Search Results: Authors starting with L from Lamplighter Library

A Wall Street Journal Book. New York. 2003. Quarter-bound in black with blue boards and gold lettering to spine. Reminder mark on bottom text block, else fine First Edition, first printing with number line ending in "1". Unclipped ($27.00) jacket has shelf wear, else fine protected with a removable mylar cover. Inscribed by the protagonist Sandy Weill, not the author. The book describes the life and times of Sandy Weill, former CEO of Citigroup. Which is to say the life and times of big business, big money and the character and motivations of those individuals with unparalleled access to capital.

Crown Publishing Group. New York. 2011. Quarter-bound in black with black boards and gold lettering to spine. Bottom of spine slightly pushed in near fine book covered with a very good jacket, having only minor shelf wear and a 1 in. cut on the lower left side of the jacket back. Stated First Edition with correct number line ending in "1". Inscribed on title page by author. A masterful narrative nonfiction account that begins in 1933 and follows the story of the US Ambassador to Germany. Through the eyes of the ambassador and his family the evolution of Nazi Germany unfolds in all it's terror known to history. 6.5 x 1.5 x 9.5. Jacket protected with removable mylar cover.

Heinemann. London. 1965. Black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine. First Edition with general shelf wear and several more focal areas of wear (see photo). Corner of pg. 3 bent at tip. John le Carre's (1931-2020 third and perhaps best known novel, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1963) was so successful he was able to leave M16 and become a full-time writer. Thus, next up came this book in 1965. The story centers on the attempts of The Department (British Intelligence) to verify the presence of Soviet missiles in East Germany. 5.25x8 in. 246 pg.

Coward-McCann. New York. 1964. First American Edition (stated), later (thirteenth) printing. Quarter-bound in red with brown paper boards. Author's name in gilt on front board, gilt lettering to spine. Price clipped jacket shows shelf wear, chipping to edges (top of spine and front) with paper loss on bottom of spine and front cover fore-edge now protected with removable mylar cover. A British spy must pretend to defect so as to frame a foreign spymaster but along the way falls in love only to be double-crossed. At 256 pages, the story line moves pretty fast and in the end, it is cold. A cold war era story at its finest. Basis for the 1965 movie starring Richard Burton and with the 1966 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor going to Oskar Werner. 8.5x6 in. 256pg.

Arbor House. New York. 1985. Quarter-bound in black with black boards with silver Glitz logo on front and lettering to spine. Bottom on spine is lightly pushed and silver lettering on spine slightly faded otherwise, a tight/clean very good+ book. First printing of first trade edition with number line ending in "1". Jacket is unclipped ($14.95) with only minor shelf wear. What can you say about a book that reads: He said, "oh no, you better not tell me." "I have to, "Linda said. "It was from your gun, not Teddy's. I guess it went right through him." Signed and dated in year of publication by author on the half title page. 9.25 x 6.25. 251 pg.

New York, Henry Holt and Company. First Owl Books Edition (stated), later printing. Minor crease to top of spine, minimal shelf wear and a bit of age-toning to pages. Inscribed on the title page by the two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his two volume-biography of W.E.B. Du Bois (1994, 2001); the first such author to win the Pulitzer Prize for biography for two volumes on the same subject. These works were written while working as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of History at Rutgers University. Professor Lewis was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama in 2009. William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) Du Bois (1868-1963) was the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard University and one of the founders of the NAACP in 1909. 6x9.25 in. Including Index, 733 pg.

New York. Doubleday & Company. 1948. Edited and translated by L.P. Lochner this very good copy shows (without jacket) minimal shelf wear on black boards with gilt lettering on red panel on spine. First Edition assumed with matching date on title and copyright pages and no subsequent printing listed. PO's bookplate on flyleaf. Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945) was the Nazi politician in charge of propaganda for the Nazi Party during WW II known for his virulent antisemitic view. To illustrate Goebbels viewpoint one only has to read part of page 113. An incredibly sad dairy, full of misery and suffering that does not end well for Goebbels, his wife or his children. Still, should be required reading for those needing to better understand the past that cannot be repeated.

New York: World Publishing Co, 1971. Red leatherette boards with swastika in B/W on front and white lettering to spine. Near fine First Printing (stated) that shows the Book Club imprint on the back board. The age-toned acetate jacket does not show a price and is chipped on the tail. The Scarlatti family deals with WW II, defection, embezzlement and murder.... all in this, the author's first novel. 6x9.25 in. 358 pg.