Search Results: Authors starting with L from Sparkle Books

Toronto: House Of Anansi, 1974 First Printing, first edition of Yesterdays by Harold Sonny Ladoo, a young immgrant to Canada from Trinidad. This book was apparently the second of what was to be a trilogy which was never completed due to his murder during a visit to Trinidad. It is a comedic novel about the attempted launching of a Hindu mission to Canada, inspired by some negative experiences experienced in meeting a Canadian Christian missionary in Trinidad. This is a near fine copy which may be unread, no writing, no reading creases but a slight turnup to upper outside corner and sadly some small coffee splashes on the page edge (see photo). Scarce.

Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1999 Near Fine In Near Fine Unclipped Dust Jacket, First Printing. Simon & Schuster 1999. A Novel For Young People About Mothers And Daughters.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1950 This Is A Lovely Book Translated From The Swedish By Velma Swanston Howard. It Is A 1970 Reprint Of The 1950 First Uk Edition In The Children's Illustrated Classics Series. The Book Looks Fresh And New Although The Spine Is Slightly Cocked And There Are Old Prices And Fos On Ffep. Decorative Endpapers, Beautiful Glossy Colour Illustrations By Hans Baumhauer. The Dj Spine Is Sunned And The Edges Are Worn And Chipped. A Corner Is Clipped, Although Not The Price Corner (21S/1 Pound 5). Selma Lagerlof Won The Nobel Prize In 1909 "In Appreciation Of The Lofty Idealism, Vivid Imagination And Spiritual Perception That Characterize Her Writings" (Wikipedia). This Novel, Which Deals With The Magical Transformation Of A Rather Nasty And Unkind Little Boy, Provides Ample Evidence Of These Gifts.

Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1984 Very Good French Language Book Describing Jacques Cartier And His Exploration Of The St-Lawrence River And Gaspe. Copyright 1984, No Print Date. Detailed Illustrations And Descriptions Of Preparation For The Voyage And The Journey Itself By Illustrator Francois Vincent And Author Dan Lailler. Printed In Paris. No Dust Jacket If Issued. Light Wear To Lower Edges, But Otherwise Very Good. Clean, No Writing Or Marks, Binding Intact. An Attractive Book With Small French Glossary Included.

Calgary Alberta Canada: Artview Publications, 2002 Softcover Stated First In Very Good Minus Condition, Signed By The Author/Illustration On The Title Page, Has Some Rubbing To Edges And A Crease Across The Lower Front Corner. There Is A Cross Wise Hairline Crack Midway Up The Spine And A Few Interior Pages Have Small Dogears. This Is A Celebration Of The Work Of Leonard Cohen, Illustrating With Paintings By The Author, Song Lyrics, Photographs, Clippings, Two Notes From Leonard Cohen And Author's Narrative, Describing Her Personal Responses To His Works.

Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1965 Near Fine First Printing In Very Good Dust Jacket. The Dust Jacket Has Some Wear At Spine Ends, Appears To Have Faded And Has A Lower Clip But Retains A $3.50 Price Sticker. There Is A Small Gift Inscription On The Front Inside End Paper. Red Boards Are Very Clean And Bright, Corners And Binding Intact. The Artist, Clay Lancaster, Set This Book In Brooklyn Heights And In The Japanese Gardens At The Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.

U.K.: Puffin Books, 1972 Very Attractive Puffin Paperback Reprint Of The Stated "Rewritten Edition"Circa 1972, Illustrated By Edward Ardizzone. I Note The Author's Name Also Rewritten, From Arthur Barker In 1937 To Noel Langley In This Edition. Not Sure What Signified By This. Pseudonym Reversion To Actual Name? Vg - Condition. Colours Bright, Pages Toned, May Be Unread. "Paula" Flamboyantly Printed Her Name In Turquoise Marker Or Perhaps Southsea Blue Ink On First Page. Edgewear To Top, Tail And Edges.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada: LA Courte Echelle, 2003 ex-library book, lightly marked (one stamp), very good interior no writing, decorative endpapers, small gouge at page edge, corners bumped, spine has very small chip, boards are turning out at the ends, still clean and bright with good binding.Sur le chemin de ll'ecole, Victorine trottine. Soudain elle trouve une piece d'or. on the way to school Victorine has her daily adventures, diverting monsters with broccoli and brussels sprouts, avoiding snakes across the sidewalk who like to swallow children.a charming heroine amusingly depicted in the illustrations of Steve Beshwaty.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975 First English edition 1975 of the 1973 and the only one listed on Worldcat. Si tard le soir, translated by Douglas Cooper. Near fine brown boards with gilt lettering, lower corners lightly bumped, some wear to lower spine. No writing or marks, includes black and white photographs of the author, Picasso, friends and some drawings of the author. A memoir of Picasso by a then 17 year old poet who was romantically involved with the artist from the mid 1940's. Good dust jacket depicting a 1951 ink drawing of the author by the master which has some repaired chips and small tears at the edges.

Ottawa: Canada Department Indian Affairs & Northern Development, 1968 1968 publication of Canadian Innuit art from 1959 to 1966, showing photographs of the artists as well as their work in English and French. ex-college library. Some soiling corner bending to cardboard cover, good binding. stain on title page. Very slight age toning otherwise v good interior.

Garden City: International Collectors Library, 1971 internatiional collector's library copyright 1971, illustrated with bw photos, red leather[ette?] and gilt lettering, borders and motifs, integral red silk bookmark. Geneological tables on endpapers, introductions, prefaces, various notes and index also present. Very good + condition. There is very slight wear to corners and edges and a spine crease in the center of the spine, which, having to accommodate 765 pages plus two large photo sections, is under stress.

Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin, 1943 Riverside Press, distributed by Houghton Mifflin, 12th printing, November 1943, humourous novel about three older women in an adult education class. Good condition, slight cant to spine and rub o corners, red boards with black printing. Toned pages, two fos on ffep, decorative endpapers. Clipped DJ which is held togeher with tape and missing two inches of lower spine.

U.S.A.: McClelland & Stewart, 2006 "Superb Atmospheric Thriller, With Its Eye-Opening Portrait Of Contemporary Stated First Printing, Apparently Unread Trade Paperback Which Has Crease To Lower Front Corner. The Author Was The Minister Of Sugar In Cuba At One Point, But Fled And Now Lives In Toronto. His Thrillers Have Been Translated Into Seven Languages.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1980 Very Good Minus In Good Only Dust Jacket. Mcclelland & Stewart, 1980, No Print Details Specified. Dust Jacket Is Unclipped, Showing Price Of $9.95 But Has Numerous Chips And Tears To Edges. Book Is Clean And Has No Writing, A Small Indentation On Front Board And A Mark On The Rear Board. Clean And Attractive Teal Boards With Blind Stamped Birds, Beautifully Illustrated By Helen Lucas In A Modernist Style.

Toronto: Mcclelland & Stewart, 1988 Reprint, 1988, Written By Notable Canadian Author, Margaret Laurence And Illustrated By Helen Lucas. The Two Of Them Have Created A Very Lovely Nativity Story, With One Of Lucas' Beautiful And Stylized Richly Colored Illustrations On Every Page. Some Wear To Corners But Generally In Very Nice Condition.

Garden City New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1954 A Very Good And Attractive Vintage Paperback From 1954 Combining Some Of Lawrence's Writing About Travelling In Italy. Attrctive Cover, Solid Book. Possibly First Page Has Been Removed. Small Owner Name On Inside Front Cover. No Reading Creases. "Along With The People Of Sardinia, We Come To Know Lawrence Himself, The Passion Of His Moral Sense And The Richness Of His Literary Imagination."

New York: Viking Portable Library, 1986 First Printing of this 1986 edition edited by Diana Trilling in unread condition. 692 pages. Beige boards with copper printing on spine. Light dust soil on edges, otherwise as new in very good dust jacket which has slight crumpling and edge wear/microtear on rear lower edge, small mark upper spine edge. Original price intact.

New York: David White, 1969 Near Fine In Near Fine Dj, Appears To Be First Us Printing In 1969. Very Nice Condition. There Is A Faint Crease To Dj But It Is Very Clean, Crisp And Brightly Coloured. It Is Clipped, But Original Price Of $3.95 Remains Intact. There Is A Brief Gift Inscription. Clean Yellow Boards With Silver Spine Lettering, Good Corners And Binding. Jacket States This Is The Artist's First Book, A West Country Folktale. Beautiful Illustrations And Wraparound Dust Jacket Art.

Moss Vale, NSW, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1970 1970 Angus & Robertson Young Australia Series edition in Very Good minus condition: gift inscription on ffep, and paper over the spine is splitting at the back along the reading crease. There are a few fingerprints on inside pages, wear to corners and top and tail of spine. Front board has a small hole (burn?) in surface and a dent to spine. Possibly this is a story that only the grand old man of Australian literature could get away with, even in 1970. Not for young or sensitive children.

Not Stated Possibly Singapore: Child's Play (International) Ltd, 1973 This Is A Very Cute French Language Oversize Square Paperback Based On The Song, There Was An Old Woman Who Swallowed A Fly. It Has Dye Cut Openings Showing Her Stomach Which Gets Bigger With Every Page As She Swallows More And More. The Reverse Sides Show The Lyrics (A More Traditional Presentation Of The Lyrics Is At The Back Of The Book. No Writing Or Marks, 1990 reprint of the 1973 Child's Play issue.