Search Results: Titles starting with L from Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller

Random House, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . 8x7x1. L. L. Bean of Freeport, Maine, has been outfitting active outdoorsmen for more than three generations. This book combines Bean's vast knowledge of outdoor life with its constant evaluation of new developments in high-quality outdoor equipment. The result is the most authoritative and useful guide to getting on comfortably and safely in the outdoors ever written. In addition to hiking, camping, & backpacking this general account includes some material on skiing & canoeing.

Lyons Pr, 1984-03-01. Paperback. Very Good. 9x6x0. Surveys the basic equipment of fly fishing, explains how to tie flies, and offers practical advice on fly casting. Fly Fisher/Fly Tier/Writer/ArtistDave Whitlock, was a native Oklahoman who, thirty-five years ago resigned his position as a research chemist and pooled his talents in painting, illustrating, writing, photography, flyfishing and lecturing to embark on a new career as a full time professional in the arts of flyfishing. All his works, especially his art, reflect the realism of nature and related fly fishing subjects through the eyes of the sportsman. His diversity has always taken him into new and creative directions including, in recent years, trout stream design and restoration, with Johnny Morris's beautiful Dogwood Canyon being a great example.

HarperTorch, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good+. 6x1x9. Signed by Author. Dustjacket price clipped; else in Very Good+ condition. Signed "Lawrence Taylor" on the title page. With "signature only"; scarce thus. Lawrence Julius Taylor, nicknamed "L.T.", is a Hall of Fame former American football player. Taylor played his entire professional career as a linebacker for the New York Giants in the National Football League. He changed the way defense is played, the way pass-rushing is played, the way linebackers play and the way offenses block linebackers. According to John Madden, Taylor is considered one of the best players to ever play in the NFL, and has been ranked as the top defensive player in league history by some news outlets, media members, former players and coaches. He has also been described as one of the most "feared" and "intimidating" players in NFL history. Taylor's explosive speed and power is credited with changing… Read More

Crabtree Publications , 1977. Spiralbound Softcover. Very Good. 190 pages. A look back at some of the recipes from Aspen's famous establishments of haute cuisine; most now gone. The Stew Pot, Pomegranate, The Red Onion, the Golden Horn, Andre's - to name just a few. A scarce Aspen title.

iUniverse, 2003. First edition. Trade paperback. Very Good. 9x6x0. Signed by Author. The Book is in Very Good+ condition. Inscribed "To ? & Patricia Nolen I hope this book adds to your enjoyment in learning about the Lewis and Clark Expedition With all best wishes Lowell M. Schake August 22 04". This first ever book on La Charrette Village illuminates its origin, its citizens and their culture when notables like Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike and Stephen Long visited. Schake reveals how seven French Canadian-Native American families settled a "miserable," "poverty-stricken" village as America's gateway to the Louisiana Purchase. These vibrant Missouri River fur trappers were the first granted Indian trade rights and map the Santa Fe Trail. Denied their land grants they departed upriver to initiate Cote sans Dessein, another westernmost frontier village. Living among them were the likes of Daniel Boone, "Mountain Man" John Colter, "Indian"… Read More

Bulfinch Press, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . 9x1x11. In Very Good+ condition and Very Good+ dustjacket. A tour of some of Italy's most beautiful homes combines full-color photography with detailed descriptions as it journeys from artist Sandro Chia's austere Tuscan monastery, to Gore Vidal's cliffside retreat on the Amalfi Coast, to a charming Chianti farmhouse.

Houghton Mifflin, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good . X-Air Force Library. A large piece missing to rear endpaper; some chipping and edgewear to dustjacket. Hence, a good reading copy. The first American Matador describes in human terms the history and personalities surrounding the science of bullfighting. A bullfight in photographs, followed by a glossary of bullfighting terms.

Maeght, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Good . Text in French. Photos throughout. Ce numéro de Derrière le miroir est édité à l'occasion du dixième anniversaire de la Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght. Some of the biggest names in 20th-century European sculpture, including Georges Braque, Joan Miró and Alberto Giacometti, came together to help create La Fondation Maeght, which has become France’s most important art foundation and is among the world’s leading cultural institutions. La Fondation was established by Aimé and Marguerite Maeght, a visionary couple who were publishers and art dealers, and who represented and were friends with some of the most important artists of the era, including Braque, Miró and Giacometti, as well as Alexander Calder, Fernand Léger, Marc Chagall, and many others. La Fondation Maeght was opened… Read More

Viking Books, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . 20x20x20. Grandville, J. J. Some short tears and edgewear to dustjacket. Classic of French literature, brilliantly translated into English, features witty interpretations of 70 of Aesop's immortal Fables: The Grasshopper and the Ant, The Town Rat and the Country Rat, The Fox and the Grapes, The Hare and the Tortoise, and dozens more. Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, as well as in French regional languages.

Arcade Pub, 1991. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good . 10x1x10. Offers one hundred recipes collected from ten French provinces, including salmon in ginger cream sauce from Alsace, roast veal with sorrel puree from the Loire, and candied orange tarte from Provence. Anne Willan (born 26 January 1938 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is the founder of the École de Cuisine La Varenne, which operated in Paris and Burgundy France, from 1975 until 2007. La Varenne classes continued in Santa Monica, California, through 2017. Willan is a recognised authority on French cooking and has more than 50 years of experience as a teacher, author and culinary historian. In May 2013, Willan was inducted into the James Beard Foundation Hall of Fame for her body of work. In July 2014, Willan was awarded the rank of Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor for her accomplishments in promoting the gastronomy of France.

Broadway Books, 2003. Hardcover. Like New/Fine . 10x0x10. Pino Luongo, prolific and irrepressible restaurateur (Le Madri, Coco Pazzo, Tuscan Square, and Centolire) and author of A Tuscan in the Kitchen and Simply Tuscan, has written a highly personal, completely innovative take on the food of his native region.For more than two decades, Pino Luongo has been one of New York City’s most renowned restaurateurs. Inspired by the many culinary crosscurrents in this most cosmopolitan of cities, he has devised an original version of the food of Tuscany that draws on ingredients and inspiration from Italy, America, and even Asia. Grouping recipes by key ingredients (such as grains and legumes, mushrooms, spring vegetables, and fall vegetables) instead of by courses, he explains the Old-World “Il Classico” roots of his recipes, then takes them in exciting new directions with his own vibrant, New-World versions. In this brand new approach, the thick… Read More

Montaner Y Simon, 1883. Hardcover. Good/No Dustjacket as issued. . Backstrap at spine torn and taped; foxed at edges of text block. Translates to: The Religious Revolution. Philosophical-historical work divided into four parts: Savonarola - Luther - Calvin - St. Ignatius of Loyola. This is Part 4 (only). Emilio Castelar y Ripoll (1832 – 1899) was a Spanish republican politician, and a president of the First Spanish Republic. He was an eloquent orator and a writer. Appointed as Head of State in 1873.

Western Eye Press, 1990. Softcover. Very Good. 10x0x11. A book that is both an exploration and a celebration of beauty. From a master photographer and poet, and one of the best photo essays on roses that has ever been compiled.

Rhoades Pub, 2005. Hardcover. Good. 10x8x0. Signed by Author. X-Library with usual markings, else in Very Good condition. This hard-bound, full-color, 192 page coffee table book contains hundreds of photos of the earliest and most beautifully colored tin can labels ever made. The tin cans of the book have been featured on PBS's popular program, The Antiques Roadshow. Over 400 photos of the labels, along with treasures and stories from the same time period, make the history come alive so that this book will become a treasured edition to any library.

Wings Books, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . 9x1x11. A tiny tear to dustjacket, else In Very Good+ condition and Very Good+ dustjacket. A lavishly illustrated look at the art of needlecraft reveals the creativity and the legacy of female needlework artists with full-color photographs of blankets, towels, mittens, moccasins, vests, purses, and more.

TFH Publications, 1992. Hard cover. Very Good/No Dustjacket as Issued. The Book is in Very Good+ condition. Describes the origin of the breed, and explains how to provide general care, and how to feed, breed, raise, train, and show them.

Ducks Unlimited , 2000. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good+. 10x0x8. In this follow-up to the bestseller The Life of a Lab, award-winning photographer Denver Bryan and celebrated author E. Donnall Thomas Jr. team up once again to explore this fascinating breed. This time the focus is on Labs doing what they love best: hunting and retrieving waterfowl and upland birds. Photographed all over Canada and the U.S., hunting a variety of ducks and geese and upland game, the Labs in this book are clearly in their element, doing not only what they were born to do but what they live for. Never before have Labrador retrievers been captured so vividly in full-color photographs, so fully alive and animated with the joy and desire and heart that endear them to dog lovers around the world. (10 1/4 x 8 1/4, 160 pages, color photos). Denver Bryan is a full-time wildlife photographer whose images have appeared in countless books, calendars and advertising campaigns over the past two decades as well as graced the pages of… Read More

Swallow Press, 1959. Softcover. Good. 5x0x8. Anaïs Nin’s Ladders to Fire interweaves the stories of several women, each emotionally inhibited in her own way: through self-doubt, fear, guilt, moral drift, and distrust. The novel follows their inner struggles to overcome these barriers to happiness and wholeness. The author’s own experiences, as recorded in her famous diaries, supplied the raw material for her fiction. It was her intuitive, experimental, and always original style that transformed one into the other. Nin herself memorably claimed that it was the fiction writer who edited the diary.

Western Reflections Publishing Company, 2000. Softcover. Like New. 11x8x0. Respectable society of nineteenth century Colorado gave women little leeway when it came to supporting themselves. Women who strayed from the accepted norm of the day soon found themselves outcasts, doomed to find their way to the bars and brothels of the West. Many of these fallen women became dance-hall girls, prostitutes, and madams - and a few adopted the lifestyles of gamblers, robbers, and rustlers. Ladies of the Lamplight tells the stories of some of these infamous women - Silver Heels, Poker Alice, Cattle Kate, Etta Place, Mattie Silks and Mollie May, to name just a few. This revised edition has been expanded to include more women whose stories continue to captivate us and hold our attention into the wee hours of the night.

Western Reflections Publishing Company, 2000. Softcover. Like New. 11x8x0. Respectable society of nineteenth century Colorado gave women little leeway when it came to supporting themselves. Women who strayed from the accepted norm of the day soon found themselves outcasts, doomed to find their way to the bars and brothels of the West. Many of these fallen women became dance-hall girls, prostitutes, and madams - and a few adopted the lifestyles of gamblers, robbers, and rustlers. Ladies of the Lamplight tells the stories of some of these infamous women - Silver Heels, Poker Alice, Cattle Kate, Etta Place, Mattie Silks and Mollie May, to name just a few. This revised edition has been expanded to include more women whose stories continue to captivate us and hold our attention into the wee hours of the night.