Search Results: Authors starting with L from Cornish Books

LONDON: George G Harrap & Co, 1949. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. C L Boltz. From "Harrap's Torch Books". "A book that presents the Elements of Current Electricity." 310 Pages with Illustrations by the Author. Red Cloth Cover with Gilt Lettering to Spine. Slight wear to top & bottom of Spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: The Royal Horticultural Society, 1938. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Many highly informative articles by experts, including raising Seedlings and New Zealand Daffodils. Illustrated with Plates of beautiful B&W photos. Earth Green cloth cover with bright gilt lettering and shield with tree on front and bright gilt lettering on spine. 9 7/8" Tall. No inscriptions except old penciled price on endpaper. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall

LONDON: St Hugh's Press Ltd, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. The Naturalist and Broadcaster Revealed by his Sayings and Writings". 60 Pages, Illustrated with B&W Photographs. Top Corner of cover slightly bumped and a slight bump to top of cover otherwise VG. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

Collection of Essays by leading academics giving a critical assessment of Lord Denning's contribution to and influence on the Law.486 p.pages, 10" tall.No inscriptions.Very slight edge wear to jacket. Clipped.

New York: Dodd Mead, 1978. Cloth Spine and Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Complete Broadway and off Broadway Productions. Illustrated with Photographs and Drawings by Hirschfeld. 604 Pages. Slight wear to Dustjacket. Heavy Book so Postage will be a little extra Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: Applause, Theatre Book Publishers, 1989. Soft cover. Very Good. The Complete Broadway and Off-Broadway Sourcebook. 70th Anniversary Edition. 662 Pages. Large, Heavy book (over 1 Kilo) so Postage will be a little extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: Dodd Mead, 1974. Cloth Spine and Boards. Very Good/Near Very Good. Hirschfeld. Complete Broadway & Off Broadway Programs. Statistics, Articles, Directories. Illustrated with Photographs and Drawings by Hirschfeld. 515 Pages. Small tear to dustjacket at top of spine and some wear aound its edges. Heavy Book so Postage will be a little extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Paris: Librairie Garnier Freres, 1925. Quarter Leather. Very Good. Grandville, J. J. FRENCH TEXT. Each of the 147 Fables illustrated with a B&W vignette Header illustration and some have an illustration as a tailpiece. Illustrated by J. J. Grandeville. Life of the Author by Auger. Brown Quarter-Leather binding with 4 raised bands and Gilt Decoration to spine. Gilt Lettering on TRed Grounds. Marbled paper-covered boards. Marbled Endpapers. xvii (18) Preliminary pages, including the Life. Main Text, including Tables at the back, 306 pages. 7 1/4" Tall, 500g. Some wear at tips of corners and spine ends. No inscriptions. Pages tanned. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall

Paris: Chez Lefevre, 1824. Full-Leather. Near Very Good. Red Leather Volumes with 4 Raised Bands and bright gilt decoration to spines. Imprint of titles remains clear but title labels have come off. Bright gilt decoration around cover edges. Pages tightly bound and in very good condition, some foxing. Some wear to leather. Previous owners name on endpapers dated 1904. Please ask if you would like more information or photos. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Decorative Cloth. Good. M. B. De Monvel. Aesop's Classic Fables beautifully illustrated in Colour with 2 to 6 pictures to a page and some text beneath each illustration. Undated Edition, gift inscription on fep dasted 1896. Grey cloth-covered boards with 2 colour illustration of characters from the fables on the front. Red and Black lettering. Landscape format, 10 1/2" x 9". 570g. Slight edge wear, tips of bottom corners worn. Hinges sound but binding cracked between free endpapers and text block. Binding cracked again near middle of book with 1 page loose. No other inscriptions.

London: Publicity Products Ltd. Card Covers. Good. Charming instructional book for young Ballet Dancers. Large Colour & Monochrome illustrations on every page. Includes the 5 Foot Positions, Lifts, Steps of Elevation etc. Also Double Page illustrated, brief accounts of 5 Ballets, Petrouchka, Hansel & Gretel, Nutcracket, Rodeo & Peter and the Wolf. Colour Card cover illustrated with a little girl tying on ballet pumps on the front and a Pas De Deux on the back. Stitched Binding. 2 very light creases to front. Faded gift inscription in Black & red ink on front (see photo). No other inscriptions. A little light damp staining to last few pages. Red ink spots on the tips of Ballerinas' pumps on some illustrations.

Pretoria: National Parks Board of South Africa, 1966. Soft cover. Near Very Good. Kumpf, H. Fourth Revised Edition. Beautifully Illustrated Wildlife Guide with many full page plates of Colour Paintings by H. Kumpf. Animals featured include, Caracal, Bush Squirrel, Kudu, Bushbuck, Springbok,Honey Badger, Cape Hunting Dog, Meercat, Zebra, Rhino, Jackal, Leopard and many more. Almost every right hand page has a full colour picture. 166 Pages, 310g, 7 3/4" Tall. Slight wear to cover. Plates in very good clean condition. Previous owner's name on preliminary page Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

81 Rue Saint-Denis, Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1911. Half Cloth. Good+. ISigned by Author(s). Signed by Author(s) "Renferment 3,000 recettes, Glaces, Boissons, Entremets, petits-Fours, Gaufres, Confitures, Gaufrettas, Conserves de Fruits, de jus, Purees, Pains d'epices, Biscuiterie, Confiserie, Timbales etc." 3rd Edition, 4 Mille, Revue et Augmentee par P. Seurre, gendre de P. lacam. SIGNED "Pierre Lacam on verso of Title Page. Frontispiece has a portrait of Lacam. Illustrated with some Full Page and In-Text Engraved Illustrations. 911 Pages, 1.4 Kilos, 8 1/2" Tall. In contemporary Half cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine. Some rubbing and small pieces of paper missing from boards (see photo). Spine ends frayed and a small closed tear on edge of spine. Small strip of cloth missing from very bottom of spine (see photo). Pages age darkened around margins, otherwise pages are in very good, clean condition. No inscriptions. Frontispiece, Title Page and one index page are… Read More

Paris: Anthologie Du Cinema, 1967. Soft cover. Good+. Supplement a l'Avant-Scene du Cinema No 71 Juin 1967. Pages 279 - 328. Illustrated with B&W Photographs. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1980. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Terrible story of Slave Labour under the Nazis. Sadism & Brutality from the guards and heroic endurance from the prisoners all peppered with a humour necessary for mental survival. (A terrible warning of the evil mankind can commit whenever it ceases to regard life as sacred.) Black cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. No inscriptions. Very slight edgewear to jacket, clipped. 9 1/2" Tall. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

Leicester: Windward, 1986. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Detailed instructions for many kinds of Lacemaking including Needle Lace and Bobbin Lace. Well illustrated with photos and Drawings showing the techniques. 155 pages, 11 1/2" tall. Some wear to tips of corners & spine ends. No inscriptions except penciled price on ffep. Some rippling at top of pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Sidgewick & Jackson, 1973. Imitation Leather. Very Good/Very Good. The History of Cunard's 2 Great Ocean Liners, the Queen Mary & Queen Elizabeth. Well illustrated with many Monochrome Photos & illustrations. Black imitation Leather cover with bright Gilt Lettering to spine. 124 Pages, 700g,10" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Arms and Armour Press, 1978. Cloth. Very Good +/No Jacket. Splendid History of Napoleon's Imperial Guard. Second Revised Edition. Adapted from the french by Anne S. K. Brown, with a new introduction by David J. Chandler. Illustrated with Colour and B&W Plates. Folding Maps at the back. Burgundy red cloth cover with Bright gilt lettering to spine. 564 Pages, 10 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Weighs 1.9 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Paris: Goupil & Cie, 1910. Numbered. Original Wraps. Good. Goya. Complete Set of 5 Volumes in Original Buff Wraps with Black and Red Print to Fronts. Limited Numbered Edition of 500. This is copy No: 20. Volumes contain 48 fine B&W Tipped in Monochrome Plates of Goya's Masterpieces. Introduction by Paul Lafond. 18" Tall. Covers have some age darking around edges (see photo). Most Plates in very good condition. Some have a few small spots of damage. A few Plates are missing. Heavy set, so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like more information, pictures or a Shipping quote. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall

New Jersey: A. S. Barnes & Co, 1973. Cloth. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. The Selig Polyscope ranked high in the list of early Pioneers of the Motion Pictures." From the 1890s to the First World War. 224 Pages. Illustrated with many B&W Photographs. Heavy book (over 1 Kilo) so Postage will be a little extra Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall