Search Results: Authors starting with L from Alkahest Books

New York: Coward-McCann Inc., (c. 1940). First edition. hardcover. Fine/very good. Small octavo (approx. 5 1/4 x 7 5/8 in.) 63 pages. Former owner inscription on front free endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly worn at corners and spine edges. 092108B Novelist, poet, war correspondent, architect and artist, Christopher La Farge had strong ties to Rhode Island. His brother was Oliver La Farge, who wrote "Laughing Boy."

New York: New Directions, 1945. limited edition. hardcover. Very good. Octavo, tan cloth covers, 111 pages. One of 1000 copies. Small inked number on rear endpaper. A play. From the foreword: "Because no one knows surely what became of the many Indians who suddenly left their high Caves, their beautiful utensils, their high Caves, their beautiful utensils, their clothes, their food, and their dead, in the cliffs of Mesa Verde, Colorado, at the close of the 13th Century, I have chosen to write of them as though they were a composite of those Indians who still exist and of whom we have knowledge." --from the Foreword by the author.

London: Ian Allen Ltd., (1987). First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Large octavo, 128 pages. Illustrated with black and white photo reproductions and maps. 021210E

Wrens Park Publishing, 2001. reprint. hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo, pictorial boards, ix [2] 2-201 pages. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. Represented here are postcards of the English, Americans, Welsh, Irish, French, Belgians, Canadians, and Germans."Sent from the battle front in much the same way as holiday postcards, thousands of these cards made their way back and forth between the soldiers and their families. In this book almost three hundred of these postcards are reproduced (4 pages in color) together with some of the poignant messages which their authors wrote from the Front." 092508C The Great War

London, Abelard-Schuman. (c. 1968),, 1968. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 208 pages, octavo. Book has remainder mark on bottom edge, else in Very Good condition; dust jacket has light rubbing, Very Good. 020207A

Bismarck, North Dakota: Published by The State Historical Society of North Dakota, 1950. reprint. softcover. Very Good. Reprinted from Volume 17, No. 4, October, 1950. 18 pages, 2 folding maps, black and white photo reproductions. 122615A

New York: Castle Books Edition., 1967. hardcover. Very good/very good. Folio (approx. 9 1/8" wide by 12 3/8" tall). 233 [1] pages. Maroon cloth covers. Lavishly illustrated with 234 half-tones. Rear hinge has a little wear. Dust jacket has a little chipping at edges. 071202B This oversize book will ost more to ship via expedited mail or internationally

New York: Harper & Brothers, (1958). later printing. Hardcover. Very good/good +. 253 pages, octavo. One cover corner bumped, else Very Good. Dust jacket spine is sunned, light wear at edges, Good plus. 020207A

New York: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1956. First edition. hardcover. Very Good/near very good. Teppich, John. 245 pages. Drawings and dust jacket by John Teppich. Light wear and bumping at cover corners. Dust jacket spine a bit darkened. 092108D

London, John Murray (with cancel: distributed by Trafalgar Square, N. Pomfret, VT) (1997),, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Pages xii + 356, octavo, hardcover, first edition. Includes maps, black and white photo repros., notes, bibliography, and index. Book and dust jacket are in Fine condition. 102504A ISBN: 0719555922

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1941. first edition, as stated.. hardcover. near fine. Large octavo (approx. 6 3/8" wide by 9 1/8" tall) patterned cloth covers, x + 393 pages. Map on endpapers of The South Pacific Islands, where Dr. S. M. Lambert worked for the health of the natives since 1918. Near fine condition. No dust jacket. 092715D

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1947). reprint. hardcover. Very good/Good. Penny Parrish series #7. Octavo, gray tweedy covers with black titles and decorations. 192 pages. Former owner name on front free endpaper, very good. Dust jacket has small abrasion on top right corner, worn at edges, Good. Teenage fiction. Studio

( New York ): HarperCollins, (2001). Third printing. hardcover. Fine. ( New York ): HarperCollins, (2001). Third printing. hardcover. Fine/fine. 357 pages. From the dust jacket: "In the 1960s, four African-American preteens banded together to form the Justus Girls, a crack drill team. They vowed to be friends forever, but Peaches, Sallie Mae, Jan and Roach drifted apart. It is Peaches's sudden death that brings them together again." 032509A

12 pages of text + 46 pages of color plates. Square (approx 8 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.), softcover. "These photographs provide an entertaining visual history of the lavatory from a Roman twenty-seater through James II's velvet 'thunder box,' to the imaginative extravagancies of the Victorian era and beyond." 051705A-Z Toilets, Lavatories, Water Closets, Cleansing, Architecture

Cleveland, Ohio: The Arthur Westbrook Co., c. 1909. reprint. softcover. Very good. Stapled wrappers, 100 pages. No. 77 Beadle's Frontier Series. Approximately 5" by 7". Pages yellowed. Front cover is in color, a little chipping at bottom edge of rear cover. Lists to 100 titles in the series. Western fiction. Studio

NY, J. Fischer & Bro., 1935,, 1935. Hardcover. Good. xx + 211 pages, large octavo, blue cloth with silver titles and decorations.Black and white illustrations and photo. reproductions Some brown spotting (foxing) on front and rear endpapers, and title page; covers faded at edges, Good condition. Without a dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. 012306A

West Nyack: Dexter Press Inc., 1975. later printing. softcover. Fine. Photography by Jack Holland. Originally published in 1968. From the Rockwell Gallery, Corning, New York. Stapled glossy pictorial card covers, approx. 7" wide by 9 7/8" tall, 35 pages. Full color photo reproductions throughout. Inscribed by Bob Rockwell on the title page. 100403A

Boston, An Atlantic Monthly Press Book, Little Brown and Co., 1950,, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Boston, An Atlantic Monthly Press Book, Little Brown and Co., 1950,, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. first ed. Pages ix + 310 pp.,8vo, hardcover, yellow cloth, first ed. Maps on endpapers. Book is in very good condition. Without a dust jacket. #021001A

London: John Murray, (1975). later printing. hardcover. Fine /near Fine. Octavo, yellow cloth covers, 95 pages. Halftone illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Forword by Roy Strong. Dust jacket price clipped, else near fine. 092108B

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1967. first U.S. edition. hardcover. fine/very good. Lancaster, Osbert. Illustrated by the author, Color frontis., black and white illustrations in the text. Large octavo (approx. 6 3/16" wide by 8 3/4" tall) yellow cloth covers, 156 pages. Dust jacket price clipped, very light wear at edges, very good. Humorous memoir of the author's early years getting started in his art career in twenties and thirties Europe. 061508E Art, Illustration Read More