Search Results: Authors starting with L from Bluebird Books

London: T. Nelson and Sons. Good with no dust jacket. [c.1860s-70s]. Hardcover. A collection of songs for children, dating to the mid-19th century. The lyrics and musical notations are accompanied by numerous black & white engraved illustrations. Undated, but a gift inscription is dated 1877. --- In bevel-edged green cloth-covered boards with oval color image of two children pasted to center of front cover. Cover titling and decorations in gilt and black. --- A rather well-preserved copy: tightly-bound and sturdy but with inked inscription to front endpaper, another inking to title page and prior owner's sticker to front free endpaper; taped repair to last leaf. Covers with scratches and fading to spine title block.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; 160 pages .

New York: Dial Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1935. Hardcover. First edition. In linen-finish full red cloth-covered boards with blindstamped design on cover and titling in black on spine. Interior clean and firm, but insertion of acid paper at front of volume has left darkened pastedown and front free endpaper. Jacket bears orig. $2 flap price; with sunned spine, chipping along edges but bright front cover and in removable archival mylar protector. --- A scarce copy of author's novel which explores themes of love and divorce. ; Small 8vo 7-1/2" - 8" tall; 277 pages .

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Universe Publishing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0789305216 . The city of New York is described in both artworks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and writings by notable authors such as Edith Wharton, William Dean Howells, Truman Capote, E. B. White and many more. --- In pictorial board with images of the Flatiron Building to covers, other NY scenes to endpapers. Volume wrapped in dust jacket which repeats the cover images. --- An excellent copy: bright, tightly-bound and newish but with inked gift inscription to verso of half title page. Price-clipped dust jacket is also very nice and bright; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 144 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition. From the jacket flap: ". . .an extraordinarily true and penetrating study of the psychology of the unloved wife." --- In full teal cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped titling on spine. Jacket with blue ocean wave artwork on cover; orig. $4.95 flap price intact. --- A clean, firm, bright copy. Bright jacket with multiple tears, chips and creases; in removable archival mylar protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages .

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1954. Hardcover. A 1954 reprint of the 1908 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition presenting Edward W. Lane's 1836 description of life in Egypt in the 19th century. Various aspects of Egyptian life are detailed, from dress to music to religious practices and much more. Illustrated throughout by the author and with an introduction by M. Saad El-Din. An entry in Everyman's Library Travel & Topography series. E.L. no. 315. --- In Everyman's Library larger format binding style 4. Full green cloth-covered boards with spine titling and interlocked "EL" at tail of spine in gilt; pale orange topstain. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A well-preserved copy: clean, tightly-bound and bright, though with strip of sunning to front cover and a couple of mild cover corner bumps.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xxxiii, 630, 4 (ads) pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good with no dust jacket. [c.1958]. Hardcover. 17 stories by famous German writers such as Goethe, Heine, Hauptmann, Schnitzler, Rilke, Thomas Mann, Heinrich Mann and Kafka are offered in a Modern Library edition. Edited, and with introduction by Victor Lange. This edition followed an earlier Modern Library collection of German short fiction, edited by Bennett Cerf. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on red spine & cover blocks / red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1958 (though 1952 date appears in book). ML #108.3. --- With a bit of light soiling to cloth and some dulling to cover & spine gilding, else an unmarked, tightly-bound, sound copy.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xxi, 486, (2, ads) pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. [c.1967]. Hardcover. 17 stories by famous German writers such as Goethe, Heine, Hauptmann, Schnitzler, Rilke, Thomas Mann, Heinrich Mann and Kafka are offered in a Modern Library edition. Edited, and with introduction by Victor Lange. This edition followed an earlier Modern Library collection of German short fiction, edited by Bennett Cerf. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on burgundy spine & cover blocks / red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 393 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1960 (though 1952 date appears in book). ML #108.3. --- With discreet rubberstamping by Lahore bookseller and penciling to front free endpaper, an otherwise clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking additional damages. Unclipped dust jacket with mild chafing & creasing to edges, else bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in.… Read More

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey: New Page Books/Career Press, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 1564145069 . Biographical sketches, from 1 to 100, of influential World War II personages. Each profile is accompanied by a black & white photo. --- In full black and blue paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket with composite photo of leading figures of the war. --- With light chafing to front cover edge and slight discoloration to covers; textblock is firm, bright and unmarked. Jacket with scratches to front cover; is otherwise bright and intact. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 335 pages .

Cambridge, Mass. , U. S. A.: Nuttall Ornithological Club. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1957. Softcover. Nuttall Ornithological Club, Publication Number 1. A scholarly study of songs, habitat and other information regarding these splendid prairie songbirds. With numerous tables. 31 plates at rear of volume depict call notes, songs and other information in b&w photos. --- Softcover, with prior owner's title page signature and rubberstampings in a couple of locations; otherwise a firm, intact copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 67, (31) pages .

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1977. Leather. A deluxe Franklin Library leatherbound edition presenting 35 short stories by Ring Lardner (1885-1933). The Michigan-born sportswriter took up short story writing, with great success. Often employing biting sarcasm, his stories were popular with the likes of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edmund Wilson, Clifton Fadiman and others. This edition with illustrations by Gerry Gersten. An entry in the publisher's 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series, issued in conjunction with the Bicentennial of the American Revolution. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. Publisher's "Notes from the Editors" booklet is included. --- Bound in full brown bonded leather covers with four raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges (AEG) all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers. Brown silk moire endpapers, with… Read More

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. Stated fourth printing [of the first edition], 1973 of work first published in 1965. The rich history of the Rocky Mountain state of Wyoming is detailed. With line drawings in brown to chapter heads by Jack Brodie, and with a section of black & white plates showing people and scenes in the state, as well as several maps and charts. --- In full orange-brown cloth-covered boards with mountain scene to cover, titling to spine, both in gilt. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with color photo of a lake and mountain backdrop. --- A tightly-bound, unmarked, sturdy copy lacking significant damages. Unclipped jacket ($8.95) with chipping to tail of spine, other slight chafing to edges but mostly intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xi, 619 pages .

New York: Crown Publishers. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2015. Hardcover. 0307408868 . A third printing of Erik Larson's account of the last voyage of the luxury ocean liner Lusitania, from New York to Liverpool. Though World War I was raging, the ship's captain, William Thomas Turner, had faith that the German U-boats would not attack a passenger ship. However, they did and the ship was sunk off the coast of Ireland, resulting in loss of life of 1,198 of the 1,962 souls aboard the ship. With maps of southwest Great Britain to endpapers, as well as another map of Britain and environs. --- In black paper-covered boards with spine titling in gilt. Jacket with image of a ship's wake to cover. --- With reddish soiled spot to front free endpaper otherwise tightly-bound, sound copy. Unclipped dust jacket ($28.00/$32.50) lacks apparent damages and is wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (16), 430 pages .

New York: W. W. Norton & Co. , Inc.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1976. BCE. Hardcover. 0393055949 . Full-sized book club edition. Examination of relationship between Sir Winston and FDR in a good copy. In full red cloth covers with European maps (front endpapers) and Pacific theatre maps (back endpapers) as well as a section of b&w photos in mid-volume. Dust wrapper chipped at edges and in removable mylar protector.; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 528 pages .

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0393018776 . Stated First Edition; first printing w/full number line, copyright page. In full blue cloth-covered boards. Gift inscription on endpaper, otherwise clean and bright. With numerous b&w and color photos. Jacket with minor abrasions along extremites; priceclipped flap. ; 8-3/4 in. wide x 10-1/4 in. tall; 198 pages .

Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth College / University Press of New England. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 1584650540 . A series of essays and historical snippets detailing many aspects of life on the once-remote campus of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The title of this work was taken from a 1921 poem by Dartmouth alumni Franklin McDuffee. --- In full Dartmouth green cloth-covered boards with the College crest blindstamped to the cover; titling in silver to spine. Bright yellow jacket features a campus scene from 1959. --- A bright, sound, firmly-bound copy lacking damages. Unclipped dust jacket with a little creasing and toning; is otherwise like new and protected in removable clear mylar wrapper.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); xiv, 408 pages .

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. David Lavender's second published non-fiction work is a story of the people and places in the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming along the Continental Divide. In a series of essays, the author focuses on particular aspects of the region's history, such as the early mountain men, gold rushes, building of railroads and agricultural development. With maps of the region to endpapers. --- A later printing, in full green cloth-covered boards with cover and spine titling on navy blocks. Volume wrapped dust jacket with color photo of Snowmass Lake in Colorado to front panel. --- With prior owner's bookplate affixed to half title page, a cover corner bump and with tape adhesive residue to endpapers & cloth, else a tightly-bound, sound copy. Unclipped jacket with two prior owner's signatures to front flap and more tape residue, but remaining bright,… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition. David Lavender's history of the Rocky Mountain region is an entry in publisher's Regions of America series. Covering the earliest known inhabitants through the early 20th century, the author isn't sparing in his criticisms of some of the misuse of resources in the area. With four maps and a few illustrations. --- In yellow cloth-covered boards with spine titling on in gilt on spine and on brown spine block. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A tightly-bound, well-preserved copy, though with a spot of soiling to front cover.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; [12], 404 pages .

New York: Anchor Books / Doubleday. Very Good. 1990. Softcover. 0385411553 . A softcover edition of David Lavender's account of the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark of 1803-1806. Beginning in Pittsburgh, the explorers followed the Ohio and Missouri Rivers to present-day Montana, and then to the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Columbia River as they explored the Louisiana Purchase for American President Thomas Jefferson. Includes numerous maps. Appendix includes end notes, bibliography, and index. --- In stiff wraps with wrap-around Wendell Minor color painting to cover. --- With prior owner's signature & notation to half title page, otherwise a tightly-bound, intact copy.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (18), 444 pages .

Ouray, Colorado: Wayfinder Press. Very Good. 1987. Softcover. 0960876464 . With its beginnings as a frenzied precious metals mining camp, Telluride, Colorado grew into the modern-day tourist destination. This work presents both the historic beginnings and the evolution into a cherished alpine vacation and skiing center. With plenty of black & white historic photos as well as modern color photos by George Huey. --- This oblong softcover in white wraps with color Huey image of Telluride and its backdrop of snowy peaks. --- A clean, bright copy but with bump to tail of spine.; Oblong Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 68 pages .

New York: George H. Doran Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1927. Hardcover. First American trade edition, following the actual first US edition of 250 numbered copies (despite "First printing in America, March 1927" statement). An account of the Arab revolt in 1916-18 against the ruling Ottoman Empire in the Arabian Peninsula from T. E. Lawrence's point of view as a British Army officer. With 16 striking illustrations, including a frontis portrait of the author in Arab costume. Fold-out map of the Levant and Arabian Penisula areas at rear of volume and illustration of a camel caravan on the march to endpapers. Mr. Lawrence is best known as 'Lawrence of Arabia'; and the 1962 David Lean film of the same name was very successful. --- In brown cloth-covered boards with image of man in Arab dress and titling in black, spine with image of three camels and titling, also in black; brown topstain. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- Overall, a well-preserved copy: clean… Read More