Search Results: Titles starting with L from Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB

London: Cambridge University Press, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Dennis Lindley's (1923-2013) description of what was later called, "The Lindley Equation" that describes the waiting times experienced by customers in a queue with the First-In First-Out (FIFO) discipline. v, [1]-749 pp. 4to. Black cloth with gold embossed titling to spine. Clean, crisp copy. Ex-library and barely noticeable.

New York: Aperture, 2001. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. 119 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

Paris: Editions Charles Moreau, 1925. First Edition. Portfolio. Very Good. A beautiful set of collection of early Art Moderne sculpture that is found not only as sculpture, but as bas relief, interior mouldings for buildings, as well as columns and exterior decoration. Portfolios include work by Bernaux, Garnier, Jallot, Lalique, Seguin,and many others. Unpag. Elephant Folio. Portfolio includes 8 pp of text with an introduction and list of the 32 plates. Plates and text are laid into publisher's portfolio, original cloth ties missing. Binding has a water stain to front cover that bled through and has left a stain on the cover and has bled through to the first four pages of the half-title and title page. No damage to plates within, interior text and plates very clean and sharp. All text is in French. Oversize portfolio, may require additional postage.

London/New York: Gaia Books/Sterling Publishing Co., Inc, 2007. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good/Very Good. In addition to the original cover, this edition has a separate heavy paper wrap with a labyrinth design blind embossed on front and rear panel, this limited edition cover is noted in pencil along the rear edge and signed by the author, "TES '09//Portland OR//Jim Buchanan//9/50" This edition is also inscribed by the author on the title page. First Printing. 144 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. Small spot on the rear panel of the limited edition wrapper, some scuffing.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First American Edition. 327 pp. 8vo. Orange cloth boards with considerable wear and staining, bumping to corners, overall sunning. Endpapers darkened from age and possibly moisture at some point in its life. Light foxing throughout. Endpapers at rear have split along gutter, still tight to boards.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An exceptional copy of this important novel. 255 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

Great Barrington, MA: E. F. Schumacher Society, 1995. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Fourth Printing, 2003. 19 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy.

Fargo, ND: The North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by the author on the title page. viii, 300 pp. 8vo. Some wear and scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Clean within. Previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown.

Berkeley, CA: The Friends of The Bancroft Library, 1958. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. 15 pp. 4to. Dark heavy ivory paper wraps with slight scuffing from shelf wear. Clean within.

Boston, MA: Birkhauser, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First Printing. xix, 399 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. Like new. No dust jacket, as issued.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. x, 214 pp. 8vo. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, minor chpping at edges, head and foot of spine. Clean within.

San Francisco: William Doxey, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The Lark ran from May 1895 until May 1897, each 16-page issue was a fanciful collection of creative writing, cartoons, and miscellany. Begins with the year's index followed by twelve 16-page issues. Printed on handmade paper variously described as Chinese rice paper, Chinese bamboo fiber paper, and just bamboo paper, the sure thing is that the stock is untrimmed at bottom edges, appears in various weights, and occasionally is so thin that pages appear to be printed on doubled paper, many uncut. Important early illustration by L. Maynard Dixon, "Vals de Monterey Viejo" accompanied by his poem of the same title published as a supplement to Issue #22, February 1897. Unpag. Brown cloth covered boards with a color woodblock illustration by Florence Lundborg of a figure playing a pan flute. Light scuffing, clean tight copy with a previous owner's bookplate pasted to front pastedown. Volume contains one year's monthly issues plus the… Read More

Boston, MA: Bulfinch Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Rivers, Larry. 183 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The second title in Colin Dexter's very successful Inspector Morse series. First Printing. First U.S. Edition. 288 pp. 8vo. Light wear to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with minor bump to bottom corners of boards, clean within.

New York: Harper, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by the author on the title page. First Printing. 451 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fascinating work by multiple hours that traces the natural history and history of some of the only water sources available to indigenous populations and travelers in what is now referred to as the Sonoran Desert. First Printing. xii, 275 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with the dust jacket in a mylar cover.

Venice, Italy: Marsilio Editori, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Titian. First Printing. 333 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

London: John Murray, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First UK Edition. First Printing. xvi, 242 pp. Minro scuffing to dust jacket from shelf wear, now in mylar cover. Very light stain at head of text block, clean within.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Freeman's monumental study of Lee's commanders and a follow up to his best known work, the "R. E. Lee: A Biography" 1970 Printing. 8vo. Dust jackets have light wear and scuffing overall, minor sunning to spines, now in mylar covers. Black cloth covered boards with gold embossed titling to spine and cover boards, each clean and crisp. Pervious owner's name and address stamped on first free endpaper of first volume.

Woolwich, ME: TBW Books, 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing.xviii, 424 pp. 4to. Dust jacket has light scuffing from shelf wear. Previous owner's bookplate on first free endpaper, clean within.