Search Results: Authors starting with L from Peruse the Stacks

William Morrow, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine first printing, signed by La Russa with his jersey number, 10 on the title page. Light sticker residue to front of jacket, else fine.

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, published by Arkham House in 1960. Near fine with some rubbing to spine ends of jacket.

London: Dennis Dobson, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First hardcover edition of this work, originally published as an ACE double in 1968. Fine in fine jacket.

Orbit, 2017. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. First printing of this PBO, fine in wraps.

U.S.A.: Harper, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Scarce first printing of this Newbery Honor-winning book. Very good with some residue and scuffing to edges of boards where tape was removed from an attached jacket protector. Jacket very good with a small tear to upper corner of rear panel and inner rear flap.

U.S.A.: Harper, 2011. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC). Near fine with light corner crease to back cover. Scarce.

Ysleta: Edwin B. Hill, 1934. First edition thus, 100 copies. Brochure, [4]pp. Staple bound in printed card wraps. Light edge wear, near fine. Reprints a Lamb letter originally printed in book form by Hill in Mesa, 1914.   Myers Myers 74.

Ysleta: [Edwin B. Hill], 1945. First edition, unspecified limitation. Leaflet, [1]pp. Fine. Prints a 12 line letter from Lamb.  No colophon - date taken from the Myers Myers bibliography. Myers Myers 174.

Oklahoma City, OK: Griffin Books, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very good limited edition hardcover, though limitation slip is unsigned and unnumbered. However, the jacket designer, Lu Curtis, has inscribed the book. Good only jacket with some chipping, mostly to back panel.

Pantheon, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Advance Reader's Edition (ARC, Proof). Near fine in wraps with a bit of waviness to top edge of front cover.

[California], 1939. 7x4.5" signed under the image. Matted and in fine condition. One of Landacre's better known art deco bookplates, designed for Elizabeth Watson Diamond of Cleveland, the avid bookplate collector.

[Tempe]: [Edwin B. Hill], 1948. First edition, unknown limitation. Broadside, 17.5x12.5cm, sepia stock. Fine condition. A very late Hill piece from his Tempe period, 1946-1948, likely done as the great printer was contemplating his own mortality and failing health.   Myers Myers 199.

Croydon, Surrey: Willane, 1950. First editions. 8 Volumes, 22x16cm, each roughly 10-15pp. Illustrations, photographs. Illustrated yellow wraps, staple bound. Generally near fine with a few instances of scattered foxing. Sharp set of the first 8 Methods for Miracles by English magician, William H. Lane (1898-1955).  Classic tricks, nicely illustrated, well explained, and uniformly bound.

London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1935. First edition. 4to, vi, [2], 169, [1]pp. Publisher's blind ruled blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, printed paper jacket. Near fine book with light edge wear in very good jacket with tape repairs to underside, chipping to edges, and staining to front panel. Final work from Stephen Herbert Langdon (1876-1937), the American-born Assyriologist who later became a British citizen and professor at Oxford.  Part of the Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology series from the British Academy, of which Langdon was a fellow.  Uncommon in jacket.  .

New York: Samuel Campbell & Son, 1822. Hardcover. Fair. Interesting mainly for its association, this set of three volumes in the larger set belonged to Romulus Mitchell Saunders, American politician and great, great grandfather of Madeleine L'Engle. Saunders has signed with his first initials and last name on several of the first leaves of volume III. L'Engle has also signed her name under Saunders, "and his descendant, Madeleine L'Engle C. Franklin." Saunders served several positions for the state of North Carolina including Superior Court Judge, Attorney General, U. S. House of Representatives, and state senator. He was also the U. S. minister to Spain under James K. Polk and Zachary Taylor. Fair condition, calf, with back strips worn away or missing and boards mostly or fully detached. Rear board missing from volume IV. Page blocks foxed.

London: Arthur Baker, Methuen, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Interesting reprint of this early novel from Noel Langley, screenwriter famous for his work on the Wizard of Oz film. 9th edition, 1953 printing. From the personal library of Madeleine L'Engle, with her married ownership signature (Hugh and Madeleine Franklin) on the front pastedown. Near fine book with bumped lower corner in very good jacket that shows rubbing along folds and at spine ends, and a couple small edge tears.

Drive-In Movies, 2012. DVD of the Terrill Lee Lankford directed film based on the story by Joe R. Lansdale, screenplay by Keith Lansdale. Signed by Joe, Keith, and Kasey Lansdale on the front of the case. Additionally, signed a second time by Joe on the disc itself.

Drive-In Movies, 2012. DVD of the Terrill Lee Lankford directed film based on the story by Joe R. Lansdale, screenplay by Keith Lansdale. Signed by Joe and Kasey Lansdale, who starred in the movie, on the disc itself in silver sharpie. Fine condition.

Houston, TX: Death's Head Press, 2021. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Timothy Truman. A previously unpublished story featuring the Reverend Jedidiah Mercer. Limited to 500 numbered copies, with stitch sewn binding in illustrated wraps, signed by Lansdale on the title page. Near fine in slightly bent and wrinkled wraps due to improper shipping.

U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Advance Reading Copy (ARC). Flat signed (not his usual practice with ARC's) by Lansdale on title page. Very good in wraps with creasing to spine and some edge wear.