Search Results: Authors starting with L from Michael's Pride and Joys

This is from the library stacks although there is no pocket, and yet it is at the high end of the Very Good range with no substantial defects other than the one BOOKSALE and two LIBRARY stamps. Please note it in only Volume II

Memoires De Madame La Marquise De Larochejaqueleinby Madame La Marquise (Herself) third edition
Green marbled boards. Leather spine extending half-inch over board. 1/2leather. Chez L.G. Michaud, Paris (1816) Fine for age. See scan. No dust jacket. Wonderful just to hold. Carved spine with panels and gilt title and decoration. Some darkening map borders. Small marks of where a protective cover has been 544 p. Marbled page edges. Large fold-out colored maps insurgency 1793 and line of march of La Grande Armee. Marbled page edges. Portrait frontis. Two terrific fold-out maps, BOTH with color, of the Vendee war (1793). THE VENDEE IS ON THE BAY OF BISCAY AND WAS (OR AM I MISTAKEN) ONCE UNDER THE ENGLISH CROWN. I believe it was part of the Aquitaine that Eleanor brought to Henry 11 as her dowry. It was yet another religious war. PORTRAIT OF THE MARQUIS, BORN 1777 AND KILLED 1815. PAGES ARE AS CLEAR AS THE DAY THEY WERE PRINTED 190 YEARS AGO. Probably the best copy on the market… Read More

dull with bumps and rubs and partial, 2-inch, separation at other side of spine-front join that does nOT extend to the other side. Large print and liberally illustrated

Tony presented this to me not long before his death at Williams Lake in 1995. I have presevred it carefully and offer it as NEW signed with the proviso that I have read it. Rattling good account of Canada's Motor Torpedo Boats from commissioning, hisa early service, and his time commanding the 29th Canadian Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla. He was a noted war artist.OUTSTANDING QUALITY

First printing First edition Gift signed by author and| Fine but for corner color rubs. DJ also FINE but for color rubs. Impressive work with 26 b/w plates; 45 maps & diagrams; 24 tables; index; bibliography; glossary; list of abbrevaitions; 257 pp

Author writes about life at Lochbuie Farm, Finch Township,(North Stormont) Ontario at the turn of the 19th century. About like new although a little dull. It is inscribed by author. And it is rare although that does not mean it is an expensive book in high demand.

Lennard, Dacre Barrett Tales from Moliere's Plays London: Chapman & Hall 1859. The original edition, published 1859 in Piccadilly, London Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 494 p. Audience: General/trade, Good to Fair. 462 pages plus 32 numbered pages of adverts, Some prelim pages loose but all there. Untidy mottled yellow/black boards with black fabric spine. Rates GOOD minus, I suppose

Publisher: Friesens Corporation, 1996Brand new white gloss boards with black/white title and illustration. Dust jacket also bright, new, and perfect. This book is the First Edition self-published by Wallace L. Liddicoat in 1996 and has First Edition on copyright page. Maps, diagrams, photographs.
The author presents the many configurations in which the early waterwheels were installed, overshot, undershot, Noria, pitch-back followed by beam pups and turbines. He shows the development of their application: milling, mining, and electric power generation. And he shows pictures of waterwheels at locations in B.C. (and elsehwere in the Oregon Territory) . I ship within 24 hours except when the post office is closed for hoilday

NEW hardbound isbn 0824032373 first edition and presumed first printing. IMPECCABLE PERFECT UNTOUCHED Suspect this was issued without a dust jacket. Doctprate study by Katheryn Linduff with 39 plates of charts, maps, and illustration
My scanner produces shadows that chould not be there

poetry of 1888 82 pages plus one leaf of ads. Edges rubbed and thus GOOD but VERY GOOD for age
https://books.google.ca/books?isbn=0271027819Brian Tyson - 2008 - ‎Preview - ‎More editionsRowe Lingston, author of "Woodland and Dreamland," has a modest measure of the genuine poetic melody and fancy. ... Mr. Rowland Hill's "Jewels" will be read and recited for many a year wherever the English language is spoken.

Publisher: Gill, 1894Used - Good, Graded good but many would grade it Very Good. Green board decorated with gilt whippets and author's name plus some half-tone whippets in lighter green. End pages are decorated with UG monograms of the publisher Upcott Gill. Corners bumped. vi, contents page, prelims 199 text pages. ad, index p201-204,, 11 numbered pages of catalogue, 4 pages ads. Six sepia plates of whippets as show and race dogs. When I check WORLDCAT, I learn that copies of this first edition exist in some UK and US libraries but not in Canada. One Canadian library has a later reprint. And that's it. This not the cheapest offered at the the moment but is far the best.

Book was awarded by VicWest School (for mental arithmetic and book-keeping) and is so inscribed by the school on toned blank front end page. Tiger frontis is tissue-protected and in perfect condition. Binding tight. corner frays and one bumped. Generally dull looking but an excellent survivor. Central India based on author's experiences hunting the tiger there.

Roberts was one of Britain's most famous generals of his time -of imperial expansion. He was particularly active in the Afghan wars and when knighted took the title of Roberts of Kandahar. His march from Kabul to Kandahar will long be cited as a remarkable feat of both strategy and administration. In the Indian Mutiny, he won the V.C. for repeated acts of heroism. This book was written in his lifetime and is a genuine first edition. He commanded the British forces in Afghanistan  and became Commander-in-Chief in India (1885-1893), in the South African War (1899-1902) and, finally Commander-in-Chief of the British Army (1901-190 Published byAllen 1883 in red boards, signature (not Roberts's) on title page. tissue-protected frontis of Roberts. xii + 405 pp + 44 numbered pages of ads + 4 unnumbered pages of Allen ads + fep

Ornamental Shrubs for Garden, Lawn, and Park Planting: With an Account of the Origin, Capabilities, and Adaptations of the Numerous Species and Varieties, Native and Foreign, and Especially of the New and Rare Sorts, Suited to Cultivation in the United Statesby DAVIS,LUCIUS D Published in New York by G.P.Putnam's Sons in 1899FIRST EDITIONDavis' classic on ornamental shrubs, their origin,history uses,common names,and how and where to plant,etc.viii prelims plus 338 pp plus adsAn outstanding copy of a more-than-a-century-old treasure looking in almost new condition. Liberally illustrated with plates. Tissue-protected frontis in tip-top condition, Uncut page edges: TOP EDGE GILT.Blue boards with illustration and bright-gilt titling, Same on spine. An important book that has been reprinted many times since the copyright expired, but this is the ORIGINAL. I grade it FINE PLUS for a 19th century book and even if it were a modern book, I would grade it near fine