Search Results: Authors starting with L from Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA]

Virginia: Col. D. L. Wardle, 1966. No Binding. Very Good/No Dust Jacket Issued. Dated May 3, 1966. Written and signed by Col. D. L. Wardle. Sent to Master Sargent Allen B. Correll.

Interpreting Heart Sounds Self-Assessment Quiz No. 1 - 3  Roche Laboratories  No. 1 and 2 have a scuff with loss on the lower front corner, No. 3 has a dampstain in the gutter. Laid-in order forms. Each with an LP to listen to as one took the quiz.   17 volumes of Interpreting Heart Sounds Part A Numbers 2 (two copies) 3 - 12; 14; 17; 20; 22; 23 Each with an LP and text Roche Laboratories No flaws to note. .

New York: Putnam Adult, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine Hardcover [Remainder Mark] in a Fine Dust Jacket.. No Flaws or Blemishes but a remainder mark near lower spine; First Edition, First Printing. Through interviews with Grace Kelly's family and friends, the author of Ford: The Men and the Machine penetrates the storybook veneer around Kelly's life to reveal a surprisingly complex, conflicted woman.

Daw Books, Inc, 1991. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. New/New. Illustrations by Larry Dixon. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal retail handling; Still Gift Quality. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Dust Jacket is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. Book Club Edition. . High magic had been lost to Valdemar when he gave his life to save his kingdom from destruction by the dark sorceries. Now it falls to Elspeth Herald, heir to the throne, to take up the challenge and seek a mentor who will awaken her mage abilities.

Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, imprimeurs de l'institut, 1887. First Edition, First Printing. Half-leather. Very Good, No Dust Jacket As Issued. Half-leather to marbled boardswith 5 spine bands; marble paper end papers. 4to 10.5 by 7.25 inches Contains tissue-guarded colour frontispiece; [viii]; 322 + i pages of French text with 214 monochrome engravings. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning with foxing on the title pages. Minimal shelf handling wear.. [Title Translation] Old France | Chivalry and the Crusades. Feudalism - Blazon - Military Orders. Illustrated book of 214 engravings and a chromolithography from the great works of Paul Lacroix on the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Urgoiti Editores, 2002. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. New/New. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality, Dust jacket in protective Mylar sleeve. Contiene : Parte tercera. Edad Moderna. Dominación de la Casa de Austria : Vol. XIII. Reinado de Felipe II, (567 p.) -- Parte tercera. Edad Moderna. Dominación de la Casa de Borbon : Vol. XVIII. Reinado de Felipe V, (539, [5] p.) -- Vol. XXI. Reinado de Carlos III, (532, [4] p.) -- Vol. XXII. Reinado de Carlos IV, (584 p.) -- Vol. XXX : El Señor Don Modesto Lafuente su vida y sus escritos. Índice alfabético, ([10], CLIX, [3], 337 p., [1] h. de retrato)

UK: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. A New Book.. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. First Edition, Second Printing.. Chronologically the first of the five volume Britain Before The Conquest series, follows the path of man's occupation of Britain from the scattered pockets of habitation in the earliest Palaeolithic period through to his growing domination of the landscape and his capacity to mold his environment evident in the late Bronze Age.

New York: Basic Books, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. New/New. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality.. The author's purpose is to begin laying the foundations for a truly scientific understanding of human mathematical thought, grounded in processes common to all human cognition. They take readers on a dazzling excursion without sacrificing the rigor of their exposition.

New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality.. Billy Wilder is one of the last living members of the generation of important film directors active in Hollywood's Golden Era. His credits include such landmark films as Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot, The Lost Weekend, The Apartment, and Witness for the Prosecution. Filled with Hollywood's greatest stars, the book features new interviews with Billy Wilder himself and with such famed Wilder colleagues as Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Tony Curtis, Walter Matthau, and Kirk Douglas, among others.

New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1938. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Photography by Asahel Curtis. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Spine is sunned. No dust jacket. 8vo; 8.5 inches tall; 364 pages with a bibliography and index. Illustrated with numerous b/w photograps, charts and map endpages. . In Sagas of the Evergreens, there is unfolded to the reader in accurate but easy reading not only the different species, but everything up, down, and sideways, bearing on each group-and much indeed there is to learn about these guardians of the mountains. Ancestry antedating the formation of the Alps or Rockies, adaptability to tropics or arctic, forests or deserts, economic uses for lumber, for pulp, for gum, not to mention the comforting campfire, management of forest preserves, and fire protection. Although never intended as a "mountain climber's" book, the appearance of the names of John Muir… Read More

New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. First Edition, First Printing.. A failing British intervention on the ultra-rich French colony of Saint Domingue, wracked by an utterly cruel and bloodthirsty slave rebellion led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, the future father of Haitian independence takes all of Lewrie's pluck, daring, skill, and his usual tongue-in-cheek deviousness, to navigate all the perils in a sea of grey.

New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. New/New. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. First Edition, First Printing.. Dewey Lambdin's lovable but incorrigible rogue, Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, is back to cut a wide and wicked swatch through the war-torn Caribbean in an entirely new high seas adventure.

New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. New/New. SIGNED by author with a quip but no personalization. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. First Edition, First Printing. In 1798 a failing British intervention on the ultra-rich French colony of Saint Domingue, wracked by an utterly cruel and bloodthirsty slave rebellion led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, the future father of Haitian independence takes all of Lewrie's pluck, daring, skill, and his usual tongue-in-cheek deviousness, to navigate all the perils in a sea of grey.

USA: Thorndike Press, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover. New/No Dust Jacket As Issued. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality.. Commander Alan Lewrie is being promoted for his role in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent and awarded command of a new frigate. His future seems assured, but before he's even had a chance to settle into his new role, mutiny blazes through the fleet.

New York: Donald I. Fine, 1990. Very Good in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Very Good/Near Fine. Ex-library. Two stamps and tape residue on the boards are the only markings. Dust jacket show no library markings. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. . Set in 1781; held by the British, the Chesapeake Bay port of Yorktown is under siege. Pounded by the American forces on land and the deadly warships of their French allies at sea, the once-proud city is aflame and near ruin. But on the horizon, the Royal Navy fleet, with heavily armed frigates, is poised to break through the French blockade. [FF]

New York: Dutton, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. No Flaws or Blemishes but minor age-toning to the text-block; Still Gift Quality. First Edition, First Printing.. 'Amiable rakehell and thorough professional Alan Lewrie undertakes his eighth adventure, and he still hasn't made it through 1796. In command of H.M.S. Jester, a sloop of war, Lewrie sails to the Adriatic as part of a squadron in support of Britain's allies in the area. Unfortunately, Napoleon invades Italy at the same time, Britain's allies are beset or intimidated, and the British must ally with Serbian pirates to make up for their lack of strength for operations against French supply vessels. The uneasy alliance brings the action-packed novel to a gripping if gruesome climax. Lewrie sails away with his reputation enhanced and another willing woman in hand.  Lewrie is not always appealing company, except possibly to cat lovers, but his adventures present a vivid,… Read More

Ithaca, New York: Mcbooks Press, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. New/New. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality.. 'Full of intrigue and suspense, historical authenticity and genuine good fun.' [James L. Nelson, author, The Only Life That Mattered]

New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. New/New. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. First Edition, First Printing.. Against his will again the usually irrepressible Lewrie is made his superiors' "cat's-paw" once more, and his covert mission this time is to go up the Mississippi in enemy-held Spanish Louisiana to the romantic but sordid port of New Orleans in search of pirates and prize.

Boynton Beach: Star Publishing, 1981. 12th Printing. Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Carefully handled, Text clean, Bindings firm. Previous owner's name/address label inside cover. Illustrated by Bob Lamme.. A collection of columns and stories crafted over a span of fifty years, involving reporting and editing for various Florida newspapers. The journey begins with reminiscences of homesteading on Merritt Island circa 1912, providing readers, particularly Floridians and those intrigued by the Sunshine State, with a delightful experience of his charming wit. If the blend of humor and unconventional Florida history sparks your interest, take a moment to relax and savor the tales.

New York: Basic Pamphlets, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled wraps. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Stapled wraps; 3.75 by 5.5 inches; 29 pages with advert for additional pamphlets on the outside of the rear cover. Carefully handled, Text clean, Bindings firm. Minor age/hand soiling on the outside covers.. Corliss Lamont was an American socialist and humanist philosopher and advocate of various left-wing and civil liberties causes. As a part of his political activities, he was the Chairman of National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, starting from the early 1940s. He was a tireless advocate for civil liberties, social justice, and human rights. His writings and activism challenged conventional norms, contributing to the broader discourse on progressive politics.