Search Results: Authors starting with L from Parnassus Book Service

New York:Coward-McCann, Inc, 1934. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Inscribed by author. New York:Coward-McCann, Inc.  1934.  1st edition. 224pp. Some pages still uncut.  Signed and inscribed on the half title page by the author. Hardcover.  Boards soiled and slightly shelf-worn. Internally, no previous owners marks or signatures. A very good, clean copy. *Author's first book, an American novel in verse.  

Washington:Government Printing Office, 1932. soft cover. Good/No jacket. Washington:Government Printing Office. 1932. 406pp. Softcover.  Green covers soiled, with sun-fading to front cover along outside edge. Spine strip shows wear, with some chipping along edges. The rear cover has an old vertical fold across the middle which lines up with last pages.  Internally, paper lightly age-toned but free of previous owners marks or signatures. There is an old damp stain to upper outside edge of first few pages. The covers are still firmly attacthed.   A good solid copy.

Washington:Government Printing Office, 1939. soft cover. Very Good/No jacket. Washington:Government Printing Office. 1939.  vii+280pp. Softcover.  Green covers lightly soiled, sun-faded and shelfworn with Dep. 7-37 penciled to top edge, edge points starting to curl, and spine strip creased as if tied to tightly to sometiing else.  Internally clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures, but with a number penciled to verso of title page. The binding is tight with hinges intact.

NY:Macmillan Company, 1953. First Edition. hard cover. Good. NY:Macmillan Company. 1953. 2 vols. 1st edition.*Harvard Guide to American History. Aside from some light soiling/fading and general edge-wear to outer boards, a very good, clean copy.

Antigua Libreria Robredo, 1953. Limited edition. soft cover. Fine/Very Good. Mexico: Antigua Libreria Robredo. 1953. Limited Edition (#239 of 250). Softcover with glassine jacket. 145pp. Fine condition in VG+ jacket. This book is nearly as new, pages remain uncut. Minor bumpng damage to a corner of glassine jacket. Vazquez de Tapia was a 16th century Spanish Conquistador involved iin the conquest of Mexico, and later a mayor of Mexico City. (cfm)

289pp. Illus. Fine copy. S194. CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA; ARCHEOLOGY;

Editorial Pedro Robredo, 1939. Limited edition. soft cover. Very Good/No jacket. Mexico: Editorial Pedro Robredo. 1939. Limited Edition, #83 of 100 copies. Wrps. 333pp. In Very Good+ condition; some light soiling of covers and bumping of lower right corner. Internally the pages are still uncut, clean and bright. Lafora's account of mid 18th century travels along the northern borders of New Spain. (cfm)

243pp. Oblong. 1/4lea. Binding with marbleized paper. Edges show wear. Internally very good. A tight copy.

Garden City, NY:Doubleday Page & Co., 1911. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Fair. Garden City, NY:Doubleday Page & Cio. 1911. 1st edition. 339pp. Illustrated by Astri Heiberg. Hardcover with dust jacket. Boards clean and bright, with a bit of fading to bottom edge (corresponding to  chip in dust jacket), and the white print on spine has almost completely rubbed off. Page edges slightly soiled. Internally aside from a Christmas gift inscription on inside front board, the pages are clean and bright. The biinding is tight but slightly cocked with hinges intact. The dust jacket is still in one piece but in fair condition, quite soiled and shelfworn, with chips and tears to edges and folds. 

Boston:Little, Brown, and Company, 1898. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Boston:Little, Brown, and Company. 1898. 1st American edition. viii+473pp+10pp ads. Hardcover. Decorated boards lightly soiled with light rubbing to front illustration. Top edges gilt. Internally, end-pages slighlty age-toned with a previous owners bookplate attached to the inside front board (with some off-set to 1st free endpage), otherwise a very good, clean copy. The binding is tight and hinges intact. 

Boston:Little, Brown and Company, 1899. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Boston:Little, Brown, and Company. 1899. vi+378pp.+4pp ads.  Hardcover.  Green decorated boards lighlty soiled and shelfworn with silverfish damage to spine strip. Gilt bright on front cover but dulled on spine. Top page edges gilt. Internally clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures. The title page and contents have a small tear to fore-edge, otherwise a very good copy. The bindingis tight with hinges intact.

St. Augustine, Trinidad:University of the West Indies, nd: . First Edition. soft cover. Very Good/No jacket. St. Augustine, Trinidad:University of the West Indies. nd. xxix+258pp+(4pp index). Softcover.  Covers slightly soiled and shelfworn with a bit of sun-fading to front cover along outside edge. Edges slightly worn. Internally clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures. A very good copy.  *"Enemies of Empire is the story in ideological terms of the making - and unmaking - of a major part of what was the French Empire. It is above all an analysis of the various controversies to which that experience gave rise. It accordingly discusses notions such as 'race'  the celebrated 'mission civilatrice' of the French, negritude and assimilation."...back cover

Washington, DC:Dumbarton Oakes. soft cover. Fine/No jacket. Washington, DC:Dumbarton Oakes. Wrps. Fine, still in publishers shrinkwrap.

(Boston):(Boston Record-American and Sunday Advertiser), ca. 1940. soft cover. Very Good/No jacket. (Boston):(Boston Record-American and Sunday Advertiser). (ca. 1940). 149pp. Illustrated. Wraps. A very good copy. Reprint of first-hand articles about New England troops attached to United States Training centers in England by staffman Austen Lake. FB021

London:Hurst and Blackett, Ltd., 1936. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. London:Hurst and Blackett, Ltd. (1936). 287 + 16pp ads. Hardcover.  Black boards lightly soiled and shelf-worn. Internally, other than a previous owners name stamped to 1st free end-page and some light foxing scattered throughout, a very good copy.  Binding is tight and hinges intact. *"The four cases making up this book have been carefully chose; not only for their intrinsic historical value, but even more particularly on account of what may be termed their representative quality. Thus: The Assassination of Premier Stolypin was an affair entirely concerned with Russian interior politics, although not without a degree of outside foreign influence; The Theft of the Baranova Formula, on the other hand, was a matter of espionage pure and simple, that is to say, mainly involving a rival foreign power; The Brest-Litovsk Drainage Contract represents a special branch of espionage, one entering… Read More

New York:E. P. Dutton & Co.,Ltd., 1958. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2022/08/220710-pbs-49.JPG. New York:E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc. 1958. 1st edition, stated. 192pp. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Green boards lightly soiled and shelfworn with light wear along edges. Internally,  end-pages lightly age-toned with a previous owners inscription covering 3/4 of the 1st free end-page, otherwise clean with a few edges creased.  The bindingis tight with hinges intact.  The dust jacket is lightly soiled and shelfworn with wear along edges and folds. It is not price clipped. 

New York:Holt Rinehart and Winston, (1972). First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. New York:Holt Rinehart and Winston. (1972). 1st American edition.  248pp. Hardcover with dust jacket.  A very good, clean copy, inside and out with a very good dustjacket. *From the dustjacket..."The lives of a group of West Indian artists have reached a debilitating climax in contemporary London....Water With Berries is a frightening novel, because its subject is what it means to be a West Indian; the violence of its action, far from catering to a mindless sensationalism, works in the service of fictional imagination that is deeply political."

Modern Age Books, 1939. First Edition. soft cover. Very Good. New York: Modern Age Books. [1939]. First Edition. Softcover. x+308pp. Very Good condtion. Covers show a bit of grime, light creasing, and shelfwear; there is a 1" closed tear at top left of cover.  Some dust spots to top edge. Inside its clean, square, and tight. "My purpose...is to give...the main reasons that prompt contemporary Americans from every walk of life, including members of the upper and middle class, to adopt Socialism ..." (cfm)

Columbia City, IN:Henry Fred Lancaster, 1902. First Edition. hard cover. Good/No jacket. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2018/04/0_dsc09095.jpg. Columbia City, IN:Henry Fred Lancaster. 1902. 1st edition. 291pp+11pp index. Illustrated.  Hardcover. Green boards rubbed and lightly soiled and shelf-worn, with wear to edges and spine ends starting to fray. Internally, a page number to inside front board and an inscription to 2nd free endpage, otherwise pages clean. The last free end-page has a tear at the top edge where something was stapled to it. The binding is cocked, and cracked at page 199/200, but holding. Hinges are intact. A good copy.

Baltimore:Johns Hopkins Press, 1942. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. A Collection of His writings Presented to H. CARRINGTON LANCASTER by His Former Students... Baltimore:Johns Hopkins Press. 1942. 392pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Binding is shelf-worn at the edges with some soiling to the covers. Spine shows some sun discoloration, though gilt lettering remains bright. Otherwise in very good condition. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall, a very good copy.