Search Results: Titles starting with L from Elk River Books

Switzerland. Paperback. Very good. Octavo (23.5 cm), pp. 398. Undated, unknown publisher. White paper wrappers have light staining and edge wear, initials in ink on title page." Ahmed Sékou Touré was a Guinean political leader who was the first President of Guinea, serving from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was among the primary Guinean nationalists involved in gaining independence of the country from France" (Wikipedia).

Fowler, IN: The Benton Review Shop, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo (23.5 cm), pp. [iv], v - xiii, [i], 1 - 422. Blue cloth with gilt titling and decorations. Color frontispiece and several illustrated plates of photos and maps. Light pencil notations and marks throughout. Light rubbing and wear to boards, else fine. No jacket. A typically racist history of the taking of the lands of the Native nations of the presents states of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.

Fredericksburg, TX: Shearer Publishing, 1984. Hardcover. Good/Very good. Octavo (23 cm), pp. 305. Later printing. Black boards with gilt titling, and oil motif on upper board. Pictorial jacket and endpapers, index, black and white photo section. Jacket has light edge wear, boards slightly warped.

Livingston, Montana: Clark City Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Russell Chatham. Octavo (22.5 cm), pp. 162. Brown cloth boards with gilt spine text. Jacket illustration and interior sketches by Russell Chatham.Brings together work from four previous collections: The Revenant, Departure, The Chinese Poems and Snow on the Backs of Animals.

New York: Targ Editions, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Octavo (24.5 cm), pp. 31. Limited signed edition. Decorative paper boards with red quarter cloth binding, parchment dustwrapper. Light corner wear, and also to tail of spine. Parchment has smudges. A story of ecological disaster first printed by Esquire in 1962.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Presentation copy with inscriptions by both authors to actor Margot Kidder. Octavo (23 cm), pp. 339. Navy boards, pictorial jacket. Includes appendix, glossary, and book and internet resources. Jacket has slight edge wear, boards bumped. Kidder, who suffered from mental illness, was a tireless advocate for improved mental health care.

St. Paul, MN: Haynes, Inc., 1935. Fine. Black and white print on heavy white, textured stock (19 x 24 cm) with generous margins. Image of 1930s-era vehicle parked on the uphill grade, with three bystanders chatting on the canyon side of the road. Now known as part of the Grand Loop Road, this section is southeast of Mammoth Hot Springs on the way toward Tower Junction. Haynes logo blind-stamped on front, title and number on verso.

Livingston, Montana: Clark City Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 28 x 29 cm, pp. 118. Brown cloth with dark brown titlin, pictorial jacket. Introduction by Annick Smith. Black and white photographic plates with accompanying brief biographical sketches of the subjects. As new, still in publisher's shrink wrap.

Los Angeles: Sylvester and Orphanos, 1980. Hardcover. Fine. Limited edition of 330, signed by Cheever on limitation page. Presentation copy, signed by both publishers to William "Gatz" Hjortsberg (from his personal library) on a blank leaf before the half-title page. Octavo (25.7 cm), pp. [viii], 1 - 17, [7]. Orange, red and yellow decorative boards with brown quarter cloth, spine label. Tan endpapers. Letterpress on fine Arches Mouldmade paper. No jacket, as issued. A short story first published in Esquire in 1974, revised by the author for this edition. Hjortsberg was the author of Falling Angel (filmed as Angel Heart), Alp, Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan, and several other books and screenplays.

Warner Brothers, 1988. Paperback. Very good. Quarto. 96 pages. Text clean, binding tight. Covers show light wear. Tablature and advice/analysis of how to play "Whole Lotta Love," "Heartbreaker," "Immigrant Song," "Black Dog," "Rock and Roll" and "Stairway to Heaven.

1981. Staplebound wraps. Very good. Signed by Wells on title page, # 263 of 500 copies. Octavo (21.5), unpaginated. Staplebound, with pictorial wrappers. Gift inscription on title page, wrappers with moderate wear, tear at top staple. Black and white photos throughout. Biography of a famed Northern Michigan fishing guide, James "Rainbow Jim" Coster III, co-authored by his grandson Orie Wells.

Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (23.5cm), pp. 395. Gray boards with black quarter cloth binding and gilt text on spine. Front board has an elephant stamped in lower right corner. Head and tail of spine show bumping, head of dust jacket spine has a small closed tear.

Novara, Italy: Instituto Geographico de Agostini, 1939. Hardcover. Very good. Folio (42 cm), pp. [6], 7 - 518, [8: index]. Grey/cream textured boards with red titling and design. Buckram quarter cloth. Decorative endpapers. Profusely illustrated throughout with Da Vinci's paintings, sculptures, drawings, studies and scientific inventions. Text in Italian. Minor foxing to buckram and edge wear to boards. From the collection of Dr. William J. Kerr (1889-1965), professor and chair of the UCSF Department of Medicine and founder of the Gold-Headed Cane Society. "Giorgio Nicodemi was an Italian museologist, essayist and art historian. He was born in Trieste on May, 29 1891 and dided in Milan on June 9, 1967. In 1919, he became a director of the Civici Musei of Brescia and of the Biblioteca Queriniana, where Nicodemi remained until 1928. In 1928, he became a director of the Civici Musei of Milan, including museums of the Castello Sforzesco. From 1928 until 1938, Nicodemi also taught art history at the… Read More

Philadelphia: Peterson's Magazine, 1881. Very good. 9" x 11" (23 x 28 cm). Twelve single, unbound fold-out plates, one for each month of 1881, of the latest Paris fashions. Colored engravings of five women modeling dresses and accessories, sometimes with children or background figures, in various scenes and activities. Individually titled: Jan. "The Snowy Day," Feb. "The New Picture," Mar. "The Painted Dress," Apr. "Feeding the Swans," May "The Croquet Party," June "The Private Park," July "The Garden Party," Aug. "At Home," Sept. "The Antique Gateway," Oct. "On the Boulevard," Nov. "At Home for Calls," Dec. "The Opera Box." Printed on lightweight, somewhat frail paper. General edge wear, some foxing and splitting along folds. April, May and November have tape repair to verso with November missing some material along fold tear. "Originally published as Ladies’ National Magazine in 1842 by Saturday Evening Post partners, Charles Jacobs Peterson and George Rex Graham, the periodical emerged as a… Read More

Mazenrod, Basutoland: The Social Centre, 1951. Paperback. Very good. Reprint. Folio (32.5 cm), pp. 29. Brown and white paper wrappers. Double-sided typewritten pages, in French. Former owner's name on front cover. Sunning around edges. One of two monographs written by the Catholic missionary.

Mazenrod, Basutoland: The Social Centre, 1951. Paperback. Very good. Reprint. Folio (32.5 cm), pp. 29. Brown and white paper wrappers. Double-sided typewritten pages, in French. Former owner's name inside cover. Light edge wear and sunning. One of two monographs written by the Catholic missionary.

Roma, Lesotho: National University of Lesotho, 1982. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Octavo (21 cm), pp. 96. Pictorial wraps. Includes descriptions of 45 of the 50 known species of ferns that grow mostly in northern Lesotho. Black and white illustrations of each, along with taxonomy; glossary of terms, key to the species, and index. Cover has slight edge wear and spine tilt.

C. Hurst & Co., 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (22 cm), pp. 350. Brown boards with gilt lettering on spine. Includes index, map of Lesotho. Jacket has moderate wear, boards are crimped at corners. Gift inscription on free front endpaper. Stain on bottom and side edges.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. Third Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Octavo (22 cm, pp. 208. Black boards with black quarter cloth and gilt spine titling. Illustrated jacket with $15.95 price. Minor bumping to spine ends, jacket shows minor edge wear. The groundbreaking first novel, by the author of American Psycho. From the personal library of comedian, filmmaker and SNL alum, Rich Hall.

Bozeman, MT: Haynes Studios, Inc., c. 1950. Fine. (28 x 21.5 cm). Letterhead is white stock with Haynes logo and company description; envelopes carry an Old Faithful motiff next to the Bozeman, MT, return address.