Search Results: Titles starting with L from Mount Hope Books

Self-Published. 2003. First Edition. Near Fine; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 358 pp, bound in glossy pictorial cover; hundreds of black & white photographs. William Appleyard of Laceby, Circa 1700; The Agricultural Way of Life, Arthur:The Ballad of a Lincolnshire Lad, The Early Boston Years 1884-1894, The Late Boston Years 1895-1907, The Early Ashland Years 1908-1917, Minneapolis 1917-1921, The Letters of Capt. George S. Appleyard to his Family 1917-1919, Fernie, British Columbia 1920-1938, The Late Ashland Years 1924-1949, A Gentleman Farmer 1932-1969, Skippy 1950, Washington Depot, Connecticut Christmas 1951. Appendices include:Timeline Arthur Edward Appleyard 1862-1951, Decendents of William Appleyard of Laceby (150 in number), High Probabilty Lincolnshire Villages in the Vicinity of Laceby for the Birth, Marriage and Death of William Appleyard, Lincolnshire Archives, 1881 English Census - Appleyards, The Jewelry Designs of Arthur Edward Appleyard, Recipes,… Read More

Historicas. 1992. Very Good-; Softcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 2 volumes, paperback. Memoria de la VII Reunion de Historiadores Mexicanos y Norteamericanos/ Papers Presented at the VII Conference of Mexican and the United States Historians. Over 70 articles, 30 in English and the majority in Spanish. Only 3 copies appear in worldcat. These were editor Hugh Hamill's personal copies. Good to Very Good with edges of covers showing moderate wear, some bumping at extremities, short corner creases. Tomo 1 shows light reading creases on spine. Bindings solid nonetheless. Interiors clean and unmarked. Light dust soiling on top edge of text block. A sampling of papers includes: Lo rural y lo urbano en la organizacion social y economica mexica by Jose Luis de Rojas; Urban Influences in the Formation of Colonial Mexican Agriculture by Herman W. Konrad; Las communicaciones en Michoacan: campo, ciudad y frontera, 1870-1910 by Jose Alfredo Uribe Salas; Rural and Urban Women in… Read More

Self-Published. 1993. Very Good+; Softcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 71 pp., blue pictorial card covers; plastic comb binding. Illustrated. Submitted to the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, Montpelier, Vermont. Hint of soil on edges of back cover. Pages crisp, clean, unmarked. Detailed history of the Water Witch (first a steamer, later converted to a schooner) on Lake Champlain, the account of its sinking, it's discovery and details of an archaeological survey, comparisons to other shipwrecks. Appendices include two drawings of the hull, and a partial list of 19th Century Lake Champlain Schooners and Sloops. .

W.B. Clarke Co.. 1909. Limited Edition. Good+ with no dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 380 pages bound in burgundy cloth; top edge gilt. Fifth and final volume of Maine Pioneer Settlements. Limited edition of 1000 copie, this copy not numbered. Nicely illustrated with line drawings. A Good only book due to scuffed and stained cover; small gouge in edge of front board; paper title label chipped. Firmly bound. Endpapers show light foxing; interior pages clean, bright, free of foxing. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. .

The Lawyer's Club. 1906. Good+; Hardcover; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; New York; 94 pages bound in blue green cloth. Sound binding; cover moderately scuffed and pitted, some discoloration. Interior clean, pages age-toned, light foxing on endpapers. 94 pages. Contents include: list of officers, governors, charter members (1887), resident members, non-resident members and rules & by-laws. William Allen Butler served as founding member and President from 1887-1921. A few of the 1887 Charter members: Edward D. Adams, Augustus C. Brown, Frederick H. Comstock, Edmund Dwight, Roger Foster, Charles W. Gould, Grosvenor S. Hubbard, Laflin L. Kellog, John J. McCook, Robert Olyphant, Francis K. Pendleton, Charles E. Rushmore, John M. Scribner, John C. Tomlinson, Aug H. Vanderpoel, Charles W. Wells and William H. Young. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. .

University of Connecticut Libraries Business Services. 1997. First Edition. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; [Includes BONUS BOOK-- see at end of description]. 85 pages bound in black cloth; purple endpapers. Numerous color plates. SIGNED & inscribed by Fisher on the title page ( To M-- and T-- with every good wish, 11/13/98). Fine book; bright, clean, tightly bound. Mild production flaw -- light wrinkle on fixed endpapers. Interior pages crisp. Bright clean dust jacket with trace of rubbing on edges, two tiny nicks. Includes BONUS BOOK: Fisher's boyhood story/memoir THE JETTY CHRONICLES, Cavendish 1997; First edition; 96 page hardcover with dustjacket; Very Good/Fine.Packaged with care and shipped in a box. .

L'Imprimerie de P. Catineau. 1802. Very Good-; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Paris; Three volumes, Premier, Troisieme, and Quatrieme (Volume Deuxieme missing); leatherbound; gilt borders & decoration; banded spines; two moroccan blocks on spine; all edges gilt. Decorative endpapers. 438, 388, and 432 pages, respectively. Text in Latin and French. Two engraved plates in each volume. Good to Very Good books with moderate edge wear; some chipping, esp, edges and ends of spine. Leather on backstrips a bit brittle. Bindings and hinges solid, though some splitting on joints of endpapers. Very tips of corners worn to card. Edges of endpapers darkened. Foxing on preliminary and endpages; mild scattered foxing on interior pages. Previous owner's small bookplate at top left of front endpapers. Musty odor. .

Editions de l'Amitie. 1981. Very Good+ with no dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 60 pages, bound in glossy pictorial cover. Crisp, clean and tight. Mild wear to extremities. French songs including Mon Ane, Bonjour Guillaume, Fais Dodo, Le Roi Arthur, Alouette, La Boulangere, A la Volette, Sur le Pont du Nord, Gentil Coquelicot, La Bonne Aventure, Dame Tartine, Compagnons de las Marjolaine, Ne Pleure Pas Jeannette, Complainte de Mandrin, Aux Marches du Palais, La Mist'en Laire, and more. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. .

Garden City Books. 1957. Sixth Printing. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Illustration in red, white and black by Virginia Parsons. About Fine book, very clean, tight, only a hint of wear. Interior pristine. In bright, clean jacket with two tears near end of flap fold (neatly mended on verso); light rubbing on edges. Stories by Margaret Wise Brown, Marguerite de Angeli, Inez Hogan, Phyllis McGinley, Marjorie Flack, Hildegard Woodward, and more. .

Hassan Mughal. 1998. Limited Edition. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; SIGNED by author Douglas Arthur Watling and numbered 154. Bound in green paper-covered boards. 89 pp.; color illustrations. Much better than Very Good. Book & jacket both About Fine. Clean, tight cover; sharp corners. Previous owner's notation on front endpaper. Hint of rubbing base of spine. Pristine interior. Crisp jacket, one tiny ding. New blank bookplate enclosed to use if you wish to cover Previous owner's notation.; Signed by Author .

Lovell, Coryell & Company. 1892. Very Good; Hardcover; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Probable First illustrated edition. Published by Lovell, Coryell & Company in 1892, no additional printings indicated. In two volumes, bound in dark red cloth; gilt and lavender stamping.; top edge gilt. Frontis portrait, 10 etchings by Ritchie. Cloth cover clean, bright, lightly rubbed; gilt design a bit tarnished. Firm binding. Endpapers and preliminary pages moderately foxed. Three of the etchings show light foxing in the margins, some tissue guards also foxed. Text pages clean, bright. No names or markings. .

The Book House for Children. 1954. later printing. Very Good+; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; One of the My Travelship volumes, 191 pages, bound in blue cloth with pictorial paste-down on front cover; gilt lettering. Beautiful illustrations by Maud & Miska Petersham. Bright cover, tightly bound; moderate wear to head of spine.Brilliant end papers; pages very clean, bright. A lovely copy of this children's classic. ; Packaged with care. .

World Transport Press. 1999. First Edition. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Miami, FL; 128 pp, bound in glossyblue covers. Abundantly illustrated in color. About Fine book (front endpaper shows a minor dimple) in Near Fine jacket (light rubbing front panel). Bright, clean, tightly bound; crisp, unmarked pages. Bright crisp jacket. .

Crompton & Knowles Loom Works. 1924. Very Good+; Softcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 539 pages, with olive & red covers; red cloth tape backstrip. Very nicely preserved parts catalog for the textile industry, with descriptions and photos of loom supply parts. Cover shows light edge wear; short corner creases; one shallow tear. Tightly bound. Interior quite clean with modest age-toning of pages. .

Oxford University Press. 2007. First Printing. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; About Fine book, hint of shelf wear to spine ends. Firm binding, clean, crisp, unmarked pages. In Very Good dust jacket with one short closed tear on back panel. .

Citadel Press. 1958. First Edition. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 156 pages, cloth-backed binding. O'Neill's earliest plays including: Abortion; The Movie Man;, The Sniper; Servitude Act I, II, and III; A Wife for a Life. A Near Fine book with a trace of wear in Good jacket with light edge wear, shallow chipping. .

Pruett Publishing Company. 1998. First Printing. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 191 pages, bound in full navy blue cloth. Illustrated in black & white. Near Fine book (mild bump to head of spine) in About Fine dust jacket. .

Laura Geringer Books/ HarperCollins. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; Square Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; SIGNED by illustrator Wendell Minor on title page. Includes BONUS BOOK. Crisp, tight book in About Fine dust jacket (faint scratch at top of front panel). BONUS BOOK: Fire Storm, also by the Jean Craighead George/Wendell Minor team; signed by Minor, Fine book in Very Good jacket. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. .

North Country Books. 1965. First Edition. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Old Forge, NY; 155 p in full green cloth. SIGNED by the author on front endaper. Illustrated. About Fine book with bright cover, sharp corners, tight binding, Interior crisp. Bright pictorial jacket lightly rubbed on top edge, two minsicule tears; spine faded. Price intact on jacket flap. Story of life in lumber camps of Adirondack Mountains, Minnesota and Northern New England featuring the experiences of 6 sky pilots: ; Frank Higgins Of Minnesota; Aaron Maddox, Charles Atwood, Clarence Mason and Frank Reed of the Adirondacks; and Willaim Burger of Northern New England. Packaged with care and shipped in a box.; Packaged with care.; Signed by Author .