Search Results: Titles starting with L from The Parnassus BookShop

Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA: Focus On The Family Publishers, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Ex-Library First Printing. Hardcover Retired Library Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Clean and except for library markings, unmarked, tight & solid. Life Center Library, not public library. The Author was the Assistant Chief of Police, LAPD. The story of the Rodney King tragedy--what occurred, what happened after, and thought-provoking solutions to keep it from happening again. 254 pages. 9.75 x 6.5 inches. 1993, Focus on the Family Publishers, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Yarmouth, Maine: Intercultural Press, 1993. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Yarmouth, ME Intercultural Press 1993 First Edition Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Faint letters printed on lower edge of page block, faint wear to corners, soundly bound, internals Fine. Short essays by adult students who are striving to improve their lot within American society though confronted with challenges that test their perseverance. English is their second language. They write from the heart about fragments of their lives--tales filled with pride and poignancy, triumph and tragedy. 160 pages. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" Tall. 1993, Intercultural Press, Yarmouth, Maine.

Gallimard, France: Gallimard Publishing, 1978. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Paperback French Edition of Emile Zola's novel in the French Language, in Good Condition. Preface by Jean-Louis Bory. Coarse, Cockney type humor in what is considered the greatest of Zola's Rougon-Macquart novels, which depicts the inevitable downfall of a working-class family in the polluted atmosphere of Paris urban areas. Pictorial wrappers are clean and bright with moderate wear to edges. small chip to bottom edge. Tight glued binding. Pages are clear, clean, unmarked. Former owner name of first page. 564 pages. 7 x 4.25 inches. 1978, Gallimard, France.

USA: Henry Holt and Company, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Grey half-cloth gilt titled with purplish blue boards, very clean and unmarked. Test block edges dust-dulled with two pale spots, otherwise book is in Fine Condition. Jacket bright, glossy, clean, unmarked, not price-clipped. Grafton's twelfth alphabet crime novel. She joins up with a modern day Bonnie and Clyde in an 'Our Gang' comedy that takes her halfway across the country with her escapades. 290 pages. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. Henry Holt and Co, New York, 1995.

USA: Henry Holt and Company, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. 290 pages. Grey half-cloth gilt titled with purplish-blue boards, very clean and unmarked. Bottom edge of text block is lightly scattered with pale, near colorless, spots, otherwise book is in Fine Condition. Jacket bright, glossy, clean, unmarked, not price-clipped. Grafton's twelfth alphabet crime novel. She joins up with a modern day Bonnie and Clyde in an 'Our Gang' comedy that takes her halfway across the country with her escapades. 290 pages. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. Henry Holt and Co, New York, 1995.

France: LA TABLE RONDE, 1953. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. A FRENCH PLAY IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE.PAPERBACK BOOK IN GOOD CONDITION. 181pages. Clean and unmarked cover. Prev owner name on first page. Interior clean, pages yellowing. There are some translations for some words written in. A good book for those studying the French language or for those who already speak French. 4.5"x6.75" tall.

Porthill, Idaho, USA: Pine Productions, 1998. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Printing, Private Press. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and bright red cover, tight glued binding, pages very clean, no underlining or highlighting or marginalia. The author starts each chapter with an expression, for example: "If it is not designed to fly, it will never stay afloat". Then, he has a story which this expression depicts, representing an idea. Interesting. 429 pages. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 1998, Pine Productions, Porthill, Idaho, USA

Rome, Italy: Gruppo Newton, 1996. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. La Compagnia Del Buongustaio--The Gourmet Cook Book. Paperback in the Italian Language. As New. Bright and clean, pages of cream paper, with brown print, illustrations in coppertina by Valentina Ambrosi. 64 pages. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. 1996, Gruppo Newton Publisher, Rome Italy.

New York and Toronto: A Mentor Book/ New American Library Publishers, 1948. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. A Mentor Book/ New American Library Publishers, CR 1948, Sixteenth Printing. Paperback in Good Condition. Pages very toned, otherwise in Very Good Condition, light wear, no marks, no creases. A biography of a man who was perhaps the most influential man of the 20th century, in what has been called the 'Third World' countries. This biography portrays not only Lenin the man but also the violent times that shaped his vision: the bloody struggles in Czarist Russia, the years of exile and imprisonment, and the explosive events of 1917 that gave birth to a new and powerful nation. 187 pp plus Appendix: Essentials of Leninism. size: 12mo. 1948, A Mentor Book/ New American Library Publishers

London, England: PrC Publishing, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Type: Hard Back Hardcover Folio-size Book in Very Good Condition. No Jacket. Former owner name on paste-down. Magnificent illustrations of Leonardo's art, with informative text about his life and work, in Florence 1452-1482; in Milan 1482-1499; in Florence 1499-15-6; in Rome and France 1506-1519. Pictorial laminate binding, very clean, bright, tight, solid book with slight wear to corners. 111 pages.10.25 x 14.5 inches. 2004, PRC Publishing, London, England

Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1980. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First American Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. 319 pages. 10 x 7 inches. David Attenborough has undertaken a history of nature, from the emergence of tiny one-celled organisms more than 3,000 million years ago to apelike but upright man. A book of wonders! Binding of blue cloth w bold gilt titles, clean and unmarked, with slight sunning on lower edge. Tight and solid. Filled with exquisite full page colored photographs of various life forms. Endpapers an attractive green. Pages clean, unmarked. Dust jacket bright and clean, with shelf-wear and chipping around edges and a small tear on the bottom, center. 1980, Little, Brown and Co., Boston and Toronto

USA: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Mylar jacket cover. A brilliant description of how the U.S. and Mexico persistently misperceive each other and why cooperation between the two is so important. Red half cloth w/gilt outlined panel and gilt titles, with black paper-wrapped boards red lettered. Clean and unmarked with trace wear to edges, tight and solid volume. Rough cut. Dust jacket is clean and bright, yellow in the center with gold lettering, black borders with interesting juxtaposition of American and Mexican symbols. Jacket is clean and bright, not price-clipped, with chipped corners and spine head and heel. A brilliant description of how the U.S. and Mexico persistently misperceive each other and why cooperation between the two is so important. 415 pp with Notes and Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inchess. 1988, Alfred A Knopf, Inc., New York, New York, USA Read More

USA: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book As New with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Mylar jacket cover. A brilliant description of how the U.S. and Mexico persistently misperceive each other and why cooperation between the two is so important. Red half cloth w/gilt outlined panel and gilt titles, with black paper-wrapped boards red lettered. Clean and unmarked, tight and solid volume. Rough cut. Dust jacket is clean and bright, yellow in the center with gold lettering, black borders with interesting juxtaposition of American and Mexican symbols. Jacket is clean and bright, not price-clipped, with chipped corners and spine head and heel. A brilliant description of how the U.S. and Mexico persistently misperceive each other and why cooperation between the two is so important. 415 pp with Notes and Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inchess. 1988, Alfred A Knopf, Inc., New York, New York, USA

U.S.A: iUniverse Inc, 2007. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. 193 pages. Bright black/gold cover, clean and unmarked, inside and out. A true story of the troubled life of a white family growing up in the suburbs of Johannesburg during South Africa's years of apartheid. 193 pages. 2007, iUniverse Inc., USA

U.S.A: Harper & Row, 1988. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Clean and tight. Black, red, gold cover. Light crease on lower right corner.Water stain on the lower right edge of the first three pages, otherwise unmarked. 256 pages. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. 1988, Harper & Row, New York.

USA: New York Graphic Society Publishers, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Maps and photos by Rafael Palacios and Johanna Linch. Blue cloth w/silver titles, very clean, tight and solid. Three colorless lines on front, like made from an eraser or something like that. Interior very clean, no markings, pages slightly toned. White jacket with blue lettering, unclipped. Jacket design by Sheila Lynch based on Speculum Orbis Terrae, Cornelius de Judaeis, Antwerp, 1593. In very good condition with small amout of chipping on top edge by spine. Mylar jacket cover. 279 pages with bibliography and index. 5.6 x 8.25 inches. Publisher: Greenwich, CN. New York Graphic Society, 1964.

Penguin Books, 1995. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6. Penguin Books, First Thus, 1996. Paperback in Good Condition. Former owner notation on Title Page. Has been read but in very nice condition--clean, unmarked, pages toned, tight and solid binding. Before the age of being able to measure longitude, ships ran aground regularly, sailors were lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land--then, in 1714, England's Parliament offered a huge reward to anyone whose method of measuring longitude could be proven successful--and the race was on. This is a tale of intrigue and of science, full of gems for anyone interested in history, geography, astronomy, navigation, clockmaking, and good old human ambition and greed. 184 pages. Sources and Index. 12mo. 1995, Penguin Books

Chicago, Illinois: E.A.Weeks & Co, 1896. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6. Type: Hard Back Full length Narrative Poem first published in 1869. Robert Bulwer, Earl Lytton, published under the pen name of Owen Meredith.This hard-to-fine rare edition published by E A Weeks, Chicago, has no stated publication date, c 1896, based on E A Weeks apparently being in business in Chicago 1894-1899 (?). This edition is of the Handy Volume Series. Green linen binding with dark red decoration around front panel, title/author in center with decoration; red titled on backstrap with center floral design. No jacket, as issued. Boards are clean and unmarked with scuffed corners and spine ends. Sewn binding remains tight and solid and square. Former owner name in pencil on endpaper. A few pages have small smudges and chips but most are clean and overall in nice condition, pages lightly toned. A rare small volume of 19th Century English Literature. This verse novel was Meredith's most popular work and… Read More

New York: Kensington Books, 2012. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. First Kensington Trade Paperback Printing in Very Good Condition. Clean unmarked wrappers with French flap, whisper of wear to spine heel, former owner name on first page. Otherwise fine- tight and solid, pages clean and completely unmarked, no creases. From Anna Loan-Wilsey comes the first installment of a new historical mystery series set in the late 19th century featuring Hattie Davish, a traveling secretary (and a spunky amateur detective) who arrives in a small Ozark town only to discover that her new employer has disappeared. The town of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, is in an uproar--Hattie has her work cut-out for her. 264 pages. 5.75 x 8.25 inches. 264 pages. Kensington Books, New York.

U.S.A: Harper Perennial, 2010. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition, with P.S. Insights, Interviews and a brief look at other Kingsolver works. Winner of The Orange Prize, finalist for Pen/Faulkner Award. Gently used book is clean, unmarked, solid and square. A novel that takes the reader on an epic journey from the Mexico of artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo to the America of Pearl Harbor, FDR and J. Edgar Hoover. A story of a man pulled between two nations. And a portrayal of American life at a time when America moved from Depression to World War to consumerism, all spun through with political paranoia. 507 pages plus P.S. section. 8 x 5.25 inches. 2010, Harper Perennial, USA