Search Results: Authors starting with L from Abacus Books

Number 73 of a limited edition of 200 books bound in genuine saddle leather and inserted in a fitted slip case. Signed and dated by author on the limitation page. Hard cover. Quarto. [ix] 1, 55pp. Some fading to spine otherwise near fine in a fine slip case. Profusely illustrated.

Signed by author on title page. Octavo in printed wraps. 50 pages.

Hard cover. Octavo. [viii] 2. 192 pages with 26 illustrated plates by Peter S. Newell. Green cloth with color designs to both covers and spine. Gilt titles. The book is in fine condition and the cover art is bright. Hand written inscription to front free end paper dated 1896. One page loose.
The book captures the adventures of a young boy, Tommy, as he experiences the wonder of his toy animals coming to life.

Hard cover. Octavo. [xi] pp 13-402, (12). Mustard/green cloth stamped in black and gold. Frontispiece of Houston and five additional b/w plates. Howes 271 (iii).
Samuel Houston was an American general and statesman who played a pivotal role in the Texas Revolution and served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas.
Charles Edwards Lester or C. Edwards Lester (1815–1890) was an American author, diplomat, Presbyterian Minister and Abolitionist who in 1840 addressed antislavery meetings in Massachusetts and was elected a delegate to the London antislavery conference of that year. - wikipedia

Hard cover. Octavo. [viii] 146pp. Textured red publisher's cloth with black titles. Illustrations by Cleanthe Carr. Very good.
This book is often referred to as Long's "second autobiography" and was published after his assassination in 1935, it emphatically laid out his presidential ambitions for the election of 1936 and, through imaginary conversations, his first days of presidency.

Hard cover. Octavo. 233 pages. Publisher's blue cloth. NO dust jacket. Previous owner's name to front free end paper otherwise clean throughout. Tight binding Shelf wear to cover with fading to spine. A newspaper clipping of a letter to the Times regarding Roosevelt's 1920 nomination for vice-president is laid in. Earle Looker was an author, journalist and a speechwriter for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.