Search Results: Authors starting with L from Eastleach Books

G Schirmer, New York, 1914. 1st edition.. Paperback. Paperback, G. 4pp, wrappers a little dusty, 1 inch tear to the leading edge of all 4pp & the covers, Schirmer 25377c. Sheet music. The piano High in G sharp.

Collins, 1956. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, VG/G++. 384pp, apart from a 3" tear on the rear panel ofthe dustjacket and some browning of the pages, a nice copy. Fiction based upon the life of Mendelssohn & his wife.

Hamish Hamilton, 1982. 1st edition.. Hardback. Imitation cloth, dj, VG/VG. xvi+237pp, 54 b/w illustrations, index, edges of the dustjacket bumped & rubbed, fore edges a little grubby. Account of the often frequent travels of the upper classes in the 13th & 15th centuries.

J M Dent, 1921. 4th impression.. Paperback. Paperback, VG. 63pp, Dents Modern Languages Series - The Best French Plays vol V. A comedy in four acts, first performed in 1860.

Rodopi, Amsterdam, 1994. 1st edition.. Paperback. Paperback, VG. [iv]+247pp, edges a little rubbed otherwise a fine copy. German Monitor vol 32. A collection of 6 essays on the modern poetry of the DDR.

Rodopi, Amsterdam, 1991. 1st edition.. Paperback. Paperback, VG. [vi]+311pp, edges a little rubbed & covers slightly creased. German Monitor vol 27. A series of interviews with 25 East German writers, active from 1945 onwards.

Imágenes Press, Pine Valley, 1992. revised edition.. Hardback. Boards, dj, VG/VG. unpaginated ( approx 200pp ) colour illustrations throughout, dustjacket a little faded towards the spine, Presentation copy from the Permier of Bermuda to the Archbishop of Canterbury dated 1996. A photographic journey around Bermuda.

Cambridge University Press - Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, 1991. 1st edition.. Paperback. Paperback, F. x+458pp, index, a fine copy. A series of 13 essays which look at the intentions, achievements & faliuyres of the Truman administration.

Editions Du Rocher, Monaco, 1948. 1st edition thus.. Paperback. Paperback, VG. xl+415pp, paper wrappers browned, lettering to spine faded, otherwise a fine copy. FRENCH text. Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos' tale of seduction, revenge & malice which its author meant as a reflection of the corrupt & perfidious state of France & the Nobility in the late 1700s.

Veuve Courcier, Imprimeur-Libraire pour les Mathématiques, quai des Augustins, Paris, 1816. 2nd edition.. Hardback. Frond printed boards, VG. vii(i)+358pp+16pp publishers adverts, with half title, slightly later boards with contemporary autograph lettering piece, Ex Library ( Kloster Seminar Schöntal ) with their ink stamp to the title & ownership inscription to the endpaper, a nice copy. A collection of influential essays on teaching & the teaching of mathematics in particular in which the author advocates the allowing of free thinking away from the restrictive geometric approach to teaching then popular. Sylvestre François Lacroix [ 1765 - 1843 ] French mathematician noted for his 'Traité Élémentaire de Calcul Différential' which was described by Charles Babbage as being 'perfect'.

Crowood Press, 1996. reprint.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/F. 333pp, many b/w illustrations & tables, index, a nice fine as new copy. A complete guide to dreeding, showing and caring for a Dobermann.

Scolar Press, 1980. 1st UK edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/VG. xx+426pp, 3pp b/w maps, index, a nice fine copy in a near fine dustjacket. Detailed account of events which took place in the village of Romans in France in 1580. At the Mardi gras festivities the villagers, angered at the tax privileges accorded to the rich, rioted & there followed a masacre. An interesting social history.

Au Siège Du Conseil National - Librairie Delagrave, Paris, 1895. 1st thus.. Paperback. Paperback, F. 299-530pp, spine sunned, paper a little yellowed, a nice fine copy of a fragile item. Librairie du Parti Socialiste ( S. F. I. O. ) Marxist account of the history of Property by the French Marxist, journalist, political activist & son in law of Karl Marx, Paul Lafargue [ 1842 - 1911 ]. The book was originally published as a series of articles in the Nouvelle Revue of Paris, Lafargue using the pseudonym 'Fergus'. The first English edition appeared in 1890. A review of the work in The Fascio Operaio, ( the official organ of the Italian Working Class Party ) read - 'Lafargue’s work is an attempt to work out the history of property along the lines of the materialistic conception of history. Lafargue, by his great talent and his wide reading, is undoubtedly equal to the task he has set himself'. An important work, much reprinted by the Communists & Marxists of the late… Read More

Bordas, Paris, 1956. 3rd edition.. Paperback. Paperback, G. 576pp, 48pp b/'w plates, spine worn, a working copy. A history of French literature in the 19th century.

H Agasse, Paris, nd c 1815. reprint.. Hardback. Later half morocco, G. 458pp errata, covers rubbed, a fair copy. FRENCH text. An odd volume of Leharpe's well received critical lectures on the history of Literature. Whilst the lectures concerning the Classics & Medieval period were wanting, his knowledge of the seventeenth century was unsurpassed. Jean-François de La Harpe [ 1739 - 1803 ] French playwright & critic.

H Agasse, Paris, nd c 1815. reprint.. Hardback. Later half morocco, G. 574pp+2pp errata, covers rubbed, a fair copy. FRENCH text. An odd volume of Leharpe's well received critical lectures on the history of Literature. Whilst the lectures concerning the Classics & Medieval period were wanting, his knowledge of the seventeenth century was unsurpassed. Jean-François de La Harpe [ 1739 - 1803 ] French playwright & critic.

The National Trust - National Galleries Publications, 1995. 1st edition.. Paperback. Large format paperback, F. 256pp, colour illustrations throughout, index, a fine copy. Welll illustrated survey of the paintins which are to be found in the Stately Homes owned by the national trust & are viewable by the public. Includes works by Van Dyck, Reynolds, Titian, Rembrant, Hogarth & many others.

Book Club Associates, 1979. book club edition.. Hardback. Imitation cloth, dj, VG/VG. xii+190pp, 109 b/w illustrations, index, a fine copy in a slightly edge worn dustjacket. Book club edition, identical to the trade edition save for the publishers imprint. Britian Before the Conquest series. A study of the influence of the Celts in Briatin , from their first arrival in the 7th century BC to the medieval period.

Herbert Press, 1998. 1st thus.. Paperback. Paperback, F. 224pp, mainly b/w illustrations with the occasional illustration in colour, index, a fine copy. A general history of Britain between 1066 - 1485.

HMSO / British Geological Survey, 1990. 1st edition.. Paperback. Large format softback, F. viii+53pp, colour frontis, b/w illustrations & tables, a nice fine copy. Standard Geology for the Great Dunmow area.