Search Results: Authors starting with L from Resource Books, LLC

Taftville, CT: Self-published; Rene Dugas Sr, 2001. First edition, 2001, signed by the author on the title page. Book II of the series. Illustrated throughout with old black and white photographs. Light blue cloth with illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with good hinges, firm text block, clean pages with no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustajcket is in good to very good condition and has some rubbing, shelf soil and a light scattering of foxing to a couple of area, no chips or tears.. Signed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Paris: J. Correard, 1848. First volume dated 1848, second volume 1849. In French. Military history of the French Revolution up to and including the armistice in 1813. Three quarter calf leather with dual spine labels in red, slightly raised spine bands with gilt ruling, marbled edges and endpapers, 241 + 226 pages. Each volume has an armorial bookplate with The Prince Consort's Military Library printed below. Some external rubbing and shallow surface scratching to the leather, tiny chip to the rear spine head of volume I, good joints/hinges, sound text block, clean pages with scattered foxing, mainly quite light, no chips, tears or markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Schocken Books, 1969. 1969 softcover edition in quite worn but sound condition. Covers rubbed and a little grubby with additional wear to the corners, text block sound, name and magic marker smear on title page, some underlining. Reading copy.. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. Franklin Library limited edition, 1977. Pulitzer Prize winner. About fine copy in full deep red good quality leather with gilt lettering and extensive decoration on covers and spine, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, moire silk endleaves, attached ribbon bookmark. Looks and feels new and unread, with tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. very light shelf scuffing to lower corners.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Garnier Freres, 1866. In French. Title page dated 1866. Presented as a student prize from Edinburgh Institution to John Walker for French. Prize binding with the school's emblem on the front cover in gilt, full smooth calf leather, black spine label, raised spine bands, gilt decorated compartments, marbled edges and endpapers, illustrated with full page engravings, prize bookplate inside front cover. Some rubbing and age-toning, light chipping to spine head, spine darkened, front hinge internally lightly cracked (non-structural), text block firm, clean pages with some very minor foxing to title page and preface, name neatly written at upper corner of front free endpaper, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton Universtiy Press , 1964. First edition, 1964. Olive green cloth with gilt spine lettering, tan endpapers, 452 pages with extensive index, printed dustjacket. The book is in very good condition, with ligthly rubbed corners and spine ends, foxed top edge, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is in very good condition with a mildly darkened spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chester Springs, Pennsylvania USA: Radio Free Europe: Dufour Editions, 1965. First American edition, 1965. Presents differences between Chinese and Russian communism by political leaders and commentators of the 1960's. Navy cloth lettered in gilt, 191 pages, illustrated dustjacket. Ex-library, with spine numbers on the dustjacket (not the book), stamp on title page and pocket at rear, pages otherwise unmarked. Some shelfwear, including rubbing to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is in good condition, with considerable edge rubbing and chipping to the spine panel tips and other panel corners.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1872. Second edition, 1872. Purplish brown cloth lettered in gilt, 391 pages plus publisher's ads. Covers rubbed, spine ends quite badly chipped, rear hinge cracked, text block sound, name labels on front and rear pastedowns, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Exposition Press, 1965. First edition [1965]. Collection of short readings meant to promote values and character building to secondary school students, written shortly after the US Supreme Court decision disallowing school prayer or Bible reading in public education. Tan cloth, 167 pages, printed dustjacket. The book looks and feels nearly new, with good hinges, firm text block, clean pages free from names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and has some shelfwear, tiny edge chips and tears, a horizontal crease near the top of the rear panel, very little paper loss. A clean and sound copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Holmes & Meier Publishers, 1984. First American edition (1894). Good in very good dustjacket. Black hardcover, 486 pages. Binder's wrinkle at top of front cover, otherwise looks and feels near new, with firm binding, no names or other markings, dustjacket in mylar protector.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Warwick: Henry H. Lacy, 1900. Undated, ca. 1900. Illustrated with engravings. Softcover, stapled binding, 57 pages. Covers age-darkened and a little spotted at the edges, from cover starting to separate from bottom edge, spine covering light chipped at ends, sound binding, slightly age-toned but clean pages with no names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Washburn, IL: Sun Foundation, 1989. First edition, 1989. Softcover, 67 pages. About fine condition, looks and feels new and unread, tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Exeter, NH: John T. Burnham, F. Grant, J. B Moore, M. Newman et al, 1827. Stated second edition, 1827. Full calf leather with red spine label, gilt decoration to spine and cover borders, 175 pages. Front cover lightly chpped around the edges, front joint cracked but secure, text block sound, pages age-toned but clean, decorative old personal ownership stamp on front free endpaper, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

France: Galeries Lafayette, 1989. In French and English. Original 1989 exhibition catalog. Softcover 48 pages, color illustrated throughout. Very good condition with light edge rubbing, firm binding, pages clean and unmarked.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Squared 8vo.

Ashville, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Lark Books, 2000. First edition, first printing. Like-new copy in a lightly worn dustjacket. A fresh look at basketry using non-traditional materials, with an eye to creative recycling. Illustrated step-by-step instructions throughout. Glazed pictorial boards, 128 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book looks and feels about new and unused, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and has some minimal edgewear, no chips.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1965. First edition. Hardcover, color illustrated dustjacket. The book is in near fine condition, with firm binding, very clean pages free from names or other markings; the mylar protected dustjacket is in very good condition with minor shelfwear and edge rubbing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Copyright 1907, this copy most likely 1930s. Includes small illustrations in black and white. Yellow hardcover with dustjacket. The book is in fair to good condition with minor edgewear, good hinges, age-browned but very clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is in fair condition with shelf soil, scuffing and edge chips, but relatively little paper loss.. Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: Archangel Entertainment, 1997. First edition, 1997, with personalized inscription signed by the author on the half-title. Illustrated autobiography of illustrator Ray Lago, with images of his work reproduced in both full color and in black and white. Softcover, 77 pages. Some light shelf rubbing, mainly at the edges, internally about fine with no other names or markings.. Inscribed by The Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Vantage Press, 1971. First edition of this hard-to-find Lahr title, not the same book as the similarly titled Merry Holiday Plays. This book provides a series of twelve holiday-themed plays suitable for elementary school age children, easy to produce, not scary, and each teaching valuable life lessons. Author inscription on front free endpaper. Green cloth lettered in white, 168 pages, printed dustjacket. Book looks and feels almost new, with firm binding and crisp, clean pages. Mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and has only some very light edgewear. . Inscribed by The Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Scranton, Pennsylvania: Sam Laidacker, 1944. First edition, 1944. Illustrated survey of auction results from principal houses from May 1938 to June 1944. Softcover, unpaginated, about a hundred pages. The catalogue is from the estate of noted antiquarian dealer and collector Julia D. S. Snow of Greenfield, Massachusetts, whose name and address are on the front free endpaper and whose occasional comments are included in the margins. Some light cover wear, binding staples a bit rusted, internally clean other than the aforenoted markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.