Search Results: Titles starting with L from Rare Finds Booksellers

New York, NY: E.P. Dutton, Inc., 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover in Very Good condition. Black boards with white cloth spine and gilt lettering on spine. Some edgewear, bumping on corners and small yellow water stain (barely noticeable) appearing on bottom of front cover near spine; top of inside front cover and top of front end paper; bottom of inside back cover and bottom of last free page. Binding tight with a very little give. Pages clean with very little yellowing. 311 pages. SIGNED IN PERSON BY AUTHOR on front end paper in red ink "Nov, '82 For Bob - gratefully Lana Turner", slight smudge to date. Many B&W photographs throughout. Dust jacket is Very Good - . Some edgewear on dj and small yellow water stains on bottom and top of inner front cover. Noted First Edition in Book. Very decent Signed First Edition..

New York, NY: A.S. Barnes and Co., 1956. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover, Very Good +, beige cloth boards with brown spine. Some edgewear and some bumped corners. 312 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on free front page in black ink "JOE E. BROWN". Binding tight. Many B&W photos throughout. Dust Jacket, Good. In protective mylar cover. Some small chips on top and bottom edges of dj and large chip on top spine. Color on dj spine has darkened and red lettering has faded. Illustration of Joe E. Brown on front jacket. DJ is price clipped. Not stated but assumed First Edition. "Well, nobody's perfect!"

New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1959. Book. Illus. by Reginald Marsh. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Bing Crosby and Kathryn Crosby. Fifth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover in Very Good condition. Beige boards and green cloth spine with gilt lettering and design on spine. Slight bumping on top and bottom of spine and top corners. Binding tight. Pages clean. 833 pages. Illustrations by Reginald Marsh throughout book. SIGNED on illustrated bookplate printed with "KATHRYN AND BING CROSBY" in blue ink "Kathryn, Bing" . Book is protected by a boxed cover which is in Good condition, some chips and wear on edges and a little chipping on cover. Stated on boxed cover under title "Being those parts of The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, The Pioneers, and The Prairie which specifically pertain to Natty Bumppo, otherwise known as Pathfinder, Deerslayer, or Hawkeye". Noted in book Fifth Edition. A very special edition signed by the greatest singer of the twentieth century, Bing Crosby..

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Stackpole Books, 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with yellow cloth boards with red-backed lettering, Tight binding . Jacket very good -- but some edgewear with a couple chips and tears, some taped. Not stated but assumed 1st Edition. 320 pages. SIGNED on ffp (free front page) in black marker, large and bold, "SINCERELY RUDY VALLEE" . Many b/w photos. A desirable Signed First Edition..

E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Berkley Pub Group, 1999. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Trade. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover. First printing of the trade paperback edition, Fine +. 628 pages. Pages clean but beginning to yellow around the edges. Illustrated with three B&W photo sections. SIGNED on first title page BY AUTHOR in black ink "A. SCOTT BERG". Pulitzer Prize Winning biography of the famous early twentieth-century aviator. Cover has sticker proclaiming "Autographed Copy"..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1954. Book. Illus. by Ward, Lynd. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author and Illustrator. Fifth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, Very Good +. Brown cloth boards with illustrations on front and back covers, black and white lettering. Very little wear, slight edgewear on spine top and bottom. Binding tight. Pages clean. Unpaged. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR on back of first illustrated page in blue ink "MAY McNEER" "LYND WARD". Dust jacket is Good. Same illustrations as boards, some tears on corners and edges, one small piece missing on lower right corner of cover. Blue sticker on spine "Dolphin Binding". Marked as fifth edition. Many black/brown/white illustrations throughout. Beautiful signed children's book, rare signed by both author and illustrator..

New York: Citadel Press, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard cover, beige cloth with red spine with dulled gilt lettering on spine. Some edgewear on boards, corners bumped, rubbing on spine. Dust jacket with mylar cover. Some fading, edgewear, creases, tears, light staining and tape residue on dj, especially on back. Binding tight. 351 pages. Pages slightly yellowed but clean. Many photo illustrations. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page in blue ink "To Dr. Wm. R. Hooper, Sincerely Vincent Lopez". Light yellowing strip due to former bookmark placement partially touches inscription but not signature. Very nice Signed First Edition..

Paris: Editions Du Belvedere, 1947. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Louis Armstrong and 7 Jazz Musicians. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover, Very Good; This book used to belong to a French amateur musician who knew many jazz musicians. A line on the first page of the book says it was dedicated at the Jazz Hot Club in Toulon, France. AUTOGRAPHED!!! SIGNED by LOUIS ARMSTRONG in green ink on title page; and on the preceding page signed in dark blue ink by JACK TEAGARDEN, BARNEY BIGARD, EARL "FATHA" HINES, ARVELL SHAW, BIG SID CATLETT, BOB WILBER, and VELMA MIDDLETON. 107 pages [2] pp., frontis., b&w photographic plates of the mastermusician/entertainer, including frontispiece portrait. The first volume in the Maitres du jazz series, in French only; Dust Jacket Condition: Good, original paper wrappers with small chips at extremities, especially along the top. Scarce first edition of this biography by one of Armstrong's closest friends in the Jazz world. At rear is complete… Read More