Search Results: Authors starting with L from Last Exit Books

E-227. Very Good. Paperback. Paperback. 4to. M. A. Donohue & Co. , Chicago, IL. 1911. 10 unnumbered pages. Illustrated in color. No. 780. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-351: Victor Gollancz Ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, UK. 1982. 175 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Bookplate present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. When an eighteen-year-old boy is accused of murder, the jury unanimously believe he is guilty. Chief Constable Piet Deventer does not. Drawn towards an ongoing case involving an arsonist setting fire to letter boxes, and startled by the appearance of a local charity chairman swearing that the boy is innocent, Piet quickly realises that the murder at the post office is not as straightforward as it appears. In private pursuit of the true culprit, the Chief Constable is drawn into a twisted web of arson, forgery and betrayal… Read More

E-131: Hope Publications. Very Good. 1973. Paperback. Trade PB. 8vo. Published by Hope Publications, New Orleans, LA. 1973. 96 pgs. Illustrated with black and white plates. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. From the story behind the Side Car Cocktail to the secret of perfect Mississippi Planter's Punch, this effervescent collection is a spirited romp through the history and recipes of New Orleans's most famous cocktails. EB .

E-342. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Macmillan Company, New York. 1903. 598 pgs. Illustrated with 20 plates. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in decorated green cloth boards with gilt titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Alan L Harvie bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Leonard Cutler Sanford (September 19, 1868 – December 7, 1950) was an American surgeon and amateur ornithologist who served as a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History for nearly thirty years and who was instrumental in building up its bird collections. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-001. Very Good. Leather. Leather. 12mo. Chez Jean-Thomas Herissant, Paris, France. 1754. Vii, 364 pgs. Bound in full leather boards with gilt titles and raised bands present to the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Born at Lodève, 26 June, 1653; died at Paris, 29 January, 1742. He was a protégé of Cardinal de Bonzi and become chaplain to Maria Theresa in 16790, and to Louis XIV in 1683. He was appointed bishop of Fréjus in 1698, but resigned the see in 1715, when he received the Abbey of Tournus and was appointed tutor to the young Louis XV. Naturally cold and imperturbable, he remained in the background during the regency. When Louis XV attained his majority in 1723, it was at the instance of Fleury that the Duc de Bourbon was made prime minister, and quarrelling with the Duke, Fleury pretended to retire to Issy. Louis XV, however, who admired and… Read More

A-18: Concord Publications Co, Hong. Good+. 1992. Paperback. Book smells of cigarette smoke. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A-18; 10.8 X 8.0 X 0.2 inches; 64 pages .

A-15: Routledge. Very Good. 2002. Hardcover. Bound in illustrated cloth. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (rear corner bumped). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A-15.; 9.3 X 6.3 X 0.8 inches; 304 pages .

E-209: Bobbs-Merrill. Good. 1976. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Bobbs-Merrill Co, Indianapolis, IN, 1976. 215 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Bob Pardo DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (closed tears present to the panels of the DJ). Bound in cloth with titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Foxing presnet to Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Three memorable creatures world jump in a meta-cosmic universe that orbits with nightmarish landscapes that thrive on anti-matter, anti-space, and anti-time. What mind and body searing challenges await the Pilger, Pilgrim, and Polder, who are really one man? E-209; 8.3 X 5.6 X 1.1 inches; 215 pages .

E-208: Flesh & Blood Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Flesh & Blood Press, Bayville, New Jersey. 2004. 280 pgs. Signed by Michael Laimo on the title page. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Dr. Michael Cayle wants the best for his wife and young daughter. That's why he moves the family from Manhattan to accept a private practice in the small New England town of Ashborough. Everything there seems so quaint and peaceful at first. But Ashborough is a town with secrets. Unimaginable secrets. Many of the townspeople are strangely nervous, and some speak quietly of legends that no sane person could believe. But what Michael discovers in the woods, drenched in blood, makes him… Read More

E-200: Farrar and Rinehart. Very Good. 1936. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Farrar & Rinehart, New York. 1936. 309 pgs. Frontispiece by Lynd Ward. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (crown of the DJ is chipped and worn). Bound in black cloth with titles present to the spine and the front board. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "Science fiction thriller revolving around a newly created plague bacterium against which there appears to be no antidote." E-200 .

E-016: Doubleday & Co.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Doubleday & Co. , Garden City, New York, 1953. 190 pgs. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A hunter and scout sets the record straight on the many myths about big game animals and their hunters. Filled with firsthand anecdotes and advice on big game hunting skinny; from his exploits on the Dark Continent from the first half of the 20th century. E-016; Resnick's Library Of African Adventure; 8.9 X 5.9 X 0.8 inches; 272 pages .

A-10: Lund Humphries. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. DJ is lightly rubbed and won. Bound in pictoral cloth. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A-10; 11.6 X 10.0 X 1.2 inches; 342 pages .

E-187: Indiana University Press. Very Good. 2007. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN. 2007. 184 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The diesel locomotive sent shock waves through rigid corporate cultures and staid government regulators. For some, the new technology promised to be a source of enormous profits; for others, the railroad industry seemed a threat to their very livelihoods. Evolution of the American Diesel Locomotive introduces the reader to the important technological advances that gave rise to diesel engines, examining not only their impact on locomotive design, but also their impact on the economic and social landscapes. J. Parker Lamb describes the development of… Read More

E-290. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 12mo. Published by Gordon Volland Publications & The Buzza Company, Minneapolis, MN. 1927. 120 pgs. Illustrated in color and black and white. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the dedication page. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Tom Lamb (1896-1988) was an American industrial designer and children's book illustrator and author. As an industrial designer, he became known as the "Handle Man," for his innovative handle designed closely modeled on the mechanics of the human hand. After WW II, he noted the inadequacy of the crutches used by wounded and disabled veterans & developed his Lamb Lim Rest crutch and later applied the related patents to cookware, cutlery, surgical tools, luggage, sports equipment & industrial… Read More

EB: Ashgate for the Navy Records Society. Very Good. 2001. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Ashgate for the Navy Records Society, Aldershot, Hants, UK. 2001. 438 pgs. Illustrated. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The year 2001 marks the centenary of the Royal Navy's submarine service. In the aftermath of the 2016 celebrations of the Battle of Jutland centenary, it is worth considering how the First World War at sea changed. This volume opens with an examination of the background to the Board of Admiralty's decision in 1900 to buy submarines, bringing to light documents that go a long way toward dispelling the myth that Britain's pre-1914 naval leaders were opposed to the development of the submarine as a major weapon. Indeed, the documents show that senior… Read More

E-111: Abbeville Pr. Very Good. 1984. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Abbeville Press, New York. 1984. 261 pgs. Illustrated with 429 illustrations, including 67 in full color. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Founded in Paris in 1948 by artists and writers principally from Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands, Cobra was one of the most important new revolutionary art movements in Europe in the immediate post-war years. Lambert traces the origins of Cobra in detail, discussing its sources in Belgian surrealism and in Danish avant-garde art of the late 1930s. He stresses the importance of Cobra as one of the major components of Western art in the second half of the 20th century, side by side with art informel and… Read More

E-278. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Verlegt Bei Hans Schneider, Tutzing, Germany. 2006. 224 pgs. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The history of Esterházy's music band during the late years of Haydn's work (see volume 5, page 145) was one of the topics suggested for treatment in 2004 at the final discussion of the symposium on "Documentary Foundations in Haydn Research". Favorable circumstances have meant that the American musicologist Kathleen Lamkin has meanwhile been able to conduct research on this subject, making extensive use of the historical files of the Esterházy Economic Archives at Forchtenstein Castle, Burgenland. It was originally intended to be published as an appendix to Volume 5. However, due to the abundance of the material, the scope grew… Read More

E-046: The Museum for African Art/Prestel. Very Good. 1996. Paperback. Trade PB. 4to. The Museum for African Art/Prestel, New York. 1996. 267 pgs. Illustrated throughout. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Art of the Baga: A Drama of Cultural Reinvention traces the art and cultural history of these very special African people from their legendary flight from the mystical highlands of the interior of Guinea to the coast, in their attempt to conserve their own religious ritual, to the eventual destruction of their traditions at mid century with the conversion to Islam and, with independence from France, the establishment of the Republic of Guinea under an iconoclastic Marxist regime. In the book, the Baga voice is heard prominently in the direct testimony of three Baga writers and forty Baga consultants of all ages and background experience, from ten-year-old… Read More

E-363: Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Doubleday & Company, Inc. , Garden City, NY, 1957. 240 pgs. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in blue cloth boards with titles present to the spine and illustration to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Light offsetting present to the endpapers as well as a scuff mark present where the flaps were once pasted down. Mark present to the verso page. Text has some crayon work present to one page. Binding tight and solid. Rusty bad built the Terra Terror I out of a box and some tin cans, and it was hardly the kind of space ship for a trip to the moon! But, nevertheless, Rusty and Susan found themselves flying through space with a messenger from Eopee and a flying saucer attached to their ship. E-005; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

EB: TASCHEN. Very Good. 2000. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Taschen, Koln, Germany. 2000. 464 pgs, Profusely illustrated in color and b&w throughout. Texts in English. German, and French. Bound in illustrated in paper covered cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (light scuffing present to the boards). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. All of Richard Neutra's works gathered together in one volume Originally from Vienna, Richard Neutra came to America early in his career, settling in California. His influence on post-war architecture is undisputed, the sunny climate and rich landscape being particularly suited to his cool, sleek modern style. Neutra had a keen appreciation for the relationship between people and nature; his trademark plate glass walls and ceilings which turn into deep overhangs have the effect of connecting the indoors with the… Read More