Search Results: Authors starting with L from Rainy Day Paperback Exchange

Paris, France: Arthaud, 1959. Hardbound. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright, clean and square. A little foxing to top edge. Slight wear to top edge of dust jacket. 7.5x9.3x1" 12 pages of text, 129 pages of full-page black and white art quality photos.

Paris, France: Le Livre de poche (#876-877) / Grasset, 1962. Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faint reading curl to spine. Winner of the French Academies grand prize for a novel in 1938. 434 pages. Text in French. ISBN: 05640155607.

Ignatius Press, 1984. Hardbound. VERY GOOD/ Fair dust jacket. The author, a poet and priest, lyrically describes a single village in Lebanon and asks "Why the War?" (written in 1984) Illustrated with black and white photos. The book is as new except for faintest age soil to top and bottom edges and a small puncture on the cover. The dust jacket is present but creased, ripped (tape repaired on inside) and rubbed. ISBN: 0898700647.

Baadbat, Liban: Editions Al-Karmah, 1985. Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for slight rubbing to cover edges. "raconte l'histoire bouleversante du petit Nassim, qui se trouvait sur les chemins de nulle part, apres la dispaition de tous les siens, et qui retoruve le Chemin de la vie grace a son MI Jad 'au ceur de mere'..." Pere Labaky is a Maronite priest. 200 pages. Text in French. ISBN: 2852447266.

Paris, France: Librairie Larousse, 1990. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, bright, faint age soil to exterior, a few underlinings and notes inside, faint curl. Creased from corner bump. 184 pages. Text in French. ISBN: 2038712123.

Albin Michel, 2006. Trade Paperback. FINE. As new - Gift quality. White cover. "A boy of eight fell in love with a twenty year old female musician. The sentiment that seemed childish and ridiculous made Clara, the female musician, choose to leave. But to her surprise, yesterday's break was the beginning of a real love for her ten years later ...." Text in French.

Newark, DE: Internation Reading Association, 1974. Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for slight edgewear. Guide for teaching reading to the special needs child: the gifted child, who may present special challenges for teacher, as he is so far ahead of peers. 141 pages ISBN: 0872077179.

Paris, France: Plon, 1976. Hardbound. VERY GOOD+/ No DJ.. As new - but no dust jacket. Part of Series "Terre Humaine; Civilisations et Societes, Collection d'Etudes et de Temoignages dirigee par Jean Malaurie" (L'Ete Grec - A Daily Greece of 4000 Years - Human Earth; Civilizations and Societies, Collection of Studies and Testimonies directed by Jean Malaurie) 412 pages, "Avec 21 illustrations et 2 cartes dans le texte et 51 illustrations hors-texte", 8.2x5.25x1.25 (20.6x13.3cm). Text in French.

Tabora, Tanzania: Tanganyika Mission Press, (undated). Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faintest stain on cover corner and tiniest bump to outer corner. Useful idiomatic Tanzanian Swahili words and phrases, grouped by topic including section on political words in post-independence Tanzania.

Santiago, Chile: ORGANIZACION DE LAS NACIONES UNIDASPARA LA AGRICULTURA Y LA ALIMENTACION, 1995. Trade Paperback. GOOD. Tight, light age soil to covers, clean interior, faint curl. "Existe un creciente consenso de que la agricultura, en su globalidad, solo conseguira enfrentar con exito sus antiguos y especialmente sus nuevos desafios, si los agricultores adquieren nuevos conocimientos, habilidades y destrezas, e incluso si adoptan actitudes diferentes. Si no lo hacen,dificilmente podran realizar una agricultura eficiente y sin ella no tendran rentabilidad ni competitivida." Text in Spanish.

Paris: Scala, 1988. Oversize Paperback. FINE. As new except for small crease to front cover corners. 160 pages of top quality prints w/ essays on the groupings of Eclecticism & Realism; Impressionism; Post-Impressionism; Naturalism & Symbolism; & "After 1900" ISBN: 2866560280.

Nantucket, MA: Nantucket Historical Association, 1995. Oversize Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faintest shelfwear to covers, address sticker on back cover, 8.5x11x.25" (21.5x28x.5cm). Illustrated pages 80 to 93. "Gulf Stream Charts of Benjamin Franklin & Timothy Folger", "Those Meridian Markers", "I feel as if a part of myself were gone…(Whalers Letters)"

NY: Scribners, c1930. (reprint, c1958). Paperback. GOOD+. As new except for neat underling and occccasional notes. Paperback reprint of 1930 edition. 208 pages. Text in French.

France: Nouveaux Classiques Larousse, 1965. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, bright, slight age soil to exterior, clean interior. I - has occasional light pencil underlining in 3 selections and the preface, and the top corner of the first title page clipped (to remove owner's name?). II - has a sunned spine. Text plus Chronologie, Note and Critiques. Black and white illustrations and colored frontpiece. Text in French.

NY: William Morrow, 1997. (3rd printing). Hardbound. FINE/Near Fine. SIGNED with inscription to "Toby" As new except for slight tilt. DJ as new except for slight wear to top corners. Menus for Christmas Brunch, Dinner, Supper, New Year's, Stocking Stuffers...and more. ISBN: 0688146910.

The Swedish Program of Columbia University, 2002. Trade Paperback. FINE. As new except for small mark on back cover. 22 page staple-bound booklet. Published as a tribute to Leif Sjoberg "well known in Scandinavia, the US, and Great Britain as a gifted translator, teacher, editor and all-round advocate for Scandinavian studies and especially Swedish literature...collaborated extensively with well-known English-language poets on the translation of high quality literary works from Swedish." 0.6

NY: Vintage/Random House, ©1951. Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for tiny chip on spine, and faint page yellowing. By Nobel prize winning author. "As a parable Barabbas is open to many interpretations. As a picture of a human soul, with or without parable, it is moving and convincing…"

Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House. Paperback. FINE. All 5 books - As new - gift quality! "presents the Rapture and the Tribulation through the eyes of 4 young friends." Christian fiction. Young adult

Brazil: United Press, 1998. (1st thus). Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, bright, clean, slight curl. A little wear to edges and 1 folded page corner. 148 pages (7-1/8 x 4-1/4")Text in Portuguese. "Em um momento de panico total milhoes de pessoas desaparecem ao redor do mundo. Aqueles que ficaram para tras encaram um futuro incerto. Entre eles estao quatro adolescentes que ficaram completamente sos." Christian Fiction. ISBN: 8524301260.

France: Gallimard, 1974. Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, bright, clean interior but light age soil to exterior edges, and square. Bookstore sticker on first free page. Prix Goncourt 1974 dust jacket is clean and crisp but has slight wear and age soil to top and bottom edges. Text in French. "En se tenant a distance, l'auteur ne donne pas a croire. Qu'a son tour, le lecteur ne se prenne pas au recit. Ce n'est qu'une histoire, et meme son revers: celle d'une fille toute simple, parfumee a l'eau de rose, qui se refugie dans la folie pour dissimuler une meprise. Est-ce la un tableau? Ou un plaisir qui cache sa couleur." 177 pages