Search Results: Authors starting with L from Deja Vu Books

William Morrow and Company, 1955. Yellow hardcover binding soiled, lightly rubbed corners, shows blue line drawing of a girl holding a long-haired cat. Name inside front cover, Just some light soiling inside, hinges good. Stated Second Printing October 1955. 189 pages.. Illus. by Stevens, Mary. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1964. Decorated hardcover binding with blue cloth spine clean square and tight. Interior clean and bright. DJ has minimal shelfwear. Author dedicated book to Jim Backus. 199 pages. A funny book about everyday people who live in New York and the move to Los Angeles. The cast of characters include the author (a television producer) and his family. Having been reared in Manhattan, the move is quite a change.. Illus. by Kaufman, Al. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good.

New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1951. Gray hardcover binding square and tight, bumped corners, a bit of rubbing along edges. Nameplate fep. Pencil name ffep. 213 pages. DJ is tattered with large part of spine missing. Tape repairs, closed tears, and staining. Protected from further damage in clear plastic jacket. James, a rake of a cat, and his timid brother MacArthur, are dissatisfied with their home - they feel they are not cared for as a cat deserves and the servants don't treat them with proper reference. So, out into the world they go, leaving their comfortable world behind. Full of unpredictable charm and wisdom, a sense of humor, and a sense of the 'fitness' of things. A great characterization of cats.. Illus. by Bacon, Peggy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Stated. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Poor.

Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1948. Brown cloth binding slight rubbing to edges, else clean square and tight. Dj missing some chips, rubbed edges, closed tears. 81 pages with index. Comprehensive analysis of the structure of the horse and how it affects performance. Author was in the English cavalry for 24 years.. Illus. by Sketches. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good-.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1957. Ex-library in pictorial hardcover binding has general wear, light soiling, usual marks. DJ flap glued inside front cover. A reading copy. 188 pages. Susan Jordan at 18 has always overlooked her own desires in her eagerness to help others realize theirs. She faces the demands of friends and family as she strives for personal expression, and eventually learns that life cannot be lived happily without other people. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1953. Light brown hardcover cloth binding clean and tight, previous owner name on front endpaper, else clean interior. DJ price-clipped, has general wear. 256 pages. Carol is the lonely daughter of a wealthy businessman. She goes to visit her friend Penny Parrish in Kansas and has the best summer of her life.. Illus. by James, Sandra. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good.

Grosset & Dunlap - Locket Stories for Girls Light Blue tweed Locket series for girls binding has minimal shelfwear, clean and tight interior with no writing tears or marks. DJ has minimal shelfwear. 190 pages. s in the Bavarian Alps where her father is stationed with the military. A young American lieutenant pays her flattering attention, but Tippy isn't happy. And why?. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.

E.P. Dutton & Company, 1956. Green hardcover buckram library binding is clean, square and tight. front library pocket intact ffep, minimal stamps and marks - interior clean and bright. 6th in the Jordon Family books. Stated first edition. 191 pages.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

E.P. Dutton & Company, 1948. Light yellow hardcover binding has cocked spine, Previous owner bookplate with gift note dated 1948 on ffep, light wear. DJ not price-clipped, some shelfwear, small chips and rubbing. Protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. Sun-faded spine. 1st in the series about Penny Parrish's younger sister Tippy. 192 pages.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good.

Grosset & Dunlap - Locket Stories for Girls, 1950. Light blue Locket series hardcover binding clean, square and tight. DJ ha some rubbing on front cover. #17 in series on spine. Protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. 6th in the Penny Parrish series. Penny is now a glamorous and successful Broadway star, but all she wants to do is stay home with her children. That she was being selfish never entered her mind, but her husband Josh missed the gay and ambitious young actress he had married, and it never occurred to Penny until it was almost too late. 192 pages.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Grosset & Dunlap - Locket Stories for Girls, 1943. Green Locket series hardcover binding clean, square and tight. Previous owner bookplate ffep. DJ has minor shelfwear. Price clipped front flap. #3 in series on spine. Protected in clean Brodart jacket. 3rd in the Penny Parrish series. The sotry opens with Penny's 18th birthday which is followed by a shopping trip to New York - the girls' carefree trip is interrupted by the tragedy of Pearl Harbor. 207 pages.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Decorated hardcover light blueLocket Books for Girls binding clean, square and tight. Clean bright and tight interior. DJ has chips, tears and shelfwear. 187 pages. First in the Jordan family series about Jenifer, sixteen and pretty with her chestnut horse Royal and a stray pup named Rollo. In this story, Jenifer befriends a young British man recovering from the London blitz. List of Lambert books in their various series on back of dj.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

E.P. Dutton & Company, 1953. Red hardcover binding with JL logo shows lots of wear, tear along spine gutter - has been re-glued, rubbing top and bottom of spine and along edges with some threads showing, Stated 2nd printing. Ex-library with date slip intact ffep and some library stamps and markings. Half-title/previous titles page is partially detached, crack in hinge. Crack in hinge between pages 190/191. This is a READING COPY only. 6th in the Tippy Parrish series. 192 pages.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Reading Copy/No Jacket.

E.P. Dutton & Company, 1960. Orange/brown hardcover binding with JL logo on front has slightly cocked spine, bumped corners, hinge cracked at title page. For some reason the bottom edge of pages 174-189 has been torn below page numbers - all text is intact. Binding is secure. 8th in the Jordon Family books. Stated first edition. 189 pages.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

Grosset & Dunlap - Locket Stories for Girls, 1950. Light blue Locket logo hardcover binding is clean and tight, spine cocked. DJ has a couple of small chips and wrinkles top of spine, but displays nicely in clean Brodart jacket. Previous owner bookplate fep. #15 in the Locket series on the spine of dj. 3rd in the Jordon Books series, this one features Gwenn Jordon whose step-brother Peter's favorite girl is Tippy Parrish - who has a great admirer in young Lieutenant Prescott. 192 pages.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good.

E.P. Dutton & Company, 1962. Light brown hardcover binding with JL Logo is clean, square and tight. DJ has minimal shelfwear, price-clipped. Inteiro clean and crisp - previous owner name ffep. 1st in the Parri MacDonald series, 14 year old Parri is the daughter of Penny Parrish, the distinguished star of stage and screen. A student at a private school with no friends who live near her home, Parri is very lonely.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.

Grosset & Dunlap - Locket Stories for Girls Green Locket logo hardcover binding with dark green tape reinforcing bottom edge of binding, tape marks on covers, appearance that hinges were neatly glued so binding is secure and tight. Binding square. DJ has minimal wear with a few chips and protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. #23 in series on spine. 4th in theTippy Parrish series. Tippy dreams of love and marriage with Ken Prescott, but then he is sent overseas to Korea. 191 pages.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/Near Very Good.

E.P. Dutton & Company, 1961. Light turquoise hardcover binding with JL logo is clean, square and tight. Interior clean and bright with no writing tears or marks. 9th in the Jordon Family books. Stated first edition. 192 pages.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1955. Gray hardcover tweed-like binding - a Janet Lambert Stories for Girls book. Clean sqyare and tight. Clean and crisp dustjacket. 191 pages, appears unread. Dria is looking forward to senior year, being an editor on the school newspaper, spending time with Rob Wayne, the boy next door, when her grandmother decides to enter Dria's horse Star Dream in the National Horse Show. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

E.P. Dutton, 1966. Pictorial hardcover library binding clean square and tight. Interior clean bright and tight - usual stamps and marks, back pocket intact. 157 pages. Third in the Parri MacDonald series of juvenile romances.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.