Search Results: Authors starting with L from Craftsbury Antiquarian Books

London: John Murray ., 1838. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good original blindstamped cloth, neatly rebacked, no foxing. This copy has some edgewear, but is clean & tight, with all plates complete. Illustrated by 26 plates, folding map. A very nice copy of the second edition..

New York: Random House, 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine black cloth with dark blue boards and no edgewear, bright gilt title on unfaded spine. Dustjacket near fine, Not price-clipped, no tears and only a hint of edgewear. Sadly, there is some pencil underlining to an otherwise clean and tight inside. Pages xviii, 333 with index and 4 page bibliography. Author lived in Cairo 4 years as the L.A. Times mid-east correspondent during the mid-80s. Part travelogue , part adventure, part political and cultural observer, still a fine read..

New York : A.S. Barnes, 1932. Book. Illus. by photos and drawings by the author. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "A Texxtbook on the Art of Shooting for Accuracy with the Bow and Arrow". Original pebbled green cloth with a red target on the front and dark green title on the front and the unfaded spine. Part of the title on the front is faded. No edge wear or bumps. Inside, very clean and tight, with no stains or browning, and no prior owner marks. .

Cairo : Lehnert and Landrock, 1974. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine copy, a primer in reading the ancient Egyptian language. No prior owner marks.

Gloucestershire: Hawthorn Press, 1998. Book. Illus. by A Few Cartoons, Charts and Photos. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Based on field research in Serbia, Croatia, Eastern Slovenia and Bosnia 1992 to 1996. A very interesting account of peace building. Pages 178. .

New York : Worthington Co. , 1888. Book. Illus. by 13 full page chromolithographs from water colors by Mary Lathbury. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A celebration of childhood, each plate accompanied by an appropriate poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Chyarles Swinburne and others.Pictorial paaper covers with portrait of a girl and a baby, worn corners, paper worn off hinges, but solid. Very nice inside, with an 1888 gift inscription. Scarce, and a celebration of childhood, but not something you would read to young children. .

Durham, England: Univ of Durham, 1972. Book. Near Fine. Original Wraps. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Articles and books, broken down by general, geography, history, politicis, economic conditions, and social conditions - 39 pages..

New York: Ariel Books, 1964. Book. Illus. by Inga. Very Good Plus. Cloth. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A scarce book, by a Newberry Award winner (the previous year). Nice copy, very clean and tight. Dustjacket is price clipped. Protected in a clear, mylar sleeve..

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine, unread copy with a bright silver title on the unfaded spine. No edgewear. The fine dust jacket is NOT price clipped, and has no edge wear. First novel by this teacher, who tells us of a young girl who is infatuated with her high school teacher. But it is much more interesting than just that. .

New York : Crown, 2023. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Possibly read once, but looks new. No prior owner marks. No flaws to the dust jacket. Can our country successfully move into a multi-racial society ? .

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1929. Book. Illus. by 4 full page photos from the 1920s. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very good original blue cloth, unfaded and with slight edge wear. Bright gilt letters on the spine. Inside, clean and tight, with no prior owner marks. An excellent history of Baghdad, from its golden years, and its destruction and restoration. A fine bibliography at the end. .

Stanford, Cal: `Stanford University Press, 1976. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine, unread copy, and a classic of a classic of ten essays on social roots fo rural revolution, and communist strategies. As those revolutions have ditched communism, there is much food for thought in going back to the roots of Asian change..

Diction Press, 1946. Book. Illus. by 6 Full Page Modern Etchings By Rahnghild. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author on the half-title, and by the illustrator the page before. Psychological poems for the most part, some dealing with insanity. Pages 126. No place listed for the publisher. Dustjacket is browned, with small pieces gone from the spine, protected in a clear, mylar sleeve and NOT price-clipped..

London: Printed for Rodwell and Martin , 1818. Book. Illus. by 20 plates, 1 folding, and one a route map in Egypt. Near Fine. 3/4 Leather. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New leather spine and corners with raised bands on the spine and bright gilt title and author. Original marbled boards, and also endpapers. Also marbled page edges. No prior owner marks, no foxing or stains to the pages, minor spotting to the plates. An exceptional copy of a RARE Middle -East travel journal. At the end, Greek inscriptions ffound in Nubia, with several pages of explanations. .

Stockholm - NY: P.A, Norstedt & Soners Forlag, 1933. Book. Illus. by Color Frontispiece of Hazelius and Profuse Photos and Architectural Diagrams. Fine. Three-Quarter Leather. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. In Swedish, subtitled "Till hundraarsminnet av Artur Hazelius' fodelse under medverkan av Alarik Behm, Gotthard Gustafsson och Gosta Selling". Beautiful terra cotta morocco spine and corners with raised bands and fresh gilt lettering on spine, black cloth boards with a gilt antique building tower on the front cover. With a map of Skansen, a fine collection of rural antique buildings, at the end. Clean and tight inside and out, with no prior owner marks. The binder was P.A. Norstedt & Soners, bokbinderi..

Stanford, Cal: `Stanford University Press, 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine, unread copy in black cloth with no edge wear. Dust jacket has slight edge wear, but no fading. Worth reading to compare with what has actually transpired in the 30 plus years since publication. This Swedish economics scholar had been a visiting professor at Yale , Columbia and Stanford. Recommended..

Springfield, Mass: Art in America, 1947. Book. Illus. by Photos of Winthrop Chandler Painting. Very Good. Printer Wrapper. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The entire issue of this April 1947 illustrated art magazine is devoted to Connecticut painter, with a folding geneaological chart, and critical review of the portraits and landscapes, most reproduced here in photos, attributed to Chandler. His sister was married to Col. Ebenezer Crafts, the founder of Craftsbury, Vermont. A portrait of her with her two daughters, and a second of the Colonel and his son, is included herein. A very scarce publication, and still the definitive study of Chandler..

London: John Murray, 1857. Book. Illus. by 2 Folding Maps, Folding Elevation Chart of South Central Africa. 25 Full Page Illustrations and 18 Text Illustrations All Present.. Very Good. 3/4 Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE second issue with lithotint plates that are missing in later printings. Rest of the title is, "Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean". This is a landmark Africa travel book that made the author's reputation as an explorer as well as missionary. And it remains a very good read. Pages x, 687 plus 8 pages publisher adverts. Abbey Travel 347. Hess-Coger 3068. Mendelsohn I,908. Three quarter green morocco binding, with green cloth boards and marbled endpapers. On the spine, raised bands, gilt decoration in the panels and bright gilt… Read More

New York and London : Pegusus Crime, 2022. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A gritty noir novel of the tribulations and evils of Nazi occupation in WW Two. Fine light blue spine with white boards and no edge wear. Very clean and tight inside. Dustjacket has no rubs or tears, and is NOT price clipped. A fine read. .

London: Richard Bentley, 1854. Book. Illus. by Tinted Map, 6 Tinted Lithographs, 67 Wood Engravings Vol One; 6 More Lithographs & 35 Woodcuts in Vol Two. Very Good. Full-Leather. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Subtitled, "During a Residence of Upwards of Twenty Years, Pepresenting Sporting Incidents, and Subjects of Natural History, and Devices for Entrapping Wild Animals". Contemporary green calf with gilt lines along the board borders, raised bands on the spines with elaborately decorated panels in gilt and maroon title labels, red volume labels with gilt still bright. This is a fine, signed binding by Bickers & Son. Marbled page edges and matching marbled endpapers. Pages xxi, 512 and xi, 527. This is a very complete account of trapping and hunting in the area north of Goteborg around Bohus. Inside, very clean and tight with slight foxing on the back of some plates, and on the preliminary pages after the endpapers. A beautiful set on nature… Read More