Search Results: Authors starting with L from Boyd Used & Rare Books

Chicago New York Boston: Benj. H. Sanborn & Co., 1919. Hardcover. Good-. Book has wear to head and tail of spine and fore edge corners with a little fraying. Spine has some wear and soiling. Partially cracked gutter at frontispiece. Frontispiece has large closed tear and creasing. No other marks. Binding is sound. 41 illustrations and maps. 7 inches. pp. lviii, 411. 7 x5 inches. Uncommon. Spanish language. Includes nine pages of biographical notes about the authors included in this anthology. Intended as a Spanish language/history textbook for late high school/early college, presenting an interesting variety of material on Argentina's history and people.

Buenos Aires: Plus Ultra, 1985. Soft cover. Good+. Covers rubbed; light corner creasing. Pages clean. 212, [4] pp. 7.75 x 5.5 inches. Political history of Argentina beginning with the Second Presidency of Hipolito Yrigoyen in 1928 up through 1985 and the Presidency of Raul Alfonsin. Laino testigo de la crisis politica argentina desde puestos privilegiados de observacion. Desde el Congreso Nacional hasta la Casa de Gobierno, tuvo oportunidad de dialogar con todos los presidentes, desde Hipolito Yrigoyen hasta Raul Alfonsin. Felix H. Laino (1909-1999) was an Argentinian writer, journalist, and essayist. He was chief editor of the newspaper La Razon for 47 years.

Kansas City, Mo.: The Joli Press, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Revised Version. Signed and numbered in a limited edition of 200, this being copy 30/200. Boards in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on front cover. Lightly worn at extremities. Light pencil notations on front free endpaper and rear pastedown, else clean. [32] pages. In this short book of wry verse, Eumaeus gives the author the low-down on Odysseus and his encounters with Pallas Athene, Calypso, Nausicaa, Circe, the Sirens, and Scylla and Charybdis. ''Why didn't Odysseus a wife for thee provide, / that she might live forever by your side?'' / ''Nay, sir, a wife he never for me found / For no one had a chance with him around.'' Julien Capers Hyer (1894-1974), a native of South Carolina and graduate of Georgetown University. After serving in the First World War he was elected to the Texas state senate and for fifteen years was a Dallas County judge. He also served as a judge advocate under General… Read More

Tokyo, Japan: Kenkyusha Printing Co., 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Inscription on front pastedown; minor spot of soiling of ffep, else interior is clean. Missing rear free endpaper. Dust jacket has a few small chips and short closed tears; in an archival sleeve. 32 plates with illustrations from photographs. 228 pp. 8.75 x 6 inches. Scarce in dust jacket. 0 Written for the people of India with the intent to show the positive example of Japan as a modernizing country with a view towards India's independence from Britain. Foreword by Mr. S. Takaishi, Chief Editor of the Osaka Mainichi & the Tokyo Nichi-Nichi. Introduction by Dr. James A. B. Scherer, author of about a dozen books on Japan and one of the founders of the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church. The principle secrets of Japan discussed are: deep-rooted patriotism, the national language, national character, national discipline, compulsory education, devotion… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Gray cloth boards stamped in white and black. Number written on rear free endpaper, else interior clean and unmarked; pages crisp. Dust jacket rubbed; very slight spoiling; closed tear to foot of rear panel; not price clipped ($2.50); in an archival mylar sleeve. xii, 338 pages. The author, David Lamson, was convicted in 1933 of murdering his wife at Stanford University. He and his wife, Allene, were both Stanford graduates and were a part of the literary set on campus. In this book, Lamson describes his experiences on San Quentin's death row and the other prisoners he encountered there.

Wien/Vienna: Austria Auction Company, 2014. Soft cover. Near Fine. Near fine. Interior is bright and clean. A beautiful full color catalog for the auction held September 16, 2014 in Vienna. 224 pages. 10.5 x 8.25 inches. Rugs primarily from Turkey, Turkmenistan, Persia, and the Caucasus, with a few from China and Uzbekistan.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Fair. Henrietta Jones. Book is bumped at the head and tail of spine as well as the fore edge corners. Head and tail of spine have some light wear. Pages are unmarked. Dust jacket is faded on spine and rubbed on surfaces. Larger chips missing at head of spine as well as along bottom edge. Not price clipped (2.00). Dj has been placed in an archival quality protective mylar cover. First edition (NAP), 1943. "In the year 1212 through the silvery Loire country of France marched a band of children led by a French shepherd boy. They were an inspired group, held together by a determination to wrest Jerusalem from the Infidel. Girard and Martine de Courtenai, the children of a baron joined the Crusade, and it is their story that Ruth Hollberg has here told...

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, 1969. Donated by US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1965-1970), Hermann Eilts. Book has very light bumping to head and tail of spine. Pages are clean. Dust jacket shows light edge wear, heaviest at top edge; small blemish on spine; rubbed; price clipped. 360 pages. Bookplate on ffep indicating it was donated to the Myrin Library at Ursinus College (this was a non-circulating copy) by Ambassador Hermann F. Eilts, Class of 1943. Hermann Eilts was US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Egypt. He worked closely with Anwar Sadat on the Camp David Accords.

La Paz - Cochabamba, Bolivia: Editorial Los Amigos del Libro, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover. Light wear to covers. Gift inscription on first leaf, else clean. Glossary at terminus. 254 pages. 8a edicion (1997, Coleccion Obras completas de Jesus Lara). The 1943 novel by the Bolivian author Jesus Lara Lara (1898-1980), which tells the story of a Quechua Indian, a son of hacienda laborers, who leaves his rural Cochabamba home to attend school in the city.

Cochabamba - La Paz: Editorial ''Los Amigos del Libro, 1977. Soft cover. Good+. Softcover. Covers are rubbed and a bit edgeworn. Interior is clean and unmarked. Pages lightly toned. Glosario al final. 345 pages. Segunda edicion (1977). The 1965 novel by the Bolivian author Jesus Lara Lara (1898-1980). La tercera parte de la trilogia indigenista, iniciada con Yawarninchij e Sinchikay.

[Williamsport, Pennsylvania]: Printed by Lycoming Printing Co., 1980. Soft cover. Good+. Hardcover in blue cloth with gilt lettering. A tad spine cocked. Cloth at foot of spine is worn. Previous owner's name blacked-out on front free endpaper; some light soiling and general wear. Very slight waviness in page margins, not affecting images. vii, 240 pages. Oblong. 8.5 x 11 inches. Pictorial history of Wellsboro (Tioga County), Pennsylvania covering the years 1880 to 1920. Includes a reproduction of the 1899 city directory (which denotes residents' occupation, employer, and addresses). A very thoughtfully produced boo showing early life in Wellsboro. Essential a picture book (photos are captioned) showing portraits, buildings, school and churches, streets, homes (some with interiors), businesses (some interiors as well), industry, farming, transportation, sports, civic life, recreation, and more.

Marseille: Editions Autres Temps, 1993. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover. Small puncture in front cover. General light wear. Interior is unmarked. 199, [3] pages. Biographical and literary study of the French poet and playwright Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918). Includes a fifteen-page, comprehensive bibliography of writings, those by and those about Apollinaire.

Milwaukie, Oregon: Rev. John W. Larson, 1987. Soft cover. Very Good+. Signed by John W. Larson. Pictorial covers. Front cover has a couple very faint, small spots of soiling. Pages clean. 140, [1] pp. 8 x 5.5 inches. Autobiography of missionary Ejnar Leopold Larson (1882-1967). He was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, and immigrated to the United States in 1906. After graduating from God's Bible School and Missionary Training Center in Cincinnati in 1912 he traveled to Hong Kong (Kowloon) and China where he and his wife Rose were to serve the greater part of the next twenty-five years as missionaries (from 1914 to 1940). They worked with the Peniel Missionary Society. After returning to the United States he lived in New York state and spent a couple years working at the Pilgrim Holiness Victory Grove Campground near Albany. In 1949 he took up permanent residence in Arlington, Snohomish County, Washington. The last 45 pages are letters written by Ejnar while in Hong Kong between 1932 and 1940, with… Read More

Valley City, N. D.: Smith and Bassett, 1924. Hardcover. Fair. Quarter brown cloth over papered boards; front cover with pictorial sketch of a schoolhouse. Worn. Pages toned; some dampstaining in the top margins; pages are delicate and some have tattered edges or closed tears. 130 pages. Scarce. Written by a couple North Dakota school teachers for the edification of rural school teachers. The advice and practical suggestions for activities was composed with the understanding of the very real limitations for both teachers and students in rural America, which included the handicaps of a lack of materials, the isolation from kindred work, and the ''all too often... lukewarm interest of the community toward that work.'' The authors were both experienced teachers living in Valley City (Barnes County), North Dakota. Alice Woodward (Withington) Smith (1878-1943) was a native of Pennsylvania and had attended the Greensburg Seminary. Laura Ramona (Livingstone) Bassett (1891-2000) was a graduate of the Valley… Read More

[Madison, Connecticut]: [Madison Bicentennial Committee], 1976. Soft cover. Very Good+. Soft card covers. Faint rub-wear along spine edges; light uneven fading on front cover. . Interior is clean and unmarked. Pages lightly thumbed. 97 pages. 11 x 8.5 inches. An illustrated history of the coastal town of Madison, Connecticut, located on the Long Island Sound in New Haven County. Includes sections devoted to the twentieth century (1990-1976) history of the town's thirteen districts (East River District, Hammonassett District, etc.) with maps.

[Portland, Oregon]: L. Kunkel, 1969. Soft cover. Very Good. One of a 1000 copies. Card covers show a bit of minor soiling and general wear. Fine, calligraphic gift inscription on flyleaf. Vellum-paper endpapers featuring blue prints (vellum at front shows a bit of curl). Illustrated in b/w. 112 pp. 14 x 10.75 inches. Oversize. Four institutional copies located on OCLC. A collection of photography, poetry, prose, and calligraphy produced by Laurence Kunkel in 1969 at Reed College, the publication of which stood for his thesis. Kunkel spent fourteen months creating the volume, which features the artistic and literary work of 49 contributors. Includes a full page photograph of Gary Snyder taken by Kunkel (juxtaposed with a print of Baudelaire). Kunkel's published dedication of Cathedral to "L" (presumably the American calligrapher and Reed professor Lloyd Reynolds) appears on the a subtitle page that features Reynold's calligraphy. Contributions include photography by the Bay… Read More

London: The Bodley Head, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book has a little light wear at head of spine. One small bumped spot on fore edge of front board. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Dust jacket is lightly bumped at head and tail of spine as well as fore edge corners. Wear to top and bottom edges of dj. Not price clipped. Book has a small provenance sticker from Technical Books, Ltd In Wellington, Auckland, NZ on the front dj flap. 1st Edition (FPu), 1970. 295 pp.

New York - Toronto: Rinehart & Company (A Murray Hill Mystery), 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Edition (with R colophon on copyright page). Maroon cloth boards stamped in yellow and white on spine. Light wear to spine ends and board edges. Interior is unmarked; faint smudge on half-title page, otherwise pages are clean. Dust jacket chipped at head of spine (missing top half-inch); other smaller edge chips and few closed tears; some soiling on rear panel; not price clipped ($2.50). DJ in archival sleeve. 213 pp. 7.5 x 5 inches. Scarce in jacket. Original sales receipt laid in. A murder mystery set in Peak City, Colorado, featuring Zebulion Buck and Jim Dunn. An murder occurs during the mock lynching that the city has put on during its Vigilante Days celebration. Hugh Lawrence Nelson (1907-1983), the author of more than a dozen mysteries. He was born in Galveston, Texas and in 1923 graduated from Ball High School in that city. At the time of his marriage, in 1928, he was… Read More

New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1921. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Third printing (September 1921) in scarce jacket. Blue-gray cloth boards with cross and lettering stamped in navy-blue on front. Faint wear at head and tail of spine and corners. Top edge of text block mildly dust stained. Pages clean. Dust jacket has a few closed tears; light chipping at corners; not price clipped ($2.00). DJ in clear archival sleeve. 378 pp. 7.5 x 5.25 inches.

London: London Mail, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Original red cloth boards with black lettering on spine; the front cover shows a blind stamped ''LM" (London Mail) and the rear cover a blind stamped Fry's Breakfast Cocoa logo. Spine is a bit color faded. Pages a bit toned. Interior is unmarked. Inner hinges are fragile. 188 pp. 16 x 10.5 cm. Le Queux's non-fiction account, being the disclosure of the private lives of Kaiser Wilhelm II and his son, the Crown Prince Adalbert of Prussia. The information was revealed to him by an old friend from his days as a war correspondent during the Balkan Wars, the Colonel-Lieutenant Otto von Heynitz. Von Heynitz had been appointed aide-de-camp to Prince Adalbert, when he took command of the German Army of the Centre, but he grew disgusted by the German treatment of the civilian population and their disregard for civilized warfare. So much so, that in March 1917, he repaired to Switzerland and conveyed this, his expose… Read More