Titles starting with L from Windrush Books

London: Longman, Green & Longmans, 1852. "New Edition" of these memoirs of the first full-time woman traveller (2nd British Edition - First Ed. was published in 1851). Hardcover, 16mo, marbled boards, black leather spine & corners, gilt decs. to spine. 273 pages. Binding sound; gilt decs. bright, titles rubbed, corners & extrems. somewhat worn. An early owner wrote a slightly ribald comic verse on the flyleaf (very neatly) about Miss Pfeiffer. Foxing first & last few pages, but the... more information

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Paris: Augustin Challamel, 1920. History & description of the geography, people, towns, government, colonial companies, mineral resources, communications, navigation, commerce & finances of the old German colony of South-West Africa. En francais (text in French). Green marbled paper-covered boards, leather spine with gilt titles & bars. Blue-gray endpapers; 2 title pages, one of heavy green textured paper. 85 pages, including Bibliographie, & Tables at end. 16 b/w photographs, 3 maps. Salmon... more information

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New York: Macmillan, 1958. First edition. Bright green cloth, light blue dj illustrated with red wood-cut motifs and photograph of people at market. First U.S. edition. An account of the four former British colonies of Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, & the Gambia. Well illustrated with a map & 18 b/w photographs. Appendix of statistics, & Index. Bright, clean copy, ex-lib but only 2 library stamps, on front endpaper; old tape marks to exterior; card removed from rear endpaper, causing surface tear... more information

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Houghton Mifflin 1987. Hardcover, octavo, gray paper-covered boards, black cloth spine, white illustrated dust jacket. 257 pages. B/w photographs. The story of the Polaroid Corporation & its founder, Edwin H. Land, the scientist who invented Polaroid sunglasses, 3-D movies, guided missiles & the Polaroid camera. Very sound & clean, unmarked, in minimally rubbed dj. Fine/ VG. ... more information

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Washington, DC: Winston, Wiley, 1978, 1978. Hardcover, octavo, bright red cloth, red/ white DUST JACKET. "The first book entirely focusing on language in autism". 139 pages, numerous tables & figures. Book sound, very clean in & out.Dj has some fading, rubbing at lower exteems., a few short edge-tears, foxing to rear dj flap, otherwise clean & bright, in new archival Mylar. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. Octavo. ... more information

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New York: Appleton, 1887. Dark green cloth, gilt titles. 232 pages. Top edge gilt; greyish blue endpapers. Lives of four major American figures: "Rufus Choate, the Lawyer; Daniel Webster, the Statesman; President Lincoln, the Statesman & Liberator; General Grant, the Soldier & Statesman". Binding is sound; exterior is sound, though there is some wear to spine top & base, & a little to board corners. Gilt titles on spine are dulled but legible; those on front board are bright & ... more information

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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, London, 1806, 1806. A beautiful half leather-bound copy of the fourth edition, printed by James Ballantine, Edinburgh. Hardcover, octavo, decorated black leather spine & corners, maroon & blue marbled paper-covered boards, maroon leather label with gilt titles. Fore- & lower edge untrimmed. Book is sound; corners bumped & minimally worn, a few small & inconspicuous worn areas to spine extrems. Some pages roughly cut, causing, for example, a small... more information

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Boston: James Munroe, 1856. Brown textured cloth, embossed borders; gilt titles on spine. 181 pages. This collection of Macaulay's verse includes the great old schoolboy favorite "Horatius". Introduction by C.C.F.; 26-page Preface. Each poem also has a prose introduction. Illustrated title page; tissued portrait frontispiece. Binding is very sound; boards lightly rubbed, with a few small smudges, otherwise clean; corners are rubbed; spine top (especially) & bottom are worn. Gilt of titles is q... more information

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London: Faber, 1946. Subtitle: "Being an outline of its preparation & uses in Britain yesterday & today together with some reflections on its place in the world of synthetics tomorrow". Subjects covered include Ancient Uses, the Trade Gilds, the leather crafts (tanning, cordwaining, etc.), Glossary of Leathers, Footwear, Harness & Saddlery, Gloves, Clothing, Bookbinding, Upholstery, Handbags, leather for trade & industrial purposes, Sports Equipment, etc. Blue cloth, leather spine ... more information

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London: Folio Society, 1973. A fine copy in slipcase. Tartan cloth with gilt titles; light grey box. 139 pages. Many b/w illustrations, colored illustrated endpapers. Book is sound, clean, & unmarked. Very light & inconspicuous stained area to one side of box, & a little light foxing inside box, otherwise slipcase sound & clean.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. Octavo. ... more information

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New York: Pantheon, 1988. Glossy black card covers, small-format paperback in the "Pantheon Photo Library" series. 60 full-page b/w photographs by Lee Friedlander. Binding is very sound. Cover extrems. lightly rubbed, with minor wear to cover corners; exterior slightly rubbed, but clean. Lower corners of last 20 pages have light fold just at the tip, affecting only corner of the margin, not the plates. Fore-edge & front endpaper have light smudge. Otherwise interior is clean & unmarked. .... more information

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Schirmer, 1988. Ed. 3557. Buff & blue card covers. 56 pages. Date given is copyright date. Binding has been reinforced, unnecessarily, with wide clear tape. Ink name & date inside, & 3 numbers neatly written on page 3, otherwise condition would be Fine: very clean & otherwise unmarked, in & out. . Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Quarto. ... more information

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New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1953. Light blue cloth, white DUST JACKET illustrated in blue & yellow. 220 pages. B/w illustrations by Sylvia Saks. The orphaned Crenford children, Betty, David & Midge, run away to the remote Colorado Rockies & live with their stern Aunt Zippy, whose long-ago romance with her neighbor Mr. Dahlia Betty helps re-ignite with the finding of their diamond engagment ring in the deserted Meadowbrook Mine. Binding is sound & straight; boards have some light sp... more information

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New York: Negro University Press, 1969. Brown cloth; gilt titles on spine. 410 pages. Modern (1969) reprint of this work, which was originally published in 1856. A nice clean copy. Binding is sound, though a bit slanted; boards are clean, with titles bright. One spot to fore-edge, light line of toning to both endpapers, otherwise book is very clean & unmarked, in & out. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo. ... more information

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Cambridge, Massachusetts: Riverside Press, 1935. Dark green boards, gilt titles & crown device. 82 pages. Portrait frontispiece & one other full-page portrait, both tissued. SIGNED with the editor's initials in elegant handwriting (inscribed to "Eugenia Frothingham"). Benjamin Crowninshield, Mary's husband, was Secretary of the Navy under Presidents Madison & Monroe; this book transcribes Mary's letters written home to Salem, Massachusetts while on her journey to Washing... more information

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Waterville, Maine: Colby College Press, 1947. Limited edition: this is number 176 of 225 copies. Hardcover, 16mo, green marbled boards, off-white cloth spine. No dust jacket, but blurb & portait from the dj have been pasted into the front endpaper. Attractive little book: title page in black & red, red initial, deckled fore-edge. Book contains the text of 33 of Sarah Orne Jewett's letters, plus notes, family trees, Index of Correspondents, etc. Book is sound: spine slightly darkened, extrems. lightl... more information

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Carcanet, Manchester, England, 1984. Virtually As New copy of the First Edition. Hardcover, smaller octavo, black cloth, gilt titles, pale pink DUST JACKET. B/w photographs. Book & dj are very sound, clean, bright; unmarked save for a couple of faint marks to page 40. Dj minimally rubbed, otherwise Fine/ Fine. ... more information

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London: Oxford, 1962. Bright red cloth, gilt titles on spine. 307 pages, including Appendix & Index. 15 b/w plates. Ex-University library copy, with usual library marks on spine, top edge & endpapers only; title page & the rest of interior seem completely unaffected, being unmarked & clean. Small amount of dark smudging to front board; 2 pages have fold at lower corner; otherwise sound & clean, with binding straight.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo. ... more information

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Koln, Germany: Hermann Schaffstein Verlag, 1957. Cream cloth boards with illustrated paper front board. Red and yellow dust jacket with same illustration as front board. Children's book: text in German, with b/w drawings by Irene Schreiber. Book is sound & clean; neat ink inscription, otherwise unmarked. Small torn areas chipped away at dj extrems., 3 larger bites from top of front, otherwise dj sound, clean & bright, in new archival Mylar. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. Illus. by Irene Sch... more information

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Modern Library, 1942. Very nice copy in dust jacket. Hardcover, duodecino, red cloth, bright red/ yellow/ purple dj. Dj flap price 95 cents. Map endpapers. Sound, clean, unmarked. Minimal rubbing to dj extrems., otherwise sound, very bright. VG+/ VG [WE HAVE MANY MODERN LIBRARY BOOKS IN VG CONDITION IN DJ - PLEASE EMAIL US FOR LIST].. ... more information

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