Search Results: Authors starting with L from Yesterday's Muse Books

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8x5x1. Gregg, William. Spine faded. 1977 Full-Leather. xvi, 296 pp. Burgundy full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrations by William Gregg. "Capturing the essence of the Southwest in 1915, Oliver La Farge's Pulitzer Prize-winning first novel is an enduring American classic. At a ceremonial dance, the young, earnest silversmith Laughing Boy falls in love with Slim Girl, a beautiful but elusive "American"-educated Navajo. As they experience all of the joys and uncertainties of first love, the couple must face a changing way of life and its tragic consequences.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1957. 3rd Printing. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12x9x0. 3rd printing. Faint edge wear, jacket rubbed.42. 1957 Large Hardcover. 272 pp. "Profusely illustrated text discusses the history of North American Indians from prehistoric times to the present, with information on all aspects of Indian life, customs, and traditions.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Reissue. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8x5x1. Gregg, William. Spine faded, otherwise an excellent copy. 1977 Full-Leather. xvi, 296 pp. Dark red full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Two-panel illustration preceding title page and full-page illustrations in text by William Gregg. "Capturing the essence of the Southwest in 1915, Oliver La Farge's Pulitzer Prize-winning first novel is an enduring American classic. At a ceremonial dance, the young, earnest silversmith Laughing Boy falls in love with Slim Girl, a beautiful but elusive "American"-educated Navajo. As they experience all of the joys and uncertainties of first love, the couple must face a changing way of life and its tragic consequences.

London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1887. Reissue. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Dore, Gustave. Rebacked with new leather, gilt titles and decorations sympathetic to original style, first gathering repaired at binding with tissue. Boards lightly stained, front matter lightly foxed, pages 25-32 and 49-120 darker than the rest (these editions often used different paper stock that toned at different rates). 1887 Full-Leather. lxiv, 839, [3] pp. Royal 4to. 12 3/4 x 10. Leather boards with gilt decorative borders, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers. Translated into English verse by Walter Thornbury, with 86 full-page engraved illustrations and numerous vignettes by Gustave Dore throughout. First published between 1668 and 1693, the Fables of La Fontaine rank among the masterpieces of French literature. This edition includes all the fables (nearly 250), as well as An Essay on the Life and Works of Jean de la Fontaine, The Life of Aesop, the Phrygian, a dedication to Monseigneur the Dauphin, a… Read More

New york: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. 2nd Printing. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 9x6x1. La Grange, Jacques. Second printing. Multiple large chips and tears to jacket. 1936 Large Hardcover. 381 pp. With 37 wood engravings in full color. The introduction to the text traces the development of the fast sailing ship through years of oppression, rebellion, war and commercial rivalry to the decline of the clipper ship era... Measurements and details of numerous ships of all types are included. The appendices include: detailed explanations of the rudiments of naval architecture, reading of plans, the art of shipbuilding, and seamanship... Fully illustrated with sail and rigging plans and diagrams.

New York: Zaffre, 2019. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 96x14x144. First American edition. Ink mark to endpaper, sticker remnant to jacket. 2019 Hard Cover. Against all the odds, Dolly Rawlins and her gangland widows managed the impossible: a heist their husbands had failed to pull off - at the cost of their lives.

Trafford Publishing, 2013. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x0x9. Brand new from author. 2013 Hard Cover. xviii, 237 pp. Endorsement by Tom Brokaw printed on rear jacket panel. 'My silk is my silent weapon,'... said this 101st Airborne paratrooper of the 5-0-Deuce, as he later reflected on his jumps into Normandy in June 1944 and in the liberation of Holland in September 1944. Readers will embark on a heartwarming, poignant and inspirational journey in this collection of literary works written by the author’s father, a young 101st Airborne paratrooper between 1943-1945. Comes a Soldier’s Whisper is filled with resilient hope that will touch your heart and soul.

Trafford Publishing, 2014. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x0x9. Brand new, direct from author. Fine. 2014 Hard Cover. xv, 292 pp. 8vo. Vietnam and Beyond is a collection of wartime letters written home by Jim Markson from March 1967 to March 1968. Jim carried sadness and boxed-up memories from Vietnam. Perhaps, if it were not for the general divided and oppositional public opinion of the Vietnam War at that time, the soldiers returning home might have been able to open up and begin the healing process. Instead, those soldiers returning from Vietnam were afraid to tell their story. These fears bound each soldier to the other. We are very proud to embrace all veterans and include stories of veterans of all wars, including WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan to show the similarities of war and the soldier from one generation to another.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 20x20x20. First edition. Binding a bit shaken, 1 inch closed tear on front jacket edge, jacket faintly toned. 1976 Hard Cover. vi, 277 pages. Numerous photographs. "The ecologist author recounts the circumstances, conditions, and rewards of her life in an isolated log cabin in New York State's Adirondack wilderness." ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Anne LaBastille, author of Woodswoman, Beyond Black Bear Lake, Woodswoman III, Woodswoman IV, Assignment:Wildlife, and Women of the Wilderness, is a noted ecologist as well. She has been honored by the National Wildlife Federation and the Explorers Club for her pioneering work in wildlife ecology both in the United States and in Guatemala. She has been a contributing writer to the Sierra Club, and National Geographic as well as many other magazines. She has written more than 150 published articles, given workshops and lectures for over forty years and served on many conservation… Read More

New York: Little, Brown, 2006. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5x0x8. First edition. Volume 3 only. An exceptional copy. 2006 Hard Cover. 320 pp. In this volume, Lacey limns the most important period in England's past, highlighting the spread of the English language, the rejection of both a religion and a traditional view of kingly authority, and an unstoppable movement toward intellectual and political freedom from 1387 to 1689.

New York: Pyramid Books, 1968. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. First edition. Faint edge wear. 1968 Mass Market Paperback. A bitter ex-soldier is the only one can save the United States from an imminent invasion.

Wilmont, Wisconsin: Lotus Press, 1990. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. First printing. Minor general wear. 1990 Trade Paperback. 175 pp. For the first time a book is available which clearly explains the principles and practical applications of Ayurveda, the oldest healing system in the world. This beautifully illustrated text thoroughly explains the following: history & philosophy; basic principles; diagnostic techniques; treatment; diet; medicinal usage of kitchen herbs & spices; first aid; food antidotes; and much more More than 50 concise charts, diagrams and tables are included, as well as a glossary and index in order to further clarify the text.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 9x6x1. First edition. Faint foxing to top ridge, jacket rubbed. 1978 Hard Cover. 288 pp. An insight into the methods and equipment of the Commando and Ranger units, including the special tactics and techniques which they developed to spearhead the Allied invasions.

Ithaca, New York: DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, 1986. Stapled Binding. Very Good. 0x0x0. Edges and wrappers rubbed, top edge of front wrapper chewed. 1986 Stapled Binding. xiii, 25 pp. This book is about the saunas built by the Finnish community in the lower Finger-Lakes Region of New York. This book is filled with history of the saunas and the history about them and the people who built them. Many photographs.

Armor Plate Press, 2010. First Edition. Large Softcover. Fine. First edition. A fine copy. 2010 Large Softcover. 248 pp. Color frontispiece. "In 1917, as the United States joined the fight against Germany and the Central Powers, the American Army had little to offer in terms of equipment or expertise. But by the fall of 1918, and the war's climactic battles, the American doughboys possessed more firepower than any other army on the battlefield. In this collection of more than 200 wartime images, photo collector Tom Laemlein examines the weapons of the Americans in the trenches, the guns that provided the catalyst for ultimate victory in the Great War.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. An exceptional copy. 2006 Hard Cover. 456 pp. William C. Oates is best remembered as the Confederate officer defeated at Gettysburg's Little Round Top, losing a golden opportunity to turn the Union's flank and win the battle--and perhaps the war. Now, Glenn W. LaFantasie--bestselling author of Twilight at Little Round Top--has written a gripping biography of Oates, a narrative that reads like a novel and that reveals, for the first time, the compelling and sometimes astonishing dimensions of this remarkable individual.

New York: Vintage Crime, 2018. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x7. First printing. Very light creasing on front of wrapper. 2018 Trade Paperback. 448 pp. Lisbeth Salander is serving time in Flodberga Prison. When a sadistic gang leader nicknamed Benito starts to torture Faria, a young Bangladeshi prisoner, Salander finds it impossible not to intervene. Now a target of Benito and her gang, Salander's time in prison is further complicated by news from her old guardian, who tells her she may have been a subject in a secret experiment known as the Registry. She enlists her friend Mikael Blomkvist, crusading editor of Millennium magazine, to help her look into it.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1928. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Marbacka edition. Tears to jacket edges, jacket foxed. Top page ridge foxed. 1928 Hard Cover. 339 pp. The book is about a young lad, Nils Holgersson, whose "chief delight was to eat and sleep, and after that he liked best to make mischief". He takes great delight in hurting the animals in his family farm. Nils captures a tomte in a net while his family is at church and have left him home to memorize chapters from the Bible. The tomte proposes to Nils that if Nils frees him, the tomte will give him a huge gold coin. Nils rejects the offer and the tomte turns Nils into a tomte, which leaves him shrunken and able to talk with animals, who are thrilled to see the boy reduced to their size and are angry and hungry for revenge. While this is happening, wild geese are flying over the farm on one of their migrations, and a white farm goose attempts to join the wild ones. In an attempt to salvage… Read More

Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1927. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. No jacket. Gilt titles on spine rubbed. Edward Atwater's copy (pencil name on front free endpaper). Front hinge starting. 1927 Hard Cover. 385 pp. Red boards with gilt titles on spine and on front board. Top page ridge gilt. Includes illustrations. CONTENTS: Part I. A Preliminary Account of Early Organs; Early Continental Organists; Early English Organists; Purcell to Handel; Johann Sebastian Bach; The Contemporaries and Pupils of Bach; English Organists of the Eighteenth Century; Modern Continental Organists; English Organists; American Organists; Organ-Building. Part II. Progress in Organ Design; Types of American Organs; Organists of Today.

New York/Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Spine very slightly cocked. Light general wear to jacket. 2013 Hard Cover. 339 pp. "Two brothers bound by tragedy; a fiercely brilliant woman haunted by her past; a country torn by revolution: the Pulitzer Prize winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author gives us a powerful new novel--set in both India and America--that explores the price of idealism, and a love that can last long past death.  Growing up in Calcutta, born just fifteen months apart, Subhash and Udayan Mitra are inseparable brothers, one often mistaken for the other. But they are also opposites, with gravely different futures ahead of them. It is the 1960s, and Udayan--charismatic and impulsive--finds himself drawn to the Naxalite movement, a rebellion waged to eradicate inequity and poverty: he will give everything, risk all, for what he believes. Subhash, the dutiful son, does… Read More