Search Results: Titles starting with L from Bibliodditiques

New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1969. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Contains almost 1500 recipes. Tight binding. No tears, chips or written inscriptions to pages. Mylar sleeve over dust jacket is partly missing at rear, but dust jacket is in good shape. Colour photographs. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 896 pp.

Baltimore and London: The John Hopkins University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Some impression marks along edge of text block. Black and white photographs. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 361 pp.

Chicago London: The University of Chicago Press, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Book tells the story of Anna Morandi Manzolini, one of the most acclaimed anatomical sculptors of the Enlightenment. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Printed on high quality semi-glossy paper. Letter 'V' erased from rear pastedown endpaper has left impression mark. Light edgewear to dust jacket. 70 illustrations. Notes + Bibliography + Index. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 234 pp.

United Kingdom: Hamish Hamilton, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/near fine. Edward Bawden. A fantasy, in the tradition of Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Belfords, Clarke & Co.. First Canadian Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good +. Green boards with gilt embossed lettering and outline of sailing ship and harbour on front. Brown endpapers. Cloth on boards has some ripples and spots. Binding is secure. Rear hinge partially exposed. No publication date indicated. Handwritten notation on title page. Previous owner's name on page preceding half-title page. Edges have some wear. A little spotting on endpapers and very edges of pages. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 324 pp.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Signed by Atwood without inscriptions on title page. Tight binding. Orange coverboards with gilt lettering on spine. No chips, tears, crease on pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Some small tears and surface wear - largest tear being 0.75" on rear panel. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 345 pp.

Loughborough, England: Wills & Hepworth Ltd., 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. S. R. Badmin. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket has a couple of very small tears around edges and light surface wear. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped.16 mo (6" to 7"). 50 pp.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Previous owner's address label on front endpaper. Dust jacket has some small tears and chips around edges and number 17 printed on rear flap. Copyright 1930. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 294 pp.

Kenosha, Wisconsin: Samuel Lowe Company, 1959. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Bonnie Book #4821. Tight binding. Bright interior. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages, other than gift inscription on inside of front cover. Just light wear to coverboards. Size: Sm 8vo

London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1960. Second edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. W. Heaton Cooper. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases. Dust jacket is in protective mylar jacket. Signed by author on half-title page. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Full colour frontis shows Brotherswater from Kirkstone Pass. Contains 17 colour plates and 64 drawings by author. 219 pp.

Northbrook, Illinois: W. Clement Stone, P M A Communications, Incorporated, , 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Tight binding. No written inscriptions, tears, chips or creases to pages. Dust jacket is price clipped and has 1.5" tear on front. Colour photographic illustrations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Frederick Warne and Co.. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Thomas Mayne Reid (April 4, 1818 – October 22, 1883), was a Scots-Irish American novelist. "Captain" Reid wrote many adventure novels in the same vein as those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a great admirer of Lord Byron. His novels contain action that takes place primarily in untamed settings: the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. Books such as the Young Voyagers had great popularity, especially with boys. He was also very popular around the world; his tales of the American West captivated children everywhere, including Europe and Russia. In his autobiography, United States President Teddy Roosevelt credits Mayne Reid with being a major early inspiration. Some say Reid's adventure books for boys may be the inspiration for the United States' national park expansions which occurred under T. Roosevelt's two terms in office. Russell… Read More

Lindsay, Ontario: Ops Township Council, 1968. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good +. A history of Ops Township, a township in southeastern Ontario, Canada. The Town of Linsday in located in the centre of the township and the Scugog River divides the township approximately in half. Book covers topics such as Indian Lore, municipal government, taverns, farming, railways, education, churches and cemetaries. Illustrated with black and white photos. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Red coverboards with bumped corners. Gilt lettering. Endpapers are maps of Ops Township, Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 229 pp.

Melbourne London Toronto: WILLIAM Heinemann Ltd., 1952. Hard Cover. Very Good/good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions to pages. Slight lean to book. Dust jacket has a 3" tear on back and a few smaller tears. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 269 pp.

Chicago, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +. Green coverboards with embossed design of clock tower. 196 pages with interesting advertisements at end of year book Gift inscription. Light edgewear to coverboards. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

San Carlos, California: Golden Gate Junior Books, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +. Vesna Borcic. Tight binding. Pictorial Cover boards. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Impression of paper clip on front endpaper. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Golden Press, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. John P. Miller. Little Golden Book #304-31. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Some surface rubbing to covers. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8").

Random House of Canada, 1997. First Canadian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases to pages. A one-inch tear at top of fold for front dust jacket flap. Signed by author with inscription on title page. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 339 pp.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Pr, 1997. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases to pages. Rear of dust jacket has small chip on upper edge. Signed by author on title page. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 339 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good. Frank Bolle. Little Golden Book #343. First Edition with letter 'A' on last page. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions other than a 0.5" tear at bottom of title page. Pages have yellowed. Some light edgewear. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8")