Homes Sweet Homes by Lancaster Osbert (30 results)

Condition: Good. 1946. Reprinted. 79 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow illustrated cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is darkened.

Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. Osbert Lancaster (illustrator). Second Printing. Enlarged edition. Fine in yellow cloth boards with window illustration on front panel. Covered with a bright uncommon jacket with a few minor small chips, else about fine. With original 10/6 price on flap. Dissection of interior design trends throughout the centuries, charmingly, wittily illustrated.

Condition: Good. 1948. Reprint. 79 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with mild tanning and heavy foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild foxing. Book has forward lean. Boards are notably warped.

Condition: Good. 1963. This edition. 80 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white illustrations by author. Pages with some foxing and tanning. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1963. Reprinted. 82 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over yellow cloth covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Boards are bowed. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

3rd edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: John Murray Paperbacks. Physical description: 80 pages, illustrations, 20 cm. Subjects: Interior decoration Great Britain; Architecture Great Britain; Houses, Buildings. 1 Kg.

Third Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 83 pages, ill.,24cm. Subjects: Interior decoration Great Britain. Decoration and ornament Great Britain. 1 Kg.

hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First American edition. Published by Transatlantic Arts in 1946. No dust jacket. Book shows common (average) signs of wear and use. Binding is still tight. Covers are intact but may be repaired. We have 75,000 books to choose from -- Ship within 24 hours -- Satisfaction Guaranteed!

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hard bound. Condition: Book good. No jacket. Second enlarged edition. 82 pp. Illustrated by the author.

3rd edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: John Murray Paperbacks. Physical description: 80 pages, illustrations, 20 cm. Subjects: Interior decoration Great Britain; Architecture Great Britain; Houses, Buildings. 1 Kg.

Third Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 83 pages, ill.,24cm. Subjects: Interior decoration Great Britain. Decoration and ornament Great Britain. 1 Kg.

1st edn 4th imp. Tall 8vo. Original red lettered yellow cloth (a little discoloured and head and tail of spine - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (chipped at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 78, illus with b&w drawings (previous owner's neat inscription front endpaper).

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Osbert Lancaster (illustrator). fair to good. Back cover is a little beat up and soiled. Please note, shipping prices quoted are for North American standard shipping only. International, expedited or tracked shipping extra.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. Reprinted. 78p., Ex-library.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.4.

1st Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 78 pages: ill. ; 24cm. Subjects:Lancaster, Osbert 1908-1986. Architecture, Domestic England. Interior decoration Great Britain. Caricatures and cartoons.Great Britain Social life and customs. 1 Kg.

1941 RPT VG YELLOW /RED PICT BOARDS NO D/W.

1st Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 78 pages: ill. ; 24cm. Subjects:Lancaster, Osbert 1908-1986. Architecture, Domestic England. Interior decoration Great Britain. Caricatures and cartoons.Great Britain Social life and customs. 1 Kg.

Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: G++ DW. 1st Edition. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. DW is clean but has some wear and repair and end loss to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Homes Sweet Homes, Osbert Lancaster, John Murray, 1939, First Edition, First Impression The sequel to "Pillar to Post", this book comprises of thirty-four chapters, each consisting of a page of text on the left and a drawing on the right. The book is illustrated throughout with drawings by the author. The book is in very good condition. The binding is straight and tight, the boards clean apart from marks to the front board and the lettering in the spine bright. There is slight shelf wear to the top edge of the darkened spine. The end papers and pages are free from tears and inscriptions. There is foxing to the rear end papers. Will be dispatched carefully wrapped in bubblewrap and a cardboard box.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 4to. 79pp. Yellow cloth lettered in red at the spine and with a red-stamped decoration to the upper board. Decorated endpapers. Top edge spotted, and with just a trace of further spotting to the margins of the free endpapers and pastedowns. A very good copy in somewhat torn price-clipped dust wrapper, with some wear and several tiny fractions of internally repaired loss to the spine panel ends and corner tips, and some chafing to several natural folds. One page promotional flyer for Lancaster's previous efforts 'Progress at Pelvis Bay' and 'Pillar to Post' laid-in. The author's fourth book. Quite uncommon.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. LANCASTER, Osbert [82] pp. John Murray 1953 Second (enlarged) Edition 9 1/4" x 6 7/8".

Small 4to. First edition. Original yellow cloth printed in red. Illustrated by the author. Cloth a little discoloured where the jacket is chipped. Ink inscription on the half title. Unclipped d/w has several large chips. Contents clean. Very good in poor d/w. The companion volume to Pillar to Post nails Le Style Rothschild, Greenery Yallery, First Russian Ballet Period and Aldwych Farcical. The inscription reads, 'Norah with much love from Cara Xmas 1939'. The recipient was the socialite and garden designer Norah Lindsay (1873-1948). Osbert married Karen Harris in 1933 and their daughter, Cara, was born in 1934. Karen's mother was also called Cara and it is much more likely that she was the donor of her son-in-law's book than her six-year-old granddaughter.

Fourth printing, 8vo, 78, (2) pp. Black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w. with extremities a little worn.

VG.