Search Results: Authors starting with L from Turn and Temper Books

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Printing (full # line) in price intact dust jacket, jacket has chipping at top of spine, otherwise very good. Clean tight excellent copy, feels unread; 8vo; (xiv) 338pp indexed.

Frederick Unger Publishing, 1964. ?. Hardcover/Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. 552pp Illus (over 300 wood engravings) Reprint of 1878 edition.  Cracking along edges, with paper loss on top and bottom edges of DJ.  DJ in protective mylar cover.

Hong Kong: Swindon Book Company, 1972. First Edition ?. Hardcover/Hardback. Fine/Fine. Cloth in Dj. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 90pp, glossary, elegant bookplate tipped in front free endpaper, fine copy in fine dustjacket.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. First Edition ?. Hardcover/Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. New York City Ny / London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 359 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt. First Printing, With 1924 Date On Title Page And Scribner Seal On Copyright Page, No Mention Of Later Printings.  Rare to see a copy in very good condition.  Bumping on edges, slight fraying, tear on first blank page--free end paper, but no marks or discoloration.  No fading--spine letters are clear and crisp.

Yale University Press, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Slight fading and scuffs on dust jacket. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Index. References. Black and white illustrations. The author surveys the entire field of sleep research and sleep medicine.

International Collector's Library, 1938. Special Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Small quarto, hardcover, near fine in ark green faux leather with gilt design on cover and spine. Special De Luxe Edition. No dj. unmarked. Clean and crisp (spine feels unread). 622 pages including index; top pages edged in gilt.; T. E. Lawrence's vivid narrative of his Arabian adventure. A beautiful book with ancient ships in gold on the front and spine.

Bell Publishing Company, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Price clipped. Chipping on top of spine, otherwise in very good condition. Clean text and tight binding. DJ has fading and some chipping at top of spine.

Univ of Texas Pr, 1968. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; Third Printing. Austin, TX / London: University of Texas Press, 1975. 1st edition, 3rd printing [originally published in 1968]. Printed light tan cloth, in pristine condition with bright gilt lettering on spine, and clean text throughout. Damaged book stamp but no signs of damage. No bumping or scuffs, clean and crisp. Dust jacket has small chips and tears along top and spine top and base.

University of Pennsylvania Press, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust jacket: Fine. Hardcover. Mint condition with no marks, blemishes, tears, or chips. Slight fading to the base and top of spine of boards. Protected in mylar cover. Inscription by the author. Benjamin Franklin is the model American of an America that we have created. But if we can go beyond our preconceptions of Franklin and the 1776 and 1976 image of America, we can learn something of the truth, as well as the art, of his writings. The essays in this volume evaluate Franklin as a printer, publicist, and travel writer; they probe the structure, style, and organization of his most famous literary works, and assess his place in intellectual history. Taken together, the essays provide an overview of Franklin's attitude, purpose, and significance as a man and as a writer for his own time and for ours; taken separately, they provide valuable insights into what Franklin was and wrote. The… Read More

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near Fine condition. No marks or rubbing. Minimal bumps. No dust jacket, but boards are clean. Clean text. Excellent condition.

New York: William Morrow, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Publisher: William Morrow, New York, 2005. Near Fine hardcover book in Near Fine dust-jacket. Minor bumps on the boards and base of spine, and some fading and wrinkles on edges of DJ. Otherwise, in pristine condition.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First US Edition. Fanciful stories about the interesting folks of Boxen, 19 page introduction by Hooper; b&w illustrations by Lewis.

Wiley, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Condition: Very Good. HARDCOVER (same isbn). First Edition. Text is clean and binding tight (lacks dust jacket). Previous owners name on inside of board. Rare hardcover version of this text.

Grossman Publishers, 1968. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover/Hardback. Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; Sixth Printing. Maroon cloth cover in pristine condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Dust jacket is toned with discoloration on spine and 1 tiny tear from 1/4" at top and some chipping at tips/base but overall in very good condition. DJ flap with price intact ($4.95).

Knopf, 2021. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Book is in fine condition without any major bumps at the spine. Book corners are sharp. Dust jacket is fine. Book is unread, unmarked. Shipped in cardboard and packaged with care.

The Perry-Nalle Publishing Company, 1912. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. History. Red cloth covers rubbed, corners and spine ends bumped, spine darkened with title barely readable. Interior text is clean. Scarce original printing.

Random House, 1944. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Lewis, Allen. Hardbound Clothbinding. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book pages and covers are clean, with separating of spine at the table of contents page. Dust jacket very good with mylar cover. Illustrated Modern Library edition.

Harper & Row, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in mylar archival cover, small tear at top of dj. Not price clipped. Red boards with gold stamps on spine and front cover. No markings. Tight and crisp.

The University of North Carolina Press, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in Very Good dj. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 241 pages; Seventeen authors tell the story through a series of biographical sketches of the leading figures in the evolution of historical societies, museums, archives, and restorations.

New York: International Universities Press, Inc., 1951. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover/Hardback. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Text is clean and unmarked. Spine may show signs of wear, board tips are bumped.