Search Results: Titles starting with L from Independent Books

New York: Doubleday (Random HOuse), 1999 366 numbered pp; TPB. Identified as an "Advance Reading Copy" and an uncorrected proof. Signed by Crais on title page. Pages: clean, bright, tight; no defects. Cover: glossy black/yellow, silver titles front/spine, white/black text back; minimal shelfwear. Not for those who seek the book as it was sold in stores, but for collectors of book- or author-associated ephemera.

New York: ROBERT M. McBRIDE & COMPANY, 1934 340 numbered pgs.+8. HB w/slipcase. Limited signed first edition of 153, 120 for the trade, of which this is No. 17. Pages: clean, bright, tight, f.e. deckled; no defects. Cover: silver, black logo front, black titles spine; minimal shelfwear. Slipcase: silver, black logo front, rubbed esp edges, a few seams starting. We have a substantial Cabell collection.

New York: SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. 3 comedies from the 1970s, separately bound. Scripts. Stapled spines. Pages and covers: annotated/highlighted, bright, tight. All in VG- condition.

Wheaton: Tyndale House Pubs., 1969 228 numbered pp; HB. Ex-lib w/ pocket removed, stamps, etc. Pages: clean, bright, tight, lt blue eps; a.e. lt tanned, mild page waviness, initials inked b.e. Cover: lt blue, cloth has been laminated, silver titles spine; lt shelfwear, titles worn, water stain/mildew back.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900 262 pp.; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, red topstain, f.e. deckled, portrait frontis; a.e. moderately tanned, some b.e. hand cut, PO info typed eps. Cover: med blue, blindstamping and gilt titles front/spine; lt shelfwear, bottom crnrs bumped, spine and a.e. modestly tanned. A very pretty copy.

New York: The Knickerbocker Press (G.P. Putnam's Sons) 133 numbered pp +7 pp ads; flexible boards. Pages: clean, bright, tight, t.e.g., f.e. deckled, decorative eps, frontis w/ tissue guard; a.e. lt tanned. Cover: flexible red morocco boards, gilt ornamentation/titles front/spine; lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, spine slightly tanned, 2 tiny tears head. Charming, small book, one of the Ariel series.

Moscow: Congres International des Sciences Anthropologiques et Ethnologiques, 1960 In French. Roughly translates to: Atlas of Russian Historical Ethnography. Stapled spine. Paper from the Soviet Delegation to the 6th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnographic Sciences. Atlas of Historical Ethnography of Russia. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 16 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: white wraps, black titles front; minimal edge/shelfwear. 2 copies available, w/ cover of 2nd copy bearing several smudges to cover.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 2003 351 numbered pp+11. HBw/DJ. Signed by author on title p. Pages: clean, bright, tight, f.e. deckled. Cover: blue boards, red backstrip, gilt titles spine; v lt shelfwear, front top and back bottom crnrs bumped, v faint stains front board. DJ: unclipped, photo + tan titles front, black titles to orange spine, black text back; minimal edge/shelfwear.

Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1928 205 pp.; TPB. In French. From the collection of David Wight Prall, Professor of aesthetics and philosophy at Berkeley and Harvard, his bookplate pasted ffep. Pages: clean, ivory , tight, pages uncut, f.e. highly deckled; a.e. tanned, pages fragile. Cover: gray wraps, black titles/text all surfaces; moderate shelfwear, disbound w/ covers present, spine in tatters.

Moscow: Congres International des Sciences Anthropologiques et Ethnologiques, 1960 In French. Roughly translates to: Ethnography and Problems of the Reorganization of Economy, Culture and Lifestyle Among the Peoples of the Extreme North of Uruguay. Stapled spine. Paper from the Soviet Delegation to the 6th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnographic Sciences. Ethnography, Economic Issues, Culture, and Ways of the People of Northern USSR. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 16 numbered pp +1; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: white wraps, black titles front; v lt edge/shelfwear.

Moscow: Congres International des Sciences Anthropologiques et Ethnologiques, 1960 In French. Roughly translates to: Ethnography and Anthropology as Sources of Historical Studies (on the Methodology of the Historical Study of Peoples Without Written History). Stapled spine. Paper from the Soviet Delegation to the 6th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnographic Sciences. Ethnography and Anthropology as the Source of Historical Studies (Methodology of the Study of Peoples without Written History). From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 14 numbered pp +2; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: white wraps, black titles front; v lt edge/shelfwear.

Paris: Felix Alcan, 1888 Two volumes in French. Appear to be part of a larger scientific series (books 63 and 64). "Prehistoric Man Viewed through Artifacts Found Across Europe, Followed by a Study of Modern Natives". From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: vol 1 306 +2 and vol 2 292 +32 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, blue-gray eps; a.e. well tanned, t.e. dusty. Cover: burgundy, gilt ornamentation and titles front/spine; substantial shelfwear, extrems worn through, several tears and chips to spine edges, heads and tails, all edges and spine sunned.

New York: HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS, 1970 131 numbered pp. HBw/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, green topstain, red eps; t.e. spattered, cocked. Cover: 2-toned green/white paper over boards, blindstamped titles front, green titles spine; minimal shelfwear, t.e. mildly tanned. DJ: unclipped, white, primary/black titles front, black titles spine, photo/green text back; v lt edge/shelfwear, v lt soil, dampstain across 2" of b.e.

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Co., 1899 173 pp.; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative eps, color frontis; a.e. tanned, t.e. dusty, front hinge just starting, 1 signature shaken, laid in. Cover: burgundy, lovely nautical paster front, gilt ornamentation and titles front/spine; lt shelfwear, extremities mildly worn, top crnrs barely bumped, med ink line to paster.

Mexico: Editorial Piramide S.A., 1957 247 numbered pp +1; HB. In Spanish, translated from the original Italian. "An Empire Crumbles" from the Pirates of Malaysia series. Pages: clean, ivory/tan, tight; a.e. deeply tanned. Cover: pictorial paper over boards, jungle scene + black/red titles front, blue titles spine/back; lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, spine tanned and wrinkled. Salgari was the father of Italian adventure fiction, pop culture, and the spaghetti western.

Rome: Editori Romani Assodiati, 1980 In Italian, with English language prospectus laid in. Square orientation. Numerous black-and-white graphs and illustrations, a smattering in color. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 83 numbered pp +1; TPB w/French flaps. Pages: clean, bright, tight; all edges mildly sunned. Cover: red stiff slightly yapped wraps, color photo front, black titles front/spine; mild edge/shelfwear, spine and about three quarters of front board near spine well sunned, crease to spine.

Paris: Les Oeuvres Representatives, 1932 232 numbered pp; TPB. In French. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. tanned/foxed. Cover: white/red yapped wraps, red front w/ white titles, red/black titles/text spine/back; moderate edge/shelfwear, lt toned, Head/tail taped.

Paris: Plon-Nourrit and Co., 1907 48 pp.; HB. Neither date nor edition indicated. In French (Legend of the Beasts"). Pages: clean, ivory, tight, red edgestain, gray-green eps, frontis; a.e. tanned. Cover: brown, orange linework front/back, orange logo back, large pastel color paster w/red titles front, plain spine; moderate shelfwear, head/heel/corners somewhat worn, paster somewhat grubby and specked, tiny nick from paster corner. Splendid pastel artwork throughout- whales and dolphins, horses and Pegasus, even the devil himself - pitchfork and all. In wonderful condition, for a first-rate children's collection.

Montreal: Editions Beauchemin, 1941 234 numbered pp +1; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis, nearly all pp uncut. Cover: white yapped wraps, gilt/red/white/blue artwork + black titles front, red/black titles spine; moderate shelfwear, spine creased, yapped edges tattered, lt rubbed, sm stains front/spine.

Paris: Le Livre Contemporain, 1961 286 pp. + 1; HB w/DJ. In French. Inscribed in French and signed by author on ffep. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative lt blue eps, frontis; t.e. tanned, . Cover: lt blue, dk blue titles spine; minimal shelfwear, t.e. tanned. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, color photo/red/white titles front/spine, photo/black text to white back; spine moderate;y faded, sm surface ships heel. Tavel across the world in search of the mystical.