Search Results: Titles starting with L from About Books

New York: St. Martin's Press / A Buzz Book, 1997. 6" wide by 9" tall. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. Not price clipped (16.95). No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Hundreds of illustrations, some in full-color. From the rear cover: "Imbued with the cross-pollinated sensibility of The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste and Roadside America, this is the best of the obscure, the absurd, and the perverse in Los Angeles. In other words, L. A. Bizarro is the Fodor's Guide to/from the Land of Never, Never. Most information available to people traveling to or living in L. A. is geared to mainstream tastes and the peanut-munching crowds. Finally, here's a guide for those who view the world through a psychedelic lens. Inside you will find a guide to eateries, sex shops, curious tourist attractions, nude beaches, dive bars, off-the-beaten-path museums, murder sites, cemeteries,… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (21.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated with a double-page map of greater Los Angeles (from San Fernando, Santa Monica Bay, and Long Beach, down to Anaheim and Garden Grove). From the Dust Jacket: "Brook offers telling insights into this complex society at the edge of the American frontier and touches upon what it means not only to be an Angeleno, but also an American." A captivating look at the city's frenetic pace, its languid style, New Age gurus, surfers, cocaine-snorting film actors, grinding poverty and violence, expansive freeways, rustic canyons, California cuisine, the phenomenon of mansionization, cosmetic surgery, movie studios, gang warfare, drop-out rates, etc. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xii, 372pp . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Chicago and New York: Contemporary Books, 1988. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (17.95). No chips or tears. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. From the Dust Jacket: "Based on years of research at southern California's respected Pritikin Longevity Center, The L. A. Diet shows that by grazing... eating small quantities of food - 6 or 7 small meals a day, your body's metabolic mechanism is constantly 'on' and generating heat, thereby lowering your body weight set point for fat... Part II outlines the daily diet program and includes eating plans, menus, and nutrition charts... Part II offers more than 100 delicious recipes." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. x, 300pp . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Paris: Éditions Mayer, 1978. Hardcover. Fine condition in a Good dust jacket. The jacket would be Near Fine but for yellowing to the spine and along the upper edge of the front panel (see photos). Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. All pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. Hardcover. 22 cm wide by 25.5 cm tall. Text in French. Illustrated throughout with art reproductions, many in full-color, as well as old portraits/photographs and letter facsimiles. Title given above is from the title page. The title on the Dust Jacket is different. It reads: NORBERT GOENEUTTE SA VIE ET SON OEUVRE OU L'ART LIBRE AU XIXe SIÈCLE (1854-1894). Bound in the original green cloth, stamped in shiny gold on front cover. Includes dust jacket.. First Edition (première édition). Hardcover. Fine condition/Good dust jacket. Illus. by Goeneutte, Norbert. 195pp.

Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1990. Very Good condition. Light cover soil. NOT a library discard. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. 1990. First Edition. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. Contains an introduction and seven chapters on Lyndon Baines Johnson [The 1964 Election; Vietnam; Economic Troubles; Poll Wars; Politics and Elections; etc.). University of Florida Social Sciences Monograph #77. List of chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original gray cloth, stamped in blue.. First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket, probably as issued. 8vo. xvii, 137pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Oxford University Press, 2016. New and unread in near PERFECT condition (with only a tiny bit of very mild wear to the covers -- like you sometimes find in any new book store). Bright and shiny. Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips, tears, or fading. Square and tight. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are bright white, fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. Notes on contributors. List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Maps. Glossary. Bound in the original green, white and black laminated boards. From the publisher: "The present situation in the LNG market should be seen as a 'crossroads' for the industry. The LNG industry has not been static over the past 5 decades and has already experienced many changes, but still the model of long-term contracts prevails and the majority of LNG is still bought at oil-indexed gas prices. There have however been considerable changes: an increase in short-term trading of… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press for the Hakluyt Society, 1966. 2 volumes, complete. Square, tight set. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (80s net). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated with plates, maps and charts, several folding. From the Dust Jackets: "Pedro Fernandez de Quiros was a remarkable navigator and explorer. Having sailed in 1595 as chief pilot in the ill-fated Spanish expedition to the Solomon Islands, he returned to the 'Austral Lands' - the area of the New Hebrides - in 1605 with another expedition, which is the subject of this volume." The Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Nos. CXXVI and CXXVII. "With ethnological introduction, appendix, and other contributions by G. S. Parsonson." The author's 133 page introduction puts the expedition into historical context and illuminates the nature of 17th century explorations. Contains 32 documents concerning the 1605 expedition. Tables of… Read More

The Golden Monk, 2021. New and unread in near PERFECT condition (with only a tiny bit of very mild rubbing to the cover -- like you sometimes find in any new book store). Bright and shiny. Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips, tears, creases or fading. Sharp corners. Square and tight. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are bright white, fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. Bound in the original black laminated boards, stamped in yellow, orange and white. From the publisher: "Ce tout nouveau livre vous expliquera : Comment reprogrammer le subconscient en guérissant la surpensée, le stress, la procrastination et la colère; La méthode par étapes pour développer des habitudes atomiques permanentes en 2021; La façon intelligente de comprendre les vampires énergétiques, le nerf vague, la théorie polyvagale. Des dizaines de trucs et d'astuces pour la vie de tous les… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. Very Good condition. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Spine somewhat faded. No owner's name or bookplate. Illustrated with frontispiece and photographic plates. This is the Photoplay Edition featuring scenes from King Vidor's Production, A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture, starring Lillian Gish as Mimi and John Gilbert as Randolphe. Movie Tie-In. Bound in the original blue pictorial cloth with dark blue lettering.. First Edition, Thus. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 8vo. v, 342pp . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Upper Montclair, New Jersey: Montclair State College Bureau of Student Publications, 1961. Very Good condition. Light cover soil. Class of 1961 Yearbook. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Profusely illustrated. Includes several pages in full color. Bound in the original red and cream color cloth. Oversize Hardcover. 9.25" wide by 12.25" tall. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail.. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 207pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Dutton, 1992. Near Fine condition. The corners of the cover show light wear. Bright, clean and shiny. NO owner's name or bookplate. 1979. First printing of the First Spanish language edition, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Papiroflexia [paper engineering] by Tor Lokvig. 20 x 31 cm. Previously published in English as THE HAUNTED HOUSE (Dutton, 1979). See Montanaro pp. 121-122: "Strange happenings occur while visiting a haunted house. Ghosts appear in one room after another. From a room where a bat flies, the sound of sawing is heard by opening and closing the pages. Six double page pop-ups, a rotating wheel, transformation slats, and tab-operated mechanicals.". First Printing/First Spanish language ed. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by Walmsley, Jane. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

University Park & London: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997. NOT a library discard. Appears unread. Near Fine condition (only light rubbing to the cover) but for whited-out previous owner's name. NO spine creases. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Pages are fresh and crisp -- apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Preface. Introduction. SONG OF ROLAND. French text and English translation on facing pages. Bibliography. 6" wide by 9" tall. Bound in the original maroon pictorial wrappers, printed in white and black.. Third printing. Softcover. Very Good condition. xxxiii, 245pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Los Angeles and Bombay: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 1980. Scarce hardcover edition. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Probable first hardcover edition (since no other printings are listed). Most illustrations are in full color. Spanish translation of: THE SCIENCE OF SELF-REALIZATION. "Este libro fue traducido al espanol de la version original eningles." Original green cloth, gilt-decorated. First Spanish Edition?. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xx, 312pp + 16 pages of illustrations.

Venice:: Erizzo Editrice, 1977. 22 cm x 30cm. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket would also be FINE but for a little light rubbing. No chips. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Well illustrated with photographs, maps, and diagrams, including a gatefold, and 40 full-color plates. Endpaper maps. Bilingual edition with text in both Italian and English. "Italian archaeologists and naturalists discover a protourban civilization in Iranian Sistan: ten years of archaeological research." Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original blue boards, decorated with the publisher's device in shiny silver.. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition./Near Fine dust jacket.. 358pp..

New York: Burt Franklin, 1968. Appears unread. Very Fine condition. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. HARDCOVER. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp -- apparently never read. 1968 reprint of 1930 edition. Describes first editions and reprints of English and foreign language books, pamphlets, tracts, speeches, documents, periodical publications, etc. Illustrated. Includes a chronological conspectus of Lafayette's career and notes on books from his library. Foreword by Brand Whitlock. Bound in the original gilt-stamped brown cloth.. 1968 reprint of 1930 edition. Hardcover. Very Fine condition/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. xxiii, 226pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

La Jolla, California: Friends of the La Jolla Library, 1999. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Very Good condition in a Good dust jacket (bright and shiny, NO chips, but with a few short closed edge tears and creases along the edges). The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NOT price clipped ($34.95). NOT a library discard. Mild corner bumps (NO pages are affected). NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Well-illustrated city history with vintage black and white photographs. Bibliographical references. Appendix (parks, schools, civic organizations, clubs and presidents, churches, newspapers). Chronology (pre 1850-1987). Index. Bound in the original blue leatherette (imitation leather), stamped in bright gold on the spine and front cover. Complete with dust jacket. Oversize Hardcover. 8.5" wide by 11.25" tall. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the… Read More

San Diego, California: Sunbelt Publications, 2014. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. The jacket show only very light shelfwear. NO chips, tears or fading. NOT price clipped ($21.95). Sharp corners. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Hinges are perfect. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Profusely illustrated with beautiful full color photos. 2014. First printing of the First Edition with complete number row (54321) on the copyright page. Bound in the original white boards, stamped in bright silver. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "Photographer Nick Agelidis has captured the beauty and charm of La Jolla in stunning images that show why this seaside village has been the destination of world travelers since the 1880s. Stunning photographs depict the iconic historic and modern landmarks, such as the world-famous Torrey Pines Golf Course. From the luxury… Read More

Paris: Fondation nationale des arts graphiques et plastiques, 1982. 21cm wide by 30cm tall. Very Good condition. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. Tight, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. With hundreds of illustrations, many in beautiful full-color. A history of lithography in France, with text in FRENCH. Appendix: "Les artistes lithographes, Biographie et bibliographie." . First Edition. Soft Cover. Original pictorial wraps. 246pp..

Provenza [Barcelona, Spain]: F.E.A.A.M., 1996. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. Mild EX-LIBRARY [WONGU, University of Oriental Medicine] with library indications only on the front endpapers. NO library markings on the dust jacket, spine, cover, or anywhere else. Pages are clean and crisp. Text in Spanish. Illustrated throughout with many drawings and a few photographs. Published by Federacio´n Espan~ola de Asociacio´n de Acupuntura y Manopuntura.. Primera edición: Junio 1996. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. 512pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Paris: Librairie Plon , 1921. 3 volumes, with copyrights 1921-1922. Clean, square, tight, unmarked set. Very Good condition. Light stain to the edge of a few pages in volume 3 (in the margin only; text is not affected). SEE PHOTOS. Each volume has the handsome bookplate of Robert Ludlow Fowler. Pages a bit tanned. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. French text. Vol 1) 20 Juillet 1914 - 2 Juin 1915 ; Vol 2) 3 Juin 1915 - 18 Août 1916 ; Vol 3) 19 Août 1916 - 17 Mai 1917. All three books are uniformly bound in attractive marbled boards, with brown leather spine labels, gilt. Original printed wraps are bound-in. The professional diplomat and writer, Maurice Georges Paléologue (1859-1944) was appointed ambassador to St. Petersburg just before the outbreak of World War I. He served there until the 1917. These volumes provide an invaluable picture of the final three years of the Czarist regime. Russia of the Tsars during the Great War. Illustrated with… Read More