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Inventory No.18797 Author: Lagerlof, Selma; Illustrator: Baumhauer, H.
The Further Adventures of Nils
Published 1963 J. M. Dent (London) Type:
Edition:First English Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Good/Fair Price: £5
D/w chipped and torn with very slight loss

Inventory No.18330 Author: Lahr, John [edited by]
Prick up Your Ears : The Biography of Joe Orton
Published 1979 Allen Lane (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0713910445 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £5
DRAMATISTS

Inventory No.20238 Author: Lake, Hazel
The Arkwrights and Harlow
Published 1995 Type:
Edition: ISBN: 095275990x Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Nice clean copy
Essex Harlow Lcal History Derbshire Industrial History Arwright

Inventory No.20075 Author: Lane, Joan
Coventry Apprentices and Their Masters, 1781-1806
Published 1983 The Dugdale Society (Stratford-upon-Avon) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852200595 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/No Jacket Price: £7
Name on ffep, very nice clean copy otherwise

Inventory No.19714 Author: Lane, Michael R.
The Rendel Connection : A Dynasty of Engineers
Published 1989 Quiller Press. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1870948017 Size:4to Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £7.5
Dust jacket a little rubbed and chipped.

Inventory No.18560 Author: Laver, James; Illustrator: Brooke, Iris
English Costume of the Nineteenth Century
Published 1935 A & C Black (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £5
D/w slightly rubbed and chipped

Inventory No.15958 Author: Lawton, George
Collectio Rerum Ecclesiasticarum De Dioecesi Eboracensi; or, Collections Relative to Churches and Chapels Within the Diocese of York. To Which are Added, Collections Relative to Churches and Chaels Within the Diocese of Ripon Volume I and II
Published 1840 J. G. F. & J. Rivington (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £50
Two volume set in black cloth library binding with gilt titling to spine. Usual labels, stamps etc, but a very handsome set. There are a few annotations within the margins. Volume I. pp. 270. Volume II. pp 271 - 593.
Church History York Ripon

Inventory No.20336 Author: Leathem, W. H.
The Comrade in White
Published H. R. Allenson (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £5
Lacks ffep, covers rubbed and splashed, decent reading copy

Inventory No.18413 Author: Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Democracy and Liberty
Published 1912 Longmans, Green & Co. (London) Type:2 Volumes
Edition:New Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £24
A prize binding with coat of arms on front (Manners Makyth Man) The 2 volumes bound in leather with gilt decoration to front board and gilt decoration and title to spine. Prize plate to fep of volume 1. Both volumes rubbed and faded to spine, volume 1 worn at head of spine. t.e.g. a nice clean set.

Inventory No.20546 Author: Lee, Geoff.
One Autumn: Work, Family Life and Rugby League in the 1990's
Published 2007 London League Publications. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9781903659359 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
Very good clean copy, signed on title page
Sport Rugby League

Inventory No.19792 Author: Lee-Browne, Martin
Nothing So Charming as Musick! The Life and Times of Frederic Austin, Singer, Composer, Teacher
Published 1999 Thames Publishing (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0905211065 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Inscribed and signed by author on title page.

Inventory No.18561 Author: Lenski, Lois
The Little Fire Engine
Published 1961 Oxford University Press (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:Landscape Binding:Pictorial Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Dust Wrapper Price: £5

Inventory No.18063 Author: Leonidas, Professor
Secrets of the Stage Hypnotism
Published 1975 Newcastle Publishing Company. (Hollywood, California.) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0878770305 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £12
Reprint of the 1901 edition. pp. 149. Pictorial card covers faded on and around spine. A very nice clean copy.
Stage Hypnotism

Inventory No.16150 Author: Leslie, Robert Henderson; Short, Raymond Horace
London Midland Steam, Skipton-Carlisle
Published 1976 D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0851532233 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £4
Railways Skipton Carlisle MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Inventory No.18377 Author: Lessing, Doris
Landlocked. Book Four of Children of Violence
Published 1965 Macgibbon & Kee. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Good/No Dust Wrapper Price: £5
Original red marbled paper covered boards. Boards rubbed and faded to edges. Light spotting to page edges.

Inventory No.19863 Author: Lingard, Joan; Illustrator: Krystyna Turska, Dust Jacket
The Winter Visitor
Published 1983 Hamish Hamilton. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0241110424 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £5
Dust jacket has small, 1cm, closed tear at top of front flap.
Children's

Inventory No.19875 Author: Little, Sylvia
Castle School at the Cross-Roads
Published 1950 Lutterworth Press. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good+ Price: £20
Inscription to top edge of endpaper. Dust jacket rubbed, chipped and torn with loss to head/tail of spine.
Children's

Inventory No.10925 Author: Lofthouse, Jessica
Lancashire Villages
Published 1973 Robert Hale (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0709141653 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £5
Dust wrapper has light fading on spine. Small stain on rear.
Lancashire Local History Topography

Inventory No.18433 Author: Lofting, Hugh; Illustrator: Lofting, Hugh
Doctor Dolittle's Circus
Published 1957 Jonathan Cape (London) Type:
Edition:Twenty-Fourth Impression ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Poor Price: £5
Dustwrapper torn in half, grubby and with loss. Original pictorial cloth with red titling. Colour frontispiece and endpapers. Numerous illustrations.

Inventory No.18431 Author: Lofting, Hugh; Illustrator: Lofting, Hugh
Doctor Dolittle's Garden
Published 1956 Jonathan Cape (London) Type:
Edition:Seventeenth Impression ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Dust Wrapper Price: £5
Original pictorial cloth with red titling. Colour frontispiece and endpapers. Numerous illustrations.

Inventory No.18929 Author: Low, Jackson Mac
Four Trains 4-5 December 1964
Published 1974 Burning Deck (Providence) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £50
Printed and designed by Rosmarie Waldrop. Edition of 300 copies this is number 268.
Poetry

Inventory No.20352 Author: Lowell, Robert
Near the Ocean
Published 1985 Faber & Faber (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0571135455 Size:12mo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Looks unread, but the covers are slightly sunned on edges and pages are browned at edges.
Poetry

Inventory No.19878 Author: Lupton, Joyce; Illustrator: Nancy Blyth
The Hill of the Ring
Published 1960 Rupert Hart-Davis. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £15
Children's

Inventory No.20508 Author: Lykiard, Alexis
Milesian Fables
Published 1976 Arc Publications (Todmorden.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0902771493 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
Edition limited to 450 copies.

Inventory No.18442 Author: Lytel, Allan
ABC's of Silicon Controlled Rectifiers
Published 1971 W. Foulsham. (Slough) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0572002971 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Good/Good Price: £5
Front hinge cracked. Page before preface looks to have been removed but no idea of content as everything else is there. Dustwrapper worn a head of spine.

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