Search Results: Authors starting with L from Pegasus Book Orphanage

The Kent State University Press 1978 hardcover, 9 1/4" x 6", with dust jacket Excellent copy with firm binding. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dust jacket.. Dark-red cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, blood-red endpapers, index. During his 50-year creative life, Sean O'Casey delighted in those who take pleasure in life, and using the stage as his vehicle, made satire his weapon. This book traces O'Casey's emerging satiric vision, providing new allusions and fresh insights by reference to his published volumes of essays, correspondence, reviews, and his difficult autobiographies. His characters may have been Dublin tenement dwellers, but his theme was the human condition. An enlightening guide to one of the twentieth century's greatest dramatists.

Hodder & Stoughton, publishers, London - first edition 1971 hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with dust jacket Staple strangely to free front endpaper. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket The historian concerned with what has just become history lacks the perspective, knowledge and preliminary sorting bestowed by the passage of time. Here Professor Mowat, a notable practitioner in this difficult field, describes the type of sources available for the history of Great Britain since the beginning of the First World War, and analyses the advantages and difficulties involved in their use.

Pergamon Press, publishers, Oxford - first edition 1967 softcover, 5" x 7¾" Book in GOOD condition In this book both students and practitioners are presented with details of sources of information likely to be useful in pursuit of the profession of architecture and the related professions of planning and building. It details: Careers and Traning; Bibliographies, Indexes and Abstracts; Books and pamphlets on Architecture, Building Types and History.

G Bell & Sons, London 1965 Hardcover, with dust jacket Some pencil marks to pertinent paragraphs. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stickers and stamps. GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Here's an easy-to-read, detailed account of the 111-year reign of the House of Stuart, covering Civil Wars, campaigns in Scotland and Ireland, the English Colonies in North America, the East India Co's activities, the Dutch wars, and the usual Church & State matters of importance. Book includes six maps and two genealogical tables.

Cassell & Co., Red Lion Square, London - first UK edition 1975 hardcover, 5¾" x 8½", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket The Dreyfus Affair began with the persecution of Alfred Dreyfus, the French Army's most promising Jewish officer, who was falsely accused of passing military secrets to the Germans. Even today, this story of high drama that almost caused the downfall of a government is startlingly relevant - ambitious government officials framed Dreyfus as a traitor, and offered 'national security' as a reason for covering-up their crime. After much injustice, justice finally triumphed.

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1980 hardcover, 9 1/4" x 7 1/2", with dust jacket GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Red cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, photographic frontis, 18 full-color plates, over 200 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. This comprehensive, well-illustrated guide covers both the investment and hobby aspects of numismatics, with emphasis on US currency. An annotated bibliography provides a complete list of other sources for further specific areas. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, pocket, barcode etc.

Melbourne University Press 1978 softcover Good condition. This book analyses the interplay between the emotions and the endocrine system and deals with the physical and the psychological aspects of gynaecology and sexual function.

William Collins of London 1943 Hardcover with dust jacket Jacket edges have wear (70-year-old book). GOOD book in FAIR unclipped dust jacket Eight colour plates and twenty black & white illustrations. Mr Woodward makes clear what the problems facing the historian are and illustrates how, from the earliest times, the most famous British historians have dealt with their subjects - their different methods of approach and their varying successes. In the course of doing this, not only does he provide an acute study of the men and their works, but also traces the differences in their conceptions of history and the historian's function. (Bede, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Raleigh, Camden, Dugdale, Green, Froude et al.)

Georgian House, Melbourne nd (1950?) hardcover, 5.5" x 4" and clear water worm angling. Book in VERY GOOD condition Dark-brown cloth-bound boards with gold title & author to front (now fading), two-colour title page, 8 line drawings. A small book limited to "the three methods which require a certain amount of skill & some knowledge for success" - wet & dry fly fishing

Viking, London - 1993 hardcover, 6¼" x 9½", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, and barcode. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Eddy L Harris continues his search for the roots of the blackamerican soul in this book. "I did not travel across Africa to find my roots. I travelled to the South to find them. For the South, not Africa, is home to Blackamericans and Blackamericans as a race are essentially Southerners. Only in the South could I discover where my beginnings as a Blackamerican have gone. Without realizing it at the time, I was going home." In this book, the author has created a modern classic that combines the lively detail of travel writing woth an exploration of race in America, then and now.

Thames and Hudson, London 1964 hardcover, 8 1/4" x 5 1/2", with dust jacket Dust jacket exterior has extensive colour fading (not effecting typography), has been exposed to sunlight. Some pencil underlining. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, pocket etc. Red cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, with map and 6 genealogical tables, bibliography, index. An essential guidebook through the complexities of technique and style which reveals the greatness of Faulkner's art and scope, and the depth of his personal vision of life. Have the dominant patterns and major themes simply explained; read individual interpretations of Faulkner's nineteen novels. A wonderful help to gaining a better understanding of the works of one of the very greatest American writers.

Bonanza Books, New York 1963 Hardcover with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering and usual stamps, stickers and barcode. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Two American teachers, husband and wife, accept an appointment in Shishmaref, Alaska in 1923. On landing there, they immediately acquired a deep interest in primitive culture and its inevitable confrontation with modern life. Book includes over 50 of their phorographs, and amazing accounts of their introduction to another world.

John Murray, London 1947 hardcover, 7¼" x 9¾", with red cloth spine Previous owner's name inside front cover (dated 'Oct '47). Hand-soiled covered. Book in GOOD condition Following a course in joint making, it is suggested that the pupil undertake a project from the eight in Group One, followed by another from Group Two (16 offered). He then moves to the Advanced Group (40 projects available). The elasticity of the scheme is purposely designed to stimulate independence of outlook by meeting the needs of apt or inapt, and fast and slow workers. The provision of Bench Procedure notes in both Groups is intended to encourage the timid and restrain the reckless. Projects range from kitchen stools and toast racks to pedestal cupboards and tool boxes.

Macmillan Publishing Co., New York © 1977 Hardcover with clipped dust jacket Some pencil underlining and marginal notes. Ex library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stickers, stamps & barcode (mainly confined to ffep). GOOD book in VERY GOOD dust jacket Tan cloth-bound hardcover, 9.5" x 6:, with red type to spine, red endpapers, photo of Bacon statue as frontispiece, 42 illusts, bibliography & index. Works century by century through the history of ideas - religion, science, aesthetics, art, history etc.

Evans Brothers Limited, London 1963 hardcover, 6" x 8½", with dust jacket Jacket has edge wear. Previous owner's name stamp to endpaper & signature to title page. GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket This book was written especially for householders, estate owners, smaller builders, and technical schools. The methods described are the simplest known for better work at less cost, and are the result of 40 years' experience of concrete work. Over 200 illustrations.

Society of the Friends of St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney - third edition 1975 stapled booklet, 5½" x 8½" Some hand-soiling to covers. Booklet in GOOD condition This booklet traces the interesting history of this magnificent cathedral from its foundation in 1137 until its completion three and a half centuries later. The author draws attention to the main features of the building and its contents, and relates many fascinating incidents. He also gives glimpses of St Magnus and Earl Rognvald, and of the early Bishops of Orkney. Eleven illustrations.

Collins, London 1977 Hardcover with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering and usual stamps, stickers and barcode. FAIR book in FAIR unclipped dust jacket With the aid of colour paintings, descriptive notes, monthly life history tables and 2-colour distribution maps, this book enables anyone to identify the resident 57 residet and 12 visiting butterfly species in Britain. The colour plates, painted by Anthony Moore, illustrate every main species, both male and female, upperside and underside, and also notable subspecies and aberrant forms.

Pergamon Press, Fitzroy Square, London 1968 Softcover (flexicover), 19½cms x 13cms Covers are hand-soiled and grubby. Book in GOOD condition This book is an updated reprint of the original 1958 edition. It has 38 photographic plates and literally dozens of line drawings. Contents cover Woodlice, millipedes, Centipedes, other Myriapods, Scorpions, False-Scorpions, Whip-Scorpions, Harvest-Spiders, Spiders, Mites, and Ticks.

William Morrow & Co, New York 1995 hardcover, 6¼" x 9½", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, etc. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket James Stokesbury recounts the military campaigns, presenting information on command strategies, weaponry, and troop strength for both Union and Confederate armies. With eleven original maps of major battle sites, including Gettysburg, Bull Run, and Antietam, he shows how a war that was supposed to end quickly lasted through four horrible years and claimed 620,000 American lives. Stokesbury also shows each army's leader (Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln) embodied the struggle between North and South. A remarkable, one-volume account of America's Civil War.

Robert Hale, London - first edition 1986 Hardcover with dust jacket An ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers etc (barcode excised from ffep). VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD dust jacket Blue cloth-bound hardcover, 9.5" x 6.5", with gold type to spine, & jacket. A concise, readable account of the use of the aeroplane in warfare from the Italian conquest of Libya (1911) to Falklands crisis. Skillful analysis of military & naval aviation.