Search Results: Authors starting with L from Lippincott Books

New York: McClure Company, 1908. First Edition . Hardcover. GVG. xii, 189 pp, with index. Tan cloth, title gilt, top edges gilt. Light wear at corners and spine edges, previous owner's name on ffep. Text block clean; would be Very Good but for sunned boards. Six lectures, illustrated with b&w plates.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Larsson, Karl. 50pp, illustrations in color & b/w. Dj is frail & browning at edges, with wear along spine & modest chipping along top edge, front panel illustration complete & bright. Price-clipped with prev. owner's name attached to upper edge of front dj flap. On the whole, an attractive copy despite dj flaws.

Syracuse: Syracuse Univ Pr, 1985. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 328pp. Small closed tear on dj top edge, else fine/fine.

NY: Farrar & Rinehart, 1934. Limited/Numbered . Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lattimore, Isabel. 157pp. #26/125 copies of this limited/signed edition. This copy is also a presentation copy from the author with the additional inscription & signature on ffep. A poem by Laing has been tipped to back pastedown.

NY: Halsted Press, 1988. First Edition . Decorative Hardback Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 271pp, figures, diagrams, b/w photos, appendices, index.

Seaforth, Australia: Craftsman House, 1987. First Edition, Limited . Hard Cover with Slipcase. Near Fine. 131, [2] pp. Number 37 in an edition of 100, signed in limitation page by Lanceley. With 36 color plates and 24 black and white figures. Introduction by Robert Hughes and transcript of a William Wright interview with Lanceley. Includes bibliography and biographical chronology. Bound in cloth printed in a Lanceley design of primary colors on natural ground. Very good slipcase in scarlet cloth. Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost.

Riverside, California: Ariadne Press, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 280 pp with indices. Red cloth, bookplate on ffep. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

London: John Roberts Press, 1970. 2nd Impression . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Davies, Mike. Unpaginated. Second printing, the first was a limited edition of 250 copies. I can't say if these are essays, poems, or captions for the drawing. I can say that the words and drawings together constitute a wonderful example of how complex, nuanced and just plain impossible the English language can be. The book is also very very funny! VG/VG

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Mediaeval Academy of America, 1939. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Very Good. xliii, 316 pp. Mediaeval Academy of America, Publication No. 36, Studies and Documents, No. 3. With 8 black and white plates, bibliography, and cross-reference table of Landini's works. Annotated scores. From the library of Charles Bell, with Bell's name on front cover and title page with some margin notes in text. Bell, a writer, poet and scholar; grew up in Greenville, Mississippi with Walker Percy and Shelby Foote. His first novel, The Married Land, Houghton Mifflin, 1962, was praised by William Carlos Williams. His works include three volumes of poetry, two novels, and an audio-visual opus, "Symbolic History". Spine yellowed and edges frayed. Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost.

Washington D.C: The Textile Museum, 1983. First Edition, Presentation Copy . Soft cover. Very Good. 108, [4] pp. Signed by Anthony Landreau. Illustrated with 11 color plates and black& white photographs. Includes appendices and bibliography. This book, and the exhibit by the Textile Museum, resulted from years of research among vanishing nomadic weavers in the Toros Mountains of Turkey. Contains very useful glossary of carpet motifs. With a letter laid in, from Tony Landreau to Francis Merritt, the founder and first Director of Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts.

New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. viii, 152 pp. Blue cloth, spine titles gilt, frontispiece. Price-intact dustjacket has edge wear, two small spots where white underlying paper shows through. Previous owner's name on ffep, small dimple to front board. A novel of pioneer life in the Dakota territory, where the author was born. Lane was the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, and contributed to the writing of the Little House Series. Scarce.

New York: Harper & Row, 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. [viii], 248 pp. Black cloth over orange boards. Spine slant, light wear at lower edges. Price-intact dustjacket has wear at corners and spine edges, light soiling to rear panel. Author's first book. Jacket design and map of Concord, Massachusetts end papers by the author.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1911. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. v, 246 pp, with appendices, index. Brown cloth, spine title gilt, profusely illustrated. A little wear to corners and spine edges.

Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press., 1980. First Edition . Hardcover. Ex-Library. ix, 299 pp. With addendum and index. After the section devoted to works by Wittgenstein himself, Lapointe has organized chapters 1-4 into the following categories: books, dissertations and theses, critical studies, general discussions on W's contributions. Chapter 5 , arranged by proper names, lists comparisons between Wittgenstein and other major figures. Chapter 6 lists items arranged by subject. Ex-library with all usual markings, but in Near Fine condition.

Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2004. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Fine. Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction. Review copy, with slip.

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1976. First Trade Edition, SIGNED . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio. Bob Hanson, Photographer. 272 pp. Includes bibliography, map, description of plates, and index. Presented by Larsen to Francis Merritt and his wife Pris. Merritt was the founder and first Director of Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts. Signed paper pasted on verso of ffep, and a note laid in, " Fran, Pris with my love & best wishes Jack". May require extra postage if shipped internationally.

New York: Kodansha International, 1986. First Edition, Signed . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio. 278 pp. Numerous plates, both color and black a& white. With bibliography and index. Inscribed to Francis Merritt, the founder and first Director of Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts. Inscription on ffep reads, " 15th copy Jan 30 1987 Jack Lenor Larsen." Includes page laid-in titled 'Interlace: On Plaiting and Related Structures (working title)'. As he was writing the book Larsen sent out this call for submissions looking for ideas for contributors; stapled to it is a note on Larsen's stationary. Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost.

New York: Ives Washburn, Inc., 1934. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Good+. 59 pages. Jacket has light foxing and 2 closed tears on top edges.

Hanover (NH): Dartmouth College, 1996. Limited . Stiff Wraps. Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 49pp, colophon. 1/2000 copies printed at Stinehour Press.

Washington, D. C: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1977. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Near Fine. Folio. x, 427, [3] pp. Smithsonian Contributors to Anthropology, Number 25. With color frontispiece and 4 figures. Includes literature cited. Part 1 : Journals kept by two Tzotzil Mayans about visits to the USA in 1963 and 1967. Part 2: Ethnographic texts supplied by the Journal authors and others recreating Zinacantec dialog and activities. Inscribed to Charles Bell and his wife on the ffep: "For Danny and Charles hors d'oevres Bob." From the library of Charles Bell. Bell, a writer, poet and scholar, grew up in Greenville, Mississippi with Walker Percy and Shelby Foote. His first novel, The Married Land (1962), was praised by William Carlos Williams. His works include three volumes of poetry, two novels and an audio-visual opus, "Symbolic History." Sold as is: small closed tear on front cover. The text was printed with exceptionally wide margins on coated… Read More