Search Results: Titles starting with L from Deja Vu Books

Paris: L'Edition D'Art Leather-like textured binding with leather spine and leather corners rubbed on all edges. Clean and tight, but yellowing, interior.Some pencil marks and notes. 320 pages.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Paris: L'Edition D'Art, 1921. Paper covers have minor wear, fragile pages - yellowing and brittle. 115 pages. Edition c. 1921 based on Preface.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket.

Mexico: Ediciones Mexicanas, 1950. Square backed paperback, yellowed white with black text. Interior 156 glossy pages, yellowed. DJ soiled, front flap detached but present and all held together in clean Brodart jacket. B/W photographs throughout, text in Spanish.. Illus. by photographs. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good/Good.

Mexico: Ediciones de la Universidad Nacional Autonoma, 1940. Yellow hardcover buckram binding square and tight. lightly bumped corners, very light soiling to covers. Pages yellowed, some foxing to glossy plates. 139 pages of text followed by 135 pages of artwork in b/w. Artists: Augustin Lazo, Carlos Merida, Rufino Tamayo, Julio Castellanos, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco.. Illus. by Plates. Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.

Grosset & Dunlap Grosset & Dunlap blue hardcover binding blind stamp of collie head is clean and tight, square. Name and year 1946 fep. Illustrated endpapers, hinges good, some general soil and yellowing of pages but binding integrity good. DJ wrinkled, chip bottom of spine takes out most of publisher name, chip top of spine just brushes top of word LAD. shelfwear but protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. List of 8 Terhune Collie story titles on back of dj, along with bio of the author. 322 pages. The adventures of Terhune's most famous collie at Terhune's home, Sunnybank.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Good+/Fair.

London: Lutterworth Press, 1955. Gray hardcover binding clean and tight, slightly cocked spine. Interior clean and tight with a lot of foxing. DJ has some closed tears and wrinkles. Color frontispiece illustration is same as dustjacket showing a young boy hanging onto the edge of some rocks with a young girl running off for help and a smooth fox terrier looking on. 128 pages. Part of the Crown Library, No. 15. Back of dj lists other books in this series. Laddie was a stray fox terrier picked up dirty, starved and exhausted by Jimmy Burton. No one claimed him, and he settles down happily with Jimmy and his sister Trixie. He has many adventures - including finding the French master's missing wallet, rouses the house for a make-believe burglar, catches a real one, and then makes a brave cliff rescue. Then his real owner shows up.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st This Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Good+.

Aero Publishing, 1982. Dark blue hardcover binding is clean, square and tight. Previous owner name/address ffep only writing, tears or marks. DJ has some minor shelfwear. Originally published 1962, this 1982 book club edition includes an epilogue by the author. In April 1943 an American B-24 Liberator bomber called Lady Be Good failed to return to its base and was resumed to have crashed in the Mediterranean. Sixteen years later an oil exploration team discovers it, and an investigation team is organized to find out what happened to the crew. 203 pages.. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1984. Red hardcover binding with black cloth spine clean, square and tight. Only marking is author inscription on half-title page. Endpapers shows family tree of Martha Dandridge Curtis and George Washington. DJ has shelfwear, price-clipped. Stain edge back dj flap. 376 pages with partial list of sources.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.

Specialty Press - Midland Publishing, 2002. Pictorial hardcover binding clean, square and tight. DJ clean and crisp. Appears unread. No writing, tears or marks. 178 pages with appendix and index. Endpapers illustrated.. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - Square. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Sturgis & Walton, 1913. Red hardcover cloth binding has cocked spine, soiled, bumped corners. Hinges good. Foxing and smudges to interior. 287 pages. Scarce in original hardcover edition.. Illus. by Steele, Frederic Dorr. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

New York - London - Toronto: Whittlesey House, 1949. Dark blue hardcover cloth binding square and tight, lightly rubbed, bumped corners. Interior clean and tight, slightly yellowing pages and a few smudges/foxing. 47 pages w/ color frontispiece and b/w Wesley Dennis illus every page. Very charming - and informative! - story of an almost-seven-year old boy who wants his own horse very much. But before he can have his own horse, his parents want to make sure he knows as much as he can about horses and riding and how to be responsible around them.. Illus. by Dennis, Wesley. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.

San Francisco: Harr Wagner Publishing, 1958. Light blue hardcover cloth binding square and tight, rubbing along edges, school stamps and stickers but overall interior is clean. 188 pages. This book is so cool! Written from point of view of father telling his children how a map is created and the different aspects of one along with stories of the states and the lakes that make up the great lakes of Superior Michigan, Erie, Huron and Ontario. Each chapter ends with things for the student to consider and think about. Scarce title. Great teaching tool for educators.. Illus. by Merritt, Warren Chase. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1940. Orange hardcover binding with Collie head on front clean square and tight. Previous owner's name and 1964 date ffep, interior clean bright and tight. Illustrated endpapers. DJ has minor shelfwear. Flaps are corner-clipped. 239 pages. Profusely illustrated. One of the most poignant dog stories of all time. A prize collie from a humble household is sold to a wealthy family - taken hundreds of miles away, she finds her way home to the boy that she loves. This is a book club edition - A nice copy.. Illus. by Kirmse, Marguerite. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Hamish Hamilton - Antelope Book, 1968. Pictorial hardcover binding same as dj is clean square and tight. Foxing to page edges, some staining to blank endpapers. 95 page chapter book for ages 6-9. DJ clean and crisp with minimal shelfwear. Peter goes to get a kitten from his friend David - he thought it would be a simple matter, but the wily kitten was tricky. and catching the last bus home turned into the most exciting obstacle race Peter and David had ever run.. Illus. by Gill, Margery. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 5th. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good.

Westminster Press, 1949. Light gray hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight. 176 pages. Some foxing but overall clean and tight interior. DJ has lots of shelfwear, 1" chip top of spine, price-clipped. Protected in clean Brodart jacket.. Illus. by Wickham, Bill (jacket and title page only). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good-.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1965. Beige hardcover cloth binding is square and tight - clean. Back pocket intact, usual library stamps, marks on endpapers where jacket had been glued down. Interior generally clean and tight - a couple pages have creases. DJ has spine sticker, else displays nicely in clean Brodart jacket. Price-clipped. 160 pages. Janet's last summer before she has to decide what to do after school, she finds a job helping at a local riding school. When a beautiful horse, Meridian, comes into her life, she knows why people sing the praises of blood horses. This was the kind of horse she had always dreamed about.. Illus. by Cellini, Joseph - jacket only. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st US. Hardcover. Good/Near Very Good.

Hodder and Stoughton - Yellow Jacket edition, 1950. Red hardcover binding clean square and tight. 288 pages, yellowing. DJ price-clipped, soiled, shelfwear, protected in clean Brodart jacket. Slightly smaller size than others in this series.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/Good.

Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1970. Orange hardcover binding clean square and tight. DJ clean and crisp with sale price sticker on front flap. 48 pages. Ages 4-8. The Juno was the sweetest little sidewheeler on the Wabash River - and that was the only thing the two brothers who built her ever agreed on! True story of two Indiana brothers and their sad but funny last trip on the boat.. Illus. by Von Schmidt, Eric. 8vo - Oblong. 1st Stated. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. Dark blue hardcover binding with gilt decoration clean square and tight. A little rubbing on front illustrated endpapers, else interior clean and tight. 118 pages. DJ p rice-clipped, light soiling with a few closed tears and chips. A charming book of light verse with a comic spirit.. Illus. by Morrow, George. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company Junior Books, 1931. Green hardcover cloth binding with yellow title lightly soiled, rubbed along edges and bumped corners. Front hinge is cracked, ilustrated endpapers. Back hinge is good. Name in ink front blank endpapers. Binding secure. Foxing. 240 pages. Color frontispiece plus 10 full page black and white color illustrations plus numerous partial page illustrations. Dedicated to Thorne Smith's two daughters, Lazy Bear Lane is filled with gentle magic, poetry, and delightful repartee. Tender and understanding, charming and humorous, the story succeeds in transporting children and adults alike to a make believe land where anything can happen. Peter and Mary were old and forgotten. A large, nearsighted brown bear appears one evening and after sharing Peter's Catalogue Stew and listening to one of Peter's dreadful poems, Lazy Bear announces that he is a magic bear. Tender and understanding, charming and humorous, the story succeeds in… Read More