Search Results: Titles starting with L from Adamstown Books

Paris: Calmann Lévy, 1888. Book. Illus. by Lemaire, Madeleine. Good (ex-library). Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Illustrated 1888 edition (originally published in 1882), with charming in-page black and white illustrations, plus 18 color plates, each with tissue protectors. Illustrated by Madeleine Lemaire. Text in French. Half leather, with marbled boards, gilt titles / ornamentation and five raised binds on spine, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edge are uncut; marbled end-papers, 215 pages, 36 illustrations. Worn along edges and hinges. Condition: Good; ex-seminary library, pages clean and unmarked, labels on spine and back cover, 2 bookplates, signs of checkout paper at back of book, tissue protector pages toned..

NewYork NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2001. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st Edition hardcover, 192 pp. w/ color and b&w plates throughout. Issued to accompany 2001 exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum, this work examines the rise of Cubism as a purist movement in post World War I Paris led by Amédée Ozenfant, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (a.k.a. Le Corbusier) and Fernand Léger. Book Condition : New; still shrink wrapped. .

Boston MA: D. C. Heath and Company, 1931. Book. Good. Hardcover. Revised. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback - brown cloth, 164 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Three parts: The Non-Metals; The Metals; Chemical Arithmetic. Published by D. C. Heath, 1931, revised edition. CONDITION: Good/no jacket; front free endpaper has previous owner's name and top corner has been removed. Pages clean, unmarked, no tears. Cover is clean with some a bit of rubbing and little edge wear. Binding is tight. Hardcover.

London, England: Edmund Ward, 1953. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition British Import. Written by a 10 year old author& illustrator, this delightful work captures the manners of adults through the almost-human Lady Porks and her faithful Mr. Snuffle. Book Condition : Good; no text marks; light stain at top front free end paper; a few spots to text block; light bumping & toning to spine ends; crease to top rear cover. Dust Jacket Condition : Fair; multiple large tears and chips; some spotting; spine discolored by sunlight; price unclipped..

Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1912. Book. Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 1st American Edition. Hardcover, 91 pp. Short biography of the 19th century writer most famous for his works on Japanese culture, folk stories, and haiku. Book Condition : Good, Ex-College Library; no text marks; bookplate inside front cover; catalog label on front cover and inside rear cover; pocket and slip inside rear cover. No Dust Jacket as issued..

Westminster MD: Willow Bend Books, 1999. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover, 296 pp. 2nd printing. 18th Century church and pastoral registers of births, marriages, deaths, memberships and related records of Lancaster County congreagations. 1st volume covers Reformed ( Blaser's, Cocalico, Manheim, Maytown, Muddy Creek, Pequea, Reihrer's, Seltenreich, Swamp (little Cocalico), and White Oaks) and Lutheran (Manheim, Maytown, Muddy Creek, Elizabethtown, and Bergstrasse). Book Condition : Good; no text marks; curling to front cover edge; crease at bottom left front cover; some page tip creases..

Lancaster PA: Lancaster Country Club, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Centennial Commemorative, presumed 1st Edition. 136 pp. hardcover richly illustrated with color and b&w photos and illustrations throughout, this history details the club's founding and growth particularly in regards to its golf course, recent host of the 2015 U.S. Women's Open. Book Condition : Near Fine; no text marks; light toning at bottom of front board. Dust Jacket Condition : Very Good; mild shelf wear at spine ends; light rubbing to lower rear..

Chadds Ford PA: McLellan Books, 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition, signed by author on half title page. Hardcover, 187 pp. w/ maps, b&w and color plates and photos throughout. Foreword by Andrew Wyeth. The history of Ring Farm, or Kuerner Farm, near Chadds Ford PA and the friendship between the Wyeth and Kuerner families. Andrew Wyeth created ocer a thousand pieces of art there over 77 years. Book Condition : Fine, minimal wear; no text marks. Dust Jacket Condition : Near Fine; light wear along top edge..

Westport CT: Greenwood, 2001. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, 296 pp. w/ b7w photos and illustrations. Dictionary format catalog of both colloquial terms and proper names/titles specific to the Civil War period. Hundreds of entries as well as a guide by category of terms. Book Condition : Very Good; gift inscription on front free end paper, otherwise unmarked. Glossy covers, no dust jacket as issued..

Winterthur DE: Winterthur Museum, 2016. Book. New. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Oblong softcover, 40 pp. w/ color plates throughout. Catalog for 2016-17 exhibit at Winterthur. Drawings, paintings, and prints from two of the Currier & Ives' firm's best artists - Frances Flora Bond Palmer and Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait. They reveal the artists' accomplishments with the crayon and brush and highlight lithographic and coloring processes developed in collaboration with publishers to translate artistic visions into reality. Considered fine prints rather than commercial lithographs, these pictures are among today's most sought-after Currier & Ives prints. Book Condition : New..

Allentown PA: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1953. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, 213 pp. w/several decorative illustrations.Text is in English, poetry is in PA German. Includes a memoriam and then a selection of Birmelin's later work organized into category : The Calendar and Festivals of the Year; Poems of a Reflective Nature; Proverbs; Anecdotes and Incidents; Ballads - And Other Narrative Poems; and, Occasional Poems. Other articles include : Pennsylvania German Folklore - An Interpretation (John Joseph Stoudt). Book Condition : Near Fine; no text marks; one smudge at bottom of front cover. No Dust Jacket as issued. .

NewYork NY: Columbia University Press, 1927. Book. Good Minus. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover preserved in flexboard. Good-, Ex-Seminary Library. Study of the apocryphal books for their insight into the legal aspect of Hellenistic Judaism and attitudes of Jews in that period to the law and religious duties (including ceremonial). Book Condition : Good-; Ex-Seminary Library; no text marks; occasional creasing; original cover has chipping along edges, tape mark and name on front, and several small pieces of spine missing; flexboard has catalog labels on spine and top right rear cover; bookplate on inside cover; pocket removed from inside rear cover tearing paper. .

Indianapolis IN: Youth Pubns, 1977. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Lawrence Welk on front free end paper. Los Angeles Public Library program for book release/signing inlaid. Hardcover, 35 pp., beautiful color full page illustrations throughout. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks; light wear to covers. No Dust Jacket as issued..

Charleston SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by all 3 authors on title page. Part of the Images of America series, this work consists of 2 b&w photos per page supplemented by text. Traces the rural history of the area and its historic ties to the American Revolution. Book Condition : Near Fine; no text marks; light cover corner wear..

Knoxville TN: Univ Tennessee Press, 2008. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Editor on title page. Hardcover, 240 pp. w/ 8 b&w photos. University of Tennessee Press Voices of the Civil War series. Believed to be the last soldier in the Army of Northern Virginia killed in action, Robert W. Parker fought in almost all the major campaigns conducted in Virginia. His letters to his wife show how local communities supported soldiers in the field and the importance of religion and correspondence in maintaining Confederate morale and identity. Book Condition : Near Fine; no text marks; minimal wear. Dust Jacket Condition : Very Good; mild shelf wear along edges; bar code label at lower center rear..

Grand Rapids MI: Baker Academic, 2003. Book. Good Plus. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover, 256 pp. Issued for the 300th anniversary of Edwards' birth, this collection of 13 essays is divided into 4 sections - Vision, Theology, Legacy, and Reflections. "Some essays make significant contributions to scholarship on Edwards. Others covey the toils and rewards of studying and interpreting him. In still other essays we find an appreciation for Edwards' evangelical passion and concern for the Church and for individual souls." Book Condition : Good+; underlining/highlighting to 4 pages; very light cover wear..

York, PA: Mountain Moon Publishers, 1992. Book. Illus. by Linda Rogers. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Oblong, spiral-bound chartreuse softcover, 40 pp. Beautifully illustrated by Linda Rogers with full-page color artwork and in-text B&W drawings. 1992, 1st Edition stated. A charming tale for children about a green and beautiful kingdom. As trees were cut down to build houses, eventually all the trees were gone and the kingdom was no longer green and beautiful. The king made a law that a tree be planted for every child that was born -- their birthing day tree to help make the kingdom beautiful and green again. Following the story are information and pages a parent can use to plant a birthing day tree for their child, with pages to record the event and paste photographs of the planting. The author is a storyteller who performs for the Mountain Moon Tale Spinners of York, PA. Condition: VG. Very small stain to top edge of most pages from page 16… Read More

Paris France: A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & ce, 1869. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original yellow-green paper cover, published 1869, first edition. In French. Uncut edges, no illustrations, ex-seminary library, perserved in pressboard with taped binding over cloth. 453 pp. Condition: Fair, cover separated, laid in. Occasional small blue pencil checkmarks, otherwise pages clean and little toning. Pages fragile. Has library spine label, bookplate, evidence of rear pocket removal, stamp on title page and catalog numbers on title page verso..

Paris: A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & ce, 1877. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Title continues: "...auteur du Maudit, de la Religieuse, du Jesuite, du Moine, etc. Original brown paper cover, published 1867, first edition. In French. Uncut edges, no illustrations, ex-seminary library, perserved in pressboard with taped binding over cloth. 313 pp. Condition: Fair, cover edges very chipped, other pages fragile but intact, some corner bent. Occasional small blue pencil checkmarks, otherwise pages clean and little toning. Has library spine label, bookplate, evidence of rear pocket removal, stamp on title page and catalog numbers on title page verso..

Stuart-Mosby Historical Society, 1986. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, 294 pp. w/ several b&w photos and illustrations. Stated 1st Edition limited to 500 copies. In addition to letters from the Civil War when he was known as the Gray Ghost, the preeminent Confederate guerrilla leader in the Eastern theater, this volume covers Mosby's post war years in private and public legal service and as an author and lecturer. Book Condition : Good; small gift inscription on rear of free end paper, no other text marks; foxing inside covers; some spotting to text block. Dust Jacket Condition : Good; rubbing; wear along edges and at corners; some spotting to interior flaps..