Search Results: Authors starting with L from The Book Shed

London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First British edition. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. First British edition, red cloth, gilt title. Very light wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, faint staining to lower right corner of the front cover, top edge red, clean and unmarked, looks to be unread. Price clipped jacket worn, perforated / tattered flaps separated. First printing,same date, no others noted. While the jacket is the same general design as the American first the front flap and rear panel text is slightly different, the rear flap is blank, a list of Knopf publications for Spring, 1930 is printed on the verso. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1937. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. corners worn, previous owner's name and date to front endpaper; jacket tips, corners and edges worn, tear to top edge of front panel closed with archival tape. A trade edition, jacket is priced, intact. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. minor shelf wear to the book; jacket spine darkened, chipped, a few closed tears, intact. "Though of particular usefulness in conjunction with The American Language, this Supplement is nevertheless an independent work and may be read without reference to its predecessor." 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. First printing, no others noted. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Ephrata, PA: Science Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. very light wear to the book and jacket. War memoir of an army doctor in North africa during World War II. First printing, no others noted. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Macmillan, 1982. Second edition. Hardcover. Good/good. light wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, a bit more to the jacket, top edge dusty, clean and unmarked. In this book of useful flying tips "the author shows the VFR pilot and student how to "bite off chewable-size chunks of progressively more demanding situations," accepting a little more crosswind, a little more turbulence, a little less runway." First printing, full number line. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1970. Hardcover. vg. light vertical crease to spine, light shelf wear; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.

New York: Prentice Hall, 2002. Third edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket, as issued. light wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, almost like new, clean and unmarked. First printing, full number line. A textbook for the training of professional chefs but quite useful for the serious amateur. "The essential text for any serious cook, this new edition of On Cooking confirms the classic status of the original. At once a culinary encyclopedia, a cooking manual, a professional handbook, a catalogue of ingredients and techniques, a kaleidoscope of glorious food photography, and a comprehensive collection of recipes, On Cooking continues to be the indispensable pillar at the center of anyone's culinary library."— Andrew Schloss, CCP, President of the International Association of Culinary Professionals and author of numerous cookbooks. "For both the serious home cook and budding professional, this comprehensive work offers a well-rounded culinary education in a single… Read More

Rutland Vt: Academy Books, 1989. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book. First printing, stated. Signed TLS laid in. Memoir of the 39th Group of the 20th Air Force. Crew lists, casualties, missions, etc. "Reassigned to II Bomber Command at Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona in February 1942 where the group became a B-17 Operational Training (OTU) unit for newly formed heavy bomb groups; later a Replacement Training Unit (RTU) for replacement bomber crew members. Inactivated on 1 April 1944 with the end of heavy bomber training.Reactivated the same day at Smoky Hill Army Airfield, Kansas as a Very Heavy B-29 Superfortress bomb group, began training under Second Air Force for deployment to the Pacific Theater. During April and the early part of May 1944, personnel was being assigned to the new Group in small numbers, but no aircraft were yet available. Four squadrons, the 60th, 61st, 62d and 402d were assigned to the group. On 10 May the 402d… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1990. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. Lightest shelf wear to the book and jacket, crease to the title page. First printing, no others noted. "His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was born in 1935 to a peasant family in northeastern Tibet and was recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of his predecessor, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama. The world's foremost Buddhist leader, he travels extensively, speaking eloquently in favor of ecumenical understanding, kindness and compassion, respect for the environment, and, above all, world peace." Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

New York: Random House, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Later printing. Author's inscription to front endpaper else just about As New in all respects. Fourth printing. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, much more to the jacket which is chipped with several short closed tears and creases; short tear at the upper spine tip of the book; foxing to the endpapers and more scattered throughout the pages, previous owner's penciled notes to the rear endpaper. On British sheets. First printing, no others noted.From the preface: "Avoiding both the pigeon hole and the blackboard I have tried to trace a connecting line between the apparently diverse and contradictory manifestations of contemporary music.... The book as a whole is meant to be a nontechnical presentation of the position the composer (and, for that matter, the listener) finds himself in today.." Constant Lambert's good friend, Anthony Powell, based the character Hugh Moreland on him. Moreland, a pivotal character in the twelve novel work A Dance to the Music of Time, is one of the… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. Two short tears at the upper spine tip of the book; previous owner's penciled name and an inked notation to the front endpaper, penciled underlinings scattered through the text. No jacket. On British sheets. First printing, no others noted.From the preface: "Avoiding both the pigeon hole and the blackboard I have tried to trace a connecting line between the apparently diverse and contradictory manifestations of contemporary music.... The book as a whole is meant to be a non-technical presentation of the position the composer (and, for that matter, the listener) finds himself in today.." Constant Lambert's good friend, Anthony Powell, based the character Hugh Moreland on him. Moreland, a pivotal character in the 12 novel work A Dance to the Music of Time, is one of the most beloved and poignant creations among Powell's readers. From Wikipedia: "An expert on painting,… Read More

New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. Hardcover. New. Brand new in unopened shrink wrap. Thirty-two pages of gatefold pullouts, featuring sixteen full-color renderings. Includes some of Wright's most celebrated residential, public, and religious structures, among them are Wright's own home and studio, the Dana-Thomas house, Unity Temple, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Accompanying text, interior and exterior photos, and scaled floor plans detail the course of commissioning and construction for each building. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1914. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Harriet Roosevelt Richards. light wear to tips, corners and edges of book, gift inscription of Christmas, 1914 to front endpaper; jacket is stained at spine and adjacent margins of front and rear panels,quite worn tips, corners and edges, lower 4 cm's of spine below price perished. The cover of this Christmas novel is green and gilt with an embossed holly bush motif to the front cover. Harriet Roosevelt Richards frontis is repeated on front panel of jacket. First printing, date code G-O. Four illustrations called for are all present and correct. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Rutland VT: The Tuttle Publishing Co, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. H. T. Welsh. shelf wear, covers spotted, rubbed; jacket is price clipped, eddge worn, chipped, spotted, rubbed, spine sunned. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover.

Garden City, New York: International Collectors Library. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Light wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book particulary the lower spine corners.Marker ribbon. Clean and unmarked. In blue-green and gilt decorated binding designed by Rafael Palacios. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hard Cover. From the publisher's description: The International Collectors Library was a book club series published by Doubleday Book & Music Clubs, Inc. from the late 1940’s through the late 1980’s. They were produced in Garden City, New Jersey. They were intended to be inexpensive reprints of great literature similar Everyman’s Library (Dent/Dutton), Modern Library (Random House), Penguin Classics (Penguin Publishing), and Oxford World’s Classics (Oxford University Press). .Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since… Read More

New York: Shakespeare House, 1951. First edition thus. Cloth. Very Good-/good. Light wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket, jacket torn along rear gutter and along middle of spine. Silk marker, t.e.g. First, unpublished, version of Lawrence's novel. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Viking , 2017. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Later printing. About As New in all respects. Third printing. George Smiley is back! “[Le Carré's] novels are so brilliant because they’re emotionally and psychologically absolutely true, but of course they’re novels.”—New York Times Book Review. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

New York: Viking , 2017. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Second printing. About As New in all respects. George Smiley is back! “[Le Carré's] novels are so brilliant because they’re emotionally and psychologically absolutely true, but of course they’re novels.”—New York Times Book Review. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Adyar (India): The Theosophical Publishing House, 1979. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Light shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book; the jacket is in pieces with a bit more than half the spine missing. Twelfth printing. The author, originally an Anglican priest, became attracted to the esoteric. He was a member of the Theosophical Society, Co-Freemasonry, author on occult subjects and co-initiator with J. I. Wedgwood of the Liberal Catholic Church. After joining the Theosophical Society he met and became a pupil of it's co-founder Madame Blavatsky. After her death he remained a close associate of Annie Besant, it's new co-president in London. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! -