Search Results: Titles starting with L from Daisyroots Books Ltd

LE PARC NATIONAL SUISSES Brunies (tranlation Samuel Aubert)Librairie Payot & Cie, Lausanne, 1926, hardback VG, 274pp including place names of the national park , illustrated b/w photos, original drawings, charts and tables, 2 foldout geological maps and diagrams and a 1:5000 scale map of the national park, green cloths with picture pasted on front cover, sound bindings, endpapers, stitched pages. Text in FrenchNo inscriptions, sound binding, clean pages, slight cracking in endpapers front and back at spine edge, small tear in bottom edge of mapSwitzerland, Le Parc National Suisse, french translation, travel41903 TRAVEL/ SWITZ £11.50

LEONARDO'S MOUNTAIN OF CLAMS AND THE DIET OF WORMS ESSAYS ON NATURAL HISTORYGOULD. Stephen. JBCA, London, 1998, Hardback with wrapper, VG/gd, Black cloth/ gilt, 422pp including bibliography, illustration credits and index, illustrated with 38 pages b/w from reproduced photos, pictures, maps and diagrams. No inscriptions, sound binding, wrapper rubbed and lightly chipped on edges, short tear on top lead edge, stamped on title page.humanism, Leonardo, literary, essays, evolution, natural history41899 LIT/ ESSAYS £7.00

La Fanciulla del West / The Girl of the Golden West (English and Italian)Giacomo PucciniRicordi Opera Vocal Score Series. Complete opera arranged by Carlo Carignani. Full vocal score with libretto in English and Italian. Gd+. Edges rubbed and beginning to curl. Binding square and sound. No loose pages. No annotation.41776 MUSIC vocal score £33.00

BROWNE, PiersLa Route des Violettes (signed proof copy)ISBN: 9781527212398Shorthorn Press, 2017, SIGNED, one of proof copies from a limited edition of 500, hardback, FINE, boards red/gilt with decorated front board, decorated end papers and title page, beautifully illustrated from 29 colour drawings by Piers Browne, 91 pp.Boards clean and firm, author inscription and signature on publishers page (see scan), no annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. A very beautiful limited edition copy.ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, FICTION, NOVELLA, THE VIOLET FIELDS, FRANCE, PIERS BROWNE45935 ILLUSTRATED BOOK hb 73 £21.50

MOSSE, Kate
Labyrinth (signed, illustrated edition)
ISBN: 9780752876184
Orion (an Imprint Of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), London, 2005, SIGNED, 1st. thus, Illustrated Edition, hardback with pictorial boards, VG, red end bands, decorated end papers, illustrated throughout from colour photographs, 526 pp.
Boards clean and firm, rubs to edges and corners, gentle bumps to spine head and tail, signed by the author on the title page (see scan), no annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Beautifully illustrated copy.
FICTION, KATE MOSSE, LABYRINTH, SIGNED ILLUSTRATED EDITION
46660 FIC/M - SIGNED £21.50

Lacon: or Many Things in Few Words Vol. IColton. Rev. C.C.Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1822, hardback GD, volume one, 183 pp, quarter bound in calf with marbled boards, raised banding to spine, gilt title, moderate shelf wear, neat pen inscription on front end paper, sound concave binding. Includes remarks on Lord Byron's Don Juan and miscellaneous poetry.Antiquarian, Critique, Philosophy, Morality43383 ANTI £21.50

GULIK, Robert VanThe Lacquer Screen (Judge Dee Mystery) A Chinese Detective Story ISBN: 9971490137Graham Brash, Singapore, 1986, Asian Edition paperback, VG, postscript by author, illustrated from ten b/w sketches drawn by the author in Chinese style, 180 pp.No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and crisp, edges of text block dust marked, top of title page and endpapers tanned. Wraps clean and crisp, lightly sunned, light bump to spine tail.FICTION, COLLECTORS PAPERBACK, ASIAN EDITION, JUDGE DEE MYSTERY, CRIME, MYSTERY44356 hb 35 COLL/PBACK £9.00

MCCULLOCH. CeliaThe Laden Table1904409083Vane Women Press, Darlington, U.K. 2006, paperback NF, 36 pp, a stapled booklet,cover photograph by Pat Maycroft, in excellent condition, not inscribed, clean and bright pages. Contains 27 poems by the American born poet Celia McCulloch about life, love and nature.POETRY COLLECTION, CELIA MCCULLOCH43098 POET £21.50

LEITNER, Irving A.Lady Poole and Mr. PottsThe World's Work, Kingswood, 1962, 1st edition hardback with wrapper, GD+/gd+, 195x160mm, decorative boards, unpaginated, text charmingly illustrated by Beth and Joe Krush. Wrapper hipped out at spine ends and top edges (see photo), pages clean, binding sound, not clipped (8/6d).CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED, FIRST EDITION, RHYME, HUMOUR45780 CHILDS COLL hb 66 £26.50

Lair of the Leopard. Twenty Artists Go in Search of Lampedusa's Sicily
KYLE, Francis
ISBN: 9781903942529
Third Millennium Publishing Limited, London, 2006, large format hardback with dust wrapper, near fine/near fine, boards black/gilt, gold end bands, illustrated end papers in addition to colour photographs of original art works exhibited in the Francis Kyle Gallery in London, 112 pp.
Boards clean and firm, small impact mark to front bottom edge, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, price not clipped. Excellent condition.
ART, ARTISTS, INSPIRATION, RESPONSE TO LAMPEDUSA'S THE LEOPARD, SICILY, THE COUNTRYSIDE, ARCHITECTURE, PEOPLE
46645 ART/ARTISTS £22.50

The Lake CountiesCOLLINGWOOD, W. G. (E. Fitch, Editor)With line drawings by A. R. SmithJ. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, London, 1938, 1st thus., hardback, two wrapper edition, VG/gd+ boards green/gilt, b/w frontispiece and illustrated title page in addition to 72 illustrations by A. Reginald Smith and two wood engravings by E. Fitch (Editor), 296 pp.Boards firm, gift inscription written in pen on front free end paper, no annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, faintly tanned, top edge dust stained, foxing in places. Two different wrappers. Internal wrapper clean, gentle rubs to edges and corners, 2cm closed tear to lower edge, bumps to head and tail of spine. Moderate shelf wear to external wrapper, bump to lower edge with creasing to front, chips to spine head, 1cm closed tear to top edge, grubby, price not clipped.LAKES, LANCASHIRE, LAKE DISTRICT, SCENERY, HISTORY, FARMING, NATURAL HISTORY, SPORT, FISHING AND SHOOTING45907 LAKES/LANCS hb 74 £26.50

Lake District Transport Report The findings of the Lake District Transport EnquiryDavid St John ThomasDavid & Charles, Dawlish, 1961, small softback, VG, green stiff card wraps, 64pp, including tables and double page map in B/W, foreword by Sir Patrick Hamilton. No inscriptions, clean pages, sound binding, some foxing to wraps particularly front.transport in Lake District, North West Transport, history of public transport Lake District42288 HB Lakes £8.50

A Lakeland Valley Through Time : A History Of Staveley, Kentmere And Ings ( signed )Joe Scott0952600102Staveley and District History Society, Cumbria, 1995, 1st edition softback with laminated pictorial wraps, VG, signed by author on title page,123pp including bibliography and index, illustrated in b/w throughout from drawings, diagrams and photographs,includes cuttings, clean crisp pages, square tight binding.local history, history of northern Kent valley, social history of lakes42210 LOCAL HIST/ LAKES £17.50

Lakeland Mountain Diary : From Forty Years in "The Guardian's" Country Diary (signed 1st edition)GRIFFIN, A.HarryISBN: 1852235659The Crowood Press Ltd, Marlborough, 1990, signed, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards dark blue/gilt, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, 224 pp.Boards clean and firm, author signature on title page (see scan), no annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, light rubs and slight sunning along bottom edge of boards. Wrapper clean and crisp, light water stain on inside front cover and light marks along top edge, gentle rubs to spine head, original price clipped.TOPOGRAPHY, LAKE DISTRICT, A.H. GRIFFIN, 'COUNTRY DIARY', GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER, SEASONAL CHANGES, LANDSCAPE, NATURAL HISTORY, RURAL LIFE44206 hb lakes TOPO/LAKES £56.50

Lakeland PoemsAIREY, Alan F.Alan Airey, 1950, SIGNED COPY, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, 20 pp.Author signature and publication date written on back of front cover (see scan), no annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, lightly tanned, middle gutter staining from staple binding (see scan). Light shelf wear to wraps, browning to top section of both front and back panels and along spine, otherwise a lovely clean copy.POETRY, ALAN AIREY, LAKE DISTRICT, THE SEASONS, CHANGES IN THE LANDSCAPE45917 POETRY/A hb 74 £16.50

Lakeland JourneyPOUCHER, W. A.Chapman and Hall Ltd., London, 1945, large format hardback with illustrated dust wrapper, VG/gd, grey linen boards/green, photographic notes and data, b/w frontispiece in addition to 89 b/w photographic plates, 128 pp.Light shelf wear to boards with gentle bumps to edges and corners, one gift inscription on front endpaper, no annotations, binding sound, slight lean to spine, pages clean and tanned. Wrapper damaged in several places with rubs to all edges and corners, large chips to top edge and 6cm section of spine tail torn away (see scan), original price clipped. With 90 Photographs by the Author.LAKE DISTRICT, WINTER JOURNEY IN THE LAKES, LANDCSAPE AND NATURAL HERITAGE, MR POUCHER, FULLY ILLUSTRATED44736 hb 25 LAKES/POUCHER £14.00

Cicerone Press, Milnthorpe, 1979 SIGNED 1st edition hardback with wrapper. 100 pp. Illustrated in sepia in the text by J Ingham Riley. Vg/vg. Bookplate under front flap. Clipped. Wrapper extremities gently rubbed. Text clean. Binding sound. The story of a family holiday in the Lake District in the 1930s.

The Lakeland EaglesWALKER, D. G.0951737805Penrith, 1990, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated from eight b/w photographs and 16 tables and charts, 52 pp.No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, slight discolouration of wraps.LAKE DISTRICT, NATURAL HISTORY, BIRDS, ORNITHOLOGY, GOLDEN EAGLES, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHICAL STATUS, MATING, BREEDING RECORDS AND DATA44324 hb lakes LAKES/NATURAL HISTORY £19.00

Lakeland Treasury : The Works of Lancelot Salkeld PorterPORTER, Lancelot (Ted Relph, Editor)ISBN: 0902401106Lakeland Dialect Society, Unknown, 1998, 1st Edition softback with illustrated stiff card wraps, NF, illustrated from several b/w sketches and photographs, 118 pp plus glossary of Lake District words and Porter's family tree at the back.No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp. Excellent condition,LAKE DISTRICT, DIALECT, POETRY & PROSE, LETTERS AND WRITINGS OF LANCE PORTER44258 hb 28 LAKES/DIALECT £19.50

Lakeland Country Churches (signed copy)RICKETTS, Sheila1873551096Ellenbank Press, Maryport, 1994, signed 1st edition, softback with stiff card wraps, VG+, illustrated from one double page map of Cumbria, pen & ink drawings by Edmund Blood throughout, 224 pp. A Visitor's GuideAuthor signature on title page (see scan), no inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright, light foxing to edges of text block. Wraps clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners.LAKES, CUMBRIA, 100 CHURCHES, ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES, RELIGIOUS HISTORY, RURAL DEANARIES, SOCIAL & CULTURAL HERITAGE45327 hb 57 LAKES £14.50