Search Results: Authors starting with L from Lost Paddle Books, IOBA

New York: TOR, 2012. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book One of The Dragon Prophecy. Bump to top of spine with some creasing, but solid. Crease to bottom corner of last few pages. Small closed puncture to rear jacket panel at spine.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1963. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 5th Printing Thus of this nice reprint edition. In blue pictorial boards with silver type and illustration. Top page ends tinted blue. Some light pigment loss to boards and wear to corners and spine ends with nick at heel. A couple pen strike outs to ffep, otherwise clean with tight binding. Price-clipped jacket with two inch arcing tear from bottom of front flap crease onto front panel. Edgwear and nicks with a few short tears. Still nice and bright. Scarce in jacket.

New York: Pantheon Books Inc., 1967. First Edition Thus/Eighth Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. In bright blue cloth with silver type to spine and blue tinted top page ends. Bookplate to ffep and short gift inscription to page opposite title, otherwise clean with tight binding and 200 illustrations. Jacket is price-clipped with some edgewear and a few nicks/very short tears to top corners and head of spine and adjacent front panel.

New York: Harper Collins, 2008. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near Fine. Signed by author.. Signed by author on publisher's tipped in page following ffep. First Edition stated and full number line down to and including 1. In black boards with red type to spine. Wear at spine ends. Jacket is unclipped and in great shape with gold ""Signed First Edition"" sticker to front of jacket.

New York: Random House, 1960. First US Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. In pictorial boards. Corners and spine ends bumped split with some paper loss to same as well as board ends. Some soiling to front page ends. Scarce jacket is unclipped ($1.95), but price is marked through with penceil. Large approx. 1 inch chip to top of spine with smaller chips to bottom of front board, bottom of rear panel adjacent to spine and corners. Edgewear, some splits to flap creases, short tears and paper flakes. Looking Glass Library #20.

New York: Random House, 1960. First US Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fair/N/A. In red pictorial boards with spots of rubbing through at corners and spine ends with a few small splits. An ex-library copy with bowing boards and call number written on bottom of spine. Paper scarring to front pastedown, bookplate and stamps to ffep and a few other stamps, marks and notations to pages as well as a few tears. Some rippling as well to text block. Looking Glass Library #13.

New York: Random House, 1960. First US Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A nice copy in scarce jacket. In red pictorial boards with ight wear to spine ends and tiny ding to top front corner. Faint foxing to top page ends. Jacket is price - clipped at bottom of front flap with tiny chips and nicks/short tears to spine ends and corners. Spine lightly faded. Looking Glass Library #13. Scarce.

London: The Folio Society, 2012. First Edition Thus/3rd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/N/A. In beautiful pictorial red cloth with gilt, green and white details. Top page ends tinted red. Book is as new - clean with sharp corners and tight binding in original red slipcase - Fine. Appears unread.

NewYork: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. First US Edition/3rd Printing. Hardcover. Good/N/A. In green cloth with gilt to spine and author's facsimile signature blind stamped to cover. Some spots/smudges to top of spine around type. Some light fraying to spine ends and a few spots rubbed through at corners. Interior clean and binding solid. Previous owner's name to ffep with price in pencil. Another price in pencil to rear pastedown with small bookstore sticker.

Philadelphia : The John C. Winston Company, 1953. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. First Edition stated. In red cloth with black type to spine. Some wear to edges, corners and spine ends and abrasions/pigment loss to periphery of boards and spine likely due to silverfish activity. Beautifully illustrated cover art and page ends by Alex Schomburg with some light silverfish marks to one corner of rfep. Interior clean and binding solid. Unclipped jacket has a fair amount of chips to spine ends, front corners and edges of front panel with a few associated tears and punctures. Smaller chips at rear corners. General scuffing/edgewear. Some light fading to spine and front flap crease.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. In red cloth with black title panel and gilt which has dulled - light wear. This copy publihsed July 1951. Bookplate to front pastedown. A couple dozen marks/words alongside text in pencil which can easily erase. As well a small note to ffep and several to rfep. Foxing to top page ends. Jacket is unclipped (95 cents) with edgewear, a few chips to top of spine and a few short tears/punctures.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Good +. Previous owner's name to top of ffep. Beautiful black cloth boards with red cloth and gilt to spine. Small spot of fading at top of spine where jacket is missing chip. Jacket is unclipped with some light fading to spine and some chips/closed tears at corners and spine ends with a one inch split to middle of rear flap crease. Overall nice and clean.

New York: Modern Library, 1922. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -/Good +. In red cloth and black title panels with gilt which is a little dulled. Corners dinged and wear to spine ends especially top. Top page ends tinted black and some small stains to front page ends. Tape stains to free endpapers and half-title page with previous owner's name to ffep. Some small moisture stains to top of half-title and rear endpapers. A few notes/marks in pencil to inside of rfep and several pages of text. Unclipped jacket ($1.25) is in decent shape as was in plastic jacket protector that explains tape stains.Some wear at corners and spine ends which also have some small chips. Some scratches to bottom of front panel and a couple small tape stains each to flaps. With marvelous cover design by E.McKnight Kauffer.

New York: Modern Library , 1962. Reprint. Hardcover. Good -/Good + . In blue cloth with a fair amount of wear. Jacket is unclipped ($1.95) with edgwear, nicks and several short closed tears.

New York: The Viking Press, 1972. First US Edition Thus/13th Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. From the 1972 reissue. In wonderful tan pictorial boards in green ink. Interior clean and binding tight. Bottom front flap of jacket clipped, but with $4.95 gold price sticker to top of same. Nice bright jacket with very little wear, 1/4 inch tear to top of front panel and gold Newbery medal award sticker to front panel with tiny spot of wear.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1939. First US Edition/32nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. By the author of Ferdinand. In nice tan pictorial boards with tiny ding to bottom front corner, pale foxing to top page ends and tanning to front hinge at endpapers - otherwise clean interior and solid binding. Unclipped jacket ($3.75) has one by one inch irregular chip to top of rear panel with smaller chips to spine ends and corners. Some tears to flap and panel edges and scuffing/rubbing. Foxing to front edge of rear panel.

Reykjavik: Vaka-Helgafell, 2007. First Edition . Paperback. Fine/N/A. Icelandic language edition. A beautiful unread copy of this Nobel Prize winner.

New York: Atheneum, 1973. First US Edition/Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. In pictorial black cloth with purple foil to illustration on cover and type on spine. A little lamination loss to top surface of spine heel and gift inscription to ffep, otherwise in very nice shape. Jacket is price-clipped with edgewear, scuffing, short tears and some chips mostly at spine ends and corners.

London: Heinemann Educational Books, 1975. Second UK Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/N/A. In orange pictorial boards. A couple small stains to top of rear board adjacent spine and some light edgewear, otherwise a very nice copy. In the New Windmill Series. Does not appear to have been issued with a jacket. Scarce.

New York: Philomel Books, 1988. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/N/A. Signed by artist.. First Impression stated. Signed by artist 'with love' on half-title page. In pictorial boards. No Jacket.