Search Results: Authors starting with L from JimsOldBooks

London: George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1935. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some fading to outer edge of green cloth-covered boards, original owner's details (blacked out) inside front board, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Written for children back in the 1930s looking at different wild animals. Green dustwrapper with picture of elephant's head on the front. 320pp, colour frontispiece, 55 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Frontline Books, 2013. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also to inner flaps of same, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the Portuguese in Africa between the fifteenth and the eighteenth centuries in what became their colonies of Mozambique and Angola, as well as in Morocco, the Congo, Ethiopia and the wider East African coastline. 262pp, 17 colour and 34 b&w illustrations, 11 maps.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Verso, 2007. The tiniest bit of scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy,with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Deals with the notion of populism in political discourse, the creation of a popular hegemonic bloc such as "the people", and the importance of affect in politics. 276pp.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Nottingham: Strange Chemistry, 2014. Very slight creasing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The second in the author's "Micah Grey" trilogy, a YA Gaslight fantasy set in a nineteenth century-type world, the story involves a girl from a noble family running away to the circus disguised as a boy. The first two books in the trilogy were published by Strange Chemistry, the third one by another publisher. Signed and numbered by the author on title page "#186 Laura Lam x". 396pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Nottingham: Strange Chemistry, 2013. A dent to the front cover which carries through the first thirty pages or so, very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The first in the author's "Micah Grey" trilogy, a YA fantasy set in a nineteenth century-type world,(Gaslight Fantasy) the story involves a girl from a noble family running away to the circus disguised as a boy The first two books in the trilogy were published by Strange Chemistry, the third one by another publisher. Signed by the author on title page "Fly me lovelies! Laura Lam x". 394pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: The Mitre Press, 1968. Ex library copy with number label on spine of unclipped dustwrapper, ink stamp and remains of paper label on f/ep, ink stamps on title page and rev, otherwise a good tight copy of this small hard-cover book. Contains around eighty short poems by the author. 87pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Byrgisey, 1998. A couple of creases to the spine, corners of cover also have minor creasing, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. A historical novel set in Birsay, Orkney in the mid fifteenth century, around the time that the islands passed from Danish to Scottish rule. 326pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Collins, 1936. Original boards have been removed and book has been re-bound in green leatherette soft cover with no titles thereon. Ink stamp inside front cover and on title page ''Glasgow Corporation Public Libraries - This Book was collected during the book drive 29th May to 12th June 1943 and is sent with best wishes from the citizens of Glasgow'' so was probably collected to send the Armed Forces during WW2. Internally a good clean tight copy of this light romantic novel, a tale of an upper-class girl who marries a boxer. 252pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: John Long, 1978. Minor creasing to the edges of the unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel. The story deals with a psychic investigator who discovers that the death of a prostitute in Amsterdam is linked to a secret fetish club in Argyll. 185pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Faber & Faber, 1943. No dustwrapper, minor wear to spine ends and corners of blue cloth-coverd boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with gilt titles on spine still bright, of this hard-cover book. The author's thoughts on various Moral, Spiritual and Religious topics. The ''Andrew'' of the title was an RAF friend of the author, killed in action in 1942. 223pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Reprint Society, 1962. Reprint Society edition. Slight creasing to edges of dustwrapper, minor bumping to ends of dark red spine strip and to corners of yellow boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1961, this is a Reprint Society edition ffrom the next year. The author's account of an expedition with her husband to a remote part of Mozambique in 1959 in search of a pot of diamonds buried in the grave of a Native chief. 190pp, 7 b&w illustrations, 4 maps.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Oxford University Press, 1928. No dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of orange cloth-covered boards, school prize label dated 1929 on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover story for girls. Blind-stamped illustration on spine shows a girl standing under a tree, on the front a girl's head-and-shoulders. 190pp, colour frontispiece, 4 b&w illistrations.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: The Book Club, 1966. Book Club edition. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, a small mark on front panel of same, probably where a label has been, minor bumping to spine ends of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel. The story is set among a group of British expats living in Morocco. No publication date shown, but the book was originally published in 1965, so this is probably a year or so later. 253pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962. No dustwrapper, some old damp-,marking to brown boards but black titles and decoration theron are still clear. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners, an old South African bookseller's label inside front board, a previous owner's name on f/ep, otherwise a good tight copy of this small hard-cover book. Contains the text (in Middle English) of the long fourteenth century poem "Piers the Plowman" by William Langland, with introduction, notes and glossary by Skeat. 216pp.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Scottish History Society, 2016. No dustwrapper (as issued). A very goos clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, being volume 11 in the sixth series of the Scottish History Society's publications. This contains the text of the minutes of the Synod of Lothian and Tweedale in south-east Scotland from 1648-59, in the original spelling. 438pp.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Jarrolds, 1965. Unclipped dustwrapper has quite a lot of creasing and small tears to the edges, some shelf-wear to bottom edge of black boards, some foxing to outer edge of pages, and the book does smell of being shut away in a cupboard for a long time. But otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book dealing with the use of mines at sea in the two World Wars, and with a look at earlier attempts. 256pp, 16 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Clarkson N Potter, 1964. Creasing and tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper with about a half-inch being missing at bottom end of spine of same. Some bumping to spine ends and corners of gray boards which also have a few old water-marks on, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the Battle of the Chesapeake on September 5th 1781 between ships of the British and French navies. The British defeat led to the surrender of Yorktown and American victory. Includes a review of the book from the New York Herald Tribune. 317pp. 3 maps.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1949. No dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine have some rubbing but are still clear, original owner's name and date (April 1949) on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Culture, Society, Education, Business, and of course Politics in America in the post-War period. 785pp plus 3pp publisher's adverts.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Kilmarnock: Dunlop & Drennan, 1896. No dustwrapper, some wear to spine ends and corners of blue cloth-covered boards, a crack to the lower corner of back cover, old damp-staining to outer edges of both front and back covers, otherwise still a not too bad, tight copy, with black titles on front and spine still clear. The author's account of his round-the-World trip between February and July 1895 which was originally printed in his local newspaper, the "Kilmarnock Standard". He travelled from London to Naples, then on to Bombay and Ceylon before spending time in Australia and New Zealand; then across the Pacific via Hawaii to San Francisco, across America to New York, then Home. The author owned a large Drapery shop in Kilmarnock. 124pp, 9 b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Littleborough, Lancs: George Kelsall, 1995. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper and some fading to spine of same, slight bumping to outer corners of black boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the Fieldens textile company which operated in Todmorden, Lancashire from the early ninetenth century until 1960. A heavy book, packaged weight is over 1 kilo, so extra postage will be required from buyers outside the UK. 302pp, numerous b&w ilustratios, also some in colour, also tables and other figures.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.