Search Results: Authors starting with L from Charity Bookstall

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. Brown cloth with orange titles on cover and spine. 302 toned pages. Edgwear; bumped and worn head and heel of spine and worn corners. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1976. Privately published stapled pamphlet. 31 pages with illustrations throughout and black and white photographs on covers. Light bumped corners, crease to back cover, price has been blacked out on front cover and there is a pencilled price on fep. Very detailed instructions on how to create a variety of balloon sculptures. Did you know there are four types of balloons? Instructions include how to create rabbit, bee, penguins, clown, rocking horse; tricycle; more. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Stapled. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harvan. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. Stated second edition. World War II era book which also states compliance with government printing regulations. Dark tan cloth with spine length illustrated title block on spine and embossed Harper & Brothers logo on front cover. Title block on spine is faded and hard to read. 224 pages. We note a tiny piece of cello tape on fep and crack to front hinge opposite title page; bumped and worn corners and head and heel of spine. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. 2nd. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Cambridge, MA: Alice James Books Little wear to covers to this 71 page volume of poetry. From back: "Sleep Handbook has the black humor of dreams and the white seriousness of sleep...--Bill Knott" Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. From the Classic Researches in General Chemistry series. Ex-library with typical treatments, many blacked out; covers have been laminated. 209 pages with some black and white illustrations. There is a slight warp to the first several pages of the book, perhaps due to improper storage; some wear to covers or lamination. Quotes are for illustrative purposes and remain the property of their respective copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Bigelow, Brown and Co. Inc., 1888. Life of Charles Lamb and The Essays of Elia with introduction and notes by Alfred Ainger. Black cloth with rubbed yellow titles and decorations on spine. Scratches and depression on back cover. Tanned endpapers and inside covers. Price sticker on fep. Small hole to middle of front pastedown. 341 toned pages with foxing only on the reverse of frontispiece. Split at preface page. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Baltimore, MD: Joseph N. Lewis, 1840. Very rare copy by publisher Joseph N. Lewis from the fifth London edition. 366 pages with black and white engravings; we note only light foxing to several pages and several pages have stains. Disbound with covers missing. Pages prior to title pages are detached and laid on. Engraved frontispiece of Shakespear has a very light stain in inside corner; fep has stain to top corner, names with 1847 inscription and penciled price. Pages prior to page 11 are loose at bottom stitch only; pages after 362 are loose at top stitch only. Pages 351 has some light soil in right margin. Page 301 has small chips from top and bottom margins. Overall this book is in good condition; we rate it as fair only because it is disbound. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Disbound. Fair/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. Ex-library with typical treatments. Edgewear. Bumped top and bottom of spine. Blue cloth with faded gilt titles and rubbed gilt embossed decoration on cover. 139 bright pages with slightly tanned borders. We noted three pages with light soil. Lovely black and white full page illustrations and decorations are uncredited. Erratum inset on half title page. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase price benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Philipp Feldheim, Inc., 1977. 106 pages. Pictorial illustrated cover has some light soil and a price sticker on back. One previousy bent page corner. Contents include Sexualtiy and Morality; A Spiritual Institution; Staying Married; The Sanctity of Time; The Affirmation of Life; In Practice; A Bride's Prayer. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

2005. Signed by author on ffep. First Edition with full number line. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 319 pages From jacket: "With her trademark humor, wisdom, and honesty, Lamott tells us stories of daily life - shopping at the supermarket on her birthday and winning a free ham she doesn't want; skiing with a dying friend who teachers her to fall; celebrating Thanksgiving with (her son) and his dad; attending protest rallies. She watches the seasons come and go, and shares with us the comfort and insights that she draws from life around her even as she continues to panic and despair - and also to struggle, as all of us must, to make the world a safer, and more loving, place to live." Moderate wear to jacket.. Signed by Author. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Book of the Road, 1986. Two (2) standard cassettes, about three hours in plastic hanging blister package. Read by Charles Dean & J.C. Sealy From back of package: "Louis L'Amour...has created a collection of stories packaged with fatal suspense and mystery. Come face-to-face with the gumshoes and private dicks as they try to sort out the corpses from the gangsters and the gun molls. Who killed who and what for? Listen along as the cops and the private eyes grill the suspects in search of the answers to that deadly question of murder." Light wear to the plastic package which has a torn hang tag. There is adhesive residue on the front of the plastic package. . Audio Cassette. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hillside, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Inc, 1994. One of the Issues in Focus Series 8vo size clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 104 pages with black and white photographs From dust jacket: "In (this book, the author) explore the reasons why young people drink and, through the personal experiences of many teenage drinkers tries to explain how alcohol affects their lives...with at least eight million young people using alcohol every week and almost half a million going on weekly binges, teenage drinking is a problem we cannot afford to ignore." Ex-library with traditional treatments, jacket is covered with mylar. . Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Madrid, Spain: Ediciones SM, 2007. Text is in Spanish/en Espanol 8vo size pictorial hardcover; 335 pages From back/Desde atrás: "Skulduggery Pleasant: detective con ingenio, mago poderoso y enemigo jurado del Mal. Ah, bueno... y esta muerto!" Lightly bumped head and heel of spine and top back corner and several tiny bumps to the bottom of book. First 24 pages have underlining and marginalia. Golpe ligeramente la cabeza y el talón de la columna vertebral y la esquina superior trasera y varios golpes pequeños en la parte inferior del libro. Las primeras 24 páginas tienen subrayado y marginalia. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1927. Full color illustrated frontispiece. Titles and decoration on spine faded. 1260 tanned pages. Black cover has gilt tiles and red decoration, one small spot on cover, lightly bumped corners. No additional shipping charges if sent via US Media Mail. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1901. Beautifully illustrated book. 452 toned pages followed by a 32 page publisher's catalogue. Ex-library with typical markings. Five photogravure plates plus 15 other illustrations, including one color map. Illustrations are covered with tissue pages but have created a "ghostly" effect on facing pages. We note two teeny penciled marks on first page; inch tear to tissue over frontispiece at seem. Edgewear, bumped and worn head and heel of spine, bumped corners. One inch tear to top of spine, partly mended with librarian's tape, two inch tear along spine seem; bright gilt titles on spine and decoration on cover. Bookseller's penciled notations on fep, bookplate inside front cover. Heavy volume, extra shipping charges may apply. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 2003. Signed and inscriped by author on half title page with a subsequent inscription by the recipient to someone else. 140 bright, white pages; book is very firmly bound as if unread. From back: "Willem Lange has collected his ruminations on relationships to create Intermittent Bliss, a wry, charming look at everything from love at first sight and courtship to marriage, parenthood and empty-nest syndrome." Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1925. 208 toned pages. Green cloth cover with gilt titles and decoration on spine and embossed publisher's logo (J.M. Dent) on front cover. Name on inside cover and fep. Volume 571 in the Everyman's Library series. A version for the modern reader by Arthur Burrell. Ernest Rhys is editor the Everyman's Library series. Quarter inch tear on front pastedown. Bumped head and heel of spine. Worn tips. We have many other Everyman's Library volume. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Chico, California: Moon Travel Handbooks, 1998. Flat signed by author on title page Stated First Edition 12mo size trade paperback; 448 pages with a few black and white illustrations From back: "From snow-capped granite summits and the rustic woods that inspired Robert Frost to the upscale dining scenes of Portsmouth, (this volume) explores the nail and plank reality beneath the New Hampshire mystique." Autographed Copy sticker on front cover; moderate wear and edgewear to covers, adhesive residue on back cover and two small areas of outside pages.. Signed by Author. First. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1952. First edition Little Golden Book with color illustrated cover. Bumped and worn lower corners, bottom pages bumped and some rubbing to covers. Unnumbered pages with color illustrations in this story exclusive to Golden Books. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports libraries, literacy and lifelong learning.. First. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

California: 10 Speed Press, 2021. Stated First Edition with full numberline 8vo size pictorial hardcover; 165 pages with color photographs throughout Contents include: Salads Bowls to Dive Into Pastas, Grains & Bready Things Meats & Fishes Vegetables that Aren't Sides Sweet Stuff to Start or End the Day Recipes include: Shaved Fennel with Fig Vinaigrette & Blue Cheese; Smash Fried Potato Salad with Sweet Pickles & Red Onions; Bean Chili; Charred Carrot Soup with Miso; Cream of Mushroom Soup with Just Cream & Mushrooms; Brothy White Beans with Broccoli Rabe & Pepperoni; Bow Ties with Anchovy Butter, Kale & Kasha; Rye Puff Pancake with Greens and Eggs; Braised Brisket with 40 Cloves of Garlic; Pork Meatloaf with Cabbage Slaw; Slow Roasted Halibut with Harissa Beans & Yogurty Cucumbers; Apricot Mustard Salmon with Massaged Chard; Open Faced Eggplant Parm; Crunchy Shell Cauliflower Tacos; Lamb Meatballs with Zucchini & Basil Yogurt; Socca with Mushrooms &… Read More