Search Results: Authors starting with L from Joseph Valles - Books

Saigon, Ziên-Hong, 1958-1959, 1952, 1957, 1959. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2 volumes in 1; 491, [28]; [406] pp. ; 19 cm. ; Vol. 1 by Lê-bá-Khanh and Lê-bá-Kông; v. 2 by Lê-bá-Kông. ; LC:PL4376 .L432A ; Dewey: 495.922 ; OCLC: 18738491 ; 1/2 red leather in yellow and orange decorative papers ; spine wear ; text in English and Vietnamese ; A very popular general Vietnamese-English, Englosh-Vietnamese dictionary that went through several editions since first being published in 1952. ; G.

Mount Vernon [N.Y.] Peter Pauper Press, 1947., 1947. Fine. 124 p. illus. 24 cm. ; Language: English ; LCCN: 47-22544 ; Englished from the French of Jean de La Fontaine, illus. by Richard Floethe. ; OCLC: 1964881 ; decorated dark brown and beige cloth with paper spine label, in red slipcase with pictorial p aper pastedown on front ; foxing ; Contents: The river god of Scamander--The muleteer and the Queen--The lady is deceived--The monks of Catalonia--The cradle at the inn--The convent gardener--The farmer's mare--The abbess' spectacles--The progress o f wit--The wife-traders of Rouen--The over-boastful king--The foolish doctor of laws--Putting the Devil in Hell--The earmaker and mouldmender--The cudgelled cuckold--The family mortgage--The lady and the grotto--Catching the nightingale--Tricking th e greedy wife--The eel pie, or, variety--The husband and the horse. ; slight fading to slipcase ; else FINE/VG

New York : Tor, c1993., 1993. Fine. 1st printing, 1st Tor edition ; ISBN: 0312855311 (acid-free paper) :; 9780312855314 (acid-free paper) LCCN: 93-554 ; OCLC: 27728713 ; "Philadelphia police detective Lieutenant William Fogarty and pathologist Joey Tanaka, a master of the martial arts, are tracking the Mantis, a serial murderer with almost superhuman strength and an uncanny ability to baffle police" ; dust jacket cover has two invisible stains, else FINE/VG

Brooklyn, New York : The Old House Journal Corporation, 1973-1979, 1973. Book. Fine. No Binding. loose-leaf publication ; OCLC: 857088726 ; a six-year run of Old-House Journal, as well as The Old-house journal catalog, with the indexes ; lists over 5,873 products and services, with 525 companies for the renovation of old houses; many articles on various aspects of repair; laid the groundwork for the Public Television series This Old House ; V.1.no.1: An old house is a way of life -- Protecting the aging house from winter storms -- Old-house living: a brownstone in Brooklyn -- Sealing leaky windows -- Quieting a steam heating system -- Flat-roof repairs -- Chimney check up -- The care and cleaning of brass -- v.1 no.2 : Refinishing secrets of the Boston Museum -- The bare-brick mistake -- A schoolhouse in Kentucky -- Restoring shutters to working order -- Surgery on a staircase -- Coping with frayed electrical wiring -- How to apply French polish -- Recipes for reviving and refinishing - v.1 no.3:… Read More

Biponti : Ex Typographia Societatis, MDCCLXXXVI (1786)., 1786. Very Good. Editio accurata ; 2 volumes ; 23 cm. (8vo) ; LCCN: 94-201811 ; OCLC: 37116169 ; LC: BR65 ; "Cum notis J.A. Fabricii, ex Bibliotheca ecclesiastica, Hamburgi 1718 edita, p. 165 sqq."--V. 1, p. iii ; with a life of Lucius Caelius Lactantius, and a complete, very detailed index of the history of published editions of the works of Lactantius from 1465 to 1782 ; collected works here include The Divine Institution, the collected Letters, and poems, the Symposium and the Phoenix ; together with a dictionary of Greek phrases used in the text, and indices of authors and subjects, with page references ; early 19th century 1/4 brown leather with raised bands, gold lettering and marbled papers over boards ; 19th century ex-library, spine labels, stamps, date dues ; slight wear to spines ; previous 19th century owner's bookplates ; laid paper, untrimmed ; title page engravings by Weis of Julius Crispus and Constantine ; only one other set… Read More

New York : Ferrar Straus Giroux, 1984., 1984. Very Good. Green and brown cloth with gold lettering ; ex-lib, stamps, pocket, label ; a series of essays on gardening and flowers ; VG

Washington : Office of the Surgeon General, Dept. of the Army : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976., 1976. Good. xvii, 1215 p. : graphs ; 26 cm. ; OCLC: 2633288 ; National Library: 7607981 LCCN: 75-600004 ; GovDoc: D 104.11:St 2; LC: UH224 1941/45; Dewey: 940.54/75; NLM: D 807.U6 A2 ; brown cloth with gold lettering and designs ; thick volume ; detailed statistics on death, injury and disease among soldiers of World War II, with some comparison between World War I ; G

Saint-Ouen, Seine, France : L'Imprimerie Chaix-desposses-Neogravure, 126 Rue des Rosiers, Helio noir et couleur des Imprimeries de Bobigny, 1965., 1965. Good. 448 pp. ; similar to OCLC: 122318796 ; Dewey: 840.9 ; color pictorial boards ; Table des Matieres : Malherbe -- Mainard -- Racan -- Regnier -- Theophile de Viau -- Saint-Amant -- Tristan L'Hermite -- Precieux et Burlesques -- La Preciosite -- La lit terature de salon : Voiture -- Descartes -- Le Theatre -- Corneille -- Le Courant Libertin -- Pascal -- Moliere -- La Fontaine -- Bossuet -- Racine -- Boileau -- La Rochefoucauld -- Mme De La Fayette -- Lettres et Memoires : Guez de Balzac, Le Cardi nal de Retz, Mme de Sevigne, Saint-Simon -- La Bruyere -- Fenelon -- La Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes -- La langue du XVIIe siecle. ; numerous illustrations, many in color ; some facsimiles of manuscripts ; "Editions Bordas" ; survey of French literature of the seventeenth century ; text in French ; pencillings ; slight wear, else G

New York, Mason/Charter, 1974, ©1973., 1974. Good. 196 p. illus. 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0884050912; 9780884050919 LCCN: 74-14700 ; LC: DC216.1; Dewey: 944.05/092/4 ; OCLC: 1008141 ; red cloth with gold lettering, in color pictorial dustjacket ; small tear to top of dustjacket ; some spots on pages 179-182 ; slight knock ; G/G

Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1900, 1900. Book. Poor. Hardcover. 2 v. in 1 : ill. ; LC: PR2877; OCLC: 5463667 ; decorated cloth ; darkened ; top of spine chipped ; title page missing ; Contents : The tempest -- A misummer night's dream -- The winter's tale -- Much ado about nothing -- As you like it -- The two gentlemen of Verona -- The merchant of Venice -- Cymbeline -- King Lear -- Macbeth -- v.2 -- All's well that ends well -- The taming of the shrew -- The comedy of errors -- Meadure for measure -- Twelfth night, or what you will -- Timon of Athens -- Romeo and Juliet -- Othello -- Pericles, Prince of Tyre ; front hinge starting ; pencillings ; top edge gilt ; reading copy ; POOR.

Honiton : Bene Factum, 2004., 2004. Fine. v, 224 pp. ; illustrated, portraits ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 1903071089 (hbk.); 9781903071083 (hbk.) ; OCLC: 76350731 or OCLC: 76797328 ; green cloth with gold lettering in color photographic dustjacket ; "What risks did early plant collectors take to bring us the plants we know and love? Who found what and where? And how similar are their finds to the plants we grow today? Christian Lamb has been to extraordinary lengths to find out, as we soon discover...Christian also gaily recounts her own intrepid adventures following in the footsteps of the early collectors: around New Zealand in the wake of Joseph Banks, up the Yangtze after Robert Fortune, to North, South and Central America in the paths of Lewis and Clark, the Lobb brothers, and other s..." ; filled with color photographs of rare plants and reproductions of illustrations from important botanicals ; FINE/FINE

Dallas, TX : Crescendo Music Publications; E. M. Bartlett; Albert E. Brumley & Sons, 1939, 1967, 1972, 1972. Book. Good. Soft cover. approx. 60 copies ; SATB ; CP-249.

Ithaca, NY : The Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University; [color plates, Dallas, Pennsylvania : Payne Printery, Inc.], 1974., 1974. Very Good. 326, [1] p. ; (part col.) 25 cm. ; ISSN: 0459-6137 ; LCCN: 63-24447 ; OCLC: 1783015 ; Serial Publication : Periodical ; stiff paper wrappers with color illustration ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due pocket ; Contents: Breeding biology of two Cuckoos and their hosts in South West Africa / Rolf A C Jensen and C F Clinning -- The Plumbeous Heron of the Galapagos / Barbara K Snow -- Breeding biology of Swallow-Tailed Kites in Florida / Noel F R Snyder -- The Red-Billed Toucan in Guyana / Godfrey R Bourne -- Bird diversity and abundance in Amazon forest communities / Thomas E Lovejoy -- Acoustic behavior of the Northern Jacana / Donald A Jenni, Roger D Gambs, and Burr J Betts -- The evolution of clutch size and mal chauvinism in the White-Bearded Manakin / Alan Lill -- The Antarctic Terns of Anvers Island / David F Parmelee and Stephen J Maxson -- Social… Read More

Ithaca, NY : The Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University; [color plates, Dallas, Pennsylvania : Payne Printery, Inc.], 1976., 1976. Very Good. 253, [1] p. ; (part col.) 25 cm. ; ISSN: 0459-6137 ; LCCN: 63-24447 ; OCLC: 1783015 ; Serial Publication : Periodical ; stiff paper wrappers with color illustration ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due pocket ; Contents: A resourced-based mating system : the Orange-Rumped Honeyguide / Edward W Cronin Jr and Paul W Sherman -- Observed acts of predation on birds in Northern Lower Michigan / Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr -- An ecological and behavioral study of the Galapagos Penguin / P D Boersma -- T he origin and evolution of Hawaiian Honeycreepers (Drepanididae) / Robert J Raikow -- The impact of migrant Warblers on resident Passerines in a subtropical Colombian woodland / Robert M Chipley -- Biology of the Bald Eagle on Amchitka Island, Alask a / Steve K Sherrod, Clayton M White, and Francis S l Williamson -- Recording bird sounds / James L Gulledge --… Read More

Ithaca, NY : The Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University; [color plates, Dallas Pennsylvania : Payne Printery, Inc.], 1975., 1975. Very Good. 314 p. ; (part col.) 25 cm. ; ISSN: 0459-6137 ; LCCN: 63-24447 ; OCLC: 1783015 ; Serial Publication : Periodical ; stiff paper wrappers with color illustration ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due pocket ; Contents: The social system of the Green Jay i n Columbia [Colombia] / Humberto Alvarez -- Sunbathing in Grebes / Robert W Storer, W Roy Siegfried, and John Kinahan -- Biology of Harris' Hawk in Southern Arizona / William J Mader -- Factors influencing female choice in the Lek mating system of the Ruff / Julia M Shepard -- Breeding biology of Frigatebirds : a comparative review / J Bryan Nelson -- Territorial defense of people by Laughing Gulls / Peter R Jutro -- The development of North American Herons II / William McVaugh, Jr -- Social b ehavior of the Boat-Billed Heron / Douglas W Mock -- Courtship behavior of the Greater Roadrunner / Martha Whitson… Read More

Ithaca, NY : The Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University; [color plates, Rochester, NY : Case-Hoyt], 1973., 1973. Very Good. 306 p. ; (part col.) 25 cm. ; ISSN: 0459-6137 ; LCCN: 63-24447 ; OCLC: 1783015 ; Serial Publication : Periodical ; stiff paper wrappers with color illustration ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due pocket ; Contents: Migratory patterns of Ruddy Turnstones in the Central Pacific Region / Max C Thompson -- Nesting and survival in a population of Florida Scrub Jays / Glen E Woolfenden -- The Green-Barred Flicker and Golden-Green Woodpecker of South America / Lester L Short -- Factors directing prey-a ttack by the young of three Passerine species / Susan M Smith -- Adaptive aspects of the Mountain Plover social system / Walter D Graul -- Passerine birds of the Falkland Islands : their behavior and ecology / Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr -- Breeding behavior of the Snowy Owl / Philip S Taylor -- Avian evolution in the arid lands of North America / John P Hubbard -- The nest of the… Read More

Leningrad : Aurora Art Publishers, ??????, 1974, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 17, [124] p. : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm. ; LCCN: 75-519136 ; LC: DT59.L254; Dewey: 709/.32/0740745 ; OCLC: 1348453 ; text in Russian and English ; edited by B. Piotrovsky ; compiled and introduced by N. Landa, I. Lapis ; green cloth with gold decorations in color photographic dustjacket ; "?????? ??????????? ?????????? ??????????? ????????? ? ????????. ????? 130 ?????????? ??????? ??????????" ; 130 full color photographic illustrations of artifacts rarely seen in the West ; [this online listing contains text in Russian] ; VG/VG.

New York : Macmillan, 1975, ©1974., 1975. Fine. 1st American Abridged edition ; 216 pp. ; illustrated ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 0025678302 :; 9780025678309 LCCN: 74-22052 ; LC: ML410.B4; Dewey: 780/.92/4 ; OCLC: 1085709 ; brown cloth with gold lettering, in color pictorial dustjacket ; "This extensive review of Beethoven's life and career combines illustrations and documents to give a comprehensive and vivid view of Beethoven's background, the world in which he lived, his friends and patrons, his fellow musicians, the women he loved, the places he visited. Recent research in connection with the two hundredth anniversary of the composer's birth (1970) uncovered a large number of hitherto unpublished and, in some cases, unknown paintings, [and] among the portraits and prints reproduced are some not previously published in color. The documents include copious extracts from Beethoven's letters and conversation books, as well as paper notices, related closely to the illustrations, they provide a commentary on… Read More

Atglen, PA : Schiffer Military / Aviation History., 1997., 1997. Fair. 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0764302272 LCCN: 96-70487 ; OCLC: 36547247 ; LC: D767.98; Dewey: 940.54/26 ; grey cloth with black lettering, in illustrated dustjacket ; chips and tears to top and bottom of covers ; tears to dustjacket ; SIGNED presentation by author to Guadalcanal prisoner of war, Jack Brookshire ; "This book tells a powerful story that has never been told before and documents a rare look into a "Pioneer Unit," integrated with an infantry unit in the First Marine Division. Kerry Lane tells the riveting true story of his experiences as a Sergeant while serving with a Marine Pioneer Battalion during the Battle of Guadalcanal and the swamp battle known as "Suicide Creek." This book honors the many marine pioneers, their companies and battalion, that contributed greatly to the victory that changed the course of the Pacific war." ; slight knock ; condition FAIR

Savannah, Ga. : Beehive Press, 1986, 1986. Fine. 252 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 0883220288; 9780883220283 LCCN: 86-70260 ; LC: NA730.G4; Dewey: 720/.9758 ; OCLC: 14175823 ; special photography by Van Jones Martin ; drawings by Gene Carpenter; brown cloth with photographic dustjacket ; Contents: The Colony -- The Frontier -- The Federal Era -- William Jay in Geoergia -- The Greek Revival -- Romantic Styles ; includes buildings such as William Horton House St. Simon's Island, Jesrusalem Church Rincon, Christian Camphor cottage Savannah, Elijah Kelley Cabin Chickamauga, James Vann House Spring Place, Robert Hiram Smith House Atlanta, Henry Hilsabeck House Madison, Traveller's Rest Jesse Walton House Toccoa, Thomas Cheely House Hancock County, John Mitchell House CLinton, John MacDonald House Ringgold, James Habersham Jr House Savannah, George Spencer House Savannah, William Child House Savannah, Congregational Church Midway, Thomas THornton House Union Point, Ezekial Harris House Augusta, Thomas Carr… Read More