Search Results: Authors starting with L from Goldring Books

New York: Artabras, 1993. An As New copy in laminated boards with AS New dustjacket. A large format volume of 279 pages. Nearly 400 superb reproductions. Two hundred years ago, the doors of the Louvre opened to the public for the very first time. The palace of the French kings had been transformed into a museum that today stretches over an enormous architectural ensemble right in the heart of Paris. The royal collections first assembled by Francis I in the 16th century were later transferred to the Louvre palace, and this prestigious core was further enriched with artistic treasures during the Revolutionary period. The collections have been growing ever since. This magnificent book provides a grand tour of the Louvre's unparalleled collection and highlights the extraordinary range of artistic traditions that have found their place in this museum. L NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.71 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Folio -… Read More

London: Scolar Press, 1982. Translated by Alan Sheridan. Silver lettering on Burgundy red cloth boards. Thick dustjacket has a very small tear else near Fine. Portrait of the Abbe Jean-Baptiste Castor Fabre to frontispiece. 608 pages A scholarly work examining the Occitan novel Jean-L'Ont-Pris by the Abbe Jean-Baptiste Castor Fabre (1727-1783) and the text in relation to the culture of the Midi during the ancien regime. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.12 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 21. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.

London: Abelard-Schuman, 1966. Silver title on brown boards which are unmarked with no wear just a gentle bump to front lower corner tip. Internally there is age toning to endpapers and to closed edges else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has foxing to reverse, repaired closed tears and is price clipped. 192 pages. 9 illustrations. Throughout history, boys of many nations have found themselves involved in battles of the armed forces, and it is to their credit that they have come through these ordeals with courage and endurance. The author was himself a soldier as a boy - and as a man - and knows too much about war to find in it anything glorious. He feels however that the boys who fought so bravely in combat deserve to have their names and exploits recorded. He has delved deeply into history and into records to uncover some astonishing stories of gallantry, skill and audacity on the part of boys. Here are teenage winners of the highest decorations for bravery - the Victoria Cross, the… Read More

Stroud, Gloucestershie: Budding, 1997. A Very Good+ unmarked copy which has some light spots to fore edge and a few pages with gentle creasing to top corner with dustjacket which has a repaired closed tear and is not price clipped. ix + 214 pages. 31 illustrations. A forceful and probing analysis of the British generals' leadership in the First World War. For too long, Dr. John Laffin maintains, the military reputation has not been critically enough examined, and he asks how those responsible for such catastrophic defeats were able to retain their commands. Haig, whose army suffered 60, 000 casualtie on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, was still in command after five months more fighting and another 400,000 casualties. By the war's end the numbers of dead ran into millions - doggedly brave British Empire soldiers who. Dr. Laffin believes, were killed, wounded or broken by commanders who were vain, egocentic or incompetent. But the generals, who blamed the dead and junior in rank,… Read More

London: Blandford Press, 1996. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The authors have spent more than ten years travelling in China, exploring and filming their television documentaries of the country's beautiful wild places and the many creatures those habitats support. In this significant book they record, region by region, the status of a wide range of species and habitats and the work that is being done to research their ecology and to preserve and protect them. Beautifully illustrated with original photographs, it is a vital celebration of China's unique natural heritage. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.1 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST **** 25. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Pitkins, 1954. Gold title on grey boards which are unmarked with no wear. Internally there is age toning to endpapers else unmarked. Dustjacket has some chipping and is not price-clipped. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 250 carefully chosen photographs. The period August 1953 to August 1954 has, indeed, been a bountiful one for the Queen, her husband and her children. The Royal Tour of the Commonwealth was an unparalleled success. Miss Laird tells of the development of the children whilst their parents were away.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2005. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A Fine uninscribed copy with near Fine complete dustjacket which has a sticker advertising a free compass to front (but no form present). The New Zealand born award winning children's author has written a rip roaring, heart stopping adventure set in the Napoleonic Wars, in which in Edinburgh, a father and his son, John Barr, flee for their lives after being accused of murder. They become separated at the waterside and John is forced into joining the navy, on board the mighty HMS Fearless, where he soon finds that the ship hides many secrets. His new knowledge thrusts him into the heart of a covert operation and he must go ashore into hostile French territory. C3C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1946. Paper title label on blue cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small contemporary label with name and date to front pastedown else clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket is also VG+ with age darkening to spine and is not price clipped. Also loosely included is the original receipt of January 16, 1947. The late John Laird, Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Aberdeen, chose for the purpose of this book to read certain renowned works of English Literature with a professional eye upon the philosophy of the authors, as far as that could be deduced from the book in hand. Some of his chosen authors can be said to have invited this approach - Bridges, Shelley, Pope for instance, and possibly Hardy. But others - Dickens, Browning, Sterne, for example - scarcely expected, while they were writing, to be closely questioned in a matter in which they were often so vague. Wordsworth,… Read More

London: Pinter Publishers, 1989. A Fine uninscribed copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. A comprehensive overview of the security relationship between Germany and France, especially since 1982. The rapprochement of the two states on security policy is a critical component of the effort to Europeanize the Western Alliance. The study is divided into two major parts, the first assesses the strategic environment from the French and German perspectives and the second provides what the revitalization of the security dialogues has meant in real terms. A1B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Allison and Busby, 2005. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A Fine unread copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. An historical novel by the author (pseudonym of Dinah Lampitt) of the John Rawlings Georgian mystery series. Set in Boston, Massachusetts in 1775, where the lives of Thomas Gage, the British governor of Massachusetts, his wife Margaret, together with their black slave, Sara, become inexorably intertwined. Having risen through the army, Thomas has known many battles but the War of Independence is different, as there are personal passions and beliefs involved and being a British governor with an American wife means that allegiances are sharply divided. Thomas seeks solace through teaching the pretty Sara, the simple pleasures of reading and writing but conflict, heartbreak and death are close at hand, threatening to engulf all involved, C3A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Church House, 2000. A Fine unmarked copy. x + 124 pages. The book is hands-on guide to the the Common Worship Marriage service, including the new form of Thanksgiving for Marriage. It offers straightforward and realistic ideas about how to use the service in your church, and balances practical tips with theological grounding in a way that will enable parishes to make the most of the opportunities of Common Worship as a whole. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R8. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2003. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First UK edition, first printing. 'The Art of Happiness' has become the classic guide to the Dalai Lama's enlightened approach to living - illuminating the profound principles and perceptive wisdom of this greatest, most revered spiritual leader. Now for the first time since that revolutionary book, His Holiness has teamed up with psychiatrist Howard Cutler to resume the discussion about what makes life meaningful. L. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1933. Gilt title to spine on red cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with just a little wear to spine head and tail and to lower corner tips. Internally there is a small name and year to front endpaper, some remnats of tape to endpapers and just a few marks also to endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. xii + 357 pages. Third edition (first was 1912). The book had its origins in a course of lectures given for a number of years in the Manchester University, but has received various additions and developments. The present volume differs from many academical manuals in the prominence given to geometrical methods, and in particular to those of Graphical Statics. Chapters on: Theory of Vectors; Statics of a Particle; Plane Kinematics of a Rigid Body; Plane Statics; Graphical Statics; Theory of Frames; Work and Energy; Analytical Statics; Theory of Mass-Systems; Flexible Chains; Laws of Fluid Pressure; Equilibrium of Floating Bodies; General… Read More

London: The Religious Tract Society, 1887. Gilt titles and ornate gilt decoration on tan cloth boards. Boards are generally very clean with only some very light marks to front and a little wear to spine head and tail with some slight dulling. Internally the front hinge is cracked, there is light foxing to endpapers and closed edges else clean and unmarked. Overall a Good + copy with gilt to front especially bright. Not dated but this edition is cited by The British Library as 1887. 384 pages. Illustrated with plates and chapter headings and tails. Previously published under the author's maiden name of Ruth Buck it is a moral tale with a christian background. 11. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: The Faith Press, 1961. A Very Good unmarked copy. 62 pages. The author is an experimental scientist at Oxford and also an Anglican layman. In this book he has brought together his thoughts on the similarities between science and religion. He sees both as disciplines to be learned, or crafts to be studied, rather than as bodies of knowledge and cure-alls for the evils of the world. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R8. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Sumner Press, 1967. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy which has a touch of light foxing to front card cover. 109 pages. Comprises : Making a Meditation; The Knowledge of God; Meditations on -The Childhood of Jesus; The Ministry of Jesus; The Passion; The Resurrection; Prayers. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R7. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Harper Collins, 1992. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a very small amount of wear to lower spine edge) with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. A large format volume of xvi + 344 page and 58 illustrations. First edition, First printing. In the book Lucinda Lambton has gathered together a wealth of anecdotes and verse, obituaries and elegies about the dignity and loyalty, intelligence and idiosyncracy of every kind of animal ever harboured, cherished, revered or put to use by humankind. As well as the expected horses, dogs, cats and canaries there are to be found wombats, alligators, rats, fleas, lions, spiders, boars and armadillos. In many cases the owners of these animals are as entertaining as their creature companions: such as Frank Buckland who went riding with his bear round Oxford, the Rev. Rosslyn Courtney Bruce who successfully bred green mice, or Walter Rothschild, who sped up Piccadilly in a trap drawn by zebras. Illudstrated throughout with drawings and… Read More

London: A.R. Mowbray, 1966. Gold title on red boards which are unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a name and year to front endpaper, the odd foxing mark to the margin of a few pages and to fore and top edge else a clean, tight and unmarked copy. 112 pages. G.W.H. Lampe was Ely Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge and D.M. MacKinnon was Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge. Comprising: How this Dialogue Began; An Easter Sermon; The Television Discussion; Easter - A Statement; The Resurrection - A Meditation; Good Friday and Easter - An Interpretation; A Rejoinder; Further Reflections. **** NOT EX LIB **** R1. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Faber & Faber, 2002. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. A novel of Hong Kong, 'Heung Gong - Fragrant Harbour', of four people whose intertwined lives span Asia's last 70 years, the complacency of colonial life in the 1930's, the horrors of the Japanese occupation. the post war boom, the growth of the Triads and the handover of Hong Kong. The author's third novel. D4E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Stainer & Bell, 1976. A Fine uninscribed copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. The autobiography of a man who has been stage struck since the age of six when he saw his first pantomime at the Theatre Royal, Kilburn in 1897. Arriving from Vienna in 1895, 'Charley' immediately contracted diptheria and was packed off to hospital, emerging six weeks later restored to health and with a fluent Cockney and provides a memorable account of his early life. Although an avid theatre goer and already writing novels in his teens, it was not until 1925, at the age of thirty four, that he gate crashed into the theatrical world and enjoyed a long career as theatre manager, drama director for the Arts Council and theatre critic. We are told of his encounters with Tyrone Guthrie, Marie Rambert, Lewis Casson, Sybil Thorndike, et al and also see Bernard Shaw at work. 14. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.