Search Results: Authors starting with L from Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books

New York: A.S.Barnes, 1947. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Curious work containing pieces for the piano and acccompanying activities for children to perform. Some wear to corners of blue boards, binding sound, pages unmarked, previous owner's name to ffep. Later printing.

New York: Union Sqaure Press, 2008. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Lovely copy of this look at the long troubled saga of the Lincoln family. Concludes with an odd tale of what may have been a scheme to capture the Lincoln fortune by the family chauffeur, who was perhaps, just maybe, D.B. Cooper? Really? Fine in a fine jacket. First printing.

New York: Hyperion, 1997. Advance Reader's Copy . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Advance copy of novel, labelled "Uncorrected Bound Galleys", in plain off-white wraps. Date of publication printed on cover (April, 1997 is printed, the day of the month, "10" written in by hand). Very good+, with some light soil to jacket and a bit of wear at corners. Author's first novel.

Henry Holt, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Novel of a man whose only pleasure is food. First edition, first printing. Fine in a fine jacket--not remaindered or price-clipped.

Putnam, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Novel of colonial Hong Kong from an English Hong Kong native. From the author of The Debt to Pleasure. Fine copy in fine jacket, this is the first printing.

Landoll, 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine. Cute pop-up story about er...some elves who have the day off (and for some reason Santa isn't busy and hangs out with them). At any rate, Near Fine with all pop ups intact, slight lean to spine.

Riverhead Books, 2004. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing, fine in a fine jacket. Well-regarded first novel, set in early-80s Chicago. Tale of three families from West Rogers Park.

Riverhead Books, 2004. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing, fine in a fine jacket, save for tiny stray pen mark to rear panel. Well-regarded first novel, set in early-80s Chicago. Tale of three families from West Rogers Park.

Crown, 2006. Advance Reader's Copy . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. This is a fine Advanced Reader's Copy of Erik Larson's follow up to Devil in the White City. Signed and dated May 2006 (prior the book's official October release). Fine in pictorial wraps

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1984. First Edition . Full-Leather. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Signed by author on second front free endpaper. Privately printed true first edition of this look at the world of Eleanor Roosevelt. Full leather, gilt decoration to spine and covers, ribbon bookmarker, Still in original plastic-wrapped packaging. Very fine.

Candlewick Press, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Halperin, Wendy Anderson. Stated first edition, jacket is NOT price-clipped, book is in excellent condition with no markings or writing. Jacket has bumps to top corner of spine and a tiny wrinke to bottom of spine. A lovely copy, NOT ex-lib.

The Viking Press, 1944. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Lawson, Robert. Stated second printing before publication, 1944, winner of the 1945 Newbery Medal. Fully illustrated in glorious sepia by the author, endpapers are simply stunning. Jacket shows expected wear but is in very good shape save for a "clean" spot where a Newbery sticker was once affixed; a fragment of the sticker remains and I did not try to remove it. Jacket is unclipped ($2.00)and has a few minor ships; preserved in mylar, it displays very well. A collectible copy.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Advance Reader's Copy in pictorial wraps

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A quite nice copy of Le Carre's final book in the Karla trilogy. First trade edition stated. Near fine in a VG jacket, not price-clipped, with a little bow to the top front panel and a tiny tear at the bottom rear of the spine.

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First printing of this wonderful bread baking text from the owner of the Bread Alone bakery in the Catskills. Jacket slightly sunned, a touch of wear to corners, a couple of mniscule bends to first couple of page corners.

1967: J B Lippincott Co. Hardcover. Good/Good. Noted children's book author's charming title. Ex school library with expected markings, Reinforced library bindings with no marks internally save for library stamp to an early page.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing, fine in a fine jacket. No remainder mark, not an ex-library copy.

Viking, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine copy in fine jacket, this is a first printing of author's first story collection. No remainder mark, not price clipped.

New York: George Brazillier, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Binding intact, pages browned, jacket has damage from removed sticker, as well as some soil and small tears.

Wyrick & Co., 1988. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. From the author of Anguished English, this book on puns and punning is a minor classic in the "books about words" category. This is a second printing, near fine, trade paperback.