Search Results: Authors starting with L from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

Switzerland : Hallway Berne , 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. Unpaginated. Hardcover in illustrated off-white binding. Light wear to binding. Contains nineteen color plates. Text is clean and sound.

Paris: Chez Theodore la Gras, 1722. First Edition First Printing . Leather Bound. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mos. xxxvi, [8], 525; [6], 598; vi, 549; vi, 558; vi, 524; vi, 514, [14] pages. Collates complete with 102 plates and maps, many folding. INCLUDES THE FOLDING MAP OF NORTH AMERICA WITH CALIFORNIA AS AN ISLAND. Hardcovers rebound in mid-20th century full brown leather with titles on the spine in gilt. Light wear to the bindings. New endpapers, but the old endpapers are preserved. Title pages in black and red. Each title page has an inkstamp noting "Case 45 / Shelf B". Occasional tears or chips at the top edges of the pages near the gutter at the front. In Volume I, there is a tear and crease at the fore edge of page 15 and a tear running into the text on the leaf for pages 391-392. Browning to some of the plates in Volume IV. Otherwise the plates are generally in quite good condition. Plates as follows: Vol. I: 3 Maps & Plans… Read More

New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 385 pages, indexed. Soft cover bound in green wrappers. Kight wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within.

Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, Fils et Cie, 1871. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. F. Kellerhoven. Quarto. 599 pages. Hardback bound in quarter red leather with red cloth-covered boards. Elaborate gilt embossing on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. The front hinge is rubbed, but the binding and the text block are sound. Illustrated with full-page plates in color and in sepia as well as with black and white text illustrations. There are 15 plates either in Chromolithographs or monochrome (tan or blue). The color plates have tissue guards, which are foxed. The front pastedown has a bookseller's ticket reading, "J. W. Kolckmann, / Foreign Library / I Princes Street. / Cavendish Square / London." Signed on the second front flyleaf, "William Lanier Hunt / Chapel Hill, N.C." William Lanier Hunt (1906-1996), the 1950s owner, was the "Dean of Southern Horticulture." He donated land along the Morgan Creek in… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. 363 pages. Hardcover bound in blue buckram. Minimal wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within. Laid in loosely is a printed letter from Charles M. Spurr pertaining to the presentation of this work to the Lacy family.

Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1989. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 244 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a black and green pictorial dust jacket. Light wear to the jacket. The jacket is a bit sunned at the fore edge. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page, "To Margaret Stine / Happy gardening! Sandra F. Ladendorf / April, 1989.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967. Soft cover. Good. 8vo. 479 pages. Soft cover bound in tan wrappers. Moderate wear to the binding. The spine is browned. A sound copy with clean text. Contains some photos.

Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 414 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a brown pictorial dust jacket. Minimal wear to book and jacket. Prior owner's address label on the front flyleaf. Otherwise clean within.

Santafe de Bogata and Washington, D.C.: Hispanic Poetic Studies Center, 1992. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. 124 pages. Softcover bound in grey wrappers. A nice, clean copy. INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf. Text is in Spanish.

Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Pub, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 458 pages, indexed. Hardcover in a tan and brown pictorial dust jacket. Light rubbing and wear to the jacket. The book is sound and clean within. Illustrated with several maps. The text has a slight aroma of potpourri but is unmarked.

Garden City and New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1917. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 342 pages. Hardcover bound in brown cloth with titles in orange. Light to moderate wear to the binding. Secure inner hinges. The endpapers are a little foxed, but the text is clean.

UK: Cambridge University Press, 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Octavo. 304 pages, indexed. Hardcover in pink and green matte dust jacket. The jacket is rubbed, has a wrinkle to front cover. Writing on front flyleaf. Underlining and pencilled notes in text.

New York: Charles E. Merrill & Co. , 1888. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo. 1055 pages, indexed. SECOND VOLUME ONLY. Hardcover rebound in brown buckram. EX-LIBRARY copy. White shelf numbers written at the foot of the spine. The binding is worn and has some scuffing but is sound. All edges of text block are marbled. Corners of some pages are missing. Toning to the text. A sturdy reading or reference copy.

Austin, Texas: The Author, 2000. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. 195 pages. Soft cover bound in white wrappers. Light wear to the binding. The title has been written on the spine. A price sticker from Fort Fisher on rear cover. Front flyleaf to page ix has partially detached from binding starting at bottom of gutter. Text is clean. Contains a few illustrations.

New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2004. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 336 pages. Hardcover with a colour illustrated dust jacket. DJ has light wear. Lindley Butler's name on front pastedown. Text is clean. Historical maritime adventure novel.

New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2006. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 339 pages. Hardcover with a colour illustrated dust jacket. DJ has light wear. Lindley Butler's name on front flyleaf. Text is clean. Historical maritime adventure novel.

Nashville, TN: Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1925. Soft cover. Fair. 12mo. 111 pages. Softcover in tan wrappers. Binding is quite rubbed, with edgewear, chipping. Spine has a small hole .5 inch wide by .75 inches long where the paper has come away. Prior owner's name on front flyleaf. Rear flyleaf has some insect damage. There is dampstaining on the lower corners of some of the pages. Text is toned but sound.

New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2015. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 353 pages. Hardcover with a blue and tan pictorial dust jacket, which is not clipped. A fresh, clean copy. Historical maritime adventure novel.

New York: Thomas Dunne Books / St Martin's Press, 2000. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 358 pages. Hardcover with a colour illustrated dust jacket, which is not clipped. Lindley Butler's name on front flyleaf. A fresh, clean copy. Historical maritime adventure novel.

New York: Dutton, 1999. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 373 pages. Hardcover with a colour illustrated dust jacket. DJ has moderate wear. Lindley Butler's name on front flyleaf. Text is toned. Historical maritime adventure novel.