Search Results: Authors starting with L from Catron Grant Books

Geological Society of America, 1960 100 pps. plus 4 b/w plates. Previous owner's name in ink on front endpaper. Otherwise, text and plates are clean, tight, bright and unmarked. Marroon cloth-bound boards with gold printing on spine show minimal wear but has one bumped corner on reverse. Previous owner also wrote author's name on upper right-hand corner. This publication is "Memoir 78" via the Geological Society of America.. 1st Edition. Stitched Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 6.5" x 9.75".

Editions Desiris, 1998 222 pp with diagrams in text. Text in French. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are brightr and undamaged.. Trade Paperback. As New.

Argentina: Ediciones Nizza, 1960 136 pp. Text is clean, tight and unmarked but title page is missing.Yellow paper covers are missing a large chunk from the front. Nothing of this damage efects the book's readibility.. Softcover. Poor.

Wynwood Pr, 1989 296 pp with 8 B&W plates. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. DJ is bright and undamaged. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Barnes & Noble, 1995 179 pp. A thorough history of the French Foreign Legion from its founding in 1831 to the present day. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. DJ is clean, bright, undamaged with very slight shelfwear.. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Book Club Edition.

Cranbury, NJ: A.S. Barnes and Co., 1971 Cranbury, NJ: A.S. Barnes and Co., 1971 216 pp with B&W illustrations in text. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's name stamp on front endpapers., some paper loss to endpapers where jacket was previously glued. Dustjacket is intacted but rubbed, not price-clipped, in mylar wrapper. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/Good.. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/Good.

Grove Press, 2002 364 pp with 8 B&W plates. The story of Douglas Mackierman, the first CIA agent killed in the line of duty, who was sent by the CIA to collect intelligence on Russian uranium mining in northwestern China - an unsettling sign that Russia was developing an atomic bomb. Simultaneously he began organization of anti-Chinese nomads into proxy U.S. fighting forces in Central Asia. Although the United States has never recognized Tibet's claim to independencee, "Into Tibet" uncovers evidence that in 1950 the CIA and the State Department were working covertlt to do just that. A largely unknown and riviting history. Text is clean tight and unmarked. Maps on endpapers. DJ is clean, bright, undamaged.. First Edition.. Hardcover. New/New.

U.S.A.: University of California Press, 1990 164 pp with color photography by the acclaimed nature photographer, Galen Rowell, on every page. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Red cloth boards with gold-stamped titles are pristine. Dust jacket has edgewear, a closed tear on front. Now in protective mylar. Oversized book. Please inquire about overseas shipping charges before ordering. Size: 13" x 9". Hard Cover. Fine/Good Plus. Illus. by Rowell, Galen.

Random House, 1982 15, 363 pps. plus 2 pieces of related epemera. Front endpaper has previous owner's small stamp and label. Text is clean, tight, bright and unmarked. Yellow-gold paper-covered boards with black cloth spine and metallic gold printing are clean, bright and without damage. Red, glossy DJ with bold, outlined title in brown and yellow is tight, bright and Near Fine. In protective mylar.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 6.25" x 9.50".

Dover Publications, 1960 8, 304 pps. plus Index page and Dover catalogue pages. Black and white line diagrams throughout.Text is clean, tight, bright and unmarked. off-white softcover with red outlined title and green and red graphics shows minimal wear but some toning on upper edge and spine. This is a comprehensive classic covering the physical and mathematical aspects of sound.. Reprint of 1925 Second Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5.5" x 8".

Grosset & Dunlap, 1943 Grosset & Dunlap, 1943 185 pp A novel for young teens about growing up at Fort Benning , Kansas. Janet Lambert focused on the lives and the coming of age choices of the wives and children, especially daughters, of U.S. Army officers during World War II. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. grey cloth boards with stamped design of a locket are "good plus" with a little rubbing along edges.DJ is clean and bright with a chip missing at top of spine. In protective mylar wrapper. Contents [hide]. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good.

Kansas City, MO: Burton Publishing Co., 1948 Kansas City, MO: Burton Publishing Co., 1948 Unpaginated with B&W drawings throughout. Cowboy poetry, tall tales and history of Cimmaron, New Mexico dedicated to "The cowpunchers, prospectors, indian chiefs, texas rangers, scouts old timers, rancheros, pioneers, Mexican vaqueros and trappers." Introduction by J. Frank Dobie. Two additional poems are handwritten on the front endpapers and ffp in ink and signed to the previous owner with greetings from "Katie and Fred of the Cimmaron." Front endpaper has been trimmed below the poem and greeting. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Dark blue cloth boards with silver-stamped title and sillouette of a rearing horse and rider are bumped and rubbed. Oversized book. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Dedication By Author. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Lambert, Fred.. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Lambert, Fred.

Holland: Droste's Cacao En Chocoladefabrieken, 1936 Holland: Droste's Cacao En Chocoladefabrieken, 1936 99 pp with tipped in color illustrations and B&W line drawings in text. Text in Dutch. Text is heavily foxed. Decorative paper boards have some soil, warping. Published by the Droste chocolate firm. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

Holland: Droste's Cacao En Chocoladefabrieken, 1932 Holland: Droste's Cacao En Chocoladefabrieken, 1932 99 pp with tipped in color illustrations and B&W line drawings in text. Text in Dutch. Text is heavily foxed. Decorative paper boards have some soil, age-darkening. Published by the Droste chocolate firm. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

University of Kansas, 1936 Unpaginated. B/W phtograph every other page and one map. Text clean, tight, bright and unmarked. Pale terracotta coer with black line illustration clean, tight, bright and undamaged. This is Volume 36, # 18 of the State Geological Survey of Kansa published semimonthly in 1935.. 1st Edition. Stapled Soft Cover. Very Good. 5 1/4" X 7 1/4". Booklet.

Other Press, 2007 350 pp with one map in text. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. DJ is bright and undamaged.. Hardcover. As New/As New. 9" x 12.75".

Doubleday, Page & Co., 1905 Doubleday, Page & Co., 1905 xv, 484 pp with a tipped -in color photo frontis and forty-nine B&W plates. Percival Landon (1868 - 1927) a; in 1903 - 904 he was special correspondent for The Times on the British military expedition to Lhasa, Tibet; deckle-edged text is clean, tight and unmarked, gilded along top page edges. Green cloth boards with gold-stamped titles are rubbed along edges with some loss of matewrial on corners, spine ends. Size: Thick 8 Vo. Hardcover. Good.. Hardcover. Good.

U.S.A.: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1986 viii, 136 pp with B&W illustrations and diagrams on every page. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers show slight shelfwear. #001923 Size: 10.5" x 8". Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Frank Cass & Co., 1968 London: Frank Cass & Co., 1968 382 pp with one map and B&W illustrations in text. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Red cloth boards are bright and undamaged. DJ has edgewear, now in protective mylar. New Impression of 4th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.. New Impression of 4th Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

U.S.A.: University of Utah, 1996 U.S.A.: University of Utah, 1996 xi, 263 pp with B&W illustrations in text. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. DJ is bright and undamaged. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.. Hardcover. As New/As New.