Search Results: Titles starting with L from SmarterRat Books

Henry Holt and Company, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Near Fine ; Near Fine Jacket. 1995 Henry Holt and Company. SIGNED by author on title page. Not personalized. First Edition, stated. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has purple paper-covered boards with navy textured paper-covered spine and gold spine lettering. 290 pages. Binding tight. Book is in excellent condition with only light shelf wear at the corners and spine ends. Pages clean and unmarked. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Jacket is in removable clear plastic protective cover. A Kinsey Millhone mystery. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Henry Holt and Company, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Near Fine ; Near Fine Jacket. 1995 Henry Holt and Company. SIGNED by author on title page. Not personalized. First Edition, stated. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has purple paper-covered boards with navy textured paper-covered spine and gold spine lettering. 290 pages. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the corners and spine ends. Pages clean and unmarked. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Jacket is in removable clear plastic protective cover. A Kinsey Millhone mystery. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Harper & Brothers. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good. Harper & Brothers, c1900. Blue cloth-bound hardcover has gold spine and cover lettering. Front cover has impressed design of bees and the letter N with a central shield and eagle; flower design in the corners. Spine has impressed design of a pillar with leaves topped by and eagle with a crown above the title. Corners and spine ends bumped. front free endpaper has personalized bookplate dated 1928. Black & white frontispiece on glossy paper. 262 pages. Orange-red dust jacket has illustrations matching cover design. Jacket edges are chipped and nicked. Spine and top edges sunned and darkened. Translated By Louis N. Parker.

Librairie Renouard / H. Laurens, 1928. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1928 Librairie Renouard - H. Laurens, Paris. Second edition. NOT ex-library. Text in French. Oversized hardcover, 9.25 x 11 inches, has gray, brown, and red marbled paper-covered boards with beige cloth-covered spine and gilt spine lettering on a leather spine label. Brown and cream marbled endpapers. Rebound from the original paper covered edition, with the original covers bound in; original spine bound in at rear. Deckle fore and bottom edges. 290 black and white illustrations and 16 plates. High-quality glossy paper. Front hinge cracked at endpapers, but still strong. Corners bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have some chips in marbling. Approximately 40 pages have a small notation in the margin, or a word lightly underlined or circled in the text. A few pages have some smudges. 480 pages. "Deuxieme edition, revue et completee". No dust jacket, as issued. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Bompiani, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1989 Tascabili Bompiani, Milan, Italy. Text in Italian. Third edition. Paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear; chips and nicks along front spine edge. Covers lightly curled at corners. Small crease on front cover at spine. Spine NOT creased. Verso of title page has SAIE sticker. Pages very lightly tanned at periphery but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 237 pages. Original edition, copyright 1962, Fabbri. Tascabili Bompiani Narrativa, 238.

Reunion Press, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine ; Near Fine Jacket. 2004 Reunion Press. 50th reunion book for the 1954 class of Princeton University. Oversize hardcover, 7.8 x 10.25 inches, has black faux leather-covered boards and gilt spine and cover lettering. Pictorial endpapers. Black and white photographs. 640 pages. Includes 4-page Errata. Some famous members of the class of 1954 with biographies in this book are actor Wayne Rogers, economic commentator Louis Rukeyser, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, and Senator Paul Sarbanes. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with slight wrinkling to the top of the spine panel. Jacket spine lettering slightly sun faded. Errata pages have horizontal fold at center and are laid in at rear. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Albin Michel, 1972. Paperback. Good. Good. 1972 printing of 1965 edition. Albin Michel. Text in French. Paperback. Spine has a single crease. Binding cracked at crease point, but pages still firm and book is functional. NOT ex-library. Pages edges are red, and there is some moisture staining to page edges at bottom corners, resulting in fading of this red color. Moisture stain does not affect any part of pages other than color on edges. Pages clean and unmarked. Inside of back cover has a few small stains along edges near bottom. 446 pages. Printed in France. Series: "Le Livre de Poche Pratique" From cover: "600 recettes claires faciles a reussir a travers 49 pays autour de 5 continents tout en restant chez soi".

Mame et cie, 1839. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1839, Mame et cie, Imprimeur-Libraires, Tours, France. Text in French. Small hardcover is bound in brown full leather with gilt ruled borders and elaborate tooled decorations on all surfaces. Gilt spine lettering. NOT ex-library. Black & white frontispiece has tissue guard. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with boards exposed at tips. One eighth inch of spine cover is missing at both spine ends. Spine coloring faded but lettering bright; some color also faded from front cover; back cover is the darkest brown. Covers have light surface rubbing. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages have sparse light foxing and a few small brown spots. Tissue of frontispiece is foxed. 179 pages. Author, Louis Friedel, is listed on title page only as "L. F." Spine title is: Famille Sismond. Series: "Bibliotheque de la jeunesse chretienne, approuvee par M. L'Archeveque de Tours" (Library of… Read More

L'Edition d'Art, H. Piazza, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1922. L'Edition d'Art, H. Piazza, Paris. Ex Oriente Lux series. Text in French. Translated by Franz Toussaint. NOT ex-library. Rebound copy includes original paper covers; half-bound (spine, part of the boards, and corners) in green leather with gilt ruled borders over green cloth. Spine has two raised bands with gilt dashes. Top panel has gilt title; long center panel has gilt rule borders and dot pattern. Floral device in bottom panel. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. Original color paper front cover and final Ex Oriente Lux back cover bound in. Full-color frontispiece. Text pages have green decorative borders and red embellishments. Leather lightly worn at edges. Spine leather faded to olive green; gilt still bright. Covers have light edge and surface wear and a few bubbles in the cloth surface. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Name in ink on first blank flyleaf after endpapers. Text pages clean and… Read More

Oliver Ditson, 1940. Softcover. Good. Good. Oliver Ditson, Boston. Opera copyright 1884 stated. No other date listed. Later printing. Italian and English text, and music of the principal airs. Softcover, with stapled binding. 42 pages. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Paper covers tanned, and pulled slightly at staples. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. English adaptation by Henry Hersee and T. T. Barker. Grand Opera Librettos series.

Espasa-Calpe, S. A., 1955. Softcover. Good. Good. 1955 Espasa-Calpe, S. A., Madrid. Eighth edition. Text in Spanish. Softcover with paper dust jacket. NOT ex-library. Hinges pulling, binding cracked at one point in text block; not broken. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Front of jacket has a small rubbed stained area. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Pages very tanned at periphery but still supple. Some markings in ink in the index, but the text pages are clean and unmarked. 291 pages. Coleccion Austral, No. 76. Printed in Spain.

Giulio Einaudi Editore, 1975. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1975 Giulio Einaudi Editore, Torino. Text in Italian. Trade paperback. Orange and white covers with black lettering. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Name in ink on first blank page. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 349 pages. Series: Reprints Einaudi, 38. Printed in Italy.

Adelphi Edizioni, 2002. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 2002 Adelphi Edizioni, Milan, Italy. 2003 printing. Text in Italian. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 145 pages. Trduzione di Marghrerita Belardetti. Le inchieste di Maigret. Series: gli Adelphi, 212. Printed in Italy. Original title: Maigrait se fache.

Manchester University Press, 1979. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1979 Manchester University Press. Text in Italian, introduction and vocabulary in English. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Small price sticker on back cover. Spine NOT creased. Name in ink on half-title page. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. One page is dog-eared. Pages clean and unmarked. 216 pages. Series: Italian Texts. Edited with an introduction, notes, and vocabulary by A. D. Thompson.

Science and Behavior Books, 1975. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Fair ; Fair Jacket. 1975 Science and Behavior Books. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has black textured paper-covered boards with red spine lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Outer covering of back hinge has a six-inch tear; this has been repaired with acid-free book glue, and is now firmly attached. Corners and spine ends bumped. Shallow dent along bottom edge. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Name in ink on front free endpaper. Three pages have a small hole in the bottom outer corner. Pages clean and unmarked. 589 pages. ISBN is 083140042X . Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, small to 1 inch tears, and creases, plus long tears on the spine. These tears have been repaired on the inside of the jacket with archival document repair tape. Edited by Kenneth D. Benne, Leland P. Bradford, Jack R. Gibb, and Ronald O. Lippitt. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

New Harmony Memorial Commision, 2003. Softcover. Good. Good. New Harmony Memorial Commission. Originally published in 1941, reprinted with updates in 2003. Softcover, with stapled binding. Black and white photographs and illustrations. 95 pages. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Name and ownership information in ink on inside of cover. The first page of the Foreword has some underlining in ink.

The Curtis Publishing Company, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good. 1949 The Curtis Publishing Company. This is a custom hard-bound edition of Ladies Home Journal December 1949, vol. 66, no. 12. Original covers bound in. This was created to commemorate a talk given by James Walter Brown, Jr., the guest at the WJW continuity event at the WJW building on December 14th 1949. He was featured in the Profile of Youth story in this issue of the magazine. A placard for the event and a mimeographed sheet with notes about the talk is included. This burgundy cloth-covered hardback, 11 x 14 inches, has gold cover lettering stating "Profile of Youth" and "Jim Brown Class of '50". Mr. Brown was a student at Shaker Heights High School at the time. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped and rubbed. Small pencil mark at top corner of front cover of magazine. Pages clean and unmarked. A few bottom corners of pages are turned just at the tips. No dust jacket, as issued. Carefully… Read More

P. F. Collier & Son Company. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Fair ; No jacket. c1930 P. F. Collier & Son Company. No printings listed. Front Page Mysteries. Third Series. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Small blind-stamped square design of a man in a web on the cover. Spine has blind-stamped publisher's logo. Hinges not cracked, but book slightly cocked. Corners and spine ends bumped. Covers have light surface wear. Back cover stained. Page fore edges and bottom edges have some stains. Spine lightly sunned. Spine ends frayed. Bottom edges of covers rubbed; front cover has fraying at bottom edge. Endpapers lightly foxed. Pages very lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages generally clean and unmarked, except for a few that have finger smudges or brown stains. 465 pages. No dust jacket.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good ; Good Jacket. 1953 Eyre & Spottiswoode. Fifth impression. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green paper-covered boards with burgundy spine lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Front cover has slight vertical indentation. Binding becoming loose in one place in the text, with webbing peeking at a signature division. Corners and spine ends bumped. Someone has done 2 small arithmetic problems in blue ink on the page opposite the title page. Otherwise text pages clean and unmarked. Pages tanned but still supple. 192 pages. Glossy color illustrated dust jacket is still bright, but has chipped and nicked corners and edges, and small edge tears. Jacket surface has a few chips as well, and a slight vertical dent matching that on cover of book. Front jacket flap has two vertical creases. Price NOT clipped. Book was printed in Great Britain for Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Ltd. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Athenaeum Press, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. Athenaeum Press. No date, circa 1900. VOLUME 2 ONLY. Beaux and Belles of England series. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has light orange cloth-covered boards with red spine and cover lettering. Spine has Art Nouveau-style floral design in brown and red. Front cover has plain brown border. Top edges gilt. Deckle fore edges. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard. Black and white plates. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Book is unread, as all the pages that were originally uncut when the book was new are still in that condition. Binding tight. Book is in excellent condition with only light surface and edge wear and some mild darkening to the spine. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 325 pages. No dust jacket. VOLUME 2 ONLY. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.