Search Results: Authors starting with L from The Bookworm

New York:: Random House, 1955.. Book Club Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: red boards; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket.. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art by Daniel Schwartz. An historical novel based on the life of Felix and Cecile Mendelssohn. Author Pierre La Mure was a successful French writer. His weekly articles from America appeared for many year in a Paris newspaper and were reprinted through Europe and South America. His biographies and Edison and Rockefeller were well received and earned him the Strassburger prize for literature. However, after war broke out in Europe, his career as a French writer came to an end. Moulin Rouge (published in 1950) was his first novel written in English.

New York:: Tom Doherty Associates (TOR), August, 1994.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards; a Very Good book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; the dj is not price clipped.. 8vo (about 8'' to 9.5'' tall) . Description: This is the second novel of a series which began with Mantis and is followed by Steroid Blues.

New York:: Macmillan, September, 1925.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth; the owner's address and notes on the front free endpaper, partially covered by a bookplate; no other markings in the book; a Good book, with a Poor dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. small 8vo (about 7.75 inches tall) . Description: Dr Richard La Rue Swain was also the author of What and Where is God? In this book, he declares that he has ''undertaken to give very human answers to perplexing questions that are universally being asked concerning (1) Human origin, (2) Human birth, (3) Human struggle, (4) Human destiny, and (5) God's relation thereto.'' Set up and electrotyped / Published September, 1925.

New York:: Stein & Day, 1976.. 1st American Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: red binding with brown cloth at the spine; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (9.5 inches tall) . Notes, bibliography, index. Description: Includes one short section of black and white illustrations. The publisher's blurb reads: ''This book sets the record straight, demonstrates convincingly that Henry V was a commander, and a king, who never took unnecessary risks. He fought at Agincourt, although heavily outnumbered, because the alternative was total abandonment of his long-term plans. A man without glamour, he was a master of tactics and strategy. Henry's career brought manifold successes. Though he spent less than a quarter of his nine years' reign in England, his influence was such that apart from one incipient revolt, the century for the first time in a generation was free of civil strife. And abroad he carried all before him so that at his… Read More

New York:: Random House, 1997.. 2nd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: Book & dust jacket are both Near Fine; the dj is not price clipped.. Small 4to (about 10'' to 11'' tall) . Description: The essay by John Lahr is accompanied by one hundred b&w photographs (some never before published) taken by William Read Woodfield, Bob Willoughby, Weegee, and others.

Overland Park, Kansas:: Clymer Publications, November, 1989.. 1st Edition, so stated; 1st Printing.. Oversize paperback . BINDING/CONDITION: an oversize paperback; a short tear on the rear cover is repaired with clear book tape, otherwise Very Good condition.. 4to (10.75 inches tall) . Index. Description: Over 1500 b&w illustrations. Complete teardown and overhaul procedures. This does NOT include wiring diagrams. This edition has a skill level and time estimating guide. Clymer book number T916.

London:: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark green boards with gilt spine text; a Very Good+ book, with a Near Fine dust jacket.. 8vo (about 9.5 inches tall) . Appendix, reading list, index. Light green endpapers. Description: Features 110 black and white illustrations, two maps, three tables, and one figure illustration. Printed throughout in red and black. This is chronologically this first of a five volume series, Britain before the Conquest. This follows the path of man's occupation of Britain from the scattered pockets of habitation in the earliest Paleolithic period through to his growing domination of the landscape and his capacity to mould his environment evident in the late Bronze Age. As with the other titles in this series, this is concerned with the remains and artifacts, and the social and cultural changes, of the period. The authors survey the great variety of both stone and metal objects, and discuss the most significant sites of prehistory, as well as… Read More

New York:: Harper & Row, 1983.. 1st Ed, stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: Book & dust jacket are both Very Good- (dj is NOT price clipped).. Description: 8vo, 330 pp

New York:: Stein & Day, 1984.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: Book & dust jacket are both Very Good+ (dj is NOT price clipped).. Description: 8vo, dust jacket art by Tim Gaydos

New York:: E P Dutton, 1959.. Book Club Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue binding; the top edge tint is yellow; the spine is slightly slanted, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket design by J Luis Pellicer. Beautiful Patty Palmer was demanding and self-centered. Her best friend, Ginger Johnston, was a cheerful second-fiddle, absorbed in other people and the world around her. Patty didn't like it when her brother compared her unfavorably to Ginger, but she had to admit most people did prefer Ginger. Nor did Patty understand her friend's interest in 'Spark Plug' Blake who seemed to care more for his car than for Ginger. Patty also assumed that she and Tim Ford were practically steadies, but when Tim didn't share her feelings, Patty blamed Ginger. How Ginger takes her first step in emotional independence and how the girls sort out their friendship form the basis of this story. Janet Lambert wrote a number of novels… Read More

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap, 1946.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: rust-red 'tweed' binding; the top edge tint is red; a Good book, with a Fair dust jacket.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Illustrated by Gertrude Howe. The publisher's blurb reads: ''No one could keep the champion trotter, David Hal, in as good a mod before a great race as Roscoe. Roscoe had spent the night before each race with the horse and he had won them all. When the time came for the Spring Handicap, Roscoe was not allowed to remain in the stall, and so began the romantic and varied life of the boy and the horse away from the racetrack. The circus, a farm, the grocery business -- they tried them all, to find that each had its good points and bad. A vivid picture of the close relationship between a great horse and an endearing small boy.'' This is part of the Famous Horse Stories series, with the series device on the spine and front cover.

New York:: Walker & Company, 1987.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: black boards; two pages are creased, otherwise a Good+ book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art by Alan Nahigian.

New Haven:: Yale University Press, 2006.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: brown boards; a Fine book, with a Fine dust jacket.. about 10.75 inches tall by 8 inches wide . Notes, index. Light mustard endpapers. Description: Well illustrated, with much in color. From the jacket blurb: ''Children's games and toys have been used by artists as metaphors for the expectations, achievements and fallibility of adult life throughout the history of Western art. And similarly the natural and instinctive character of children's relationships has been symbolized by relations with animals. Miracles become all the more emotive and impressive when they involve birth or the rescue of children from mortal danger. Illness, death and commemoration are made both more powerful and more palatable through the depiction of children, whether it be the Massacre of the Innocents, the iconography of foundlings, or the transmutation of dead babies into putti. In this book that ranges widely across time, national… Read More

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania:: Franklin Library, 1977.. Leather bound . BINDING/CONDITION: leather bound; raised spine bands; extensive gilt decorations; all edges gilt; ribbon place marker; Fine condition.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Silk moire endpapers. Description: Illustrated by Gerry Gersten. This is a Limited Edition, from the Franklin Library series, 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature.

New York:: Harcourt, 2006.. 1st Edition, so stated; 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards; a Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. oblong format: about 9.25 inches tall by 10.25 inches wide . Illustrated endpapers. Description: Vivid colorful illustrations by Julie Paschkis accompany this poetic 'bestiary'. As a sample -- here is the one used as the book title: ''Yellow elephant / in the jungle sun / in the day's yellow heat / trumpeting her song / and galumphing along / Oh / I think no other animal can / (I know a mosquito can't) / glow in the jungle sun / like a wild-eared / yellow elephant.'' There's also a brown mouse, black fish, red donkey, gray goose, and more.

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap, 1946.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards; owner's name on the front endpaper; otherwise in Very Good condition.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Illustrated in black and white by Ross Santee. The publisher's blurb reads: ''Andy Marvin, soon after his arrival in Wyoming, buys a sorrel pony from a man who is abusing it. Although Andy is bucked off, run away with, and subjected to all the mischievous tricks a Western pony can think of, he gradually tames tough little Sunny. Eventually they become inseparable companions. With Uncle Wes, the head game warden, and Sally, 'a top hand on any ranch,' Andy and Sunny share in a series of dangerous adventures which include a search for game poachers.'' This is part of the Famous Horse Stories series, with the series device on the spine and front cover.

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap, 1949.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: beige 'tweed' binding with rust; the top edge tint is reddish; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Illustrated in black and white by Ross Santee. ''The mystery concerns Brownie, an outlaw bronc with a baby face, a gentle disposition, and a bazooka in each leg. When he bucks off the boastful Red Wilson in three jumps, Red vows vengeance on Andy and his uncle. Then Brownie disappears. Andy's search for his horse takes him into dangerous places and among lawless men. Andy's little sorrel Sunny, the best mountain pony in the Wyoming Rockies, helps all along the way. Finally the mystery is solved at the rodeo in the vast amphitheater of Madison Square Garden.'' This is part of the Famous Horse Stories series, with the series device on the spine and front cover.

London:: J A Allen & Company, 2000.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: purple boards; a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. about 10 inches tall by 9 inches wide . Light yellow endpapers. Description: Well illustrated with black and white drawings and diagrams and color photographs. From the jacket blurb: ''Using the voice aid as a common thread, Tanya encourages riders and handlers to teach their horses to work at liberty. She shows how work on long reins can prepare the young horse for riding and the benefits that the older horse can gain from suppling exercises. Work with long reins can also lead to basic driving techniques and this is covered as well. Tanya also introduces the reader to the delights of riding Western style. The essence of this book is that work with horses is fun -- both for the horse and the rider. Voice training takes the reader into a new dimension of understanding horses and ponies. The voice is the most natural aid you… Read More

New York:: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, May, 1964.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: green cloth with gold and white text; a Very Good+ book, with a Very Good- dust jacket.. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) . Literature cited, index. map endpapers. Description: Includes several b&w illustrations. This was originally published in 1961.

New York:: John Wiley & Sons, 1915.. 2nd Edition, Enlarged.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: burgundy cloth with gilt text; number stamped on the front endpaper, Good condition.. about 6.5 inches tall by 4 inches wide . Description: Includes a few black and white illustrations. The subtitle continues: ''By means of artificial respiration by the prone pressure (Schaefer) method with anatomical details of the method, and compete directions for self-instruction.'' This was originally published in 1913.