos, drawings. Clean pages. . 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, full number line present. In excellent condition. Not price clipped. No inscriptions. Special illustrated edition. SCARCE in 1st/1st. This is heavy book postage to be advised.

Blue cloth boards with pages clean and tight. Readers of Princess Sultana's extraordinary biography Princess were gripped by her powerful indictment of women's lives behind the veil within the royal family of Saudi Arabia. They were every bit as fascinated by the sequel, Daughters of Arabia. Here, the princess turns the spotlight on her two daughters, Maha and Amani, both teenagers. Surrounded by untold opulence and luxury from the day they were born, but stifled by the unbearably restrictive lifestyle imposed on them, they reacted in equally desperate ways. Their dramatic and shocking stories, together with many more which concern other members of Princess Sultana's huge family, are set against a rich backdrop of Saudi Arabian culture and social mores which she depicts with equal colour and authenticity. We learn, for example, of the fascinating ritual of the world-famous annual pilgrimage to Makkah as we accompany the princess and her family to this holiest of cities. Throughout, however, she never… Read More

1st edition pictorial boards. Large octavo 133 pp., col. frontis., b/w ill., Gladys Henriques Lister (1887–1957) was the seventh of ten children, and was born in Hawthorn, Victoria. Her family had emigrated to Australia from America, though her mother's ancestry was Irish. After leaving school, Gladys Lister studied painting under Julian Ashton; married in 1913.Lister's stories used what happened to her life, as well as current events. During the Second World War, some British children were evacuated to Australia, and her book Jennifer Stands By featured evacuees and their adventures. Gladys Lister had always owned a pony, to which she ascribed her love of horses. Includes descriptions of post-war sea voyages made by Lister to North America, England and Europe.

First Edition Hardcover. New/Near Fine. Ainsle Roberts (Artist). Illustrated brown boards/Fine. DJ/NF in protective mylar. previous owners inscription. 32 colour plates Full-color companion volume to The Dreamtime (1965) and predecessor to The First Sunrise (1971) Anthropologist and photographer Charles Pearcy Mountford (1890 - 1976) and artist and photographer Ainslie Roberts (1911 - 1993). Superb record of Aboriginal mythology with line drawings and painting produced in full color.

A rare copy of this title offered for sale. Beautiful production of high quality photographs celebrating the "Divine Child" and representations of the Infant Jesus. This title comes with related exhibition brochure and 6 postcards from the exhibition hosted in Gardone Riviera. A delightful Christmas Gift.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Impression, Condition: NF. Unclipped Dust Jacket Condition: NF. D/J protected by a clear removable sleeve. Cloth boards with pages clean and tight. Overall a very nice copy.This eloquent and spirited memoir of a young Jewish girl's coming of age in Nazi-occupied France recounts her own family's difficult and brave survival and portrays as well the love and quiet heroism of her rescuers. A powerful central figure is Madame Marie Chotel, the Catholic concierge and seamstress who hides seven-year-old Odette and her mother in her broom closet while police search, who secures the child's safe haven in a distant province, and who is cherished by Odette, even in absentia, as her godmother and mentor.

1st Edition Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Cloth boards. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no inscriptions or marks. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine, unclipped in archival quality removable mylar cover.
Illustrated with drawings by Val Biro. Foreword by Roy C.
Facsimile of the original edition which was published in 1963. Black cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Clean bright jacket unclipped in archival quality removable mylar cover.

Green cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spine, owners signature to front: yellow dust jacket: approximately 5.75 x 9 inches tall: 297 handcut pages including index: black and white photographic illustrations. Includes the original newspaper article from The Times Saturday January 10 1981 news article, " Letters from Libya" by Freya Stark as a separate item.Synopsis : Freya Starks autobiographical account of her service with the Ministry of Information and the Foreign Office during the Second World War from 1939 to 1946. She recounts details of a mainly persuasive role during her assignment in Aden, where she assisted with the Arab News Service; the Yemen, where she combated fascist influence by operating the only cinema projector in the country; in Egypt where she formed and expanded the Brotherhood of Freedom during the North Africa Campaign ; in Iraq where she extended the Brotherhood Committees in opposition to German influence ( here she was caught up in the German instigated siege of the… Read More

First edition. Hardcover in dust jacket protected with mylar covering.About the Author: Ros Pesman has taught history at the University of Sydney.Synopsis: The historian Roslyn Pesman has produced a subtle, erudite and fastidiously researched account of Australian women's travel from the 1870s--when travel in Europe became popular--until 1970, when jet travel altered the concept of this key Australian rite of passage. Drawing on innumberable travel diaries, letters, and interviews, Pesman analyses the different needs and expectations of Australian women of all types and generations. After reading Pesman, it is difficult to think of a key Australian artist, intellectual or public figure who was not affected in some way by her adventures abroad.