Search Results: Authors starting with L from BookMangos

London: A. & C. Black Ltd, 1968. First printing. Fine. Exploring the world we inhabit by shapes, numbers and measurements. clean;school stamp AB37

brighton: Angus and Robertson, 1978. first published. Fine/fine. nearly every garden has some areas of shade, but this does not mean nothing will grow here. This book shows how a positive approach can turn what might have seemed a disadvantage into a decided asset. red boards with writing to spine. Very nice tight binding and clean pages. Minor shelf wear. Not price clipped. First Edition AB59

London: Orbis Publishing, 1981. Very Good +/very good +. Since motor racing began, certain drivers have always captured the public's imagination for having just the right blend of skill, courage and determination to take their machines to the front and keep them there. These are the drivers that are featured in this book. clean;tight;slight chipping to top spine of dj. First Edition AB37

London: Scolar press, 1978. Very Good/very good. Between 1318 and 1325 Jacques Fournier carried out an incquisition in a village in the Pyrenees. It was a small community of 250 people farmers an d shepherds, and it became the subject of an extraordinarily detailed and exhaustive inquisition. As a result we know more about Montallou than any other mediaeval village in the world.This is of great value to historians and sociologists. Green Boards with writing to spine. Dj mylar covered, two small tears on the back top and bottom of the spine. Clean pages and tight binding. minor shelf wear. Price clipped/ Inside cover has photograph by Yvonne Scargon. First Edition AB65

New Jersey: A S Barnes, 1971. Hardback. Good/Good. All about the man behind the silent movies, keystone cops etc.. Red boards with writing to spine. Some minor bumping. Tight binding and clean pages. Dj mylar covered, price clipped, some rubbing and a bit dirty. Heavy book so post and packing to be adjusted accordingly. AB78

London: Frederick Warne, 1915. twenty fifth. Very Good. exactly as the title describes, a very good culinary reference work. blue boards with embossed writing and a picture of a stand of fruit.some bumping. binding is tight but the outer boards a little loose. adverts on the inside covers. owner inscription in faded ink. AB75

Herve Chopin, 2006. Very Good/very good. A collection of postcards by Olivier Bouze of L'Algerie d'Antan. The text is in french. Lovely condition hardback large book with dustjacket. The dj is slightly creased to the bottom front cover. Very tight binding and clean pages, like a new book. Being a larger book the shipping will be adjusted accordingly. First Edition AB15

Paris: H C Editions, 2006. Very Good/very good. A large book with more than 700 old postcards of Algeria. Boards with same photographs as the dj. Some minor shelf wear and bumping. Nice tight binding and clean pages. Larger heavy book so post and packing adjusted accordingly. First Edition AB25

London: John Murray, 1993. Near Fine/near fine. Richard Lamb one of the few Italian speaking officers in the Eighth army took part in the campaign in Italy fighting with the Royal Italian Army. He describes Italy from Mussollinis fall until the final victory, drawing on captured Mussolini documents and on British, Italian and Vatican archives, many of them never used before. Black boards with writing to spine. A few small stains on front and back cover and spine.Clean pages and tight binding.Dj mylar covered very nice condition.Not price clipped. First Edition AB65

London: Faber and Faber, 2004. Near Fine/near fine. This shows how Nelson elevated the business of naval warfare to the sublime. He took what others would feel was complicated and made it simple. Blue Boards with writing to spine. Dj not price clipped. Tight binding and clean pages. Heavy book so p&p to be adjusted accordingly. Some very minor shelf wear. First Edition AB62

London: mansell, 1992. Very Good. as the title suggests Brown boards with gold writing to spine and cover. monor bumping.Tight binding and clean pages. heavy book so post and packing to be adjusted accordingly. AB67

London: John Murray, 1967. First edition. Very Good/very good. A dazzling social history of the upper middle class world between the wars. Yellow boards with writing to spine and an illustration to the front. Clean pages and tight binding. Dust jacket very nice with one small tear to the top back right side near the spine. Not price clipped.Dust jacket inside front cover small water stain not visible on the outside. First Edition AB13

London: Streamline, 1972. Paperback. Very Good. Tony Mannering tames the yellow horse and together they go through many an exciting adventure. Some shelf wear and creasing. Nice illustration artwork to cover. Marked 5/ on front bottom corner. AB26

London: Headline Book Publishing plc, 1992. First printing. Very Good/very good. For this volume, the authors, true-crime experts, have assembled the most comprehensive international collection of profiles of serial killers ever published. From these, fascinating patterns of behaviour of the so-called 'random' killers do emerge. This encyclopedia provides a complete historical overview of the sinister and, according to the statistics, increasingly prevalent element of modern criminal behaviour - serial murder. Black boards with writing to spine. Owner imprint on first page. Dj some minor shelf wear. Nice clean pages and tight binding. First Edition AB55

vermont: Storey Publishing, 1991. First edition. Very Good/very good. A book not only about the golf tournaments, but more interestingly an intimate knowledge and observation of the players. Green boards with writing to spine and the front cover has a list of all the golf players in gold. Nice tight binding and clean pages. Dj Some minor shelf wear, bumped on the bottom of the spine. Mylar covered. Green tartan with yellow writing. Not price clipped. First Edition AB50

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1900. First edition. Very Good +. Tales in this volume derive from many countries - Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece and other regions of the world - from 19th and 20th centuries, adapted and translated by Mrs Dent, Mrs Lang, Miss Sellar, Miss Blackley and Miss Lang. clothbound, with gold engraving; two inscribed names of owners on flyleaf. Some foxing & shelf wear, cracked spine on second page AB52

London: Allan Wingate, 1954. Second impression. Hardback. Good/Good. The story of lieutenant dennis lankford and his mission and capture. He was the first naval officer to be made a prisoner of the communists in the korean war. He defied all attempts to make him speak. Blue boards with title to spine.Clean pages and tight binding, the front inside has some yellowing. Dj not price clipped and has some minor shelf wear. Some bumping and chips on the back cover. Second impression AB80

London: Algonquin, 2005. First UK edition. As New/as new. Rollicking. Hilarious and moving. Miraculous. Fascinating. Inspiring. Very mild shel wear First Edition AB20

Stanley Paul, 1991. Fine/very good. This the worthy successor to the 1963 ""The complete Fly-Fisher"", building on the work done by the origonal ten-man team. Black cloth boards, clipped DJ. Oversize so may be subject to additional shipping. First Edition AB5

London: Hamlyn, 1979. Very Good/good. A wonderful cookery book with hundreds of regional recipes. Orange boards with gold writing to spine. Dj nice photo of kitchen utensils. Slight tear top left corner. Some bumping and shelfwear. Nice tight binding and clean pages. First Edition AB22